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112 images chosen for "At the Instance of Benjamin Franklin" : A Brief History of the Library Company of Philadelphia (Philadelphia: Printed for the Library Company of Philadelphia by York Graphic Services Inc., 1995).
Album containing photographs of railroad bridges and stations along the B&O Railroad's Philadelphia Division taken on a trip made by a small group of B&O Railroad employees who surveyed the line, March 1891.
George O. Bartlett and William French were in partnership circa 1867-1869. Collection of Bartlett and French stereographs depicting Philadelphia streetscapes, including Chestnut Street; public buildings, including the State House, Post Office, and Custom House; cultural institutions, including the Academy of Natural Sciences and Horticultural Hall on Broad Street; and Fairmount Waterworks. Many views are from the series, Gems of Penn’a scenery, Philadelphia and vicinity.
Bartlett & Smith was a partnership from circa 1867- 1869 between George O. Bartlett and a photographer named Smith. Over 20 stereographs depicting Philadelphia views including commercial buildings along Chestnut Street including the Jayne Building, the Continental Hotel, the United States Custom House, and First National Bank; buildings along Broad Street, including the Union League, LaPierre House, and Broad Street Presbyterian Church; the Chestnut Street Bridge over the Schuylkill River; and the Wissahickon.
Two stereographs from this collection were not digitized, [Chestnut St. west of 6th St. with Jayne Building] [(8)1322.F.23h] and View on the Wissahicken near Philla. [(8)1322.F.8].
Collection of negatives taken 1900-1910 by Philadelphia music teacher and amateur photographer Frank Berry (b. 1863). Images primarily document Berry's neighborhood in the Manayunk section of Philadelphia and the nearby Wissahickon Valley. Contains images of scenes and buildings in Manayunk including Berry's home on Righter Street; friends and family posed for informal portraits; children engaged in recreational activities including sledding, biking, boating, fishing, and swimming; bridges, trails, and landscapes in the Wissahickon Valley; the construction of Walnut Lane Bridge (1906-1908); and several beach scenes. Also includes views of the Historical Pageant in 1912; the Northeast Manual Training School; St. Stephen's Episcopal Church; altar decorations; Josephine Berry playing a piano; a man posed with a motorcycle; the family Christmas tree; a childrens' street band; a liquor store at 5226 Ridge Avenue; Berry with his camera; and children taking photographs.
Collection containing primarily engravings, watercolors, and drawings executed by English-born artist and engraver William Birch and his descendants between the 18th and later 19th century. Several of the graphic materials are by William Birch and represent engraved work he completed in Britain before 1794 and following his immigration to the United States that same year. Birch’s works in the collection take the form of watercolors, drawings, paintings, a sketchbook, and as photographic reproductions.
One of four volumes of prints and drawings issued in 1878 by prominent Philadelphia lithographer, etcher, and artist Augustus Kollner (1812-1906). The twenty-four views primarily depict landscapes of Fairmount Park. Also contains views of Philadelphia and Bucks and Montgomery counties. Several of the lithographs from this volume were based on sketches he executed in the 1840s.
Collection of 182 lantern slides photographed 1870-1916 by Philadelphia photographer and Photo-Secessionist John C. Bullock (1854-1939) predominately depicting views of colonial-era residences and landmarks on Germantown Avenue. The Germantown Avenue views, most created 1910-1915, illustrate the third edition of Charles F. Jenkins’ local history book The Guide Book to Historic Germantown. Collection also includes images of historic sites in Center City and rural landscape.
Capitalism by Gaslight was a 2012 exhibition at the Library Company of Philadelphia. Taking its title from a 19th-century literary genre that exposed the darker side of American life, Capitalism by Gaslight introduces us to many of these shadowy entrepreneurs. At its heart the exhibition attempts to neither romanticize nor condemn, but to present the commerce of extra-legal businesspeople in more nuanced yet concrete ways. Although these transactions occurred most expediently in secluded back alleys and basement hideouts, many conmen benefited from the air of legitimacy given to schemes pulled off in broad daylight. And although entrepreneurs working in gray and black markets were excoriated by prominent businessmen, reformers, and authorities, they often had intimate ties to legitimate commercial networks and enjoyed the fruits of their very critics’ patronage. Possessing an entrepreneurial spirit, many underworld operators closely resembled respected businessmen. Perhaps most surprisingly, these illegal forms of commerce were integral to the success of the larger American economy and continue in varied forms today.
Collection of encased images including daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, and tintypes, ca. 1840-1870. Each item includes a view of the recto and verso of the case (when case is present), as well as the interior image.
Friendship album compiled 1833-1856 by Philadelphia, middle-class, African American social activist Amy Matilda Cassey (1808-1856). Cassey was a member of the Philadelphia Female Antislavery Society, founder of the African American coeducation literary and scientific society the Gilbert Lyceum, and active in the temperance movement. Volume contains entries by men and women, most active in the anti-slavery movement, of original and transcribed poems, prose, and essays, and watercolors and pencil sketches. Topics range from abolitionism and slavery, to love and friendship, to female beauty and refinement, as well as motherhood, mortality, and death. Contributors include Frederick Douglass (1881-1895), William Lloyd Garrison (1805-1879), James McCune Smith (1813-1865), Lucy Stone (1818-1893), Sarah Forten Purvis (1814-1883), and Margaretta Forten (1815-1887).
Collection of bas-relief small carvings depicting the primary exhibition halls at the Centennial Exhibition of 1876. The exhibition celebrated the centennial of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art.
Collection documenting the Centennial Exhibition of 1876 in Philadelphia, which celebrated the 100th anniversary of American Independence. The Centennial Photographic Company was granted exclusive rights to photograph the World's Fair.
The Civil War Graphics and Ephemera Collection is primarily comprised of the John A. McAllister Collection. The collection includes tens of thousands of examples of printed ephemera, most from the Civil War years, including circa 600 recruiting posters, as well as newspapers, political broadside and leaflets, tickets, trade cards, cartoons, and a complement of ribbons, buttons and other ephemeral items constituting the largest such collection documenting the Philadelphia home front. The collection of graphic items includes lithographs, engravings, cartoons, maps, textiles, drawings, photographs, and about 7,000 patriotic pictorial envelopes. Additionally, mixed media holdings within the collection document sanitary fairs, voluntary saloons and hospitals, generals and leaders, playing cards, verse, and Confederate States ephemera.
Account book for the shop Mary Langdale Coates kept from the time of her husband Samuel’s death to her own death. The shop was located on the west side of Second Street, north of Market. Her customers included Elias Boudinot, Timothy Matlack, Israel Pemberton, Sr. and Jr., Elizabeth Coates Paschall, Philip Syng, Catherine Wistar, and Benjamin Franklin.
Images from the first edition of William Maitland’s History of London that belonged to the London merchant and naturalist Peter Collinson (1694-1768). The book was heavily annotated by Collinson, detailing the changing physical fabric of the city of London and events of daily life.
In both the United States and England, the market for comic valentines rivaled that for sentimental valentines, with their sales numbers about equal in the 1840s and 1850s. Sentimental valentines were more expensive, ranging in price from twenty-five cents to thirty dollars. A single comic valentine cost about a penny, hence their other nickname "penny dreadfuls." "Dreadful" is an appropriate term, but "crude," both in content and printing, is perhaps more accurate. Many were printed from wood blocks, with the color added by hand (often with stencils). The later examples were reproduced lithographically, but imitated the look of woodcuts. Sometimes the same image was used more than once with different doggerel verse. The recipients typically threw them away, so few survive. Bibliographically, they are challenging because they rarely list the artists' or publishers' names or the date of publication. The illustration technique is not always obvious, even with magnification. Working under the NEH-funded McAllister Project, Linda Wisniewski scanned the valentines. During a 2006 internship funded by the Fels Foundation, Elizabeth Donaldson created the records for the collection. Thanks to Linda and Betsy, digital versions of these remarkable pieces of ephemera are available here for further study.
Library Company copy on deposit from the Darby Library Company, Darby, Pa. Extensively annotated by Darby Library Company librarians following publication up to about 1840; with two leaves of MS. notes laid in; inscribed: Dr. C. Ash Darby.
Seventeen photographs (1894-ca. 1945) by Philadelphia amateur photographer, teamster, and machinist Eugene Davis. Images primarily document the electrification, beginning in 1894, of Philadelphia’s first horse railway line operated by the Frankford and Southwark City Passenger Railway Company. Includes views of horse-drawn cars and electric trollies. Collection also contains images of location of Davis’s machinist shop Walker & Davis, Inc. with partner Noah Walker, and other vehicles, including an autogiro, a Ford Model T truck, delivery carts and wagons, and the beached cruise ship, Morro Castle.
Printed ephemera related to American business and commerce. Predominantly consists of over 150 pieces of printed advertising ephemera sent by suppliers of stationery and related products to the Philadelphia firm John C. Clark from 1866 to 1868.
Scrapbook containing primarily engraved gift book and periodical illustrations issued between circa 1832 and 1868 from American and British publications, including "Columbian Lady’s and Gentlemen’s Magazine"; "Godey's Lady's Book"; "Ladies Companion"; "New Mirror"; and "Sartain's Magazine." Illustrations, several engraved by A. L. Dick, predominantly depict sentimental, romantic, religious, genre and allegorical views and often include children and animals. Titles include "The Draught Players"; "The Lovers"; "The Philosopher & His Kite" (showing Benjamin Franklin); "They sold Joseph to the Ishmeelites [sic] for twenty pieces of silver; "Lake See Hoo and Temple of the Thundering Winds from the Vale of Tombs"; "Schuylkill Water Works"; "Luther on Christmas Eve"; "Farmers Nooning," including an African American man farm hand (after 1843 W. S. Mount painting); "Cup-tossing" (reading of tea leaves); "The Opera Box"; and "The Village School." Portrait prints, including an image of Jenny Lind, and a few architectural design prints also encompass the illustrations., Also contains chromolithographs and the illustrated title page from Henry Harbaugh's "Birds of the Bible" (1854) and many tinted lithographs printed by Ackerman from "Reports of Explorations and surveys,...for a railroad from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean (1855-1861); several photographic reproductions of original paintings showing genre views, landscapes, and marinescapes, including the work of J. S. Fenimore; George C. Lambdin; Edward and Thomas Moran, W. T. Richards, Samuel Sartain, Christian Schussele, N. H. Trotter, and S. B. Waugh; and photographs of a paddle boat near the Fairmount Water Works and views of the Wissahickon. Some pages also include embossed and color vignettes of birds, flower vases, and flowers. Other lithographs and chromolithographs depict sentimental and religious views, including a baby "hatching" from a flower and the T. Sinclair religious tableauxes "Pontius Pilatus" and "Manoah’s Sacrifice"., Probably compiled by Mrs. H. Godley., Title from stamp on the leather spine., Inserts: Envelope inscribed "Mrs. H. Godley, 1725 Vine St." and engraved portraits of "Robert Moffat" and "Girl in a Florentine Costume of A.D. 1500." "Girl" print includes amateur pencil alterations., Various artists, engravers, lithographers, and printers including Ackerman; W. Allan; T. Allom; W. H. Bartlett; W. Bennett; J. Burnet; J. G. Chapman; A. L. Dick; T. Doney; Durand & Co.; J. B. Forrest; A. W. Graham; Charles Heath; J. R. Herbert; J. B. Longacre; W. S. Mount; J. Neale; E. T. Parris; Nicolas Poussin: Rawdon, Wright, Hatch & Smillie; Rice & Buttre; H. S. Sadd; John Sartain; Eliza Sharp; Thomas Sinclair; and Benjamin Franklin Waitt., Various publishers, including American Sunday-School Union; Henry F. Annears; L.A. Godey; and Hurst, Chance & Co., Cataloging funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012., Description revised 2021., Access points revised 2021., Purchase 1986.
[ca. 1832-ca. 1868]
Library Company of Philadelphia | Print Department albums [P.9152]
Scrapbook of print specimens and proofs engraved by Philadelphia and London engraver William Humphrys. Contents include postage stamp proofs, book and periodical illustrations, tile pages, portrait prints, advertisements, and cut outs of banknote and certificate vignettes. Majority of graphics depict allegorical imagery or illustrations of genre, religious, sentimental, and literary scenes, some from the plays of Shakespeare. Illustrations include scenes of courtship; female friendship; children with animals; a ghoulish-looking woman with a torch; a European man smoking a hookah; Jesus Christ; Adam & Eve; and imagery from Edmund Spencer's "Faery Queen", John Milton's "Palemon's Story," and John Gay's "Thursday: or The Spell." Allegorical works depict the figures of Columbia, Minerva, Mercury, Neptune, Bounty, Agriculture, Commerce, Justice, Hope, and Apollo, as well as scenes with the American eagle; caducei for the "Liverpool Apothecaries Company"; citizens fighting a fire; cherubs charting a globe; Native Americans; a family; sailing ships; and symbols of farming, trade, and industry. Vignettes also show a portrait of Benjamin Franklin; Pocahontas saving John Smith; and a female warrior slaying a man of royalty captioned "Sic Semper Tyranus."
Later 19th-century watercolors, many commissioned by antiquarian and jeweler Ferdinand J. Dreer (1812-1902), from a collection of over 150 views of Philadelphia streetscapes by architect and artist Benjamin R. Evans. Some of the images are based on earlier prints, drawing, and photographs of the depicted site.
Evans, B. R. (Benjamin Ridgway), fl. 1857-1891, Creator
Collection created through a Samuel S. Fels Community Fellowship Grant in 2003 of over 300 book and periodical illustrations from the 16th - to 19th -centuries depicting all aspects of African American history and life.
Images range in date from 1595 (Giralomo Benzoni, Americae Pars Quinta) to 1914 (John Wesley Cromwell, The Negro in American History) and include views from 17th through 19th centuries travel and history texts of the social life and agricultural, industrial, and craft work of African peoples; graphics from the antislavery movements in France, Great Britain, and the United States detailing the brutality of slave life and the violence of slave resistance; and a selection of racist caricatures and cartoons from the 19th century reflecting the growing denigration and dehumanizing of African Americans in the era’s American popular print culture.
Collection of 179 glass and film negatives created by Alfred Hand between 1920 and 1921. They depict historic houses, places of worship, and Revolutionary War sites in Germantown and the Philadelphia region, and are accompanied by negative sleeves with descriptive manuscript notes about each site. | <urn:uuid:5042d6c6-5119-4724-a7c0-1ebce58fd884> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://digital.librarycompany.org/islandora/search/%20?cp=islandora%3Aroot&islandora_solr_search_navigation=1&f%5B0%5D=-RELS_EXT_isMemberOfCollection_uri_ms%3A%22info%5C%3Afedora%5C/Islandora%5C%3ASCRA1%22&f%5B1%5D=RELS_EXT_isMemberOfCollection_uri_ms%3A%22info%5C%3Afedora%5C/islandora%5C%3Aroot%22&sort=lcp_mods_sort_title_ss%20asc | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572221.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816060335-20220816090335-00077.warc.gz | en | 0.931964 | 3,611 | 1.96875 | 2 |
Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" coming to Hubbard Hall in Cambridge, N.Y.
CAMBRIDGE, N.Y. >> In 1952, as playwright Arthur Miller and his friends were being hauled onto Capitol Hill to be investigated during the Red Scare of Communism - and many under pressure named names to Joseph McCarthy and the House Un-American Activities Committee - Miller's imagination turned to a similarly crazed time in our history, the Salem Witch Trials, to try and explain their contemporary confusion. As McCarthy's hearings blazed on, The Crucible premiered on Broadway, reflecting a mirror to this 1950's paranoid craze and yet set in a faraway corner of our American history. The year was 1692 and the people of Salem, Massachusetts had no idea that they would become the focus of countless books, research articles, and performance pieces for hundreds of years to come. Perhaps no piece has reached the fame and provoked continued discussion about what really happened to cause "witch trials" quite like Arthur Miller's American masterpiece. As we mount this play for the first time in over a decade, Hubbard Hall is thrilled to welcome back Jeannine Haas to the Hall to direct, having previously performed in An Iliad and Parallel Lives and having directed Of Mice and Men, Twelfth Night, and Amadeus. Just as with Of Mice and Men two years ago, Hubbard Hall is also proud to produce this American classic even as a high profile revival hits Broadway. But instead of $250 and more per seat, the Hall is proud to offer tickets for no more than $25 each.
The Crucible opens with Reverend Parris, played by Ron Komora, praying at the bedside of his daughter Betty (local Abby Maher making her Hubbard Hall Mainstage debut) who seems to be afflicted with a bizarre illness for which the only accepted explanation seems to suggest witchcraft. Fear grips the community and neighbor turns against neighbor as all are driven to hysterics and accusations are made. The town is torn apart as every word of gossip and every deviation from a societal standard seals the fates of those accused.
Miller's warning to be cautious about believing false accusations about others, or the assumption that someone else is "evil" when we do not understand their background or behavior, is a lesson taken to heart by the production team. Executive and Artistic Director David Snider says about choosing this piece, "Daily we're now hearing a debate, at the level of our presidential campaigns, about establishing religious litmus tests on who is or is not American, on who should or should not be allowed into our country, and on who is or who is not "our enemy." This classic play shows us another time in our own history when we judged our neighbors based on their beliefs, and on the smallest "infractions" of their time, from not knowing your commandments by heart to being a strong-willed and respected woman in your society. It's good, I think, in this age of Donald J. Trump, to be reminded of the dangers of this kind of thinking and that, from our own history with the Salem Witch Trials, Joe McCarthy, and the Red Scare, we Americans really ought to know better by now. When I chose this play last year I knew it'd be timely. I'm frankly shocked at just how timely it's turning out to be. It's a play for every one – and especially every student - to see. To remind us where we've been as a country and where we never want to return."
The cast includes: Equity Actors Ron Komora as Reverend Parris and Erin Ouellette as Elizabeth Proctor. David Snider as John Proctor, Catherine Seeley as Abigail Williams, Digby Baker-Porazinski as Reverend Hale, Lia Russell-Self as Tituba and Danforth, Adam Shulman as Judge Hathorne, Kristoffer Ross as Ezekiel Cheever, Rob Forgett and Kyra Fitzgerald as the Putnams, David and Deb Borthwick as the Nurses, and Chris Barlow as Giles Corey. The young ladies whose testimonies sealed the fate of 20 people are played by Abby Maher as Betty Parris, Christiana Roewer as Mary Warren, Audrey Roosevelt as Mercy Lewis, Leila Bruske as Susanna Wolcott, Delaney Hill, and Sarah Burke.
The Crucible is directed by Jeannine Haas, with lights and projections by Calvin Anderson, costumes by Sherry Recinella, stage managed by Kate Johnson, and scenic design and technical direction from Benjie White.
Performances are April 16 – May 5, Fridays at 8 p.m, Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m. with a special Opening Night Dinner hosted by the Round House Bakery Café on April 16 at 6 p.m. This dinner includes: Phyllo kisses with assorted fillings, Spring Watercress Salad, Braised Salmon, Quinoa pilaf, Sesame Kale, Cream Puffs, and Coffee or Tea. Reservations for dinner must be made by April 12. Tickets for dinner and the Opening Night Performance are $65 (Dinner Only is $45). Tickets without the opening night dinner are $25 General Admission or $10 for Students and are available online at hubbardhall.org, at the door, or by calling the Hubbard Hall Box Office at 518-677-2495.
Due to the seating arrangement, there is no late seating for The Crucible, so please arrive at least 15 minutes prior to curtain.
Hubbard Hall Center for the Arts and Education, located in a renovated 1878 rural opera house and adjacent former freight yard complex, is a community arts center dedicated to bringing the best of the arts to the region with year-round theater, music and dance performances and classes and workshops for all ages and skill levels. Hubbard Hall is located at 25 East Main Street in Cambridge. For more information on this and all Hubbard Hall programs, or to purchase tickets, register for classes, make a donation and/or become a Hubbard Hall Pass carrier please visit www.hubbardhall.org or call 518-677-2495.
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This is one of the largest pieces we have had by Tom and Sue Tapia. The bowl was made, carved, and polished by Sue. The bottom has 64 carved feathers, alternating between polished and micaceous. The top is fully polished and etched with designs by Tom. There are is a large medallion with two rows of feathers and a sun face. Opposite is another double row of feathers and a Pueblo scene. Separating them is a Broadface Katsina and a Tewa drummer. There is an avanyu encircling the top of the shoulder. There are additional lizards, bear paw, bear fetish, katsina, and butterfly designs. It is a very complicated design both with the sgraffito and the carving. The reddish color in the area surrounding the sgraffito designs is a “signature” clay color for Tom’s pottery designs. The rim of the bowl is also carved and slipped with mica. The bowl is signed, “Tom & Sue Tapia”. It is in excellent condition with no chips, cracks, restoration or repair.
Tom Tapia is one of the most renown potters from San Juan Pueblo, creating a very intricate style of incised pottery. He is a son of Leonidas Cata Tapia and the husband of potter Sue Tapia. He learned to make pottery from his mother. He has won numerous awards for his pottery at events such as Santa Fe Indian Market and the Heard Museum Indian Fair. | <urn:uuid:e676c922-9bb0-4235-bb0e-491158b5920b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://kinggalleries.com/product/tapia-tom-sue-large-bowl-with-64-feathers-and-incised-designs-1990s/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00277.warc.gz | en | 0.974801 | 318 | 1.78125 | 2 |
At Parker Academy we believe the work we are doing with these students is really important. We are hoping to have an ongoing dialogue with the people and programs that make Parker Academy what it is.
Today we are getting to know more about the Parker Academy Music Program. It seems to be an ever evolving, highly therapeutic program; and we are chatting with the music teacher, Zack Jones, to find out a little more about why this program is so important and inspirational for these kids.
Zack, how did music affect you when you were this age and how did you get into music?
“Music was basically the thing that always intrigued me. It always made sense in a way but was also a mystery. It always came back to my mom. She was a pianist when I was growing up, and she use to play piano all the time when I was little. I never took lessons, but I would take time playing and exploring sounds on the piano. I still come back to it, what it did for me emotionally and the fact that music can easily strike up emotions. I was really into music in terms of movies, in fact, growing up I wanted to me a film composer. As a kid I would come up with music to films in my head. My first piece was when I was about six. It was a four-part song, with distinct parts on the piano that told the story of how our dog died. The story of him playing, getting out, getting lost, and then getting hit by a car. You could clearly hear the distinct parts in the story, which is relatable at a young age. It was my way of processing that my dog died; those hard emotions. Music continued for me from that point.”
“This program exists in a new area of music, an area that blurs the lines between music education and music therapy.”
The music program existed before you came, what was it about this specific program that intrigued you and made you want to work at Parker Academy?
“When I first moved to New Hampshire I had a chance encounter with my predecessor, who refined the program. I stopped by his yard sale because I saw instruments. We chatted about mutual interests and how I also taught music. Two months later he had an idea that he might be leaving this position, and what I thought about it. I have a music education degree, but I had this idea that I did not want to work in the standard public music system. I am always a fan of doing things differently. I love to be more creative and more open ended. Before I even moved to New Hampshire I was already looking into programs dealing with music therapy. I was already interested in this bridge between music therapy and music education because for me, music was both. It was a thing I studied and it became academic. I got really into the music education part and the social emotional part was undeniable. That’s what I wanted to tap into more. Explore more. When I moved to New Hampshire it was right in front of me. This program exists in a new area of music, an area that blurs the lines between music education and music therapy. My predecessor and I are different people but when he described who the students were, and what the position was, it was the obvious next step. We are always trying to move this program forward.”
While you are talking about moving forward, we all know that the arts and music programs are continually getting cut from schools while Parker Academy’s is constantly growing. Why do you think that is?
“It is amazing if you think about the numbers. The fact that a school of 50 kids or less has a full-time music and art teacher is unheard of. There are schools in the same place with four times as many kids that do not have a full-time music teacher. So I guess that’s a credit to David Parker for really valuing that. I know it’s built into the philosophy of the Parker Academy, which is another reason why this is the perfect place for me to be able to commit to full time teaching. It allows for more kids to have access to music this way. They will come in contact with it at one point or another here. I will basically have all of the students for at least one semester. It all comes down to providing more access to music for the students.”
How do you incorporate these important concepts into your classroom?
“I think generally speaking, most of us know intuitively the value of learning and participating in music. There have been quite a few scientific studies about what happens in the brain when we play, learn, and practice music. It is pretty well documented but I think in our setting, with our students, it’s even more important that they have access to music. The music classroom and program here provides them with social emotional learning opportunities as well as music education opportunities. Playing music together in a group is not something a lot of these students have had the opportunity to do in the past. If you can see how they respond to being in this environment and having exposure to being with others, creating with others, even something as simple as being musically in sync with others; it is powerful.”
“We specifically created this program to be as student centered as possible.”
You say that it is easy to see the confidence and self-esteem of these students change when you are in the classroom. What does this look like?
“There are definitely a lot of students that have not had music in the past. They will start in this class and be unsure, shy, not have much confidence in the sounds that they are making. Fast forward to a month in, a semester, or after a performance; the change is obvious. You can see it in their body language, [and this carries to outside of the music room as well] their self-esteem, after they have an open mic night under their belt. I know this to be true, attendance in the classroom has increased after a performance. All the other metrics that we measure for student performance and progress will have an uptick right after a performance night. [We have never done a wide study on this but I definitely have seen this to be true in a number of students here].”
“What’s great about this program is that, as much as possible, it is student centered. We go to great lengths to make it relevant to the students in the classroom. Our small class size allows each class to be unique, working on different songs and programming. That is an important part of it. Most of the music we are playing the students bring forward. There is some music that I present as well because I have knowledge of music that I think they might like. I would say it is 20% from me and 80% from students choosing the songs. I am asking them what they are listening to that morning coming in off the bus. Then maybe later that same day we are learning that song in the classroom. You know there’s the personalization, exploring the music they like, how do they produce those sounds themselves, and what’s actually going in that song. Really digging deeper into these pieces of music that lends itself into realizing there is a lot more going on. It is more than just teaching the physical sounds to produce it. Over time their sense of music and their perception changes. Their taste may even change when they learn about/realize what’s going on in the music. What came before that, or what influenced the band they listen to. There is a strong sense of identity that often comes from the music that you listen to especially as an adolescent. That’s an important time. You will always hold those songs dear to you. There is a recent study that came out saying that the music that you listen to during this time period effects the brain differently because of the chemicals and hormones that are firing in the brain between 12-15 years old, that makes music just ‘the best’. There is something about the music you listen to in that time period that will instantly bring you back to that same place. There are some deep seeds planted in adolescence in terms of the music you listen to, and we explore those seeds directly in this music program.”
Why do you think students want to be involved with a program like this one at Parker Academy?
“I would say one of the biggest benefits is that we have the ability here to ‘start where the child is at. Because of our small class sizes we can go a little farther than that. We are able to talk about things more in depth. What are you listening to? What is that? Let’s figure that out. What are you interested in? What is it about music that gets you excited? What is it that sparks your interest and we can go right to it. We are different in some really interesting and important ways. We give time to explore. We specifically created this program to be as student centered as possible. We look at where their interests are. What is important to them should be reflected in everything we do. This is not imposing or regimenting everything to a small degree of learning, but creating a place to solidify a project-based student centered environment.”
Looking around your classroom it is clear to see you create some serious projects with the kids. What is the importance of technology in your classroom?
“The technology in an alternative music program like this is extremely important. Knowing the direction I wanted to move in, it seemed obvious to me to start embracing technology. We are small enough that we can have individual iPads for each students. During the last couple years I have gone to a few clinics about using iPads in the music room. You now have the power to create, compose, and produce music on a professional level with technology like an iPad or iPhone, which most students already have. There is a Grammy award winning producer who creates all of his music on an iPhone. This is the world we live in currently and this is something we should know. It is exciting the capabilities we now have working with an iPad. We have done some individual and group projects using the technology we have currently. There are a variety of different apps that we incorporate to make music creation really accessible to everyone in the classroom. Some connect visual arts with music, for those who are more visual. There are all kinds of visual adaptations you can make as well. We are really just scratching the surface in the last couple years. On our computers we have the ability to make professional level recordings. We can record live sound with the microphones and plug directly into our keyboards and drums. Students go through the entire process of recording, sound engineering, and production. There’s the possibility to unitize this technology and these things are becoming more common in our everyday life. We have even composed music for movies the students have made in other classes. There are a lot of cross curriculum work to be done with technology as well.”
[“Follow the Rhythm” written, recorded, and produced by the Parker Academy Ensemble]
You allow time for the kids to play out of the classroom. What are some of the activities you do?
“This is kind of in line with other music programs. Performance is an important aspect of music. It’s not our centerpiece, we are not always preparing for a performance. Sometimes we are just exploring and learning other things. Performance is a real important part in bringing what we have been working on up to a level where we feel comfortable playing for the public. It brings things into perspective for us, a reality check to a lot of things we do it. We could easily get lost in exploring, but if we don’t solidify things and start to actually put it together, then we are missing a whole aspect of being a musician. I truly believe that we can all be musicians, just because we are human. That is kind of my philosophy, and I think that effects what we are doing here as well. As musicians, playing music for others is part of what we can do to present our gift to the world. We do that in a couple of different ways. Our most consistent being our ‘Open Mic’ performances., everyone participates in them. We take great joy and pride in playing for our community, and take every opportunity to perform at activities downtown such as the “Rock N’ Race.”
“I truly believe that we can all be musicians, just because we are human.”
“Students that want to go that next step, and we have a good handful of those, allow us to look for other forms of performance opportunities. This year we looked forward to busking on the streets in downtown Concord. There is an immediacy playing for real people, random people, on the street. It is a completely unique experience that allows you to be in the moment and improvise at times. Performing in general is a practice in getting out of your comfort zone. This is a big deal and is something that we plan on and prepare for. It is part of being in this program, getting kids out of their comfort zone and into their performance. We have performed at the library, and taken a caroling group for the holidays around town into stops on Main Street. Any extra musical opportunities that we can put together we certainly try to make happen. We also have an ensemble. This has been something we have done since the start of the music program at Parker. There are always a handful of kids who want to go the extra step outside of classroom [even in this small of a school]. This would be another reason that a student may take interest in coming here. For the kids that are more dedicated in music, and want to put in extra time, then this is the group for you.”
Is there anything else you would like to add about the music program?
“The importance of the student centered nature of the program. The fact that we are learning songs that primarily come from the students and the class size allows us to do that. The fact that we are trying to incorporate social-emotional growth as well as academic growth is somewhat unique. This is a therapeutic day school, where the entire staff work together to help our students to move forward, to develop into vibrant, healthy human beings.That’s a big factor and an important aspect of our school. We know the arts are inherently therapeutic so providing access to the arts on a daily basis is a big factor.” | <urn:uuid:0a78c5a6-d412-46b9-b8b4-4d42a460cf6d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://parkereducation.com/parker-academys-music-program/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00478.warc.gz | en | 0.982546 | 3,002 | 1.726563 | 2 |
Having previously looked at the Norman fortification (razed by King John in 1213 – see our earlier post here), this time we’re taking a look at the later (medieval) fortification known as Baynard’s Castle.
In the 1300s, a mansion was constructed about 100 metres east of where the castle had originally stood on a riverfront site which had been reclaimed from the Thames. This was apparently destroyed by fire before being rebuilt in the 1420s and it became the seat of the House of York during the Wars of the Roses. King Edward IV was proclaimed king here in 1461 and King Richard III was offered the crown here in 1483 (a moment famously captured by William Shakespeare).
King Henry VII transformed the fortified mansion into a royal palace at the start of the 16th century – adding a series of towers – and his son, King Henry VIII, gave it to the ill-fated Catherine of Aragon when they married. The Queen subsequently took up residence (Anne Boleyn and Anne of Cleves also resided here when queen – the latter was the last member of the royal family to use it as a permanent home).
After King Henry VIII’s death, the palace passed into the hands of the Earl of Pembroke (brother-in-law of Queen Catherine Parr, Henry’s surviving Queen) who substantially extended it, adding ranges around a second courtyard. In 1553, both Lady Jane Grey and Queen Mary I were proclaimed queen here. Queen Elizabeth I was another royal visitor to the palace, entertained with a fireworks display when she did.
It was left untouched during the Civil War (the Pembrokes were Parliamentarians) but following the Restoration, it was occupied by the Royalist Earl of Shrewsbury (among his visitors was King Charles II). It wasn’t to be for long however – the palace was largely destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666, although remnants of the building, including one or two of the towers, continued to be used for various purposes until the site was finally cleared in the 1800s to make way for warehouses.
The site in Queen Victoria Street in Blackfriars (the area is named for the monastery built on the site of the Norman castle) is now occupied by the Brutalist building named Baynard House. The castle is also commemorated in Castle Baynard Street and Castle Baynard Ward.
It was discovered in archaeological excavations in the 197os that the castle’s waterfront wall had been built on top of the Roman riverside city wall.
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Regeneron Pharmaceuticals announced this past week that they have developed an experimental two-antibody cocktail that works well for COVID-19 patients recovering at home under quarantine.
Antibodies respond to foreign invaders in our bodies – viruses, bacteria, and fungi. Antigens on the surface of the invaders are recognized and the immune system attacks and destroys the invaders. https://www.cancer.gov/publications/dictionaries/cancer-terms/def/immune-response
Immunoglobulins are Y-shaped proteins in our immune system that are called antibodies. Each antibody contains four polypeptides. The structure of each antibody is different because it must recognize the individual antigen on the surface of other molecules.
Over 100 amino acids form a unique protein that can easily recognize an antigen and dispatch it quickly. The methodology for destroying an invading molecule depends on several factors.
As such, antibodies are divided into five categories – IgM, IgG, Iga, IgD, and IgE. The unique distribution of amino acids determines the type of antibody and the way it destroys its target. http://biology.arizona.edu/immunology/tutorials/antibody/structure.html
The antibody that Regeneron developed is a combination of two antibodies combined into a cocktail that can be administered to a COVID-19 patient. Most of the drugs being tested today are to reduce the severity of seriously ill COVID-19 patients. This antibody cocktail is intended for the mild to moderate cases that are not treated in hospitals.
Some people have a stronger response to an invading virus, bacterium, or fungus. People who respond strongly to foreign invaders (their immune systems are working well) are called seropositive. Those people with weaker immune systems are called seronegative.
The dual-antibody cocktail uses the serum from seropositive patients. Two-hundred and seventy-five mild to moderate COVID-19 patients were divided into two groups. One group was given the dual-antibody cocktail. The other group was given a placebo.
The median time for full alleviation of COVID-19 symptoms was seven days for the two-antibody cocktail group and thirteen days for the placebo group.
For patients given a placebo, the seropositive group had a median time to alleviation of symptoms of 7 days, compared to 13 days for seronegative patients. https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/regeneron-says-its-covid-antibody-treatment-reduces-viral-levels-improves-n1241414
Another option might soon become available to fight the pandemic virus. Tests are planned for hospitalized COVID-19 patients to determine the efficacy of treating those with more severe symptoms. Another group within Regeneron is suggesting that their dual-antibody cocktail might also be effective in preventing COVID-19.
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From Blakey to Brown, Como to Costa, Eckstine to Eldridge, Galbraith to Garner, Harris to Hines, Horne to Hyman, Jamal to Jefferson, Kelly to Klook; Mancini to Marmarosa, May to Mitchell, Negri to Nestico, Parlanto Ponder, Reed to Ruther, Strayhorn to Sullivan, Turk to Turrentine, Wade to Williams… the forthcoming publication Treasury of Pittsburgh Jazz Connections by Dr. Nelson Harrison and Dr. Ralph Proctor, Jr. will document the legacy of one of the world’s greatest jazz capitals.
Do you want to know who Dizzy Gillespie idolized? Did you ever wonder who inspired Kenny Clarke and Art Blakey? Who was the pianist that mentored Monk, Bud Powell, Tad Dameron, Elmo Hope, Sarah Vaughan and Mel Torme? Who was Art Tatum’s idol and Nat Cole’s mentor? What musical quartet pioneered the concept adopted later by the Modern Jazz Quartet? Were you ever curious to know who taught saxophone to Stanley Turrentine or who taught piano to Ahmad Jamal? What community music school trained Robert McFerrin, Sr. for his history-making debut with the Metropolitan Opera? What virtually unknown pianist was a significant influence on young John Coltrane, Shirley Scott, McCoy Tyner, Bobby Timmons and Ray Bryant when he moved to Philadelphia from Pittsburgh in the 1940s? Would you be surprised to know that Erroll Garner attended classes at the Julliard School of Music in New York and was at the top of his class in writing and arranging proficiency?
Some answers can be gleaned from the postings on the Pittsburgh Jazz Network.
For almost 100 years the Pittsburgh region has been a metacenter of jazz originality that is second to no other in the history of jazz. One of the best kept secrets in jazz folklore, the Pittsburgh Jazz Legacy has heretofore remained mythical. We have dubbed it “the greatest story never told” since it has not been represented in writing before now in such a way as to be accessible to anyone seeking to know more about it. When it was happening, little did we know how priceless the memories would become when the times were gone.
Today jazz is still king in Pittsburgh, with events, performances and activities happening all the time. The Pittsburgh Jazz Network is dedicated to celebrating and showcasing the places, artists and fans that carry on the legacy of Pittsburgh's jazz heritage.
Every Musical Magician in the Steel City Committee.........WE GET BUSY in the 412!!!
Favorite Jazz Radio or media station
U ALREADY KNOW....90.5FM
Favorite Pittsburgh Jazz Venue
R.I.P. SUNDAY NIGHTS @ BUFFALO BLUES, & BOTH OF THE GRILLS!
Im HUNGRY..................for anything (except drugs lol) that will increase the spiritual gift of music within me. Im tryna get back to God's original intent for music in every genre of music that HE calls me to. My background is gospel, R&B, and Hip Hop....which means im still riding with training wheels when it comes to the REAL SOUND & FEEL of JAZZ. But i realize that God has placed me in the best city to learn how to ride with the BIg Boys (and Girls......there are alot of female Jazz BEAST to come out of da BURGH). i love going out to the various thriving clubs who support jazz and LISTENING to the shaping and tone of what Pittsburgh Jazz has become. But make no mistake, just because im still learning to produce the authentic sound of jazz doesn't mean I don't know what it sounds like, so all you POSERS out there keep bitin your nails and kickin rocks when real musical magicians who carry the true SPIRIT are in the building!!!
I can't wait to meet all of you music lovers in the Burgh that I haven't met yet. Keep making a joyful jazz noise!
I digress from callin out any names of artist/groups tours or recordings that I've played for due to my immense love for the one who ALONE really deserves ALL of the shout-out credit seeing as HE CREATED THIS PRECIOUS GIFT of mine & each opportunity that followed it.......I LOVE YOU, GOD........with my whole heart!
To the Pocket Protector
If can you get some time can I get your phone # I would like to talk with you. Are you playing anywhere soon mayve I can come and hear you play.
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The Airbus A319 is a member of the Airbus A320 family of short- to medium-range, narrow-body, commercial passenger twin-engine jet airliners manufactured by Airbus. The A319 carries up to 160 passengers and has a maximum range of 3,700 nmi (6,900 km; 4,300 mi). Final assembly of the aircraft takes place in Hamburg, Germany and Tianjin, China.
The A319 is a shortened-fuselage variant of the Airbus A320 and entered service in April 1996 with Swissair, around two years after the stretched Airbus A321 and eight years after the original A320. The aircraft shares a common type rating with all other Airbus A320 family variants, allowing existing A320 family pilots to fly the aircraft without the need for further training.
As of April 2019, a total of 1,477 Airbus A319 aircraft have been delivered, of which 1,440 are in service. In addition, another 44 airliners are on firm order (comprising 9 A319ceo and 35 A319neo). As of January 2019, American Airlines was the largest operator of the Airbus A319, operating 130 aircraft.
In December 2010, Airbus announced a new generation of the A320 family, the A320neo (new engine option). The similarly shortened fuselage A319neo variant offers new, more efficient engines, combined with airframe improvements and the addition of winglets, named “sharklets” by Airbus. The aircraft will deliver fuel savings of up to 15%.
Seats Full Range (NM / SM): 5947 / 6843
Ferry Range (No Payload) (NM / SM): 6,337 / 7,292
Balance Field Length (Take-off Distance in Feet): 6,581
Landing Distance (Feet): 3,055
Average Block Speed (KTS / MPH): 458 / 527
Normal Cruise (KTS / MPH): 458 / 527
Long Range Cruise Speed (KTS / MPH): 433 / 498
Fuel Usage (Gallons Per Hour): 753.00
Service Ceiling (Feet): 41,000
Useful Payload With Full Fuel (Lbs): 1,667
Maximum Take Off Weight: 168,650
Maximum Landing Weight: 137,790
Basic Operating Weight: 93,503
Total Usable Fuel Weight: 51,509
Minimum Crew / Maximum Passengers: 2 / 124
Baggage Capacity External / Internal (Cubic Feet): 100 / 128
Cabin Height (Feet): 7’4″
Cabin Width (Feet): 12’1″
Cabin Length (Feet): 78’9″
Cabin Volume (Cubic Feet): 6978.13
Years in Production: 1998 – to present
Active Fleet (approximate): –
Airframe Maintenance Per Hour: $633.00
Engine / APU Maintenance Per Hour: $90.00
Fuel Cost based on Gallons Per Hour: $3,200.25
Crew Misc.: $169.00
Total Variable Cost Per Hour: $4,092.25
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Plan to create a new nursing support role.
Health Minister Ben Gummer today (17 December 2015) announced a plan to create a new nursing support role.
Provisionally called nursing associates, they will work alongside healthcare support workers and fully qualified nurses focusing on patient care.
The role, which could also be a new route for those wishing to become a registered nurse, has been recommended by nursing leaders and other healthcare professionals. The new addition to the care workforce will help bridge the gap between healthcare support workers, who have a care certificate, and registered nurses.
Proposals will see staff trained through this route learning on the job via an apprenticeship leading to a foundation degree. The government will also look at what opportunities there are for staff in this role to progress to become a registered nurse through either a degree level nurse apprenticeship or a shortened nursing degree at university.
The new nursing support role is expected to work alongside healthcare support workers and fully qualified nurses to deliver hands on care, ensuring patients continue to get the compassionate care they deserve. Nursing associates will support nurses to spend more time using their specialist training to focus on clinical duties and take more of a lead in decisions about patient care.
It will be up to individual NHS employers to decide how many nursing associates they need in their organisation. However, subject to the outcome of a consultation, it is anticipated that up to 1,000 nursing associates could be trained from 2016. The government remains committed to training the right number of staff and will maintain nurse training places as the scheme goes forward; 23,000 more nurses should be available by the end of this parliament.
There will be a consultation on all the specifics of the scope of this role, including the title, with representatives from the nursing profession including the royal colleges and representative unions in the new year.
Health Minister Ben Gummer said:
This new role, and the opportunity it offers for those who want to progress to a registered nurse, will open up a career in nursing for thousands of people from all backgrounds. Hard-working NHS staff are the lifeblood of the NHS and with an ageing population and changing patient needs, it is vital that we look at new ways to help staff deliver high quality, safe care across the week.
Along with the recent changes to student funding, which will enable universities to offer up to 10,000 additional training places over this parliament, we will ensure the profession is accessible for all those with the skills, values and ambition to choose nursing. We will consult widely in the new year as we want to ensure nursing apprenticeships and this new post are correctly formed.
Read more about the new nursing support role.
Jane Cummings, Chief Nursing Officer for England, said:
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“Help! I need water damage cleanup immediately!” This is what a Salem, New Hampshire woman yelled to her friend over the phone. She knew that her friend would know exactly what to do. She suffered a water loss recently and recovered quickly with a positive attitude about her experience, so she called to get a referral from someone she trusted.
After hearing the details about the situation, her friend recommended Soil-Away Cleaning and Restoration Services for help. The homeowner was nervous about calling for help. She dreaded the cost of repairs and contemplated restoring the home herself. But a little reassurance and education from her friend changed her outlook.
After the crew arrived on the scene, they worked to identify the source of the water loss and category of water damage. In this case, the damage was a simple category 1 (clean water) loss. The toilet supply line busted causing gallons of water to flood the entire bathroom and hallway of the single story dwelling. For the water damage cleanup process, the team worked to carefully detach baseboard and carpet before drying the hardwood floor underneath. To treat the damaged wood flooring, the crew used air movers and dehumidifiers to drive the moisture out of the material. Lastly, the floors were treated with an antimicrobial solution to reduce the occurrence of potential mold growth.
A water damage cleanup process will not be the same for everyone. Some property owners need extensive restoration while others do not. Also, the category of water, which refers to the level of contamination, will determine what the cleanup process will look like.
There are three known categories of water losses, and the source of the water loss determines the category. Category 1 is clean water or water from a sink/faucet, hot water tanks, and supply lines. Category 2 can be described as contaminated water. This can come from fish tanks and washing machines. Category 3 water loss is dangerous and can pose harm to residents and unprotected individuals. This is described as black sewage contaminated water. The remediation of category 3 damage requires a special level of remediation and protection. Special PPE suits should be worn to protect against harmful pathogens, and unlike the other two categories, the use of dehumidifiers and fans can cause airborne toxins to cross-contaminate the property.
Soil-Away Cleaning and Restoration Services is an experienced service provider that has helped New Hampshire residents fight major water losses for 30 years. Their in-depth knowledge of restoration and water damage cleanup has helped the community after major tragedies from water and mold to fire and smoke damage. The IICRC-certified team of experts is there to help you. Water damage cleanup is no match for the team of professionals. The restoration crew is not only equipped to handle any category of water loss, but they are at standby to help transform your damaged personal heirlooms and materials into clean and sanitized momentos and personal treasures. If you have soft materials or textiles that have been harmed during a disaster, the Esporta-certified crew is equipped to cleanup and restore the damage. Don’t hesitate to call Soil-Away for emergency water damage cleanup at 603-641-6555. You’ll be glad that you did! | <urn:uuid:df68cded-9e6b-433b-bfe7-d4bcad0cf88f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.soilaway.com/water-damage-cleanup-salem-new-hampshire/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572408.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816151008-20220816181008-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.951949 | 664 | 2.09375 | 2 |
If you have decided on getting an oral insurance plan, it will be that require to research first on the various plans provided by different insurance products and services. Compare dental plans and evaluate the plans in order to locate what is ideal for you – an individual which will fit all your oral care needs explaining within your financial.
Cosmetic dentists can handle procedures that deal these kinds of new veneers with more confidence. This comes from how a dentist can to produce the material for your veneer from one’s own office. The dentist does so by working with a porcelain material and having it cut so rrt’ll look more impressive. More cosmetic dentists are with your because of methods they a lot more realistic in character and can to are a many years. However, these same dentists additionally charging more for them because of how they may expensive deal with and approach.
One of the most typical sources of tooth pain are dental cairies. When people get cavities, they most of the time an infection that is painful. dentists can assist this issue by first giving an x-ray to pinpoint an internet business. Then, if it is a cavity and get infection, they will prescribe medicine to help clear upward. Furthermore, the doctor will use certain equipment to fill the cavity. The actual filling can be silver or, these days, a natural-looking ceramic mixing. This way, it are not the so obvious that you’d a cavity and needed a filling.
Usually, a referral belonging to the dentist will good. This way you is going to make sure in which you are obtaining your dentist in the reliable area. But what happens if they solely make an indication and no actual referral for you?
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In dentistry, there are three fundamental things usually are the basis of Dental care and procedures, preventive and diagnostic dental and major dental assistance. Preventive and diagnostic care Dental plans provide dental care base to avoid dental disease and along with cleaning and regular examinations. This encourages the patient and gums healthy.
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Iowa Teacher Builds and Donates Hundreds of Desks For Kids Without Proper Workspace
Saw this story from ABC and just had to share. A teacher from Ankeny, Iowa noticed in Virtual calls that many of his students didn't have the proper work space for school. Many of them just sitting on the edge of their bed or kitchen table to do school work. So he did something about it. And now others are volunteering to help. The highlights are below. See the entire story from ABC HERE.
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Hii...I've created application in Oracle Form 6i, and database Oracle 9i in windows XP. But now my client saying he want to use this application in windows 7.
For that if i install Oracle XE 10g as database and Oracle Form 6i with patch (for windows 7) will it be ok...??
Can anyone give me helpful suggestion please..
More than 75% of all records are compromised because of the loss or theft of a privileged credential. Experts have been exploring Active Directory infrastructure to identify key threats and establish best practices for keeping data safe. Attend this month’s webinar to learn more.
Subquery in Oracle:
Sub queries are one of advance queries in oracle.
Types of advance queries:
• Sub Queries
• Hierarchical Queries
• Set Operators
Sub queries are know as the query called from another query or another subquery. It can …
Note: this article covers simple compression. Oracle introduced in version 11g release 2 a new feature called Advanced Compression which is not covered here.
General principle of Oracle compression
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The algoza is a Punjabi woodwind instrument adopted by Sindhi folk musicians, also called a Jorhi or Ngoza. It resembles a pair of wooden flutes. The musician plays it by using three fingers on each side. Sound is generated by breathing into it rapidly; the quick recapturing of breath on each beat creates a bouncing, swing rhythm. Algoza is generally used as a folk instrument and Punjabi folk singers use it to play traditional music such as Jugni, Jind Mahi, and Mirza. However, it is also a popular choice among UK musicians for making contemporary Bhangra music. The greatest exponents of Alghoza, however, are the Sindhi musicians Khamisu Khan, Misri Khan and Akbar Khamisu Khan(son of Khamisu Khan).
Ustad Marhoom(Late) Khamiso Khan was realy King of Sindhi Saaz Alghoza (Beenoon) now his son continued his art namely Mr.Akber Khamiso Khan I think he is prince of alghoza
independence day with folk singers of Pakistan and showing that we are still intact with our roots and culture.So be a part of the show through your massages and live call and enjoy the melody of Pakistan. | <urn:uuid:482ca7c0-169a-4f00-ac46-f6db323c8208> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://bozdar.com/algoza/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.955635 | 265 | 1.96875 | 2 |
In Senegal, many children are given to Marabuts as a student (Talibé). Often they come to a profiteering Marabut and are forcefully forced to beg, or they flee to the street.
PERSPECTIVE SENEGAL offers escaped and abused Talibés a safe haven and a chance to live a normal life. In the training and residential center they learn to process their trauma and to develop confidence again. In addition to a basic education, they can follow a carpenter’s training, which opens up new perspectives for the future. The HELP CHILDREN FOUNDATION supports the creation of a day trip in Dakar to get more children off the road. | <urn:uuid:5b367fea-9568-4419-afe4-936a0d2d51d2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.helpchildrenfoundation.de/en/projects/senegal-en/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573104.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817183340-20220817213340-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.949286 | 143 | 2.390625 | 2 |
The lenses on your car’s headlights can eventually become cloudy, causing your lights to look dim and faded. New headlights can cost several hundred dollars per light, so replacing them is expensive. There is a way to restore your headlights so that they look brand new and completely clear.
The reason your car’s headlights look cloudy or yellow is because of a process called oxidation. Headlights on today’s cars are made of plastic. When this plastic is heated, there are pores that expand, allowing road debris to get in. Other factors, like UV rays, smog, exhaust fumes, chemicals and acid rain contribute to the oxidation build up. Oxidation starts out white in color, then turns yellow and eventually brown. The light from your headlights will be almost completely blocked by the time the oxidation turns brown.
The tools needed to create crystal clear headlights from yellow oxidized headlights are several different grades of sandpaper, gloves, a cloth or towel, plastic polish and water. These materials can all be found at any auto parts store. They are also all available together in a kit. Kits like these are sold at most auto parts stores. Many kits are less than $20 and include three different grades of sandpaper, a pair of latex gloves, a small cloth, a bottle of plastic restoration polish and simple instructions. More expensive kits include polish and UV protectant. Be careful when selecting kits, because some are made to use with a drill or other power tool. The inexpensive kits are made to use by hand.
Masking tape is needed to protect the car’s paint near the headlights from scratches made by the sandpaper. Make sure you have enough tape to make several layers of protection. A water hose is also needed to keep the sandpaper wet while sanding so build up doesn’t occur under the paper and create deep scratches on the headlights.
Begin the process by rinsing the headlights and removing any obvious dirt or mud. Dry the area and place masking tape on the car’s paint near the headlights. Make sure all painted surfaces are covered with at least three or four layers of tape. If the sandpaper is rubbed on the paint, it will become dull and have to be polished with car polish.
Wet the lowest grade sheet of sandpaper and begin sanding the headlights. Sand for about 10 minutes on each headlight, changing directions only once. Sanding should be done horizontally and then vertically. Once this step is complete, move to the next highest grade of sandpaper. Repeat the sanding steps, keeping the paper completely soaked with water, and sand for about 10 minutes on each headlight. After this step, use the last and highest grade sandpaper to sand the headlights. Use this sandpaper for about 15 or 20 minutes on each headlight, keeping the paper soaked with water. You will notice that the headlight is becoming smooth and clear, but is not yet shiny.
Rinse the headlights and allow them to dry completely. Use the cloth to apply the plastic restoration polish. Work the polish in circular motions until the headlights shine. They will be crystal clear and as good as new. | <urn:uuid:687d45bf-1a14-4d35-b9d5-086d6a8a66e9> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.ehow.com/way_5286761_do-yourself-headlight-restoration.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280242.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00077-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956794 | 644 | 2.921875 | 3 |
January 25, 2012
New center to develop interventions for writing, reading disabilities
Read more about the center’s projects and collaborators.
The University of Washington College of Education has been awarded an $8.1 million, five-year federal grant to study how best to teach writing and reading to both learning-disabled and typically achieving children.
The grant will fund the new Center for Defining and Treating Specific Learning Disabilities in Written Language at the University of Washington.
The award, announced Jan. 17 in a news release, is from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.
Virginia Berninger, UW professor of educational psychology, will lead the center, which will include researchers from the College of Educations educational psychology division and Health Sciences departments of radiology, medicine and medical genetics.
The cross-campus research collaborations of this center are expected to lead to better diagnosis of specific learning disabilities in children whose development is otherwise normal, and to create new ways of teaching writing and reading to help all students in upper elementary and middle school (grades four through nine) meet state and common core standards in literacy.
Berninger said that, across socioeconomic levels, one in five children struggle to write or read. Research at the center will include teaching approaches for children who struggle with specific writing or reading skills, including handwriting, reading words, spelling and putting words together in writing.
Other goals include identifying brain and genetic predictors for what learning tools work best with which children, professional development for teachers and computerized interventions to groups targeted for narrowing the achievement gap, including Native Americans and Spanish-speaking English language learners.
The center is now in start-up phase. Berninger said that recruitment of participants will probably begin sometime this spring. Check this website for an announcement of the start of participant recruitment, which in the first year will include sixth and ninth graders.
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Career and Education Opportunities for Reporters in Dover, Delaware
Dover, Delaware provides a wide variety of opportunities, both career and educational, for reporters. There are currently 200 working reporters in Delaware; this should grow 8% to about 220 working reporters in the state by 2016. This is better than the nation as a whole, where employment opportunities for reporters are expected to shrink by about 7.6%. Reporters generally collect and analyze facts about newsworthy events by interview, investigation, or observation.
A person working as a reporter can expect to earn about $17 per hour or $36,360 annually on average in Delaware and about $16 per hour or $34,850 yearly on average in the U.S. as a whole. Incomes for reporters are the same as in the overall category of Journalism in Delaware, and not quite as good as the overall Journalism category nationally. Reporters work in a variety of jobs, including: courtroom reporter, magazine journalist, and fashion journalist.
The Dover area is home to seven schools of higher education, including one within twenty-five miles of Dover where you can get a degree as a reporter. Given that the most common education level for reporters is a Bachelor's degree, you can expect to spend about four years studying to be a reporter if you already have a high school diploma.
CAREER DESCRIPTION: Reporter
In general, reporters collect and analyze facts about newsworthy events by interview, investigation, or observation. They also report and write stories for newspaper, news magazine, or television.
Reporters inspect and evaluate notes taken about event aspects so as to isolate pertinent facts and details. They also decide on a story's emphasis and format, and organize material accordingly. Equally important, reporters have to arrange interviews with people who can furnish data related to a particular story. They are often called upon to research and analyze background data pertaining to stories so as to be able to furnish complete and accurate data. They are expected to check reference materials such as books and public records so as to obtain relevant facts. Finally, reporters inspect copy and correct errors in content and punctuation, following prescribed editorial style and formatting guidelines.
Every day, reporters are expected to be able to listen to and understand others in meetings. They need to understand what others are saying to them even in a noisy environment. It is also important that they speak clearly.
It is important for reporters to photograph or videotape news events, or request that a photographer be assigned to furnish such coverage. They are often called upon to design concepts and material for columns or commentaries by analyzing and interpreting news, current issues, and personal experiences. They also transmit news stories or reporting data from remote locations, using equipment such as satellite phones or modems. They are sometimes expected to write columns or reviews that interpret events or offer opinions. Somewhat less frequently, reporters are also expected to decide on a story's emphasis and format, and organize material accordingly.
Reporters sometimes are asked to consider issues with editors in order to determine priorities and positions. They also have to be able to conduct taped or filmed interviews or narratives and present live or recorded commentary via broadcast media. And finally, they sometimes have to research and analyze background data pertaining to stories so as to be able to furnish complete and accurate data.
Like many other jobs, reporters must be thorough and dependable and want to innovate to meet new challenges.
Similar jobs with educational opportunities in Dover include:
- Editorial Specialist. Perform variety of editorial duties, such as laying out, indexing, and revising content of written materials, in preparation for final publication.
- News Analyst. Analyze, interpret, and broadcast news received from various sources.
- Public Address Announcer. Make announcements over loud speaker at sporting or other public events. May act as master of ceremonies or disc jockey at weddings, parties, or other gathering places.
- Radio and Television Announcer. Talk on radio or television. May interview guests, act as master of ceremonies, read news flashes, identify station by giving call letters, or announce song title and artist.
- Technical Writer. Write technical materials, such as equipment manuals, appendices, or operating and maintenance instructions. May assist in layout work.
- Writer. Create original written works.
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES: Reporter Training
Delaware State University - Dover, DE
Delaware State University, 1200 N. Dupont Highway, Dover, DE 19901. Delaware State University is a small university located in Dover, Delaware. It is a public school with primarily 4-year or above programs. It has 3,531 students and an admission rate of 56%. Delaware State University has 3 areas of study related to Reporter. They are:
- Mass Communication/Media Studies, bachelor's degree.
- Journalism, bachelor's degree.
- Broadcast Journalism, bachelor's degree.
Certified Forensic Interviewer: The objective of this certification program is to create comprehensive, universally accepted professional standards combined with an objective measure of an interviewer's knowledge of those standards.
For more information, see the Center for Interviewer Standards and Assessment Ltd. website.
LOCATION INFORMATION: Dover, Delaware
Dover is situated in Kent County, Delaware. It has a population of over 36,107, which has grown by 12.4% over the last ten years. The cost of living index in Dover, 85, is well below the national average. New single-family homes in Dover are priced at $116,700 on average, which is above the state average. In 2008, one hundred twenty-nine new homes were built in Dover, down from one hundred eighty-nine the previous year.
The three most popular industries for women in Dover are educational services, health care, and public administration. For men, it is public administration, educational services, and construction. The average commute to work is about 19 minutes. More than 28.8% of Dover residents have a bachelor's degree, which is lower than the state average. The percentage of residents with a graduate degree, 11.3%, is higher than the state average.
The unemployment rate in Dover is 9.4%, which is greater than Delaware's average of 8.5%. About 13.8% of Dover's residents are below the poverty line, which is worse than the state average.
The percentage of Dover residents that are affiliated with a religious congregation, 32.1%, is less than both the national and state average. Saint Andrews Lutheran Church, Beth Shalom Congregation and Bethuel Seventh Day Adventist Church are among the churches located in Dover. The most prominent religious groups are the Catholic Church, the United Methodist Church and the Presbyterian Church (USA).
Dover is home to the Kent Swim Club and the Transportation Administration Center as well as Eden Hill and Richardson Park. Shopping malls in the area include Blue Hen Mall and Dover Mall. Visitors to Dover can choose from Inn at Meeting House Square, Little Creek Inn and Ramada Inn for temporary stays in the area. | <urn:uuid:5cbe2814-d8ab-4f46-aa8f-ec8995e7c654> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.careeroverview.com/usa/delaware/dover/art-design-entertainment-and-sports/journalism/reporter/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282935.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00235-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955201 | 1,435 | 2.125 | 2 |
The Susannah (MNU) Burnham research project is winding down. Assuming that her birth was recorded in Massachusetts, which is not 100% certain, but is definitely a possibility, the potential Susannahs have been narrowed down to just seven:
Essex County Births:
Susannah Marsh, of Samuel & Priscilla, Salem, 12 May 1680
Susannah Lee, of Richard, Ipswich, 20 February 1675
Current thinking places Susannah Lee, daughter of Richard Lee, as the wife of Thomas Knowlton from Ipswich but who moved to Connecticut in the early 1700s. I begrudgingly have to admit that I think that theory is likely correct and scratch her off the list.
Susannah Marsh disappears from the records after her birth. Her father reportedly died in 1693, but I haven’t found a death record or probate for him. As her mother didn’t remarry for many years (Priscilla married (2) William Hayward on 6 May 1708 in Mendon, Worcester, MA), I have to wonder if 1693 is correct.
Aside from Susannah’s father disappearing, I have found further information about her siblings. Her brother, John, born 1 September 1681, died in 1727 in Bellingham, Norfolk, Massachusetts. Her sister, Hannah, married Samuel rich in 1705 in Salem ad died in 1716 in Mendon, Worcester, Massachusetts. Another sister, Sarah, married Joseph Gold on 25 January 1710/11 and her youngest sister, Elizabeth, might be the Elizabeth Marsh who married William Rich on 7 January 1718/19 in Newbury.
Because of this, I am afraid that Susannah and her other sister, Margaret (born 18 April 1688) might both have died young. I’ve also found no ties whatsoever between the Burnhams and the Marsh family.
Therefore, I think I am going to have to strike Susannah Marsh, the last Susannah on the list who was born in Essex County, Massachusetts, off the list.
Now for Middlesex and Suffolk counties! There was quite a lengthy list of Susannahs born in the right time frame in Suffolk and Middlesex Counties, but those names have also been narrowed significantly to just three:
Suffolk and Middlesex County Births:
Susannah Brisco, of Benjamin & Sarah, Boston, born 1674/75
Susannah Pelton, of John, Dorchester, born August 1680
Susannah Cross, of John, Boston, 1673
Of the three reaming Susannahs, listed above, the Brisco family at first seems quite straightforward. Benjamin Brisco married Sarah Long c1655, Sadly, they had and lost their first three children, who lived but a few days. (Philip, Hannah and Sarah). Those children were followed by the births of Anna in 1664, Mary in 1665, John in 1666, Rebecca in 1669, Benjamin in 1671 and Susannah in 1675.
However, this family then disappears from the records, with two exceptions. Benjamin Brisco died in Boston in 1689, and I assume it was the father because the record doesn’t indicate Benjamin, the son of Benjamin. Second, Benjamin and Sarah Brisco sold land in Boston in February 1670, yet the deed wasn’t recorded until 12 June 1693.
There is no commentary made by the clerk as to whether Benjamin or Sarah was still living in 1693.
No marriage or death records have been found for Anna, Mary, John, Rebecca, Benjamin or Susannah, although there are other Briscos still living in Boston.
What became of Benjamin and Sarah Brisco and their family? I have no idea. Therefore, Susannah Brisco remains as a possible wife to Thomas Burnham, although I think it is probably very unlikely.
Next we have the equally mysterious family of John Pelton of Dorchester. John Pelton Sr. died on 23 January 1680 and left a will, which is missing. However, he can’t be the father of the Pelton children since three of them were born after his death and they weren’t triplets!
John Pelton had Robert, born 1 January 1675, Samuel, born 26 January 1675 (There is obviously an error in this book of Boston births unless there were two John Peltons having children in the same time period, which is very possible given that John Sr. died in 1680.), Christian, born 5 June 1678, Susannah, born August 1680, Charity, born 25 January 1682 and John, born 25th day of the 2nd month 1685 and died 26 November 1686.
There is a marriage record found for Robert Pelton to Rebecca Crehore in 1697 in Dorchester. Just as with the Brisco family, though, there is no further mention of any members of this family in the marriage or death records. Where did they go? Again, I have no clue.
Susannah Pelton therefore remains on the possible list as a wife of Thomas Burnham, but seems as unlikely a candidate as Susannah Brisco.
Chebacco Parish (Today Essex) to Boston, about 35 miles
We are down to the last name on the list – Susannah Cross, born in 1673. Surprisingly, this Susannah shows a bit of promise. First, her parents, John and Susannah (MNU) Cross lived in Boston and had the births of ten children recorded there:
1. John, born 1665; died young
2. Abigail, born 1 February 1666
3. Samuel, born 18 March 1668
4. Hannah, born 1 May 1671
5. Susannah, born 27 November 1673
6. Sarah, born 21 May 1677; married Benjamin Dutch, 7 January 1702, Boston
7. Mercy, born 28 December 1679; married Joseph Shaw, 22 February 1699, Boston
8. John, born 3 March 1682; died soon
9. John, born 28 August 1683; died 15 October 1684, Charlestown
10. John, born 28 September 1685
Interestingly, there was a Stephen Cross and a Robert Cross who lived in Ipswich, having settled there by the 1630s. Whether or not Stephen and Robert Cross were related in any way to John and Susannah, there were not many families with the Cross surname living in Massachusetts at that time.
Further, when delving into Stephen and Robert Cross, I came across a really interesting paragraph about a long-term (30 years) lawsuit over a piece of land, not just in Ipswich, but in the Chebacco section of Ipswich, in which Robert Cross was involved. Chebacco is where the Burnham family lived and today is the town of Essex, Massachusetts.
Next, take a look at who else is named in various court iterations through the years:
Source: American Ancestors
Robert Cross Sr. appealed a verdict which had gone in favor of JOHN BURNHAM JR. in 1693 and the disputed land had been owned at one time by THOMAS BURNHAM.
In spite of the Cross surname connection, there were at least two Cross families in Ipswich, who are thought to be related, but the relationship is not known and, further, there is no known familial tie between John and Susannah Cross and the Ipswich people, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t any, just that there are no proven connections.
I have to admit that this has been a long and somewhat painful slog, through many twists and turns, as I eliminated almost every one of the Susannahs to learn that the very last Susannah on my list is possibly the lady who married Thomas Burnham.
At least, the Cross surname has documented business ties to the Burnhams of Chebacco Parish.
No further clues have emerged from this research to give any indication of the maiden name of Susannah, wife of Thomas Burnham, unless she is Susannah Cross.
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Adopting a decentralized way of life, from small steps to giant leaps
Bitcoin (BTC) and other cryptocurrencies, such as Ether (ETH), all share a common goal: to decentralize the way people bank and to open up the under-financed and under-banked world to their own financial independence.
Decentralization and accessibility are some of the key motivators in the crypto sphere. Crypto and blockchain were not made for a specific group of people, but for an inclusive group of people. Owning crypto is simply a caveat, an advantage of moving away from the centralized world, but it is not a necessity.
It is perhaps worth starting small with accessible and useful ways to perpetuate the idea that decentralization is possible and not just a dream, especially under the boundaries that were proposed many years ago. So, here are five ideas to possibly incorporate into your life, starting brick by brick to live a more decentralized life.
Making responsible choices
Making sure that the respect you hold with your co-workers and community members is essential to keep everyone on the same level, with their given responsibilities just as important as others.
To further explain, a 1999 report called “Decentralization: A Sampling Of Definitions” states that when various responsibilities can be delegated in a way that reflects that all tasks are just as important as the other, people feel more respected, all based on a “horizontally integrated administration system.”
Yes, the age-old “treat others the way you want to be treated” maxim undoubtedly rings true. Workers and friends around the world could be more apt to help in various ways if thinking horizontally was more widely practiced.
Without the creation of blockchain technology based on the idea of horizontal delegation, the founders of this industry wouldn’t have made the strides they did. Everyone has the right to be respected; therefore, why not have that start with your peers and co-workers?
Although using a VPN or a pseudonym is well-researched and smart, you can also establish a permissionless way of living that does not require a centralized body to track your every move.
By denying cookies and even clearing the cache once in a while, you can help further keep your data private, as well as shutting off your phone data when not in use for long periods of time. While these measures may seem innocuous and even obvious, it is a great way to build habits that promote decentralization.
Donating to charities through NFTs or directly to those in need
The NFT boom has seen artists and newcomers alike gain money and fame through auctioning their art. Charities have started to take advantage of this as well.
To raise money for helping animals, Animal Welfare Generation One by Tokens for Humanity based in Australia started auctioning off nonfungible tokens (NFT) of animals, such as Sally Seal or High-roller Roland, to an Australian wildlife organization. Another platform, Spring, hosted by We Trust, features a variety of causes where people can donate using ETH and help a variety of organizations that otherwise are unable to generate the funds needed. Finally, NFT for Good on the Binance Smart Chain enables to directly donate and even post your own NFTs so that the proceeds of the auction can go directly to the organization.
Alternatively, it is much simpler, and more impactful, to put the money or aid in the hands of the people who need it — through the peer-to-peer technology of crypto, or directly through cash or other money-sharing applications. This requires minimal effort on your behalf and cuts out any intermediary entirely.
Getting involved locally
Many cities prioritize becoming a place for the international world over the quality of life of their citizens.
Further noted in the 1999 report, “Decentralizing governance could be an effective means of achieving critical objectives of the sustainable human development vision — improving access to services, credit, employment, health, and education, eradicating poverty, achieving greater socio-economic equity, especially between men and women and safeguarding the environment.” Therefore, getting involved locally can help mitigate the growth of the international hubs that pop up around the world.
While understanding and utilizing blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies, voting locally and volunteering in your community can help prevent the globalized cityscape from forming. By volunteering for local industries such as hospitals, donation centers and afterschool programs, you can directly contribute to the idea of sustaining society’s character at a local level.
Another great example is working with your local archive or record-keeping center to help piece together the history of the region. This alone rejects the idea that everyone should adhere to the same cultural standards; it characterizes the area and gives a voice and a name to an otherwise (though, hopefully not) forgotten image of a culture that we can build upon as the years pass by.
A further suggestion could be to start your own blockchain-based record-keeping chain that keeps track of the history of your city, culture, etc. on a blockchain, further utilizing the technology available.
Supporting platforms that promote decentralization
The most useful tool in growing the market of decentralization is getting involved in a borderless company that ideally works on a blockchain. When asked about how people can start to break down the barriers of the centralized world we live in, Elena Sinelnikova, co-founder of CryptoChicks, told Cointelegraph:
“My advice is to start looking into this direction. Research and think for yourself. The stigma surrounding blockchain technology is born out of fear of those parties who are scared to lose their power.”
Sinelnikova has recently started Metis, a platform for people and businesses looking into utilizing blockchain technology with no prior experience, making it easy for newcomers in the industry to use the technology because “blockchain is truly a technology for people.”
Being for the people, supporting the people, and, ultimately, making sure that people live a more horizontal and equal life in our communities are easily achievable on blockchains, but also in daily life.
The impact of helping a local community and treating people with the same respect is crucial when it comes to moving forward in a seemingly centralized and globalized world. But following even just one of these tips could help perpetuate the idea that, well, maybe decentralization isn’t so bad after all. | <urn:uuid:ed4e2816-413b-4800-aab4-a1199d9ecd8b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://bitflex.app/adopting-a-decentralized-way-of-life-from-small-steps-to-giant-leaps/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572304.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816120802-20220816150802-00466.warc.gz | en | 0.954456 | 1,398 | 2.5 | 2 |
There are a number of assignments which will help you demonstrate your expertise in doing history with technology. Some are more focused on the technology while others are focused on producing historical analysis.
- Discussion Board Posts and Replies 25%
- Creating a Tidy Dataset 10%
- Timeline Assignment 10%
- Adding Items to Omeka 10%
- Historic Marker Draft 10%
- Historic Marker Research Package 30%
- Class Participation 5% (your work and self-assessment)
Discussion board post 1 (due August 30)
After reading through the articles assigned for today and setting up your WordPress site, reflect on your current digital presence. When you Google yourself, what results do you get? Do those results reflect who you are and how you want others to perceive you? In what ways will your website help you in creating or modifying your existing digital presence? (400 words minimum)
Discussion board post 2 (due September 6)
Consider the four literacies we discussed today (ethics, privacy, copyright, and licenses). How do these literacies affect your research and scholarship as historians or scholars? What surprised you about these literacies? What are some important considerations to think about before beginning a digital humanities project? (400 words minimum)
Discussion board post 3 (due September 13)
What are the three principles of tidy data? What are the best methods for organizing your research? Consider how you might implement both tidy data and organizational research methods into your scholarly practice. (400 words minimum)
Discussion board post 4 (due September 27)
Use the following resources to select a highway marker to explore. Describe the marker you chose and why you chose it. In what ways will you use Trouillot’s methods from Silencing the Past to learn more about the history of your selected highway marker? (400 words minimum)
Discussion board post 5 (due October 4)
Consider the primary sources we have looked at already in this class as well as primary sources you have encountered in your own work. How might these primary sources be represented as data? What are the advantages of considering primary sources as data? What are Wickham’s principles of tidy data? (400 words minimum)
Creating a Tidy Dataset (due October 11)
This assignment will allow you to demonstrate that you understand how to create a tidy dataset for historical research. This work will be done in small groups and will require you to submit a spreadsheet that transcribes the handwritten source and a document which describes the decisions you made when constructing the dataset.
We will be using an archival source which has been digitized by the American Philosophical Society called “Curator’s Record of Donations to the Cabinet, 1769-1818 Volume 1: 3 February 1769-20 February 1818.”
Minimum Elements to consider:
- Page Number of Folio
- Date of Meeting
- Donation Item(s)
- Description of Donation
In blog post 5 you may include this work in your considerations. Please articulate the kind of project(s) in which this data can be used.
Timeline Assignment (due October 18)
This project is designed to help you demonstrate your ability to use visualization tools for telling historical stories.
Using the site called “George Mason University: A History” students will select a page that tells a distinct story such as “The Day Care Center Controversy.” Using the tool TimelineJS students will create a timeline of the story that is described on the page. Better projects will include images from the site. Effective entries will include descriptions of an event that will likely be more than one sentence. Also, it will be useful to have at least five events which are significant to the telling the story on the timeline.
To make the timeline follow the instructions from KnightLab for making a timeline. They also created a video.
You can view a timeline on the George Mason Statute Omeka S site: https://silverbox.gmu.edu/legacy/s/masonstatue/page/timeline.
Historic Marker Research Package Draft (due November 22)
Self-Assessment (due November 29)
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New coronavirus subvariants BA.5 and BA.2.75 cause alarmExperts say the global rise of BA.5 cases and the rapid spread of BA.2.75 in India and in 10 other countries are concerning for Nepal.
BA.2.75, possibly a super contagious Omicron mutant that can evade immunity, has been spreading rapidly in India. The subvariant has been detected in 10 other countries as the more transmissible BA.5 dominates the global caseload.
The detection of the new mutant is yet another reminder that the coronavirus is here to stay, evolving and spreading continually, experts say.
Although many details about the new mutant variant are yet to be known, including its reproductive rate, scientists say that it may be able to spread rapidly and get around immunity from vaccines and previous infection. It is also unclear if the virus variant could cause more serious disease.
“It’s still really early for us to draw too many conclusions,” Matthew Binnicker, director of clinical virology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, US, was quoted as saying by the Indian Express. “But it does look like, especially in India, the rates of transmission are showing kind of that exponential increase.”
BA.2.75 was first detected in India in early May. By early June, it made up almost 25 percent of samples in the country.
“The latest mutant has been spotted in several states in India, and appears to be spreading faster than other variants there,” Lipi Thukral, a scientist at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology in New Delhi, was quoted as saying by the Indian Express.
Cases of the new mutant variant of Omicron have also been detected in about 10 other countries, including Australia, Germany, the United Kingdom and Canada.
Although the Ministry of Health and Population has not yet confirmed detection of BA.2.75 in Nepal, experts say any variant discovered in any part of the globe has every chance to enter the country due to high global mobility.
“Every variant of the coronavirus detected so far in the world has been detected in Nepal,” said Dr Runa Jha, director at the National Public Health Laboratory. “Every subvariant of the major variants may not have been detected but most of the variants seen in other countries have been detected in our country.”
Last week, the Ministry of Health and Population confirmed the BA.5 subvariant of Omicron in Nepal, which is more transmissible than previous variants.
As new cases of Covid-19 have been spiking at an alarming rate of late—the number of cases has doubled in the last three days—there have been concerns about whether BA.5 is responsible for the spike or the BA.2.75 subvariant has already entered the country.
On Tuesday, 177 people tested positive for the coronavirus, including 144 in 1,805 polymerase chain reaction tests and 33 in 1,321 antigen tests. The daily test positivity rate of PCR tests is close to eight percent.
Doctors suspect that the number of infected people could be far more than the number provided by the Health Ministry, as contact tracing has not been carried out. Most of the people undergoing testing are those going abroad.
Active cases stand at 873 as of Tuesday, up from 93 on June 14.
Scientists are concerned about BA.2.75, as some of those mutations are in areas that relate to the spike protein and could allow the virus to bind onto cells more efficiently, Binnicker said.
Another concern is that the genetic tweaks may make it easier for the virus to skirt past antibodies—protective proteins made by the body in response to a vaccine or infection from an earlier variant.
Experts in Nepal said that the number of new cases of Covid-19 infection have been rising of late, which is a matter of concern.
“We do not know if the new virus variant, BA.2.75, has entered our country or not,” said Dr Dibesh Karmacharya, chairman at the Center for Molecular Dynamics Nepal and Biovac Nepal. “We are unaware about many things, including whether our existing testing system, both polymerase chain reaction tests and antigen, detects the new virus variant or not.”
Doctors say if the existing testing system does not detect the new virus variant, authorities should change the testing kits, either by making them ourselves or by purchasing. Secondly, surveillance should be stepped up to know if the virus has entered the country or not.
The Alpha (B.1.1.7 and Q lineages), Beta (B.1.351 and descendent lineages), Gamma (P.1 and descendent lineages), Delta (B.1.617.2 and AY lineages), Epsilon (B.1.427 and B.1.429), Eta (B.1.525), Iota (B.1.526), Kappa (B.1.617.1) 1.617.3, Mu (B.1.621, B.1.621.1), and Zeta (P.2) variants of the coronavirus have been detected so far.
“Detection of new variants in India is a matter of serious concern to us, as the Delta variant too was first detected in India, which caused devastation in many countries,” said Karmacharya.
Around 8,000 people died in the second wave of the pandemic, triggered by the Delta variant that started in April last year. Entire health system of the country collapsed and patients were forced to die due to the inability of the authorities concerned to provide oxygen supply.
Moreover, Nepal shares about 1,800 kilometres long land border with India, which is porous and unregulated in most of the places through which people cross over to each other’s country every day.
Thousands of migrant workers from the two countries visit each other’s cities and towns on a daily basis and this increases the chance of spreading the virus variants, doctors say.
Jha, the director at the National Public Health Laboratory, said that one should not be panicked over the detection of the new variant, as mutation is normal for any virus.
Experts, however, say that it will be too late to take mitigation measures if authorities wait for the virus to create havoc.
By the time the Nepali health authorities learnt about the rapid spread of the Omicron variant, which caused the third wave, it was already too late to take preventive measures. It is estimated that almost all people in the country were infected during the third wave.
Experts say that stepping up surveillance, carrying out a maximum number of whole-genome sequencing on swab samples of infected people, and enforcement of public health measures are some of things authorities can do to lessen the spread of the virus.
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"3 Dreams of Black" is an interactive film by Chris Milk and some friends at Google that showcases the creative potential of WebGL. WebGL is a context of the HTML5 canvas element that enables hardware-accelerated 3D graphics in the web browser without a plug-in. In other words, it enables your browser to show some really beautiful visuals. On this page, you'll find a WebGL model viewer featuring several of the "3 Dreams of Black" creatures. You'll also find 8 demos created by our development team, a link to the code base, and some links to resources on the web that will be useful for getting started in WebGL programming.
"3 Dreams of Black" is entirely open source, and the project is hosted on Google Code. It's a bit of a mess, so proceed at your own risk, but if you poke around enough, you’ll see how we created the entire project.Get the code | <urn:uuid:0ae9a913-83c4-4208-85d7-db39603b8113> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.ro.me/tech/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719908.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00158-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.925964 | 194 | 1.523438 | 2 |
Phase 1: set the stage for successful performance testing
Phase one is designed to lay the foundation for on-going testing.
The goal is to create a test program which can be followed continuously in order to benchmark performance, uncover hidden performance problems and validate performance improvements over time.
Phase one goes as follows:
- Once user scenarios have been scripted, a series of Smoke Tests will be run in order to validate the correctness of the scripts. Smoke tests flush out obvious errors so actual performance testing can begin.
- The next step is to create the tests. Setup includes specifying the number of Virtual Users (VUs) to test with and how that number should vary throughout the test. It also includes which user scenarios to include in each test, how the load will be allocated between the scenarios, where the load should be generated from and what network types the VUs should emulate.
Phase 2: create a performance baseline and find bottlenecks
The goal of phase two is to build an understanding of the current situation and iterate tests to identify hidden problems.
All types of testing will be employed when required.
Phase two goes as follows:
- Based on the goals set during the planning phase, a series of Load Tests will be run to identify bottlenecks, failures and edge conditions, as well as to establish a baseline for evaluating the impact of future system changes.
- Next, a series of Maximum Capacity Tests will be run to determine the maximum number of concurrent users the system can accommodate while continuing to perform as expected.
- Once the system has been tuned to its optimal state, the next step is to Stress Test. Stress Tests determine a breaking point and reveal what happens when the systems goes beyond the goal (i.e. when it breaks).
- Typically a lot is learned from these initial tests and, as a result, more complex scripts and configurations are created in order to dig deeper into the initial findings. This process is repeated until your goals are reached.
- Depending on the type of service being tested and the complexity of the backend (e.g. systems with complex workflows, document management, logistics controls, etc.), a series of Endurance Tests will be run.
- Depending on the type of service being test (e.g. Banks, Data Management, etc.), a series of Robustness tests will be conducted to evaluate the functionality of the service under load (e.g. failover and disaster recovery evaluations).
Phase 3: towards continuous delivery
Phase three of the test execution process is designed for proactive performance management and monitoring.
The goals of phase three are:
- Ensure system performance has been maintained after initiated changes and upgrades.
- Ensure that performance has not degraded due to uninitiated changes (e.g. network or service provider changes).
- Enable proactive, data-driven decision making regarding resource deployment.
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A rescue boat of the Spanish NGO Proactiva approaches an overcrowded wooden vessel with migrants from Eritrea, off the Libyan coast
ABC News: Thousands of Refugees Rescued Off the Coast of Libya
Thousands of refugees trying to reach Europe were rescued off the coast of Libya on Monday morning after their overcrowded wooden boats sent people falling into the Mediterranean Sea.
The refugees, many of them from Eritrea, jumped into the water from more than 20 boats roughly 13 miles north of Sabratha, a coastal city in Libya. They were helped by the Italian Coast Guard and workers for a non-governmental organization.
Images show people struggling to swim in the water and groups clustered together in the rescue vessels.
Read more ....
WNU Editor: While the focus is on the thousands of refugees trying to cross the Mediterranean .... more worries on what Turkey may do next .... Erdogan set to flood Europe with millions of migrants as EU refugee deal falters (Sputnik).
More News On The Growing Refugee Crisis In the Mediterranean
Over 700 migrants rescued at sea, north of Libya -- The Telegraph
More than 700 migrants rescued in the Mediterranean Sea in one day -- DW
Hundreds of Migrants Rescued From Dinghies in Mediterranean -- NBC
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Thursday, 21st January 2010
In General Japan News,
Japan and Australia 'put to rest' wartime sinking
The Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd has said that a disagreement between the country and Japan over the sinking of a hospital ship during World War II has been "put to rest" - but still claimed the attack was illegal.
In 1943, Japanese navy torpedoed an Australian hospital ship - the Centaur - with the loss of 268 lives.
"The action to sink the Centaur by the Japanese navy at the time was, in our view, a complete breach of international law," Mr Rudd told reporters at a conference in Adelaide.
However, he said that the matter has now been put to rest by the Australian government - and noted that modern Japan is "vastly different" to the Japan of the second world war.
He went on to say that the Australian government wishes to work on strengthening the ties between the two nations. The countries have long been linked by trade and also have a joint security pact.
Written by Kimberley Homer.
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|…We left off with the poverty of speech among Israeli leaders when it comes to referring to the enemy. In the West during World War II there was no inability by anyone bad mouth both the Japanese and the Germans for their barbaric cruelty.
Here, though, only silence. What I have in mind is the latest PMW posting, yesterday, which deals with how the official PA daily covered the news story last week you might have seen of the purchase by a coin collector for over one million dollars of a coin minted by the Jewish rebels here in the first years of the revolt against Rome which began in the year 66 of the Common Era. The official PA newspaper – which when you think about it is a Communist notion: an official newspaper published by the regime – called the coin an “ancient Palestinian coin” and that it is part of the “Palestinian cultural heritage.” And never mind there was no Palestine in the year 66 and would not be one for another century.
This of course is akin to the PA claiming “Palestinian” ownership of the Tomb of Rachel and the Tomb of Joseph and the Cave of the Patriarchs and Matriarchs.
And once again from official Israel there is only silence. When the PLO killers got UNESCO to declare the Tomb of Rachel the tomb of some Arabian princess or something, I don’t recall the Government of Israel saying anything, making a fuss. Now too no response.
Someday future historians will be seriously scratching their heads over the oddity of the PA, created in 1994, putting out such nonsense with Israel’s permission. The PA TV for example with its antisemitic broadcast for two decades now with the Government of Israel saying nothing.
You know the PA TV station was given to them by Shimon Peres, who should have, at the first sign of its antisemitism, taken it back. I remember watching PA TV when the second intifada erupted in 2000 which was to broadcast a (repeating) loop of maybe 30 minutes of unedited, raw footage of Arabs rioting, stoning Jews and the IDF and police striking back and drawing blood. There was raw footage of Arabs wounded in the melee, being carried by friends into hospitals, put in and taken out of ambulances. No commentary, no explanation, no analysis, just screaming and blood and sirens shown endlessly for hours on end. All it could do and was supposed to do was stir up the blood, enrage Arabs who watched, and it was simply stunning how the Israeli government did nothing to pull the plug… | <urn:uuid:41521542-e02d-4a68-8dad-2bd69fc753da> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.deprogramprogram.com/those-responsible | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281069.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00267-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968064 | 528 | 1.664063 | 2 |
A study in success
GLA needed to predict and prepare for 4,000 extra primary and secondary classes in London by 2020. To map out the Mayor’s Vision, PSMA data played a crucial role in:
- Creating one system London-wide for all schools.
- Presenting clear and unique picture of catchment and predicted population.
- Visualising current and future school place requirements.
- Drawing detailed maps for potential new schools.
- Avoiding high consultancy costs by keeping project internal.
The Public Services Mapping Agreement (PSMA) includes datasets like OS MasterMap® Topography Layer used in this case.
You too can clearly see, understand and make the best of your assets.
"The London Schools Atlas project has achieved cost efficiency through the development of a single portal, removing the need for individual London Boroughs to develop their own. By using our inhouse expertise, GLA has also saved the considerable potential cost of external consultancy. The value of the London-wide PSMA holding that we used runs into several million pounds."
Paul Hodgson, GIS & Infrastructure Manager
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CMU is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, one of six regional accrediting associations in the United States. The Higher Learning Commission is recognized by the US Department of Education and the Council on Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA).
The following organizations have issued their accreditation to appropriate CMU programs: the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET Inc., Accrediting Council of Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (ACEJMC), Accreditation Review Commission on Education for Physician Assistant (ARC-PA), American Chemical Society (ACS), American Psychological Association (APA), Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE), Commission on Accreditation for Dietetics Education (CADE), Commission on Accreditation of Athletic Training Education (CAATE), Council of Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA), Council on Social Work Education (CSWE), National Recreation and Park Association and the American Association for Leisure and Recreation Council on Accreditation (NRPA/AALR), National Association of Schools of Music (NASM), National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD), National Association of School Psychologists (NASP), the Accreditation Commission for Audiology Education of the American Academy of Audiology, the Accreditation Commission of the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA), and the National Association of Industrial Technology (NAIT).
The College of Business Administration is accredited by the AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. This accreditation covers all undergraduate and masters degree programs in business offered by the College. AACSB International is a not-for-profit organization consisting of more than 900 educational organizations and corporations. Headquartered in Tampa, FL., USA, AACSB International is the premier accrediting agency and service organization for business schools.
The Professional Education Unit, chaired by the Dean of the College of Education and Human Services, is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). 2010 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Suite 500, Washington, DC 20036; phone (202) 466-7496. This accreditation covers initial teacher preparation and advanced educator preparation level programs. NCATE is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation to accredit programs for preparation of teachers and other professional school personnel.
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10+ German Slang Terms to Speak Like a Berliner
Finding your way around a new city is always a challenge, especially in a foreign language. Berlin, however, can sometimes feel extra tricky for newcomers.
Although Germany’s capital city has a lot of English speakers in it, the quicker you familiarise yourself with the local dialect, the better your time there will be.
‘Berlinerisch’, or the Berliner German dialect, comes with its own slang, accent and quirks, which often confound those who spend time learning German beforehand. Like the city itself, the dialect can seem harsh but conceals a dry sense of humour and preference for the party.
Below are a few hot tips and a nudge in the right direction to help you feel at home in this fiercely individualistic city.
While this translates literally as ‘horny’ or ‘hot/sexy’, geil is used much more like ‘cool’ or ‘awesome’. Used in this context it isn’t inappropriate, in fact, it’s ganz geil. This word is your first step towards flawless Berlinerisch.
Translating directly as ‘path beer’, a Wegbier is a beer drunk while on your way somewhere, be it to work, home or to more beer. Fuβbier is another variant you might hear which refers more specifically to a beer drunk while on foot.
Early morning commuters and late-night revellers alike can be seen clutching a Wegbier in hand, enjoying this treasured element of Berlin’s social and legal permissiveness.
Not really slang, but a vital piece of vocabulary nonetheless. Pfand refers to the German system of returning empty bottles in exchange for cash.
You can collect them at home for bigger rewards or leave your Wegbier somewhere safe yet conspicuous for someone else to come along and collect.
It is fairly common for someone to come along and collect your empty bottles when hanging out in a park or by the Spree, just don’t leave them on a bike path or somewhere where they can smash.
One can’t talk about Wegbiers and Pfand without mentioning Berlin’s #1 location, the beloved Spätkauf. Translating as ‘late shop’, the ubiquitous Späti sells everything you need, mainly booze and snacks, and one can be found on almost every corner. All hail.
5. Schönen Feierabend
There is no real English equivalent for this term and it can take a little while to fully master. Literally meaning ‘(Have a) nice party evening’, this term implies much more than that.
Your feierabend starts the moment you finish work and doesn’t necessarily indicate that you are partying at all.
This is more like telling someone “enjoy your downtime” and is probably indicative of the importance given to the distinction between work life and private life in Germany.
6. Jut not Gut
Contrary to some of the other, harsher, elements of Berlinerisch, it is very common for the hard ‘G’ sound exchanged for a softer ‘Y’ sound. Mach’s jut, or ‘take care’, is a nice response to schӧnen feierabend .
7. Keen and Nee
Kein and nein both mean ‘no’ in German and many Berliners change their vowel sound from a ‘buy’ sound into a ‘bee’ sound. This quirk of local pronunciation is a touch ironic given the potential it has to leave you with keen ahnung, or ‘no idea’, what’s going on.
8. Nix, Ick and Dit
Here are three more Berlinerisch pronunciations which reflect the city’s concrete tones. Nicht, or ‘not’, becomes Nix, Ich, or ‘I’, becomes Ick, and Das, or ‘the’, becomes Dit. Confusing at first but mach’ nix, it gets easier.
Berlin is a big city and part of enjoying the city is in discovering which Kiez, or neighbourhood, is right for you. Despite being a mostly unofficial term, Kiez, is still very likely to be how you discern one area from another. Being somewhat an amorphous definition, boundaries and sizes may vary from person to person.
Community is very important in Germany, and certain Kieze are undergoing rapid change due to development and the dreaded G-Word: Gentrification. Respect your Kiez and you will find you have a much fuller experience of the city.
10. Kotti, Görli, XBerg etc.
So you are on the U-Bahn drinking the Wegbier you bought from the Spӓti, getting your feierabend off to a rolling start. Geil! But where are you going? Chances are you may be en route to check out XBerg, formally known as Kreuzberg, first.
Full of bars, cafes, venues, shops and easy access to any party favours you may desire, this is where many people go for a slice of action.
Kotti, or Kottbusser Tor, is a good place to start, the area can be lots of fun and people are drawn equally by its rich history and rough edges. Just mind what you buy in Görlitzer Park.
So there you have it, a completely incomplete lexicon for your first time in Berlin. There is much more to the capital than partying in the East and if you persevere past the Berliner Schnauze, you will come to find a wonderful city with a language that’s surprisingly fun to learn. Prost!
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All over the world, families finding themselves with more time at home because of the pandemic have responded by buying more furnishings, consumer electronics and other goods made in China.
Those purchases pushed China’s trade surplus to its highest level ever last year, according to data released on Friday by the Chinese government. The country’s surplus in December also shattered by a wide margin the record for the highest single month, set only two months earlier.
China’s trade surplus reached $94.5 billion in December, breaking the previous record of $84.5 billion, set in October. The country’s trade surplus for all of last year climbed to $676.2 billion.
China has carefully managed its trade in recent years. Xi Jinping, the country’s leader, has called for China to become more self-reliant and avoid dependence on imports.
Beijing has particularly focused on developing globally competitive manufacturing industries while importing mostly raw materials, so as to create as many well-paid jobs as possible within China’s borders. The government has also focused during the pandemic on helping Chinese companies become more competitive, while avoiding subsidies for consumers.
By contrast, governments in the West have put more emphasis on providing direct subsidies to consumers, who have used part of the money to buy more manufactured goods from China.
Chinese officials on Friday applauded the latest trade data, saying that it fulfilled the country’s goals. “In general, the 14th Five-Year Plan foreign trade has achieved a good start,” Li Kuiwen, the director of the Statistics and Analysis Department of China’s General Administration of Customs, said at a news conference in Beijing.
At the same time, a widening trade deficit with China has become a serious drag on growth in the United States and the European Union and has become a source of political friction.
Nearly half of China’s trade surplus in December was with the United States. The bilateral imbalance in December was $39.2 billion, slightly trailing the previous record of $42 billion, set in September.
President Donald J. Trump concluded a Phase 1 trade agreement in January 2020 that called for a sharp increase in China’s imports from the United States in 2020 and 2021, followed by further increases from 2022 through 2025. China fell short of the promised increases in the first two years of the agreement. Chinese experts have said that the pandemic interfered with normal trade flows.
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Progressing from the video cassettes to the CD-ROM is a logical step. The ILAE classification of epileptic seizures is now standard teaching throughout the world. The videoillustrated classification of epileptic seizures was compiled by the Commission of the ILAE from collected EEG video telemetry tapes, mainly from Europe. The editors point out that some of the material is unclear from the source and hence the CD-ROM picture is not optimal. This is certainly true in many cases. It is understandable how difficult it is to produce uniform video recording conditions of epileptic seizures from many countries of the world and at different periods throughout the past 15 years or so. The CD-ROM atlas is accompanied by a manual which attempts to explain the classification of epileptic seizures as well as the epilepsies and then goes on to give details of every case shown on the CD-ROM. Loading the CD-ROM into various computers is rather cumbersome as one has to wait for the loading process to happen and there are no direct short cuts. After the preliminaries on the CD-ROM six sections of the CD are displayed and the user can click and access any one of them. The first is a guided tour of what is available and the second section is on seizure classification. The third section is the video library and case histories, for which it is necessary to refer to the manual. There is an information section and a very interesting self assessment section which is set at various levels of knowledge of epilepsy syndrome.The scoring is on the ability to recognise correctly various seizure types and the scoring system is graded according to the level of error. A special applications section is very interesting; the user can compile a sequence of seizures—for instance, for teaching purposes, and this can be run in whatever way the user requires. Producing this CD-ROM atlas is an excellent idea which will serve not only medical students and doctors but also all of those involved in the care of the patient with epilepsy. Nurses and EEG technologists, both in training and in practice will find the CD most valuable. There are, however, some criticisms and these centre on the quality of some of the videos, which are very difficult to see. The absence of an EEG montage on screen is a great disadvantage. There is a possibility of adding a running commentary on the screen so that the user does not have to refer to the manual which tends to be too descriptive and at times imprecise. The size of the picture on the CD-ROM is another issue which needs to be considered and whether a larger picture is technically feasible. To the amateur user of computers, which perhaps describes many in epilepsy (myself included), I find this CD very interesting and I am sure the Commission will fine tune the CD-ROM in years to come to make it rather more user friendly. Apart from the criticisms above, this is a most valuable addition to our knowledge and understanding of epileptic seizures. Many neurology departments throughout the world will find this a most interesting purchase. | <urn:uuid:77049680-7061-4865-96cb-021a9a7e65d0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://jnnp.bmj.com/content/65/1/139.6.full | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572021.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814083156-20220814113156-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.952192 | 680 | 2.46875 | 2 |
One of our kids learned to read fairly easily, and our other child has struggled. I was so thankful to find these activities linked up in our weekly It’s Playtime, our Kids Meme that runs every Wednesday afternoon. They have been a huge help with making Phonics fun for kids!
How to Read:
Word family flip chart – use 3×5 cards, cut them to separate letters or word enings and help your child flip to create new words.
Wand for E – “E” can transform “mad” into “made”. Make your own magic “e” wand.
Flip over E wheel – make a word wheel and as you turn the wheel new words are formed. Add a “flip E” to change a short vowel into a long one.
Candy land word game – Use sight words to help your child win in this fun classic game.
Paper plate spinner – here is another spinning word maker. This one is made out of paper plates.
Word pulls – use TP tubes to create little pockets for this word activity. Write part of the word on the tube and pull out the rest of the word.
Word family eggs – My kids love making maracas out of Easter eggs. Now they turn the eggs to make new words. When they sound out the “egg” correctly they get to shake the maraca.
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We’ve reported that interferon (IFN)-α may attack tumor cells by multiple antitumor systems like the induction of direct tumor cell death as well as the enhancement of the immune response in a number of pancreatic tumor models. of the agonistic anti-glucocorticoid induced TNF receptor (GITR) monoclonal antibody (mAb) which can be reported to suppress the function of Tregs considerably inhibited subcutaneous tumor development inside a murine pancreatic tumor model. The anti-GITR mAb was combined with intratumoral injection from the IFN-α-adenovirus vector then. The treatment using the antibody synergistically augmented the antitumor aftereffect of IFN-α gene therapy not merely in the vector-injected tumors NES but also in the vector-uninjected tumors. Immunostaining demonstrated how the anti-GITR mAb reduced Foxp3+ cells infiltrating in the tumors as the intratumoral IFN-α gene transfer improved Compact disc4+ and Compact disc8+ T cells in the tumors. Which means AST-1306 combination therapy highly inclined the immune system balance from the tumor microenvironment within an antitumor path resulting in a designated systemic antitumor impact. The CCR5 manifestation on Tregs was downregulated in the antibody-treated mice which might explain the loss of tumor-infiltrating Tregs. The mix of Treg-suppression by GITR mAb as well as the tumor immunity induction by IFN-α gene therapy is actually a guaranteeing therapeutic technique for pancreatic tumor. are needed urgently.(2 3 5 The interferon (IFN)-α proteins is a pleiotropic cytokine regulating anti-proliferation induction of cell loss of life anti-angiogenesis and immunomodulation and continues to be useful for treatment in a number of cancers such as for example chronic myeloid leukemia melanoma and renal tumor.(6-8) Although IFN-α was long considered to work mainly by suppressing tumor cell proliferation < 0.05 was regarded as a big change. Results Antitumor aftereffect of intratumoral shot of Ad-mIFN To examine the antitumor aftereffect of the IFN-α gene transduction different quantities (1 × 107 5 × 107 and 5 × 108 PFU) of Ad-mIFN had been injected in to the correct tumors in the mice with Skillet02 tumors on both hip and legs. The shot showed impressive tumor AST-1306 suppressive results not merely in the vector-injected correct tumors but also in the vector-uninjected remaining tumors inside a dose-dependent way (Fig. ?(Fig.1).1). The tumor suppressive impact was more powerful in the proper tumors than in the remaining tumors possibly because of the immediate anti-proliferative aftereffect of IFN-α in Skillet02 cells (data not really shown) furthermore for an induction of antitumor immunity. Tumor quantities were not transformed in the mice treated by intratumoral shot of Ad-AP AST-1306 at 5 × 108 PFU in comparison using the no treatment group (Fig. ?(Fig.11). Fig. 1 Adenovirus-mediated intratumoral inter-feron (IFN)-α gene transfer induces a systemic antitumor impact. Skillet02 cells had been inoculated on both hip and legs in C57BL/6 mice and 11 times later different sums (1 × 107 5 × 107 5 × ... Intraperitoneal administration of anti-glucocorticoid induced TNF receptor monoclonal antibody suppressed the tumor development To examine if the blockade of GITR-GITR ligand discussion could inhibit the tumor development of Skillet02 subcutaneous tumors an agonistic anti-GITR mAb (DTA-1: 100 μg) was intraperitoneally injected in to the mice with right-leg Skillet02 tumors. This considerably suppressed tumor development as compared using the control IgG shot (Fig. ?(Fig.2a).2a). After that to examine the development of tumor-responsive lymphocytes following the shot of GITR mAb the splenocytes had been harvested 2 weeks following the antibody administration and activated with MMC-treated Skillet02 cells or syngeneic lymphocytes. An ELISpot assay demonstrated how the anti-GITR mAb considerably improved the amount of IFN-γ-secreting cells in response to Skillet02 cells however not to syngeneic lymphocytes weighed against the control IgG treatment (Fig. ?(Fig.2b) 2 suggesting how the blockade of GITR effectively expanded tumor-responsive defense cells. AST-1306 Fig. 2 Intraperitoneal shot of anti-glucocorticoid induced TNF receptor (GITR) monoclonal antibody (mAb) suppresses the development of pancreatic tumor tumors. 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Ten years ago on this day she passed away. She was my best friend. My closest confidant. An ardent well wisher. With a loud mouth. Fair skin. And a giving love that holds my imagination to this day. She was my great grandmother.
It was in her arms that I grew. It was she who is said to have fed me with “Arai Keerai” ( a variety of greens, that she used to buy from the market for 5 paise ! She used to call me ‘5 paisa aria keerai’ !
I don’t know where she was born. However, I do know that she was wealthy. Regaling me with stories about her father’s horse drawn carriage, and my great grandfather’s whisking her away to marriage. I remember eager to see her through my school and college.
As age & small family feuds took a toll on her, she caught me by the neck one day, and told me sternly, “You will never ever fight with your brother. You and your brother are my hopes for this family’s glory to be restored”. It didn’t mean much to me back then. But today, her words ring in my ear every time a mood swing catches me and my brother on the wrong side.
With a penchant for teasing me, she used to tell me that I would marry a ‘bell bottom’! I used to take fancy to it until, she defined what she meant by ‘bell bottom’: “Anything other than a saree! The churidhar fit in right there. Which anyway is what my wife prefers these days. She was right. I married a bell bottom !
Its ten years since I last heard her speak. But her words ring in my ears even now.
- “If you need something, beg if need be. Never steal”.
- “Hard work has no substitute. Don’t bother about what the world tells you. It will always tell you something or the other”.
- “Respect every human being”
Values that shaped my belief system.
The stories that she used to regale me with are still fresh in my memory. I wonder if any man or woman has that story telling ability. An ability to hold a childs mind and inspire him to think and grow.
She stands guard, I know. In the most trying times. And I know, I have escaped with bruises when an arm could have been lost. In those times, I know for sure she is watching over me. My best friend. My closest confidant. With a loud mouth and fair skin. And a giving love that holds my imagination.
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Americans don't just need to work longer, they need to work differently, according to a noted longevity researcher.
Our guest on the podcast today is Laura Carstensen. She is professor of psychology at Stanford University, where she is the Fairleigh S. Dickinson Professor in Public Policy and founding director of the Stanford Center on Longevity. Her research focuses on the motivational and emotional changes that occur with age and the influence such changes have on cognitive processing. She is the author of a A Long Bright Future: Happiness, Health, and Financial Security in an Age of Increased Longevity. She received her bachelor's degree from the University of Rochester, and her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from West Virginia University.
Stanford Center on Longevity
A Long Bright Future: Happiness, Health, and Financial Security in an Age of Increased Longevity, by Laura Carstensen, Ph.D.
“Age Advantages in Emotional Experience Persist Even Under Threat From the COVID-19 Pandemic,” by Laura L. Carstensen, Yochai Z. Shavit, and Jessica T. Barnes, journals.sagepub.com, Oct. 26, 2020.
“A Life-Course Model for Healthier Ageing: Lessons Learned During the COVID-19 Pandemic,” by Laura L. Carstensen, Ashley Jowell, and Michele Barry, ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, October 2020.
“Growing Old or Living Long: Take Your Pick,” by Laura L. Carstensen, issues.org, Winter 2007.
“Laura Carstensen’s TED Talk: Older People Are Happier,” ted.com, April 2012.
“Retire at 80!—So Says University Professor and Longevity Expert,” by Perry Brissette, perrybrissette.medium.com, July 4, 2018.
“Opinion: We Need a Major Redesign of Life,” by Laura Carstensen, washingtonpost.com, Nov. 29, 2019.
“Longevity and Retirement: An Expert on Aging Explains How Retirement Is Being Redefined,” Fidelity Viewpoints, fidelity.com, Feb. 3, 2021.
“Boomers: Less Tied to Friends and Family as Others Are,” by Laura L. Carstensen, nextavenue.org, May 31, 2016.
“Exercise Holds Immediate Benefits for Affect and Cognition in Younger and Older Adults,” by Candace L. Hogan, Jutta Mata, and Laura L. Carstensen, pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, June 2013.
“How Merrill Lynch Is Planning for Its Customers to Live to 100,” by Susan Wilner Golden and Laura L. Carstensen, harvardbusinessreview.org, March 4, 2019.
“There’s a New Way of Living Thanks to Longevity,” wealthchoice.com, May 16, 2019.
“Selective Narrowing of Social Networks Across Adulthood Is Associated With Improved Emotional Experience in Daily Life,” by Laura L. Carstensen and Tammy English, researchgate.net, March 2014.
“Leveraging Goals to Incentivize Healthful Behaviors Across Adulthood,” by Laura L. Carstensen, Teja Chemudupati, Jessica T. Barnes, Candice L. Hogan, and Sarah Raposo, researchgate.net, July 2020.
“Selective Narrowing of Peripheral Social Networks Predicts Poor Long-Term Cognition in Old Age,” by Laura L. Carstensen, Hsiao-Wen Liao, and Yochai Shavit, researchgate.net, November 2019.
“Integrating Cognitive and Emotion Paradigms to Address the Paradox of Aging,” by Laura L. Carstensen, researchgate.net, November 2018.
“The Theory Behind the Age-Related Positivity Effect,” by Laura L. Carstensen and Andrew E. Reed, frontiersinpsychology.org, Sept. 27, 2012.
“The Positivity Effect: A Negativity Bias in Youth Fades With Age,” by Laura L. Carstensen and Marguerite DeLiema, researchgate.net, February 2018.
“Alternative Retirement Paths and Cognitive Performance: Exploring the Role of Preretirement Job Complexity,” by Laura L. Carstensen, Dawn C. Carr, Robert Willis, and Ben Lennox Kail, thegerentologist.com, April 2020.
Messaging to Older Adults
“Your Message to Older Adults Is Outdated,” by Hal Hershfield and Laura L. Carstensen, harvardbusinessreview.org, July 2, 2021.
Christine Benz: Hi, and welcome to The Long View. I'm Christine Benz, director of personal finance and retirement planning for Morningstar.
Jeff Ptak: And I'm Jeff Ptak, chief ratings officer for Morningstar Research Services.
Benz: Our guest on the podcast today is Laura Carstensen. Dr. Carstensen is Professor of Psychology at Stanford University, where she is the Fairleigh S. Dickinson Professor in Public Policy and founding director of the Stanford Center on Longevity. Her research focuses on the motivational and emotional changes that occur with age and the influence such changes have on cognitive processing. She is the author of a A Long Bright Future: Happiness, Health, and Financial Security in an Age of Increased Longevity. Dr. Carstensen received her bachelor's degree from the University of Rochester, and her Ph.D. in clinical psychology from West Virginia University.
Dr. Carstensen, welcome to The Long View.
Laura Carstensen: Thank you. It's a pleasure to be with you.
Benz: It's great to have you here. I wanted to start by talking about the pandemic. During the pandemic older adults were certainly hit harder than the general population in terms of serious illness and deaths. But beyond the health implications, what does the research so far say about how older adults have been faring during this period?
Carstensen: The research has surprised even the most optimistic of researchers. Older people appear to be doing better emotionally than middle-aged or younger adults. And for the reasons you just mentioned, this is really surprising because they're at greatest risk of the dire consequences, but they seem to be doing quite well emotionally.
Ptak: And why is that? What does your research suggest is the underlying cause?
Carstensen: That’s a million-dollar question. I don't know that we have good firm answers, except to say that the findings about emotional well-being are very similar to ones that we saw before the pandemic. So, older people are in better emotional health, mental health than younger people. During the pandemic a lot of people thought, well now's the time where that's going to disappear; we're not going to see those age advantages during a crisis that is targeting older people. So, the surprise was that we still saw these age advantages.
Now, we do have reasons to think that some of the advantage we see in older people, emotionally speaking, is because they tend to look on the bright side of life. Older people are more likely to recall positive events from their autobiographical memories. If you show them images, pictures--some are negative, some are positive--and ask them about them, they remember the positive ones better than the negative ones. And so, we've thought for a long time that part of this advantage we see emotionally in older adults, is because of their perspectives, their focus on what's good, and a disengagement from the negative aspects of life.
But that doesn't mean that there weren't people in the older population who were devastated by COVID, who became very isolated. You picture those people who are living in a nursing home that shut down that said they couldn't have seen their family if they were willing to. There was sheltering in place that was imposed on people. And so, there were people who became very, very isolated and lonely and distressed. And so it's one thing to talk about the trends in the population—and there are, as I said, I'm not backtracking on what I said--that is what the research shows. But we also have to know there's always variability and there were some older people who really were very, very negatively affected.
Benz: We want to follow up on that research later on. But before that, one thing that's kind of vexing if indeed older adults are coming through this period with a more positive outlook is that, everything I've read about happiness in retirement suggests that social connections are absolutely essential. And yet COVID-19 has kind of frayed our social connections to put it mildly. So, what do you think is going on there? How are older adults persisting with positive outlooks, even though one of the things that we know confers happiness hasn't really been happening?
Carstensen: And let me just underscore what you just said: There's nothing more important to happiness than social relationships. And we know from prior research that older people have stronger, better relationships then middle-age and younger people do. So, that's part of what we think is contributing to their well-being. The pandemic did a strange thing for older people and that is that it really shut down life as we knew it before, and particularly so for older adults who needed to isolate and distance even more than other age groups. What a lot of older people did, however, was to focus on their closest relationships, and in many cases had more contact, say with adult children or old friends, than they did prior to the pandemic. So, the pandemic kind of focused--again, I think for all of us--but really focused us on those people in our lives who are the most meaningful.
Ptak: You've done some fantastic path-breaking research on the topic of longevity. And so, we wanted to delve into that a bit. One thing we don't stop to think enough about is just how dramatically longevity rates have increased in the past 100 or 120 years. Can you describe that and discuss the catalysts for a phenomenon that most of us pretty much take for granted?
Carstensen: Yes, it's a great question. And I think that when people really realize just how fast we increased life expectancy, it starts to make sense why so many aspects of older age for ourselves and for society feel tense, don't feel like they quite work. And I think it's because these lives that we're living became so much longer in such a short period of time. So, if we zoom out here, for most of human evolution, life expectancies were somewhere between 18 and 20. So when we were evolving on the African Savannah, life was short. If people made it to adulthood and reproduced, they might hang around a little bit of time before they died. Life was just not, on average, long. And it inched up over the millennia, thousands of years. But even as recently as 5,000 years ago, life expectancy was still 18 to 20, we believe.
And then it starts to inch up in the Bronze Age, it goes maybe to the low 20s. By the Middle Ages, we're seeing life expectancies in Europe in the mid-30s. Fast forward to the United States in 1900, and life expectancy had reached 47. By the end of that same century--100 years now, we're not talking about millennia, we're talking about a century, one century--life expectancy went from 47 to 77, and today it's 79. And so, to put it in perspective, we added more years to average life expectancy in the 20th century than we added across all prior millennia of human evolution combined. In a blink of an eye, in historical terms, we nearly doubled the length of our lives. So, anybody who doesn't feel like they have this ageing thing quite pegged, don't kick yourself, this is brand new to the species.
Benz: Let's talk about the catalysts: healthcare advances, obviously, people are doing less dangerous jobs by and large. What else?
Carstensen: There were so many factors that contributed to longer life expectancies, it really was about changing the way that we lived our lives. There were certainly medical advances. But the medical advances were distributed broadly in the population. So, we came to understand how diseases were spread, but then didn't stop there. We set up public health and made changes to the broader population so that these advances reached everyone. Understanding how viruses spread, and contagious diseases generally speaking, we put in place the systematic disposal of waste, otherwise called garbage collection, and there are historians today who think your garbage collectors have as much to contribute to improved health as your physicians. We also put in place in the nation, in every state, public education. And today, education levels are among the best predictors of quality and length of life in adulthood.
So, we changed many things about the way we live our lives and, yes, they became healthier and longer. Let me add, if I may, that a lot of the effort that was going on in the early part of the 20th century was an effort to reduce deaths among the youngest, the babies. So, one in four of children born in this country in 1900, died before they reached five and many more before they reached 12. So, it was the young ones that were so vulnerable. And that was the concern of society. Our ancestors were not trying to make people live to their 80s and 90s. They were trying to keep young people from dying. But as they did, they generated a more healthful environment. And then those little ones made it past the early critical years and went on to reach old age.
Ptak: For all those gains, it seems like the expansion of life expectancy, it has plateaued a bit. And so maybe you can talk a little bit about why that's so?
Carstensen: One thing to distinguish is life expectancy and life span. Life expectancy is simply the average length of life in a given population. And we generally anchor that to birth. So, we say the average life expectancy from birth is a certain number. And so that's just an arithmetic mean, and it varies a lot around the world, within subgroups within the United States and so on and so forth. And then there's another concept and that's life span. And life span refers to the capacity for a species to live for a certain amount of time, and to our knowledge, life span hasn't changed. We don't know exactly what it is. But there's no real reason to think that we are somehow biologically heartier than our ancestors were 10,000 years ago. What changed is the odds of making it to old age. And so that's really what changed, and those averages are what went up over the 20th century. But our capacity didn't change. So many people think we're now reaching what may be life span capacity, as people make it through their middle years and into their older years. But for the time being, we don't really know how long people can live in terms of capacity.
Benz: Most everyone listening will be familiar with the factors that tend to be associated with living longer: family history, diet and exercise, not smoking and so on. Are there any factors associated with longer life spans that are surprising or might be surprising to the general population keeping passing attention to this?
Carstensen: Yes, and you're completely right that some of the obvious ones are, try to stay healthy, don't smoke, don't drink too much, get some good genes going. Although, we have learned that genes are not as important as we thought they were to life expectancy. The way we live our lives, lifestyles contribute much more to how long we live. One of the surprising contributors to life expectancy, in my view, has been purpose in life. Those people who feel like they matter to a cause or to other people to their families, those people who have a real sense of strong purpose, live longer than people who don't, controlling for health and lifestyle and drinking and smoking. So, you control for all those variables. And the people who say, “There's a reason for me being here,” are ones who do better and live longer.
Ptak: Maybe you can talk about the connection between wealth and longevity. Obviously, wealth shouldn't be mistaken for purpose. But what leads to any connection between them? Is it mainly access to education and things like better health care, or are there other factors?
Carstensen: That's a great question. As you noted, education and wealth tend to travel together. People who have high levels of education are more likely to have higher incomes. And so, it's been difficult to tease those things apart very well. But sociologists have done a good job of it, statistically anyway, and it looks like a lot of what contributes to people living healthier longer is education. What helps people live longer after they get sick tends to be wealth. So, both of these--the wealth and education are confounded is the take-home message here for most of us, but education seems to be a better predictor than money for staying healthy. But once you get sick, as most of us do at some point in life, then wealth/income predicts better than education, how quickly you will decline.
Benz: So at a certain level of wealth do we max out on the longevity benefits--wealth and education, I should say--or are the wealthiest and most educated among us also the most likely to live the longest?
Carstensen: They're certainly correlated at the population level. And there are some conflicting findings in the literature about how much money contributes to life expectancies. There are some people who think it kind of levels past a certain level of income. Say you are upper-middle class, you don't see a lot of increase as you get into the very super wealthy. There are some other studies that find, however, that with every $10,000 of income, people live longer. So, there's some disagreement here. And then most studies aren't really including those people who live in austere poverty. And if you include those people, clearly living in poverty takes a big hit on life expectancy, not a big surprise there. So, it kind of depends on what groups you're looking at. And as I say, there's some disagreement about it. But at the general population level, yeah, having money helps people live longer, it predicts living longer.
Ptak: To build on something you mentioned a moment ago, focusing on that opposite extreme of the wealth spectrum--life expectancies in the U.S. had begun to decline for people at the lowest income levels. What are some of the reasons that this is happening? And do we have a longevity divide in the same way we have an income gap?
Carstensen: Yes, and yes, we do. Many of your listeners will have seen these headlines prior to COVID, where we saw life expectancy fall in the United States. And I'm glad you asked this question, because I think there is some misunderstanding about it. And including within the scientific community, some people have taken this decline in life expectancy as somehow meaning that, again, we've reached the limits of how long we can live. And now we're even seeing it tick down. But if we look at the reasons for the life expectancy decline in the United States, it's really being driven by particular subpopulations, mostly in the Appalachian regions, some southern parts of the country, where we see high rates of drug use and poverty. And we also see higher rates of homicide and suicide. And so, the kinds of factors that are contributing to this tick downward in life expectancy in this country are not due to some general shift downward. But rather, again, if we think of this as just an average, we're putting in more low numbers into that set of numbers that we calculate the average based on, and these are due to preventable kinds of problems and consequences.
Benz: We often hear about increasing rates of longevity discussed as kind of a scary thing that programs like Social Security and Medicare are at risk of running out, that we won't have enough caregivers to assist our older population, and so on. Many of those issues we've discussed at length on the podcast previously, but you think that there are some positives associated with longevity. And I'm hoping you can talk about what some of those are.
Carstensen: I am frankly aghast when people say, “Oh, this is bad that we're living longer.” And what this means is that we're not dying. That's not a bad thing. Just about any way you look at it, this is good. So, what our ancestors did in the 20th century was really to nearly reduce premature death, greatly premature death. That was the accomplishment. And so now people are having a chance to live out their lives. Now, we were handed these 30 extra years of life in the 20th century with no strings attached. It was like here, our ancestors hand us more time and more time is of course fabulous. It means more time to chase our dreams and realize our goals and spend with our loved ones. This is time. And so, it's a great gift and we should not forget that.
Where the problems originate is really now in this mismatch between the length of our lives and the culture that supports us and guides us through life. And in that culture are included behavioral practices--how we save, how we work, when we retire--but also programs like Social Security and Medicare, which were premised on an age distribution in the population that no longer exists. So those programs are premised on the idea, the assumption, which was a great assumption to make in early 20th century, was that you got a lot of young people and not very many old people. Well, then you can develop a policy based on that. And that's our problem today is that there's this mismatch between the policies and the demography.
It doesn't mean, however, that there isn't a way to live and there aren't policies that could be based on more rectangularized age distributions; it just means that we haven't done that yet. And so, there is a real urgency. There is a crisis on the horizon, by the way, if we do nothing, if we don't change the way we live, if we don't rethink these policies or practices, we're in trouble. But to say we're living too long, is to me putting the emphasis on the wrong problem. The problem is we aren't changing fast enough.
Ptak: I know it could be a whole other show in its own right, but is there a policy prescription that you subscribe to or prefer in trying to bridge that divide that you just described?
Carstensen: I'm not going to advocate for a policy per se. I do believe, however, and we're seeing signs of it already that for most people, the only real solution to living much longer past traditional retirement age is to not retire, is to continue to work. And so, if we went from a life expectancy rate of 47, to a life expectancy of 79, and we're headed to even longer lives, it means that many people are going to face 30- and 40-year retirements. There are very few people in the country--as my colleague at Stanford, John Shoven, always says--who can save enough money working 40 years to not work for another 30 or even 40. So, for most people, the idea, and by the way, let me say also, most governments can't really afford to do that. I would say it's also not good for individuals or countries to retire your population for decades--this doesn't make a lot of sense.
What I would like to see us do would be to begin to have serious conversations about new ways to work, so that we work more years but fewer days in a week, fewer hours in a day. A life of work, where we work part time during some phases of life, like when parents have young children and then full time and other times where we go back to school. We take sabbaticals, not just professors but all of us. And so that we could really build a new way of working that helps us financially. But the reason I like this approach is work is good for people. And it helps us in so many other ways. So that's the kind of change I think that we need to get serious about. And it means that we need individuals to think about it, policymakers and employers to think about ways to do this so that people can work longer, but more flexibly; longer but in new ways, new amounts. And then I think we're going to see much better quality of work life and work/family balance.
Benz: I wanted to follow up on your assertion that working longer is good for us, continuing to work is good for us. Can you talk about that from a mental and physical health perspective? It seems kind of hard to disentangle the two things about whether working longer helps people live longer. And is it simply that if they were healthier, they're able to work longer? It all gets a little bit mixed up, but can you discuss what the research says about what working longer does for us?
Carstensen: Yes, so work for many people is a primary source of purpose in life. So, having other people who need you, an organization that you're contributing to is good for people. Getting up and getting out of bed and getting dressed and going out the door is good for physical exercise. People who are working are more likely to be physically active. Another piece of work is that people who are participating in the workforce have much more social interaction, and they have more friends. And so, we also see work as serving that kind of a social, psychological, emotional source. And for most people, work provides the most reliable source of cognitive stimulation. So, we find that people who are in the workforce do better cognitively as they age than people who retire early. So, there are many benefits to work.
And now, if I can hold the floor just another minute.
Benz: Of course. The floor is yours.
Carstensen: I can hear groans, even though I can't see your audience. When I say these things about work, and that we should work longer, and maybe we should work always through almost all of our lives, people always go, “Oh please.” But if we rethink what that means, like we're going to work better. So, we work in a really awful way, let me say in this country; we work way too much. And people don't take vacations, American workers don't go on vacation. Not like other countries where you take August off. We work all the time, and a lot of Americans are working two jobs to make ends meet. The wages are insufficient, so they have to work. So, my point is, for many people we're working like dogs, for decades, and you say to them, “Now let's do that forever, let's never retire.” And, of course, that would be miserable.
But that's not what I'm suggesting. I'm suggesting we change the way we work. We work in a much more healthful way. And we work longer, but that would address so many of these issues. You don't have to work 50 hours a week to have friends at work; you could work 10 hours a week and you could have friends at work. Many of the kinds of benefits that we see from work we would get anyway, from much more sane approaches to work. And, again, fewer days in a week, fewer hours in a day.
Ptak: What other ideas, since we're on the topic, do you have for working longer and liking it? You just mentioned a few of those where maybe you play around with the format of the work week in order to derive more satisfaction from what you do but not wear yourself out in the process. Are there other models that you've seen applied in practice that seem to work especially well and that you're fond of?
Carstensen: The other way that we should change work is to be able to cycle in and out of work. And we have a kind of a rigid structure for most employers, so most kinds of work don't have options where you could go to 12 hours a week and then back to 40 hours a week. And, with that kind of flexibility, there are a lot of older workers who say they want to retire because they want flexibility. But if they had options where they could continue to work with fewer hours, being more flexible, then they'd be happy to do that. If we look at younger ages, the most unhappy people in the workforce are parents of young children. And that's because they want to be good parents, and they want to be good workers, but they're conflicting. Every day they have to make a decision: Am I going to be good to my kid? Am I going to be good at work? And so they're making those kinds of choices. So, I think flexibility is something that we need.
And by the way, women who drop out of work to just be full-time mothers and homemakers and caregivers for their children are more likely to be clinically depressed than those mothers who are straddling work and childcare. So, there's something good about being able to get out and be with other people and do different things; we've just got the wrong ratios to this right now. And we also need to change education. So, we need to have ways that people can continue learning. If we're going to work for 60, 70 years, doesn't make any sense to end our education in our early 20s, and then assume that you're good to go for decades. So, we need to think of ways that we can build learning into both work life, but also just life so that we're continually learning, which, again will be good for our brains, which will be good for our performance.
Benz: And this idea in your mind really cuts across income levels. I think some people have the sense that it's kind of a highbrow thing to work longer and be a consultant or work in philanthropy or whatever. But you think that it's scalable, really, across income levels and across professions.
Carstensen: Yes. And I fully agree with where I think your question is grounded, that I think the benefits will be better, it will be greater. Let me say the benefits will be bigger for people who are at the lower end of the income stream. Because for people today who are educated, affluent, wealthy, they do quite well as they age. And even if they do fully retire, people who have planned well and have enough money and have enough resources can still create lives that are engaging and stimulating and interesting. It's people who don't have those kinds of resources who actually suffer the most from leaving the workforce. We find in one study that Dawn Carr and Bob Willis and I published a couple years ago that people who retire early take a cognitive hit, essentially. So, their cognition, if you follow them out years into the future is not quite as good as those people who stay in the workforce. The people who take the biggest hit are the people at the lowest income stream. And again, I think that's because people who have more assets, more resources still have stimulating environments, whereas for many people work is their primary source of stimulation. So, yeah, I think this is going to help all of us actually to work differently to work better; longer, but better.
Ptak: I wanted to shift, if I may, to talk about another dimension of retirement, which is the living environment and ask you what kinds of living situations tend to contribute to people being happier and thriving later in life, it seems that there is a lot of discussion about things like age-segregated housing, and whether that makes sense, particularly given the experience of people in long-term care settings during COVID. So, what are your thoughts on living situation? How that contributes to people being happier and thriving later in life?
Carstensen: Yeah, it's a great question. And frankly we don't know the answer. And the reason for that is that people tend to be relatively happy with their living situations. If they live at home, they say they're happy to live at home; if they live in a retirement community, they're happy. And the reason is, because there's a selection if that compares. So, people choose mostly where they want to live, and that's what makes them happy. So, it's hard to tease that apart. In other words, we haven't had a study done, and hopefully we never will, where we're going to randomly assign people to different kinds of living arrangements, and then look at happiness. And that's the study that you would have to do to really say, “Living there made people happier.”
So by and large, people are self-selecting into living arrangements that are satisfying for them or best for them. Now, that's a little different than if when we get to assisted living, where a lot of people go not because they chose to live in a place that had nursing assistance available, but rather because they're pretty sick. And it wasn't the most appealing move; it was that they were afraid they couldn't manage on their own. So that's a different kind of a situation. But if we talk about retirement communities and age-segregated communities, versus living in a neighborhood on your own, then we say people are happy with both of those kinds of arrangements.
Benz: So how do you see living situations for older adults evolving as the years go by? Especially because we know that many older adults are quite undersaved for retirement. Do you think we'll see more of these community housing situations with people living together in groups? What trends do you see in that front?
Carstensen: I do see some silver linings related to people's need for other people--to rely on other people, that is. We do see efforts to share resources, for example. And we see that across the income spectrum, by the way. Although at the very top you don't really need to share resources so much. So, let me back up here for a minute, there is a movement in the country called Villages. Now, it's not The Villages--there's one particular retirement community in Florida. It's not that. At least that's not what I'm talking about. There is a movement in the country for groups of older people who are living pretty much on their own to share resources. And so, there is an effort to say, well we would all like to have our groceries delivered, and we all live near one another, and some old folks got together and said why don't we do this together. Or I need to get my hair done, and if you're going to get your hair done too, why don't we just get the hair cutter to come to our place, and people have done that sort of thing. So, they pool resources and find that they can get better care, better services. And we do see that kind of an effort going.
I also think that we'll see some people choosing to live at least close by to friends if they don't have family. 20% of women today don't have children. So that means, a lot of men aren't going to have children either. And as we age, there's a lot of concern about families and without family who's going to take care of you. And I think if we zoom out and look at humans, we see that humans, we make families, we do need other people. But those families don't have to be biological. There are friendship-based families that have very strong tight connections. And I think we will come to see people helping one another out. I don't want to misrepresent this; it'll be challenging for a lot of people. And it isn't clear that your neighbor, who might bring you chicken soup when you're not feeling too well, is going to be willing to quit their job when you get Alzheimer's disease to take care of you.
So, there are there are issues that that are coming. But I do think we'll see new ways of managing, because people have to, and we tend, we as a species, tend to be pretty resourceful in finding new ways to live, when we need to, when the pressure is there to do it.
Benz: You touched on some of the factors that tend to be correlated with happiness later in life. A sense of purpose you identified as well as these social interactions. Can you talk about other things that are associated with greater happiness later in life, and then also the opposite, maybe things that people think might confer happiness that when you look at the data, you really don't see a strong connection with happiness?
Carstensen: Let me back up a bit and think about money again. We were talking earlier about having more wealth is good for people. It isn't the money. It's what money gets you. It allows you to make connections, it allows you to be with other people you care about. So, it's more about being able to have a sense of community and to be part of a group. And part of something larger than yourself. That's the sense of purpose. Those are the important things. Now people who have a lot of wealth are able to do that better than say somebody who retires, lives alone in a studio apartment in a neighborhood with high crime rates. Harder for them to do that, harder for them to get out. But it isn't necessarily money per se. It's what money gets you, it's what money buys. And that's more flexibility and more access. So, the same things that make younger people happy, make older people happy. Feeling like they're making a difference. Being around people they love and care about. And being healthy, health matters a lot to happiness. It's really hard to be happy when everything hurts or when you're feeling very sick and in pain. So, all of those things contribute to happiness, to well-being.
Benz: And how about things that tend to detract from happiness later in life?
Carstensen: Well, I am a boomer and so I remember Janis Joplin well, and one line in a song that has always stuck with me is “freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose.” And for a lot of us in midlife, again when we're working way too hard, and have way too much to do, are just yearning for the day that we could wake up and say nobody needs me. And that's a terrific thing for some Sunday mornings. But it's not a terrific thing for decades, so to feel like you now are free, and you don't need anybody, and nobody needs you, is not good for well-being in the long haul. It is very good for a few days off in the year, but it's not a good way to live for the long haul. So, I think it really is staying involved in communities and families and friendships, work environments, those are good for people. And so, it's the flip side of it is pulling out of all of it and that's not good.
I want to throw in one other thing that is a little bit surprising to people about well-being and that's just how helpful exercise is to well-being. In fact, many geriatricians I know say that, if you could put exercise in pill form, it would be the most prescribed and the most expensive medication there is. Because exercise does a lot for our brains, it does a lot for our muscles and our strengths. These are the obvious things. But it also is really good for emotional well-being. People who exercise--and I don't mean exercise, like in some extreme way--just getting out for a walk, it really improves your mood. So emotional well-being is related, is associated with getting out of bed, get dressed, go outside and get some sunshine that's good for mental health.
Ptak: If I may, I did want to shift and talk about another facet of our later years, which is cognitive decline. And increasing rates of longevity are correlated with higher rates of cognitive decline, the longer we live, the more likely we are to experience it. So, the question is, how should people reconcile those things? Because it does seem somewhat discouraging if you manage to live a long time, because you've taken care of your health and done some of the other salutary things that you've described, you're still more likely to experience cognitive decline?
Carstensen: True. Let me say that exercise and education, predict not getting dementia. So those are good for people's cognitive health as well. But that said, you're absolutely right. You can do everything right. And you may have gotten dealt some bad genes, and you still could end up facing significant cognitive decline at advanced ages. My message to your audience: there is support. The National Institutes of Health investing in cures for diseases like Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. We need to find cures for these diseases. And the only way around it that I know of is really to invest in science at this point in time and find cures. Sometimes it helps us to, again, zoom out a little and see how relatively recently we face these kinds of diseases, because we didn't have many old people. When 4% of the population was over 65, as it was just 100 years ago, dementia was not a big problem for society or a lot of people. It happened, but it wasn't the looming sort of threat that it is today for society and individuals. And so we need to rethink where we put our money and what we invest in and what we need cures for as we think about health. And that's one that'd be at the top of my list; we need to find a cure for that.
Benz: You referenced earlier positivity bias, this tendency of older adults to bring a more positive outlook to things, to remember things, the positive things versus dwelling on the negative and that has maybe helped them through this period of COVID. But can you talk about whether there are any potential downsides to that? One thing I've seen on that topic is that potentially it leaves older adults more vulnerable to being swindled and that they're more trusting in their fellow human beings. Can you talk about that piece of it?
Carstensen: Yes, that's a really good point. And my research group has looked into that specifically, because that was one of our concerns. If you're focused on the positive, you might think that charming young man who comes to your door every day to sell you a new policy that you bought just last week is charming, and why not talk to him and forget to call the police, for example, which you should be doing. There's certainly a downside to positivity, when positivity is not indicated. We do have some reassuring evidence, however, that this positivity effect is not fixed. It's not based on some neural decline or neural development, but rather it appears to be related to goals. And so the human brain doesn't operate like a computer. We don't take in all information evenly, but rather we see, hear, remember information in our environments that’s relevant to our goals. Our thinking about what's happening with the positivity effect is goals change. Older people are saying “My goal is to focus on the good side of life. I want to enjoy life; I want to experience meaning.” And that leads to people seeing the positive.
Now, this is my long-winded way to say “oui.” A professor at Wash U, Tammy English, who was a postdoc in my lab, years and years ago, did a study where we looked at people's attention to positive and negative information, if they were sick and they were viewing health information. And those people did focus on the negative. My point is, I think people are looking at the positive because it's consistent with their goals to feel good. But when their goal is about something that requires negative information, they can and do make that shift to pay attention to the negative. So, it's not fixed, but it is a default. And yes, I do believe it can get people in trouble at times. But I also think it's the kind of thing that when people are aware of it, they can refocus their efforts and think about the negative and the positive.
Ptak: You've talked about the influence of social networks, and the importance of that to levels of satisfaction in retirement. How do people tend to change their approach to their social networks later in life?
Carstensen: That's a great question. At least my group thought it was a great question, because we've done a lot of research on it. It looks like social networks expand early in adulthood greatly. So, from 20 to 30, they just get bigger. And we think what's happening is we're collecting people, a lot of people who play different roles and serve different functions for our lives early. And so, we end up with these very large social networks, probably by the end of our 30s and beginning of our 40s. They include, like the parents of your children's friends, and there are a lot of people in these networks. And then what tends to happen after about 40, or 40s to 50s, you start to see these networks get smaller, and they continue to get smaller into very advanced ages.
When we began our research on this topic, there was a lot of concern about that narrowing of the social network, they said, wait, you know, if social relationships are what make people happy, and you have fewer of them than that's putting older people at risk. But to make a long story at least a little bit shorter, it looks like what happens is that people 50 and up come to hone their social networks, they prune their social networks, so that they remove the people who are not that important to them and retain those people and relationships that are very important to them. Overall, the network quality of older people is better than younger people. That is that if you look at the social network of somebody in their 70s, they've got a lot of well-known people, friends, family members who they really care about, their favorites in the family and not so much the ones that aren't the favorites. And that's what the network looks like. So there's a greater density of meaningful social partners in older people's networks than younger people's.
Benz: So how about for introverts? They always say if you prefer to be by yourself, or if you need to do that to recharge, then you're an introvert. What about people like that, who even when they're younger, did not derive a lot of energy from being around lot of people or any people? Does that relegate them to being less happy in retirement? What does the research say about that?
Carstensen: No, it doesn't. And we have looked at that question specifically, and we don't see personality differences in it. What we do see are that if you're an extroverted 20-year old, you'll probably have a larger social network when you're 70 than an introvert in your 20s, when you're 70. So, there is still a relative kind of shift, but we see this kind of pruning going on in extroverts and introverts. The important thing to keep in mind for introverts is, introverts need other people, too. It's just a different type of interaction that introverts desire. Say a cocktail party for an introvert is not a positive kind of an experience--it wears you out, it makes you tired. Whereas an extrovert might love that kind of stimulation. But it isn't the case that introverts aren't people who need other people; it's just they may need fewer, they may be more selective. And in many cases, their networks might be better for what they need. We build our networks around what our preferences are, and the older we get, the more flexibility, the more degrees of freedom, I think we have to be able to build those networks as we like, as opposed to the ones that are imposed on us.
Ptak: We interviewed Professor Hal Hershfield for the podcast recently, and one topic we discussed was your research on messaging to older adults. How is the depiction of older adults and messaging to them often wide off the mark?
Carstensen: Yes, Hal Hershfield is fabulous. He's done fabulous work on this topic too. Most of the messaging that we see occurring and advertising that is targeting older people makes a presumption about who older people are. And that presumption most often is that older people are frail, lonely, vulnerable, sad. And older people largely these days are not frail, they're not lonely, they're not sad. And so, any advertiser will know you want to know your audience, and that you should match your message to the goals of that audience. And I think there's a lot of mismatch there. When people think of older people, and what comes to mind is somebody who might need diapers, that's not going to get you a lot of attention from many older people--the vast majority, let me say, of older people in the population. So that's a problem.
The other piece of it is that we tend to market to older people with a certain degree of concern. That's what comes through, it's “Oh, I'm so sorry, you're so frail, we're going to help you. Buy my product, you'll be helped.” And again, when we think about the positivity effect, that in the message that older people are particularly interested in. And so, framing even challenges are negative things as positive can be good. Physicians may want to speak to a patient who has a bad diagnosis in terms of, “We need to talk about this. Good news we got it early.” Or “Good news, we found it,” and then you go on. But older people will tend to positive more than negative. And they, like any other group, will resonate more to messages that seem to capture who they are, as opposed to a stereotype.
Benz: So, if we have financial advisors listening, and I know we probably do, can you give them some thoughts on what sort of messaging might connect with older adults? That sounds like positivity, for sure, not casting them as having problems. What what other things should they keep in mind if they want to reach older adults?
Carstensen: Yes, positivity in terms of framing and the messages. I think in terms of wealth advising one frequent problem is the advisors talk about money more than goals. So money, as we've said in our conversation earlier, is really not about the money. It's about what it gets you, what it allows you to do. And so, to get to know clients and what's important to them. What will make them happy? To help clients think about what goals they want to pursue in retirement, that's going to help them understand as individuals and also the client/advisor relationship better, to know what they need, in order to realize those goals.
So, I think it's talking about life, and it's talking about retirement, and what those years will look like, what they want them to look like. And I got to say, there are an awful lot of people who don't think about retirement in terms of their lives until about a year after they retire. And that's not good to have that be the first time you start to think about your plans. But we tend not to. We do a lot of planning up to retirement then we kind of go “Done, don't need to plan anymore!” But we do.
Benz: Well, Dr. Carstensen, this has been a fascinating discussion. We so appreciate you taking time out of your schedule to be with us today.
Carstensen: Thank you so much. It was a pleasure to talk to both of you.
Ptak: Thanks again.
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Health Communication - Certificate, Health Campaign/Policy Track
Careers in Health and in Communication are growing much faster than average according to the Office of Occupational Outlook, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Health communication skills are increasingly valuable in careers related to health and medicine, as well as the media, public relations, and strategic communication. Health communication skills are applicable for a variety of health and medical career tasks including provider-patient consultations; the formative research, design, implementation, and assessment of public health communication campaigns; the development of strategic communication initiatives for health organizations and related products and services; as well as leadership in public and private sector health agendas. Health messaging reaches diverse audiences and includes the use of advocacy to influence policy, as well as mediating and shaping public conversations on health issues both face-to-face and via traditional and new media in local and global arenas. Health communication skills are important for profit, nonprofit, and governmental organizations.
The Health Communication Certificate (HCC) provides a track for students interested in health campaigns, other forms of mediated health communication, and health policy. Specific certificate requirements are available in the Undergraduate Studies Office of the Department of Communication. Details are also available on the Department of Communication website.
Students must earn a grade of “B” or better in each course used to meet the requirements. Students who pursue the HCC must complete all requirements prior to graduation.
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|COMM 370||Health Communication||3|
|COMM 470||Communication in Health Care Contexts||3|
|COMM 471||Media, Health and Medicine||3|
|Prescribed Elective Courses|
|COMM 375||Media Audiences||3|
|COMM 450||Media Campaigns||3|
|or COMM 330||or Technology and Human Communication|
|One semester or one summer of service learning 1||0|
|Total Semester Credit Hours||18|
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Later to be known as the World's Fair (also World Fair; Universal Exposition; and Expo, short for "exposition"), these large public exhibitions have been held throughout the world since the initial one was held in 1851 at The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London. The brainchild of Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, the first world expo--"The Great Exhibition"--prominently featured newly developed forms of art and design. In more recent World's Fairs, the most popular attractions have been the individual national pavillions created by the individual countries. Exhibits featuring modern ideas in architecture, trade, manufacturing and tourism have been added since the original London expo.
I think the term you're looking for is Modern Architecture (now termed International Style), which really started with the newfound ability to use technology's to make iron and glass (I.E. London's Crystal Palace) appear delicate. Opened by Queen Victoria--and certainly a symbol of the Victorian age, it boasted over 6million visitors and, at the time, was the largest trade show the world had seen. The London Exhibition is now seen as the grand symbol of the Victorian age.
The Eiffel Tower, however, met with considerable outrage when its similar skeletal structure was left bare and exposed. Although the tower had several purposes (monument, commemoration) its true purpose was to act as an entrance tower for the Universal Exposition.
Since I'm not sure if you're referring to art or architecture, please give me some additional context if this answer doesn't totally satisfy the requirement.
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The Neurological and Respiratory virus group in the Centre for Viral Zoonosis is situated in the Department of Medical Virology, Faculty of Health Sciences. The program is in the unique position to conduct research on both human and animal zoonotic diseases and work closely with medical entomology, veterinary pathology and clinical researchers. The group’s main focus is vector-borneviruses (arboviruses) including flaviviruses (e.g West Nile virus), alphaviruses (e.g Middelburg and Sindbis), and bunyaviruses (e.g Shuni, Rift Valley fever and Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever) as well as respiratory viruses transmitted directly from animals to humans or between humans such as paramyxo and influenzaviruses. The group has a broad focus on disease surveillance; epidemiology, molecular biology; immunology and ecology of these viruses; development of novel diagnostics and vaccines; viral pathogenesis and discovery.
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Ribena used to be something you drank as often and in as great quantity as your parents allowed. You gave no thought to whether or not it was good for you, only that it tasted like sugary heaven. Things have moved on. You can now buy Ribena with a "Plus" after the name - meaning added vitamins but no added sugar - and the company is joining the campaign to stop children doing little but sit semi-comatose in front of electronic devices.
This week they published a report showing that parents spend a fortune toys - an average of £10,000 before each child turns 18 - when what children really need is traditional, imaginative play. They often do this, the report says, because they feel "pressure from all angles" and also because they want to "look good in front of other families".
In order to encourage a return to traditional play, they have come up with a thing called the Pocket Playground. This is a collection of eight simple items - coloured threads, building blocks etc - costing just £6.12. With this you get a list of 50 activities that should keep children happy for hours. This all sounded a bit Walton's Mountain to me. Still, with clouds looming and a two year-old to keep happy, I had nothing to lose but the price of a fancy coffee and what the Italians don't call a panini.
I took the list to WHSmith and bought crayons, modelling clay and a packet of coloured paper, but then couldn't find any of the other things. I would have tried somewhere else, but my daughter is even less shop-happy than I am. Besides, having spent £7.23, I was already wildly over-budget, so I decided to head home and start having traditional fun.
I looked down the list of 50 activities. Even ignoring the ones using things I had not bought, I came across another problem. Number 11: Learn the art of origami and make a bird with flapping wings. The only way I could have done this was by consulting the oracle of YouTube, which would have kind of gone against the whole idea. No matter, there were many more things to choose from.
Number 34: Create sculptures of your family using modelling clay. This I was confident we could do. Not do well, necessarily, but we could give it a damn good go. I cleared the table and we sat there with nothing to distract us but a large block of gooey grey clay. I am not artistic, but it's amazing how gifted you can feel when you are with someone who still finds it quite difficult to take off her own shoes.
Within a minute I was totally absorbed in an attempt to make a life-like model of my wife. I was involving my child in the process, of course, but I wanted it to turn out well, so I was taking the lead. My daughter didn't mind taking a back seat. She was happy pulling little pieces of clay off the block and splatting them on the table. But then as I was halfway through, she looked at my efforts and said: "Is it a car?"
Undeterred, I finished the model. My daughter did recognise that it was her mother. Well, she realised that it was a human, and seeing as the first human she thinks of is her mother, the lack of facial features didn't seem to matter. She then asked me to make a model of her, then of her scooter, then of me. She further contributed by refraining from squashing my work as much as she could manage.
Then an amazing thing happened. I looked at the clock and saw that two hours had passed. We had sat at that table for two whole hours. If you have ever spent time with a child this age, you know that this doesn't happen often. All for £1.75 worth of reusable clay. Just then, she looked at me and said: "Can I watch Charlie and Lola on Daddy's iPad?"
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The story about the Emperor, Qin Shi Huang who unified China for the first time sent his people to Korea to seek Elixir plant to Korea before B.C. 200 is very well known. Almost same age, popular Hippocrates quote, “Let food be thy medicine and” the 2nd part and more profound “
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The main components of yam include general components such as starch,
protein, and lipids,
and mucin qualities, which are unique to yams, including minerals such as
saponin, tannin, polyphenol,
and vitamins (Na, K, Fe, Zn, etc.).
There are records that abalone is called cheonni-gwang
in the main Choganggangmok, and it is used as a high-grade material for the banquet of the royal court.
Abalone is a high-quality seafood and has been used as a valuable ingredient in Korea since ancient times.
Abalone grows as a prey for seaweed, Rich in minerals such as calcium and phosphorus,
vitamin B1, and protein It is especially rich in taurine. A solid meal of busy modern people,
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What are backlinks??? Many people are confused about this subject. So if you are too, don’t worry, on this page we are going to take a very basic tutorial approach on learning what backlinks are.
1. A link is the piece of text on a page (many times underlined but sometimes it’s a graphic) that you click on with your mouse. When this happens, you are led to a different webpage, another section of a webpage, or a totally different website altogether. This text is referred to as “anchor text.”
2. In this tutorial there are 3 different types of links we will pay attention to. These are inbound links, outbound links, and internal links. These are sort of what you would call “the majors”, because they are major factors in the world of backlinking.
* Inbound Links are backlinks that link from another person’s website to yours. You need tons of these in order to be successful at gaining greater amounts of traffic to your website.
Their benefit is increased by…
— the quality of the website the link is coming from,
— how tightly that website’s niche is related to your website in terms of overall theme,
— if the anchor text of that link (the area that you click with your mouse) has your sites keyword or keyword phrase in it.
* Outbound links are those that point from your site to someone else’s website. Let’s say for instance, that you really like the subject of someone else’s website so you decide to place a link to their website for your readers to check out, that is an outbound link. But there is a need for caution here, you would be wise to be very cautious about which websites you decide to link to from your own. It is often a good practice to “link out” to well-known websites that might help out your visitors, just be sure that it is not a website that is competing with yours. When appropriate, do link exchanges with complementary/noncompeting websites.
* Internal links are often undervalued but can play and work and role in your SEO Efforts. These are the types of links that link from within your own site to another page of your own website. If you are still a little confused as to what an internal backlink is just look at the bottom of this page and click on the link, you will notice that it takes you to another page of this website. THAT my friends is an internal backlink.
On a secondary note, please keep in mind that every single webpage on your website should link to your website home page for SEO reasons. And it is important to link with “anchor text” that has the keywords that the homepage is optimized for, this is extremely important when you place backlinks. (You will also see an example of that at the bottom of this page.)
3. Just to prove to you the power of anchor text placement I encourage you to go to Google and search for the words, “click here” (Without the Commas). Notice which website is in #1 position for that keyword. Are you wondering why? It is because so many websites have linked to Adobe Reader using the words “click here.” You’ve probably seen it for yourself already a few times. Keep that in mind the next time you decide to just randomly link with any keyword. This is an opportunity to take advantage of the laws of SEO (search engine optimizing), there is most definitely a calculated strategy to link-building. Don’t ignore it.
4. There are two main parts of an anchor text link…
<a href=”http://www.yoursitename.com“>Anchor Text</a>
<a href=”http://www.yoursitename.com/file-name.html “>Anchor Text</a>
Whether you are linking from your site, within your website, or even to your website, the URL of the page that is being linked to goes where the green text is in-between the quote marks. The anchor text (the area where people click) goes where the orange text is, in-between the > and the </a>.
5. Be smart in selecting your anchor text. Be absolutely sure that it includes the keyword or keyword phrase that the page it is linking to is optimized for. Sometimes a synonym must be used for internal linking if a phrase has already been linked to on one page too many times because you don’t want to overdo it.
Do not be fooled. Backlinks are every bit as important to your being able to draw traffic to your website as having tons of great content.
Having tons of great content is awesome and helps tremendously, but not being able to attract readers who read that great content renders your website useless and a waste of time and money.
Many wonderfully written websites have suffered an uneventful life & death because their owners were scared away from building backlinks to their well thought-out sites, meanwhile millions of crappy websites sit on the first page of Google because their owners understand the value of gaining thousands of backlinks and know where to get them from.
What are backlinks? They are a critically important element in marketing your websites. Building backlinks to your sites is completely 100% legal, and an absolute necessity to compete in this business.
If you are interested in trying your hand at backlinking your own sites and really competing in this business, I highly recommend that you look into a program that I used when I started out. When I got to a level where money was coming in and I wanted to invest in my sites and business I researched and found The Hoth.
Like any business, ROI (return on investment) is the bottom line. If you do not have the money to invest in backlinking on a pro level, do not worry. Neither did I in the very beginning, just keep grinding and working and you will know when it’s your time to put your money to work as well. I myself made the mistake of investing too early and it hurt me because I didn’t have any room for error. And inevitably, I made errors : /
So evaluate thoroughly if your website(s) are READY to be seen on a large scale and READY to monetize(make money) upon arrival of Search Engine visitors. Simply put, even thousands of visitors a day won’t earn you a penny if your website isn’t set up to monetize.
What are backlinks worth if they don’t make you money? Nothing. And you should not spend on monthly backlink programs if you simply can’t afford their cost or to wait on the benefits(traffic & income) they bring in. SEO is for the patient, SEO is for those who plan and strategize.
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Seed Size and Shape Predict Persistence in Soil
K. Thompson, S. R. Band and J. G. Hodgson
Vol. 7, No. 2 (1993), pp. 236-241
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1. An understanding of seed persistence in the soil is important to vegetation management and weed control, but experimental collection of seed bank data is tedious and expensive. We report a rapid, simple method for predicting seed persistence in the soil. The method is tested on a range of British, mostly herbaceous, species. 2. Diaspore (seed or fruit) weight is plotted against variance of the three linear dimensions of the diaspore. All diaspores within an area of the graph defined by a maximum weight and variance are persistent in the soil. The critical weight is the same for fruits and seeds, but the critical variance of diaspore dimensions appears slightly higher for fruits. The great majority of diaspores outside this region are short lived, and the relatively few ambiguous cases can be resolved by reference to habitat. 3. The generality of the suspected underlying mechanism suggests that the method can also be applied to floras outside north-west Europe.
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All papers were peer-reviewed. This conference focused on the issue of quantum computation with a very unique perspective of its back action rather than its future, which has usually been the focus. Leading international researchers working on quantum computing from computer science, information technology, physics, and chemistry present their most recent scholarly research indicating the current impact of quantum computing on science and technology. Participants addressed the question: What if the realization of a quantum computer were impossible? There was consensus among the attendees that even if efforts prove to be futile, the concept of a quantum computer has still provided novel ways to consider computing and that many other new applications will become possible built upon the foundation of quantum computing.
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17 Sep More Than 2 Million High School Students Have Used Marijuana in an E-Cigarette
MedicalResearch.com Interview with:
Katrina Trivers, PhD, MSP
Lead author and lead epidemiologist
Office on Smoking and Health
MedicalResearch.com: What is the background for this study?
Response: Although we’ve seen considerable declines in the use of regular cigarettes among U.S. youth over the past several decades, the tobacco product landscape is evolving, and the use of other tobacco products have become increasingly popular. For example, as of 2014, e-cigarettes have become the most commonly used tobacco product among US youth. During 2011-2015, e-cigarette use increased 900% among U.S. high school students before declining in 2016. No change was observed in 2017, with about 2 million youth, including 12% of high school students and 3% of middle school students, reporting they had used e-cigarettes in the past 30 days.
This is a public health concern because the use of any form of tobacco product is unsafe among youth, irrespective of whether it’s smoked, smokeless, or electronic. The U.S. Surgeon General has concluded that the aerosol emitted from e-cigarettes is not harmless. It can contain harmful ingredients, including nicotine, carbonyl compounds, and volatile organic compounds known to have adverse health effects. The nicotine in these products is of particular concern given that nicotine exposure during adolescence can cause addiction and can harm the developing adolescent brain.
In recent years, many youth have also been using other psychoactive substances in e-cigarettes, including cannabinoids and other illicit drugs. This could have been fueled, in part, by shifts in the social acceptability and access to cannabis as several states have or are considering legalized cannabis sales for adults. A previous CDC study found that in 2015, almost 1 in 3 students reported using e-cigarettes with non-nicotine substances. However, it wasn’t possible to identify what exactly those substances were based on the question. Given the high concurrent use of tobacco and other substances, including cannabis, a more detailed question was added to a future survey to assess the use of cannabis in e-cigarettes among U.S. youth. This study presents the findings from that question.
MedicalResearch.com: What are the main findings?
Response: Nearly 1 in 11 US middle and high school students, including one-third of those who ever used e-cigarettes, used cannabis in an e-cigarette in 2016. That equates to more than 2 million youth who have ever used cannabis in an e-cigarette, including nearly 1 in 3 high school e-cigarette users and nearly 1 in 4 middle school e-cigarette users.
The use of cannabis in e-cigarettes was significantly higher among males than females and high school students than middle school students. Use was also higher among those who had used e-cigarettes more recently and more frequently, those who used other tobacco products and those who lived with someone who used tobacco products. A product that is often used by the younger generation is a dab pen. like an e-cigarette, it uses wax pen batteries to heat up liquids producing vapours. These devices are normally used with cannabis concentrates which can be a problem depending on which country you are living in!
These findings reinforce the importance of strategies to reduce all forms of e-cigarette use, including with cannabis, to protect our nation’s young people from this preventable health risk. E-cigarette use among youth is unsafe. The use of cannabis in e-cigarettes is of particular public health concern given that the National Academies of Science has found cannabis use among youth can adversely affect learning and memory and may impair later academic achievement and education.
MedicalResearch.com: What should readers take away from your report?
Response: The bad news is that more than 2 million of our nation’s youth, including one-third of high school student e-cigarette users, have ever used cannabis in an e-cigarette. This is a public health concern because e-cigarette use among young people is unsafe. The use of marijuana in these products is of particular concern because cannabis use among youth can adversely affect learning and memory and may impair later academic achievement and education.
But the good news is that we know what works to effective reduce all forms of tobacco product use among youth, including e-cigarettes, and irrespective of whether those products contain cannabis. For example, we can continue to modernize our proven, evidence-based interventions to reduce e-cigarette use among youth. Actions could include incorporating e-cigarettes in smoke-free policies, and preventing access to e-cigarettes by youth.
Everyone can play a role in helping youth to recognize and avoid the dangers of e-cigarette use. Parents in particular can set a positive example by being tobacco-free, and ensuring that their kids aren’t exposed to the secondhand emissions from any tobacco products, including e-cigarettes. We know e-cigarettes are now the most commonly used tobacco product among youth and that many youth aren’t aware of the dangers of these products, including the negative impacts of nicotine exposure on the developing adolescent brain, as well as the negative impacts of marijuana on learning, memory, and later academic achievement. Therefore, ensuring that youth are aware of the risks of using all forms of tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, is critical.
MedicalResearch.com: What recommendations do you have for future research as a result of this work?
Response: Given the continued popularity of e-cigarettes among youth and the variety of substances that can be used in e-cigarettes, it’s important to continue to monitor not only the use of e-cigarettes among U.S. youth, but also the diversity of substances they’re using in e-cigarettes. Further detail on why youth use these products, where youth access these products, and how frequently they use these products would also be beneficial, in addition to studying the extent to which the use of these products could lead to subsequent use of other substances. This type of research could help inform public health policy, planning, and practice aimed at addressing youth use of e-cigarettes, including the use of e-cigarettes with cannabis.
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According to the Watchtower doctrine, stated above, Jehovah has judged some people as unchangeably wicked during their lifetime. He won’t even bother resurrecting them to give them the second chance everyone else gets in the New Order, where the truth will be made manifest so that people can make an informed decision whether to serve Jehovah.
But here’s the thing: if Jehovah can judge people in the “Old System,” why do we need to be judged during the millennium? If some have been judged as unchangeably wicked, prior to the millennium, by default the rest have already been judged as not unchangeably wicked. So, why is a second judgment needed?
Russell’s main contribution to Christian theology was his teaching that everyone living would survive Armageddon, and all of the dead would be resurrected. We would all be judged in the New Order, where our “eyes would be opened,” since Satan would be “bound” for a thousand years, and no longer able to keep us in the dark during that time.
It wasn’t fair, Russell said, to judge the blind for not being able to see. Only in the New Order would there be a level playing-field with everyone getting a fair chance to decide where they stood. No one would be judged in the Old Order.
But the Watchtower of today has us judged during our lifetimes (as being worthy of a resurrection or of surviving Armageddon), and once again in the New Order as being good enough to continue living. Then a third time, based on how we respond to Satan being once again let loose to mislead us, at the end of the millennium.
It’s sort of like when the Watchtower tells us that the angels direct our work, leading us to the “right-hearted” people who are receptive to our message. So, those people have already been judged (in this case, as worthy to hear about Jehovah, and thus have a chance of making it into the New Order). And, of course, this also means that those whom the angels don’t direct us to are already judged as unworthy of a chance.
If “Jehovah can read hearts and perceive our innermost motives,” and he has a complete record of our “memories and personality” in his own mind (in order to be able to resurrect us), then he is intimately familiar with our character, and already knows who is unchangeably wicked. The Bible relates that Jehovah had judged Esau and Jeremiah before they were even born! It says that he “knows the end from the beginning.” So, why would he need repeated testing of us?
Either the Watchtower has gotten carried away with judgments, or Jehovah doesn’t trust us — or his own judgment.
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How can I use WatsApp on My Computer?
Don’t have Android? Wana tast Android Application? Just don't worry, now you can use and install WatsApp and many other Android based Application on your Windows based Personal Computers (PCs) and tablets by installing BlueStack following simplest procedure.
All of you who don’t have access to Smartphones, and want to use Android based Application on their Windows or Macintosh based personal computers, whatever the reason behind. You can use these Apps on your PCs etc by installing BlueStack. To simplify, BlueStack is software which enables you to enjoy with Android Apps on your personal computers.
Keeping all other Apps aside, here I m gona present a simplest way or procedure i.e. tutorial, to use WatsApp on your personal computers, Windows tablets and Macintosh computers.
So let’s get rock with it.
First of all, just install BlueStack on your PC, if you don’t have BlueStack, CLICK HERE to download it.
After the installation, following window will appear to you.
You will see the icon named 'Messaging' on the windows which appeared after installing BlueStack at right top, just click it. After that, you will see more or less four options of different Apps, click on of them naming 'WatsApp' shown in upper picture,
Now BlueStack will start searching different Apps stored for WatsApp, after the search completes, many of the options appear click or choose the very first or top option. Just like upper picture,
Now, you woud see BlueStack start downloading WhatsApp apk in your PC as shown below,
Congratulations, after the download complete, just click 'Agree and Continue', enjoy with WatsApp on your PC.
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HR1025 Diary Entry Assignment Sample
Here’s the HR1025 diary entry assignment sample written by experts.
Human resource management refers to the strategic approach which is adopted by an organisation to manage the overall integrity of business to gain profits through recruiting efficient people (Brewster, 2017). In this report, the discussion which is undertaken is relating to the concept of HRM in the business and also its function to manage the integrity of the business. Further, it covers the role of two inspiring leaders in the business field and also their style and approach to making the employee feel motivated.
Concept of HRM:
HRM is the process of managing the different culture employee at the workplace and also involves hiring, firing, providing training and motivating an employee to achieve the target within the stipulated period (Delery and Roumpi, 2017). They are important in the organisation as through their planning and recruitment strategies, they appoint an efficient person to handle the work and maintain dignity, respect and fair decision between the employees.
In business, HRM also faces various issues at the workplace such as hiring the wrong employee or recruiting employees on different pay scale but for the same post, not maintaining equality between the employees, not promoting the person on the bases of their excellent performances (Guest, 2017). Training is a major duty of HRM in respect of instructing them and guiding them to work in the set directions.
Main functions of HRM:
HRM ensures that they work smoothly in the organisation. The process of HRM starts with imposing the right policies for the particular job requirement and ends by indicating the key performance indicators or scorecards to manage the business growth during that time (Functions of Human Resource Management, 2021). HRM carries various function and thus can be examined as:
- Job design and Job Analysis: In this, HRM duty is to describe the job to the new employees and the type of work which they had to attain during the time of employment. Job analysis refers to explaining the skill, experiences and knowledge which the employees had to use to accomplish such work (Kianto al. 2017).
- Employee hiring and selection: HRM duty is to select the right and efficient person who can handle the work pressure and accomplish the task with the set direction given by superiors. Selection is done once candidates get cleared in all rounds of interview.
- Training and Development: By giving imparting training and ensuring the right development results in long term retention of employees at the workplace (Kimal. 2019). In this, the employees are prepared to handle the bigger task and responsibility of the work committed.
- Compensation and benefits: In this, the employees are liable to get well paid and also other monetary benefits in case if they performed extraordinarily. Thus, HRM duty is to give fair and equitable remuneration to all the employees who are engaged with the organisation.
- Employee Performance Management: HRM duty is to ensure that the employees are reaching their targets and examine their behaviour which they carried with other employees at premises. Thus, they judge the overall integrity of the employees and also the strategies which they use to accomplish the work within the set time (Michael, 2019).
- Managerial Decision: It is examined through the amount of work given to the employees to be completed within the particular day. Thus, in a future perspective, the projects are to be handed over to the right person who completed them without any delay.
- Labour Relations: In this proper rules, regulation and policies are to be imposed upon the employees so that they are bound to work under the set guidelines.
- Communication: HRM must interact with the employees about better development or changes which is made in the organisation. In this manner, it builds a strong relationship with the employees (Peccei and Van De Voorde, 2019).
- Health and safety regulation: In this, the HRM had to provide proper equipment to the employees if they are working at hazardous places. Certain policies are also designed if any employees face any health issues during the time of employment.
Comparing operational and strategic HRM
In the case of operational HRM, the HR managers mainly focus on the necessary and basic needs of the workforce while in the case of strategic HR, they look for future growth and development (Operational vs Strategic Human Resources, 2020). The role of both the HRM policies is segmented under the following aspects such as:
|Factors||Operational HRM||Strategic HRM|
|Recruiting||When HRM prepares job listing, selecting the resumes and conducting interviews, they are in operational mode||Examining staff needs, planning their hiring policies are covered under strategic HRM (Stewart and Brown, 2019).|
|Orientation and Training||Hiring new employees, explaining the company culture and skill to accomplish the task are required in these aspects (Papa et.al. 2018).||Setting timelines to accomplish the task or working with superiors to set the targets are covered in these aspects.|
|Employee Relations||They maintain employee files and consult with the workers in case of any breach in the documents.||They think about new strategies to be adopted at the workplace in respect of building teamwork and increasing company performance.|
|Performance and Retention||Managing their performances individually and pay them accordingly.||In this company profitability targets are set and adjusting the performances metric to meet more efficient results.|
Two inspiring leaders in the Business field
In the business field, the first inspiring leaders are the CEO of the most valuable company, Apple is Tim Cook and another inspiring leader is Jeff Bezos who is the CEO of Amazon company (25 Business leaders who inspire, 2020).
Style and Approach that makes the leaders inspiring:
Tim cook stated that being transparent with the employees results in a solid foundation for leadership. Thus they apply the transformational leadership style in which they inspire others to attain the task on their own and maintain transparency with their staff members to disclose every information with them (Stewart and Brown, 2019).
For Jeff Bezos, the things which inspire them to became good leaders that everything is the start of Day 1 and anything is possible in the world (Zaid et.al. 2018). His style of leadership is the autocratic leadership style in which he monitors things and also delivers special and unique strategies which result in making the organisation successful.
Strong leadership linked to HR:
HR manager’s role is to manage the task and also trained employee to work as per the instruction given by their superiors. The role of leaders is to manage the company and employee workforce to achieve set targets within the stipulated time limit (Michael, 2019). Thus, strong leadership is examined if HR gave liberty to the leaders to take action if any of the employees breach in violating the company rules and regulation and also dealing in illegal activity in the business.
Strong leadership is also examined if HR set targets to leaders regarding accomplishing the task and also recruited efficient employees who are hardworking and attaining the task as per the set guidelines of leaders (Papa et.al. 2018). It is also determined if HR offers various monetary benefits if the employees performed excellently and thus, it depends upon leaders that how they motivate the team to achieve such rewards.
From the above study, the report concludes that HRM is important in the business and thus through their recruitment, training and strict working policies, results in long term growth in business. In this study, the matter also concludes about the function of HRM such as planning, training, health safety regulation, working policies and many more are discussed. Future the report also conclude about the two inspiring leaders such as Tom Cook and Jeff Bezos who inspired himself to bring the business to a new higher scale. At last, the report concludes with the various points which result in reflecting the link between strong leaders to HR.
Books and Journals
Brewster, C., 2017. The integration of human resource management and corporate strategy. Policy and practice in European human resource management. pp.22-35.
Delery, J. E. and Roumpi, D., 2017. Strategic human resource management, human capital and competitive advantage: is the field going in circles?. Human Resource Management Journal. 27(1). pp.1-21.
Guest, D. E., 2017. Human resource management and employee well‐being: Towards a new analytic framework. Human resource management journal. 27(1). pp.22-38.
Kianto, A., Sáenz, J. and Aramburu, N., 2017. Knowledge-based human resource management practices, intellectual capital and innovation. Journal of Business Research. 81. pp.11-20.
Kim, Y. J., Kim, W. G., Choi, H. M. and Phetvaroon, K., 2019. The effect of green human resource management on hotel employees’ eco-friendly behavior and environmental performance. International Journal of Hospitality Management. 76. pp.83-93.
Michael, A., 2019. A handbook of human resource management practice.
Papa, A., Dezi, L., Gregori, G. L., Mueller, J. and Miglietta, N., 2018. Improving innovation performance through knowledge acquisition: the moderating role of employee retention and human resource management practices. Journal of Knowledge Management.
Peccei, R. and Van De Voorde, K., 2019. Human resource management–well‐being–performance research revisited: Past, present, and future. Human Resource Management Journal. 29(4). pp.539-563.
Stewart, G. L. and Brown, K. G., 2019. Human resource management. John Wiley & Sons.
Zaid, A. A., Jaaron, A. A. and Bon, A. T., 2018. The impact of green human resource management and green supply chain management practices on sustainable performance: An empirical study. Journal of cleaner production. 204. pp.965-979.
25 Business leaders who inspire. 2020. [Online]. Available through: < https://blog.richardvanhooijdonk.com/en/25-business-leaders-who-inspire/>.
Functions of Human Resource Management. 2021. [Online]. Available through: <https://www.enotesmba.com/2014/11/functions-of-human-resource-management.html>.
Operational vs Strategic Human Resources. 2020. [Online]. Available through: <https://balancepointhcm.com/operational-vs-strategic-hr/>.
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Today, we did our midterm presentation for our “Enhancing Professional Interchange” class.
Because we could pretty much talk about anything for 3 minutes, I decided to build up on my previous post (see here). The idea came to me while cleaning up a mess I made, another ‘stupid moment’ (long story). Anyway, the speech was pretty much positively accepted, maybe because everyone feels a little bit stupid sometimes. Anyway, I just wanted to share it with you. Enjoy!
Note: Speech is just for fun. Not a recommended (or credible) source for an argument. The IQ points are real though. See URL of sources below.
I urge everyone to pay close attention. There is a conspiracy going on in business schools everywhere. I believe they were created to make people dumber.
Exhibit A is standing and talking in front of you right now.
Last week, I spent several minutes looking for my phone which I swore I was holding just moments earlier. You know where the phone was. It never left my hands!
We will talk about how business schools reduce our IQs by e-mail, by our subjects and lessons, and by reducing our time for sleep.
How do these strategies work? Here’s how.
Business schools make us dumb by bombarding us with e-mails and with different online accounts: webmail, FisherConnect, the Accepted Student Gateway, MBA Focus, The Hub, and LinkedIn.
A study in the UK has proven that the constant influx of e-mails can seriously reduce a person’s ability to focus on tasks. The average IQ was reduced by 10 points – double the amount seen in studies involving marijuana users.
That’s 10 points down. Let us now find out how our subjects affect us.
Information overload, also known as “too much to study in a short period of time”, also lowers IQ.
Business schools make us dumber by letting us study and learn all these different concepts and theories in a short time. A too-full brain can cause one to make mistakes, forget to do something, lose creativity, get stressed out, or experience a total breakdown. Researchers have also found the information overload reduces by 10 IQ points.
Our IQ is now down by 20 points. The last point is related to the first points mentioned. With all the e-mails and lessons we have to study, we have less time in our schedule to get sleep.
People who lack sleep are at risk of becoming mentally-retarded. Business schools keep us from sleeping to lower our IQ more. Another study in the UK reports that “each hour short of eight hours of sleep a night could knock one point off a person’s IQ. It would be easy to lose fifteen points in a week, resulting in a person with an IQ of 100 becoming borderline retarded.”
So, business schools try to keep us awake as long as they can.
Anyone who loses just 35 IQ points is lucky he did not lose more.
I reiterate my theory: business schools are out to make us dumb. They do it by sending us millions of e-mails and letting us study a lot so we lose hours of sleep.
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How to Promote Gut Health
It is important to understand how to improve your digestion. This article will give you tips on how to eat a balanced diet and avoid hidden monosaccharides. Avoid processed foods, sugar, NSAIDs, and other artificial sweeteners. Eat a wide variety of whole foods that are rich in polyphenols. Also, stay away from medications such as aspirin. Your digestive tract is comprised of billions of bacteria, and it is vital to ensure it’s in good health and functioning properly.
Diversify your diet
One of the easiest methods to improve the health of your gut microbiome is to diversify your diet. While the typical western diet is deficient in diversity owing to the high proportion of processed foods sugar, fat, and other substances A varied diet can support the growth of beneficial bacteria. Make sure you are eating whole fruits, vegetables and whole grains to broaden the range of your diet. These foods can be incorporated into your meals and snacks.
American food is full of processed foods, sugars and high-fat dairy products. These food items can make our guts work harder, which can cause toxic by-products to build up. Furthermore, diets high in refined and processed carbohydrates cause inflammation and decrease the diversity of microbiome. Diversifying your diet can aid in digestion and improve overall health. Adding more fruits and vegetables to your daily food plan will help to improve your digestion and improve your overall health.
Avoid hiding monosaccharides in the form of
Make dietary adjustments to cut down on hidden sources of monosaccharides, and improve your gut health. Make sure you eat plenty of fermented veggies, unprocessed, and unprocessed meat, and fiber-rich fruits and vegetables. Certain foods can harm the beneficial bacteria that live in the gut. If you’re looking for a diet plan that favors gut health, try cutting out foods that trigger digestive symptoms like gluten and sugar. Also, you can try taking probiotic supplements. Probiotic supplements can help your body develop beneficial bacteria. Stress can harm the beneficial bacteria found in the gut.
Research has proven that a diet rich in fiber and omega-3 fat acids can reduce the amount of pro-inflammatory bacteria that are found in the gut. Gut health is also improved through flavonoids. Foods from the cabbage family and vegetable broths are great sources of flavonoids. They are essential to support healthy gut bacteria. It is also important to drink plenty of water, stay clear of alcohol, and limit your intake of processed food items.
Eat foods rich in polyphenols
Polyphenols are a kind of antioxidant found in a wide range of plants. They guard against disease and provide beneficial effects on the microbiome. Polyphenols are especially high in vibrant fruits and vegetables. A diet high in vegetables and fruits is healthier for people with lower risk of developing diseases. Include more organic foods like vegetables, fruits, and avoid foods that have been processed or have added chemicals.
The largest class of polyphenols is made up of flavonoids. These include the well-known quercetin and anthocyanin. Both black and green teas have high levels of polyphenols. Certain of these compounds are known to possess anti-cancer properties. If you’re trying to figure out how you can get enough polyphenols into your diet, here are a few of them.
Although NSAIDs are commonly used to relieve pain, they can have adverse effects on the gut. Inflammation can trigger bleeding, ulcers or other signs. They may cause long-term problems that affect the gut, including IBS, leaky gut syndrome, and Crohn’s disease. As a result, you should avoid NSAIDs to help improve your gut health and to avoid these side effects.
Antibiotics can be a very effective treatment for serious bacterial infections. However they are frequently misused or overused. Antibiotics should only be prescribed by your doctor and should not be used as a self-treatment. Antibiotics as well as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medicines (NSAIDs) disrupt the normal balance of bacterial activity in the gut. It is essential to stay clear of NSAIDs in order to promote gut health.
Drink fermentable fiber
Fiber is an excellent way to improve your health. It’s simple to do and there are a variety of fiber sources available, including vegetables, fruits, whole grains, and VINA sodas. All of these food items contribute to the health of your gut microbiome. Alongside helping you feel full, fiber is important to keep cholesterol levels in check and helping to lower blood pressure.
Recent advances in microbiome research have led to a growing number of prebiotic and probiotic ingredients that can boost gut health. Research continues to demonstrate that the fermentation of prebiotics can boost the immune system and improve blood cholesterol levels. Although the exact function of these substances is yet to be established, there are many advantages. One study showed that fermentable fibers can improve the control of glycemic level, while others failed to show any impact.
Researchers at the University of New Mexico discovered that regular exercise is good for the stomach’s health. Exercise boosts the growth of healthy bacteria and is crucial to our overall health. This is a good thing, as it can improve our mood and psychological well-being. It also plays a significant role in neurogenesis. It helps in the growth of new neural connections in the brain. You should choose a type of exercise that promotes gut health.
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Conditions that may lead to anemia include
- Heavy periods
- Colon polyps or colon cancer
- Inherited disorders
- A diet that does not have enough iron, folic acid, or vitamin B12
- Blood disorders such as sickle cell anemia and thalassemia, or cancer
- Aplastic anemia, a condition that can be inherited or acquired
- G6PD deficiency, a metabolic disorder
Anemia can make you feel tired, cold, dizzy, and irritable. You may be short of breath or have a headache.
Your doctor will diagnose anemia with a physical exam and blood tests. Treatment depends on the kind of anemia you have.
You might be able to prevent repeat episodes of some types of anemia, especially those caused by lack of iron or vitamins. Dietary changes or supplements can prevent these types of anemia from occurring again.
Treating anemia’s underlying cause may prevent the condition (or prevent repeat episodes). For example, if medicine is causing your anemia, your doctor may prescribe another type of medicine.
To prevent anemia from getting worse, tell your doctor about all of your signs and symptoms. Talk with your doctor about the tests you may need and follow your treatment plan.
You can’t prevent some types of inherited anemia, such as sickle cell anemia. If you have an inherited anemia, talk with your doctor about treatment and ongoing care.
Anemia occurs in all age, racial, and ethnic groups. Both men and women can have anemia. However, women of childbearing age are at higher risk for the condition because of blood loss from menstruation.
Anemia can develop during pregnancy due to low levels of iron and folic acid and changes in the blood. During the first six months of pregnancy, the fluid portion of a woman’s blood, the plasma, increases faster than the number of red blood cells, which dilutes the blood and can lead to anemia.
During the first year of life, some babies are at risk for anemia because of iron deficiency. At-risk infants include those who are born too early and infants who are fed breast milk only or formula that isn’t fortified with iron. These infants can develop iron deficiency by 6 months of age.
Infants between 1 and 2 years of age also are at risk for anemia. They may not get enough iron in their diets, especially if they drink a lot of cow’s milk. Cow’s milk is low in the iron needed for growth.
Drinking too much cow’s milk may keep an infant or toddler from eating enough iron-rich foods or absorbing enough iron from foods.
Older adults also are at increased risk for anemia.
Factors that raise your risk for anemia include:
- A diet that is low in iron, vitamins, or minerals
- Blood loss from surgery or an injury
- Long-term or serious illnesses, such as kidney disease, cancer, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, HIV/AIDS, inflammatory bowel disease (including Crohn’s disease), liver disease, heart failure, and thyroid disease
- Long-term infections
- A family history of inherited anemia, such as sickle cell anemia or thalassemia
The three main causes of anemia are:
- Blood loss
- Lack of red blood cell production
- High rates of red blood cell destruction
Blood loss is the most common cause of anemia, especially iron-deficiency anemia. Blood loss can be short term or persist over time.
Heavy menstrual periods or bleeding in the digestive or urinary tract can cause blood loss. Surgery, trauma, or cancer also can cause blood loss. If a lot of blood is lost, the body may lose enough red blood cells to cause anemia.
Acquired conditions and factors that can lead to anemia include poor diet, abnormal hormone levels, some chronic diseases, and pregnancy. Aplastic anemia also can prevent your body from making enough red blood cells. This condition can be acquired or inherited.
A diet that lacks iron, folic acid, or vitamin B12 can prevent your body from making enough red blood cells. Your body also needs small amounts of vitamin C, riboflavin, and copper to make red blood cells. Conditions that make it hard for your body to absorb nutrients also can prevent your body from making enough red blood cells.
Chronic diseases, like kidney disease and cancer, can make it hard for your body to make enough red blood cells. People who have HIV/AIDS may develop anemia due to infections or medicines used to treat their diseases.
Some cancer treatments may damage the bone marrow or damage the red blood cells’ ability to carry oxygen. If the bone marrow is damaged, it can’t make red blood cells fast enough to replace the ones that die or are destroyed.
Anemia can occur during pregnancy due to low levels of iron and folic acid and changes in the blood. During the first 6 months of pregnancy, the fluid portion of a woman’s blood increases faster than the number of red blood cells. This dilutes the blood and can lead to anemia.
Some infants are born without the ability to make enough red blood cells. This condition is called aplastic anemia. Infants and children who have aplastic anemia often need blood transfusions to increase the number of red blood cells in their blood.
Hemolytic anemia is another example of a condition in which your body destroys too many red blood cells. Inherited or acquired conditions or factors can cause hemolytic anemia. Examples include immune disorders, infections, certain medicines, or reactions to blood transfusions.
The most common symptom of anemia is fatigue If you have anemia, you may find it hard to find the energy to do normal activities.
Other signs and symptoms of anemia include:
- Shortness of breath
- Coldness in the hands and feet
- Pale skin
- Chest pain
These signs and symptoms can occur because your heart has to work harder to pump oxygen-rich blood through your body.
Mild to moderate anemia may cause very mild symptoms or none at all.
Some people who have anemia may have arrhythmias. Anemia also can damage other organs in your body because your blood can’t get enough oxygen to them.
Anemia can weaken people who have cancer or HIV/AIDS. This can make their treatments not work as well.
Anemia also can cause many other health problems. People who have kidney disease and anemia are more likely to have heart problems. With some types of anemia, too little fluid intake or too much loss of fluid in the blood and body can occur. Severe loss of fluid can be life threatening.
Your doctor will diagnose anemia based on your medical and family histories, a physical exam, and results from tests and procedures.
Your doctor may ask whether you have any of the common signs or symptoms of anemia. He or she also may ask whether you’ve had an illness or condition that could cause anemia.
Because anemia doesn’t always cause symptoms, your doctor may find out you have it while checking for another condition.
Your doctor will do a physical exam to find out how severe your anemia is and to check for possible causes. He or she may:
- Listen to your heart for a rapid or irregular heartbeat
- Listen to your lungs for rapid or uneven breathing
- Feel your abdomen to check the size of your liver and spleen
Your doctor also may do a pelvic or rectal exam to check for common sources of blood loss.
Often, the first test used to diagnose anemia is a complete blood count (CBC) that measures many parts of your blood.
Because anemia has many causes, you also might be tested for conditions such as kidney failure, lead poisoning, and vitamin deficiencies.
If your doctor thinks that you have anemia due to internal bleeding, he or she may suggest several tests to look for the source of the bleeding.
Treatment for anemia depends on the type, cause, and severity of the condition. Treatments may include dietary changes or supplements, medicines, procedures, or surgery to treat blood loss.
The goal of treatment is to increase the amount of oxygen that your blood can carry. This is done by raising the red blood cell count and/or hemoglobin level. Another goal is to treat the underlying cause of the anemia.
Low levels of vitamins or iron in the body can cause some types of anemia. These low levels might be the result of a poor diet or certain diseases or conditions.
To raise your vitamin or iron level, your doctor may ask you to change your diet or take vitamin or iron supplements. Common vitamin supplements are vitamin B12 and folic acid. Vitamin C sometimes is given to help the body absorb iron.
Your body needs iron to make hemoglobin. Your body can more easily absorb iron from meats than from vegetables or other foods. To treat your anemia, your doctor may suggest eating more meat—especially red meat (such as beef or liver), as well as chicken, turkey, pork, fish, and shellfish.
Low levels of vitamin B12 can lead to pernicious anemia. This type of anemia often is treated with vitamin B12 supplements.
Folic acid is a form of vitamin B that’s found in foods. Your body needs folic acid to make and maintain new cells. Folic acid also is very important for pregnant women. It helps them avoid anemia and promotes healthy growth of the fetus.
Vitamin C helps the body absorb iron. Good sources of vitamin C are vegetables and fruits, especially citrus fruits.
Your doctor may prescribe medicines to help your body make more red blood cells or to treat an underlying cause of anemia.
If your anemia is severe, your doctor may recommend a medical procedure. Procedures include blood transfusions and blood and marrow stem cell transplants.
If you have serious or life-threatening bleeding that’s causing anemia, you may need surgery.
Often, you can treat and control anemia. If you have signs or symptoms of anemia, seek prompt diagnosis and treatment. Treatment may increase your energy and activity levels, improve your quality of life, and help you live longer.
With proper treatment, many types of anemia are mild and short term. However, anemia can be severe, long lasting, or even fatal when it’s caused by an inherited or chronic disease or trauma.
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The Chicago area with a long history, if you had any relatives in or around this city by Lake Michigan, you have to investigate what may have written about the person, a business, a neighborhood or just the times in Chicago. Besides news articles there are photos, comics, obituaries, classified and display advertising.
The Chicago Tribune has placed these papers in beta format online for free. After more issued are included, they switch to Version 1.0 and there will be a fee for their digitalPLUS membership. So don’t waste a moment to start searching these papers.
It covers from 1847 to 1991, but is not 100% complete yet. With the search box at the top, place a surname, a specific location, street, business or event. You will get a listing and brief summary of each available match. A date of the article or photo or advertisement is also shown.
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Find an article or illustration of interest it can be made a ‘screen print’ to be saved to your computer. It can also be share on an email with a relative or friend.
Besides any family research, it is great to read of local, state or national historical events as written by the Chicago Tribune during those times.
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For those individuals who are interested in fashion, considering earning a degree in fashion or another related field can be very beneficial when exploring job choices. Most fashion degrees will teach not only the basics of how to create fantastic, unique pieces, but also how to market yourself and your work. Working in the fashion industry isn’t only about having an eye for style; fashion is a business, with areas just as complex as any other million-dollar business you may encounter.
The most successful fashion designers are adept in illustration, construction, marketing, predicting consumer behavior, and apparel conceptualization. Most fashion schools will have participants working on the same items and with the same time schedule as would happen in the real world mallory love is blind instagram. This way, when students graduate, they will be used to meeting tight deadlines, presenting their own unique ideas, working with other designers, and working individually. Students will also typically develop skills working with computer design programs as well as free hand sketching.
Some courses students may take in fashion design programs include industry sewing, technical sketching, pattern drafting, business fashion, computer pattern drafting, and color and design theory, among others. While in these courses, students will begin compiling a portfolio, which is usually presented at the end of the student’s current educational career. The portfolio will contain samples of the student’s expertise in different art forms, and will ultimately prove their mastery of fashion design.
After graduating, most students gravitate towards working in the fashion and textile industry, while others may look in areas such as TV, film, and theatre for costume design. Since the fashion industry is so large, students shouldn’t have a hard time finding a job that appeals to their certain interests. The real task will be exploring all the options that are available. Earning a fashion degree doesn’t mean individuals need to become a fashion designer. Some unique job positions include being a buyer, writing about fashion, and production management.
Buyers work with boutiques or larger companies and shop for products to sell in the store. For instance, you could be a shoe buyer for Belk or a blouse shopper for a local boutique. Fashion writers don’t design clothes, but rather write about the fashion industry as a whole, or a particular area or company. A production manager needs a little more experience working with all areas of the fashion industry. Students who have just graduated shouldn’t consider trying to find a job in this position until they have held multiple positions in different areas and management levels. Versace. Armani. Karan. Just a few one-name wonders in the world of fashion design but ones that have created a multitude of fashion trends that are so iconic there is no one in the world who doesn’t recognize their work, even those who claim to not be even remotely interested in fashion.
Fashion is one of the biggest industries in the world today, not just because people need to be able to dress themselves in appropriate outfits but also because it is considered one of the backbones of our existence. Without fashion, we would have no outlet for our individuality, no way to express to the world who we are and what we are inside and out.
While both men and women benefit a lot from fashion, there is no denying that it is the female race that benefits more. If you’ve ever been to any Fashion Week or avidly follow all the Victoria’s Secret fashion shows, you’ll know why. Women just have a natural inclination towards anything fancy, frilly and pretty which is no wonder they are the best inspiration for fashion designers.
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Businesses, universities, and entire communities are realizing that while the Covid-19 pandemic continues, testing whole populations may be necessary to resume in-person interaction without uncontrolled outbreaks. “Assurance testing,” as we call it, faces novel challenges and requires a novel strategy: Online marketplaces for testing that make it simpler and cheaper for organizations and communities of any size to get their members tested while making it efficient for labs and test administrators to make tests available when and where they are needed.
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At the peak of my MAPH workload last year, I had 82 library books piled in my study. They were carefully organized: there was That Pile Over There, The Books That Fell Down By The Closet, and The Books The Dog Kept Trying To Chew. I freely admit that there was no reason to have the volume of books I had. I just couldn’t get over the fact that I could get books on anything I was interested in. I had the might of the UChicago library system behind me.
But just as I did, you will inevitably run into one of these horrifying situations…
1) You want a book that is checked out of the library or 2) someone wants a book that you have. And then, because it is as simple as a click of the mouse, you do something terrible. Or worse, someone does it to you. You know what I’m talking about. Recall. There is nothing more painful in all the world than to see a book torn from the arms of its wailing reader. What kind of monster would wish such a thing on someone? Especially when there are services like UBorrow. It’s one thing to have the might of the UChicago library system. It’s another thing entirely to have that might brought to bear on your behalf by another DOZEN research libraries.
In the Recall Universe, feral bands of students fight bitterly with one another over limited resources, scrambling over the dead and fallen bodies of those who lost the books they needed.
In the UBorrow universe, everyone has the books they need. When multiple students need the same book, they each can have a copy. The sun shines all the time, and it only rains when you want it to. Adults can talk to animals, and everyone finds true love.
Note the following from a recent Library News story:
In the past year, approximately 2,300 University of Chicago students, faculty, and staff have borrowed more than 10,500 books through the UBorrow service. The popularity of the new service led to a 30 percent decrease in the number of items recalled from UChicago Library users…suggesting that many are choosing not to inconvenience UChicago borrowers when copies can be easily obtained through UBorrow.
In many cases, UBorrow provides a better option than recalling a checked out book or getting it through traditional interlibrary loan, as the book is likely to be received more quickly through UBorrow than through either of these services. As an added benefit, books obtained from UBorrow will not be recalled before their due dates, except under unusual circumstances, such as when a book is needed for course reserve at the lending library.
Which is to say, use UBorrow whenever possible. The book will get here quicker/as quickly, your peers won’t see you with the book they just had and start plotting their revenge, and you will alleviate some of your stress in an already stressful time.
Another of my most favorite library services is Scan & Deliver. Imagine this scenario: you’re in your apartment, looking through a bibliography. You find a citation you’re interested in, and you want to get your hands on a chapter of a certain book. You look in the library catalog, notice the book is at the Regenstein, but you just don’t feel like trekking over there. Using the Scan & Deliver service, you just tell the library what pages you want, and they scan them and send you a PDF. For free. I’m not even kidding. Then you have it forever, and you can write all over it and print it whenever you need it. It’s amazing.
Lastly, I want to mention Regenstein’s DVD collection. It’s incredible. You can check movies out and watch them at home. If you ever give yourself a movie-watching break and want access to a wider variety of films than Netflix or The Pirate Bay allows, check out the east wall of the second floor of the Reg. It’s a treasure trove of treasure. For extra film fun, check out the Film Studies Center, too. | <urn:uuid:d93ee60e-902f-4066-b52c-ea9b6eeeb5fa> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/maph/2013/02/12/in-which-i-share-some-secret-tips-for-successful-navigation-of-the-library-now-that-you-will-need-a-bunch-of-books-all-the-time/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280730.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00253-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960909 | 860 | 1.898438 | 2 |
Chan created a companion website of the same title, which, as well as the film itself, presents a montage of "[n]otes, gifts, promises, paintings, trash, and other ephemera from the city which is now hardly a city." The montage tells us: "This Is the Baghdad You Destroyed." Chan's work reminds us that the destruction had already begun long before Bush took the White House: "Baghdad reminds me of Paris and Detroit. The Tigris cuts the city like the Seine. And because the city has not been able to rebuild after the first gulf war, buildings and streets display signs of past carnage. Magnificent and ruinous cityscapes. Like Detroit" (Chan, "Map," Baghdad in No Particular Order).
Safar drawing for his son Anoush (December 18, 2002) / Paul Chan
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Baghdad in No Particular Order
Roberta Smith's review "Caution: Angry Artists at Work" surveys myriad works of activist art created in outraged reaction to the George W. Bush administration, displayed all over New York City, scheduled to coincide with the Republican National Convention: "At the moment, President Bush and the G.O.P. are the chief art-world targets: no one seems to have a critical word to say about the failings of the Democrats" (New York Times, August 27, 2004). Even among the works reviewed by Smith, however, there are exceptions. For instance, Paul Chan's film Baghdad in No Particular Order (2003), "an impressionistic meditation on prewar Iraq that from the present perspective amounts to an unusually strong antiwar statement" (Smith, August 27, 2004). | <urn:uuid:d0ed005b-6b02-44fd-afd3-d0e121b5d3d9> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://montages.blogspot.com/2004/08/baghdad-in-no-particular-order.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719784.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00426-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937061 | 354 | 1.523438 | 2 |
The development of laser cataract surgery has opened new options for patients. Here are 10 facts about cataract surgery you need to know.
A cataract is clouding in the lens of the eye. It results first in cloudy vision, and, if left untreated, can cause you to lose sight entirely in your eye.
Luckily, advancements in science have made it possible for cataracts to be fixed through surgery. Even more recent advancements have turned surgery into a simple, non-invasive, outpatient procedure.
But while millions of people around the world suffer from cataracts, few people know what they are and how they are treated.
If you have a cataract and are wondering what your options are, keep reading. We’re breaking down 10 need-to-know facts about laser cataract surgery so that you can make an informed decision about your health and vision.
1. It’s More Common Than You Think
Unlike major procedures like heart or brain surgery, laser cataract surgery doesn’t get talked about all that often.
Because of this, many people believe that cataracts are fairly uncommon, and in turn, the surgeries to correct them seem even less common.
But in reality, cataract surgery is very common.
By the time they reach 80 years of age, over half of all Americans suffer from cataracts.
As science and medicine continue to improve and more and more Americans make it to 80 years of age, the number of people suffering from cataracts increases. In turn, so do the number of surgeries being performed.
Each year, more than 3.5 million cataract surgeries are performed in the U.S.
2. The Average Age of Cataract Surgery Patients is Dropping
Your risk of developing a cataracts increases as you age. But despite this, the average age of cataract surgery patients has been dropping for over a decade.
In a study conducted on cataract surgery performed from 2005 to 2011, the number of patients under the age of 65 increased by 20 percent.
Exactly why this drop in age has occurred is unclear. It may be in part because cataract surgery is becoming more routine, making it safer and simpler than ever.
3. Knowledge of Cataracts Has Advanced A Lot in Recent Years
With the number of cataract surgeries increasing every year, more research is being committed to the science of cataracts. This has led to a lot of advancements in recent years.
One recent advancement that has revolutionized the industry is laser cataract surgery.
When cataract surgery was performed for the first time in the 1970s, it involved a long hospital stay, a painful recovery, and the need to wear glasses in order for the patient to see.
Now, laser cataract surgery is non-invasive, with a quick recovery time, and no need for glasses afterward, as long as the patient had good vision prior to the surgery.
4. The Cost is Dropping
As cataract surgery becomes more common and routine, the price of the procedure continues to drop.
While traditional, invasive surgeries are less expensive than laser surgery, when you compare the recovery and the risks, laser cataract surgery wins.
You’ll be back to normal, only with clearer sight, and pain-free faster after laser surgery, allowing you to get back to doing what you love.
5. Cataract Surgery Does More than Just Improve Vision
The obvious benefit of laser cataract surgery is improved, cloud-free vision. But there are other benefits as well.
With the ability to see clearly, you’ll enjoy an improved quality of life. You can get back to enjoying your favorite things, like visiting new places or watching films.
6. Lasers Reduce Traditional Risks
As with any type of surgery, cataract surgery comes with any inherent risks.
Cutting open your eye to replace the lens can lead to bleeding, infections, or other problems. Doctors are human and make mistakes, which can cause problems far worse than a cataract.
Laser cataract surgery reduces many of these risks. It’s non-invasive, which decreases the risk of mistakes, infections, and more.
7. Just Because You Have Cataracts Doesn’t Mean You’re Eligible for Surgery
Cataracts can become serious medical conditions if left untreated. You’ll begin to experience decreased vision, and eventually lose your vision in the affected eye. If you have a cataract in each eye, you could lose your vision entirely.
But cataracts are often slow to develop. Just because an eye doctor has told you that you have a cataract doesn’t mean that it needs to be treated right away.
Usually, eye doctors will recommend waiting until the cataract has advanced before suggesting surgery. However, with the increased safety of laser cataract surgery, it’s becoming increasingly common for the procedure to be suggested when the cataract is less developed.
Talk to your doctor about whether he or she thinks that you need surgery now or in the future.
8. The Procedure Has Become Routine
Cataract surgery has become a routine procedure that is now often performed at an outpatient facility.
The procedure takes a minimal amount of time, and patients go home the same day. Within days, patients regain vision.
9. There are Some Risks
Laser cataract surgery is still surgery, which means that there are still risks.
Complications like inflammation can occur, though they are very rare. If they do occur, they are often far less severe than the complications of traditional surgery and can be treated with medication.
10. Not Getting Surgery Can Have Major Consequences
Despite a few risks, choosing not to get cataract surgery can actually be more dangerous.
For older cataract patients, improved vision means a decreased risk of slips and falls, which can be painful and require expensive surgeries and treatments.
For patients with poor health, one bad slip or fall could prove deadly, or put them in a hospital bed for the rest of their lives.
Some studies have even suggested that cataract surgery can reduce a patient’s risk of death by as much as 40 percent.
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Officials said California could see small waves Friday morning resulting from the 8.9 magnitude earthquake in Japan.
Cindi Preller of the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center told Fox 11 News that the tsunami could cause some unusually high tides but not major inundations.
It’s possible that officials will ask that beaches be cleared as a precaution. She added that the situation on the California coast might be similar to the aftermath of last year’s Chile quake. That quake caused some small waves but caused no major damage.
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SMHI is a government agency under the Ministry of the Environment. SMHI offers products and services that provide various kinds of enterprises and organizations with important foundation for decision-making.
General forecasts and weather warnings, industry-specific services, simulations and analyses, statistics, climate studies and contracted research are some examples. SMHI has a long tradition in operational hydrological modelling of river runoff.
Existing applications cover aspects like runoff forecasting, spillway design, hydrochemical modelling and fire danger forecasts. At present much model development is focused on applications for climate change effect studies in cooperation with other national and international research groups.
South Asia related research
In February 2012, the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency, Sida, announced grants for its Selective Cooperation Partner Driven Cooperation (PDC) programme, with the title ”Use of Research Results Collaboration Grants 2012-2013 in India and Indonesia”. Decisions were taken in late May.
The objective of the grants was not to support research, but rather provide support for assisting partners in using research in policy formulation and innovation that can be of particular use for poverty alleviation. The use of research results is fundamental for economic development and successful application of research often results when several actors are involved.
PDC aims to stimulate and strengthen the emergence of self-supporting relationships of mutual interest between Swedish partners and partners in selective cooperation countries in order to contribute to poverty reduction and equitable and sustainable global development. 13 projects were approved. Out of them six related to Indonesia collaboration projects, and eight to India. More information.
Partners at SMHI
One of the approved Indo-Swedish collaboration projects was applied by Dr. Jonas Olsson, in charge of the project management, data analysis, and water resources scenarios, and two of his colleagues at SMHI, Associate Professor Berit Arheimer (responsible for stakeholder communication and dissemination) and Dr. Chantal Donnelly (in charge of hydrological modelling and evaluation). The project is entitled ”Assessment of Climate Change Impacts on Water Resources in the Luni River Basin, Rajasthan, India, using CORDEX results”, and it was awarded a grant of SEK 2.1 m.
Partners in India
The collaboration partners on the Indian side are Assistant Professor Devesh Sharma (responsible for project management, data analysis, water resources scenarios), and Professor K. C. Sharma (in charge of data collection, stakeholder communication and dissemination, reporting) at the Department of Environmental Science, Central University of Rajasthan (CURAJ).
CURAJ was established in 2009 by an Act of Parliament. It is fully funded by the Government of India. Presently, the University offers 14 postgraduate programmes which are unique, futuristic in nature and with high job potential.
The University aspires to be one of India’s most dynamic and vibrant universities, responsive to the changing global trends, providing unparalleled educational opportunities for the learner community especially for those coming from the lower socio- economic strata of society seeking quality education. It proposes to offer innovative academic programmes as well as continuing personal and professional enrichment in selected areas.
The State of Rajasthan is severely deficient in water resources. Climate change is expected to reduce rainfall and increase evapotranspiration, implying that major rivers will face acute water stress conditions. The purpose of the project is to start a long-term collaboration between the SMHI and the CURAJ in the field of water resources in India with focus on climate change impact assessment.
The project will use basic research results in terms of ensembles of projections of future climate change in South Asia developed in the CORDEX South Asia project. Climate projections will be used to study climate change impacts on water resources in the
Project contact information
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Bird populations -- United States, Avian biology, Eastern Kingbirds
Patterns of nest placement and its relationship to nest success in the Eastern Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus) were studied in populations breeding in New York and Kansas. Data were augmented with information on nest placement in other open-nesting tyrannids in order to examine the hypothesis that these flycatchers place their nests chiefly so as to conceal them from predators. Nesting success was significantly greater in New York than in Kansas but was relatively high in both populations, as is apparently true of North American breeding flycatchers in general. Geographic variation in nest placement in the Eastern Kingbird was relatively small and statistical comparisons of failed and successful nests indicated that nests placed at mid-heights in the tree, and about midway between the center of the tree and canopy edge, were most successful. These nest sites were also the most commonly used sites. Increased vegetative cover around the nest and a greater number of supporting branches for the nest were also associated with success, and it is their interaction with nest height and distance from the canopy edge that is apparently most important in determining success. Most tyrant flycatchers nest several meters or more above the ground, and interspecific variation in nest placement matches the range of sites used by Eastern Kingbirds. Aggressive nest defense is apparently characteristic of the family, and average nest height is also positively correlated with length of the nestling period.These facts support the predator-avoidance hypothesis and suggest that nest placement habits and aggressive nest defense are means by which open nesting birds can reduce rates of nestling mortality.
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A speech by High Representative Catherine Ashton in the European Parliament yesterday (1 February) provided a rare insight on talks with Europe's largest neighbour ahead of the Russian presidential elections in March.
Ashton said that the Russia elections (see background) had been discussed with the country's President Dmitry Medvedev during the EU-Russia summit held in Brussels on 15 December.
"President Medvedev explained that a necessary political evolution was taking place in Russia. This, he said, was due to increased living standards, a more active civil society, and the development of social media. He emphasised that the government was drawing lessons," Ashton said.
"Some – limited – political reforms have been launched. Yet the protests that started in December are set to continue. The movement has grown and we can expect a large mobilisation this Saturday [4 February]," she added.
Ashton's words appear to indicate that Medvedev continues to project a modern image of himself with EU institutions. Some analysts find him different and more pro-European than Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, the presumed winner in the 4 March presidential election.
Others say that the two simply play the "good cop – bad cop" game with external partners.
Ashton told MEPs that the 'tandem' announcement in September that Putin and Medvedev would swap jobs in 2012 made many Russian citizens feel that things were being decided between only two men, over the heads of voters.
Registration of opposition candidate key
Ashton appealed to Russia's authorities "to review as a matter of urgency" the decision not to register Grigory Yavlinsky, leader of the liberal Yabloko party and two-time presidential candidate.
Yavlinski was disqualified last week after officials judged that 25.6% of the 2 million signatures submitted as part of his application were invalid or fake, the Russian press reported.
The Russian leadership should act swiftly on the problems identified by the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) in the previous elections and do its utmost in the short time left to hold free and fair presidential elections next month, Ashton said.
Strong language on Syria
The EU high representative spoke in strong terms about the need for Russia to lift its opposition to a resolution calling for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down.
Arab and Western states urged the UN Security Council on 31 January to act swiftly on a resolution backing an Arab League plan calling for Assad to hand powers to his deputy and defuse the 11-month-old uprising against his family's dynastic rule. Russia, which sees Syria as an ally country in a key region, has called the motion "unacceptable".
"As a permanent member of the UN Security Council, Russia needs to take its responsibility for international peace and security seriously. Old alliances may matter, but the fate of the people of Syria matters so much more," Ashton said.
The high representative also spoke of the need to work closely with Russia to "re-engage" Iran, where senior UN inspectors plan another trip in efforts to resolve the questions about Tehran's nuclear work. Russia has good relations with Tehran and opposes the discussion of sanctions against Iran in the UN Security Council.
Ashton also mentioned the "important – and sometimes difficult" cooperation with Russia over Georgia and Moldova, where she said both sides engaged in efforts to resolve the "protracted conflicts" of South Ossetia, Abkhazia and Transnistria.
According to analysts, the Russian strategy is to prevent such frozen conflicts from being solved, because they discourage the EU from developing closer relations with the former Soviet Republics.
Parliamentary elections held in Russia on 4 December were considered unfair by critics, including Mikhail Gorbachev, the father of perestroika and the last Soviet president.
Despite alleged manipulation, Russian voters dealt Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's ruling United Russia party a heavy blow by cutting its parliamentary majority. United Russia received 49.4% of the votes, giving it 238 seats in the 450-member Duma, down from 315. Rival parties that won seats and the marginalised politicians leading street protests said even that result was inflated by fraud.
Presidential elections are due in Russia on 4 March. In September 2011, in a choreographed congress, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin "accepted" the proposal by current President Dmitry Medvedev to return as president. Putin, who has already served two terms as president, could be elected to up to two more four-year terms.
For his part, Medvedev agreed to lead United Russia's list of candidates in a move intended to prepare him to replace Putin as prime minister.
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Some Flexible Estimates of Location
Louis A. Jaeckel
The Annals of Mathematical Statistics
Vol. 42, No. 5 (Oct., 1971), pp. 1540-1552
Published by: Institute of Mathematical Statistics
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This paper considers two procedures for estimating the center of a symmetric distribution, which use the observations themselves to choose the form of the estimator. Both procedures begin with a family of possible estimators. We use the observations to estimate the asymptotic variance of each member of the family of estimators. We then choose the estimator in the family with smallest estimated asymptotic variance and use the value given by that estimator as the location estimate. These procedures are shown to be asymptotically as good as knowing beforehand which estimator in the family is best for the given distribution, and using that estimator.
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(Added 9:27 pm: New image from camera over ‘access pit’ built to retrieve part of tunnel machine for repairs)
Survey crews have confirmed that the Alaskan Way Viaduct between South Main Street and Railroad Way South has settled up to ¼ inch in the past month. Our bridge experts are confident this minor, uniform settlement does not pose any new safety risks to the public. The viaduct remains vulnerable to earthquakes, but it is still safe for everyday use. If we had any reason to believe the structure was unsafe, we would not hesitate to close it.
These latest measurements only apply to this section of the viaduct. We have not measured any similar trends elsewhere on the viaduct, in nearby buildings or the ground surface. We expect the viaduct will continue to experience minor settlement until it is removed. Viaduct settlement has made headlines in recent months, but it’s important to remember that this isn’t a new issue. The viaduct has been settling for years, as you can see in our inspection log. Hundreds of monitors have been installed in the ground and on the viaduct to help us monitor settlement, and we will continue to keep a close eye on the structure’s condition as construction continues.
WSDOT also says the operation to move the tunnel machine into the repair pit could start within days:
STP is making final preparations for Bertha’s move into the 120-foot-deep pit that will allow crews to hoist the machine to the surface for repairs. STP has spent the past few days injecting grout into the ground and installing new drains alongside the machine. These measures will help crews control groundwater as Bertha slowly moves forward through the wall of the pit, an effort that STP plans to begin sometime in the next week.
STP may begin preparing the shaft wall for Bertha’s breakthrough even before the machine starts mining. Starting as soon as this weekend, crews plan to use heavy equipment to chip away the portion of the pit’s southern wall where Bertha will eventually emerge. This process is similar to scoring a surface before you cut into it, and will allow the concrete to break away in a controlled manner when Bertha finally moves into the pit.
Approximately 20 feet of unreinforced concrete stands between Bertha and daylight. The duration of Bertha’s dig will depend on her ability to mine through and digest concrete while operating with a damaged seal system. STP expects Bertha to overheat, as she has during their most recent attempts at mining. They will likely mine until the machine becomes too hot, then take a break. To speed up the move, crews may choose to continue chipping their way toward Bertha from within the pit during times when the machine is cooling off.
Moving Bertha into the pit is just the beginning of the repair process, which this narrated video (links to YouTube) explains in detail. The machine must be partially disassembled before it can be lifted to the surface, a process that will likely take significant time and effort. We will provide regular updates on Bertha’s progress as soon as she starts moving. | <urn:uuid:4da4874c-c0a8-47e2-895d-c5837b32f448> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://westseattleblog.com/2015/02/highway-99-tunnel-project-updates-more-viaduct-settlement-repair-update/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00277.warc.gz | en | 0.963259 | 658 | 2.203125 | 2 |
Plain clay tiles slates and lead
There is probably no single element of a building more relied upon to keep the building dry. I’m sure we are all familiar with someone saying they were woken up at night by the rain on the roof! Despite this I find that the roofs of old and often historic houses are frequently given very poor maintenance. There is no end to the horrors I have encountered over the years.
Visually the roof of a building accounts for as much as 50% of its appearance or maybe more it is therefore vital that roofing work is done correctly. We have a saying in the industry that is, a building needs “a good hat and boots” I will discuss the boots in another article so for now let me share my thoughts on the hat.
The slope angle of the roof is referred to as its pitch this can vary from almost flat and level to 80° or more. With regards to historic oak timber framed buildings the most encountered pitch is known as common pitch, this is created by cutting the rafter length to 3/4 the span which gives an angle of about 48°.
The pitch angle is extremely important to the ability of the roof to shed water. The roof covering has to be compatible with this angle. Generally we will encounter two main types of roof covering, these are plain clay tiles and natural quarried slate. The plain clay tiles need a minimum pitch of 35° to work effectively. The steeper 3/4 pitch mentioned above is therefore just about perfect for the older plain clay tiles. Roofs lower than 35° pitch roofs were almost always done in slate; the endless rows of townhouses built during the Victorian period are great examples of this.
We undertake roofing work on both tiled and slate roofs and have many years’ experience of both. It is important to carefully match the style, size and shape of replacement tiles and slates if the job is to be a success.
It’s not uncommon to undertake insulation work to the roof at the same time. Please contact us for more on this.
Any roofer worthy of the name should have a highly developed level of lead working skill. The leadwork details “bridge the gap” between the walls, chimneys, pipes and other protrusions and abutments that one encounters on roofing work. Without the needed skills in leadwork a perfect tiling or slating job will surely leak.
Good leadwork is almost artistic in its appearance, and suitably complements the surrounding roofing work. We spend a good deal of time creating leadwork details that are both functional and aesthetically pleasing.
A clay tile valley laid as a “swepped Valley” below is a close up showing the basic layout. Note the alternate courses of 6 cut tiles followed by 7 cut tiles.
Tilers top tip!
Ok, here is the problem… It’s a conservation job and as such there is no chance of using tile and a half on the verge. The overhang is about 2”or thereabouts and so the cut tile has almost no support from the batten and there is no under cloak as you are matching in with the original design. So take a look at this, by cutting the tiles as shown the problem fades away, the half tile is now resting on the batten and is far better supported…
Please look at the pictures here to see some of our roofing and leadwork projects, if you would like us to undertake roofing or lead work on your property please contact us here. | <urn:uuid:814c1352-34b0-4c56-90ae-ea85cf13f5ee> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://oakhouseconstruction.com/roof-tiling-slating-and-leadwork-flashings | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00267.warc.gz | en | 0.970448 | 742 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Scholarships for Leukemia
According to Wikipedia Leukemia is a cancer of the blood or bone marrow which is caused by abnormal multiplication of blood cells, usually white blood cells (leukocytes). Thousands are touched by this disease every year. To provide them financial support while pursuing their education dreams, there are several scholarships available.
Eagles Fly for Leukemia
Also known as the Kim Hill & St. Josephs University Scholarships, five scholarships in the amount of $1500 each and one full tuition is offered at SJU every year.
Orange County Community Foundation Scholarship for Leukemia
OCCF offers The Michael A. Hunter Memorial Scholarship fund which awards annual scholarships to help improve the quality of life for those affected by leukemia or lymphoma. The focus of the award is to support secondary education for leukemia or lymphoma patients and/or children of non-surviving leukemia or lymphoma patients. The scholarship is offered nationwide.
Stephen T. Marchello Scholarship Foundation Scholarship
In the memory of Stephen T. Marchello, his parents offer a scholarship to current year high school graduates who are survivors of cancer and live in the states of Colorado and Montana. The award is given on the basis of High School grade point average (GPA), SAT or ACT test scores, information provided by the doctor, non-family letters of recommendation and student's ability to answer questions.
Ulman Cancer Fund’s National College Scholarship Program
The Ulman Cancer Fund’s National College Scholarship Program was established to support the financial needs of young adults whose lives have been impacted by cancer and are seeking a higher education. Students can qualify for one of the several scholarships offered by UCF.
- Barbara Palo Foster Memorial Scholarship
- Matt Stauffer Memorial Scholarship
- Marilyn Yetso Memorial Scholarship
- Vera Yip Memorial Scholarship
- Maryland Cancer Community Scholarship
- Sean Silver Memorial Scholarship
- Satola Family Scholarship at the University of Virginia
- Columbia Triathlon Association Scholarship at Howard Community College
- Martek Biosciences Corporation Scholarship at the University of Maryland at College Park
Applicants are considered based on the following criteria:
- Dedication to community service
- Commitment to educational and professional goals
- Use of their cancer experience to impact the lives of other young adults affected by cancer
- Medical hardship and
- Financial need
The National Collegiate Cancer Foundation awards $1,000 scholarships to young adults whose lives have been impacted by cancer and who have continued with their education throughout treatment or after their treatment. Eligibility criteria includes Cancer survivor with a personal diagnosis, must be between the ages of 18-35 and seeking or receiving higher education.
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Common Sense: Good people are all around
By Brent Davis, editor of The Saline Courier
One of the perks of being the editor of a small town newspaper is seeing what goes on behind the scenes of everyday life. There are voices out there that would have you believe the county is full of nothing but dirty politicians, meth addicts and shoplifters. Saline County is not perfect by any stretch of the imagination. However, from the view of one who is privileged to see residents at their best every day, I say those who think poorly of our community have a very skewed perception of humanity.
The heart of Saline County is larger than the sum of its population. At last count more than 100,000 people inhabit our little piece of heaven on earth. Sure, somewhere in this mass of humanity are those who have lost their way, are down on their luck or are generally up to no good. They make the pages as we all know about it. Hiding from the eye of the public is not an easy task, to be sure.
However, in the background are people who each day go about helping others without drawing attention to themselves. In fact, they generally shy away from the spotlight, choosing to remain behind the scenes.
When a need is made known, they fill it. When money is needed, they ask "How much?" instead of "Why?" or "Who for?"
The reason their generosity is not well-known is that they prefer it that way.
I have the pleasure of knowing who these extraordinary people are. Without fail, when a news story comes across my desk that involves good deeds by these individuals, a request is made to keep identities anonymous. And with the respect due, the request is always granted.
I have wondered to myself, "Where did all these people come from and why do they do what they do?" I have studied this question since the day I took over the editor's chair.
I finally have found the answer.
Looking back over the span of stories I have seen or covered in the twenty months since joining the newspaper, I have seen how the generosity of our community extends across generations. Our sons and daughters in our schools are learning from people who learned charity from those who came before. A legacy is established and continues to grow.
A prime example of this cross generational spirit of giving can be found in today's news section. Two youngsters among us decided to give up the chance of receiving gifts for their respective birthdays. Instead, they asked for friends and family to help them give back to others. In the process, these young people teach those who participate with him the satisfaction gained from helping others.
But these two are not the only young people who seems so comfortable with generosity. Tragedies related to traffic deaths of teenagers in our county have shown the compassion of our young people as it crossed city boundaries.
The future of our county is in good hands. It is the responsibility of the older generations to continue support of our offspring.
From where I sit, this doesn't appear to be a problem either.
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As businesses re-open after the two-month level four lockdown, there will be economic damage especially in the sectors where the small and medium enterprises dominate and in the informal sector with working capital diminished as money was used to buy food and pay other critical bills.
Even among the industrialists, who were largely able to remain open, there are swathes of companies according to the Confederation of Zimbabwe Industries that have seen sharply reduced output following reduced demand as spending power decreased, along with companies still operating at close on 90 percent capacity use.
Obviously outfits like maize millers, bakers, cooking oil refiners and others whose products are the last to be chopped off shopping lists will be little affected, but as you move up the line to semi-luxuries and luxuries demand did decrease.
One positive result was the growing trend for shoppers to use price rather than brand loyalty when making selections, and it is noticeable, particularly outside northern suburbs supermarkets, that some local producers have been struggling to keep up with their growing market share although most have managed to keep some stocks on the shelves.
As people find the local and less expensive replacement products are, in fact, suitable we can probably see more of this happening, so there are winners from Covid-19, at least among the local producers who have resisted the temptation to profiteer or raise prices and have instead gone for modest unit profits on rising volumes. Many of these are classified as SMEs, so face competition.
The Ministry of Industry and Commerce is aware of the dangers posed by monopolies, near monopolies and potential cartels, where the temptation to raise prices to compensate for falling demand is harder to resist, and has already begun investigations using the competition laws and regulations.
But the most seriously damaged businesses will be the newer companies and traders among the SMEs.
Many were running on minimal capital and few owners just starting out have other assets, like expensive houses, that might serve as collateral with banks when they seek to borrow more working capital.
The higher interest rates now required by the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe to combat speculation and other dangers do not help.
The Retailers Association of Zimbabwe has already put forward a plea for a stimulus package, and has a strong case, but care will be needed.
Probably the best way forward is to accelerate the growth of the SME banking sector and put in place a system for special recovery loans at concessionary rates of interest and delayed repayments.
Bankers, perhaps justifiably, have a reputation of being hard-hearted and suspicious.
But that is precisely what is needed if more capital is available for lending. Each applicant needs to be able to show actual real need and be able to convince the banker that their business is fundamentally viable.
We are back to the doctrine of knowing a customer, and the recent warning from the Reserve Bank that some banks are processing dubious foreign currency auction bids serves as a reminder that this doctrine needs to be enforced.
Any stimulus package must be used to help those who deserve help and must eliminate cheats and those trying to use contacts, smooth talk and vacuous promises rather than being sound business people who can be trusted.
The informal sector is a special problem, as the Government already sees with its survival living allowances put in place to help these micro-business people cope with the lockdown.
The fact that a large swathe of people in this group have never been fanatical about public health, even in the days before Covid-19, is additional problem along with the inadequate measures taken by some local authorities, including Harare, to find a way that micro-businesses can operate near their customers, but operate safely in an environment that makes it possible, as well as easy, to follow rules.
Here private sector investors have taken a lead with their controlled markets, ranging from modest flea markets right up to the large SME markets such as the Gulf complexes and the Old Mutual Eastgate Market.
This now needs to be encouraged and local authorities encouraged to follow the same path for their huge markets. Even modest investment can do a lot to ensure proper stalls, correctly spaced, decent hygiene and good access control so customers are scanned, have clean hands and wear masks.
Banning the informal sector is not a solution, simply creating hardship, and trying to set up markets far from where customers live or work is a waste of resources. A glance at the flourishing private markets will see that they are near bus terminuses or in suburbs, often both, and manage to combine safety and convenience.
The space barons in public markets now need to be totally defeated and eliminated, again simply a matter of control and monitoring. Private markets manage this well so it is not impossible, but then in the private sector corrupt councillors and council officials do not oversee the markets and stall allocations.
Small stall rentals will be cheaper than space baron charges, bribes, fines and kickbacks, so the stall holders will go along with a fair system that eliminates corruption.
Covid-19 has caused hardships, sometimes severe hardships, but it also has provided the first outline of a decent public transport system, and has opened opportunities for an open, better organised and far fairer informal sector if only local authorities start thinking through what is needed by those in the sector and those they serve.
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Saudi Arabia has reminded us about the rights and etiquettes of parking in their recent campaign. There are Disabled Parking violation fine and vehicle confiscation is the action which Moroor is taking. More details below.
Official Tweet for Disabled Parking
The tweet talks about people taking parking for designated areas for disabled parking. Saudi Traffic police are issuing fines and confiscating vehicles parked in these locations without proper permits and requirements. Such behaviour is not tolerated and Saudi Traffic Police is taking actions to make society better.
It has also been mentioned that the traffic department is calling for cooperation and abide by rules. This will also save Traffic Police time and they can manage other important issues. It should be a common understanding to give priority to people who have suffered enough.
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Politicians might not believe in climate change, but insurance companies do. They track disasters, and it turns out that disasters just in the first six months of this year already cost the world more than any other year of disasters on record.
The price tag for 2011 disasters reached $265 billion. Most of that cost ($210 billion) came from the tsunami in Japan. But flooding in Australia, tornadoes in the United States, and earthquakes in New Zealand also contributed, and the Munich Re insurance giant draws a connection between some of these disasters and climate change. Before 2011, the record-holding year for costliest disasters ever was 2005, the year Hurricane Katrina devastated the southeastern U.S. coast.
Even people who don't believe in climate change should take note of this trend: You can't choose not to believe in insurance premiums, and they're going up.
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I see no reason why this should not be allowed.
A Houston-based PAC is asking the Texas Ethics Commission to approve a proposal that would allow the committee to solicit text message contributions from donors in the state.
The Federal Election Commission has approved a text-to-donate model for federal campaigns, but demand for the service is already spreading down the ballot. The PAC—Harris County Republicans—wants the Ethics Commission to move quickly so donation functionality can be added to a voter mobilization app developed by PAC founder Robert Flanagan.
“When a campaign buys the app from the company, it’s customized for their jurisdiction,” says Jerad Najvar, the PAC’s attorney. “They put it in the app store, and the volunteers for that person’s campaign can then download.”
The app syncs with the state’s voter registration database so that once a volunteer downloads the app, an algorithm runs contacts against the voter file and identifies those who are registered in the jurisdiction. From there, the volunteer can call or email highlighted contacts with one touch. Soon Flanagan hopes users will be forwarding the keyword “donate” to their friends with the touch of a button.
Najvar thinks the company’s text donation model is readily passable under Texas law, but he’s not sure about the timetable for approval from the state’s Ethics Commission, noting “the TEC is not as efficient as the FEC.”
You can, of course, already make a contribution from your smartphone – just browse to your favorite candidate’s webpage, or go to Act Blue, and give to your heart’s content. The distinction between an app and a webpage on a smartphone is one without much difference – they’re both just fancy ways of accessing a web server and backend database. As this KHOU story notes, there are a few extra wrinkles with texting.
For example, if someone makes a text donation over his employer’s phone and the employer simply pays the company cell phone bill, it could be considered an illegal corporate campaign contribution. Then again, people who aren’t supposed to contribute to campaigns, like foreign nationals, may innocently break the law by texting contributions.
Najvar predicts Texas candidates will simply put a verification screen in their text message donation process, asking contributors to certify that their contributions are legal.
“The issue here, of course, is verification on the candidate side,” said Bob Stein, the Rice University political scientist and KHOU political analyst. “He or she has to prove that these are legitimate campaign contributions and has to be able to back it up with some verification.”
And cell phone carriers are skimming a huge portion of donors’ campaign contributions, political operatives say. In some cases, Najvar says, phone companies are keeping anywhere from 20 percent to 50 percent of text message donations.
Nonetheless, he’s convinced the questions raised by the new technology will be resolved as more campaign money flows in from text messages.
I would think you could solve the verification issue by having the contribution site send back a link for the donor to click to verify that he or she is the bill-paying owner of the phone, and is an American citizen. I suppose that eliminates anyone who’s still using a non-smartphone, but how many such people with an interest in texting campaign contributions could there possibly be? I figure if this catches on, someone will push legislation to limit the amount that a provider could skim off the top. I’ll be surprised if this doesn’t become reality soon. A press release from Attorney Najvar is here, and Texas Watchdog has more. | <urn:uuid:a23e478f-07df-4f21-9946-c8c8bb68d146> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://offthekuff.com/wp/?p=48153&cpage=1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280835.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00466-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94368 | 774 | 1.898438 | 2 |
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My PhD is essentially an exercise in communicating and examining the potential for an alternative worldview to the mechanistic materialism offered by process philosophy to contribute to addressing structural forms of violence and working toward peace.
Process philosophy is too rarely taught in university philosophy as the current fashion there is divided between analytical or postmodern navel gazing. Yet process philosophy contains deeply enlightening ideas for anyone’s search for wisdom – which is what philosophy is supposed to be about.
Process philosophy offers a new lens through which you can see the world not as comprised of many separate “things” that impose cause and effect on each other (this is the materialist worldview). Instead process philosophy provides a way of seeing the world as comprised of “events” or “processes”.
In my research I’m trying to map out where this worldview sits in the real world, and what kind of impact it can have in bringing about a more peaceful and ecologically harmonious world system.
What is this process worldview? Further to replacing things with events, which sounds terribly abstract, what does it mean to see the world as process?
This short introduction by Jonathan Cobb (grandson of famous process philosopher John Cobb Jr), who I met at the Seizing an Alternative: Towards Ecological Civilization conference mid-2015, may be a good place to start:
How would seeing your “self” not as separate from other people and your environment, but as a web of relationships in ever-changing process, impact on your experience of being a self?
How can seeing other people as changing processes to whom you are in relationship with, impact your attitude toward that person?
How can seeing social, religious, political and economic institutions, as processes that are forever changing, impact your experience of these institutions?
So long as these questions are in words they will feel abstract. The big challenge that I (and other process thinkers face) is how to communicate these ideas in a world in which they seem so foreign?
How do you challenge the deep assumptions of the dominant mechanistic materialist worldview, when no one even realises that they see the world in this way?
When it seems so blatantly obvious that a table is a “thing” that is separate from me, how does one come to see that this view is tied up in language and in a view of the world that has arisen historically and is not the only way one can see the table? Is it really possible to see the table as an event? Yes!
The table has a life – it was formed out of materials that were once produced by nature, it exists for some time in its current form, and it will one day transform into something else, decompose, or be buried as waste. As the table exists in front of you it exists in relationship with you, and in relationship with everything else in the room in which it is placed. At a quantum level the table is a pattern of vibrations existing as a series of events in relationship with to the vibrations of the book or glass, the light waves, the air, the floor and so on. All of this exists in a geographical space, and within a period of time. All of this is being experienced by you in a united moment of experience—as a whole. So, one can see a table as a relational event, rather than a thing.
Is this just a matter of abstract academic wordplay, or is there a deeper significance in the difference between substance and process perspectives? Personally I see something important in this distinction, and like process thinkers I believe this is fundamental to some of the problems in the world today.
Whitehead sees all temporal objects as comprised of series of moments, “occasions of experience”. These occasions of experience combine to make YOU – as a process, in relationship with everything and everyone around you, for a certain period of time and in a series of geological places. The point that Whitehead makes is that the things that look like things, can only temporarily be called things, they are primarily events.
Such a view makes sense of the latest in physical sciences that show that matter is energy, essentially comprised of vibrations, and those vibrations are essentially relationships to other vibrations.
I do not know that I exist because I can think, as Descartes posed, but I exist because I am in relationship with other events that exist. I comprehend these relationships in a series of experiences.
What difference does this make, to see the world as comprised of events rather than things? It may sound abstract and meaningless but in fact this shift in lens CHANGES EVERYTHING!
You see, our Western culture is based on things. Our economy is based on money and the exchange of commodities. Our legal system is based on entities that are separate, the policies of governments assume a separation of people from their environments, our social practices assume that we are unchanging static entities, our universities and education teach in subjects and disciplines as if they are all separate from each other.
We prioritise what we can put numbers on, what we can quantify, measure, weigh. A process lens still counts and measures, but it does so in the context of a broader framework of real life processes: emotions, environments, relationships, happiness… A process lens evaluates and constructs laws, policies, institutions and practices in their context, evaluates them in connection to each other, with a big picture and long-term perspective in mind.
For example, the transport authority in Sydney might consider restricting the 40km school zones to suburban streets, rather than including them on busy highways (this really exists!) that adds to the time people spend in cars rather than with their families, with the traffic adding to anxieties.
Legal and political systems would seek to address the root causes of problems not just the superficial solutions, e.g. by putting in place rules that force:
- fossil fuel corporations to invest their profits in the development of green energy solutions (it might piss a few shareholders off, but it is in their own long-term interests as a human being who wishes to live with clean air, water, food, and with environmental systems that sustain life)
- all corporations to develop their products and services to be 100% renewable and recyclable, leaving the planet better off for human consumption (like ants leave their environment better off for their being there)
- governments to implement a universal minimum income (even if this increased costs of production the long-term, it would help to stabilise population and keep the economy within environmental limits in the long-term)
- encourage a return to small rather than industrial farming, animals would be given space to roam and cruelty to animals ceased (as they are approached with empathy, as fellow living beings in this world), and people would adjust their diets to consume the servings of animal meat they need rather than the cultural norm in the West of daily meat
- agriculture would no longer be allowed to mono-crop with the sole aim of short-term profit, but would be required to plant variety of seeds to maintain the richness and long-term health of the soil, and the nutrition and diversity of our foods (e.g. a variety of decent apples would return to the shelves)
- governments would no longer be able to accept donations (from corporations, lobby groups or private interests) but would be provided a set budget out of the tax income for sharing their policy plans
- provisions would be put in place to ensure a free media, not owned and manipulated by the interests of the most wealthy people on the planet
A process lens is to see the world as alive (rather than dead), comprised of organisms with purpose (as opposed to purposeless matter), and a world in which we are participants in the creating of the future (as opposed to tiny pre-determined cogs in a giant machine).
As I study Whitehead and other process philosophers I will try to expand on Cobb’s enlightening cartoon and this introduction to further explain what the world looks like through this lens, how this can benefit your personal experience of the world, and how the shift in decision-making that may result can contribute to bringing about a better world.
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Cervical cancer is cancer of the cervix (the organ that connects the uterus and the vagina). It is caused by a virus called human papillomavirus (HPV). It is a serious medical problem and sometimes causes malignance and death.
One sign of cervical cancer is bleeding or discharge from the vagina. Sometimes, there are no symptoms until the cancer is very developed. For this reason, pap smears have become common to diagnose this cancer. They have cut the rate of cervical cancer in half.[source?]
Stages of cervical cancer[change | change source]
- Stage 1 means the cancer is only in the neck of the womb (cervix).
- Stage 2 means that cancer has spread outside the cervix to the surrounding tissue.
- Stage 3 means that cancer has spread to the pelvic sidewall or Lower the third of the vagina, hydronephrosis, or a non-functioning kidney that is an invasion of the ureter.
- Stage 4 means cancer has spread to the bladder or back passage or beyond. The main treatment is surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy, or a combination of these treatments. Or you may have treatment to control symptoms.
Treatment options by stage[change | change source]
- Stage 1 - Cervical cancer is usually treated with surgery, combined chemotherapy and radiotherapy (chemoradiotherapy)
- Stage 2 - The main treatments combine chemotherapy and radiation therapy. In some of the worst cases, a patient has to undergo a radical hysterectomy, which is followed by a session of radiation therapy.
- Stage 3 - Chemotherapy is one of the main treatments for stage 3 cervical cancer. To make radiation therapy more effective, chemotherapy is given during the same time period as radiation therapy.
- Stage 4 - For stage 4 cervical cancer you might have treatment with:
- targeted cancer drug
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- "FDA Licenses New Vaccine for Prevention of Cervical Cancer". U.S. Food and Drug Administration. 2006-06-08. Archived from the original on 2009-05-12. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
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El Paso County Community College District was established in June 1969 when citizens of El Paso County voted to form a junior college district and elected a board of seven trustees to administer the college, but did not pass a tax or bond to fund the school.
By 1971, the Board of Trustees and citizens of the community requested state financial assistance to open the doors. The 62nd Texas Legislature appropriated funds and El Paso Community College became a reality, enrolling 901 students in September of that year.
By Fall 1972, day classes started in buildings leased from the U.S. Army at Logan Heights on Fort Bliss. This first “campus” allowed for the standardization of instruction at one location and the consolidation of administrative facilities to support the expanding enrollment, which had grown to 5,041 students by Fall 1973.
During 1974, the College purchased a complex of buildings near downtown through a grant written in conjunction with Project Hope. Also, through the assistance of Project Hope, the College developed 12 programs in the fields of medicine and dentistry between 1974 and 1977. The Rio Grande Campus has housed the allied health programs and arts and sciences support programs since then.
El Paso Community College began the process of seeking academic accreditation with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) in 1973. Meanwhile, the College embarked on the development of a Master Plan to provide for orderly growth and direction and to define its role in the community. Official accreditation was received in December 1978, following the completion of an institutional self-study and a site visit by a SACS committee. On its third try, a bond finally passed. Students and staff went door to door to campaign. The approximately 20 million dollar bond later would fund construction that was peaking in the mid 1970s.
Construction of new facilities was essential as the vocational technical programs offered at EPCC increased from 27 to 91 during 1977-79. The first of two new campuses, Valle Verde in southeast El Paso, was completed at a cost of $15.5 million in time for classes in the Fall 1978. The second new campus, Transmountain in northeast El Paso, was fully operational a year later.
Expansion and renovation at Rio Grande was completed in 1980, with the addition of a five-story wing, improved utilities, and handicap accessibility, all made possible through a $1.75 million grant from the Economic Development Administration and College matching funds.
By 1981, the enrollment had reached 10,341 students and the college began preparations for a second self-study and re-affirmation of SACS accreditation in combination with revisions to the Master Plan. SACS reaffirmed accreditation in 1983, and the revised Master Plan was enacted in 1984.
With academic and vocational programs in place, the College became increasingly involved in major community initiatives by establishing the Literacy Center to provide service to the area’s functionally illiterate. The ALPHA Center provides basic adult education and training for employment.
Physical facilities at Valle Verde expanded once again with the installation of a 31-building “modular village” (1989), construction of a new Student Services Center, and the Advanced Technology Center (1990).
In the Fall of 1993, more than 19,000 credit and 7,500 non-credit students utilized educational facilities at each of the teaching locations throughout the county.
Construction of a new Northwest Campus was completed in the county’s upper valley in January 1994. The $3 million facility was partially funded by an Economic Development Administration grant. Northwest provides complete student services, Academic Computer Services, and a Learning Resource Center, as well as occupational training programs, academic support courses, and basic academic skills programs.
El Paso County Community College District celebrated its Silver Anniversary in 1994 by inviting the community to join in recognition of its many successes during the previous 25 years. With administrative changes in place and a new facility in northwest El Paso, the College continued to enroll record numbers of students. The College District received notice of re-affirmation of accreditation from the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools after completion of an intensive two-year self-study process.
In December 1994, the Board of Trustees adopted a five-year financial plan for remodeling, expansion, and construction of College District facilities through the sale of revenue bonds financed through student tuition and fees. New classroom space was added to Transmountain (1996) and Valle Verde (1997) and parking and renovation to Rio Grande (1996). In 2003-04 a multi level parking garage and Health and Science Laboratory building was added to the Rio Grande Campus.
Mission del Paso, serving the Eastside/Lower Valley area of the county, opened in the spring of 1998. In 2000, the College opened a state of the art Law Enforcement Training Academy which serves area law enforcement agencies at Mission del Paso. In 2006, Mission Early College High School (MECHS) opened. This school allows students to earn an Associates Degree and High School Diploma concurrently.
Realizing the importance of the NAFTA agreement and its regional impact, the College created the Institute for Economic and Workforce Development in 1995 to organize and intensify its service efforts in training the emerging workforce and providing education and expertise to area business and industry. The Institute brought together existing departments to increase efficiency and coordination of service.
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Algeria Attack Uncovers Fresh Energy-Sector Security Concerns
The deadly attack on an Algerian natural gas complex will do little to discourage the drive for lucrative energy exploration in northern Africa, experts say, but the attack is forcing companies to increase security after largely ignoring risks of operation in the remote desert region, The Associated Press reports.
Spanish, Norwegian and British oil companies quickly evacuated workers from Algerian energy facilities after the well-coordinated hostage-taking by Islamic militants, which resulted in chaos during an Algerian raid, AP reports. While energy companies are reluctant to comment, experts say the financial bounty in the region is too high to scare off large firms, such as BP or Norway‘s Statoil.
Alison Lyall, a security analyst at Harnser Risk Group in Norwich, England, and the author of a recent report for the European Commission on evaluating the costs of security, says companies in the exploration and production industries – even those operating in risky areas – have paid little attention to the issue.
“There is a strong enterprise culture which prides itself on taking risks,” she says in the AP article. “I can show you that the percentage spent on security on very high-value assets is shockingly low.”
Last Wednesday’s assault on Algeria’s Ain Amenas gas complex by a multinational band illustrates the danger posed by Al-Qaida and its offshoots, AP reports. In the wake of the attack, energy companies will have to study operations for possible flaws and upgrade contingency plans, the article states.
Algeria has taken a strong tack against the terrorists, AP reports, as the country rejects offers of help from Britain, the U.S. and others in order to pursue a typical tough and uncompromising response alone. BP and Statoil were compelled to entrust their employees’ lives to the Algerian security forces, and Algeria insists that it has the know-how to ensure the security of energy plants, the article says.
Other companies – including BP and Royal Dutch Shell, whose employees in Nigeria have been the targets of kidnappers and militants – would not comment on security arrangements in Algeria, but Ted Jones, CEO of specialist evacuation company Northcott Global Solutions in London, noted companies alarmed by the attack are scaling up their physical security, the article notes. Jones also says that those companies may be moving from unarmed to armed operations, and shifting nonessential staff to safer locations.
He also told AP that companies can become complacent after a period of safe operation, then change course when an incident occurs: “Suddenly, something like this happens and they realize they’re much closer to the danger … and there’s a sort of panic response, which is perfectly natural.”
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You’ve probably heard of laser treatments to remove unwanted hair, but have you heard that using lasers can promote hair growth? This procedure, called low level laser therapy, is one of the newest hair loss treatments available. While it can be obtained in medical centers and aesthetic clinics, it’s also possible to just buy your own low level laser device to use at home.
Lasers in medicine
Lasers have been around for a while. According to a study in the MedCrave Online Journal of Orthopedics & Rheumatology, the first functioning red laser was created in 1960. Another seven years passed before “laser biostimulation” was successfully demonstrated. But it wasn’t until fairly recently, in the 1990s, that medical laser treatments became truly popular.
If you wear glasses, you’re probably aware of one of the most popular laser treatments, LASIK (laser vision correction). Today, lasers are also used to treat a wide variety of medical issues, including chronic pain, acne, wrinkles, and cellulite.
One of the most recent developments of lasers in medicine has been in relation to hair loss. This type of photobiomodulation is called low level laser therapy or LLLT. Although this therapeutic has only been around for a few decades, a review in the Dermatology Online Journal reported that low level lasers have been known to induce hair growth since 1967.
How does low level laser therapy work?
LLLT is known to have a biostimulatory effect on the body, like all cold lasers. These lasers, which are quite the opposite of the burning hot lasers often depicted on TV, generally have a wavelength around 650 to 900 nm.
Despite counteracting hair loss since 1967, scientists still aren’t completely sure how LLLT works. But of course, researchers and device producers have quite a few theories.
“Plants convert sunlight into energy, which they use to grow. This is similar to the process of photobiomodulation.
Certain wavelengths of light, whether laser or LED, are absorbed into the outer layer of skin where your hair follicles reside. The light creates ATP (cellular energy), which strengthens both the cells and the surrounding area creating a perfect scenario for hair growth. Follicles expand, hair gets thicker, and new hairs grow from the now open hair follicles.“
A recent review published in the Skin Appendage Disorders journal says that low level laser therapy is thought to influence the hair growth cycle. It may prolong the growth phase of the hair growth cycle, stimulate follicles to convert vellus hairs (like the fine peach fuzz on your face or body) into terminal hairs (like the long, dark hairs on your head), and prompt resting hair follicles (those in the final phase of the hair growth cycle) to produce new hairs.
Reviews in Lasers in Medical Science and Lasers in Surgical Medicine say that LLLT might work by generating anti-inflammatory signalling molecules and antioxidants and increasing blood circulation. This, in turn, might accelerate the division of skin cells and stimulate hair growth.
Do laser hair growth treatments really work?
If you’ve never heard of laser hair growth treatments, don’t worry — they’re actually pretty new. The first LLLT device, the HairMax® Laser Comb, was cleared by the FDA for use on men with androgenic alopecia (male pattern hair loss) in 2007.
Unlike medications or high risk medical devices, which are granted FDA ‘approval’, LLLT devices like the HairMax® Laser Comb only need to receive ‘clearance’: specifically, 510(k) clearance. This is why LLLT is still usually considered to be one of the FDA-‘approved’ treatments for hair loss. Devices granted this clearance are compared with non-functional (sham) devices and proven to not cause harm.
The Dermatology Online Journal reports that the hair loss experts from this initial study concluded that the HairMax® Laser Comb was effective as a hair loss treatment, increasing terminal hair growth. It was also found to improve hair texture and quality even when no regrowth occurred.
All that being said, LLLT devices weren’t compared to the existing treatments, minoxidil and finasteride, or any other alternatives for quite some time. It’s only in the last few years that studies comparing laser hair growth treatments to other FDA-approved alternatives have been performed.
Modern day LLLT
Just over a decade later, these laser hair growth devices are much better understood and have been much more thoroughly tested. The Skin Appendage Disorders study reported that all of the LLLT randomized clinical trials it reviewed were able to produce improvements for people with androgenic alopecia.
These trials reported that LLLT treatments over a period of 16-26 weeks were able to increase hair count, growth, and overall coverage. Additionally, most of the studies showed that their devices were safe and caused few to no side effects. Any side effects reported were mild, like dry skin, irritation, or tenderness, and were easily resolvable.
The same study also reported that there are now around 30 FDA-cleared LLLT devices for pattern hair loss. These include devices made in the forms of combs, brushes, hoods, helmets, caps, and headbands.
As more and more LLLT studies are performed, it’s becoming clear how much potential this new hair loss treatment has. The biggest downside remains the cost of the treatment. Whether you’re visiting clinics or buying your own device, LLLT is likely to cost hundreds or thousands of dollars.
LLLT and other hair loss treatments
If you’re new to losing your hair, chances are you’re considering all your options. The two most common and most affordable treatments, minoxidil and finasteride, are topical and oral, respectively. Both of these are FDA-approved for androgenic alopecia but work in different ways. People with more cash to splurge may also opt for options like hair loss transplants, and may even combine minoxidil or finasteride with such surgeries.
LLLT vs. minoxidil
Minoxidil is a topical hair loss treatment that’s applied twice a day, in the morning and in the evening. It works as a vasodilator, stimulating blood flow in and around the hair follicles on your scalp. Both 2 and 5 percent solutions are FDA-approved for androgenic alopecia.
Originally developed as a blood pressure drug, minoxidil was converted into a topical formulation and became the first FDA-approved hair loss treatment. There are countless studies confirming minoxidil’s effectiveness. It’s also very affordable and available over the counter.
There aren’t too many studies comparing LLLT and minoxidil. However, a doctoral thesis from the Mazandaran University of Medical Sciences that compared an LLLT headband and 15 percent minoxidil found that both of these treatments were able to produce similar results in people with androgenic alopecia. While patient satisfaction was also reported to be similar, there were more side effects in people using this high strength version of minoxidil.
The previously mentioned Skin Appendage Disorders journal study reported that in one of the studies it reviewed, LLLT was able to produce slightly better results than 5 percent minoxidil in people with pattern hair loss. Notably, these two treatments can be safely combined. The same study reported that LLLT and 5 percent minoxidil were able to produce significantly better results when administered simultaneously.
LLLT vs. finasteride
Finasteride is a dihydrotestosterone (DHT) blocker. DHT is a hormone that’s considered to be one of the major components behind androgenic alopecia. Blocking DHT can prevent male pattern hair loss from progressing.
As an oral medication, finasteride is easy, convenient, and affordable. It’s generally taken once a day. The main downside to this medication is that it’s accompanied by some unpleasant side effects, like impotence. Since this medication needs to be taken life-long in order to counteract pattern hair loss, these side effects can be a major deal breaker for people considering this medication.
A recent study in the Bulletin of Physical Therapy compared finasteride to use of an LLLT comb. The results of this showed that LLLT and finasteride were equally effective in improving hair regrowth in people with pattern hair loss. A second Lasers in Medical Science review also stated that these two treatments can be safely combined.
LLLT and hair loss transplants
Hair loss transplants are surgical hair loss treatments, most commonly chosen by people who have allowed their hair loss to progress to the point that they are bald or visibly balding. You might also recognize these procedures as a popular choice among celebrities — in part because they come with a hefty price tag, like any surgery.
Two types of transplants are commonly performed: FUE (follicular unit extraction) and FUT (follicular unit transplantation). FUE extracts follicles and transplants them individually, while FUT removes a strip of skin from the back of the head, extracts the follicles, and then transplants them.
Hair transplants are often combined with minoxidil, finasteride, or other experimental hair loss treatments in order to improve the surgery’s final results. According to a study in the Journal of Lasers in Medical Sciences, administering LLLT before performing a hair loss transplant had no effect. So far, no other studies have combined LLLT and hair loss transplants, or performed LLLT after a transplant for a prolonged duration.
If you told people you wanted to use lasers to regrow your hair 15 years ago, most people would have laughed at you. Yet over the last decade, low level laser therapy has exploded. It’s now been shown to be as effective as FDA-approved treatments like minoxidil and finasteride.
LLLT is non-invasive and has few reported side effects. The downside is that as one of the newest treatments for hair loss, it’s also quite expensive. Buying your own device can range from hundreds to thousands of dollars, and receiving LLLT in a clinic is likely to cost you about the same amount.
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1982 Jet Electrica 007
Offered by Bonhams | Tupelo, Mississippi | April 27, 2019
No one may look back at the Dodge Omni and think “sporty,” but that didn’t stop Chrysler from trying when they introduced the Omni 024 3-door hatchback in 1979. Built through 1982, the car and its Plymouth counterpart, the Horizon TC3, were supposed to be an early-80s sports hatch. There was even a De Tomaso trim level.
Meanwhile, during the energy crisis, the U.S. Department of Energy started handing out money to companies that said they would develop and sell electric cars. Jet Industries, primarily known for their snowmobiles (even though they were based in Texas), actually ended up producing about 3,000 “Electrica 007s,” which were just altered Omni 024s.
The Chrysler engine was replaced with a 23 horsepower direct-current electric motor. The hatchback area was full of batteries, and the car could hit 70 mph and attain 60 miles of range (though not at the same time). This would’ve been the perfect Back to the Future car. Only 50 are known to exist, and this one should bring between $5,000-$10,000. Click here for more info and here for more from this sale.
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GPU Acceleration for Simulating Massively Parallel Many-Core Platforms
Emerging massively parallel architectures such as a general-purpose processor plus many-core programmable accelerators are creating an increasing demand for novel methods to perform their architectural simulation. Most state-of-the-art simulation technologies are exceedingly slow and the need to model full system many-core architectures adds further to the complexity issues. This paper presents a fast, scalable and parallel simulator, which uses a novel methodology to accelerate the simulation of a many-core coprocessor using GPU platforms. The main idea is to use. The target architecture of the associated. Simulation of many target nodes is mapped to the many hardware-threads available on highly parallel GPU platforms. This paper presents a novel methodology to accelerate the simulation of many-core coprocessors using GPU platforms. We demonstrate the challenges, feasibility and benefits of our idea to use heterogeneous system (CPU and GPU) to simulate future architecture of many-core heterogeneous platforms. The target architecture selected to evaluate our methodology consists of an ARM general purpose CPU coupled with many-core coprocessor with thousands of simple in-order cores connected in a tile network. This work presents optimization techniques used to parallelize the simulation specifically for acceleration on GPUs. We partition the full system simulation between CPU and GPU, where the target general purpose CPU is simulated on the host CPU, whereas the many-core coprocessor is simulated on the NVIDIA Tesla 2070 GPU platform. Our experiments show performance of up to 50 MIPS when simulating the entire heterogeneous chip, and high scalability with increasing cores on coprocessor. | <urn:uuid:44c360d5-0394-49c9-9170-666efd455583> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://infoscience.epfl.ch/record/208143 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282935.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00239-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.899846 | 334 | 1.5625 | 2 |
The high squeak of marker on the red balloon ruptures a weighty silence hanging in the theater. A child writes out “help,” speaking each letter of the word out loud as he does, mostly to himself, clearly distraught as his stepfather looks on. Extending the balloon out to his mother, her back turned, the scribbled cry visible, he waits for her response, in a pause pregnant with the possibility of rescue.
Then, with one swift and unexpected motion, the stepfather pops the balloon with a pin.
The resulting bang makes the audience gasp, some jerking back in their chairs from the shock of the noise mixed with the realization of what is being abstractly demonstrated: Victims of abuse are sharing their stories of trauma from foster care, publicly, for the first time.
‘I think I want to tell y’all something I never told you or really anybody before.’ — Malik
Weeks before the show’s opening night on April 14, blocking the balloon scene, less tension filled the room. In the basement of College Park Baptist Church in Greensboro, the cast of the Foster Care Chronicles project’s debut production, Wrongs of Passage, munched on room-temperature pizza and flipped through their scripts in respectful silence while the actors in the scene worked out balloon logistics.
Getting to this point in the production has been a long process — nine months from recruitment, to collecting actors’ stories, to compiling them into a script, to opening night, to be precise — and it’s taken several group retreats and a significant amount of team-building exercises to achieve the level of trust among the cast necessary to craft a play out of their own experiences of trauma, some of which had never been spoken aloud.
At rehearsal, in somewhat stereotypical high school drama-teacher fashion, writer and director Debra LeWinter kicked her boots to the side under her desk; every minute or so, she couldn’t help but jump up in her socks to move a set piece or demonstrate a movement to her actors, all while giving encouraging constructive feedback as the actors tackle the rough subject material of their own stories.
Working with two moving screens to represent a rape scene that takes place in a corner of a room, she paused, looking at actor Malik Worthy square on.
“You have the acting chops to really hit this,” she said.
It’s one of innumerable instances throughout the play’s lifespan in which having social workers handy for these types of scenes was crucial for both the cast and crew.
The sponsorship of the joint Master’s of Social Work program at UNCG and NC A&T University is mutually beneficial; social work interns in the program clock in hours while LeWinter has the clinical backup required for the subject matter being performed.
The three interns — Anna Black, Rissa Tuttle and Melissa Williams, supervised by clinical director and producer Alicia Kaplan — not only provided appropriate care during harder moments and helped to conduct interviews with actors, but also run sound, help actors practice lines and drive them to rehearsals. LeWinter said the production would’ve been incredibly different without their presence.
LeWinter’s scriptwriting methodology aimed to guard the actors’ emotional well-being as well. Instead of having actors perform their own traumatic experiences, LeWinter consciously traded out most narrators, and the end result is a musical-chairs kind of casting that protects the actors while preserving the intent of the play.
Performing from another person’s life proved to be a meaningful part of the process for many of the actors.
“I feel like I’m living through that person,” D’Wayne Rodriguez, a 17-year-old from Winston-Salem, said.
“It’s a real eye-opener,” he continued. “You think your situation is bad; you’re in your situation, thinking through your eyes. Then you realize people have situations as bad as yours, or worse. It teaches me not to judge. It brings me into that a little more, more humility.”
Actor Melat Ayalew, a UNCG acting student subbing in for an original cast member no longer able to participate, recalls her first rehearsal after auditioning, in which a fellow actor broke down, unable to cope with a particular scene. Having the interns on hand for moments like those proved indispensable.
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I apologize that my profile wasn’t filled in when you looked at it. Now there’s more information on this but to answer your question I want to do 3 things with the money to help improve neuroscience awareness and access to all students.
1. Create an exhibit for the Philadelphia Science Festival next year that allows people to see the brain from different angles and understand how brain cells (neurons) communicate.
2. Create an interactive online website or class materials for teachers to use to spread the word about how cool the brain is and how to get into neuroscience.
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Searching high and low for a suitable box to house a small gift? Look no further than the nearest craft supply store and your PC. Browse for and stock up on a few plain containers -- we used a wooden pencil box. This eye-catching craft is so easy, you'll want to whip one up every time you purchase a small present.
Instead of fiddling with fabric to cover our box, we went the découpage route. All we had to do was scan a swatch of material, print it on paper and glue to each side. Our fabric finish takes the place of wrapping paper, but add some ribbon for good measure to keep curious eyes from peeking at the goods ahead of time.
Small, blank box
Sharp utility knife
Small paintbrush or paint sponge
Craft glue/sealer (we used Podgy)
Click here to see images.
Step 1: Finding and printing a design
• Head to your fabric scraps or a fabric store for design inspiration. You can use your photo-editing program to draw your own, but we scanned a piece of fabric with a red toile tree pattern and saved it as a jpeg. This will give your paper a textured look.
• Open your fabric photo in your program and look for any wrinkles or bumps. You may need to iron your fabric and rescan, but you can crop them out if they are near the edges of your canvas.
• Size the image to 8-1/2" x 11" so it will fit on a standard sheet of white paper to run through your printer.
• Test-print a page to ensure size and colour are to your liking.
• When ready, print as many copies as you need to cover your box.
Step 2: Gluing the paper
• The easiest way to adhere your paper and trim the edges if you have a sturdy box is to apply glue on the box surface with your paintbrush or sponge and press the box onto the back of your print.
• Allow to dry for a few minutes and then, using a utility knife, gently slice away any overhang.
• Repeat with the next side.
Tip: Depending on your box's lid, you may need to glue over an area that needs to move in order to open the box. Our pencil box slides open from the top. Remember where those grooves are so you can go back with your knife and cut them open once the glue has dried.
Step 3: Preserve the paper
Test the following process on a scrap page to ensure your paper's ink does not run.
• Apply a thin layer of your craft glue/sealer over all the paper using your brush or sponge. Make sure to apply with light pressure as the paper can tear when wet.
• Allow the box to dry.
• Place your object inside and tie with ribbon.
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The evolution of mobile phone has transformed the way people interact, connect and consume information. In last 10 years, mobile phone and its usage has changed drastically; people like bigger screen, touch screens and it’s no more just a device people buy only to call and sms.
Today, we have brought a detailed infograhic, highlighting mobile growth statistics for 2013. The infographic is curating multiple comprehensive studies and reports to explain mobile as a market, as a device, smartphone adoption, usage of smartphone, interest among people towards smartphone features and much more.
Super Monitoring created the infographic, which also states the growth of various aspects of mobile as device and OS. Here are few key highlights:
- 91% of population on earth uses mobile phone.
- By the end of 2013, there will be more mobile devices than people on earth.
- More than 2 billion mobile devices will be shipped globally in 2013.
- 56% people own Smartphone; thanks to emergence low-price smartphones from regional players.
- Nearly 50% of mobile users, use mobile as their primary device to access Internet.
- Android is the only mobile OS showing significant growth in recent years.
- Mobile apps are the future of mobile computing; 80%of mobile time is spent in apps.
- 51% of mobile traffic is sent form mobile video.
- 57% of users will not recommend doing business with poorly designed mobile sites.
- Apparel is the top venue where people use their mobile phone the most; majority clicking and sharing pictures.
- Businesses must focus on Tablet: Tablet users are nearly 3 times more likely to purchase than Smartphone.
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Snowmen are a famous theme for Christmas and winter decorations. A famous snowman character is Frosty and in America, typical snowmen consist of three large snowballs with other accessories like branches for arms, a smiley face, a nose and a hat. At Orchids The International School in Mumbai, the children from K2 were involved in snowmaking activity along with teachers to learn this traditional art with available materials. They used paper plates, ribbons, colour papers, drinking straws and a glue to stick. The children were anxious to learn this art of making their own snowmen as their teachers guided them step by step. They picked it up very fast and each child made a “Frosty the Snowman.” The snowmen were displayed beautifully on the table. Aren’t you tempted to make one at home? | <urn:uuid:3068393e-9bfc-4dd8-9358-fc325cabba28> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.orchidsinternationalschool.com/news-event/snowman-making-activity-for-k2-at-orchids-mumbai | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281353.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00061-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980751 | 172 | 2.875 | 3 |
If you need to have bariatric surgery to combat obesity, the skill of your surgeon really does matter. Duh, right? Well, as Rick and I agree on PodMed this week, many of those duh-type studies frequently turn their preconceived notions on their heads when subjected to rigorous study, so although this week's New England Journal of Medicine study on surgical skill and complications following bariatric surgery may have simply confirmed the obvious, a number of important observations were made, with clear implications for improving medical practice. Kudos, we say, to the surgeons who agreed to participate!
Surgeons performing bariatric surgery in Michigan are registered as part of the Michigan Bariatric Surgery Collaborative, as are all hospitals where the procedure is performed. Abundant data is gathered on each patient (about 6000 yearly) who undergoes a bariatric procedure. A total of 75 surgeons operate at 40 facilities; 20 surgeons agreed to submit a video of themselves performing a representative laparoscopic gastric bypass. These videos were edited to remove all patient identifiers and to contain the most critical parts of each procedure only. Final videos were between 25 to 40 minutes in length and were submitted to another group of peer surgeons for review and critique. A total of 33 surgeons from 24 hospitals performed reviews, although only 15 surgeons provided 78% of the ratings.
The primary surgical outcome measure was any complication arising postoperatively, including surgical site or wound infections, abdominal abscess, anastomotic stricture, bowel obstruction, or bleeding. Medical complications, unplanned reoperation, readmission, ED visits and mortality data were also gathered. These data were correlated with skill levels of the operative surgeon as calculated by an average, weighted measure from the peer review.
Operative surgeons were ranked in quartiles, with a complication rate of 14.5% in the bottom quartile compared with 5.2% in the top quartile. As might be expected, lower quartile ranking was associated with higher rates of infection, readmission, and all other complications. Mortality among those patients operated by the lowest quartile surgeons was 0.26% versus 0.05% in the highest quartile.
Lowest quartile surgeons had longer operating times, but fascinatingly, there was no correlation with fellowship training in bariatric or laparoscopic surgery, or length of time in practice with lower ranking. There was a correlation with volume of procedures, however, bearing witness to the idea that the best outcomes are seen in surgeons who do certain procedures again and again and again.
What Rick and I both like very much about this study is the path it points toward collegiality and skill improvement for surgeons, with clear applicability beyond bariatric surgery. The authors point out that other complicated surgeries and procedures can also be improved with peer review, and they report that in Michigan, surgeons watch each other operate during site visits and videos of very proficient surgeons have been made available. A win-win all around!
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|Place of origin||Acadia , Canadian Maritimes|
|Main ingredients||Meat (chicken, clams, rabbit, beef, or pork), potatoes, onions, dumplings|
|Cookbook: Fricot Media: Fricot|
Fricot is a traditional Acadian dish. The word fricot has its origins in 18th century France where it was used to mean a feast. The following century, it had evolved to mean "meat stew", and later still it became used to refer to prepared food.
The main ingredients consist of potatoes, onions, and whatever meat was available, cooked in a stew and topped with dumplings. The common meats used were chicken (fricot au poulet), clams (fricot aux coques), rabbit (fricot au lapin des bois), beef, or pork. When chicken was used, it was traditionally an older chicken, since an egg-laying chicken would have been too precious to cook. This accounts for the long cooking time, as an older chicken would have had tougher meat.
In lean times, a meatless fricot would be made. Fricot a la belette was one term for this, which means "weasel stew". The reference being made is that the cook is as sly as a weasel for leaving out the meat. In the opposite vein, Prince Edward Island Acadians use the term fricot a la bazette which means "stupid cook's stew", implying that the meat was forgotten.
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Nigeria as an importance and first growing country in Africa has in recent years acquired most important role in the work economy. Many banks and a number of financial institution have taken their rightful place in Nigerian economy.
This has resulted a change in test expectations and increasing sophisticated of the populace. The effect of this change is continuously affecting the mode and method by which the banks services are marked. This had created the need for a research work in this area “marketing of bank services in Nigeria” this work is needed to provide the union bank and other commercial banks the information regarding their mark and the extent of its development. This project therefore explores and endeavours to offer some insight of marketing in banking activities.
Finally, the research methodology, presentation and analysis of data, result and finding of the research were highlighted other areas like the limitation of the study, summary finding and conclusion were fully discussed.
TABLE OF CONTENT
Table of contents.
1.1background of the study
1.2statement of the problem
1.3objective of the study
1.4scope of the study
1.6significance of the study
1.7definitions of terms.
2.0 literature review of related.
2.2concepts of marketing and services
2.3services marketing strategy
2.4marketing mix and the Nigeria bankers
2.5 method of marketing banking services
2.6Why marketing banking services
2.7basic problems in marketing banking service
3.1population and sample of the study
3.2methods of data analysis
3.5instrument for data collection
4.0presentation and data analysis
4.1presentation of data
5.0Summary, conclusion and recommendations
5.1Summary of major findings
Marketing is becoming increasingly necessary in today’s bank competitive environment. Intensified rivalry from other institutions has caused banks to thinks seriously about how they can compete effectively.
This has led them to pay increasing attention to marketing techniques. The need for the marketing of bank services has become necessary in view of the continues change in the social economic technological and political environment and this has impacted on the shape and nature of markets served by the banking industry. Equally the increase in number of banks and other financial institutions and their operating branches has given rise to competition among institutions producing financial services. Also banks operate in a near perfect market. No bank can substantially influence the market price and there is the homogeneity in services rendered.
The marketing of banking services by the commercial banks requires a circulated and planned orientation with best blend and effect marketing mix to know what who where and how to tackle this ever dynamic situation for the survival of the banks and the achievement of their corporate objective. The marketing mix include pricing, product, promotion and distribution (place).
The achievement of the goals required a term of staff members who are zealous, enthusiastic, good spirited, have positive attitude, have the marketing concept as their watch word in their efforts to deliver the goods. Besides, marketing starts with identification of the customers need and not selling of goods and services hence the team of staff needed in modern day marketing of bank services need to be trained to have that orientation to enhance their performance in line with the set plan of the banks as a whole.
Moreover, marketing of bank services is not just seeing the services from the eyes of the banks user, but also being in the right at the right place. This entails planning, support of top management, important trend in banker of wide acceptance of the marketing philosophy.
The Marketing Of Bank Services In Nigeria. ( A Case Study Of Union Bank Of Nigeria Plc Owerri Branch Office)
ABSTRACT Nigeria as an importance and first growing country in Africa has in recen years acquired most important role in the work economy. May banks a number of financial institution have taken their rightful place in Nigerian economy. This has resulted a change in test expectations and increasing sophistic cated of the populace. The effect of... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT Nigeria as an importance and first growing country in Africa has in recent years acquired most important role in the work economy. Many banks and a number of financial institution have taken their rightful place in Nigerian economy. This has resulted a change in test expectations and increasing sophisticated of the populace. The effect of... Continue Reading
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THE NEED FOR IMPROVED CUSTOMER SERVICES IN THE BANKING INDUSTRY (A CASE STUDY OF UNION BANK OF NIGERIA ENUGU MAIN BRANCH) ABSTARCT The business organization operates in an environment and through its interactions with the various elements of this environment, it justifies its existence. The customers is the essences of business. The business... Continue Reading
THE RELEVANCE OF MARKING IN BANKING INDUSTRY IN NIGERIA (A CASE STUDY OF UNION BANK PLC, IDAH BRANCH KOGI STATE) ABSTRACT This project work examined the relevance of Marketing in Banking service in Nigeria (a case study of Union Bank plc, Idah branch Kogi State). The aim of the researcher is to bring to light problems faced by the sector in... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT The aim of the study is to find out the extent of Bank/Customer relationship bearing in mind the poor quality of services rendered in banks. Traders to achieve a good and accurate result the researcher split the work in five distinct chapters, each with different objectives. To guide the study, four questions were formulated. A review of... Continue Reading
ABSTRACT This research work was aimed at list for creating customer patronage for Bank services. Using Diamond Bank Nig. Plc as the case study. The study also examined the commitment of the bank towards ensuring a better service and to better advice in the appropriate percentage of the Quality of service to be used so as to increase the customers... Continue Reading
SERVICE QUALITY – A CATALYST FOR CREATING CUSTOMER PATRONAGE FOR BANK SERVICES. A CASE STUDY OF DIAMOND BANK NIGERIA PLC ENUGU MAN BRANCH ENUGU. ABSTRACT This research work was aimed at list for creating customer patronage for Bank services. Using Diamond Bank Nig. Plc as the case study. The study also examined the commitment of the bank towards... Continue Reading
THE IMPACT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN MARKETING PRODUCT AND SERVICES (A CASE STUDY OF ECO BANK ENUGU MAIN BRANCH) ABSTRACT This research work is an attempt to critically and exhaustively examine the pattern and functions of adaptation of information technology service and product industry. It is also aimed at making an in-depth analysis of how... Continue Reading | <urn:uuid:39458df4-cb93-4cb7-8149-71d6620e5679> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.grossarchive.com/project/19152/the-marketing-of-bank-services-in-nigeria-a-case-study-of-union-bank-of-nigeria-plc-owerri-branch-office | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00469.warc.gz | en | 0.932683 | 1,615 | 1.734375 | 2 |
OTTAWA, ON (June 15, 2020): The COVID-19 pandemic has come at considerable human, economic, and societal cost to Canada. Yet an unexpected victim of the crisis has been Canada’s parliamentary democracy.
In MLI’s latest commentary paper titled “COVID’s Collateral Contagion: Why Faking Parliament is No Way to Govern in a Crisis,” author and MLI Munk Senior Fellow Christian Leuprecht examines the federal government’s efforts to stifle Parliament. As the author explains, the extraordinary measures employed by the minority Liberal government demonstrate “unprecedented disregard for parliamentary convention.”
Leuprecht argues that, although the government consulted the House of Commons in its attempt to legitimize a virtual substitute, “its decision to truncate Parliament is arbitrary, defies convention, and prioritizes governance over representation.”
Using broad emergency powers and discretion under the Royal Prerogative, the federal government has significantly curtailed Parliament’s functions of scrutinizing government, authorizing legislation and representing diverse interests. At a time of unprecedented executive action leading to liberal federal spending and restrictions on Canadians’ freedoms, the minority government has outmanoeuvred Parliament to avoid regular scrutiny that serves to hold decision-makers accountable.
With only 40 sitting days between July 2019 and June 2020, never in Canadian political history has a Parliament sat less. Even if Parliament fills in the rest of its planned sitting days, which is far from certain, the House will only have sat for 86 days, the fewest in 80 years outside an election year. The federal government has become a notable outlier amongst other Westminster parliamentary systems. The United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand continue to have functioning Parliaments despite the pandemic.
This also means that Canada is less able to address other serious crises and issues of importance to Canadians. Leuprecht argues that even Canada’s handling of the COVID-19 crisis is weakened by excluding parliamentary debate:
“A pandemic is too important to defer to health experts and cabinet. … The federal and provincial executives have an obligation to honour the foremost constitutional principle of the Westminster tradition: responsible government.”
Rather than continue to weaken Canada’s Parliament, Leuprecht concludes that the government has an obligation under constitutional convention to:
- reconstitute Parliament in all its functions without further debate or delay;
- ensure transparency and accountability of spending by the executive through Parliament and, to that effect, meet its obligations to table a budget or fiscal update;
- subject the trade-offs between public health measures and economic cost to parliamentary debate so Parliament can perform its representative function of aggregating diverse interests;
- subject current and ongoing restrictions on individual or collective rights to parliamentary debate; and
- subject to proper parliamentary debate any temptation to use the fiscal power of the purse to intrude into provincial jurisdiction.
“Canada’s democracy thrives on a continuous parliamentary audit of the judgment of both the executive and the bureaucracy,” writes Leuprecht. “Instead of fearing Parliament, Canadian democracy would fare better if the current minority government learned to embrace its minority status.”
To learn more about the consequences of the government’s unprecedented moves to weaken Parliament, read the full commentary paper here.
This contribution is part of a 14-articles report on the global politics of the COVID-19 crisis. The report will be published by the new Centre for Security and Crisis Governance (CRITIC). Part of the Royal Military College Saint-Jean, CRITIC’s mission is to produce state-of-the-art and policy relevant research pertinent to global security policy and crisis management. It will be officially inaugurated in September 2020.
For more information about CRITIC, please contact director Bruno Charbonneau at email@example.com.
Christian Leuprecht is Class of 1965 Professor in Leadership, Department of Political Science and Economics, Royal Military College and Eisenhower Fellow at the NATO Defence College in Rome. He is cross-appointed, Department of Political Studies and the School of Policy Studies, Queen’s University, where he is affiliated with both, the Queen’s Centre for International and Defence Policy and the Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, and Adjunct Research Professor, Australian Graduate School of Policing and Security, Charles Sturt University as well as the Centre for Crime Policy and Research, Flinders University. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute.
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Coastal ecosystems are among the most prolific natural systems on the planet, and they support a diverse range of species. They provide vital ecological services such as storm protection and fish nursery grounds. Even they are among the world’s greatest carbon sinks, with CO2 burial rates 20 times higher than any other terrestrial ecosystem, including boreal and tropical forests. Hence, Blue carbon, or organic carbon sequestered and retained over long periods by coastal vegetation ecosystems such as mangrove forests, seagrasses, and salt marshes, is rapidly gaining traction as a significant natural climate solution.
Mangrove forests, in particular, are often regarded as the most thoroughly studied blue carbon ecosystem, with increasing clarity on their worldwide extent, areal dynamics across time, and the regional distribution of biomass and soil carbon stocks. Mangrove forests are valuable for more than only reducing climate change; they also support human communities and biodiversity by regulating nutrients, sustaining fisheries, and protecting coastlines from storms. As a result, this article provides a thorough examination of mangroves, their various characteristics, importance, and how India is planning to launch blue carbon programmes to combat climate change.
Mangrove: A Halophyte like No Other
Mangroves are a halophytic assemblage of trees, shrubs, and other plants that grow in brackish to saltwater tidal waters along tropical and subtropical coasts. It can be a tree, shrub, palm, or ground fern that grows above the mean sea level in the intertidal zone of marine coastal habitats and estuary edges and can reach a height of more than half a metre. Mangroves are salt-tolerant plants that may be found mostly between the latitudes of 24°N and 38°S. They have evolved a wide range of morphological and physiological adaptations to cope with the limiting conditions of oxygen deficiency, excessive salinity, and daily tidal inundation. Mangroves have a wide range of adaptations, including succulent leaves, sunken stomata, pneumatophores, vivipary, stilt roots, buttresses, and more.
The world’s total mangrove cover is 15 million hectares, accounting for 1% of all tropical forests. Mangrove cover in India is 4975 km2, or 0.15 percent of the country’s total geographical area, according to the latest assessment by the Forest Survey of India (FSI). Very thick mangroves cover 1476 km2 (29.66%) of the country’s mangrove cover, moderately dense mangroves 1479 km2 (29.73%), and open mangroves 2020 km2 (40.61%). West Bengal alone accounts for 42.45% of India’s mangrove cover, with Gujarat (23.66%) and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands (12.39 %). According to the evaluation, Gujarat has exhibited a maximum growth of 37 km2 in mangrove cover.
The importance of mangroves in preserving coastal biodiversity, livelihoods, and mitigating climate change has been extensively acknowledged in recent years. The dramatic increase in the number of peer-reviewed research articles on ecosystem services, carbon sequestration, and threats to mangroves in India during the last decade reflects the increased awareness regarding mangroves in India. The increased interest in mangroves also presents a chance to fill knowledge gaps using cutting-edge approaches and multi-institutional cooperation, advancing our knowledge and management of Indian mangroves.
Amphibious Defenders Need Protection
Mangroves are amphibian trees that are endangered by both marine and terrestrial pressures because they are very productive ecosystems. Storms, sea surges, and rising sea levels all affect them. They are also affected by the rise of profitable industries such as aquaculture and the construction of tourist infrastructure on land. These are highly adapted plants that can endure salinity and a lack of oxygen in the soil that other trees cannot. Their root systems act as fortresses, collecting silt and absorbing the energy of hurricane waves and sea surges. Mangroves, on the other hand, are vulnerable. A change in their hydrological conditions could put them to death very quickly. Hence, Mangroves’ declining health has an impact on their resilience and recovery capability in the face of climate change effects. Despite mangrove development in many locations, the ecological health of mangroves worldwide, including in India, remains poor, and implied species loss has been observed.
Mangroves, for example, helped to reduce human deaths in Kendarapara, one of Odisha’s worst-affected coastal districts, during the 1999 super cyclone. Villages with more mangroves between them and the coast had a lower death rate than those with fewer or no mangroves. Despite the fact that some researchers doubt mangroves’ ability to protect against tsunamis, there is mounting evidence, particularly after the deadly Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, indicating mangroves mitigated tsunami impacts by reducing the destructive force of the water rushing inland. Tsunami height is reduced by 5 to 30 % when mangrove belts of several hundred metres wide are present. Hence, wider mangrove forests are more successful at reducing tsunami height, water speed, and flooded area. However, according to a new analysis on the losses inflicted by cyclone Amphan in the Sundarbans in 2020, the ecologically sensitive region has lost 24.55 % of its mangroves due to erosion over the last three decades. Reduced sediments owing to upstream dams (human-induced) and greater wave action due to storms (natural) are the two main drivers of irreversible land loss to water in the Sundarbans in the Bay of Bengal delta. This leads to a direct loss of mangrove forests. Increased erosion is caused by excessive wave action as a result of enhanced storminess (as in Amphan), sea-level rise (due to global climate change), and coastal squeeze (land cover change from construction, aquaculture ponds, etc.) that shrinks the width of the mangrove forest, leaving less space for mangrove forests to grow inwards. However, if the mangrove length has already deteriorated as a result of reduced sediment inflow (upstream dams), tree cutting, and pollution, an already eroding shoreline would experience further erosion cycles, resulting in an excessive loss.
To cope with sea-level rise, mangroves shift vertically and horizontally. Local abiotic (sediment inputs and geomorphic settings) and biotic (plant productivity, peat development, and the accumulation of refractory mangrove roots and benthic mat materials) variables, on the other hand, have a significant impact on these processes. Mangroves’ adaptive capability is influenced by their quality and quantity. Like, Avicennia plants predominate in the Sundarbans, but their root systems are not as dense as Rhizophora’s. Rhizophora has the ability to help combat larger storms. Avicennia has taken over the mangroves of Pichavaram in Tamil Nadu, and Rhizophora can only be found on the stream banks. The fundamental reason is that deltas are getting smaller. Freshwater availability is dwindling in the Sundarbans, but glacial melt is making up for it. However, in Pichavaram, freshwater is mostly supplied by the water-scarce Kaveri.
So, enhancing mangroves’ adaptive capabilities, such as increasing communication between surrounding ecosystems, preserving the hydrological connectivity of existing mangroves, and protecting natural corridors, is a pressing issue. A site-specific, long-term, and integrated ecosystem-based conservation, management, and rehabilitation approach with good scientific information and harsh legislative measures to limit/regulate coastal development activities is urgently needed. Aside from rigorously regulating development activities near mangroves, species-specific restoration for vulnerable species and long-term monitoring of mangrove ecological health are also required.
Mangroves are frequently governed by laws intended for forests in general. In many countries where mangroves exist, the term “mangrove” refers only to the ecosystem’s woody component (mangrove forests). But, mangroves, on the other hand, are strongly linked to nearby ecosystems in nature, both seaward and landward. To protect hydrological connectivity and neighbouring natural corridors, the statutory definition of mangroves should be amended to “mangroves as an integrated system.”
Carbon sequestration potential of Mangroves
The carbon density of mangroves is among the greatest of any tropical vegetation. These ‘blue carbon’ ecosystems can store enormous amounts of carbon over extended periods of time, and their preservation helps to mitigate climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Hence, to explicitly address how mangroves preserve the carbon, firstly, we need to dig into what is ‘blue carbon’.
Mangroves, tidal marshes, and seagrass meadows are coastal ecosystems with enormous carbon stores that have been accumulated overages by vegetation and natural processes. These ecosystems sequester and store more carbon – termed “blue carbon” – per unit area than terrestrial forests do. Because of their ability to capture carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere and store it as biomass, these vegetative ecosystems are now being recognised for their importance in mitigating climate change. This process is known as carbon sequestration.
Mangrove forests are important players in the carbon cycle and play a vital role in maintaining tropical and subtropical coastal productivity, as well as sequestering enormous amounts of carbon underneath. Mangroves are one of the most carbon-dense forests in the tropics, with a carbon storage capacity up to 50 times that of tropical terrestrial forests. With a coastline of around 7516.6 km, including island territories, India had a mangrove cover of over 6749 km2, accounting for roughly 89 percent of the total coastline. With a total predicted mangrove cover of 495,842 ha in 2020 (66 percent of India’s total coastline) and a carbon stock value of 386 tonne/ha, the mangroves’ total carbon sequestration potential is estimated to be 702.42 million tonnes of Carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2 e). In 2030, carbon sequestration potential will reach 748.17 million tonnes CO2 e. The increased sequestration capacity of 207.91 million tonnes of CO2 e has been estimated if mangrove cover is conserved and protected. We examined the carbon sequestration capabilities of mangroves in detail in the preceding analysis, but it is critical to grasp the term carbon stock. Carbon stock is the total quantity of organic carbon (Corg) stored in a blue carbon ecosystem, usually expressed in million tonnes of organic carbon per hectare (million tonnes of Corg/ha) over a given soil depth. All relevant carbon pools within the researched area are added to determine these stocks.
Although methodological flaws make measuring primary production in mangrove forests difficult, but the best estimates imply that mangrove carbon generation is faster than that of other estuarine and marine primary producers. Depending on the methodology used, true rates of mangrove net primary production (NPP) range from 0.5 to 112.1 t dry weight (DW) ha-1 year-1. However, most approaches either considerably exaggerate (light attenuation method) or greatly underestimate (litterfall method) the true rates of production. At this time, the most logical way to quantify forest NPP is to measure aboveground biomass accumulation plus litterfall, and there are a variety of such metrics available for both mangroves and tropical terrestrial forests. The mean rate of aboveground NPP for mangroves is 11.1 t DW ha-1 year-1, with a median value of 8.1 t DW ha-1 year 1; the mean rate of aboveground NPP for tropical terrestrial forests is 11.9 t DW ha-1 year-1, with a median value of 11.4 t DW ha-1 year 1; and NPP declines with increasing latitude for both mangroves and terrestrial forests. Given the differences in biomass, height, age, and species within and between both forest types, the rates are fairly near, implying that NPP rates in mangroves and other forests are equivalent.
To precisely understand where carbon fixed by the trees is allocated. Hence, it is essential to our capacity to assess the function of mangroves in the coastal and global carbon cycle. Mangroves, like other woody plants, grow new leaf, reproductive organs, stem, branch, and root tissues, as well as store food and provide chemical defense. Mangroves return almost half of the CO2 they absorb to the environment through above- and below-ground respiration. Because there is a dearth of factual data and monitoring root processes and woody part respiration is challenging, this is merely a rough estimate. Light intensity, species composition, nutrient and water availability, salinity, tides, waves, temperature, and climate influence the proportional allocation of fixed carbon within trees.
Mangroves collect sediment and associated particle materials, such as inorganic and organic carbon, because they are located at the land-sea interface. Surprisingly, their presence positively promotes material accumulation. Direct inputs of mangrove carbon into the soil pool and increased rates of mass sediment accumulation are two ways that carbon is collected in mangroves. Consumption by living organisms, particularly microorganisms, is one of the other flow channels for carbon produced by mangroves. Altogether, carbon is consumed, remineralised, and either CO2 or dissolved inorganic carbon is released into the atmosphere. Tidal currents also transport dissolved and particulate organic carbon, which can be deposited, consumed, or mineralized offshore.
Mangroves thus account for about 3% of the carbon stored by the world’s tropical forests but account for only 1% of the total tropical forest area. However, if mangroves’ high per-hectare carbon stocks are disrupted, there is a risk of large Green House Gas (GHG) emissions. Clearing of mangroves, conversion to industrial estates/aquaculture, and changes in drainage patterns all result in dramatic changes in soil chemistry and, in most cases, rapid GHG emission rates, particularly CO2. Although mangroves have a minor role in worldwide forest carbon sequestration, they play a much larger role in carbon burial in the global coastal ocean. Despite accounting for only 0.5 percent of the total coastal ocean area, mangroves provide an average of 14 percent to carbon sequestration in the world’s oceans, compared to other coastal ecosystems. As a result, when compared to any other ecosystem, terrestrial or marine, mangrove forests have the highest area rates of carbon sequestration and hence contribute disproportionately as a carbon sink.
A Potential Site for Carbon Finance Projects
Blue carbon, which is organic carbon trapped and retained over long periods by coastal vegetation ecosystems such as mangrove forests, seagrasses, and salt marshes, is rapidly gaining traction as a significant natural climate solution.
India agreed in its Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) to the Paris Agreement in 2015 to build an extra carbon sink of 2.5-3 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent by 2030 through increased forest and tree cover. However, if the contribution of blue carbon in fulfilling the Paris Agreement’s targets is to be clearly achieved, severe data constraints must be resolved. The government must negotiate with the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) to recognise the carbon sequestered through coastal ecosystems (blue carbon) at the national level in achieving India’s NDC targets and mitigating climate change, along with that Indian mangroves can be considered a potential site for implementing carbon finance projects and trading carbon in the voluntary market. In addition, private sector finance is critical for a variety of mangrove conservation activities as well as achieving the NDC targets effectively and efficiently.
According to a study that analysed the global potential and constraints of mangrove blue carbon for climate change mitigation, India possesses 189 square kilometres of ‘profitable mangroves’ that qualify for blue carbon finance and are financially viable for the next 30 years. According to the report, up to 20% of global mangrove forests are eligible for blue carbon financing, and 10% of global mangrove forests are financially viable over the next 30 years; despite this limited global potential, mangrove blue carbon can be a financially viable means of meeting national-level climate goals. Beyond climate change mitigation, mangroves contribute to broader policy goals such as eco-disaster risk reduction, which coincides with numerous goals in the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, as well as some aims in the Sustainable Development Goals.
Carbon financing can save about one-fifth of all mangrove areas, with roughly half of this being cost-effective and commercially viable. The size of financially viable carbon finance gives ongoing and large-scale initiatives to protect mangrove forests across the tropics providing an economic incentive. Carbon finance might help to fund and implement these measures, but it could also be impacted by changes in deforestation patterns. As a result, having a more consistent and rigorous understanding of return-on-investment studies will assist us in closing the gap between the significant national and international policy interest in mangrove blue carbon and the small scale of existing carbon project implementation. However, despite its high carbon density, analysis shows that a variety of different conservation finance approaches are required to maintain the remaining 80% of mangroves from future threats. By defining the potential and limitations of mangrove blue carbon funding, more practical and realistic conservation plans and climate policies can be adopted, assuring the safeguard of high levels of carbon stocks and biodiversity in this unique ecosystem.
- Ghosh Sahana, (2021, December 28) Deepen understanding of Indian mangrove ecosystems, says mangrove scientist. Mongabay
- Issues Brief, Blue Carbon IUCN
- Ghosh Sahana (2020,May 28). Erosion, an important cause of mangrove loss in the Sundarbans. Mongabay
- V, Thamizoli. P (2021, November 25) Science-based and community-centred approach to restore and sustain mangrove wetlands of India CurrentScience
- India’s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution: Working Towards Climate Justice. Unfccc
- Maria F. Adame,Rod M. Connolly,Mischa P. Turschwell,Catherine E. Lovelock,Temilola Fatoyinbo,David Lagomasino,Liza A. Goldberg,Jordan Holdorf,Daniel A. Friess,Sigit D. Sasmito,Jonathan Sanderman,Michael Sievers,Christina Buelow,J. Boone Kauffman,Dale Bryan-Brown,Christopher J. Brown. ( 2021 February 28 ), Future carbon emissions from global mangrove forest loss. WileyOnlineLibrary
- Ghosh Sahana (2019,November 19On the frontline of disasters, mangroves at the receiving end of development and climate change. Mongabay
- Mangrove Research in Indiansub-continent. Cifor
- Policy Brief ( 2020, September) Scope and potential of coastal ecosystem towards mitigating climate change. Teri
- Yiwen Zeng, Daniel A.Friess, Tasya Vadya Sarira, Kelly Siman, Lian Pin Koh (2021, February 17), Global potential and limits of mangrove blue carbon for climate change mitigation. ScienceDirect.
- Ghosh Sahana (2021, April 28) Mapping future hotspots of carbon dioxide emissions from mangrove loss. Mongabay .
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Achterberg was born in Nederlangbroek in the Netherlands as the third son of a family of eight children. He was raised as a Protestant within the Calvinist tradition. His father was a coachman until the automobile gained popularity. Achterberg was a very good student, and in 1924 he embarked on a career as a teacher. In the same year, he made his literary debut together with Arie Dekkers, who had encouraged him to write, together publishing "De Zangen van Twee Twintigers" (meaning "the songs of two twenty-somethings").
Meanwhile, Achterberg became more withdrawn and introverted. After he was turned down by the military due to "sickness of the soul", he threatened to kill himself. Achterberg's literary career really started to take off when Roel Houwink presented himself as his mentor. Achterberg published his collection "Afvaart" in 1931, in which his famous theme, of a love irrevocably lost, was already strongly present. After the publication of "Afvaart", Achterberg suffered a mental breakdown and was committed to a psychiatric institution several times. His mental instability caused occasional violent outbursts.
These eruptions of violence escalated in 1937. At that time, Achterberg was living in Utrecht and was again engaged to be married. Despite his engagement, however, he fell in love with his landlady, Roel van Es. On December 15, 1937, he tried to force himself on Van Es' daughter Bep. When Van Es tried to stop him, he shot and killed her, and wounded her daughter. After the shooting, he turned himself in and was sentenced to involuntary commitment. He was committed until 1943. His involuntary commitment and the period that followed did not render him inactive, however. Between 1939 and 1953 he published 22 collections of poetry. In 1946 he married his childhood friend Cathrien van Baak, with whom he lived in Leusden until he died from a heart attack in 1962.
In 1959, Achterberg received the Constantijn Huygens Prize for his entire body of work.
Achterberg's most famous work is the sonnet sequence Ballade van de gasfitter (1953; English translations: A Tourist Does Golgotha and Ballad of the gasfitter). J.M. Coetzee included this sonnet sequence in an anthology of his English translations of Dutch poetry entitled Landscape with Rowers (2004). Earlier in his career, Coetzee also wrote an essay on this sonnet sequence, titled: 'Achterberg's "Ballade van de gasfitter": The Mystery of I and You' (1977),
- Margriet Ehlen - Dutch composer who has set some of Achterberg's poetry to music
- J.M. Coetzee, Landscape with Rowers, Princeton University Press 2004, ISBN 978-0-691-12385-1.
- in which he discusses the shifting point of view in relation the main character of the poem. The essay is included in: J.M. Coetzee, Doubling the Point, Harvard University Press 1992, p.69-90.
- Dutch Royal Library - Detailed Biography and Bibliography in Dutch
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Variant position: 90 The position of the amino-acid change on the UniProtKB canonical protein sequence.
Protein sequence length: 377 The length of the canonical sequence.
Location on the sequence:
The residue change on the sequence. Unless the variant is located at the beginning or at the end of the protein sequence, both residues upstream (20) and downstream (20) of the variant will be shown.
Residue conservation: The multiple alignment of the region surrounding the variant against various orthologous sequences.
Human KYPIEHGIITNWDDMEKIWH HTFYNELRVAPEEHPTLLTEA
Mouse KYPIEHGIITNWDDMEKIWH HTFYNELRVAPEEHPTLLTEA
Rat KYPIEHGIITNWDDMEKIWH HTFYNELRVAPEEHPTLLTEA
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Xenopus laevis KYPIEHGIITNWDDMEKIWH HTFYNELRVAPEEHPTLLTEA
Xenopus tropicalis KYPIEHGIITNWDDMEKIWH HTFYNELRVAPEEHPTLLTEA
Sequence annotation in neighborhood: The regions or sites of interest surrounding the variant. In general the features listed are posttranslational modifications, binding sites, enzyme active sites, local secondary structure or other characteristics reported in the cited references. The "Sequence annotation in neighborhood" lines have a fixed format:
Type: the type of sequence feature. Positions: endpoints of the sequence feature. Description: contains additional information about the feature.
Type Positions Description
3 – 377 Actin, alpha cardiac muscle 1
86 – 86 N6-methyllysine
Shared genetic causes of cardiac hypertrophy in children and adults.
Morita H.; Rehm H.L.; Menesses A.; McDonough B.; Roberts A.E.; Kucherlapati R.; Towbin J.A.; Seidman J.G.; Seidman C.E.;
N. Engl. J. Med. 358:1899-1908(2008)
Cited for: VARIANTS CMH11 TYR-90 AND CYS-97;
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New DRC President Felix Tshisekedi's speech has appealed for peace and tolerance in the long-turbulent country after the disputed December 30 election.
Opposition leader Felix Tshisekedi was sworn in on Thursday as Democratic Republic of the Congo's president, succeeding Joseph Kabila in the vast central African country's first transfer of power through an election in 59 years of independence.
Tshisekedi was taken ill during his inaugural address but returned to the stage moments after a brief pause, saying he was exhausted by the election and the emotion of the moment.
His spokesman later told Reuters that his bulletproof vest had been too tight and he had since removed it.
Tshisekedi's victory in the December 30 election was marred by accusations he struck a backroom deal with the outgoing president to deny victory to another opposition candidate. Kabila and Tshisekedi's camps reject those allegations.
Tshisekedi, wearing a blue suit and dark glasses, took the oath of office before a crowd of thousands of cheering supporters, government officials and foreign ambassadors.
TRT World speaks with Stephanie Wolters, a senior research fellow on Central Africa at the Institute for Security Studies.
However, in a sign of lingering doubts about the vote's credibility, Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta was the only foreign head of state present.
Still, the imagery of one leader handing off the presidency to another as Kabila wrapped the presidential sash around his successor was striking in a country where previous power transfers have resulted only from coups, assassination or rebellion.
In his inaugural address, Tshisekedi called for "a reconciled Congo" following the contentious election that saw him narrowly defeat another opposition leader, Martin Fayulu, and Kabila's hand-picked successor, Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary.
"We want to build a strong Congo, turned toward its development in peace and security. A Congo for all, in which everyone has a place," he said.
TRT World's Usman Lone reports.
Tshisekedi said he soon will release all political prisoners in the country.
Fayulu said he won the election by a landslide, a claim backed by Congo's Catholic Church, which deployed 40,000 observers to the polls.
However, many African and Western countries, wary that a dispute could reignite unrest in the volatile central African country, decided to recognise Tshisekedi after Congo's highest court dismissed Fayulu's fraud complaints.
TRT World 's Adesewa Josh has more.
Here is a recap on DRC's disputed presidential election.
After being postponed three times, the elections go ahead on December 30, 2018 to choose a successor to President Joseph Kabila.
His term ran out in late 2016 and his extended stay in power had resulted in demonstrations and criticism.
The election is held in relative calm, although clashes claim four lives in the volatile eastern South-Kivu province.
Voting is delayed until March 2019 in two regions affected by unrest and Ebola.
On December 31, the influential Catholic bishops conference says its observers had signalled anomalies in the vote count.
On January 2, with tensions growing, Kinshasa pulls the accreditation of a French radio journalist and halts broadcasts of the popular Radio France Internationale (RFI).
After a long delay the electoral commission issues provisional results in the early hours of January 10, declaring that opposition candidate Felix Tshisekedi won with 38.57 percent.
Pre-vote favourite, the opposition's Martin Fayulu, took 34.8 percent, it says.
Kabila's chosen successor, Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary, has 23.8 percent.
Fayulu immediately denounces an "electoral coup."
France queries the result and the United States calls for "clarification." The Catholic Church says it does not tally with its own data.
On January 11, a curfew is declared in Kikwit, Fayulu's bastion in the west, where at least nine people are killed in protests.
Legislative election results are announced on January 12, giving pro-Kabila parties a majority in the national assembly.
It means that Tshisekedi's prime minister will come from Kabila's camp.
Fayulu lodges an appeal on January 12 in the Constitutional Court against the presidential vote results.
The following day the Southern African Development Community (SADC) regional bloc urges a recount.
On January 15, documents leaked to foreign media — including the Financial Times, TV5 Monde and RFI — back Fayulu's claim to be the winner.
On January 18, the DRC rebukes the African Union for expressing "serious doubts" over the provisional result, saying the Constitutional Court — considering Fayulu's appeal — is impartial.
The court on January 20 dismisses the appeal and confirms Tshisekedi as winner.
Fayulu calls on the international community to reject Tshisekedi's victory.
The same day SADC congratulates Tshisekedi and calls for a peaceful handover of power.
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Fir trees and sea-friendly vegetation, imposing mountains (Dirfi is 1,743 meters high, while Ochi peaks at 1400 meters), endless beaches, fishing and hunting, the Aedipsos thermal springs, old monasteries, waterfalls, canyons, industrial monuments, and Cavo D’Oro are only a few of the many charming places on the island, along with its capital, Chalkida, which is friendly and affordable, ideal for endless walks next to the water. Yes, Euboea, with its unique beauty and view of the Aegean, is a microcosm of Greece.
Atmospheric villages like the traditional Kymi, Karystos with its Castello Rosso (Kokkinokastro), Limni with its lake, Rovies with its plane trees, Eretria with its archeological museum, Temple of Apollo Daphnephoros, and two lakes. The sunken town of ancient Eretria lies only 30 meters from the existing one, while distanced historically by 2500 years. The deserted villages of Kafirea and, of course, Chalkida, with its fascinating Archeological Museum, the Lichadonisia islets, the twin Venetian towers of Mytika, as well as the monasteries of St. John (Agios Ioannis) the Russian, and St. George (Agios Georgios) Ilion, and the Galataki Monastery. All of these just scratch the surface of the island’s worthwhile sights.
Multiple findings confirm that Euboea has been populated since Paleolithic times. Important archeological finds have also been excavated from the Bronze Age. In Byzantine times, Euboea belonged to the military-administrative region (‘theme’) of Greece and reached great heights. During the Ottoman era, it remained in Turkish hands until 1830, when it became part of Greece. After the 1922 Asia Minor Catastrophe, many refugees took up permanent residence in Nea Artaki and Nea Lampsakos, as well as in refugee settlements of Chalkida and Amaryntho. During World War II, Euboea experienced German bombardments, while its inhabitants engaged intensely in the resistance.
Southern Euboea, Nea Styra and mount Ochi , hosts one of the most challenging mysteries of archeology. This involves the famous Drakospita (Dragon houses), which received their name due to their enormous size. These incredible structures, 25 in all, with their unique wall construction and the use their builders made of them, still a mystery today, are found dispersed throughout southern Euboea. | <urn:uuid:53a92639-3bb0-4936-b622-2795371904cf> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://gastronomytours.com/destinations/euboea/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571472.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811133823-20220811163823-00674.warc.gz | en | 0.952495 | 557 | 2.296875 | 2 |
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