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Sir John Dankworth, a totemic figure of the British jazz scene who worked as a musical director for artists including Nat King Cole and Ella Fitzgerald, has died at the age of 82.
The saxophonist, whose career spanned more than half a century, died yesterday in King Edward VII hospital, London. He had been ill for several months.
Dankworth enjoyed a parallel career as a film and television composer, and wrote the theme tune for television shows The Avengers and Tomorrow's World, as well as scores for films of the 1960s, such as Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, The Servant and Modesty Blaise.
Born into a family of musicians in Essex in 1927, Dankworth, known earlier in his career as Johnny, studied at the Royal Academy of Music after winning a place there at the age of 17. He was voted British Musician of the Year in 1949 following a period of national service, and met his wife, the jazz singer Dame Cleo Laine, in 1950.
His group, The Dankworth Seven, became a favourite of the British jazz scene in the 1950s, and he shared the stage with numerous jazz legends, including Charlie Parker.
Dankworth's agent Jim Murtha told the BBC: "For British jazz and jazz around the world, I believe John has become such an international figure, particularly since he became Sir John Dankworth a few years ago."
Jazz musician Jamie Cullum paid tribute to Dankworth on his Twitter page, calling him a genius. "Sir John Dankworth ‑ a great man and one of our finest musicians and composers has died," he wrote. "Rest in peace sir."
Jazzwise magazine hailed the performer as "one of the totemic figures of British jazz" and said he was the country's "first major jazz musician".
Dankworth was given a CBE in 1974 and knighted in 2006 for his services to music. He met Laine while he was auditioning for singers for his band, and the couple had two children, Alec and Jacqui, who are both jazz musicians.
Laine announced his death at a concert at The Stables theatre, in Buckinghamshire, last night. The couple founded the theatre in the grounds of their home in Wavendon, and the concert ‑ marking the venue's 40th anniversary ‑ went ahead as planned.
It featured performances from Laine, Alec and Jacqui, as well as performers including Paul O'Grady, Prunella Scales, Maureen Lipman, and Victoria Wood.
Stephen Clarke, chairman of the charity that now owns the venue, said: "It is a fitting tribute that on the day of Sir John's death that we celebrated on stage the 40th anniversary of The Stables with some of the many artists who have performed with Sir John at The Stables."
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SCO recently told the court with a straight face that "it is undisputed that SCO did not modify Linux". Well. I don't think that word means what SCO thinks it means.
Here's something for the historical record on planet Earth. First, from the Linux kernel, 2.6.18, something that Groklaw's tredman found, a comment:
Original development of Linux SMP code supported by Caldera.
For verification of the comment, copyright notices, and more on SCO's contributions, tredman has a fine collection.
SCO seems to have grave difficulty remembering what Santa Cruz and Caldera used to do, but happily Groklaw is here to lend a hand.
As for Santa Cruz, you'll find a then-Santa Cruz employee Tigran Aivazian in the credits list also in that same section:
Tigran Aivazian: fixed "0.00 in /proc/uptime on
As Groklaw reported years ago in 2003 when the farce began, he was a Santa Cruz employee who made many kernel contributions and he told Groklaw that he made the contributions to SMP as an employee and with his boss's knowledge and approval.
Caldera employees made contributions to the kernel too, on the job. For Christoph Hellwig's contributions while he was a Caldera employee, go here and here, the latter link providing evidence his contributions were also official and providing a link to a Bradley Kuhn quotation that SCO assigned some of its copyrights to FSF in some cases, which tells one that when there is no copyright in the kernel, it may just indicate that the copyright was assigned to another entity or individual. Kuhn:
"Indeed, FSF holds documents from SCO regarding some of this code. SCO has disclaimed copyright on changes that were submitted and assigned by their employees to key GNU operating system components. Why would SCO itself allow their employees to assign copyright to FSF, and perhaps release SCO's supposed 'valuable proprietary trade secrets' in this way?"
Finally, here's a collection of research Dr. Stupid, Alex Roston, Rand McNatt, nw and I did in 2003 refuting SCO Group's claim that it never "authorized, approved or knowingly released" RCU, JFS, NUMA and SMP in Linux, research Groklaw's readers then built on. For more copyright notices, Groklaw member sk43 found some here and here and here. Anonymous contributes this one.
As for SCO's new claim (raised for the first time so far as I can tell in the Reply Memorandum) that Linus used Sun manuals when writing the kernel, here's some research I did, which indicates to me that SCO has just leaped off the BSD cliff again.
Which has a way of making them go splat.
Update: An anonymous reader found this:
Nobody responded with a source for the POSIX standards, so I went to Plan B. I tracked down the manuals for the Sun Microsystems version of Unix at the university, which was operating a Sun server. The manuals contained a basic version of the system calls that was good enough to help me get by. It was possible to look at the manual pages to see what the system call was supposed to do, and then set about the task of implementing it from there. The manual pages didn't say how to do it, they just said what the end results were. I also gleaned some of the system calls from Andrew Tanenbaum's book and a few others. Eventually someone sent me the thick books containing the POSIX standards.
Chapter 6, pages 79-80. "Just for Fun" ISBN 1-58799-080-6
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This summer, I want to keep writing at the forefront, even though we’re not officially “schooling”. Since my boys (especially my rising 3rd grader) LOVE to draw, I thought it would be fun to let them do a little creative writing, inspired by Lines that Wiggle by Candace Whitman. (By the way, this is a great “any time of year” writing idea. If I was still in the classroom, I’d totally use it in a literacy center.)
Creative Writing in Action
Print off a page from the pack, like this one. (In the FREE 40-page pack, you’ll find creative writing ideas for Wiggle Writing, Shape Writing, Letter Writing, and Number Writing. There’s also a blank page for kids to make their own creations. The download link is at the end of this post.)
Ask the child to complete the image on the left side of the paper then write about the picture on the right side of the picture. (He used the wiggle line to create a fishing pole.)
Creative Writing and Spelling Mistakes
I don’t know if you’ve noticed a pattern when kids are allowed to have some creative writing time. I have. They don’t always spell their words correctly (in the example above: SAMINE for salmon). This is mainly because kids are still learning to spell and it’s hard for their brain to focus on being creative and spelling everything conventionally at the same time. Often times, kids are creatively “dumping” their words on paper, wanting to just get their thoughts down.
Just a side note: Multi-tasking is hard for humans in general. If kids are focused on reading all the words correctly, they often forget to make meaning of what they’ve just read (this happened to me even in high school). Adults can also have a hard time doing two things at once: driving in heavy traffic and carrying on a conversation.
What Should We do About Misspellings in Creative Writing?
- Write down some words before writing time. After your child draws his picture, ask him to tell you what he’d like to say. If there are some words you know he doesn’t have the spelling knowledge to spell (such as salmon), spell those words on a dry erase board or piece of paper and let your child copy the words.
- Ask the child to edit the misspellings. If this creative writing will be something that the child will re-visit often, I personally like the misspellings to be corrected. Often times, kids misspell words we’ve already taught them. I hold my son accountable by asking him to use his word wall folder and his one-page vowel pattern chart. He can go back and edit his own work using these resources.
- Let it go. Nit-picking every wrong spellings from our child’s independent or creative writing time can sometimes suck the fun right out of writing for our child, not to mention deflate his motivation. It could very well be that we just need to enjoy and encourage our child’s creativity instead of adding on, “…but that’s not how you spell…”
More Writing Ideas for Kids:
- Writing Longer Sentences (a roll and write activity)
- Simple Writing Lessons for Primary Grades
- Writer’s Notebook for Kids
- 25 Ways to Make Writing Fun
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Scientists at the University of Ohio have discovered what they claim to be the world’s smallest superconductor, which is less than 1nm in width. The superconductor works on a molecular scale and is formed by four pairs of molecules. The research was published in Nature’s Nanotechnology paper, and has been called a path-breaking idea in the field of nanoscale electronics.
In the past, interconnects of the modern chip fabrication process have always had problems with Joule heating and melting, as they traditionally have been built by metal, which conducts heat equally well as electricity. Interconnects on the nanoscale are called nanowires, whose electrical resistance unfortunately increases as they are made smaller.
However, using the new world’s smallest superconductor as the basis for a new-generation of nanowires might remove this problem altogether. Superconductors are so named because their electrical resistance tends towards zero, and will conduct electricity while only negligibly causing heat or power loss. The breakthrough comes with the fact that a certain superconductor is now known to be able to function on the molecular level, completely at odds with what scientists thought was a unshakeable truth, that superconductors only functioned on the macroscopic level.
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Computer Weekly Buyer's Guide 2011
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Each month the publication will run a series of articles on a particular category of software/hardware/IT service, which will appear in print on a weekly basis and online at the start of the month. Articles will run as features section in print, and as an SEO-optimised Buyer's Guide page online. The Buyer's Guide article in print will point readers to the online Buyer's Guide, where they will be able to access all the articles in one place. This should encourage our print readers to use ComputerWeekly.com's online Buyer's Guide as an IT toolbox, which they can bookmark and return.
Buyer’s Guide will be organised into four parts, which develop into a standalone piece of evergreen content that readers can refer back to. Each part will include a written article plus relevant background material as well as exclusive online-only multimedia content and infographics.
1. Market Overview
This is an introduction to the topic covered in the Buyer's Guide. The article will examine the nature of a given software/hardware/IT services product category, look at where it fits within the business, why users need it and which companies sell products in this category.
2. Analyst Perspective
Here, Computer Weekly will invite leading IT analysts to submit relevant research that can help readers narrow down product choices with a shortlist of products they may wish to investigate further.
3. Case Study
At this stage in the buying cycle, the reader has a shortlist and may have given his/her technical people a brief to research the products in more detail, such as by following up customer references from the supplier. Computer Weekly supports this research with an in-depth case study, selected for its uniqueness, which illustrates best practices, technical and business drivers, lessons learnt and future plans of a successful IT project using one of the products shortlisted.
4. Business Case
Finally, the reader is in a position to discuss with a business decision-maker the merits of buying the product. In partnership with an IT analyst firm, Computer Weekly aims to help readers put together the business case, by providing examples of how the numbers stack up, in providing value to the business. Our aim here is to help the reader develop a successful business case, by providing material that they can reference and build on when they document the justification for the IT project.
January to March 2011
Buyer’s Guide - Features List
We will produce a quarterly schedule of Buyer’s Guides, allowing us to keep topical and also respond to short-term commercial opportunities. The proposed Q1 2011 schedule is:
January – The consumerisation of IT – opportunities and threats
With more and more people carrying smartphones television with integrated internet and tablet devices, businesses need to re-evaluate and modernize their web strategies. People are now able to interact with businesses at any time, anywhere and from any device. How do you best support multi-channel eBusiness.
February – Next generation mobile communications
With next generation mobile promising to provide fast internet right to the palm of your hand, the industry is working at break-neck speeds to rollout mobile apps and mobile commerce. In this series of articles we will look at the up and coming technologies, the business opportunities and the barriers to adoption of mobile broadband services.
March – Financial services IT
Traditionally, the financial services sector has been a big spender of IT. But given the global economic crisis, how are the banks and insurance companies driving IT innovation when budgets are tight? This series will look at the technology, services and methodologies the financial services companies are favouring to innovate with IT
April – IT security
The security landscape is evolving as users move to flexible working and IT investigates the threats and opportunities of cloud services. At the same time hackers are exposing holes in seemingly “unbreakable” systems. How can IT balance flexible access with the need to lock-down critical systems?
May – Networking in the cloud
For businesses and government departments to adopt cloud computing services, a reliable network connection is essential. In this series of articles we will investigate how to prepare your network infrastructure for cloud computing. We will look at network redundancy, virtualisation, network accelerators, and benchmarking.
June – How to support IT operations
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London, March 4 (ANI): A new technique that repairs damaged bridges using shape memory alloys is being developed by scientists at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
When an earthquake hits, modern bridges bend rather than break, but older bridges can sustain serious damage.
The new repair technique wraps up damaged columns using shape memory alloy (SMA) wire and could make the bridges stronger than ever, New Scientist reported.
Bridges are usually repaired using either sheets of fibre-reinforced polymer or concrete jackets. Although FRP sheeting is quick to apply, it can take at least a week for the resinous material to cure to the required strength. Concrete jackets, on the other hand, take days of construction work to install.
The new method "remembers" its previous shape and returns to it on heating. The first stage of the repair is to remove loose concrete from the damaged column and replace it with quick-setting mortar.
Then a spiral of wire made of a nickel-titanium-niobium alloy is wrapped around the column. The wire has been stretched, but it contracts again when heated with a blowtorch, effectively shrink-wrapping the damaged column. This applies pressure to the column and strengthens it.
The wrapping method was tested on columns one-third the usual size and the repair took less than 15 hours to complete. Tests showed that the columns were restored to their original strength. The ductility ratio, which describes the column's ability to withstand further damage, was higher after repair than when the columns had first been built.
In the next few months, spirals will be installed in one or more road bridges in association with the Illinois Department of Transportation to test the SMA's durability.
"Other methods need skilful labour and time, days or weeks, while this new technique needs no skills and the SMA spirals could be wrapped and heated in a few hours," said Bassem Andrawes, who led the team.
David Grant, a materials scientist at the University of Nottingham, UK, says that extreme temperatures may have significant effects on the SMAs in this application.
"It would be interesting to see if the long-term recovery stress holds for long periods of time, especially in cold climates where the temperature is well below freezing," he stated. (ANI)
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“May I be free of suffering; may I be at peace. May you be free of suffering; may you be at peace. May all beings be free of suffering; may all beings be at peace.“ – Gautam Buddha
Human beings, through eons of biological evolution arose as a creation of Nature which is set apart from other living beings. This difference at times caught us in a state of bewilderment. Our ability to think, imagine and analyse contributed to this fundamental difference. We would had drifted like unmanned ship in the sea of life, without a clear understanding about our existence.
This very understanding about the nature of the creation, the underlying logic behind the convoluted mesh of our world, the mysterious existence of our mind, the reason for the omnipresent suffering of all living beings and the way to bring an end to this suffering; the root cause of all our problems and the solution to these problems obtained clarity for the first time ever through the unique teachings of Gautam Buddha, one of the greatest minds of all times.
The teachings of Shakyamuni Buddha based on the four noble truths – dukkha (suffering), samudaya(cause of suffering), nirodha(cessation of suffering), magga (noble eight-fold path) set the path to freedom from ignorance, craving, rebirth and suffering. His teachings enriched not only mankind but the entire existence. Gautam Buddha was the first human being who ever advocated the practice of compassion towards all sentient beings, love and kindness for all living beings. According to Buddha’s doctrine all sentient beings including those in the animal realm, possess Buddha nature and therefore can attain enlightenment. Concern for animals is attested back to the very beginning of Buddhist history.
“Now, after more than 2000 years from the birth and parinirvana of Shakyamuni Gautam Buddha, the world is still throng with sufferings, generations of mankind have flown from one shore to the next in utter confusion created by their own minds. India, the once holy land of the Gurus has lost connection with its past tradition of wisdom and knowledge. This is undeniably the greatest tragedy which India ever experienced in terms of intellectual and spiritual growth of the country.”
Gautam Buddha’s teachings taught the human world for the first time to give respect to animals and other living beings. His dharma of kindness and non-violence re-iterated the essence of true love, love based on compassion. This compassion encompasses all sentient beings caught in the web of life. His teachings taught the world that the path towards peace is not through prayers and offerings, the path towards peace is through practice of non -violence and compassion. We ourselves have to walk the path and bring an end to our sufferings. Our prayers alone cannot bring any change, the change must arise in our thoughts, peace is to be achieved through our own actions. The disparities of our world are nothing but the projections of our mind, illusions created by our ignorance.
Throughout his lifetime, Gautam Buddha showed his followers as well his adversaries the significance of practicing forgiveness and non-violence through his teachings and actions. The enigma called ‘mind’ was translated for first time to our world through his words; an in-depth understanding of this rather mysterious phenomenon called ‘mind’ was introduced to the Eastern world by Gautam Buddha.
Later, the great universities of ancient India like Takshashila (now in Pakisthan), Nalanda(in present day Bihar), Vikramshila(in present day Bihar)earned its due recognition the world over as renowned seats of knowledge, where the most sophisticated knowledge about ‘mind’ apart from many other subjects were researched and its practice got propagated to other countries outside India in due course of time. The Indian civilization reached its zenith in creativity; be it music, art, dance, literature, architecture under the rule of this dharma of Gautam Buddha. India witnessed its glory under the umbrella of wisdom and knowledge of Buddha Dharma.
Now, after more than 2000 years from the birth and parinirvana of Shakyamuni Gautam Buddha, the world is still throng with sufferings, generations of mankind have flown from one shore to the next in utter confusion created by their own minds. India, the once holy land of the Gurus has lost connection with its past tradition of wisdom and knowledge. This is undeniably the greatest tragedy which India ever experienced in terms of intellectual and spiritual growth of the country.
The country where universities like Nalanda and Taksashila flourished, where people from all over the world aggregated to gather knowledge seems to have lost its direction. The heart of Buddha Dharma lies in India. The people of India cannot continue to languish in the darkness of ignorance, this holy land of dharma must rise from its slumber. Now, the time have come for India to take the reign in this regard. This can never happen till India accepts the truth about its past, till every Indian is not re-taught that the ruins of Nalanda are of greater significance than the glorified monuments of some tyrannical dynasties.
“Later, the great universities of ancient India like Takshashila (now in Pakisthan), Nalanda(in present day Bihar), Vikramshila(in present day Bihar)earned its due recognition the world over as renowned seats of knowledge, where the most sophisticated knowledge about ‘mind’ apart from many other subjects were researched and its practice got propagated to other countries outside India in due course of time.”
The modern scientific world finally has taken note of the exotic eastern wisdom practiced in the form of Buddhism; the dharma of ancient India is arising as the only hope for humankind. While the West tries to warm up to the Eastern tradition of compassion, India must wake up to the rich repository of treasure in the form of ancient knowledge and practices which collected dust over years of misuse. India must not waste anymore time in bringing this tradition of Buddha Dharma to the forefront to rescue the country from the prevailing quagmire. Gautam Buddha taught us all through his teachings thousands of years ago that material comfort shouldn’t be confused with happiness, material comforts could never bring us peace of mind.
Buddha dharma warned us to guard our mind against the confusing projections leading to greed, lust, jealousy and pride. This ancient Indian tradition inculcated kindness amongst us, we learned to care for other living beings, we learned to share our fortunes with the needy, we learned to be good human beings. This dharma of compassion taught us to be resilient, to be the light unto ourselves. We Indians have carried this legacy of compassion and peace, hence we ought to take responsibility for all our actions. The world is looking eastward towards us for answers to their confusions, we need to find them, we must bolster ourselves to not disappoint humanity. Let’s rise as a nation, lets rise as people, lets rise as individuals through this path of compassion, peace and non-violence. Let’s rise through the path of truth, through the conscious practice of Buddha dharma.
The day of birth, enlightenment and parinirvana of Shakyamuni Gautam Buddha is of great significance for the entire world. Every year this day is celebrated across different countries over the world in different names viz, Buddha Purnima, Buddha Jayanti, Vaisak day, Saga-Dawaduchen, Hanamatsuri, Buddha Day and so on. This day commemorating the birth, nirvana and parinirvana of Tathagata Gautam Buddha is meant to be an occasion for sincere vision by entire mankind.
I believe this significant day should be purposefully celebrated universally, irrespective of caste, creed, nationality and religion. Everyone must celebrate this day by understanding the essence of Buddha Dharma and by bringing a conscious change in their actions. Let this celebration be not left to prayers alone, let the wholesome actions of dharma be an integral part of it. This annual celebration of birth, nirvana and parinirvana of Gautam Buddha can be a meaningful day for entire humankind to make a thoughtful insight into their actions and make the possible amends wherever necessary.
Let the merits of our compassionate actions, our benevolence be shared by all living beings.
Let us be the reason to lessen the sufferings of all sentient beings. Let us build a more compassionate, a more resilient world.
Sabbe Satta Sukhi Hontu
Om Mani Padme Hum
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Deep Breathing Worksheet
Worksheet published on December 5th, 2017
Worksheet updated on January 4th, 2021
We all know that sometimes life can get overwhelming. Whether it is stress at work, home, or from an unexpected circumstance that causes us to feel overwhelmed. Whatever the case, it is important to know how to manage the feelings of stress, anxiety, fatigue, and depressed mood that comes with difficult circumstances.
We all have our own way of coping, but research has found that regularly performing deep breathing exercises significantly reduces the symptoms of stress we feel.
About This Worksheet
This is a Deep Breathing worksheet. On this worksheet, you will find 4 deep breathing exercises that have been found to significantly reduce symptoms of stress. The four breathing exercises found on this worksheet are:
- 10-second breaths
- Chest Breaths
- Belly Breaths
- 4-7-8 breaths
Each are commonly used in meditative exercises, along with therapeutic DBT work for stress management. This worksheet provides simple steps on how to perform these four popular forms of meditative breathing.
This worksheet is a guide of how to perform each type of breath work. On this worksheet the user is provided with step-by-step instructions on how to properly perform the breaths. This worksheet is great for group settings and for teaching individual clients how to use breathing to reduce the feelings of stress and manage racing negative thoughts. It will also help with learning emotional regulation skills.
Work through each step of the exercises together with your client or group in order to teach them how to properly perform the breaths. Provide your client or group members with a copy of this worksheet to use outside of the clinical setting. | <urn:uuid:37514429-01fd-4230-aa2a-aac1a1e98c8f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.psychpoint.com/worksheets/deep-breathing | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573667.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819100644-20220819130644-00075.warc.gz | en | 0.948314 | 358 | 3.21875 | 3 |
Syros Island - Cyclades Greece
The capital island of the Cyclades is Syros, which is one of the most popular islands in the region. It is a very pretty island and one with an inspiring landscape and scenery. It is also an island with a long and interesting history.
Syros is an excellent choice for your Greek island holidays and vacations, and offers a great deal to enjoy and experience for visiors. There are interesting towns to visit and sights to see.
The island is home to a wonderful selection of beautiful beaches such as Megalos Yialos, Armeo and Galissas. During the summer months these beaches are filled with holidaymakers enjoying the cool refreshing waters of the Aegean.
You will be able to find an excellent selection of accommodation in Syros including hotels, studios and apartments. There are many lovely restaurants and tavernas where you can enjoy a meal, and the island is well developed to cater for tourism.
In our Syros travel guide, you will find a wide selection of useful information for your holidays and vacations to the island including information on the towns and villages, hotels and accommodation, entertainment, nightlife, sites and museums, beaches, churches and much more for your travels to Syros.
Our complete travel guide to Syros can be found at www.aroundsyros.com and is full of useful information for this magical Greek island.
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MANKIND’S NEED FOR ISLAM
from Radio Islam
by Imâm al-Haram Husayn ibn ‘Abdul ‘Azîz Aal Sheikh
All praise is due to Allâh, Lord of all the worlds, may peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allâh, his household and companions.
Fellow Muslims! Fear Allâh in your words and deeds, for “Whoever fears Allâh, and keeps his duty to Him, He will provide him a way out (of every difficulty), and He will provide him from sources he could never imagine.†(At-Talâq 65: 2-3)
Dear Muslims! The greatest blessing that Allâh bestowed on mankind is His sending of Muhammad – peace and blessings be on him – with a pure religion that brings all good to mankind and protects them from all that is evil through its principles of justice, brotherhood, freedom and peace.
Brothers in Islâm! The faith that the Prophet established its pillars is the source of all good and felicity for those who follow its guidance. This faith is the pure tree with ripe and everlasting fruits.
Allâh says, “See you not how Allâh set forth a parable? – A goodly word as a goodly tree, whose root is firmly fixed and its branches (reach) to the sky. Giving its fruits at all times by the leave of its Lord…†(Ibrâheem 14: 24)
Islâm is the treasure of all good for mankind without which they will go astray and live in misery and loss.
Allâh says, “By the time! Verily! Man is in loss, except those who believe and do righteous good deeds and recommend one another to the truth and recommend one another to patience.†(Al-Asr 103: 1-3)
The Islâmic creed with which the Prophet Muhammad was sent is the bringer of all good and prosperity and the preventer of all evil and its causes. Whoever adheres to it will ever remain on the straight path. He will not be carried away by whims nor deceived by the beauties of this world.
Allâh says, “Then whenever there comes to you guidance from Me and whoever follows My guidance, there shall be no fear on them, nor shall they grieve.†(Al-Baqarah 2: 38)
Brothers in faith! Only through true faith can man know his appropriate place and march on the path marked for him with light and sure knowledge. He will follow only the right guidance and live his life in righteousness in line with his pure nature and clean conscience far from ugly deeds and behaviours.
Fellow Muslims! The impact of faith is great in the mind and its fruits are wonderful. Apart from its purification of the heart and developing it, it is also an infinite living treasure. It gives man power, perseverance, firmness, peace of mind and hope in this world where there is unending war between truth and falsehood; good and evil, it gives absolute security, complete guidance and perfect light.
Allâh says, “Those who believe and whose hearts find rest in the remembrance of Allah, Verily, in the remembrance of Allâh do hearts find rest.†(Ar-Ra’d 13: 28)
Whoever lives in the vastness of faith, holds fast to its strong rope and follows its illuminating light by living a life that will make him understand the infinite wisdom of Allâh, His vast Mercy, His past laws and His Divine Power. That will then give him peace of mind, because he will know then that whatever good that comes his way has already been predestined for him and that whatever calamity that he suffers has also been predestined for him. He will have no doubt nor worries but march on with firm step towards his virtuous goals.
The Messenger of Allâh said, “Observe the rights of Allâh, He will protect you; observe His rights upon you, and you will find him before you. If you ask, ask of Allâh; if you seek assistance, seek it from Allâh. Know that if the whole world gathered together to benefit you, they could not do so except by that which Allâh has destined for you; and if they gathered together to harm you, they could not do so except by that which Allâh has destined for you. The pens have been raised and the sheets have dried.†(Which means everything has already been predestined by Allâh.)
True faith gives man certainty, confidence and power to persevere. IF he is in bliss, he will not be arrogant, but will rather praise his Lord and thank Him and if he is afflicted with calamity, he will not despair, but will rather have patience and be satisfied with his fate. This is because he exemplifies his faith with clarity and power of will, and derives his power of forbearance during hardship from it. Nothing will then be able to divert him from his faith and his seeking for the pleasure of his Lord. He will rather increase in purity, sincerity, truthfulness, patience and firmness.
The Messenger of Allâh said, ‘The affair of a believer is wonderful; all his affairs are good for him and that is for none except the believer. When he gets a bliss he thanks Allâh for that, and that is good for him and when a calamity befalls him, he is patient and that is also good for him.’ (Muslim)
Brothers in Islâm! A nation that is governed by the Islâmic creed and its life is controlled by the realities of faith is a powerful nation in itself; a nation that has a natural immunity that enables it – with permission of Allâh – to overcome all hardships and trials; and prevent its children from being affected by despair during calamities. It will rather be a nation that calamities and trials only increase it in good, reform and constructive life. It is actually a nation that has passed through all kinds of tribulations in its long history. If any other nation were to have a similar experience, it would have disappeared from the pages of history. Yes, it is a nation that has been promised a clear victory.
“Allâh has promised those among you who believe and do righteous good deeds that He will certainly grant them succession (to the present rulers) in the earth as He granted it to those before them and that He will grant them the authority to practise their religion, that which He has chosen for them (i.e. Islâm). He will surely give them in exchange a safe security after their fear (provided) they worship Me and do not associate anything (in worship) with Me.†(An-Nûr 24: 55)
Brothers in faith! Abandoning the pleasant source of faith, its realities and light of Islâm cause dangerous crises. Perpetual darkness and a life that is devoid of happiness or bliss.
Allâh says, “But whoever turns away from My reminder, verily, for him is a life of hardship and We shall raise him up blind on the Day of Resurrection.†(Tâhâ 20: 124)
The winds of evils that blow among mankind these days as well as wars and instability are all a result of keeping away from the divine path. True faith and the correct concept of freedom and equality.
Allâh says, “And transgress not the limits. Truly Allâh likes not the transgressors.†(Al-Baqarah 2: 190)
Therefore as long as the life is not based on the foundation laid by the Creator, as long as the wise men of the world do not fully recognise sources of evil and as long as the solution to the worlds problems is not based on comprehensive justice and common-sense, there will never be any visible end to wars and the ship of this world will not find its way to the port of peace – regardless of efforts exerted towards this goal.
Fellow Muslims! Some world communities are afflicted with some calamities. The frightening danger does not lie in these incidents but in the methods taken to face the problem and overcome it. Common sense should be used in tackling them and proper steps should be taken to avoid their reoccurrence. Investigation should be adequately made and conclusions should not be hastily drawn in order to avoid more severe consequences.
Allâh says, “O you who believe! If a rebellious evil person comes to you with a piece of news, verify it, lest you harm people in ignorance and afterwards you become regretful for what you have done.†(Al-Hujurât 49: 6)
The Messenger of Allâh said, ‘Deliberateness is from Allâh, while haste is from Satan.’
Brothers in faith! Muslims nowadays are passing through difficult situations and they are surrounded by dangers that threaten their very existence. They are therefore looking towards better conditions. However, there is a fact that should be clear to everybody: this community of ours has a special nature that distinguishes it from other people; that is its belief which is based on total and complete submission to Allâh, the Exalted.
It is this very belief and action according to its injunctions – in all spheres of one’s life that can guarantee the much desired peace and security.
Allâh says, “Truly, Allâh defends those who believe.†(Al-Hajj 22: 38)
Therefore, there is no way for this nation out of its present predicaments except by faithfully returning to Allâh, adhering truly to the sunnah of the Prophet and being sincere towards its religion inwardly and outwardly.
There is no way out except by loving Allâh and his Messenger with all the hearts and abiding by His law in governance and arbitration and in all matters of life.
Allâh says, “It is not for a believer, man or woman, when Allâh and His Messenger have decreed a matter that they should have any opinion in their decision. And whoever disobeys Allâh and His Messenger, he has indeed strayed in a plain error.†(Al-Ahzâb 33: 36)
Now is the time for dead hearts to awake! Now is the time for the heedless to remember Allâh and for the one deep in the sea of sin to cling to the ship of salvation!
Allah says, “Has not the time come for the hearts of those who believe to be affected by Allâh’s reminder and that which has been revealed of the truth, lest they become as those who received the Scripture (the Torah and Gospel) before (i.e. the Jews and the Christians) and the term was prolonged for them and so their hearts were hardened? And many of them were rebellious, disobedient (to Allâh).†(Al-Hadîd 57: 16)
O journalists! The obligation of the mass media is to understand its role. The mass media should build and not destroy; correct and not damage. It should be occupied with issues of high importance not trivialities. Let it be an avenue for guiding the Muslim children to their religion and actions that lead towards unity of Muslims, sincerity to this great religion, serving and defending it faithfully.
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CO-ORDINATION AND RESPONSE
Many multicellular organisms have both nervous and hormonal co-ordination and
control systems, enabling them to respond to changes in their environments.
Homeostasis is the maintenance of a constant internal environment.
1. The amount of water in our bodies is
regulated by the pituitary gland
and the kidneys. This is so our cells
2. The body
around 37 C, so
they enzymes can
work at their
A co-ordinated response requires a stimulus, a receptor and an effector.
Stimulus a change in environment, e.g. sound, temperature, light.
Receptor Picks up the stimulus, e.g. eyes, ears, nose etc.
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Dry eyes have a variety of signs, all of that are uncomfortable to reside with every day. However with fashionable know-how and medical advances, there’s no have to resort to ineffective dwelling cures or struggling in silence. Relying on the reason for the signs, there’s one thing to beat the problems related to dry eyes.
Suggestions for Dry Eye Points
There are various causes of dry eyes, and in case your physician believes it could be brought on by an infection and irritation, they’ll prescribe remedy. A easy course of antibiotics may concurrently clear an an infection whereas selling oil manufacturing within the glands across the eye. This dual-purpose profit the affected person with fast aid of signs whereas eradicating the underlying trigger for long-term aid. Some antibiotic eye drops include an anti-inflammatory ingredient, appropriate for sufferers with different underlying circumstances, resembling rheumatic arthritis.
Beforehand persistent dry eye has made carrying contact lenses uncomfortable for many individuals. Now with developments in lens know-how, one of the best choices for folks with dry eyes are snug for normal put on. Silicone hydrogel lenses are hydrophilic, which means they’re glorious at staying moist, a vital property for wearers with dry eyes. They’re additionally oxygen-permeable, which means the corneas get the utmost oxygen potential, lessening the discomfort related to dry eye circumstances.
Perimenopausal girls can particularly endure from dry eyes together with a number of different signs as a consequence of hormonal fluctuations. Over-the-counter drops may also help scale back hormone-related dry eyes, however there are other ways to help the eyes on this time of change. A weight loss plan with a wholesome stability of omegas-6 and three will encourage tear manufacturing and scale back irritation. Most western diets are excessive in omega-6, so slicing again on this and rising omega-3 content material is helpful.
Vitamin A will even stimulate tear manufacturing, making it one other important nutrient for getting the correct quantity of every day. Fruit and greens with yellow, purple, and orange coloring are ideally suited sources of vitamin A, because the physique converts carotenoids into the nutrient. It’s the carotenoids that give the meals its coloring, making it simple to establish which of them include them. Colourful fruit and greens are important to total well being for everybody and may also help stop eye points in a while.
Learn: Why Do My Eyes Harm?
Go Preservative Free
Some folks have an allergy to preservatives present in make-up, eye drops, air fresheners, and extra. Common utilization of merchandise containing these preservative components will irritate the elements of the physique uncovered to them. Choosing preservative-free eye drops and make-up if such components trigger dry eyes will naturally scale back irritation within the eyes. Much less eye itchiness will imply the eyes are rubbed much less, so there’s much less irritation and fewer itchiness, breaking the cycle that causes the dryness and potential injury.
There are a number of causes folks endure from dry eyes, however there are equally as some ways to deal with and handle the signs brought on by dry eyes. So many remedies imply nobody should endure from persistent dry eyes. A go to to the physician or optician will show you how to decide the underlying trigger and implement an appropriate therapy plan. | <urn:uuid:f96c6f28-fdaf-448c-973f-ddd852c203e3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://thesmm.in/4-ways-to-overcome-dry-eye-issues/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00274.warc.gz | en | 0.928153 | 714 | 1.890625 | 2 |
The new tab page is the default starting point for all tabs - it is designed to get the user where they want to go, and is not meant to be an information resource like the user's home page; that is, the new tab page is not intended to be a destination, but rather a jumping-off point to other destinations - we strongly want to avoid cognitive load and distractions for the user, especially those creating new tabs for other purposes.
The new tab page is made up of several sections; these sections will vary in size and presentation method as we figure out which sections are and are not useful.
- Most Visited: A grid of thumbnails showing the user's nine most frequently visited sites.
- Searches: Like most visited, the searches section shows your most frequent searches. Currently, this is a list of the most frequently used keyword searches, but will be expanded to include all form-field based searches.
- Recent Bookmarks: A list of the user's nine most recently created bookmarks.
- Recently Closed Tabs: A list of up to three tabs that have been closed within the last X minutes. Clicking an item here will restore the tab to the same state it was in when it was closed.
- Show the end-points of navigations (if you always click on the same link after going to a root page, why not show the linked page instead).
- Allow control over the contents of the grid
- Vary content depending on context (time of day, IP block, etc)
Experimenting with the New Tab Page
It is relatively easy to make edits to the new tab page as its frontend is constructed with HTML.
To edit the HTML, look for browser\resources\new_tab.html - the backend for this page is defined in browser\dom_ui\new_tab_ui.cc. After making HTML changes, you'll need to recompile the resources:
- Right-click new_tab.html and select Compile.
- Right-click browser_resources.rc and select Compile.
- Press F5 to run Chromium.
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Mahatma Gandhi is remembered in the world for four major virtues. They are non-violence, truth, love and fraternity. By applying these four virtues he brought freedom to India.His full name was Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. He was born in Porebandar of Gujarat on 2 October 1869. His father was an officer in charge of a Province. Mohandas married while he was reading in High School.After passing the Entrance Examination he went to England to study law. M. K.Gandhi was not born great. He was an ordinary child like many of us. In the beginning he acted like a common child. He told lies only once in his life. | <urn:uuid:bf652041-3a3c-4c79-9b74-c216e3d81b06> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://brainly.in/question/246296 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281331.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00225-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.992547 | 144 | 3.1875 | 3 |
MORE EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION WITH
Today we are experiencing an ever-growing
communication gap between parents, teachers and the children whom they are
responsible for. Only through honest and sincere communication can we help our
children to become honest, healthy and happy individuals.
There are two basic categories; those who suppress themselves
and do not communicate; and those who suppress the others by raising their
voices, blaming and criticizing the others, ordering them around in various
We learned in previous chapters that in the I-message we explain to the child
what we are really feeling and the thoughts, beliefs, expectations, fears and
attachments that create those feelings within us.
Now the child himself obviously has a problem which is not allowing him or
her to use his or her mental abilities to their full potential.
A child keeps pleading to be taken to a movie, but has not cleaned up his room
for several days, a job, which he agreed to do.
A twelve-year-old is sent home by a teacher with a note stating that he was
speaking loudly, using "filthy" language. What might be the parentsą reaction?
Although their daughter agreed to be home by 12 midnight, she arrives at 1.30
in the morning. The parents are extremely worried that something may have
happened to her and are quite relieved when she finally gets home.
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“Yet I think there is one for you to guess, brother,” I said gently, “and it is: Where is the live bear hiding? Can’t you see that there were two bears on that ice-head, and that one has killed and eaten the other?”
“How do you know that?” asked Ragnar.
“Because I saw the slot of the second as we passed the birch wood yonder. It has a split claw on the left forefoot and the others are all worn by the ice.”
“Then why in Odin’s name did you not say so before?” exclaimed Ragnar angrily.
Now I was ashamed to confess that I had been dreaming, so I answered at hazard:
“Because I wished to look upon the sea and the floating ice. See what wondrous colours they take in this light!”
When he heard this, Steinar burst out laughing till tears came into his blue eyes and his broad shoulders shook. But Ragnar, who cared nothing for scenery or sunsets, did not laugh. On the contrary, as was usual with him when vexed, he lost his temper and swore by the more evil of the gods. Then he turned on me and said:
“Why not tell the truth at once, Olaf? You are afraid of this beast, and that’s why you let us come on here when you knew it was in the wood. You hoped that before we got back there it would be too dark to hunt.”
At this taunt I flushed and gripped the shaft of my long hunting spear, for among us Northmen to be told that he was afraid of anything was a deadly insult to a man.
“If you were not my brother——” I began, then checked myself, for I was by nature easy-tempered, and went on: “It is true, Ragnar, I am not so fond of hunting as you are. Still, I think that there will be time to fight this bear and kill or be killed by it, before it grows dark, and if not I will return alone to-morrow morning.”
Then I pulled my horse round and rode ahead. As I went, my ears being very quick, I heard the other two talking together. At least, I suppose that I heard them; at any rate, I know what they said, although, strangely enough, nothing at all comes back to me of their tale of an attack upon a ship or of what then I did or did not do.
“It is not wise to jeer at Olaf,” said Steinar, “for when he is stung with words he does mad things. Don’t you remember what happened when your father called him ‘niddering’ last year because Olaf said it was not just to attack the ship of those British men who had been driven to our coast by weather, meaning us no harm?”
“Aye,” answered Ragnar. “He leapt among them all alone as soon as our boat touched her side, and felled the steersman. Then the British men shouted out that they would not kill so brave a lad, and threw him into the sea. It cost us that ship, since by the time we had picked him up she had put about and hoisted her large sail. Oh, Olaf is brave enough, we all know that! Still, he ought to have been born a woman or a priest of Freya who only offers flowers. Also, he knows my tongue and bears no malice.” | <urn:uuid:8e670f7e-3722-44d0-8919-5ae14a4db916> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.bookrags.com/ebooks/3097/7.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721555.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00180-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.987881 | 761 | 1.734375 | 2 |
What is DEXIS CariVu?
DEXIS CariVu is a cavity-detection device that emits no radiation. Because some patients are averse to X-rays and radiology instruments, we use CariVu to make sure we can diagnose all our patients in a way that keeps them comfortable.
How Does It Work?
The technology behind DEXIS CariVu is called near-infrared light, and it allows Dr. Eliot Tokowitz to transilluminate your teeth. Because cavities and cracks absorb this light, they will show up as dark spots on the image, making them easy to notice.
Sometimes it’s great to get a second opinion. Alongside traditional X-ray procedures, DEXIS CariVu can be used to see your teeth in a different light. Together, X-rays and CariVu images give a well-rounded picture showing the health of your teeth. CariVu can be used together with other dental tools as well, allowing our dentist to give you the most robust, professional treatment.
When you visit Sheffield Square Dental Care in Chicago, Illinois, our team does all we can to ensure that you’re getting the best experience possible. To provide that personalized experience, we stay up-to-date with the latest dental technologies and procedures and choose which tools are best suited to each individual patient. If you’re looking for a dentist who used DEXIS CariVu in Chicago, Illinois, please call our office now at 773-409-4097. We also serve Lakeview and Lincoln Park areas of Chicago, 60657. | <urn:uuid:3e6f21e7-aa5c-44ea-97d3-89723eb397ff> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.sheffieldsquaredental.com/page/dexis-carivu/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571472.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811133823-20220811163823-00671.warc.gz | en | 0.900889 | 355 | 1.945313 | 2 |
Jared Lee Loughner is a deeply troubled young man.
No rational person would confront a congresswoman as she talked to constituents, pull a Glock 9 mm semiautomatic with a 30-round magazine, fire until it was empty, and reload with another 30-round clip, as he is accused of doing.
Anyone in his or her right mind would condemn the carnage left outside the Safeway in Tucson: six people dead, and U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords fighting for her life.
"All of Arizona is shocked and deeply saddened by the horrific tragedy that transpired this morning in Tucson," Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said on the day of the massacre.
But in league with the Arizona Legislature, Brewer made it easy for Loughner and countless other unstable individuals like him to buy, own, conceal and ultimately use firearms.
On April 16 last year, Brewer signed legislation, Senate Bill 1108, making Arizona one of three states where it is legal to carry loaded weapons without a concealed weapons permit.
"I believe this legislation not only protects the Second Amendment rights of Arizona citizens, but restores those rights as well," Brewer declared at the time, cheered by the National Rifle Association.
"SB 1108 will enhance the rights of law-abiding Arizonans," said Chris Cox of the National Rifle Association last April.
At that time, educators at Pima Community College were having difficulties with Loughner. Between February and September, campus cops answered five calls about Loughner causing disruptions.
On Oct. 4, the college delivered a letter to Loughner at his parents' home, informing him that he could not return until mental health professionals attested that "his presence at the College does not present a danger to himself or others." It's not known whether that happened.
But on Nov. 30, Loughner bought a gun at a Sportsman's Warehouse in Tucson. He would have provided basic information: name, date of birth, driver's license.
The clerk would have called a number in Virginia, where operators would have run his name through a database to see whether he had a felony conviction, or been adjudicated as mentally ill. The answer would have come back shortly, negative. Loughner would be loaded, ready to go off.
Arizona, like most states, follows basic federal law, which permits magazines with unlimited numbers of bullets, and requires only the most cursory background check.
"Where Arizona does differ, it is more permissive," said Dr. Garen Wintemute, the UC Davis medical school professor and emergency room physician who became an expert on gun violence after seeing so much of its aftermath.
When it comes to gun laws, California is the exception. Magazines of more than 10 rounds are illegal here. The waiting period to buy a handgun is 10 days.
It's not known whether Loughner was ever detained because of his mental state. But in California, someone who has been held for 72 hours for observation is banned from buying a gun for five years.
There was a time when federal law, like California law, banned assault weapons and magazines that held 30 rounds.
But the law, pushed by Sen. Dianne Feinstein, expired in 2004 in George Bush's tenure. With Republicans controlling the House, there's no chance the prohibition will be revived, though Democrats will try.
Arizona state Sen. Russell Pearce was the author of the law allowing Arizona residents to carry weapons without permits legally.
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The Music Of Sicily
Like any other place, Sicily has its own musical history, from folk and classical to pop and jazz, all shaped by influences from abroad and life circumstances over time.
Its traditional music is hauntingly beautiful, romantic, sometimes raw, and evocative. Evolving from the laments of the peasants and workers, religious themes, love and nature, it is often played on traditional instruments including zampogna (bagpipes) marranzanu (jaw harp), friscalettu (end blown flute), cupa cupa (hand drum), tamborines, shepherd bells and organetto (folk accordion).
This list of artists is not intended to be a scholarly one. A list of Sicilian artists and Sicilian music could go on and on. On this list, I have included names that will give a good overview, are important, or that are among my favorites. Not all are available online but often there are You Tube clips and a musical trip there awaits you.
The Music Of Sicily
This very talented group from Messina, Malanova; Musica Etnica di Sicilia writes new music in the style of traditional Sicilian music. The music is wonderful and very special.
The Cultural Association “SIKILIA” Theater-Music-Dance, was founded in 1997 near Messina, Sicily. The mission of this non-profit organization is to hand down, preserve and share the authentic traditions of the Sicilian people. The group elaborates and translates the rich patrimony of the island culture with songs of work, love, religion and revolt, with dances, and rites that help us imagine the joy in life and the vicissitudes that have so profoundly marked Sicily. To see this group is magical. Their first CD is a treasure of history and passion. They are now raising funds to begin work on a second CD.
World-class percussionist, hand made drums, influenced by growing up as a shepherd.
Ethnic and electronic. Sung in Sicilian, they are popular in Europe.
Caesare and Slavatore Lo Leggio
Contemporary Traditional. The song “Come Fiore Caduto”
Folk singer, rock and pop guitarist, reclaiming the musical and oral traditions of Sicily
Alternative/Pop singer songwriter with power and soul in her voice. She is from Catania.
Passionate and political singer songwriter rooted in traditional Sicilian music.
Batiato fuses traditional with rock and roll
His song “Catania”
Traditional folk group
The word means traditional musicians
This group performs new music written in the style of the traditional and played on traditional instruments. Wonderful melodies make this a particular favorite.
Sings from the heart; raw, piercing and passionate strains
Folk singer, songwriter, guitarist, popular in Europe.
Versatile singer from Catania, mixes jazz, traditional and ethnic music.
This opera singer’s CD, The Sicilian celebrates his heritage.
Roots music, ethnic and traditional. From Licata.
Renowned Sicilian trumpeter plays jazz/reggae and rock
A contemporary singing and performance group trying to preserve Sicilian musical tradition.
Popular ethnic music, folk guitar, quiet with sometimes haunting melodies
Ethnic with traditional instruments
Prolific, contemporary singer, guitarist. A favorite.
La Musica di Sicilia
By Michela Musolino
This article was written by a singer from the New York area who has dedicated herself to the performance and promotion of traditional Sicilian music.
The taste and smell of the wines and food we are enjoying this evening evoke strong images and even memories of the beautiful island that is Sicily. Chosen specifically for that reason, each course and each accompanying wine are typical of the island and originate in no other place. Tonight, some of you will recall fondly time spent there, some will be spurred to visit again or for the first time. Such is the power of food and the power of the senses. This evening dedicated to Sicily is not just about a physical experience. This beloved island is more than just particular crops, breathtaking ruins and pristine naturescapes. As anyone who loves Sicily will tell you, Sicily reaches beyond the physical to touch ones heart and very soul.
Sicily is best described, best experienced through her people and their history. One could spend endless hours poring over their ethnology, ethnography and anthropology to understand them or one could experience their music. It has been noted that music is a faithful and eloquent revealer of the human heart. It has the power to explain not only the ‘whys’ of history, but also share the most guarded secrets of one’s soul. It also connects us in our humanity - quite an achievement for eight little notes!
La Musica Popolare di Sicilia is the story of the people of Sicily - the story of Sicily itself. It is an interesting juxtaposition of a nation’s history and the personal histories of a civilization. One could begin with the lullabies - among the first songs anyone hears in any culture. Endemic to the Sicilian lullaby is the sound of ‘ah-oh’ or lah-oh, sometimes even ‘oh-oh’ or lah-voh.’ Is this a reference to the dawn? - (Aurora in Latin and Eos in Greek) Is this a remnant of the time when Sicily was part of the Magna Grecia? Was this the sound that mothers came to use to soothe their babies to sleep until dawn?
Song would accompany the children as they grew. There were songs for toddlers, sung to them as they learned to walk. One such song telling them that wherever they placed their tiny foot, a sprig of basil would grow. .’Unni posi lu to peduzzu nasci un pedi di basilico.’ Of course, the nursery rhymes that children chanted in sing-song would also find their way into the songbook of Musica Popolare. "Santa Luna is a filastrocca, nursery rhyme, that is found in different versions all over Sicily. Singers took that childrens’ rhyme to the blessed moon and sang variations of which many mention courtship and eventual marriage. A reference to San Giovanni is sometimes included as he is the saint to whom young ladies would turn when seeking a husband.
Sicily is rich in its repertoire of courtship songs and this emphasis on courtship exposes a crucial aspect of Sicily’s history. Courtship was an important ritual of life. Since the dawn of history Sicily was the prize sought by invading armies. In the last century it would be political unrest that created instability. Everything that seemed permanent could change almost instantly. The only constant throughout history was one’s family. Courtship was a way for the family to remain strong in the face of upheaval; thus, the ritual was maintained to preserve the very fabric of civilization. A good match meant that the family would survive for another generation.
In the tradition of courtship song, one sees a snapshot of a different time when men and women couldn’t freely speak to each other in public. Through song, they could tell each other their hearts desires and let each other know if they accepted or rejected another’s advances. "E quannu s’affaccia la vurria vasari." "When she shows herself at the window, I want to kiss her." An offshoot of this was the canto di sdegno or the song of scorn. Although not used for courtship, they were a way for a scorned lover to express anger and sometimes hatred for the one who wronged them. "Mi cuntintavu a moreri e nun amar a tia." It would have been better for me to die than to love you!"
Sicilian music also demonstrates another aspect of history and humanity: once, people openly sung about their God, their saints and their miracles. They sang about them when they worked and they sang about them when they feasted. Mary, the Mother of God was central to many of these chants. Although there were particular songs for each religious feast-day, many songs had references to religion even though the song was secular in nature. Religion was a central part in the life of Sicilians. A chant sung to bear the backbreaking labor of harvest might be a recounting of the Passion. In a song about the horrors of pirate invasions, it is lamented that only Mother Mary could save the victims. A fable that bears a resemblance to the Cinderella story revolves around a healing from Saint Anthony."C’annuncia cumpariu Sant Antuninu/ci disse chi mi du ca ti fazzu guariri? Compadre Saint Anthony announced, "Tell me what you would give me if I cured you."
Love and religion weren’t the only topics sung. Any event in history, any conflict found its way to be expressed in song, especially the conflict between the overlords and the poor. When the Palermitani arose up to overthrow the oppressing Borboni, a song came about which used a donkey as a metaphor for the poor contadino - the peasant. When the donkey has suffered abuse, he throws himself down and refuses to work for his abuser. Lu sceccu s’importuna, si curca in terra a dici, "Lu saziu nun criri a lu diunu." "The donkey threw himself down on the ground and said the man who has enough to eat doesn’t understand the man who is starving."
Musically, people hear so many influences in Sicilian song. Some hear Spanish influence, some hear Arabic influence, some hear Greek. Each invader left their stamp not only on the culture, but on the musical patrimony as well. With so many dimensions to this music, what could possibly describe Sicilian music comprehensively? What words could possibly gather all these songs together to fit them into one category? Perhaps that one word is, "desire." Each song is an expression of humanity’s desire - whether it be desire to receive love, the desire to give love, the desire to be free, the desire to express one’s faith, one’s frustrations, one’s anger, one’s pain. "La vita era sempre un desiderio" Life was always a desire (Michele Cali`)
It is the force of desire and the force of the accompanying emotions that make Sicilian music stand apart from other traditions. It is this desire and these emotions that touch one’s soul and connect one to others be they our present neighbors or be they a people who lived centuries ago. The rawness and the truth of such desires and emotions are understood by all. At the end of physical life, only memories remain. These memories captured in song reach across centuries to bind us together transcending our modernity, our cultural differences and our varied beliefs. Sicilian music reflected the cycle of life, not in real time, but in humanity’s time.
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Anyone who's biked around Chicago knows that it's an easy and convenient way around the city, cheaper than our nation's-highest gas prices and way faster than waiting for the bus always seems to be.
But it can also be a harrowing experience at times, with bike lanes at worst nonexistent, and at best narrowly wedged between lunatic traffic and parked cars whose doors might open at any moment.
A half-mile stretch of Kinzie Street downtown is the first in the city where bikers' minds can be put at rest, as the city rolled out the beginning of a proposed 100-mile stretch of protected bike lanes.
As the city-planning blog Steven Can Plan reports, the lanes will be the closest thing to the curb: to a rider's left, there's a three-foot "buffer lane," likely to be filled with soft posts or bollards; parked cars are on the left of the buffer; then moving traffic is in the middle of the street.
In short, there will be at least twelve feet of space (and maybe parked cars and white posts) between bikers and the nearest moving vehicles.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel held a press event at the site of the new lane, which will connect Milwaukee Avenue and Wells Street on Kinzie, and reaffirmed his support for biker safety. He also repeated his campaign pledge to expand protected bike lanes by 25 miles a year for each year of his four-year term. And Department of Transportation Commissioner Gabe Klein said his department was up to the challenge.
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March 18, 2010
-- by Dave Johnson
China's currency manipulation is a worldwide problem, not just a job-killer here.
In a speech to students at Beijing’s Tsinghua University, the ambassador, Jon Huntsman, said that economic problems in the United States had increased pressure there for a change in the value of the renminbi, which China currently ties to the value of the dollar. That has kept Chinese exports comparatively cheap and, critics say, hampered other nations’ recovery from the global recession.
“My Chinese friends like to pitch this as just an American issue. I like to say that there are many countries that feel the same way,” Mr. Huntsman said. But he focused on the growing political backlash from Americans who feel the currency policy is hurting them. [emphasis added]
The managing director of the IMF - the 'I' stands for "International" - agrees. IMF Head Says Yuan Remains Undervalued
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said Wednesday that China's currency remains undervalued.
China’s decision to base its economic growth on exporting deliberately undervalued goods is threatening economies around the world. It is fueling huge trade deficits in the United States and Europe. Even worse, it is crowding out exports from other developing countries, threatening their hopes of recovery.
In the Financial Times, Martin Wolf writes in China and Germany unite to impose global deflation,
[. . .] Surplus countries insist on continuing just as before. But they refuse to accept that their reliance on export surpluses must rebound upon themselves, once their customers go broke. Indeed, that is just what is happening. Meanwhile, countries that ran huge external deficits in the past can cut the massive fiscal deficits that result from post-bubble deleveraging by their private sectors only via a big surge in their net exports. If surplus countries fail to offset that shift, through expansion in aggregate demand, the world is inevitably caught in a “beggar-my-neighbour” battle: everybody seeks desperately to foist excess supplies on to their trading partners. That was a big part of the catastrophe of the 1930s, too.
The United States is not alone here. If the United States takes a stand the world will be behind us. We need to do what is right. On April 15 the President should declare China to be the currency manipulator that it is. Then trade can start to rebalance.
Posted by Dave Johnson at March 18, 2010 10:48 AM
Applied Material moves to China...
Dave...you support increasing our manufacturing and exports. We must be corporate tax, business friendly.
We should be learning how Germany has ramped up manufacturing exports
Great article I really liked it, I think it kinda leaves out on how we're responsible for this. We teach this business philosophy that worships the dollar, and find new and horrible ways to exploit people to save more. China's been taking it for years, and now they can emerge as the big dog because we tanked our economies and gave what we didn't have to the people who caused the problem. China's doing this because we can't do anything about it, we need to change both policy and philosophy to end this.
Posted by: Chris Nuckols at March 21, 2010 11:03 AM
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It is remarkable… how often thinking for oneself will lead us to conclusions written about before we were born. From a post by Vera Bass, ‘Teaching requires learning’, 6th November 2006. Many people have probably also said this, but that’s the point, pretty much.
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The American Dental Association Center for Evidence-Based Dentistry has just completed a critical review of a paper by Migliorati et al published in 2012 which aimed to examine the prevalence of bisphosphonate osteonecrosis (BON) in the cancer population, prevention and treatment protocols, and quality of life issues.
This is a growing area of interest but, as the review notes the existing research at this time is limited so dentists need to remain vigilant for BON and help to avert it. Helpful guidance is available from the bisphosphonate page of the SDCEP (Scottish Dental Clinical Effectiveness Programme) website .
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The growing popularity of trap music in North America has been one of the biggest stories in electronic dance music in 2012. Dubspot writer Computo explores trap’s DNA…
The summer of 2012 saw the rise of trap music in North America. With DJs and producers like Flosstradamus, Diplo, The Gaslamp Killer and TNGHT (Hudson Mohawke and Lunice) spreading the sound, and major hip hop artists like Kanye West, 2 Chainz, and Gucci Mane releasing trap-influenced hits like “Mercy” and “Birthday Song,” the the stripped-back 808-dominant style has an undeniable surge in popularity. With its short detuned hip hop vocal loops, the classic 808 sub kick creating low-end pressure and short squeals of pitch-shifting synths supplying the melodies, trap has been one of the most-hyped sounds of 2012, but where does it come from?
Origins of Trap
The current trap music revival draws on several different sources of musical inspiration.
Part of the DNA of trap music goes all the way back to the early hip hop, electro and Miami bass of the late 80s and early 90s, relying heavily on the classic sounds of the Roland TR-808 drum machine. Electro tracks like “Planet Rock” by Afrika Bambaataa introduced the 808 sound to dancefloors, and Miami bass tracks like “My Boo” by the Ghost Town DJs were anchored by some of the same 808-heavy beats and crushed-fill drum patterns that would later get slowed down and become associated with trap.
Ghost Town DJs – “My Boo” (So So Def, 1995)
The pitched-down and chopped style of hip hop vocal editing that we often hear in recent trap tracks can be traced back to the work of the late Houston-based artist Robert Earl Davis Jr. a.k.a. DJ Screw. Davis would create mixes of existing hip hop tracks and slow them down dramatically to create new versions for friends, often at their request. This soon translated into a widely popular style, credited largely to Davis, and the slowed-down mixes were said to be “chopped and screwed.” (Little known fact: DJ Screw has been honored by Texas Governor Rick Perry as a “Texas Music Pioneer.”) Other DJs working in this style later took Davis’ approach and extended it further.
DJ Screw – “Southside Groovin”
The more recent template for modern trap comes from the southern hip hop scene emanating from Atlanta, Georgia. While the label “trap” seems to have first appeared in the mainstream with the release of T.I.’s Trap Muzik (2003), it was Gucci Mane’s Trap House (2005), produced by Shawty Redd and Zaytoven, that set the pattern for recent trap tracks. These producers and a few others are widely considered to be the first wave of the trap music scene, and their stripped-down productions with half-time feel and minimal melodic or harmonic content are early representations of what has become the trap sound.
Gucci Mane – “Trap House” (Big Cat Records, 2005)
This sound continued to develop into what we hear in some of the most popular hip hop tracks of 2012, from Kanye West’s “Mercy” to 2 Chainz “Birthday Song,” still demonstrating the minimal, half-time aesthetic of early trap while showing a club-friendly, energetic refinement, with increasingly aggressive synth riffs and crushed drum fills.
Kanye West – “Mercy” feat. Big Sean, Pusha T, & 2 Chainz (G.O.O.D Music, 2012)
Trap and EDM
In 2010, some artists and producers in the electronic music underground also began to adopt the sound, albeit in a more track-oriented and less song-based form. Sampling heavily from the southern rap style of tracks like “Trap House” and combining this with elements of electronic music, artists like Baauer and UZ have taken over sound systems all over the US in the last year.
This is something like the culmination of years and years of hip-hop…and dance music came together. It didn’t happen because someone had a master plan, it just happened naturally.
- “Dirty South Joe” in the documentary Certified Trap
Baauer – “Harlem Shake” (Jeffrees / Mad Decent, 2012)
Promoted by DJs like Diplo (whose Mad Decent sublabel Jeffrees has put out releases from Djemba Djemba, UZ and other EDM-oriented trap producers), the new trap sound has proven to have wide appeal among many dance music fans. The recent Hard Day of the Dead festival in Los Angeles, for example, featured some of trap’s fastest-rising DJs on its main stages including UZ, Baauer, and Foreign Beggars, and trap’s influence could be heard on many other performers at the festival including AraabMuzik, Diplo, Tittsworth, Bro Safari, and Dillon Francis.
With equal attention to heavy bass, dub influences and hip hop aesthetics, this latest wave of trap music has rapidly gained wide acceptance among EDM fans. The popularity of this new wave of minimalist dance music is at least in part a reaction to the musical excesses of post-Skrillex dubstep, in the same way that the stripped-down bass-heavy sound of early UK dubstep was itself a reaction to some of the overwrought rave music of of the early 2000s.
We asked Harvard musicologist and Beat Research (Monthly Boston club event) resident Wayne Marshall (aka Wayne and Wax) about his thoughts on the recent developments in Trap music…
I do think it needs to be noted that the production style — basically mainstream southern hip-hop — that has inspired all the Soundcloud #trap music is a few years old now, though obviously a new legion of producers (coming more from EDM worlds) are infusing it with new life and some new stylistic turns too.
- Wayne Marshall (Harvard University Department of Music, Wayne and Wax)
Future of Trap?
Now spanning the club and festival circuits, trap has had a meteoric rise in popularity in 2012. Aided by both mainstream and underground artists who have combined the Dirty South sound with elements from electronic dance music, trap is rapidly morphing into new hybrid forms and it is anyone’s guess what will come next in this musical evolution. With varying emphasis given to trap’s hip hop, EDM and dub elements depending on who is producing, the trap sound still seems to be mutating and changing everyday. While longtime fans of southern rap may take issue with the manipulation and reinvention of their style, ultimately this latest spin on the trap sound should bring greater attention and recognition to trap’s originators.
TNGHT – “Higher Ground” (Warp Records / LuckyMe, 2012)
Kuedo – “Work, Live & Sleep in Collapsing Space” (Planet Mu, 2012)
The Commodification of Southern Rap’s Drug-Fueled Subgenre – Complex Magazine
Quit Screwing with Trap Music: An Interview with Lōtic – Vice Magazine
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Archaeology team will excavate, study animal bones found at ISU Memorial Union construction site
AMES, Iowa -- Sometimes education is all about digging deeper, looking beneath the surface to find answers. That's the conclusion Iowa State University faculty and administrators reached this week concerning animal bones found at a campus construction site.
The bones -- more than a century old -- were discovered March 23 by contractors who were excavating south of the Memorial Union for a planned addition to that building. A well-preserved horse jaw with teeth, crania, and numerous large animal bones are evident at the site.
Dean McCormick, assistant director for design and construction services for ISU's Facilities Planning and Management, says his team didn't expect to find the bones during this project, but considering the history of the site, it's not a complete surprise.
Iowa State's College of Veterinary Medicine was located there from 1885 to 1891. Old photographs indicate a ravine was located in the area at that time, and back then, it was common practice to bury the animal remains there.
A day after discovering the bones, administrators weren't convinced the find -- while fascinating -- was significant. But a week later, after consulting with the State Historic Preservation Office and ISU archaeology faculty, they've decided they want to learn what scientific and historical data the site may hold.
Matthew Hill, assistant professor of archaeology at Iowa State, will be the principal investigator on a nine-day dig at the site. He'll be joined by nine undergraduate and graduate students, as well as project archaeologist David Rapson, adjunct assistant professor (affiliate) of anthropology at Iowa State and adjunct faculty member at the University of Wyoming, Laramie.
"If we don't do this now, the opportunity will be lost forever," said Vice President for Business and Finance Warren Madden. "Iowa State is home to the first College of Veterinary Medicine at a land-grant university. And Matt Hill is one of the country's foremost experts in bone bed excavation. Given that all of this is on our campus, and there's an opportunity for students to be involved, it is worth making the investment to preserve this part of Iowa State history."
Madden expects the archaeology project to cost $30,000 to $35,000, which includes discovery and recovery, curation, analysis and technical reporting. The few days the dig will take won't impact the Memorial Union addition, he said, because work should be able to continue elsewhere at the site.
Because it is a working construction site, it will remain fenced and closed to the general public. No tours or public access will be provided at any time.
Hill said he and his fellow archaeologists are interested in the microenvironment at the site. Among his research questions: What is the age and sex of the animals? How did they get to the veterinary hospital? Were the remains buried incrementally, or all at once? And when? Are the bones only from the anatomy lab, or elsewhere? (In those days, before refrigeration and electricity, anatomy classes were conducted only in the winter).
Dr. George Beran, distinguished professor emeritus, veterinary microbiology and preventive medicine, is the caretaker of the College of Veterinary Medicine's history. He said veterinarians will be interested to learn, for example, the species of the animals buried there, whether any of them had been embalmed, and whether there are medicine bottles or period tools at the site.
Already, Beran said, the find is curious. The principal animal of veterinary anatomy at the turn of the century was the horse. But within minutes at the site, archaeologist Hill easily identified jaw material from a cow and a young pig. Beran, Hill and others wonder how those animals got there, considering the lack of transportation available at the time.
Once Hill and his team find the answers, they want to share that information with Iowans, veterinarians, and archaeologists across the country. They hope a display might be possible, perhaps in the veterinary college or in the Memorial Union.
Madden says the initiative also fits in with the sesquicentennial plans that are beginning all over campus, to celebrate Iowa State's 150th year in 2008.
"I'm enthused," he said. "People are excited about this. It's our history. And it's the right thing to do."
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modern in every way imaginable. From staffing to computers and digital imaging, the Detective Division uses all modern techniques at its disposal to solve cases, however, the oldest technique is still the most important; the interview. Talking to people is the most important aspect of a detective’s job. The ability to talk to crime victims and suspects alike is the hallmark of a good detective and that interpersonal skill is one of the things sought after in an applicant for the position of detective. Additionally, detectives are the type of people who require little supervision and consistently display the ability to make sound decisions.
The Pine Bluff Police Department Detective Division is staffed by 19 detectives and produced 647 case files in 2010. Only felony cases are worked out of this division. Most police departments maintain a dayshift detective division only. We maintain a day and night shift with callout to meet investigative needs 24/7. Additionally, our detectives are on duty all holidays.
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‘Rocky’ is one of the most popular sports movies of all time and it made a star of Sylvester Stallone. The John G. Avildsen directorial is about the perennial underdog who rises from being a small-time boxer to headline one of the biggest boxing events. The movie traces the journey of Rocky Balboa who starts only as a part-time fighter and a crook, but he earns a shot at becoming successful when he is picked by heavyweight champion Apollo Creed as his opponent for the fight.
Along the way, Rocky also deals with his love for sweetheart Adrian as well as his friendship with her brother Paulie. Featuring moments of quiet triumphs as well as rousing spectacle, ‘Rocky’ has made its way into viewers’ hearts since its release in 1976. The boxing movie features a number of scenes that have now become iconic, and its fame has naturally led to its shooting locations becoming popular. Thus, one might wonder whether the inspiring tale is rooted in reality. Here’s what you need to know.
Is Rocky a True Story?
No, ‘Rocky’ is not based on a true story. However, it is loosely inspired by various figures who stood in the boxing limelight over the years. But Stallone, who also wrote the movie along with starring in it, has continued to maintain that the movie is not based on a true story. The actor incorporated a mishmash of elements into his script from the stories of the people that were famous in boxing circles at the time. For example, while drafting the character of Apollo Creed, the writer drew inspiration from Ken Norton, who once held the world heavyweight championship and went toe-to-toe with Muhammad Ali in his fights.
Norton was even considered to play Apollo in the movie, but the role went to Carl Weathers ultimately. Another famous boxer named Joe Frazier AKA Smokin Joe is also said to have influenced the movie. The sequence featuring Rocky running up the steps in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, while training has become an iconic image from the movie to the point that the steps are now popularly referred to as the “Rocky Steps.” In an interview with The Guardian, Frazier claimed to have done it before, adding that it’s where Stallone got his inspiration for the montage.
In another iconic scene from the movie, we see Rocky training by punching meat in lieu of proper boxing equipment. Frazier claimed he was the inspiration for that too. “I was the drain man. My job was to make sure the blood went down the drain. But sometimes, early in the morning, I’d go down that long rail of meat and work on my punching. That’s how [Sylvester] Stallone got the same idea for Rocky – just like he used the story about me training by running up the steps of the museum in Philly,” Frazier said in the same interview.
Having mentioned that, Frazier does have a cameo in the movie, though, in the climactic fight scene, but his memories of the movie soured. “But he never paid me for none of my past. I only got paid for a walk-on part. Rocky is a sad story for me,” the boxing legend added. A more serious claim for being the inspiration behind the titular character was undertaken by former professional boxer Chuck Wepner. His story roughly mirrors Rocky’s as he was the heavy underdog in the famous 1975 fight against Muhammad Ali but managed to go the whole 15 rounds.
Wepner was ultimately knocked down by Ali in the 15th round and failed to rise until the count of six thereby losing the match. Rocky, too, starts off as the severe underdog and matches the favorite Apollo Creed for 15 rounds, though he loses by split decision and not by knockout. Wepner forms the subject of ‘The Real Rocky’ (2011), a made-for-television documentary that is intentionally named as such because Wepner claims he inspired the main story of Rocky.
As per Wepner, Stallone had promised him a part in one of his movies, but that never came to fruition. In 2003, Wepner sued Stallone for allegedly infringing on his life story and not giving him a cut of the success. A few years later, in 2006, the case ended up getting settled outside of court for an amount that has never been disclosed to the public.
As for the name Rocky itself, it was inspired by Rocky Marciano, another famous boxer. His life and mannerisms also served as an inspiration to the character. All these real-life inspirations serve to show that Stallone already had stellar material to work with. But what ‘Rocky’ manages to do is to amalgamate them into a coherent whole with a fictional story and deliver a movie for the ages.
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Don't let the cold keep you inside. Here's why it pays to brave the brrr.
The transition into winter can be tough. As the soothing glow of autumn light, eye popping foliage, warm sunshine and cool air give way to dead leaves, persistently gray skies, and a steady descent into cold and dark, the urge to hibernate sets in, my appetite is out of whack, and I feel adrift and moody.
But there’s only one way I’ve found to make it through: stubbornly, one might argue stupidly, riding outside year-round. It’s not easy, I’ll admit, to rouse my motivation to bundle up and bear the cold outside when I’m already kind of cold inside. And yes, it would be easier to just hit the rollers or go to the gym. But there’s an array of benefits that can only be found in the fresh air. Here are just a few.
You'll burn more fat. There’s a growing and fascinating body of research on our fat’s color coding. Most of us know about white fat, the stuff that might sit in unwanted bulges under our skin. What we’re less aware of is our brown fat, which is packed with energy-producing furnaces known as mitochondria. Brown fat actually burns white fat. Lean people have more of it than those who are overweight. There is also beige fat, which is white fat that has been “browned” and now burns fat like the brown stuff. Two things can brown your fat: aerobic exercise and exposure to cold. The science is still young, but if fat biking in the freezing cold may activate my flab-frying cellular furnaces, I’m all for it.
You'll beat the blues. Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a form of depression. Exercise is a well-known tonic for mood disorders. Taking it outside is even better because you get the added bonus of daylight and fresh air. It’s no surprise that research shows that people who exercise outside in the winter enjoy better moods and a greater overall sense of well-being than those who coop up inside. I have never come inside from a winter ride, no matter how miserable the conditions, and not felt a million times better for having braved the elements.
You'll fend off colds and flu. Riding your bike boosts your immunity by circulating your immune cells so they can seek and destroy invading bacteria and viruses. Research shows that folks who get regular exercise have about 45 percent fewer sore throats and colds as their sofa-surfing peers. Getting out on your bike also frees you from the germy indoors where everyone is swapping winter sickness.
You'll discover new ways to work out. Winter forces me to get creative. There’s no way on Earth I’m going to do my usual road-riding loops when the snow is squalling out my window, but I will take my mountain bike—and this year my fat bike—out on some dirt roads, through corn fields, and around our city parks and cyclocross courses. I’ll also do a little half-and-half training where I set up my road bike on my rollers along with my iPod and Jambox before I head out the door. Then I do an hour or two (depending how wintry it is) outside before coming indoors, de-layering, and hopping on my rollers to finish whatever workout is on tap while listening to music or my favorite podcasts (Serial is the current obsession).
You'll bank a little badass. Anyone can ride when the flowers are in full bloom and it’s 70 degrees and sunny, but it takes grit to clip in when the rhododendron leaves are rolled in tight sleeves and it’s 16 degrees. That toughness doesn’t dissolve when your fingers and toes thaw. It dwells deep inside where you can dip into it when the time is right. I can’t tell you the number of times I draw from the bank of badass when I’m 40 miles into some beat down during the regular season. Remembering all the hard work I put in when the conditions were awful in the “off season” makes it easier to dig deep and persevere the rest of the year.
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I had the pleasure of attending a conference this weekend on the topic of the reliability and historicity of the documents of the New Testament. At the conference, I heard a story that really got my goat though. I was told that there were some in the Christian community that were advising against developing age-appropriate apologetics materials for children. They were afraid that a curriculum with such an emphasis might create doubt in children. What?!
Excuse me while I look for that soapbox of mine ….
One of the topics covered by the panel of biblical scholars was the handful of discrepancies in the accounts of Jesus’ life and death in the four Gospels. My ministry partner Hillary was there, too, and we agreed that parents need to be discussing these differences with their kids from an early age. Children need to hear it at home first, from their parents, before they are caught off guard with it later on, like in college. Why? Because it is something that can be resolved (after all, those discrepancies have been in the text since 2000+ years ago – something that actually gives credibility to the idea that the church was very careful to preserve the original accounts). They need to be shown that they do not have to be afraid of these discrepancies and that there are answers for them.
Of course, there are levels of understanding. There are many controversial topics in apologetics that are beyond what young children’s minds can readily embrace. Still, it is naive to think that they don’t already have questions. Hillary has a saying that she is constantly saying to parents: “Questions are good. Unanswered questions develop into doubt if ignored. Doubt left to solidify becomes unbelief which is much harder to reverse.” I know I certainly had them and my girls have asked penetrating questions when my husband and I have given them the opportunity. Case in point, one day my youngest (five years old at the time) put a drawing of her and God on the hall table. She told me that I couldn’t move it because she wanted God to “come and get it.” Wow! Hiddenness of God right out of the gate! Of course, there are ways to answer her that would be confusing and far beyond her understanding. Still, there most certainly are ways to answer that she can grasp.
Yes, young children tend to follow by example more than anything, so it is important to be a living, breathing, praying, obeying, serving, loving, and humble example of Christian truth to them (and really to everyone, not just children). Head knowledge divorced from application and devotion is very unhealthy. But, I submit that applications and devotionals based on shallow understanding is setting up children for doubts later on. I speak from personal experience. Imagine how powerful a combination of all of these aspects of the Christian life would be!
Apologetics merely means teaching your children – at an appropriate level – that they can trust the documents of their faith, the account of Jesus’ Resurrection, the transmission of the texts from the first century to today, that science supports the existence of a Creator, the philosophical and Scriptural basis of His attributes, why bad things happen (introduction to the problem of evil), etc. It is a gift that you can adapt for your children at any age!
So here we pose a challenge: get in the habit of asking your children if they have any questions about Christianity. How often you do this is up to you. I will guarantee you that you will be surprised (and impressed) by their questions. Children are a lot smarter than we give them credit for. If you can’t answer the question, just admit to them that you can’t! It’s a great opportunity to model a strong faith – that you aren’t afraid of questions – that your faith can withstand not knowing everything (and it should …)! Tell them that you will find an answer for them or even have them look for it with you (get out that iPhone – there are an embarrassment of riches at our fingertips these days in online apologetics ministries).
So, as a parent, there is no reason to be afraid of teaching your young ones age-appropriate apologetics! They will thank you for it one day. Your own faith might grow as a result, as well. That’s a win-win in my book.
Plus, I will be able to get rid of this soapbox …. Yes!
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Tables out for comment
At the time of writing, Uniclass2 tables at www.cpic.org.uk/uniclass2 are still out for comment, strictly speaking, and have been since early 2012. We (CPI and NBS) receive occasional comments as architects and others implement Uniclass2 in their systems, perhaps prematurely given the developments outlined below. On their own terms, the tables are in a state of flux, but the tables also do not yet have civil engineering objects rolled out into them comprehensively and with participation from those sectors.
Withdrawal of the Work Results table as redundant
The main change in Uniclass2 over this comment period has been the withdrawal of the Work Results table. This is somewhat ironic as it this table in Uniclass 1997 that got the whole idea of Uniclass2 rolling, but it has become clear that this table is confusing (why have objects got two near-identical codes?), redundant (objects only need one code) and unnecessarily restrictive on the other tables (the number of levels was limited in every case).
Before it was withdrawn the WR table, or an early version of it anyway, was implemented in NBS Create and then in the NBS National BIM Library. Both will need to be recoded for this reason. They will need to be recoded anyway as the various tables have all evolved from that point in time, as Uniclass2 has continued to be developed. Some are now very different from the versions that were current then, especially the Products table.
The main change in Uniclass2 over this comment period has been the withdrawal of the Work Results table ...
Government acquisition of Uniclass2 from CPI
Early in 2014 CPI (Construction Project Information), the agency that commissioned the Uniclass2 tables from NBS, gave the rights to Uniclass2 to the UK government, in the form of the Technology Strategy Board (TSB). This was over concerns about CPI's ability to take Uniclass2 forward, particularly in terms of civil engineering content (CPI had begun work in this area), and operation and maintenance (CPI had ideas for how this would work).
TSB two-stage competition
The TSB has, unusually, commissioned a two-phase competition for the future of Uniclass2 and the 'digital Plan of Work'. NBS is one of three contractors leading teams for phase 1 of this project, which is being run over May and June 2014. The winner of this phase will be given phase 2, and tasked with developing a national classification system for the construction industry. This may, or may not, be Uniclass2. However, my understanding is that the phase 2 contractor will also be given the rights to Uniclass2 itself. I suppose this means that may use only Uniclass2, use both Uniclass2 and a system of their own devising (apart from Uniclass2, no other current systems meet most of the TSB requirements for classification), or use only a classification system of their own devising.
If Uniclass2 is not the 'winner' in this process, then NBS will need to decide whether to run with it unilaterally, or not. It was developed originally for NBS's purposes. However, NBS made its proposals for Uniclass2 development available to the CPI Uniclass work group, which adopted them and commissioned NBS to develop the first tables. CPI's intention was to provide a classification system for adoption throughout the construction industry. This TSB process might still lead to industry buy-in. Indeed, it might lead to Uniclass2 being exported, through 'UKPlc'.
Or it might lead to Uniclass2 reverting to an NBS-unilateral system after all. In either case, it is expected that modelling from Uniclass2 to other classification systems will be required, probably including OmniClass, and the NRM classifications.
After phase 2, the classification system will be operated by the winner on a self-funding basis for 5 years. If the NBS team is appointed to phase 2, then Uniclass2 will be developed as the UK's national (and international) classification system for the construction industry, which was always our hope.
Things to ignore in the old articles
Pending their withdrawal or rewriting, the numerous articles that have been written on classification since 2006, mostly by the author, must be referred to with care. For example, many refer to the Work Results table, which has been withdrawn as noted above. The sample codes used in the articles are often no longer current. The role of CPI is now historical, and so on.
Pending their withdrawal or rewriting, the numerous articles that have been written on classification since 2006, mostly by the author, must be referred to with care ...
Where we are with ISO 12006-2
The international framework standard for construction sector classification, ISO 12006-2, has been under revision for some time. There will be an ISO Working Group meeting in Toronto in October, which should deal with all national comments on the DIS (i.e. draft). This comment period has closed. The UK voted 'yes', subject to its comments being considered by the WG. If other countries have done the same, the new edition of the ISO should be published in 2015. Uniclass2 closely matches the framework at both shallow level (i.e. through implementing most of the recommended tables) and deep level (i.e. through reflecting the standard's timeline and schema). It is the only classification to do so.
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Happy National Pi(e) Day! π, or pi, is an irrational number, which means it continues infinitely without repeating. However it is approximately equal to 3.14. Since today is March 14th, or 3.14, it’s Pi Day! Because pi’s homophone is “pie,” today is also National Pi(e) Day, making pie the logical choice in celebration food. Making pie an even more perfect choice is the fact that the mirror image of 3.14 spells out pie. I know, awesome right?
Seeing that St. Patrick’s Day is also almost upon us, I thought I’d give a shoutout to both days by making some mini honey pistachio pies. Pie in honor of Pi(e) Day, and lovely green pistachios in honor of the upcoming Irish holiday.
These mini pies are fabulously easy to make. You make these little lovelies in a muffin tin. I used a 4-inch-diameter tart mold to cut out my pie crusts, but any 4-inch-diameter circular cutter will work. You’ll need enough pie dough to make one 9-inch single crust pie, some additional ingredients, and a bit ‘o time! You shape the crusts into the muffin tins, whip up a simple honey syrup, then assemble and bake!
The end result is a fun twist on pecan pie, and the perfect way to celebrate any good day, but especially Pi(e) Day!
Mini Honey Pistachio Pies
Makes 6 mini pies
For the Honey Syrup:
2 tablespoons granulated sugar, plus extra for sprinkling
2 tablespoons honey
1/2 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons butter, cut into 1/4-inch pieces
2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
1 large egg
pie dough (enough for one 9-inch pie crust, “single pie crust”)
1 cup raw pistachios
2 tablespoons soy milk
1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit. Generously grease a 6-cup muffin tin.
2. Make the honey syrup: Combine the sugar, honey, and salt in a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly, until sugar is completely dissolved. Add the butter gradually, stirring until combined. Remove the saucepan from the heat and allow to cool for 30 minutes. Whisk the cream and egg together in a bowl. Slowly pour the cream mixture into the honey mixture, whisking until well combined.
3. Prepare the pie crusts: Roll out the pie crust on a well-floured surface to about 1/4-inch thick. Using a 4-inch-diameter round cutter, cut out 6 crusts. Carefully shape the crusts into the wells of the muffin tin. Cut out 6 shapes with a mini-cookie cutter to use as pie toppers with the remaining pie dough.
4. Assemble the pies: Spoon 1 1/2 tablespoons of pistachios into each pie, then add 1 tablespoon of the honey syrup. Add another tablespoon of nuts, then 1/2 tablespoon of honey syrup. Top each pie with one of the cut dough shapes. Lightly brush the crust of each pie with soy milk, then sprinkle a bit of granulated sugar over each.
5. Bake for 35 minutes, or until the crusts are golden brown. Allow to cool in the muffin tin for a few minutes, then carefully remove the pies from the pan and place them on a wire rack to finish cooling.
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People in grief or trauma must talk
Received opinion says that we are a disgustingly weepy society, forever sharing our pain in public. It calls in evidence the poor crazies who snivelled in the street when Diana died, the misery-memoir genre that pollutes the bookshops and the addiction of public authorities to calling in squads of “counsellors” whenever a tragedy hits.
They have a point; but the culture of sobbing it all out is a superficial, media-exaggerated one. Ordinary sensible Britain is still pretty buttoned up and, more dangerously, expects others to be. Extreme reticence still wins more admiration than “whining”, so commentators are leaping joyfully on to the evidence of the University of Buffalo. In the Journal of Clinical and Consulting Psychology its researchers offer evidence gathered since 9/11 that those | <urn:uuid:73ffa170-d6c4-48cd-a52f-1d501541321c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/people-in-grief-or-trauma-must-talk-60fkzs9zjfg | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570692.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807181008-20220807211008-00670.warc.gz | en | 0.936703 | 182 | 1.609375 | 2 |
Remote port forwarding is created with -R parameter.
ssh -R source_port:forward_to_host:destination_port via_host
This command connects to via_host. via_host runs a SSH server. It then forwards all connection attempts to source_port on the remote via_host machine to destination_port port on the local machine (a machine that initiated the ssh command) . forward_to_host machine must be reachable from the the local machine machine. Forwarding can be also done through Unix sockets.
destination_port port necessary on the machine that
initiated the ssh command?
destination_port port on machine
forward_to_host not necessarily the machine that initiated the ssh command?
Isn't the only requirement on
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John Reagan was born in Ireland around 1807 in Ireland, the son of Christopher Reagan (1775-19 November 1864) and Honora Murray (1777-January 1870). With his parents and siblings he emigrated as to the United States after 1819. John married Julia Grady, born around 1808, a native of Ballymore, County Westmeath, and the couple settled in Ansonia, then a village in the town of Derby, Connecticut, where their seven children were born:
On 15 July 1852 Julia Grady (her tombstone bears her maiden name) died in Ansonia and was buried in Old St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery; John Reagan died soon afterward, leaving seven children without home or support. Having learned that their grandparents, Christopher and Honora Reagan, were living in North Adams, Massachusetts, the children set out on foot, making their way up the Connecticut River to Greenfield, Massachusetts, then over the Hoosac Range via the Mohawk Trail to North Adams, where they located their grandparents, who took them in and raised them.
William H. Reagan, born in December 1839, was the third child of John and Julia Reagan. As a young man he moved to Pittstown, New York, where in 1865 he boarded with the family of Cyrenius William Newcomb, shoemaker, and his wife Elizabeth Adaline "Betsey" Chase. In 1866 he married their daughter Caroline O. Newcomb (November 1849-8 December 1924). The couple moved to Vermont for a few years, and then, around 1875, to North Adams, where he is listed in census records as an engineer (1880) and shipping clerk (1900). He was member of the Universalist church and the Masonic lodge, and also served as "dictator" of lodge no. 487 of the Knights of Honor. The couple's first two children were born in New York, the third (Bessie) in Vermont; their remaining children were born in North Adams. William H. Reagan died in North Adams on 7 July 1905 and is buried in Hillside Cemetery. His widow taught in the North Adams public schools for several years after his death. They had nine children; the following are known:
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Weld County community health educator loses 40 pounds, encourages others to do the same
April 26, 2013
Ofelia’s tips for healthy eating and living
»Include all food groups: Eat vegetables, protein and grains with every meal.
»Learn portion control: A standard portion is much smaller than you might think. For example, a serving of lean meat (3 ounces) is about the size of a deck of cards.
»Eat five small meals a day: Eating small portions throughout the day will help curb your appetite.
»Do light exercise: Walk or bike for 30-40 minutes every day. If the weather is bad, home exercise videos are an affordable option.
»Do it together: Families are most successful if all members change their diet. It’s motivating to know that you are not only losing weight, but also improving the health of your spouse and your children.
Free Weld County nutrition services for diabetes
»Ama Tu Vida, Cuida Tu Corazón support group: The Spanish-language support group for people dealing with diabetes, obesity and heart disease meets at 6 p.m. every third Wednesday of the month at Monfort Family Clinic, 2930 11th Ave.
»Individual nutrition counseling in English or Spanish: This service is free to Weld County residents who are overweight or pregnant, have diabetes, pre-diabetes, high blood pressure, or elevated cholesterol or triglyceride levels. To make an appointment, call Kelly Campbellat (970) 304-6470, ext. 2325.
»Pláticas, walking group: For more information on pláticas, or the walking group, call Cassie Kaufman at (970) 304-6470, ext. 2123.
Ofelia Orozco teaches Latina mothers they have more power over their community’s health than they know.
“In my classes I say, ‘Who buys the food in the house? The mom,’ ” she said.
Orozco is one of four Spanish-language community health educators at the Weld County Department of Public Health and Environment. She is the only Spanish-speaking educator who focuses on obesity and type 2 diabetes risk. Orozco’s strategy is tailored to her community. She visits women in their homes and encourages them to share with their wider network. When the 50-year-old started her job eight years ago, she knew that in order to encourage others to be good examples, she first had to be a good example herself.
On a recent home visit in Fort Lupton, Orozco pricked Librada Salinas’ finger and scooped up a drop of blood with her glucose meter. The machine showed a blood sugar level of 149 milligrams. Orozco was pleased. It was only a 29 milligram increase from before the group of five women who were meeting in Salinas’ home had their breakfast, a shake Orozco made from frozen blueberries, milk, oatmeal, bananas and peanut butter.
It’s lack of education, first and foremost. And living in a food desert if they don’t have transportation.
— Kelly Campbell, Weld County health education supervisor on the high instances of diabetes in the Latino community
If they would have had a hamburger, this number could be up 200 milligrams, Orozco explained in Spanish and the women gasped.
Unlike in the case of genetically caused type 1 diabetes, a person with type 2 diabetes produces insulin, but cannot use it effectively. The reasons for this insulin resistance are not fully understood, but there is a strong link to being overweight. About 80 percent of people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes are obese, according to the United States Department of Health and Human Services. Latinos are especially at risk. The American Diabetes Association estimates that almost 12 percent of Latinos and more than 12 percent of blacks in the United States suffer from type 2 diabetes, compared with about 7 percent of whites and 8 percent of Asian Americans.
Salinas heard about the program through word-of-mouth six months ago and has invited her sister-in-law, her niece and one of her friends to join her when the health educator comes to visit.
“That’s my culture,” Orozco said. “We like to share everything with our families. If I find something good for me, I want to share it with my sister, my friend, my comadre.”
Orozco teaches a monthly diabetes support group, but home visits — “pláticas” in Spanish — are what she likes most about her job. She takes the women’s blood pressure, answers questions or just listens to their concerns.
“We are friends,” she said, and the women agreed.
Orozco uses her own bowls and plates as examples of healthy portion sizes. Even though many women think the plates are very small, Orozco assures them that those are the sizes she uses in her own home. All the changes Orozco advocates, she has gone through herself.
When she started her job as a health educator in 2005, Orozco weighed almost 190 pounds and had just received a diagnosis for type 2 diabetes herself. The mother of three was not exercising and was eating foods high in fats and carbohydrates, like beans, tortillas, pasta and beef. Orozco took the opportunity to try the healthy lifestyle she was advocating. She started eating fresh vegetables, went for daily walks and replaced all plates and pans in her house with smaller ones. Today she is 40 pounds lighter and diabetes-free. Her youngest daughter, who still lives at home, has lost weight, too, and started exercising regularly.
“My community gave me motivation, being honest with them,” Orozco said.
Orozco has so far educated six “promotoras,” lay health educators who help bridge the differences between Spanish and English speakers in the county. In a 2010 survey by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, about 32 percent of Weld County Latinos said they were obese and about 46 percent said they were overweight. These numbers were on average 10 percent higher than those reported by white Weld County residents. Yet, Latinos in the county were less likely to have had their cholesterol levels checked in the past five years, according to the survey.
“It’s lack of education, first and foremost,” said Weld County health education supervisor Kelly Campbell about the high instances of diabetes in the Latino community. “And living in a food desert if they don’t have transportation.”
The U.S. Department of Agriculture defines a food desert as an area with low income and low access to stores that sell fresh food. Many neighborhoods in northeast or southeast Greeley and Evans are food deserts because a high percentage of the residents live more than a mile away from a supermarket while earning less than 80 percent of what other Coloradans make in wages. As a result, between 3 percent and 12 percent of people living in these areas don’t have access to a vehicle.
“If I have to walk, the only place I have to eat is 7-Eleven,” Campbell said.
Campbell and Orozco are planning a new program encouraging convenience and neighborhood stores to label healthy choices and expand their produce selection. They also organize a community walking group that offers activities on all days of the week. Many Latino families could not afford the $4.50 entry fee for the recreation center or even $2 for a drop-in Zumba class or open gym at the Jesus Rodarte Community Center, Campbell said.
“Ofelia understands that whole dynamic,” Campbell said. “Cultural competency is something that many of us are lacking.”
Fort Lupton resident Salinas has lost nine pounds since Orozco first came to her house, enough to reduce her diabetes risk significantly. She learned that she was at a high risk for diabetes in 2007, but decided to change her life after losing her brother-in-law to diabetes last year. She explained, while Orozco translated, that she didn’t realize the devastating consequences until she saw the damage in her own family. Now she eats healthy every day and tries to convince her family to do the same. She said they are going slow and taking small steps, but every step counts.
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Land Trust Protects More Sandhills Land; Scotts Valley Preserve Will Be 204 Acres
In its ongoing campaign to protect the threatened Sandhills, the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County yesterday purchased 15 acres near Mount Hermon Road and Lockhart Gulch Road in Scotts Valley, forever preventing development that would threaten the rare plants and animals that live there. These 15 acres will be added to the Land Trust’s adjacent 189-acre Morgan Sandhills property.
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The Sandhills make up an ancient seabed. Sand dollars, seashells, and fossils of extinct sea mammals can be found there. Biologist Peter Raven likened the Sandhills to the Galapagos because of their biological diversity.
The Santa Cruz Sandhills are home to seven species of plants and animals found nowhere else on earth, including the Mt Hermon June Beetle, Zayante band-winged grasshopper, Santa Cruz Kangaroo Rat, Ben Lomond spineflower, Santa Cruz wallflower, Silverleaf manzanita and Ben Lomond buckwheat.
“It is a rare habitat, threatened by development that needs protecting today,” said Land Trust Executive Director Terry Corwin.
In its 25-Year Conservation Blueprint, completed in 2011, the Land Trust identified the Sandhills as a priority conservation area due to its rarity. Corwin said the group plans to protect additional Sandhills land through easement or acquisition.
Funding came from a variety of sources, including $239,600 from the State Wildlife Conservation Board, and $150,400 from the US Fish and Wildlife Service, Endangered Species Act, Recovery Land Acquisition Grant Program. Corwin said the Land Trust contributed $14,000 from an Opportunity Fund, which was raised as part of its campaign to protect 10,000 acres, completed in January 2013.
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Among one of the most frequently asked questions in the e-mail as well as forum area is, “Do Vaping Supplements work?“ There are several reasons people assume it might be a excellent idea to provide your body nutritional supplements to aid you with stopping smoking cigarettes. Smoking is bad for your health and wellness. It triggers cancer, heart problem as well as various other troubles. However it may likewise affect your lungs.
The human body requires a range of essential nutrients to keep points operating appropriately. Not all vitamins are produced equal. Even if you consume a healthy diet plan, you may not obtain all the vitamins and minerals your body requirements. The liver is typically very efficient at obtaining points where they need to go, yet often it can not produce sufficient to fulfill the body‘s demand. That is when it needs a little boost.
Often there is merely no chance your body can create all the vitamins and minerals it needs on its own. In this instance, the body has to count on an outside resource. By using tobacco or other controlled substances to assist fill out the gaps, the body has the ability to boost its immune system and therefore eliminate disease a bit extra easily.
However, smoking cigarettes, along with various other controlled substances do not enhance health. Actually, with time, smoking decreases the immune system‘s capability to eliminate off other diseases. When you use a wellness supplement to help improve your body‘s vitamin production, you are improving your health, avoiding illness, and easing your lung cancer.
If you ask me, and a variety of other health specialists, the solution is, “Yes, they do!“ By utilizing a wellness vitamin supplement, such as Vitamin A, E, C, B, or H, we are increasing the quantity of vitamin H we have in our bodies. By increasing the quantity of vitamin H within our lungs, we are enhancing the lung‘s capacity to heal itself. By soothing the signs of lung cancer cells, we are decreasing the chance that it will certainly infect various other parts of the body. Firefly 2 Replacement Lid
A health supplement is not just something for old individuals on the decline. Smokers can benefit from a wellness supplement as well. There is little proof that sustains the concept that cigarette smoking somehow reduces the efficiency of a wellness supplement. Several health and wellness specialists think that the boosted degree of vitamin C located in vegetables and fruits combats the dangerous results of nicotine. Nonetheless, it is unknown whether using these materials alone will suffice to give up smoking cigarettes. Similar to anything else, professional aid is very recommended.
So, do vaping supplements work? The solution to that inquiry relies on the individual. For some, of course; for others, no. There are various elements that go into figuring out whether or not a health and wellness supplement will certainly work for a certain individual.
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Few years back, no one would have imagined that blogging will become a major way for anyone to make money. In last 2 years, we have witnessed an incredible increase in the number of bloggers. Specially school and college students are the majority of adopters. .
There are many college students (most of them from engineering college) who spend day and night to fulfil their blogging dreams. Unfortunately, most students are missing their classes ,and spending their precious time in researching and writing articles. This habit ultimately effects their overall academic performance. Here are few tips for them to maintain a balance between College and blogging:
Blogging for College students:
If there is one thing which I regret about my blogging career, that would be: I didn’t started blogging in college time. College time is the best time to start a blog of your own, as in this period you will be getting maximum leisure time, and instead of spending time on Facebook, or playing counter strike, you can work on your blog.
Additionally, it will help you to enhance your personality, and by the time you are out of the college, your blog will be making handsome income. Imagine, how good that would be if your blog income will help you to pay most of your bills. If you are one of those students, who are in school or college, and have a blog, here are few more tips to help you make most out of your blogging:
1. Attend Your Classes
It is true that blogging gives lots of fame and money, but you should accept the fact that degree is most precious thing for any student. Companies judge you by your academic performance, not from your blogging experience. So never ignore your studies. Attend all the classes and maintain a good percentage.
2. Make A Proper Schedule
Make a time table and decide the time which suits you for blogging. Don’t be a night owl by doing research and blogging. It will affect your schedule. Try to complete your work and go to bed before midnight. Take at least 6-7 hours of sleep.
3. How much time you should devote
It totally depends on your college timing. If your college ends up at 5:00 p.m then you have 7 hours for blogging and studies. Try to create a balance between these two work. Both are necessary. Stick with your schedule.
4. Tell everyone about your blog
Try to tell everyone about your work. Don’t become a suspicious guy among your friends. Give your blog address to your friends and ask them to read your blog and leave comments.
5. Part time job
In college many students join call centers and various other part time job. But blogging is a favorite part time work and it pays you more than any other part time job. Try to catch some web publisher and show your writing skills to them. You can easily get work if you are an efficient writer.
6. Attend Meetings in Your City
Try to catch some famous people of your field. Attend blog camps, blogger’s meet and Tweetup organized by various bloggers in your city. Register for these events and catch big fishes of your field and discuss them about blogging. You can also ask for help regarding any subject.
7. Organize Blog classes in your college
If you are an established blogger then you can organize blog camps for other students of your college. You can take permission for the classes from your head of department of director of your college. You can educate your fellow students about blogging business, and how they can earn from a blog.
8. Impress your friends
Blogging is an immediate source of fame for any student. You can become famous among your friends by showing your blogging skill. Try to research for different articles on your niche and write about them on your blog. Try to solve various technical problems of your friends through your blog.
9. Read blogs related to your branch
If you are a student of Computer science then you can read blogs related to your study. Lifehacker and Howtogeek are very well-known blog for computer users. Similarly you can read Howstuffworks, Techcrunch and Mashable for knowledge of various startup companies and Social Media.
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The Ten Commandments of Wicketkeeping - Part I
Just as all roles in life are governed by certain
norms and ethics, so do the duties of every member
of a cricket team. There is a set of 'commandments'
that each player is expected to follow. The
wicketkeeper is no exception.
The Ten Commandments of Keeping:
1) Concentrate, concentrate and concentrate.
2) Anticipate confidently.
3) Make sure your equipment is right.
4) Watch the ball.
6) Do not snatch at the ball.
7) Whenever possible, try to bring the body behind
8) Wear gloves that are big.
9) Point the fingers outwards and downwards.
10) Work hard to maintain a reasonable level of
to ensure that your reflexes and eyes remain sharp.
Let's focus on the first and most important
Concentration is just as vital for a wicketkeeper
as it is for a batsman. One mistake and you might
well lose a match for your team. Therefore, it is
vital that a keeper guards against lapses in
concentration. He should be able to concentrate
intensely, and for long periods.
New Zealand keeper
Brendon McCullum watches
Dravid play the sweep
Like the batsman, the keeper should start
concentrating on the bowler's hand as soon as the
latter begins his run-up. The intensity should
increase with every step, so that by the time the
bowler delivers the ball, his concentration is at
This helps the keeper to judge the length of the
ball, which way it is going, whether it will swerve
or swing, etc. Consequently, the keeper is able to
balance himself better. Keepers have to judge the
speed, direction, height, etc in a split-second.
Imagine you are keeping to a Shoaib Akhtar or a
Shane Bond, who are hurling rockets at around
100mph. A situation as challenging as this calls
for planning and anticipation. You need to have the
tenacity to implement your plans when the ball
flies towards you at that speed. You simply cannot
let your mind wander.
Lapses in concentration are more responsible for
ruining a wicketkeeper's career more than any other
reason. Several keepers have been found wanting
because of their inability to concentrate for long
periods with the required level of intensity. Any
cricketer can catch the ball. It does not require a
great skill. But the cricketer's
concentration-levels should be adequate enough to
anticipate and react quickly and correctly.
A strong mind that can help you overcome all the
odds is the key to your success as a keeper. How
else would you explain the success of Rahul Dravid
behind the stumps in ODIs? He wasn't a regular
keeper, and many people had advised him against it,
for they felt the additional responsibility would
have an adverse effect on his batting. But Rahul
did not listen to them and did the job manfully and
competently. The man is endowed with a vibrant,
dynamic and positive cricketing brain.
Concentration helps the keeper to overcome internal
disturbances and external hindrances. Each batsman
has his own ritual before the ball is bowled or his
unique brand of technique. Take a case of Brian
Lara. His backlift is such that the keeper's vision
is bound to be obscured. Sanath Jayasuriya's ritual
of touching the wickets an umpteen number of times
before facing the ball could also be a distraction.
The worst thing any keeper can do is continue to
think about an error he may have committed. Moping
about a mistake will only disturb his focus, and
before he realises it, he will have made another
The ability to anticipate is developed and honed
over a period of time. Everyone makes mistakes. But
the frequency of mistakes decreases as one gains
experience and confidence. Anticipation and
concentration is not confined to the line, length
and direction of the ball. It applies to the
batsman's strokes as well. A keeper can prepare
himself better and quicker for a possible chance if
he is able to anticipate the shot the batsman is
going to execute.
If a wicketkeeper's job is to be described in a
succinct manner, the word 'demanding' fits the bill
perfectly. But then, no individual can be forced to
keep wickets unless the circumstances are extreme.
It is a job a player gets into willingly, and
therefore he has to do justice to it. It is
difficult and quite exhausting to concentrate for
six hours. But the keeper has to psyche himself,
talk to himself, and do everything he can to keep
To be continued.
The Ten Commandments of
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He's the flashiest tycoon in one of Asia's poorest cities, with a canary-yellow Lamborghini parked outside his neoclassical mansion.
Tay Za is also one of the most vilified associates of Myanmar's former junta. The U.S. Treasury has branded him a notorious henchman and arms dealer, slapping him with sanctions that froze his assets and blocked his jet-setting family from cities across the globe.
Now, as his country starts to open up after decades of military misrule, Tay Za is leading a wave of crony capitalists who are repositioning themselves as the fresh new faces of Myanmar Inc. According to his son, the 44-year-old multimillionaire has become a semi-retired philanthropist.
Everything is all different for him now, said Pye Phyo Tayza, 25, over a two-hour dinner at the Kandawgyi Palace Hotel, a teak complex bought by his father two years ago. He is doing a lot of foundation work. He is doing more contributions for society. Less greed.
Reuters interviews with Myanmar's most powerful business families reveal a broad push to cultivate a new image - and retain their position atop the economy of this resource-rich nation of 60 million.
Some are promoting charitable work, forging ties with the dissident Burmese Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, and huddling daily with executives from multinational companies descending upon one of world's last frontier economies.
Many are retooling sprawling business empires that relied on favors from the state, anticipating an end to sanctions and new competition from foreign brands. Some are hiving off loss-making assets inherited under a system that reserved lucrative contracts - often in jade mining, timber and tourism - to favored businessmen, or awkwardly trying to shed an aura of privilege in Asia's second-poorest country after Afghanistan.
Quietly, they are bringing sons and daughters into play, spawning a second-generation elite that is consolidating through business and marriage, even as Washington and Brussels debate how to lift sanctions without enriching Than Shwe's business allies.
The maneuvering poses a tricky dilemma for the West. The United States and Europe must embrace Myanmar's political and industrial leaders in order for reforms to take hold and to counter China's influence in this country at the crossroads of Asia. But that endorsement, and the impending lifting of trade sanctions, could backfire if the regime takes a repressive turn or the elite keep a lock on the nation's resources.
Myanmar's opening began last year, when Senior General Than Shwe handed power to a nominally civilian government, and advanced this month when democracy champion Aung San Suu Kyi won election to parliament. That prompted Washington last week to say it was ready to relax some sanctions, including a ban on U.S. investments in Myanmar, also known as Burma.
But in announcing those steps, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said sanctions and prohibitions will remain on individuals and institutions that remain on the wrong side of reforms.
Myanmar's crony capitalists - a clique of fewer than 20 families - grew rich with help from the dictator who ruled Myanmar from 1992 until his retirement just last year. Than Shwe led a military junta whose abuses include killings, torture, rape and forced labor, the International Human Rights Clinic at Harvard Law School said in a 2009 report.
During her visit to Myanmar in December 2011, the first by a U.S. secretary of state in over 50 years, Clinton called for economic as well as political reforms so that the benefits of lifting sanctions would flow to a broad-based group of people and not just to a very few.
That's easier said than done. Even for Clinton: She stayed at the Thingaha, a crony-owned hotel in Myanmar's crony-built capital city of Naypyitaw.
The go-to businessmen of the former military junta are now the must-see contacts of Western executives wishing to invest in this former British colony, nestled between booming India and China with strategic ports and untapped reserves of oil and gas.
Tay Za is perhaps Myanmar's best-known tycoon. Diplomats say he curried favor with Than Shwe and other generals, giving their children roles in his businesses in exchange for coveted contracts and import licenses in profitable sectors: trading, logistics, property, agro-industries, tourism, oil and retail.
He has boasted sanctions made him richer and the generals stronger. Washington calls him the regime's top crony. But his eldest son tells Reuters his family has suffered under sanctions.
When the military violently cracked down on Buddhist monks and pro-democracy activists in September 2007, the U.S. blacklisted Tay Za and his family under tighter sanctions, citing his links to the junta's inner circle.
Around that time, an e-mail purportedly by Tay Za's other son, Htet, circulated on the Internet. It ridiculed sanctions, poked fun at the unrest, and turned an envious and angry public against the family.
U.S. bans us. We're still f***ing cool in Singapore. We're sitting on the whole Burmese GDP. We've got timber, gems and gas to be sold to other countries like Singapore, China, India and Russia, it read. Pye Phyo Tayza says the e-mail was a fake. The family tracked the ISP address to the United States, he says. His brother, then 14 years old, was studying in Singapore.
He didn't write it, says Pye Phyo Tayza.
U.S. diplomats agreed the email was a phony but expressed little sympathy for Htet. Tay Za's son does maintain a Facebook page with pictures of him sitting in his Ferrari with semi-automatic weapons, says a U.S. diplomatic cable released by Wikileaks.
Pye Phyo Tayza says he suffered from depression in 2003 when sanctions foiled his chance at attending elite schools in London and Sydney. They said I am not even entitled to apply for a visa, he says. Where are my human rights?
He appealed to a European Union high court, arguing he should not be punished because of his father. The Court of Justice of the EU agreed on March 13 after four years of costly litigation. A 2008 regulation that froze his funds was annulled. He hopes that will pave the way for a lifting of his travel ban.
Now, as chairman of his father's Yangon United Football Club, one of 14 teams in a three-year-old national league, he acknowledges pressure to join the family business.
His father suffers health problems, he says, including a damaged kidney and lingering effects of frost-bite after surviving a helicopter crash last year in northern Myanmar. Tay Za and five others spent three days sheltered by a rock and snowdrifts at 12,000 feet before being rescued.
Those were the worst three days of my life, says his son. And they changed him.
He is doing a lot with his foundation, investing a lot in that area where he crashed, he says. He doesn't do anything else. He delegates to the managing director and he stays at home, reads books, focuses his time on this.
FRIENDS WITH ANYONE
Other tycoons are doing more than finessing their image: They're retooling entire conglomerates.
Few are more powerful than Zaw Zaw, whose holdings range from timber, gems and rubber plantations to construction and luxury resorts. He dominates the lucrative and tightly controlled auto-import industry. Annual revenues of $500 million make his Max Myanmar Group a Burmese leviathan.
His friendship with former dictator Than Shwe makes him a regime crony, according to the U.S. Treasury Department, which blacklisted him under targeted sanctions three years ago. A 2007 U.S. diplomatic cable described how Zaw Zaw actively seeks favor with the senior generals.
Zaw Zaw is shifting strategy. Banking, hotels and tourism are his priority, he says. Construction is a big headache, suggesting an exit from a crony-dominated industry whose state contracts made him a fortune.
You cannot manage everything yourself, he says in an interview from his Yangon office. We have to look at which business is good for the future, which business we can partner with foreign companies.
Dressed in a crisp white shirt and a traditional Burmese sarong, the affable 44-year-old expects sanctions to be lifted soon, first by Europe and then by the United States. As Myanmar overflows with tourists and frontier-minded investors, he wants to inject more into his hotel business.
He is constructing a 400-room hotel in Yangon, the dilapidated commercial capital of 5.6 million people, whose 1,500 hotel rooms are chronically overbooked. He says he is in talks with global five-star hotel groups to operate it. If I manage it, he jokes, it will be one star.
But his dream, he says, is to build an international brand for his nearly two-year-old bank, Ayeyarwady. He meets almost daily with officials from foreign banks and other multinationals to discuss potential deals and alliances, he says.
Asked whether he and other tycoons are lackeys of dictators, as often depicted, Zaw Zaw shakes his head. The junta favored him for the quality of his work, he says. We have never done any business that is illegal.
He described his friendship with retired dictator Than Shwe as pure business: I can make friends with anyone. Yet he agrees friends get favors. When he built the Royal Kumudra Hotel in the new capital city of Naypyitaw, he was paid not with money but with 10 permits valued at $180,000 each to import automobiles.
He was also rewarded when about 300 state-owned assets - from real estate to gas stations and an airline - were doled out two years ago in the largest privatization in Myanmar's history. Junta allies hit the jackpot. Zaw Zaw won a banking license and a cement factory. For those two, I really appreciate it. I want to say 'thank you' to the previous government, he says.
He also lauds the work of Suu Kyi. As the head of the Myanmar Football Association, he invited her to a recent game, where the two were photographed. Some Suu Kyi allies fumed that she had sold out. But the image underscores the scale of change in Myanmar, as Suu Kyi prepares to enter parliament after her party's landslide by-election victory on April 1.
Suu Kyi's spokesman, Nyan Win, declined to comment on her relationship with Zaw Zaw or other well-connected tycoons.
While Zaw Zaw reshapes his empire in the hope of forging post-sanctions deals with multinationals, other top cronies seem intertwined with the junta that enriched them.
KBZ Group controls two airlines, the country's largest private bank, and lucrative jade and gem mining concessions. Its chairman is Aung Ko Win, a former schoolteacher whose connections with General Maung Aye, 74, formerly the junta's second-in-command, first showered him with riches.
They also won him a place on the EU sanctions list, along with his wife, Nan Than Htwe, and Nang Lang Kham, one of three daughters being groomed to take over the business. The family are very shy, very religious, very good-hearted, says Nyo Myint, a KBZ Group consultant.
Aung Ko Win steers clear of the media, although in January the chairman - wearing a trilby hat, Ray Bans and a diamond-studded gold watch - was spotted aboard an Air KBZ flight by Reuters staff on assignment in Myanmar. An attempt to interview him was cut short by the pilot, who emerged from the cockpit to shoo a reporter away.
But his daughter Nang Lang Kham and consultant Nyo Myint agreed to meet at KBZ Bank's headquarters in Yangon.
Aung Ko Win is closely associated with the former junta. Photos of him inspecting chunks of jade with retired dictator General Than Shwe adorn the bank's walls.
Aung Ko Win struck it rich at ruby and sapphire mines in the early 1990s in a region of Shan State where Gen. Maung Aye was a commander. My dad was an entrepreneur, says Nang Lang Kham.
But during a 2008 meeting with U.S. diplomats, Aung Ko Win admitted Maung Aye gave him jade and gem mining concessions, and that he remained close to the general.
That intimacy appeared to help his KBZ Bank fend off the rival Co-operative Bank in a 2010 dispute over the ownership of Myanmar International Airways. Ultimately, KBZ Bank secured 80 percent of the airline. Co-operative endured a run by depositors who feared their bank might not survive a conflict with a powerful crony.
But influence cuts both ways. The following year, amid rumors of Maung Aye's ouster, KBZ itself suffered mass withdrawals by anxious depositors concerned that the star of Aung Ko Win was also on the wane, wrote economist Sean Turnell, a Myanmar banking expert at Macquarie University in Sydney.
KBZ Bank has since become Myanmar's largest private bank, although the sector remains tainted by allegations of money-laundering and ties to drug traffickers. Myanmar is the world's second-largest producer of opium after Afghanistan and a leading supplier of methamphetamine.
A Financial Action Task Force of U.S. and Japanese officials concluded after a 2006 visit to Myanmar that KBZ Bank was weak in promoting a culture of AML (anti-money laundering) compliance, says a U.S. diplomatic cable.
KBZ Bank denies those allegations. In a statement, it said it participates enthusiastically in anti-money laundering activities.
The Task Force also noted that brisk trade in gold, gems and jade provided ample opportunities for abuse.
Gem and jade remain KBZ Group's primary cash cow. Every few months, Myanmar holds gem emporiums at which KBZ racks up sales of between $40 million to $50 million, according to a company document seen by Reuters. This figure excludes one-off sales. In 2011, a Chinese buyer snapped up a $44 million chunk of imperial jade.
U.S. investment restrictions are unlikely to be lifted soon on gems, timber and some other resource-related industries, even if Washington relaxes sanctions, said a U.S. official in Washington, as they are regressive sectors in ethnic minority areas known for human-rights abuses.
One part of Aung Ko Win's empire is struggling. In 2010, he launched a domestic airline called Air KBZ. One of its three aircraft crashed at Thandwe airport in February. No injuries were reported among the 51 passengers, who included foreigners bound for Ngapali, Myanmar's best-known beach.
Air KBZ's chairman is the tycoon's daughter, Nang Lang Kham. I still have a lot to learn from my father, she says. We are trying to modernize our banking business and restructure our organization as well.
Not every tycoon is a crony. Michael Moe Myint was identified in a 2009 U.S. embassy cable as one of Burma's most successful businessmen, and perhaps the most legitimate.
His 23-year-old Myint & Associates is Myanmar's biggest contract oil and gas services provider, with annual revenues this year of about $12 million. He also runs a $40 million oil and gas exploration and production company.
A former commercial pilot, Moe Myint, 59, studied and worked briefly in the United States before returning to Myanmar in 1989 to emulate his late father, a geologist who advised Shell.
You just don't do it, he says of cronyism, though sometimes it is very hard.
In the late 1970s, he planned flights for General Ne Win, whose 1962 coup began Myanmar's dark years of army rule. He worked closely with a Ne Win protégé, Khin Nyunt, who would become the much-feared chief of military intelligence.
Years later, when Khin Nyunt offered him lucrative state contracts, Moe Myint says he said no. That's not the way I wanted to earn my money.
Today, he is close to Suu Kyi, hosting a Japanese-themed dinner for her and 250 guests in January. She also dined with his family on Christmas day, urging his son, a petroleum engineer with Chevron in Australia, to return home. She convinced him to leave Chevron and come back and help the country, he says.
But he is scornful of the U.S. sanctions against him and his family, which were imposed in 2008 due to what a U.S. diplomatic cable described as production-sharing contracts with the former military government. He says the U.S. measures were hypocritical. While U.S. companies cannot invest in Myanmar, his company employed Americans and had contracts with U.S. companies. Yet because I am working in oil and gas in Myanmar, I am denied a visa.
A year later, U.S. diplomats urged Washington to reverse the decision, saying in a March 2009 cable that he does not provide and/or derive significant support to or from the regime. The sanctions were removed only last month.
Sanctions often missed their mark, says Serge Pun, chairman of SPA Group, whose interests include real estate and financial services.
How could they be effective when you have China on one side and India on one side that didn't bother about the sanctions? In the 2010-11 (April-March) fiscal year, for instance, China pledged $14 billion of investment, pushing total foreign direct investment promises to $20 billion, official data show.
Among those doing business with China is Myanmar's most reclusive crony: Tun Myint Naing, 53, better known as Steven Law. A soft-spoken ethnic Chinese, Law owns a huge construction and trading company, Asia World, that built Yangon's busiest port, an extension to its international airport and one of the best-known hotels, Traders.
It also helped create the capital Naypyitaw, throwing up hotels, ministries and a retirement mansion for strongman Than Shwe.
Asia World was founded by Law's father, Lo Hsing Han, described by the U.S. Treasury in a 2010 document as the Godfather of Heroin and one of the world's key heroin traffickers dating back to the early 1970s. Law, the document adds, joined his father's drug empire in the 1990s and has since become one of the wealthiest individuals in Burma. Law has denied involvement in drug trafficking.
Asia World has profited from Law's excellent personal relationship with senior generals, including Than Shwe, and from sealing business deals between Chinese companies and the military regime, U.S. diplomatic cables say.
Yet when reformist President Thein Sein visited China in May, Law was in the delegation, suggesting that he will remain very influential as a Chinese-speaking intermediary, predicts Sumana Rajarethnam, an analyst with the Economist Intelligence Unit. Asia World is involved in some of Myanmar's biggest and most controversial Chinese-led projects, including the Kyaukphyu deep-sea port complex overlooking the Bay of Bengal and the trans-Myanmar pipelines that will carry oil and gas into China.
Law declined to speak to Reuters for this story.
Even if cronyism fades, its likely legacy is a class of entrenched business dynasties. One is led by Khin Shwe, a property tycoon and member of the upper house of parliament who is listed under U.S. and European sanctions.
His son, Zay Thiha, is vice chairman of their property group, Zaykabar. Zay Thiha's sister, Zay Zin Latt, is married to Toe Naing Mann, founder of telecoms group Redlink Co. Toe is the son of lower house speaker Shwe Mann, a former general and a possible future president.
This second generation is less tainted by Myanmar's military past, and the first generation is relying on them in its quest for legitimacy in the new Myanmar.
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By Matthew Roscoe • 06 July 2022 • 11:27
Deafblind community of the Valencian region marches for social inclusion. Image: AytoElche
The demonstration, under the slogan ‘Fighting for our Rights’, was made up of hundreds of people from the deafblind community.
The march started from the Plaça de Baix and reached the Congress Centre at around 11 am.
Once at the centre, the group made their way through a 12-point manifesto.
The manifesto specifically demanded that the group be able to live independently on equal terms, guaranteeing access to information (including television content) and healthcare, promoting the development and innovation of accessible material resources, specific attention to deafblind girls/women, funding to establish a 24-hour emergency guide-interpreter service, qualified professionals in old people’s homes specialising in deafblindness and a reference centre that brings together the services used by the group.
The group also called for financial support to minority organisations from the deafblind community in need of resources.
Elche’s councillor for Social Rights and Inclusive Policies, Mariano Valera, who attended the briefing at the Congress Centre, said: “We echo each and every word that has been said today.
“We share every demand, every objective, every aspect that has been verbalised in the manifesto, but, above all, we want to make them our own and support them as the administration that we are.”
He added: “We must make the necessary commitments to improve the quality of life of society as a whole.”
Valera promised that the council would “make deafblindness more visible by launching campaigns that provide information, advice, guidance and awareness.”
“Here you have your City Council always by your hand to carry out this kind of campaign,” he said.
There are believed to be more than 600 people with deafblindness in the Valencian Community, while there are more than 7,000 in the whole of Spain.
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Are you looking forward to wrapping up the 2020-2021 school year? This year is definitely one for the books! We made history with the collective effort and help of one another to get through the year.
We can consider this year as the year of tremendous professional growth for our educators. However, the isolation with minimal opportunity to share new learnings has somewhat kept the district from retaining the knowledge.
Did you hear about K-12 Conversations? It is a systemic framework that builds and supports a learning community and bolsters efficacy. K–12 conversations create the conditions for all levels of a district to have fruitful small-group discussions about assessment, instructional practices, and social and emotional wellness—and that’s been particularly helpful given the events of the past year. – Michele Myers, edutopia.org
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Easy Tips of Writing an Academic Paper for StudentsJune 12, 2012
The following are some of the steps that you need to undertake if you want to write an interesting academic paper.
Learn of all the writing styles
An academic paper requires the use of certain styles such as APA (American Psychological Association), MLA (Modern Language Association), Chicago Style, etc. Improper citations will lead to the loss of vital marks for style.
If you do it hurriedly, you will not write an interesting research paper. You should begin as early as possible so as to ensure that you have adequate time of researching, proofreading and making all the necessary changes before submission.
Consult your supervisor before you make any major step
If you want to move quickly with the writing of academic paper, you should ensure that you seek the guidance of your supervisor up to the allowed limits. The supervisor will not directly help you in the research but together, you can discuss on some of the issues that need to be covered.
Research thoroughly and widely
Academic paper is all about researching. You must ensure that you research widely from all the available sources. You need to utilize the available resources including the public, college and online libraries.
Cite and acknowledge any cited work properly
Plagiarism is not tolerated in the writing of academic papers. You must ensure that you remain fully and truly original. Whenever, you quite another person's work, you should ensure that you cite it properly.
The good thing with academic writing is that you are allowed to expound, criticize or support other person’s ideas abut you must acknowledge that they are not your original work by citing them properly.
Review earlier submitted academic papers
In order to get the correct picture of what you are required to do, you can ask your supervisor or librarian for copies of the earlier submitted academic papers. NOTE THAT you are supposed to preview these earlier submitted academic papers so as to get ideas and real example of the required style and format BUT NOT TO COPY.
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Packaging Contents: Home Paint
Packaging Substrate / Materials: Tin
Hue paints brings an environmental friendly solution to the paint market. Not only is the paint natural and non-toxic, but contains zero VOCs, volatile organic compounds. Hue paints is convenient, long lasting and completely biodegradable.
For the packaging design I created line drawings of different interior environments. The inspiration for these designs is a unique take on childrens coloring books, where they can choose to paint/color their drawings in their own artistic way. Similarly, the packaging designs for Hue, allows homeowners to create their colorful little spaces in patterns and tones that most appeal to them. The rich hues gets consumers excited to start their own painting projects on the walls of their home.
I also decided that the labels would be printed on special paper and wrapped round the paint tins to highlight the ‘craft’ element of the paints. This is another departure from conventional tin design, where the label is printed directly onto the metal. | <urn:uuid:d077409a-ee97-4b27-acdb-9c60f6617740> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://packagingoftheworld.com/2021/07/hue-home-decor-paints.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573908.30/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820043108-20220820073108-00266.warc.gz | en | 0.935682 | 229 | 1.625 | 2 |
More than 40 bidders were unable to keep Tim Draper, a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, from purchasing the entire lot of 30,000 bitcoins auctioned by the US government. Instead of just flooding the market with the bitcoins, Draper has teamed up with bitcoin exchange company Vaurum, and wants to expand cryptocurrency use worldwide.
"With the help of Vaurum and this newly purchased bitcoin, we expect to be able to create new services that can provide liquidity and confidence to markets that have been hamstrung by weak currencies," Draper said in a statement. "We want to enable people to hold and trade bitcoin to secure themselves against weakening currencies."
The seized bitcoins were valued near $19 million, and Draper won every single lot - but won't say how much he spent to dominate the auction. | <urn:uuid:d45c7203-5be7-4d42-a1b8-0c7a88b7b93e> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.tweaktown.com/news/38834/tech-guru-tim-draper-wins-bitcoin-auction-won-t-say-how-much-he-paid/index.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721558.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00045-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978423 | 162 | 1.546875 | 2 |
America is widely recognized for the freedoms and equalities it gives its people. These equalities also extend to criminals and convicted felons. Under the Bill of Rights all Americans are entitled to certain rights and liberties, with this concept in mind the Supreme Court has interpreted many of these rights and liberties to protect the human rights of suspected criminals. During the 1950's and 1960's, one of the most pressing questions was; "whether suspects had constitutional rights ...[and] ...how and when those rights could be exercised".
The fourth amendment to the Bill of Rights states that people have the right to secure their homes, papers, themselves, and effects against unjustified searches. The amendment also required that a warrant be issued under probable cause, to search or arrest someone. In 1949 the court case of Wolf v. Colorado appeared in regards to this issue, the question that appeared was whether the states were allowed to present illegally seized evidence in court.
The Court held that the Fourteenth amendment did not subject criminal justice in the states to specific limitations and that illegally obtained evidence did not have to be excluded from trials in all cases. This case was vital in that it required "warrants " to any searches or seizures.
The Fifth Amendment ruled against 'double jeopardy', which meant that being tried for the same criminal offense was prohibited. In 1969 the court case of Benton v. Maryland, in which the petitioner was tried for burglary and larceny, the petitioner was found guilty of burglary and sentenced to 10 years in prison. Because the petitioner's case had been selected under invalid constitutional provision, the case was remanded to the trial court. The fist time this case had been brought to court the petitioner had been found guilty of burglary and not... | <urn:uuid:54e34c1a-0b78-490f-8f83-cc89279022cc> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.writework.com/essay/criminal-justice-discuss-bill-rights-and-their-court-cases | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279933.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00129-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980556 | 351 | 3.390625 | 3 |
Yes, this is actually true – some national Tea Party groups have officially come out in opposition to Net Neutrality. First, a primer for those of you who may have forgotten (we’ve written about this before):
A coalition that included 35 Tea Party groups sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Wednesday urging the agency not to boost its authority over broadband providers through a controversial process known as reclassification.
The process could give federal regulators the power to impose net neutrality rules, which would prevent Internet access providers from favoring some content and applications over others.
In other words, Net Neutrality ensures that service providers cannot act unilaterally to restrict traffic of a particular type or to a particular site. Here’s the Tea Party reasoning behind opposing Net Neutrality:
“I think the clearest thing is it’s an affront to free speech and free markets,” she said.
Yes, they believe that preventing corporations from controlling what you access on the internet is an affront to free speech.
The free-speech argument holds that, by interfering with how phone and cable companies deliver Internet traffic, the government would be thwarting the free-speech rights of providers such as AT&T, Verizon and Comcast.
Here’s what these morons don’t seem to realize – by empowering Comcast’s “free speech rights” to restrict internet access, they are destroying their own free speech rights. If Comcast wants to block a site critical of Comcast, they can. If someone wants to start a small website to express their views on an issue – say, like one of the original Tea Party sites – and an ISP doesn’t like it, they can charge you more money just to get your pages served to their customers than they can now. Effectively, elimination of Net Neutrality hands complete control over internet censorship to ISPs.
“There are so many assaults on individual liberties — the EPA, net neutrality, cap-and-trade, card-check; the list goes on — that sometimes the Tea Party doesn’t know where to start its battles,” Radtke said.
Maybe you could start by learning something about what you are talking about. That’d be a fresh change of pace, as opposed to the ignorance displayed with this issue, the “Ground Zero Mosque”, card check, evolution, Obama’s citizenship… (I could almost literally go on forever).
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Noel Casserly, SmartEarth CEO, writes about the Green Climate Fund as the Board meets in Korea this week and is facing tough challenges to meet funding and capacity building targets.
The Board of the Green Climate Fund meets in Korea 8th to 10th March where it will make a number of key decisions on the programming of funds and the designation of new accredited entities. Expectations of the GCF are high as it aims to fulfil its ambitious objectives. The Board of the GCF has set itself a goal to allocate $2.5 billion in 2016 but project funding allocated in 2015 still remains to be paid out. Direct access to funding remains a key concern of many developing countries and the GCF Board will decide whether to accredit 13 new agencies that have sought authorisation to implement projects, in addition to the 20 that have already been approved.
At a Board meeting last November, the GCF approved funding totalling $168 million for its first set of eight projects including two private sector and two mitigation projects and six public sector projects focusing on adaptation or crosscutting mitigation and adaptation. Projects range from green bonds to incentivise energy efficiency in Latin America and the Caribbean to improved early warning of extreme weather in Malawi. This funding has yet to be paid out and is not expected to be handed over until later this year, when all the conditions for payment should be in place.
The Board of the GCF has repeatedly stressed that country ownership and a country-driven approach are core principles of the Fund. For a country to directly access GCF finance, it must first nominate a National Designated Authority (NDA) – usually an existing government department like the finance or environment ministry. An NDA, or a focal point, acts as the main point of contact for the Fund, and is mandated to develop and propose individual country work programmes for GCF consideration and ensure the consistency of all funding proposals. By the end of 2015, 136 countries had designated an NDA or focal point. Countries have flexibility on the structure, operation and governance of NDAs, though the Board has issued initial best practice guidelines and options for country coordination and multi-stakeholder engagement for the Fund.
The GCF readiness and preparatory programme helps NDAs and Focal Points engage with the Fund. Supporting national, sub-national and regional implementing entities and intermediaries to meet GCF accreditation standards has been identified as a priority of the programme. With $30 million available to help countries prepare to access its funding, so far 97 requests for support have been received, and 43 approved.
The GCF has already agreed on a broad accreditation framework with a three-step accreditation process. Implementing entities and intermediaries from both the public and the private sector must have in place best practice social and environmental safeguards and meet strong fiduciary standards to ensure good financial management.
The difficulty for many national entities lies in demonstrating that these institutions comply with the GCF’s fiduciary and gender policy standards, and that they can apply the relevant environmental and social safeguards. These measures – to guard against corruption, among other problems – are outlined in the 52-page application form. Institutions must prove they have: a track record of delivering mitigation and adaptation projects, and have appropriate audit and procurement arrangements in place.
So far, of the 20 agencies that have received accreditation, the majority are regional, international and U.N. organisations. Only a quarter are national level, including Rwanda’s Ministry of Natural Resources, Namibia’s Environmental Investment Fund and India’s National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development.
Developing countries have called for simplifying the accreditation process and the GCF is making some efforts to ease the pathway to accreditation through the readiness and preparatory programme and a “fit-for-purpose” accreditation approach. Under this system, the application of fiduciary standards and environmental and social standards are categorised and matched to the risk level, complexity and size of the project or programme that is to be implemented. The applicant entities choose which category of accreditation they seek and whether they want to be accredited to provide additional intermediating functions.
There are calls however to accelerate direct access to a wider range of organisations including civil society groups and local authorities to amplify the transformative impact of the Fund. Making climate finance available to local organisations would allow the GCF to address local priorities and engage a much wider selection of stakeholders, thereby achieving a more profound form of ‘country ownership’. Significantly, resourcing civil society organisations in developing countries would empower communities to challenge power imbalances and drive transformative change.
The GCF could channel climate finance through a small grants mechanism or to umbrella bodies of smaller organisations, whether industry associations, municipal development funds or alliances of civil society groups. Regional approaches for smaller states with minimal administrations could be encouraged. There are existing best practice models, for example, the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP), or civil society groupings such as the Pan African Alliance for Climate Justice.
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Stir-fry and salsa aren’t traditional companions on the plate, but that doesn’t mean there can’t be a little common ground.
As a wok cooking teacher, I’m constantly looking for new ways to use my wok, including with cuisines other than Asian. And it turns out the Hispanic world has a wealth of ingredients and classic recipes perfectly suited to this cooking style.
Though I grew up in Hong Kong — where I watched local cooks use huge cast-iron woks to prepare classic street foods such as choutofu (stinky tofu), stuffed peppers, curried octopus and roasted chestnuts — I now live in Miami, a city rich with Cuban culture. I’ve noticed many similarities in cooking techniques, ingredients and seasonings between the cultures.
Cuban-style paella, for example, is similar to Asian fried rice. Even the paella pan resembles a wok.
Look more broadly across Hispanic cuisines and examples are plentiful. Churros and Chinese crullers are both crispy deep-fried dough sticks. Fillings for quesadillas, fajitas and tacos are basically stir-fried beef, chicken or pork.
In Peru, which has a sizeable population of Chinese immigrants, there is even an Asian-Peruvian fusion dish known as chifa, a mash-up of the term “chow fan,” which refers to Chinese fried rice. Chifa — basically fried rice with native Peruvian ingredients, often leftovers, and soy sauce — has become an integral part of Peruvian cuisine.
One of the most common ways to cook in a wok is to do so briefly at very high heat. This is why ingredients often are cooked in batches according to how long they should take. For example, vegetables go in until just tender, but still lightly crisp, then are removed from the pan. Next, the meat is cooked until nicely seared, then everything is combined.
This same approach works with Hispanic ingredients. It can be as simple as stir-frying some onion, peppers and other vegetables, then setting those aside. Add some thinly sliced beef, pork or chicken with Hispanic seasonings and cook that. When the meat is ready, combine everything and use as a filling for tacos.
But woks can do more than stir-fry, and that versatility is what makes them so useful for other cuisines. Because of their shape and wide opening, woks are great for deep frying, steaming, stewing, toasting spices and nuts, even baking.
For example, a wok can fry up churros as easily as wonton-wrapped dumplings or spring rolls. It also can be used to fry plantains. And in both cases, the attachable wire rack that clips to the side of the wok is excellent for draining excess oil from the fried foods.
Don’t have a paella pan? Use a large wok. It also does a fine job with arroz con pollo — brown the chicken, cook the sofrito and tomato sauce, then add the rice and other ingredients. I’ve even made tortilla omelets in my wok. Start by stir-frying the vegetables in the wok, then add the mixture of egg and cheese. Set the entire thing in the oven (set on a wok ring) and bake.
A cast-iron wok over gas heat is the best choice. But in a pinch, a large cast-iron skillet can be substituted. A stainless or carbon steel wok also can be used, though you may find you need to use more oil to prevent sticking. Never use nonstick woks for high-heat frying; they aren’t made to tolerate extreme heat.
Because speed is essential when cooking at high heat in a wok, it’s important to have all ingredients prepped ahead. If you are using a small wok or a skillet, you may need to cook the meat in two batches. Avoid crowding the pan, as this cools it. The meat also should be cooked in two batches if your stove is electric, which does not maintain temperature as well as gas.
Stainless steel spatulas with a wooden handle and curved edge work best with steel or cast-iron woks.
This dish is best served with rice, especially red or brown. Start the rice cooking as you prep your ingredients so everything is ready at the same time.
Start to finish: 30 minutes
1 tablespoon tamari or good (MSG-free) soy sauce
1 teaspoon medium drinking sherry
2 teaspoons of cornstarch
2 pinches white pepper
1 pound 90 percent lean ground beef
1 tablespoon canola or other high-heat oil, divided
1 medium yellow onion, finely chopped
1/2 medium green bell pepper, cored and finely chopped
1/2 medium red bell pepper, cored and finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, diced
2 plum tomatoes, finely chopped
1/4 cup diced green olives with pimentos
1/4 cup raisins
2 teaspoons ground cumin
1 teaspoon dried oregano
1 teaspoon paprika
Juice of 1 lime
Sprigs of fresh cilantro, mint or parsley, to serve
In a medium bowl, whisk together the tamari, sherry, cornstarch and white pepper. Add the ground beef and mix until thoroughly incorporated. Set aside.
Set your wok over high and let heat for 1 minute. Add 1/2 tablespoon of the oil and heat until it shimmers. Add the onion and both bell peppers. As soon as they hit the wok, immediately stir them around the pan. Cook for 5 minutes, or until the onions and peppers are just barely cooked and still firm and colorful.
Transfer the vegetables to a plate. Use paper towels to dry the wok, then return it to the heat.
When the wok is hot again, add the remaining 1/2 tablespoon of oil and heat until it shimmers. Add the garlic first, then immediately add the ground beef.
Use the back of the spatula to spread the beef across the wok as if frying a wide burger. Let the meat sear on one side until golden brown. This gives your meat a crispy exterior with juicy interior. You can test for doneness by flipping beef in the center of your wok where the heat is the hottest. If it is golden brown, flip all the beef and start breaking it up with your spatula.
Once the beef is just cooked (when you don’t see any red, about 7 minutes), return the onion-pepper mixture to the pan. Add the tomatoes, olives, raisins, cumin, oregano and paprika. Mix well, then reduce heat to medium and fry for 5 minutes. Stir in the lime juice.
Serve spooned over rice and topped with fresh cilantro, mint or parsley.
Nutrition information per serving (values are rounded to the nearest whole number): 340 calories; 160 calories from fat (47 percent of total calories); 17 g fat (5 g saturated; 0.5 g trans fats); 75 mg cholesterol; 19 g carbohydrate; 25 g protein; 3 g fiber; 670 mg sodium. | <urn:uuid:302995c5-c1fd-4a6e-af01-352cf3f3a40d> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.ahwatukee.com/arts_life/article_7556bdd4-94ac-11e1-85ff-001a4bcf887a.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279933.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00119-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.902421 | 1,522 | 1.96875 | 2 |
As part of its research, training and service mandate, University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, in collaboration with Healing Little Hearts, a UK-based charity that provides free heart surgeries for babies and children, performed open-heart surgery on a 17-month-old boy on Monday with a plan to have nine more cases treated by tomorrow.
The 17-month-old boy, the second child of his Abuja-based parents, was diagnosed at birth with tetralogy of Fallot, one of the most common congenital heart diseases (CHDs). The birth defect affects normal blood flow from the heart to the rest of the body.
The baby’s father, a civil servant in Abuja, could not afford the cost of the operation outside Nigeria as his surgery in India and the United States was estimated at N12 million and N20 million respectively. This is apart from other costs such as travel and hotel expenses. The open-heart surgery, which was heavily subsidized, cost N3 million.
UCH Cardiovascular Team Leader Professor Samuel Omokhodion said open heart surgeries, with the support of Healing Little hearts, should be an ongoing exercise to ensure skills transfer, knowledge transfer and offer repair of heart defects in children.
According to him, “It’s not that the skills on the ground had no training; There is a learning curve. It’s about strengthening the skills of our young cardiologists so that they become more and more competent in what they do to the point that starting with not so complex cases, they can progress to taking on much more complex cases. complex.
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Prof Omokhodion said open-heart surgery was capital-intensive and urged the public to support the hospital in its efforts to repair heart defects and give affected children new lives.
He added, “we need public support, the facilities for open heart surgery are at UCH, Ibadan now so that we can organize these exercises and help these children who otherwise will not even have the ability to travel abroad to undergo heart repair surgeries.
“We do this in the hope that they can find a new life and that their future destiny will be returned to them. We hope to restore them to a normal life expectancy and the opportunity to pursue their goals in life and contribute to Nigeria. | <urn:uuid:8806669d-2b85-447d-9d28-5b353932185c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cardeologist.com/uch-offers-open-heart-surgery-to-17-month-old-boy-and-9-others/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571190.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810131127-20220810161127-00078.warc.gz | en | 0.961746 | 486 | 1.695313 | 2 |
The Future Mrs Awkins
The Future Mrs Awkins, was the B-side to A Young Girl.
The song was not included on an album until Decca released the compilation The World of Noel Harrison in 1969.
The song dates from 1899, when it was written by music hall performer Albert Chevalier. It was also covered by Herman's Hermits for their 1966 album, Both Sides of Herman's Hermits. | <urn:uuid:143bb6b4-c5e2-47e1-90bc-f84b1ce13e36> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.thewindmillsofyourmind.com/music-shows/hollywood-a-go-go | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00471.warc.gz | en | 0.983562 | 88 | 1.523438 | 2 |
SINGAPORE - The minimum legal age for the purchase, use, possession, sale and supply of tobacco products will be raised from the current 20 years to 21 on Jan 1, 2021.
This is the third and last change to the minimum age requirement under the amendments to the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act, which were passed in Parliament in November 2017.
The minimum legal age was first raised from 18 to 19 years old on Jan 1, 2019, and from 19 to 20 years old on Jan 1, 2020.
On Wednesday (Dec 30), the Ministry of Health (MOH) reminded the public of the changes, and said raising the minimum legal age is part of Singapore's ongoing efforts to reduce smoking prevalence.
Other efforts by the ministry, together with the Health Promotion Board and the Health Sciences Authority (HSA), include public education, taxation, smoking cessation programmes, bans on tobacco advertising, point-of-sale display ban, and standardised packaging of tobacco products.
"Tobacco use is one of the highest contributors to ill health and premature death in Singapore. It is associated with cancers, ischaemic heart disease, stroke, lung disease and many other diseases," it added.
The MOH said the tobacco industry, including retailers, importers and wholesalers, has been reminded of the changes.
Warning notices, which state that the sale of tobacco to those below the age of 21 is not permitted, have been distributed to retailers for display at their outlets.
A range of penalties are in place for those found breaking the law.
Underage smokers convicted of using, buying or possessing tobacco products face a fine of up to $300.
Retailers who are guilty of contravening the law and selling any tobacco products to a person below the minimum legal age face a fine of up to $5,000 for the first offence and $10,000 for subsequent offences.
In addition, their tobacco retail licences will be suspended for the first offence and revoked for subsequent offences.
However, if any outlet is found selling tobacco products to underage people in school uniform or those below 12 years of age, its tobacco retail licence will be revoked, even at the first offence.
Those guilty of giving or furnishing tobacco to a person below the minimum legal age face a fine of up to $500 for the first offence and $1,000 for subsequent offences.
Those convicted of buying or acquiring tobacco for a person below the minimum legal age face a fine of up to $2,500 for the first offence and $5,000 for subsequent offences.
Members of the public can report errant retailers to the HSA's Tobacco Regulation Branch using the online form at this website.
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Chroma Key, What is it?
In plain English, chroma key photography allows you to film in front of a solid color background and then replace the solid color background with another image or movie. This is what is happening when the weather forecaster stands in front of a weather map. They are actually standing in front of a green or blue screen and the map is inserted digitally.
Wikipedia has a detailed explanation.
This used to be a complicated and time consuming process involving masking and compositing. Now it is fairly simple with either the software or the camera doing the work automatically.
Using green screen in education
2nd Grade example
At the end of a fairy tale unit, students wrote fractured fairy tales. Background scenery was drawn in KidPix and exported as a .jpg. Filming was done in front of a green bed sheet.
3rd Grade example
One option to demonstrate learning at the end of a solar system unit was to create a commercial for your planet. Students were filmed in front of a green bed sheet.
4th Grade example
Students studying the regions of the United States created top ten lists of places to visit.
5th grade examples
Students chose to create a movie on bystander behavior in front of a green screen.
Students wrote this play and filmed it outside the school day. After the filming was done and the background inserted, the students added a black and white effect to the film.
Jason Ohler provides an overview of an elementary green screen storytelling project. This is from 2006 before iMovie included green scrren functionality within the software and a plug in was required.
A quickie guide to lighting your movie for better results from Howcast.
Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano blogged about green screen digital storytelling on her Langwitches blog.
A teacher in Sheffield, England blogs about projects in their school and ho-tos for PC users, How to: Green Screen for Schools.
There is a TV show that uses student submitted writing and turns it into a Green Screen Adventure. Students can submit stories in the hopes of having them chosen to be made into a TV show.
Topics include matting and keying basics; setups using fabric, portable background panels, or paint; lighting and digital camera essentials; broadcast TV hardware switchers; professional HD and major motion picture compositing; multiple-colored screen composites (background, foregrounds, and objects); directing storyboards and talent; working with virtual sets; motion tracking; and much more.
- See how to plan, set up, and execute your shots to reduce fixes in post
- Choose the right keying process for your project
- Master basic shooting setups and live broadcast keying
- Understand proper lighting and how to match subjects to the background
- Create a working storyboard and learn how to select and direct talent
- Composite your footage and fix problem shots
- Work creatively with virtual sets, motion tracking, and match moving
- Master techniques that apply to all compositing software and plug-ins
The DVD includes sample footage and all project files to accompany the chapters in the book.
Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.
If you are using a Mac, your software will be iMovie. In iMovie general preferences, make sure you have show advanced tools checked or you will not be able to do green screen.
Film your movie in front of a green screen.
- subject as far in front of screen as possible
- attempt to eliminate shadows or uneven lighting
- no green clothing or props
Import the movie into iMovie
Import your selected background, either an image or a movie
Make sure the background clip lasts as long, or longer than the movie
Drop the movie onto the beginning of the background clip
Select green screen from the pop up window list (if no pop up list, see first direction)
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Any camera will do, if you have the funds to go high end, many professional cameras have the green screen capability built in. Flip type cameras will be fine, if sound quality is an issue, move up to a standard video camera.
The "screen" for the green screen can be accomplished in many ways. If you can find a wall to paint, it is always ready for you, no set up. Actual green screen paint costs at least $75 a gallon, however a quick online search will give you several hardware store options that will work fine. You can buy a green bed sheet or yardage of fabric and hang it, try not to get a color that anyone is likely to be wearing. Varying sizes of green screens are available for purchase from large fabric pieces that hang from frames to small pop up frames similar to windshield shades. If you purchase a fabric screen, look for one that won't wrinkle. What will work best for you depends on the available space and budget.
Lighting choices also vary by space and budget. We are doing student projects in an elementary school, we usually don't worry about lighting. If you want better results, you need to do a better job of lighting. If you buy dedicated lighting for filming, you will need to store it. Inexpensive clamp lights from the hardware store can be used if you take a bit of time to set them up and use reflection to reduce glare. As with the screen, you can purchase lighting in multiple types and price ranges. | <urn:uuid:292bb26b-1fd9-4e78-b947-c1a1d3e28ce1> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://libguides.d181.org/greenscreen | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280221.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00231-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929778 | 1,121 | 3.1875 | 3 |
Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 18/3/2014 (1038 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
A man recently hospitalized for measles in the Interlake attended events in Winnipeg while he was contagious.
According to a bulletin released by the office of chief public health officer Dr. Michael Routledge on March 14, the man, who is in his 40s, attended three public places in Winnipeg earlier in March, and those who were in these places who think they might have measles are encouraged to contact their health care provider or Health Links-Info Santé at 204-788-8200 or 1-888-315-9257 (toll-free).
The man was at the 204 Volleyball and Ice Time Sports 14-and-under tournament at Munroe and John Henderson junior high schools on March 8, the University of Manitoba volleyball tournament on March 9, and the Victoria Hospital emergency department on March 9 between 11 a.m. and 4 p.m. The man also attended the Manitoba Winter Games badminton tournament in Winkler on March 7 and 8 and the Selkirk General Hospital emergency department on March 10 at 7 p.m.
The symptoms of measles tend to appear with seven and 21 days of exposure. Symptoms may include fever, runny nose, drowsiness, irritability and red eyes, while small white spots may appear inside the mouth or on the throat. As the disease develops, a red blotchy rash begins on the face and will move on down the body. Complications including ear infections, diarrhea, pneumonia and encephalitis (brain inflammation) can result.
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"Too often, unexpected injury, illness, or even death may leave us unable to express our preferences for ourselves or those who matter to us most," said Sandra Timmermann, Ed.D., director of the MetLife Mature Market Institute, in a statement. "Without preparation, much of what happens next will then be directed by default rules, customs and practices that may interfere with or run counter to what we would have directed. With LGBT individuals and couples who are not married, the legal lines can be blurred even more and the ramifications can be permanent. Making decisions about these issues and making them legal can save a great deal of anguish, time and money."
The MetLife Mature Market Institute's tips focus on key areas that require attention to assure that one's heirs receive what is intended and that people's wishes regarding health care decisions are honored. For individuals, the tips aim to help one enjoy financial security and employee benefits during working years and in retirement. The publication identifies documents and planning tools recommended for estate, health care, financial and retirement planning, as well as optimization of employee benefits.
"Beyond marriage and partnership issues, LGBT individuals need to consider many other important directives that are tremendously important in order to assure that their heirs receive the legacy intended, that their wishes regarding health care decisions are honored and that those they care about enjoy financial security," said Michael Adams, executive director of SAGE. "This kind of information, especially when combined with the help of a qualified health care professional, attorney or financial planner, is critically important so that each of us can make the decisions that make sense for our individual situations."
Specifically, the Planning Tips address:
- -- Estate Planning - Wills, trusts, contingent beneficiaries, guardianship and inheritance.
- -- Health Care Planning - Durable power of attorney for health care or health care proxy, living wills, and priority of visitation.
- -- Financial and Retirement Planning - Life insurance, long-term care insurance, disability income insurance, the various types of IRAs and annuities, bank account management, 529 plans and education savings accounts (ESAs).
- -- Employee Benefits - Health care, life insurance, disability, pension, 401(k)/403(b), domestic partner benefits.
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a protein kinase of the CDK family. Forms a complex with and is regulated by its regulatory subunit cyclin T or cyclin K. A component of the multiprotein complex TAK/P-TEFb, which is an elongation factor for RNA polymerase II-directed transcription and functions by phosphorylating the C-terminal domain of the largest subunit of RNA polymerase II. Transcriptional elongation factor and cofactor for HIV Tat protein; RNAi blocks HIV replication, and inhibitors also block varicella zoster replication. Mediates signals leading to cardiac hypertrophy. Inhibitor: Flavopiridol. Note: This description may include information from UniProtKB.
Protein type: CDK family; CDK/CDK9 subfamily; CDK9 subfamily; CMGC group; Cell cycle regulation; EC 22.214.171.124; EC 126.96.36.199; Kinase, protein; Nuclear receptor co-regulator; Protein kinase, CMGC; Protein kinase, Ser/Thr (non-receptor)
Molecular Function: chromatin binding; cyclin-dependent protein kinase activity; DNA binding; kinase activity; protein binding; protein kinase activity; protein serine/threonine kinase activity; RNA polymerase subunit kinase activity
Biological Process: cell proliferation; positive regulation of histone phosphorylation; positive regulation of transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter; positive regulation of viral transcription; protein amino acid phosphorylation; regulation of DNA repair; regulation of histone modification; regulation of mitotic cell cycle; regulation of muscle cell differentiation; replication fork processing; RNA elongation from RNA polymerase II promoter; snRNA transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter; transcription from RNA polymerase II promoter; transcription initiation from RNA polymerase II promoter | <urn:uuid:d5ac5268-a033-4500-9b4d-453222d788a5> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.phosphosite.org/proteinAction.action?id=681 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560285001.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095125-00298-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.846787 | 388 | 1.859375 | 2 |
With 261,500 new cases, India reported a record daily increase of coronavirus infections over the last 24 hours, the country’s health ministry data showed on Sunday.
The rising infections have exacerbated shortages of oxygen supplies and hospital beds in some of the worst-hit cities of the country.
The total caseload of the country nears 14.8 million, second only to the United States which has reported more than 31 million infections.
India’s deaths from COVID-19 rose by 1,501 to reach a total of 177,150, the data showed.
India, hit by the spread of more contagious variants of the disease, is grappling with a severe shortage of hospital beds, oxygen supplies, and critical medicines such as the anti-viral drug Remdesivir.
Concerned over a sharp rise in coronavirus cases, Prime Minister Narendra Modi last night asked authorities to pull out all the stops to ramp up the production of COVID-19 vaccines.
Modi also reviewed his administration’s overall preparedness and stressed the need to ensure the availability of hospital beds and the supplies of oxygen and ventilators.
He also asked his team to work closely with local governments, especially the 12 states ravaged by a surge in coronavirus cases.
But opposition parties, including the Congress party, criticised Modi for addressing large election rallies to help his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) win the state assembly election in the eastern state of West Bengal.
Addressing a large gathering of his supporters in West Bengal on Saturday, Modi said: “I can see a sea of masses. I haven’t seen a rally like this.”
The Aam Aadmi (Common Man) Party, which is in power in the capital, New Delhi, mocked Modi’s political rallies by posting pictures on social media of funeral pyres at overburdened crematoriums of the city.
“The delight of the PM (prime minister) at the sight of a large crowd at his election meeting in Asansol (West Bengal) in Covid times could have come only from a person who is completely insensitive,” Yashwant Sinha, a former cabinet minister who broke away from the BJP, said on Twitter. “I deplore his remarks.”
Stung by the shortages of hospital beds and oxygen cylinders, people used Twitter to seek help and post pictures of overwhelmed hospitals.
On Saturday, New Delhi recorded 24,000 coronavirus cases in a 24-hour period, and its Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal warned about a chronic shortage of hospital beds.
Separately, last night at least five coronavirus patients died in a hospital fire in Raipur, the capital of the central state of Chhattisgarh.
The rest of the patients had been evacuated to other coronavirus facilities, said Tarkeshwar Patel, additional superintendent of police of Raipur.—AFP | <urn:uuid:bc0b9878-9937-4235-82bd-752dcd15019b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://pakobserver.net/indias-hospitals-overwhelmed-as-coronavirus-situation-intensifies/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00468.warc.gz | en | 0.947965 | 616 | 1.820313 | 2 |
Flexible Radios and Networks
Wireless broadband, mobile phone and internet, broadcast television, remote sensing, environmental monitoring, public safety, emergency services coordination, defence communications and surveillance ... different communications technologies and networks suit different applications. But the goal is the same: simple, scalable, and sustainable networks with seamless interconnectivity for the user.
The Flexible Radios and Networks sector focuses on advanced technologies and implementations to deliver flexible, adaptable operation, and improved user experience.
Our research and development includes:
- cooperative communications
- hybrid networks: fixed, mobile wireless, satellite and wire-line networks
- network coding for routing and security
- compression of distributed data
- vehicle-to-vehicle, dedicated short-range communications
- energy-efficient algorithms and architectures
- cross-layer optimization
- reconfigurable and software defined radio
The ITR has experts in WLAN and IEEE 802, 3GPP 3G/4G LTE, DVB-T and emerging standards. We also work with and develop custom technologies and protocols.
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Want to spruce-up your business exteriors? Consider using slate. Slate is a fine-grained, metamorphic rock that is used to create a smooth, hard surface for tile, pavers, and slab that can be used in a variety of indoor and outdoor applications.
Some characteristics that make slate a popular landscaping material include:
- It is very durable.
- Slate doesn’t absorb moisture which makes it resistant against rain, sleet, snow; slate doesn’t heave or crack like other surfacing materials.
- It holds up well to hot and cold climates, as well as temperature changes.
- Slate is comprised of natural materials, including clay, minerals, and mica, found deep in the earth.
Some ways to upgrade and utilize slate in your commercial or business landscaping are:
The driveways. You can really transform the look of your business when you use slate in the driveway. Slate is a popular option as it is quite easy to install and requires little care to keep it looking great. Furthermore, you have a vast range of color and texture choices, which means your driveway will be distinctive and unlike any other.
Your walkways. Your walkways should be an extension of your driveway or parking area, and they should beckon prospective visitors and guide them to your door. Make sure that the surface of these heavily-traveled areas represents your company in a favorable way; slate is an excellent option that looks expensive but is quite simple to implement.
In outdoor spaces. Does your business have any outdoor space, such as a pavilion or a water feature? Let these areas stand out by using slate as a border or surfacing material. Slate looks like natural stone, with a smooth, glass-like facade. This is the perfect option for improving or restoring outdoor spaces and breathing life into neglected spots.
On the stairs. Another cool way to use slate and improve the looks of your business is on your steps and stairs. If you have any risers leading up to your door, this is the perfect chance to implement the premium feel of slate; use stone or slate veneers to spruce-up concrete or wood steps and create an entry to your establishment. This single effort will make a significant difference in your company’s curb appeal.
There are numerous ways to use slate both inside and outside your business; talk to a professional about how to elevate and improve the feeling customers get when visiting your business, store-front, or company.
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(cloth & paperback)
Verso Books, 2002
years, US and NATO forces waged a campaign to dismember Yugoslavia,
including 78 days of round-the-clock aerial attacks in 1999 that
or injured upwards of six thousand people. Drawing on a wide range
of published and unpublished material (mostly Western sources) and
gathered from his visit to Yugoslavia in 1999 shortly after the bombings,
Michael Parenti challenges the mainstream media demonization of Yugoslavia
and the Serbs, and uncovers the real goals behind Western talk of “genocide,”
“ethnic cleansing,” and “democracy.”
To Kill A Nation reveals a decade-long
disinformation campaign waged by Western leaders and NATO officials
in their pursuit of free-market “reforms.” The political and economic
destabilization of the former Yugoslavia continues today, Parenti
shows, as does
the forced privatization and Third Worldization of the entire region.
What they are saying about To Kill A Nation, The Attack on
“Parenti has written a brilliant
critique of the news reports on Yugoslavia published in the respectable
press. Each chapter provides a detailed refutation of the propaganda
myths that justified NATO's war. This is by far the most compelling
account in print.” James Petras, co-author
of Empire or Republic?
“A fierce, elegantly constructed
elegy not just for the lives sacrificed in the Balkan wars,
for concepts of national sovereignty and constitutionality ...
... he writes with a taut cadence that exudes conviction.
disturbing, but, for the brave, jolting and necessary reading.” Kirkus
“To Kill a Nation is the best
explanation of the great crime NATO committed and what it will mean
for our future. It is full of insights on the role of US militarism
and media disinformation in the service of corporate profits.”
editor and co-author of NATO in the Balkans
Whom Do We Believe?
Somewhat Out of Step
New Republic, Old Reactionaries
Srpska: Democracy, NATO Style
Genocide Hype Continues
Are All the Bodies Buried?
Cleansing, KLA-NATO Style
Destruction: Eliminating the Competition
Future: Is It Bulgaria?
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Before the Roxburgh dam was commissioned in 1956, the 30 km Roxburgh Gorge was up to 400 metres deep, and so narrow that in places its towering walls rose vertically above the boiling waters of the Clutha Mata-Au. The river was so constricted that it flowed as swiftly as 40 kilometres an hour through narrow chutes hundreds of metres long. In other sections the current slowed - but not much, flowing over landslide obstructions that had at one time dammed the gorge, before being overtopped by massive rapids. Today's sedate current bears no resemblance to the powerful torrent that once echoed through the gorge, drowning out the voices of men.
The first feature of the gorge, 675 metres below the Manuherikia confluence, was a constriction formed by schist bluffs on both sides that reduced the width to just 39 metres. This is now known as the "Italian Bend," but the early gold-miners called this the "Gates of the Gorge." Foot-tracks were etched precariously along the steep and boulder-tumbled walls of the gorge on both sides, as the miners hunted up gold and dug cave-like shelters under large slabs of fallen schist.
Just over five kilometres down the gorge from the "Gates," and nearly two kilometres beyond Butcher's Point, the true left wall of the gorge had long ago collapsed, blocking the river. The resulting over-topping waters had cut through the obstruction with unimaginable force, forming a torrential rapid that had over time, at its foot, scoured out a large, amphitheatre-like basin within high walls of unstable rock. This rapid, descending through a narrow chasm, was known as the "Golden Falls." It filled the "Narrows" with a crashing din so loud that shouting men could not hear each other. In the centre of this basin below the rapid, the deeply driving waters had pushed up a shingle island. Hence, the name "Island Basin." The Golden Falls and Island Basin were astonishing features in a remarkably dramatic location.
Beyond Island Basin at Doctor’s Point, two powerful rapids known as Doctor’s Falls No 1 & 2 dropped through a boulder strewn constriction below a maze of gold workings, stone cottages and cave shelters etched into the true-left side of the gorge.
Nearly two kilometres below Doctor's Point, the river again met a sudden obstruction. A huge schist slab had slid down from the true left into the river, against which river-borne shingle and boulders had jammed up, creating a rapid so tumultuous that the gold-miners called it the Molyneux Falls. Here was a ferocious whitewater descent, tumbling violently some four-metres down a twenty-metre section of boulders, at breathtaking speed. At normal or low flow, these falls were deadly. In high flow they were somewhat washed out, but still incredibly swift.
The gold-miners, dreaming of lowering the river above the falls to expose gold, tried several times to blast the huge thirty by twelve metre schist slab that lay at the head of the Molyneux Falls. But time and again the slab didn't move. Drilling and blasting merely succeeded in cracking the slab, so that it settled into place even more.
Further down the gorge, other rapids also raced through narrow chutes, until finally, at the southern end of the gorge, after boiling through massive eddies near McKenzie's Beach, the current eased slightly as it passed another bluff at Coal Creek - a site selected for the construction of the Roxburgh dam in 1947.
It is worth remembering that the wonderful features of the old Roxburgh Gorge were never physically destroyed prior to the filling of the Roxburgh reservoir. They were flooded, and now lie mothballed in silt. Given the limited lifespan of the ageing Roxburgh dam, and the silting, flooding and instability issues of the gorge, there is an ever-growing case for dam decommissioning and gorge restoration.
Inevitably, some time in the future, the largest high volume rapids in New Zealand - the once thunderous Golden and Molyneux Falls, will be re-born. Gradually, decades of trapped sediment will be stripped away, and the long-hidden wonders of the Roxburgh Gorge will be revealed. | <urn:uuid:ef55f1cd-79c0-4bdb-af0b-2ef5176eb42a> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://mightyclutha.blogspot.com/2009/02/wonders-of-roxburgh-gorge.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281450.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00181-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961413 | 898 | 2.921875 | 3 |
An apprenticeship is a program that combines classroom instruction or education with on-the-job training under the close supervision of a qualified journeyworker in the craft, trade, or profession. New Mexico's voluntary apprenticeship program is governed by the state apprenticeship agency, which is the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions (NM Stat. Sec. 50-7-3). The agency formulates standards for the program that conform to those required by the federal Office of Apprenticeship (OA). The agency approves agreements that meet the standards, has authority to terminate those that do not, and generally coordinates and monitors apprenticeship programs (NM Stat. Sec. 21-19A-1et seq., Sec. 50-7-1et seq.).
New Mexico law requires a program to be structured in accordance with federal apprenticeship law (NM Stat. Sec. 21-19A-5). An apprentice must be at least 16 years old (NM Stat. Sec. 21-19A-3(B), Sec. 50-7-2).
State programs reflect federal standards that allow the use of a competency-based approach (measures skill through successful demonstration of acquired skills and knowledge), a time-based approach (measures skill through the completion of at least 2,000 hours of on-the-job training), or a hybrid approach that blends competency with hours of training.
The sponsor of the apprenticeship program usually plans, administers, and pays for the program. Sponsors can be employers or employer associations and sometimes involve a union. When an apprentice is accepted into a program, he or she and the sponsor sign an apprenticeship agreement.
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The Dance Exploration Enrichment Program provides a variety of educational in-school dance enrichment programs for children interested in exploring and learning the multiple genres within the art of dance and movement. Classes in the Dance Exploration Program follow the Dance to Learn® Curriculum, a whole-child approach to dance education designed to brighten and enhance their school day. Classes are structured for mastery following a progressive class flow designed for each child’s age and ability and follows the 5 Methods of Performance Arts Education. These Methods include Discovery, Acceptance, Expression, Creativity and Movement to ensure we are stimulating all our students at every stage of their development. Our Dance Exploration Educators are trained and certified in the Dance to Learn® Curriculum including how to create a “Yes” Environment, fostering a classroom based on AcceptDANCE™ and tolerance and lastly ensuring whole child instruction by understanding each participant based on their age and development. | <urn:uuid:4d1cb461-0804-46ef-80a7-1aa4dc6e264b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.explorationkidsenrichment.com/dance | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573118.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817213446-20220818003446-00675.warc.gz | en | 0.943278 | 188 | 2.34375 | 2 |
The World Customs Organization (WCO) is calling on customs administrators and stakeholders to fast-track adoption of the new version of the Harmonized System (HS) Nomenclature, which entered into force on January 1, 2017.
“Given the vital role this instrument plays in facilitating trade and in ensuring connectivity between trade actors, I would urge its speedy implementation by Customs and by the public and private sectors worldwide,” said WCO secretary general Kunio Mikuriya.
Developed by the WCO and adopted in 1983, this is the sixth edition of this global standard, used by over 200 countries and economic or customs unions to classify goods in international trade.
The 2017 edition of the HS Nomenclature includes 5,386 six-digit subheadings, up from 5,205 in the 2012 edition. The HS is used by countries as a basis for their national customs tariffs and for collecting international trade statistics. The World Trade Organization and individual countries use the HS as the common language of trade in trade negotiations and as a basis for determining the origin of goods.
However, amendments made to the HS reflect more than just a need for statistical data or the setting of tariff rates, said WCO, noting they allow the trade in goods, especially those having a social and environmental impact, to be monitored and controlled.
“The amendments made to the HS over the past decades reflect this concern, with environmental and social issues of global interest being major features of the HS 2017 amendments, as was already the case in the preceding, 2012 edition.”
The majority of the changes in the latest edition were prompted by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. These include amendments for fish and fishery products to further enhance the coverage of species and product forms which need to be monitored for food security and for better management of resources.
HS 2017 also features certain classification provisions introduced to monitor trade in products, such as substances controlled under the Chemical Weapons Convention, hazardous chemicals controlled under the Rotterdam Convention, and persistent organic pollutants controlled under the Stockholm Convention.
It also focuses on forestry products so as to enhance the coverage of wood species to obtain a better picture of trade patterns, including trade in endangered species.
Other amendments resulted from changes in international trade patterns, manufacturing processes, and technological progress, as well as efforts to simplify the HS.
In total, the 2017 edition is comprised of 233 sets of amendments: 85 relating to the agricultural sector; 45 to the chemical sector; 13 to the wood sector; 15 to the textile sector; 25 to the machinery sector; 18 to the transport sector; and an additional 32 that apply to a variety of other sectors.
Nine sets of complementary amendments under heading 44.01 and certain subheadings of Chapter 44 were accepted at a later stage, WCO said.
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The house at 968 Main Street North was constructed sometime before 1771 (perhaps as early as 1716?), when the property was acquired by Elijah Booth from Edward Hinman. Booth was a cabinetmaker and in 1806 his dwelling house, joiners shop and barn were acquired by Eli Hall. The house remained in the Hall family until it was sold by Hall’s daughter, Lydia Ann Hall, who married Sherman B. Warner, sold it in 1892. From 1915 to 1918 the house was one of five, including the Peter Parley House, that were were owned as a seasonal estate by Robert and Antonia Treupel of Mamaroneck, NY. They sold their houses to the Lutheran Inner-Mission Society of Connecticut, which sold the Booth House to Delia Hunihan in 1933. She lived there with her husband John until 1959. Restoration of the house was begun by its next owner, Mark Messier, and was continued by Carl and Elizabeth Kamphausen, who bought it in 1962.
One of the five oldest houses in Connecticut is the Bushnell Farm house at 1445 Boston Post Road in Old Saybrook. It began as a two room, one story, thatch roofed post and beam house built by the Elder Joshua Bushnell. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places as the Elisha Bushnell House and J. Frederick Kelly, in his classic Early Domestic Architecture of Connecticut (1924), calls it the Older Bushnell House. The house was expanded over the two centuries that the Bushnell family owned it. The property has a number of outbuildings, including an early eighteenth-century barn, a loom house (the Bushnells were both farmers and weavers) and a building referred to as the slave house. Maintained as a private residence in an excellent state of preservation, the property is often opened to schools, historical societies and the Connecticut River Museum Summer Camp.
At the northwest corner of the Boston Turnpike at 21 Bread & Milk Street in Coventry is a house built circa 1735 by John Wilson (1702-1773). After his death in 1773, the house passed to his son William (1729-1819), who married Sarah Rust, and his grandson Jacob (1749-1826), who married Hannah Dimmock in 1771. Jacob Wilson operated a tavern at the house from 1773 until 1817, when he sold the property to Joshua Frink.
The saltbox house at 566 Boston Post Road in Madison was long thought to have been built by John Dudley in 1675, making it the oldest house in town. The nomination for the Madison Green Historic District instead attributes it to Gilbert Dudley with a date of c. 1740. A plaque by the Madison Historical Society gives a date of c. 1720. On April 11, 1776, while on his way from Cambridge to New York, George Washington stopped to dine at the house, which was then a tavern run by Captain Gilbert Dudley.
The Keeney Homestead is a colonial saltbox house located at 1026 Forbes Street in East Hartford. Associated with the Keeney family, the house was built around 1750-1780 and was possibly moved to its current address c 1805 from an unknown original location. After a fire damaged the house in the 1940s, it was restored with the interior of an eighteenth-century house from Glastonbury. | <urn:uuid:c861c57e-49b5-4cce-96b8-5254616bf007> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://historicbuildingsct.com/?tag=saltbox&paged=2 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280504.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00145-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.984173 | 701 | 2.015625 | 2 |
Is your iPad is disabled or iPhone is disabled and you cannot remember the password? Did you just entered wrong passcode on your iPad and now it’s locked? Or it has been tested by your curious child who entered the wrong password too many times? Or you have forgotten the password ?
Well, this is your read. There’s nothing to worry about here. In this article we are going to cover step by step guide that will help you unlock your disabled iPad or Fix Your iOS Device that’s Been Disabled.
In most of the smart devices today, if you enter a wrong password again and again, the operating system locks or disable the device. Once your iPad is disabled, you won’t be able to type in your password even if it strikes from nowhere. The device takes a little time to get ready for use again.
But if it is permanently disabled or nothing happens after a while, follow the instruction in this guide to backup and fix your locked iPad.
Backup your iOS Device
Your first move should be to backup your device data. Here’s how to do it:
- Connect your iPad/iPhone/iPod to computer using a USB cable.
- Open iTunes.
- Choose your ‘Device type’.
- Go to its “Properties” and select “Back Up Now”.
You should now see a pop up asking for the password of your iOS Device. If you remember the password, please enter it and cancel the backup wizard. This will unlock your device and it is now ready to use. If this didn’t work for you, follow the below method:
Restore the device using previous backup
If the above trick didn’t work for you, then you may need to reset the password by restoring the previous backup. This works only for users with a previous backup of their device on iTunes. Follow the instruction below :
1. Connect your iPad/iPhone/iPod to computer using a USB cable.
2. Open iTunes on your system and let it synch with the connected device.
Note: If iTunes asks you to enter the passcode, try another computer that you have synced with. Otherwise, go to “If you have never synced your device with iTunes, or you do not have access to a computer” section below.
3. If itune does not sync your device automatically, or it is still disabled, you can sync the device with iTunes by clicking “Back up Now” button.
4. When the backup process is complete. Restore your device.
5. Select “Restore from iTunes Backup”.
6. Select the type of your device (iPhone/iPad/iPod) and choose the most recent backup of your device from the system.
Once the restore process is complete, the password would have been removes and you should now be able to access your device.
If this method too didn’t work for you, probably you have the last option to restore device using recovery mode.
Restore using recovery mode
You may need to restore your device in recovery mode If you have never connected your iOS device to your computer. Unless you have an iCloud backup, you will lose device data through this method.
Follow the simple instruction below to restore your device using recovery mode.
1. Remove the USB cable from your iOS device but let it be connected to the computer from the other side.
2. Switch off your iOS device: Press and hold sleep button for a while and wait for device to shut down.
3. Now press and hold the home buttion, and connect the USB cable to the device. This will turn on your device in recovery mode.
4. Keep the “Home” button pressed until you see the connect to iTunes message on your device.
5. You will be asked if you wish to enter “Recovery mode”. Select ‘Ok’ and restore the device.
6. Follow the instructions on the recovery wizard.
7. Click on ‘Restore from Backup” and choose the backup from available backup list on iCloud.
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The forestry sector is the first step of wood transformation and needs state of the art technologies that make wood harvesting easy and efficient.
You are a a manufacturer or distributor of machines, equipment or tools dedicated to logging and wood harvesting ? Showcase your latest products and innovations to qualified professionals on EXPOBOIS.
The importance of wood as a source of energy is increasing. This is why technologies dedicated to the production of energy from wood are now a part of EXPOBOIS.
You can showcase your technical solutions for storage, harvesting, logistics, transformation of wood into energy or planting.
Sector classification Forestry & BioEnergy World
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- Examination and certification of forestry technology
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- Forestry technology
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SI Advance - October 15, 2006by DOUG AUER
The road in front of the fire station at the Lakehurst (N.J.) Naval Air Engineering Station was dedicated Walz Road on July 31 in memory of Jeffrey Patrick Walz.
Walz, 37, a graduate of Tottenville High School, was assigned to Ladder Co. 9 in Manhattan's East Village.
When his company responded to Building 7 at the World Trade Center, Walz disappeared when the Twin Towers collapsed.
Known as a "gentle giant," Walz earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and spent five years as an engineer in the Navy before entering the Fire Department.
His career move was inspired by his father's 30-year career in the FDNY. Just before he died, Walz had passed the lieutenant's test.
However, Walz continued on part time at the Naval base, helping colleagues upgrade power systems on his days off.
"He was more than just a fireman, he wore two hats," said his mother, Jenny, who along with Walz's father, Raymond, still resides in Huguenot.
Born and raised in Huguenot, Walz spent several years in Bay Terrace as a young man before moving to Tuckahoe, in 1995.
The street-naming ceremony was hosted by Michael Lawlor, base director of engineering and public works.
Attending in addition to Walz's parents were his wife, Rani; his son, Bradley, 8; his brother, Raymond Jr.; his sister, Karen Ciaccio, and her husband, Phil, and their children, Matthew, 7; Julia Robbie, 1; and Lindsay, 4.
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What new challenges (or changes) are confronting management since the beginning of the 21st century?
Please refer to your readings this week. Post should use in-text citations.
Introduction: Three Questions
Management of a work unit is not a question of whether or not you will direct change efforts, but is an issue of when and how. Here are three questions to consider for being an effective change manager. Each question goes beyond operational steps to help you deepen understanding of "why" this change at this time and how you can offer more effective interaction with those reporting directly to you.
â?¢ How do customers and their needs drive organizational change?
â?¢ What is the role of direct reports for innovation within a company or work unit?
â?¢ When developing a strategy or plan to roll out important company changes, how should a manager view existing organizational structure?
â?¢ Organizational change: A plan or set of new ideas and behaviors desired by leaders; change is likely to include culture, but it is only within the past five years that culture has been widely discussed as central to effective change. Organizational change is usually undertaken with the intention of developing or expanding company markets, products and services (i.e. organizational development is a subset of organizational change).
â?¢ Organization development: A set of plans and actions which enable company and work unit changes in culture. These tasks and interactions focus on human and social aspects to improve capacities for adapting and solving problems. OD interventions are participatory at multiple levels within a company, government or nonprofit organization.
â?¢ Organizational culture: Core values, rituals, and expected activities of a company, nonprofit or business. These factors answer the questions: What's important to the company and how is work done in this unit? Group norms reflect a work unit's culture. In comparison to national culture, some organizational cultures are stronger and some are not. The balance between organization and country culture is an emerging area of research and tensions between cultural values can increase during the stress of change. (See Module 6 for more information on the impact or role for an organization's culture).
â?¢ Organizational culture change: Often overlaps use of term, "organizational development". Strategy specifically shifts how work is done in the organization to increase commitment and empowerment of employees, as well as it provides stronger ties between the company and its customers. Culture change of a work unit or company is difficult because it challenges established ways of thinking and embedded values which frame attitudes. Team building is a specific activity of an organizational culture change.
â?¢ Transformation: A significant change which cannot be accomplished easily or quickly, but is viewed as needed and worthwhile. A transformational change should be attentive to the culture of the business.
What Needs to Change: How to "see" those Factors
Organizational leaders will continue to face change management problems of innovation, performance and accountability, but the pace and complexity are at a magnitude never before experienced. As a result of the appetite for change to develop or expand products and services, it becomes important to consider how to cluster or group organizational change activities. Here are two (2) important categories for helping you to frame and see changes necessary to management.
â?¢ Incremental Change - Incremental change is improving existing structure, products and/or processes. Technology software and hardware often spark these types of change and much of the management activity takes place at the work unit level.
â?¢ Radical Change - Radical change is introducing new products, processes, and structures (re-structuring or re-engineering). Radical changes can include mergers or the introduction of a whole new organization in conjunction with (or replacement for) the existing organization.
Who Leads Organizational Change: The Role for "Agents"
Change comes about because people lead--they initiate the plans, describe the expectations and then direct accountability. When guiding change, a manager takes on the role of being an agent or exerts leadership among direct reports. Often, change agents build upon technological innovations such as new software. Other change agents start a change effort from the awareness of need for new products and services. And sometimes, a manager exerts leadership based on perceptions about the organization's culture and a need to change it in order to survive. Certain department functions often become the spark for acting. For instance, research and development, marketing or senior level planning units can be change agents, too.
Another way to examine agency for change within an organization is to consider the change as driven by internal factors or external factors. Technology, a major force to for change and development, is primarily external because the innovations usually occur separately and are then purchased as a business service. In contrast, development of new products and services, or altering organizationalstructure, or developing organizational culture are internal agents because they are driven by recognition of the need for an internal response. The use of these categories can blend,but internal change often stems from the organization's external environment. It's important to understand that there are departments within an organization which serve an intrinsic internal function of promoting change. These departments include research and development, marketing and planning.
Mechanics of Change
Daft writes in detail about the mechanics of change and you may to review some of that information more closely. Often, managers want to consider the pros and cons of approaches to organizational or work unit change. But as you think about the change tools you will need as a manager, consider that the "techniques" of change are fairly constant. In contrast the "tools" of change (especially use of technology and particularly information technology) are not nearly so stable. For instance, more and more work units now apply group software practices, a more recent technology innovation, to refine, customize changes in products or services.
However, there are several key concepts on which you should aim to understand in order to be effective in your management of a work unit or organizational change. These concepts help recognize change, when it's needed and how to introduce it:
â?¢ "Incremental change" and "radical change" are not mutually exclusive.
Each may incorporate the aspects of the other. Radical change, once introduced, often incorporates the aspects of incremental change. A new product, division, or process, once introduced, may then be rolled out via incremental changes, with priority given to resources in one department or work unit, then another. Incremental change such as adaptation of a software upgrade may provide important new information about customer desires, which in turn develops awareness of radical change, especially when improvement does not occur.
â?¢ Change is driven by IDEAS and by NEEDS.
One of the easier ways to keep the interconnections between ideas and needs in mind is to take a moment and review the University Art Museum case (Daft pp. 81-84). The original museum came about as a result of an idea of the founder further embellished by the ideas of Ms. Kirfoff, who led the museum for many years. However, over the course of those years, the art department, the art history students and the faculty came to rely on the museum for many things, such as exhibits and their catalogues. As a result of student, faculty and administrator reliance, decisions were driven by needs.
â?¢ Once a change is identified, it goes through three primary stages:
Adoption of the change (agreement as to what to do);
Implementation of the change (agreement as to how to do it);
Allocation of the resources necessary to effect the change (both fiscal and human resources).
Within these stages of change, certain techniques stand out. These include: a) attention to urgency when launching the change; b) finding task subsets of the adoption plan that are seen as highly "do-able" and then focus on those tasks to gain wins; c) detailed attention to ongoing communication supportive of implementation.
â?¢ Change can be administratively driven or it can be technically driven.
A decision by management to expand into new geographic markets as part of long range planning is an administratively driven change. Other administrative decisions could be decisions to emphasize certain brands or products, or give priority to particular services, such as the development expansion of a financial service operation. Technology often influences change in management of schedules and time. The decision of a brokerage sales force to shift from the traditional "9-5, Monday through Friday" workweek to a "24/7" workweek took advantage of the Internet's ability to provide real time information on the fluctuations of foreign stock markets. Historically, most change was administratively driven, with attention to effective "top/down bottom/up" vertical communication. But with advances in technology, co-location of work units in many geographic settings, attention to 24/7 demands for services and products, technology will likely support devolved, lateral, team decision making and diversity of viewpoints for change strategy.
Change Requires Attention to Organizational Structure
There continues to be two basic forms for organizing work. (Consider returning to Module 2 and p 154 of Daft for another look at structure)
1. The mechanistic structure where the focus is concentrated on reporting relationships and control. These organizations are primarily hierarchical and vertical in form.
2. The organic structure, which is more horizontal and non-hierarchical, to allow for freer flow of ideas and for innovation.
However, as you learned in Module Two, there can be a blending of facets of the mechanical with the organic. Daft identifies this blending as an ambidextrous structure, which has a mechanistic structure but is sufficiently flexible to allow or encourage organic units within the organization. Often, such units result in a parallel approach: employees may work in teams or on projects that cut across organizational lines while simultaneously retaining their function and position within the hierarchical structure. The matrix and hybrid organizational structures are examples of ambidextrous structures.
But these structures need additional thinking when approaching specific change plans and activities. It can be important to your management success to take another analytical step. Daft (p. 428) refers to a dual core approach to organizational change. It is attentive to the administrative core (i.e., management and supervision) and the technical core (those activities that actually produce goods or services). Both functional cores can bring about change -- or obstruct it, making worklife very challenging to your management.
It may be the administrative core needs to be more responsive (e.g., the structure must be changed with likely re-organization in departments or work units as well as their reporting/management accountability) or it may be the technical core needs to be responsive (e.g., the processes, products or services need to be changed). For example, when Daimler Benz merged with Chrysler Corporation, decisions as to which country would serve as the headquarters, in what currency would employees be paid, which approach to executive compensation to adopt, etc., were driven by the administrative core. However, how much emphasis was to be placed on innovation v. reliability and whether or not to develop a "cross platform" vehicle were driven by the technical core. In fact, the ability of the technical core to develop a cost-effective cross platform vehicle eventually overrode the decision by the administrative core not to pursue that strategy. Evolving from the changes in strategies, Chrysler later became the leader in certain vehicle designs.
In the Chrysler example, you can perceive that changes require adjusting of priorities. Many -- but not all -- changes require re-setting goals by both administrative and technical cores concurrently or sequentially.
Considering Barriers, Consequences and Options
A mechanistic structure does not readily lend itself to change. On the other hand, organic structures become less effective as these organizations grow, which then sparks difficult transitions to more maturity and expansion.
Change does not come without effort and there are barriers consistently present for you as a manager to address. As Daft notes on p. 435, change in an organization can be slowed down, diverted or even thwarted by:
1. Excessive focus on the costs involved
2. Failure to perceive (or appreciate) the potential benefits of the change
3. Lack of coordination or cooperation, especially in those circumstances where two or more systems or structures (the old approach, an interim approach and a new approach, etc.) must coexist at certain points in time.
4. Avoiding uncertainty or risk
5. Fear of loss -- of power, of status and up to and including a fear of loss of employment itself.
Unintended Consequences and Development
Things go wrong. As much as 80% of new products fail upon introduction and an additional 10% disappear by the five year point; that is an "unintended consequence," unless you're really looking for a tax write off! Even more serious unintended consequences can occur: product defect (Dell had to recall thousands of laptops because the batteries might explode), poor market reception (good-bye Oldsmobile and Plymouth), etc. How the organization responds to these unintended consequences and your role in managing unexpected consequences are important. Reactions and adaptations are also dependent in part on its structure:
1. A mechanistic structure will probably take longer to respond to an unintended consequence and will be slower in making the changes necessary. On the other hand, once the organization has determined its response, a mechanistic structure will probably be better able to sustain that response over an extended period of time.
2. An organic structure should be able to respond more quickly; however, it may not be as able to sustain that response over the long term because then there can be serious gaps in the administrative core.
3. The ambidextrous approach would appear to be, at first glance, "the best of both worlds." However, since it is in reality a hybrid organization, the balance between its mechanistic structure and the ability of the organic units to function quickly and independently would face an intense sorting out of priorities, and as a result, push and pull its management to respond well.
However, all is not lost. There are ways in which the culture of an organization, no matter how large or how old, can be altered to encourage change. As Daft notes on p. 431, some of the current encouraging factors are:
â?¢ Re-engineering is the commitment to radical redesign of organizational processes. Everything is open for discussion; there are (or should be) no "sacred cows" and no protected turf. This is one of the most radical approaches to organizational change. It needs particular and sustained management commitment.
â?¢ Diversity-- diversity of every type: ethnic, cultural, lifestyle, etc. -- is a fact of life for organizations, both in terms of their workforce and in terms of their customer base and potential customers. Diversity brings a wider range of viewpoints and perspectives for new ideas and innovation. This forces management to re-evaluate not only how they do things but also what they produce. Just consider the differing significance that the color red plays in Asian cultures (happiness, celebration) and in western cultures (danger, excitement) and its impact on virtually every aspect of marketing from product design to advertising.
â?¢ The Learning Organization is one that has developed an organizational culture that encourages the pursuit of information, especially attention to external trends and an organizational mindset for sharing of information freely.
There are several fields and multiple themes describing organizational change, organization development, multinational growth, and influence of cultural dynamics. By far the larger field of research centers on the topic of organizational change (approximately 7400 published articles, 2005-09, with more than 2900 being peer reviewed). Of particular interest are a) diffusion methods across multiple work groups and b) metrics such as Return on Investment (ROI) applications.
â?¢ With the growth of multinational corporations, there a subset of studies, which emphasizes change processes more useful to large businesses. A recurring theme is strategic change for a multi-national must not only focus on what change, but also pay particularly attention to diffusion. A second theme is the role for research and development teams/groups, work units which appear to hold more skill and less resistance in larger, global companies. These units may informally be inclusive without much attention to the ways they address diversity and multi-culturalism, with more research needed as to how they adapt specifically.
â?¢ As attention to change research has increased, ideas have also expanded around topics of success, development and adaptation results. More than 60 research studies have been published in the past five years. One theme within the studies suggests that because organizations and workers have faced so many rounds of change, there's the need to look at lessons learned within the company about past change efforts in order to avoid pitfalls and better assure success, particularly in terms of worker and manager turnover during more intense phases of organizational redesign (change) efforts.
â?¢ A second theme of study focuses on local markets and countries expanding their economies. In examining strategic business change, several case studies reported on the dynamics of China and Brazil in which there is workforce change. The results of these case studies suggest additional attention and resources needed for management.
Curious? Want to Know More?
Consider the UMUC online Library using these search words:
â?¢ Organizational Change
â?¢ Multinational and Organizational Change
â?¢ Transformation and the Organization
â?¢ Strategy Change and Development
â?¢ Strategy Change and Adaptation
Websites with research papers
â?¢ http://www.ccl.org/leadership/research/sharing/index.aspx#whitePapers, website of the Center for Creative
Leadership, a research and practice center, focused on both the science and art of leading
â?¢ "Google" Rosabeth Kanter Ross, and use Harvard Business School link>Publications
Developed by Dr. Linda L. Smith, with help from the management faculty.
New Challenges Confronting Management
The new challenges confronting management since the beginning of the 21st century is that information is more important and more sought after than data. Collecting, storing, retrieving, transmitting, and presenting data is what has been the norm. The revolution of the computer has made it easier to utilize information not just data to make good decisions.
Knowledge managers will become more in demand as time evolves. There are many kinds of information that will add value to a corporation or even to schools and smaller businesses. ...
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The prominence and market share of Certified Organic agriculture have grown steadily since the formalization of U.S. standards in 2002, but the boundaries of what "organically produced" covers have not expanded much. Meanwhile, alternative eco-labels and market-based auditing have proliferated, promising to measure and verify non-GMO status, food safety, and labor standards, among other “good food” attributes. Simultaneously, retailers and downstream buyers are creating "super audit" scoring systems, such as Whole Foods’ "Responsibly Grown" scheme. What is the role and value of organics in this context? Is this the best path for measuring achievements of “sustainability” and other values?
Seasoned Farmers & Ranchers
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Thursday, March 5, 2009
January 5: Wyoming Republican caucuses
January 8: New Hampshire primary
January 15: Michigan primary
January 19: Nevada caucuses (both parties), South Carolina Republican primary (party-run, state-funded)
January 26: South Carolina Democratic primary (party-run, state-funded)
January 29: Florida primary
February 1: Maine Republican caucuses (through February 3)
February 5: Alabama primary, Alaska caucuses (both parties), Arizona primary, Arkansas primary, California primary, Colorado caucuses (both parties), Connecticut primary, Delaware primary, Georgia primary, Idaho Democratic caucuses, Illinois primary, Kansas Democratic caucuses, Massachusetts primary, Minnesota caucuses (both parties), Missouri primary, Montana Republican caucuses, North Dakota caucuses (both parties), New Jersey primary, New Mexico Democratic primary (party-run), New York primary, Oklahoma primary, Tennessee primary, Utah primary, West Virginia Republican state presidential convention,
February 9: Kansas Republican caucuses, Louisiana primary, Nebraska Democratic caucuses, Washington caucuses (both parties)
February 10: Maine Democratic caucuses
February 12: Maryland primary, Virginia primary
February 19: Hawaii Democratic caucuses, Washington primary (Republicans only), Wisconsin primary
March 4: Ohio primary, Rhode Island primary, Texas primary (both parties & Democratic caucuses), Vermont primary
March 8: Wyoming Democratic caucuses
March 11: Mississippi primary
April 22: Pennsylvania primary
May 6: Indiana primary, North Carolina primary
May 13: West Virginia primary, Nebraska primary (Republicans only)
May 16: Hawaii Republican state convention (through May 17)
May 20: Kentucky primary, Oregon primary
May 27: Idaho primary (Republicans only)
June 3: Montana primary (Democrats only), New Mexico primary (Republicans only) South Dakota primary
[Primaries in bold]
States that are split vertically had different dates for different party contests. The shade to the left of that line corresponds with the month in which the Democratic contest took place and the right side represents the Republican contest.
[Source: The Green Papers and news accounts from 2008. The latter was used to double-check the dates or discover missing ones.]
A few notes:
1) The 2008 election ended up doing what 2000 did not. [No, it didn't prevent use of the butterfly ballot.] With no one from the incumbent presidential administration seeking the Republican nomination, both parties had competitive primary races. Granted the widening of the window to allow for February contests helped, but the removal of partisanship* from the frontloading decision-making process certainly didn't hurt the states' motivation to shift to earlier dates. In other words, state actors on both sides of the aisle opted for an "I'll scratch your back if you scratch mine" strategy. Republicans and Democrats in state legislatures were much more likely to get along on this issue operating under the assumption that, "Hey, if your contest is early it won't hurt our party as long as our contest is early too." Of course, hindsight being what it is, Republicans in some states may have had some reservations about shifting forward given the competitiveness of the Democratic nomination race and what that meant in terms of organization for the Obama general election campaign. In 2008, then, conditions were much better in terms of enticing states to frontload than they had been eight years earlier.
2) Obviously, the somewhat "happy" balance of contests from the 2004 calendar was slightly disturbed in 2008. Again, in terms of primaries, there were in 2008 24 primaries before March 5 during March and 10 after March. That differed from the 11-14-13 primary distribution across the same time periods in 2004. On its face, then, most of the frontloading -- in terms of primaries -- came from those during March states from 2004.
3) The real issue with the 2008 primary calendar was the fact that a handful of states decided to defy national party rules and hold their delegate selection events prior to February 5. Florida and Michigan got all of the headlines because of the severe penalty initially imposed upon both states by the DNC. Well, the initial rule called for a loss of half a state's delegates in the event of a timing violation, but the DNC wanted to make an example of Florida.
...and then Michigan. While that was the big story, lost in the shuffle was the fact that all of the states that held January contests on the Republican side received a penalty of half their total convention delegates as well. Iowa and Nevada were exempted because the first steps in their caucus processes did not directly allocate any delegates to the Republican convention. However, Florida, Michigan, New Hampshire, South Carolina and Wyoming (and perhaps Maine. I'll have to check to see if the February 1-3 caucus in the Pine Tree state allocated delegates directly to the convention.) all lost voting rights for half of their delegations to the Republican convention in St. Paul (Read more about that situation here and here.). Moving forward to 2012 and beyond, though, the issue becomes whether or not this defiance was aberration or if there will be a greater number of rogue states challenging the national party rules.
*Florida Democrats may take issue with the phrase, "removal of partisanship." Granted, it wasn't until after the fact that the state had been stripped of all its Democratic convention delegates that Florida Democrats had a problem with partisanship. In this case it was a state government completely controlled by Republicans; Republicans who were unwilling to help Democrats out of the predicament. Of course, Florida's Democratic state legislators didn't really have a leg to stand on since the votes on HB 537 were nearly unanimous in both chambers of the Florida General Assembly.
2004 Presidential Primary Calendar
2000 Presidential Primary Calendar
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The offending passage is "...3,000 strikeouts and less than 1,000 walks." Grammar wonks will tell you that "less" should be used with things that are uncountable, like volume. "There is less space in my apartment" is a correct usage. "Fewer" should be used with things that are countable. For example: "There are fewer cockroaches in this apartment."
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Zimbabwe's parliament has passed a new labor law, despite calls by the opposition, employers and workers to have it amended.
Zimbabwe’s opposition legislators walked out of parliament Thursday in protest after Labor Minister Prisca Mupfumira refused to incorporate their proposed amendments to a new labor law.
The opposition and employers said the new law, which awaits President Robert Mugabe's signature, would further scare investors away from Zimbabwe by making labor very expensive.
Workers say the new law gives too much power to the government to control unions. Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions Secretary General Japhet Moyo said the unions were not consulted about the law.
“Our concern is that the government has decided not to involve other social partners. This was supposed to be done through the tripartite negotiating forum,” Moyo said.
The tripartite negotiating forum Moyo referred to is made up of the government, employers and workers.
But dismissing the opposition, Labor Minister Mupfumira said Zimbabwe's labor rules needed urgent attention. Last month, the country's Supreme Court ruled employers are allowed to fire workers with no severance as long as they give three months' notice.
Since then several companies, including some state-owned, have terminated workers and left them empty-handed.
The Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions says more than 20,000 workers have been affected.
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The Church struggles in finding balance on many Biblical principles. One of the most important struggles relates to what I have called in brief the balance between the Law and the Flesh, but is perhaps better described as keeping the balance between the extreme of legalism on the one hand and selfish independence and licentiousness on the other. Most believers can recognize legalism in others, but have trouble recognizing it in themselves. I suppose the same can be said for selfish independence, because it is easy to think of those who we consider to be believers in name only — those who claim to be Christians and yet exhibit little evidence of such. People using Biblical text could argue for both extremes — that we are to live righteously, or alternatively that we are not under the Law and so are free to do what we want. As with many issues, the truth lies in between the extremes — but where?
We who follow Jesus are not under the Law, according to the Apostle Paul (see Galatians 4:25 and 5:18). Yet many believers seem confused about this point. My guess is that probably 80 percent of believers still believe that they have to follow the Ten Commandments. What about you, do you believe a Christian has to follow the Ten Commandments? Judge Roy Moore is a strongly professing believer who made the headlines in the past year or two because he was so committed to the importance of the Ten Commandments that he lost his judgeship over this point. I heard recently someone say that if God didn’t want Christians to follow the teachings of the Old Testament (especially the Ten Commandments), He wouldn’t have included them in the Bible.
Yet the Apostle Paul tells the church in Galatia not only that they are not under the Law, but that whoever is trying “to be justified by the law” has been “alienated from Christ” and “fallen away from grace” (Galatians 5:4, NIV). He tells them if they try to follow the law, they are “under a curse” (Galatians 3:10, NIV). He also tells them that they receive the Holy Spirit and see God do miracles because of faith, not because of their ability to obey the law (Galatians 3:5). Paul challenges the Galatians to make a stand on this point: true followers of Jesus live by the Spirit, not by the Law (Galatians 5:1).
If we don’t have to follow the Ten Commandments, does that mean that Christians are free to steal from others or get drunk whenever they want or live sexually impure lives? If Christians are free, doesn’t that mean they can do whatever they want? The answer is no. In Romans 1:5, Paul tells us that Christians are called to “the obedience that comes from faith” (NIV). If there is no Law, what is there to obey? The answer is that we are to obey the Spirit. In Galatians 5:18, Pauls says, “IF you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the Law” (NIV, emphasis mine). The Law was put in place to lead us to faith (Galatians 3:24). Now that the Law has been fulfilled by Jesus, it has served its purpose.
Christ died to set us free from Satan. He died that the power of the flesh over us would be broken, and that we would find new freedom to live life as God intended it in relationship to Him and with Him. The truth about the way human beings are designed is that we cannot live without being in service to some power. The Apostle Paul makes it plain that you can be a servant or slave to the flesh (sin), or to God. There are no other choices. When the reign of the Law came to an end because of the new covenant established by Jesus (the covenant of justification by faith in Him), we were freed from having to obey the written code and external standards. But the nature of the freedom is this: we are to come into a vital and dependent relationship to God, drawing life continuously from Him. If we do not do this, we are bound to live a life of practical captivity to Satan, because we will continue to be subject to the whims of the flesh. Most Christians do not seem to understand this.
Relationship is the only safe way to abandon the Law. Most of us recognize that it cannot be “faith and” (Ephesians 2:8-10). You are not saved by faith and the good things you do. Faith alone is sufficient. If it is not, Jesus died for nothing (Galatians 2:21). The nature of the Law is for us to be attracted to things the Law forbids (Romans 7:7-11). It is also true that once we start trying to follow a code, we start grading our success, which cuts us off from our relationship with God. If we focus on performance, it becomes all about us. If we focus on relationship, then it can truly be all about Him.
In a different context, Jesus told us that we cannot serve two masters. In that context, he was talking about choosing between God and Money (Mammon). But it applies, as well, to the Law and the Spirit. For example, the Law says that we need to be in church every Sabbath. The Spirit will sometimes say to us, “Go visit your parents”, or “a sick friend”, or “take your kids to a baseball game on a Sabbath”. (The Pharisees told Jesus there are six days of the week to heal people, but not the Sabbath. Jesus said that it was lawful to do good on the Sabbath, and that the Sabbath was made for people, not vice verse.) The Spirit is not a mindless taskmaster, but the Law is. The Law may be a useful guideline when we are not sensing any leading or direction from the Spirit — but for a Christian, if it becomes anything more than a guideline to us, it will be a curse for us (Galatians 3:10 ), and even death (2 Corinthians 3:6).
But if we let ourselves do whatever we want without being led by the Spirit, we are walking in the flesh and possibly exhibiting licentiousness — embracing our unbridled passions. Just so there is no confusion, Paul in many of his letters spells out some of the works of the flesh. This helps younger believers, in particular, gauge themselves as to when they have erred and mistaken works of the flesh for works of the Spirit. In Galatians 5:19-23, Paul writes:
The acts of the sinful nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. (NIV)
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Pronunciation: (bôs, bos),[key] —n. 1. Bot.,Zool.a protuberance or roundish excrescence on the body or on some organ of an animal or plant.
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Published on August 24th, 2012 | by Tanya Sitton10
Undercover Video Reveals Cruelty to Dairy Cows (Again!), Forces Shutdown of CA Slaughterhouse
USDA regulators suspended operations at a Hanford, CA dairy-cow slaughterhouse on Monday, after receiving video documentation of rampant cruelty within the facility. Like other recent dairy cruelty scandals brought to light by undercover video, this ugly incident brings the true motive behind ag-gag legislation into sharp focus: any time people see what industrial agriculture does to living things, they are rightfully appalled!
This latest example of dairy cruelty also offers an opportunity for consumers to reflect on what is for some an uncomfortable truth: the dairy industry is riddled with hideous and unjustifiable animal cruelty, whatever ‘humane‘ label advertisers may slap on the package.
The latest cruelty video was reportedly filmed during two weeks in June, by an undercover investigator employed at the Central Valley Meat (CVM) slaughterhouse this summer.
Compassion Over Killing released this information about the investigation, in a Tuesday press release:
Like all federally inspected slaughterhouses, CVM is required to comply with federal animal welfare requirements as well as California’s animal protection laws. However, COK’s whistleblowing video uncovers acts of cruelty that appear to violate both state and federal laws, such as:
- Downed cows, unable to walk to the kill floor, shot in the head two, three, even four times, and workers often walking away while the animal continues to struggle and kick.
- Some downed cows who were still alive after being shot in the head were then suffocated by workers who stood on their mouths and nostrils preventing the cows from breathing.
- Cows being tortured – repeatedly hit, jabbed, electrically shocked, and sprayed with hot water – in a narrow chute leading to the kill floor. One cow was electrically shocked over 40 times.
- Sick or injured cows repeatedly being shocked and workers pulling or lifting them by their tails in an attempt to force them to stand and walk.
- Improper stunning of animals prior to slaughter – many cows were thrashing, kicking, and clearly breathing after being shot in the head. Yet these animals are moved through the slaughter process onto a conveyor belt and then hoisted upside-down by one leg.
Former USDA inspector and supervisor Lester Friedlander, DVM, also reviewed COK’s video and wrote in a statement, “I could not believe the repeated Humane Slaughter Violations that occurred… The company… should be held accountable for these violations.”
In addition to selling meat to the USDA, CVM also supplies major companies, including McDonalds and California-based In-N-Out Burger. Most of the animals slaughtered by CVM are “spent” dairy cows, no longer considered economically viable as milk-producers by the dairy industry.
As of Wednesday, the USDA, McDonald’s, and In-N-Out Burger have suspended or canceled contracts with CVM due to animal cruelty and food safety concerns raised by the video.
According to the Associated Press,
The video taken by an undercover investigator for Compassion Over Killing also shows cattle lying in pens unable to move, and at least one unable to stand to leave a stock transportation trailer.
Some clips show cattle with swollen udders that are unable to keep their legs under them. Other footage shows a downed cow trembling and unable to stand even as workers try to pull her up by the tail.
Within hours of seeing the video, the USDA’s Office of Inspector General sent investigators who found evidence of “egregious inhumane handling and treatment of livestock.” The possibility that animals were being inhumanely treated caused officials to shut down the plant while the investigation unfolds
An NBC article offers additional details:
Four minutes of excerpts the animal welfare group provided to The Associated Press showed cows being prepared for slaughter. One worker appears to be suffocating a cow by standing on its muzzle after a gun that injects a bolt into the animal’s head had failed to render it unconscious. In another clip, a cow is still conscious and flailing as a conveyor lifts it by one leg for transport to an area where the animals’ throats are slit for blood draining.
“The horror caught on camera is sickening,” said Erica Meier, executive director of Compassion Over Killing, based in Washington, D.C. “It’s alarming that this is not only a USDA-inspected facility but a supplier to the USDA.”
Slaughterhouse owners Brian and Lawrence Coelho declined to comment on the video. However, they did take a moment to express annoyance at being caught.
“We were extremely disturbed to be informed by the USDA that … our plant could not operate based upon a videotape that was provided to the Department by a third party group that alleged inhumane treatment of animals on our property,” said a company statement.
Brian Coelho added, “Our company seeks not just to meet federal humane handling regulations, but exceed them.”
Well guess what, Brian?
The disturbing thing — please listen carefully, Coelho brothers, as it’s a key point that your industry somehow seems to find deeply befuddling — is NOT that someone FILMED the abuse, and told the public about it!
The problem is that the abuse itself was allowed to occur.
In 2008, the HSUS released undercover video showing similar nauseating animal cruelty at the now-infamous Hallmark Meat Packing dairy cow slaughterhouse:
In the video, workers are seen kicking cows, ramming them with the blades of a forklift, jabbing them in the eyes, applying painful electrical shocks and even torturing them with a hose and water in attempts to force sick or injured animals to walk to slaughter.
As well as animal cruelty offenses, the evidence gathered by HSUS investigators at Hallmark prompted serious food safety concerns, resulting in the largest beef recall in US history. ‘Downer cows’ — those that can no longer walk — are not supposed to enter the human food supply, because of increased risk of mad cow disease and other food-borne illnesses.
A Mercy for Animals undercover reporter documented severe animal cruelty in 2009 at a one of New York’s largest dairy facilities, Willet Dairy. Among other incidents, that investigation documented:
- Cows with bloody open wounds, prolapsed uteruses, pus-filled infections, and swollen joints, apparently left to suffer without veterinary care
- “Downed” cows – those too sick or injured to even stand – left to suffer for weeks before dying or being killed
- Workers hitting, kicking, punching, and electric-shocking cows and calves
- Calves having their horns burned off without painkillers, as a worker shoved his fingers into the calves’ eyes to restrain them
In 2010, there was a tidal wave of public outrage when undercover reporters filmed stomach-turning cruelty at Conklin Dairy, in Ohio:
… a graphic video it secretly recorded shows workers at a dairy farm beating cows with crowbars, stabbing them with pitchforks and punching them in their heads…
The video shows workers at the federally-subsidized farm holding down newborn calves and stomping on their heads. It shows one worker wiring a cow’s nose to a metal bar near the ground and repeatedly beating it with another bar while it bleeds.
Golly, What a Coincidence!
The typical industry response involves denial of systemic problems, with assertions that whatever outrageous acts of cruelty they were caught inflicting on farm animals represent isolated incidents — that their company maintains the highest standards of animal care, blah blah blah.
But what a coincidence: ‘isolated incidents’ of dairy cow abuse seem to occur every time someone manages to get a camera through the door!
No wonder industrial animal-ag folks are so keen on legislation criminalizing under- cover documentation of animal cruelty, at factory farms and slaughterhouses: consumer ignorance is their only hope!
They know if you see it, you’ll be too sickened to pay them to do it.
Undercover Investigators: HOW DARE YOU?!
People keep having the rude audacity to continually catch these facilities breaking the law, with acts of egregious animal abuse.
Um, I mean, they rudely continually catch them committing incredibly numerous ISOLATED INCIDENTS of breaking the law, with acts of egregious animal abuse — which seem to correlate uncannily with successful infiltration by anyone at all with a hidden camera, into any industrial animal production facility anywhere in America.
Organic? Grass Fed? Free Range?
Doesn’t matter! Any of the cows in this video could have their milk labeled any of these things — they all end up the same. Whether or not they are raised in a factory farm setting, virtually all animals in the US are slaughtered in places just like Hallmark or Central Valley Meat.
These labels do have positive implications for human health and environmental impact, compared to products from factory farms. I think the argument can be made that shopping for dairy (or other animal-derived) products from less-hideous vs. more-hideous producers is an improvement, in some ways. It’s better than nothing: ok, sure, I’ll go with you that far down the road.
But is that really the best we can do?
Organic, grass fed, or free range labels have nothing to do with animal treatment. Animals whose parts or secretions end up with those ‘humane‘ labels fought just as hard, suffered just as much, and wanted to live just as desperately as their factory-farmed counterparts — and then died in the same place, undergoing the same cruelty.
For cheese. For coffee creamer. For fleeting taste sensations on our tongues.
No Happy Cows in Dairy
Animal cruelty is rampant within the dairy industry, at every step of the way. Cows do not ‘give’ milk; they are kept continually pregnant, their infants are removed just after birth, they are inseminated again, and their offspring’s milk is taken for grown creatures who haven’t had a legitimate need for breast milk in decades.
Meanwhile, their own infants learn the deprivation and misery of a veal crate — their flesh will be avoided by cheese-eating vegetarians, who never realize they’re supporting that very same industry. Dairy cows are used up for human pleasure, confined, exploited, robbed of their young, sucked dry, and when their bodies are too broken to make a buck anymore they’re sent to industrial slaughterhouses — like the one in the late-breaking newest-in-a-continual-stream-of-cruelty video, to suffer violence, terror, pain, and horrible death.
Ditch the Dairy, Ditch the Cruelty!
The abuse is not isolated; it is intrinsic to dairy production. Humans have absolutely no nutritional need for breast milk after infancy — and certainly no need for the breast milk of a whole other species of mammal! Habit is powerful, and change can be daunting: but this kind of dairy cow abuse scandal will occur over and over and over again, until we wean ourselves off the calf food.
Thanks to the failure of ag-gag attempts in California, you’re allowed to know about this most recent round of dairy cow abuse; thanks to undercover reporters across the country — criminalized or not — the secrecy on which industrial animal farming relies is slowly crumbling.
To quote Jonathan Safran Foer, when faced with the inexcusable animal abuse intrinsic to modern industrial animal agriculture, “We can’t plead ignorance, only indifference.”
Faced with inexcusable animal cruelty, systematically inflicted on fellow creatures for no better reason than fleeting human pleasure: will we?
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The great potential that graphene has shown with regard to electronics and energy technologies is well known, but there’s quite a bit more to graphene than ‘just’ that…. In particular, the material possesses a number of strange qualities with regard to its interactions with water — qualities that are now ripe for exploitation, according to new research from the University of Manchester.
Previous work had shown that thin membranes made from graphene oxide laminates were impermeable to all gases and vapours, except for water. And now, new research has built on this discovery by testing the effectiveness of these membranes with regard to water filtration — producing findings that show that they have an astonishingly accurate mesh that allows “them to distinguish between atomic species that are only a few percent different in size,” and that they’re ultrafast, filtering with a speed similar to that of warm liquid passing through a coffee filter.
The press release from the University of Manchester explains the research:
The researchers report that, if immersed in water, the laminates become slightly swollen but still allow ultrafast flow of not one but two monolayers of water. Small salts with a size of less than nine Angstroms can flow along but larger ions or molecules are blocked. Ten Angstroms is equivalent to a billionth of a metre.
The graphene filters have an astonishingly accurate mesh that allows them to distinguish between atomic species that are only a few percent different in size. On top of this ultraprecise separation, it is also ultrafast. Those ions that can go through do so with such a speed that it’s as if the graphene membranes were an ordinary coffee filter.
The latter effect is due to a property that the Manchester scientists call “ion sponging.” Their graphene capillaries suck up small ions as powerful hoovers leading to internal concentrations that can be hundreds of times higher than in external salty solutions.
Researcher Dr Rahul Nair stated: “The water filtration is as fast and as precise as one could possibly hope for such narrow capillaries. Now we want to control the graphene mesh size and reduce it below nine Angstroms to filter out even the smallest salts like in seawater. Our work shows that it is possible.”
The co-author of the new study, Dr Irina Grigorieva, added: “Our ultimate goal is to make a filter device that allows a glass of drinkable water made from seawater after a few minutes of hand pumping. We are not there yet but this is no longer science fiction.”
The new research was just published in the journal Science.
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Chapter 21 Section 3
Transcript of Chapter 21 Section 3
Central European Monarchs Clash
The Thirty Years War
Lutheran and Catholic princes tried to gain followers
States Form in Central Europe
The most important result of the Thirty Years War was that it marked the beginning of the modern state system in Europe
Prussia Challenges Austria
Like the Hapsburgs, the Hohenzollerns had ambitions of becoming absolute rulers
Each side felt threatened by the Calvinists who were gaining many followers
Tensions mounted. The Lutherans and the Catholics each formed unions:
The Protestant Union
The Catholic League
Only a small spark was needed to ignite a full scale holy war
Bohemian Protestants Revolt
Holy Roman Emperor, Ferdinand II, closes some Protestant churches in the Czech Kingdom of Bohemia
The closings anger the Protestants and they revolt
Ferdinand II sends an army to Bohemia to crush the revolt
Several German princes took this opportunity to challenge their Catholic emperor
Thus began the Thirty Years War, a conflict over religion and territory and for power among the European ruling families.
Throughout the first 12 years of the war, Hapsburg armies from Austria and Spain crushed the troops hired by Protestant princes
The Czech uprising was crushed
Even the German Protestants who supported the Czechs were defeated
Ferdinand II paid his army of 125,000 men by allowing them to plunder German villages.
This huge army destroyed everything in its path.
Protestant Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden and his army help shift the tide of war towards the Protestants
Adolphus and his army drove the Hapsburg armies out of northern Germany before Aldolphus was killed in battle in 1632
Cardinal Richelieu and Cardinal Mazarin of France took over from there and dominated the remaining years of the war.
Although Catholic, these Cardinals feared the Hapsburgs more than the Protestants.
So Cardinal Richelieu sent French troops to join the German and Swedish Protestants in their struggle against the Hapsburg armies
Peace of Westphalia
The Peace of Westphalia in 1648 ended the war.
The treaty had these important consequences:
Weakened the Hapsburg states of Spain and Austria
Strengthened France by awarding it German territory
Made the German princes independent of the Holy Roman Emperor
Ended religious wars in Europe
introduced a new method of peace negotiation in which all participants meet to settle problems of a war and decide the terms of peace
*This method is still used today
Beginning of Modern States...
The treaty abandoned the idea of a Catholic Empire ruling over most of Europe.
The treaty recognized Europe as a group of equal, independent states.
The formation of strong states in central Europe was a slow process due to the devastation brought on by the war.
The major powers of this region were the kingdom of Poland, the Holy Roman Empire, and the Ottoman Empire.
None of which were very powerful in the mid-1600's
Economic Contrasts with the West
Serfs slowly won freedom and moved to towns
Serfs joined middle-class townspeople and gained economic power
Landowning aristocracy passed laws restricting the ability of serfs to gain freedom and move to cities
Nobles wanted to keep serfs on the land, where they could produce large harvests which they could then sell for large profits to western Europe
Several Weak Empires
Polish nobility elected a Polish King but sharply limited his power
The Ottoman Empire had been on the decline since Suleyman the Magnificent had failed to win the Battle of Vienna in 1529
The Holy Roman Empire was seriously weakened by the Thirty Years War.
No longer able to command the obedience of the German states, the Holy Roman Empire had no real power.
In the late 1600s, two German-speaking families decided to try to become absolute rulers themselves...
Austria Grows Stronger
The Austrian Hapsburgs took several steps to become absolute monarchs:
Reconquered Bohemia during the Thirty Years War
Wiped out Protestantism in Bohemia and created a new Czech nobility that pledged loyalty to them
After the war, the Hapsburg ruler centralized the government and created a standing army.
By 1699, the Hapsburgs had retaken Hungary from the Ottoman Empire
In 1711, Charles VI became the Hapsburg ruler.
Maria Theresa Inherits the Austrian Throne
Charles the VI persuaded other leaders of Europe to sign an agreement that declared they would recognize his eldest daughter as the heir to all his Hapsburg territories
The Hapsburgs wanted to make sure they continued to rule over all of the empire
That heir was a young woman named Maria Theresa
In 1640, Frederick William, later known as the Great Elector, decided that having a strong army was the only way to ensure safety
The Great Elector created the greatest standing army in Europe.
To pay for this army, they established permanent taxation
They then weakened the representative assemblies of their territories
Prussia's land owning nobility, the Junkers, resisted the king's growing power
However, King Frederick William I bought their cooperation by giving the Junkers the exclusive right to be officers in his army.
Prussia became a rigidly controlled, highly militarized society
Frederick the Great
Frederick the Great was forced to witness his friend's beheading after they tried to run away together when they were teenagers
It was feared that he would not be strong enough to rule over Prussia
However, Frederick II followed his father's military policies when he came to power, despite bitter memories
However, he did soften some of his father's laws:
Encouraged religious tolerance and legal reform
Believed that a ruler should be like a father to his people
War of Austrian Succession
Soon after Frederick II took power in Prussia, he decided to go after Austria's land of Silesia
Frederick the Great underestimated Maria Theresa's strength because she was a woman.
Frederick sent his army to occupy Silesia, beginning the War of Austrian Succession
Maria Theresa traveled to Hungary and asked the Hungarian nobles for aid.
Great Britain also joined Austria to fight its longtime enemy, France, which was Prussia's ally
Maria Theresa's armies stopped the Prussian aggression, but she lost Silesia in the process in the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748
With the acquisition of Silesia, Prussia became a major European power
The Seven Years' War
Maria Theresa decided the French kings were no longer Austria's chief enemies, so she made an alliance with them.
A diplomatic revolution took place:
Frederick signs an alliance to Austria's former ally, Great Britain
Russia began playing a role in European affairs by signing an alliance with Austria
Austria, France and Russia vs. Britain and Prussia
In 1756, Frederick attacked Saxony, an Austrian ally, starting the Seven Years War in which every great European power would be involved.
Fought in Europe, India and North America
The war did not change the territorial situation in Europe
Britain emerged as the real victors in the Seven Years' War:
France lost its colonies in North America
Britain gained sole economic domination of India
THE THIRTY YEARS’ WAR
Map by Astrokey44
A FANCY WORD FOR THROWING SOMEONE OUT OF A WINDOW
Photo Credit: DigitalExtropy
They better recognize
FATHER OF MODERN WARFARE
DOMINIONS OF THE HOUSE OF HAPSBURG
PEACE OF WESTPHALIA
Lets not kill each other over religion anymore
Yes, tis silly!
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Trying to understand and cope with the challenges that arise during a hospital stay can be difficult. Volunteers assist patients and their families by helping to make their experience as comfortable as possible. A sample of these assignments include:
- Elder Horizons volunteers interact with geriatric patients, days or evenings.
- Emergency Department volunteers support patients and families in the ED, and also assist staff by running errands and helping with a variety of tasks. Volunteers are needed in both the adult and pediatric departments.
- Heart Center volunteers who have had experience as cardiology patients provide peer-to-peer support to patients facing surgery.
- Recovery volunteers assist the inpatient unit staff in providing services to patients suffering from drug/alcohol abuse. They provide patients (as well as family/friends of patient) with information regarding AA, Al-Anon, Alateen, NA and other services available to persons with substance abuse issues. (Volunteer must be active member of AA or NA with a minimum of 2 years sobriety.)
- Spanish Visitation volunteers meet with Spanish-speaking admitted adult patients and provide them with information to better orient them for their hospital experience as well as answer questions and refer them to appropriate hospital staff.
Roman Catholic Eucharistic Ministers are volunteers who distribute Holy Communion to Catholic patients throughout the hospital at both the Saint Raphael and York Street campuses. Eucharistic ministers should have a solid understanding of the Sacrament of Holy Communion, good interpersonal skills, respect of patients’ and families’ circumstances, and awareness of role boundaries. If you are interested, apply through Volunteer Services. Applicants must be trained and commissioned Eucharistic Ministers and need to furnish a letter of endorsement from their parish priest. Eucharistic ministers will be trained to adhere to the policies and procedures of the hospital and the Department of Spiritual Care.
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Facility coding guidelines are inherently different from professional coding guidelines. Facility coding reflects the volume and intensity of resources utilized by the facility to provide patient care, whereas professional codes are determined based on the complexity and intensity of provider performed work and include the cognitive effort expended by the provider. As such, there is no definitive strong correlation between facility and professional coding and thus no rational basis for the application of one set of derived codes, either facility or professional, to the determination of the other on a case-by-case basis.
At this point, there is no national standard for hospital assignment of E&M code levels for outpatient services in clinics and the Emergency Department (ED). CMS requires each hospital to establish its own facility billing guidelines. Further, OPPS lists eleven criteria that must be met for facility billing guidelines. Facility billing guidelines should be designed to reasonably relate the intensity of hospital services to the different levels of effort represented by the codes. Coding guidelines should be based on facility resources, should be clear to facilitate accurate payments, should only require documentation that is clinically necessary for patient care, and should not facilitate upcoding or gaming. For further information, see the 2009 CMS Final Rule for facility billing. A summary of the OPPS rule is available on the ACEP website.
What Will You Learn?
- Pragmatic learning approach
- Assessments/polls and feedback (very critical)
- Chart dissection process (learn from scratch)
- Chart coding and code capturing skills
- Case presentation activities (builds confidence)
- Acquire ‘Defend your code’ skills (audit purpose)
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What’s the Story Here?
Going through course 3 has changed the way I look at images. It has changed the way I search for images for my blog posts and presentations. It is changed the way I interpret them. I am not as literal when looking at or for images. I ask more questions about what the images could mean. For example, the image above caught my eye because the photographer very obviously has pieced together a story for us. What exactly each image means in the story is open to interpretation from each of its viewers. There are obviousl parts to the story, they’re obviously catching a train, probably on a trip somewhere. The part I love best about this whole thing though is that images are never exact or precise, they could hold multiple meanings and emotions all at once with no right or wrong answer. How about the feature image for this post, what do you think the gummy bears are up to? 😉
It’s Only Natural
Like the wonderful workings of mother nature, storytelling probably is one of the most natural things to happen in a classroom. We’re always telling stories to our students, and asking them to tell us stories. Sure they tell stories in literacy, but they tell math stories too. They tell science stories whenever they record their findings and draw conclusions, and the same goes for social studies. Stories are an inevitable part of education, it is just the form that they come in has evolved through time. Digital storytelling is our 21st Century way of sharing stories with the world. I probably incorporate digital storytelling into my classes more than anything else because it integrates so naturally into almost every curriculum area!
Here is a recent example of a project that I’ve done in class. The first graders at our school were studying ‘Families’ in social studies and one of their objectives was to sequence major family events in their lives. The students created simple timelines in class sequencing four major family events, then during their session with me, we turned it into a movie so that they could narrate these events and share it on their blogs with friends and family around the world.
One of my favorite projects last year when I was teaching Kindergarten was having the kids create a stop-motion animation to illustrate simple past-tense. They worked in groups to illustrate the action verb, had to figure out a way to show that time had passed and then show the word again in past tense. I loved it mainly because of the all the collaboration that happened in each group but also because each group came up with different ways to illustrate time passing. Here are a few examples:
This didn’t quite happen in one of my classes but as a part of the Traveling Teddy Bears Project that I run. Two classes at my school participated in the project and I used a combination of Explain Everything and iMovie to create movies to share with the classes participating in the project. This summarizes some of the things the bears learned in their respective classes while they were at our school. Here is one of the videos.
It isn’t seamless, I was in a rush to ship these bears off to their next locations! But I do love the options that Explain Everything has to offer, I’ve used it before to put class books together as well. The students add their voices/video and it all then goes up on our class blog. Here is an example of a class book. Please note that there is a spelling mistake on one of the pages (see if you can catch it!). It was corrected in the actual class book 😉
I could go on and on with other examples. I love digital storytelling because it has given younger students a voice and a way to share what they are learning before they can even read or write!
A Future Project…
An up and coming project is with the second graders, they are studying Pebbles, Sand and Rocks in science. They are coming to the end of their unit and will tell the story of sand using ThinkLink. They will layer videos of themselves explaining the different parts to the story of sand onto a still image. This will be a project they work on in pairs so they also develop the skills of video recording others. | <urn:uuid:d46b1a00-d05c-436e-8645-0e29d325e5b8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://coetailspotlight.com/pana-asavavatana/tell-me-a-story/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.970672 | 868 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Find Your Speech Therapy Degree Options
Speech therapists, also called speech language pathologists, diagnose and treat students for speech, language and related disorders.
If you become a speech therapist, you will provide services in elementary, secondary or post-secondary schools, helping students improve their language and communication skills, and leading them to stronger academic performance.
Your duties as a speech therapist in a public school may include the following tasks:
- Working with children one-on-one or in groups to treat voice disorders, stuttering problems or learning disabilities
- Conducting school-wide hearing tests to identify and diagnose auditory problems among young children and promote early intervention
- Teaching students with hearing or speech conditions to use sign language
- Teaming with special education teachers to create comprehensive treatment plans for special needs children
- Counseling parents on how to cope with speech and language disorders
- Collaborating with teachers, administrators and parents to implement speech therapy programs
Depending on the school, speech therapists may work with students individually or in groups, providing treatment in a classroom or office. They assist students using audio-visual aids, physical strengthening exercises, instructive or repetitive practice, and other means.
A 40-hour work week is normal for speech therapy teachers, with additional hours worked as needed for lesson planning and related activities. Teachers in smaller districts may travel to different schools throughout the week to provide speech pathology services. Many schools hire speech therapists on a continuing 9- or 10-month contract basis to match the school year calendar.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ 2016-17 Occupational Outlook Handbook, the median national annual salary for speech-language pathologists is $71,550. Actual salaries may vary greatly based on specialization within the field, location, years of experience and a variety of other factors. National long-term projections of employment growth may not reflect local and/or short-term economic or job conditions, and do not guarantee actual job growth.
The public school system, with support from the federal government, understands the importance of early identification and diagnosis of speech, language and hearing disorders. As a result, public schools have experienced an increased enrollment of special education students, which has created a higher demand for qualified speech therapists.
Degree Options and Education
Students interested in a career in speech therapy should earn a speech therapist degree, bachelor’s degree in communication sciences and disorders or a related major. You will need at least a bachelor’s degree plus your teaching certificate in order to practice speech therapy within the school system. In the United States, over 230 colleges and universities offer speech language pathology programs accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech Language Pathology.
Some states require you to hold a master’s degree in speech-language pathology and your Certificate in Clinical Competence (CCC-SLP). Depending on the state, you may need to graduate from an accredited program in order to obtain a license. Contact the Department of Education in your state to find out what your state requires. Your speech therapy degree plus certification will qualify you to help kids become more effective students in schools throughout your state.
Speech Therapy Certification
The American Speech and Hearing Association offers the CCC-SLP to eligible speech language pathologists. To become eligible for this certification, speech therapists must possess a graduate degree from an accredited university and meet the following criteria:
- Complete a specified number of hours of supervised clinical experience
- Participate in a post-graduate clinical fellowship
- Pass a national certification exam
Some require the CCC-SLP to practice in schools, the remaining mandate that speech therapists hold a teaching certificate, which typically requires a master’s degree from an approved college. Some states will issue a provisional teaching license to candidates with a bachelor’s degree, under the condition that they obtain a master’s within three to five years.
FIND A SCHOOL TODAY
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Samuel Kirk was the best known and most important silversmith in the mid-Atlantic region in the 19th century. By 1828, work from his firm accounted for 93% of the fine silver produced in Baltimore. Kirk was celebrated not only for the purity of the silver that he used, but for his skillful repoussé work as well. Repoussé is a French term that literally means pushed from behind; all of the patterns on the bodies of the vessels in this tea set have literally been hammered out from the back, making the decoration stand in relief upon their surfaces.
Place object was created: United States
Measurements: overall height: 12.25 inchesMuseum Purchase: Charlotte Debutante Club Fund 2000.53.1-5
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Denver Trademark Law Office
A trademark refers to a distinctive word, name, phrase, slogan, design, logo, picture, symbol, emblem, device, or any combination intended to be utilized in commerce. Its function for your brand is to identify your products, distinguish them from those of the competition, and provide information regarding the source of the products. Trademarks are intellectual property and give consumers vital information to identify your brand.
It is critical to ensure you properly apply for any trademarks you wish to use and protect them once established. Learn more about trademark law below, then contact the Denver trademark law office of Four Reasons Legal to begin the process of trademark application for your Colorado business.
US and Colorado Trademark Law Explained
Initially, state common law formed the primary authority for protecting trademarks. In recent years, federal law has adopted more of this responsibility and now serves as the principal enforcer of trademark regulations. Trademark law provides guidelines for the registration and protection of these marks, entitling the owner of the mark to exclusive use.
The most critical piece of trademark law is the Trademark Act of 1946, also known as the Lanham Act. The Act codifies common law around trademark use and forms the basic federal statute governing trademark law. It dictates procedures for pursuing federal trademark registration, stipulates when trademark owners are entitled to legal protection, and outlines other protocols.
What Do Trademark Lawyers Do?
The United States Patent and Trademark Office administers laws pertaining to trademarks, with the goal of promoting scientific progress by allowing inventors to secure the sole rights to their discoveries or inventions for a specific period. It also ensures trademark registration follows the commerce clause within the US Constitution. By coordinating the registration of trademarks, this agency aids businesses by safeguarding their investments, endorsing their products or services, and defending consumers from experiencing confusion or deception. The USPTO also examines trademarks to ensure compliance with legal conditions.
In most jurisdictions, the law permits an owner of a registered trademark to take action to prevent unauthorized use of a trademark. This violation of a registered trademark is called trademark infringement and typically requires the assistance of a trademark lawyer to litigate. During trademark disputes, a trademark lawyer will provide compelling evidence that the infringer’s unauthorized use of the mark is likely to cause consumers to become confused about the product’s origins.
If you notice consumer confusion, contact your trademark attorney. Colorado attorneys find that evidence of this confusion often includes consumers believing the products sold by the infringers are identical to those of the trademark owner. Similarly, consumers may believe that the infringer has received approval or authorization from the owner.
Requirements for a Trademark
To successfully register a trademark, a brand must meet the following requirements:
- The trademark must not conflict with other registered marks.
After you file an application, the USPTO will search their federal database to assess your trademark against other registered marks to determine if conflicts exist. The USPTO will deny any trademark deemed likely to result in confusion. The ultimate decision depends on the similarity between the two marks in their look, sound, or meaning, the similarity between the products offered, and the ways in which consumers may purchase these products.
- The trademark must demonstrate distinctiveness.
Distinctiveness measures the ability of a trademark to properly identify the origin of the product. The USPTO measures distinctiveness along a spectrum from strongest to weakest:
- Fanciful. The strongest trademarks are those that may be deemed “fanciful,” meaning they consist of a word not found in the dictionary, such as Google, Exxon, or Kodak. The brand must inform consumers regarding the association between the fanciful word and the brand. Because of their uniqueness, fanciful trademarks have the best chance of acceptance for federal registration and enjoy the highest level of protection from infringement.
- Arbitrary. A moderately strong trademark may be “arbitrary” if it involves a word with an existing dictionary definition. However, this definition cannot correlate with the products, such as an electronics manufacturer called Apple or a cigarette company named Camel. Arbitrary marks allow consumers to identify the brand’s products and distinguish them from competitors.
- Suggestive. Neutral trademarks may be “suggestive,” meaning they hint at the product’s nature rather than describing it outright or using fanciful or arbitrary language. Examples of suggestive trademarks include Citibank for a financial institution or Netflix for a streaming video service. These marks retain intrinsic sales appeal as the consumer does not require education to grasp the connection between the mark and the product.
- Descriptive. The least distinctive marks are considered weak because they are merely “descriptive,” or represent a feature, ingredient, attribute, purpose, function, or result of the product. Such trademarks rarely receive trademark protection. For example, cold and creamy as a trademark for ice cream is descriptive and would not likely receive trademark protection.
- The trademark must be employed in commerce.
To successfully register a trademark, the owner must demonstrate their intention to employ the trademark in the commerce market. The product must be sold across state or national lines, influence the commerce that crosses these lines or attract customers from within the state or country.
- The trademark must possess the ability to serve as a brand identifier.
A trademark cannot include generic terms referring to an entire category of products or feature inaccurate descriptions of a product’s nature, function, origin, quality, or use.
Losing a Trademark
The right to use a trademark may be lost in several ways, including improper licensing, reassignment, genericity, or abandonment.
- Improper licensing, in which a trademark received licensing without meeting sufficient quality control standards or without adequate supervision by the owner of the trademark
- Reassignment, in which trademark rights are assigned to another party without an equivalent sale of the company’s assets
- Genericity, in which a trademark has become generic and is divested of its distinctiveness.
- Abandonment, in which trademark rights are not preserved through lawful use in commerce after a predetermined period, or the owner neglects to enforce the mark when infringement occurs
Do I Need an Attorney to Get a Trademark?
If you are considering applying for a trademark and have read the information above, determine the information you are missing and ask yourself, “What questions should I ask a trademark attorney?” Then, retain the services of an experienced intellectual property lawyer. Facing the requirements outlined above is often confusing and intimidating. The only way to ensure you adhere to trademark law is with qualified legal representation from a Denver trademark law office.
You must take many precautions to protect trademarks from infringement. An intellectual property lawyer will educate you on these precautions and keep your trademarks up to date. If a violation occurs, your attorney will address any violations and seek litigation to obtain fair compensation.
Secure the Future of Your Brand with Four Reasons Legal
If you are interested in developing a trademark in Colorado, contact Four Reasons Legal today. Our team of intellectual property attorneys will work with you to create, register, and protect your trademark. If a dispute arises or someone commits infringement against your trademark, we have the skills and resources to advocate aggressively on your behalf and negotiate the best outcome for your business.
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271238 African Americans, Caribbean Blacks, Depression, and Neighborhood Disadvantage
Tuesday, October 30, 2012 : 11:10 AM - 11:30 AM
ABSTRACT Objective: We investigated whether neighborhood disadvantage served as a risk factor for depression. We were most interested in lower socioeconomic Blacks because low income Blacks disproportionately reside in disadvantaged neighborhoods and because, presuming that it is neighborhood characteristics themselves which yield adverse outcomes like depression, US housing policy emphasizes breaking-up poverty neighborhoods. Methods: This was a secondary analysis of data that stratified the National Survey of American Life (NSAL) sample of 5,019 African Americans and Caribbean Blacks into lower, middle, and higher socioeconomic status (SES) subsamples. Results: After controlling for remaining individual demographic characteristics within SES strata, the association between perceived neighborhood social disorder and past-year depression was statistically significant for Low SES individuals (at or below the federal poverty line) (OR=1.73 [CI: 1.07, 2.81]; p=0.026), and at the boundary of significance for Mid SES individuals (between 100% and 300% of the poverty line) (OR=1.74 [CI: 1.00, 3.02]; p=0.049), but not for High SES individuals (at or above 300% of the poverty line) in this nationally representative sample of Black Americans. Conclusion: Results suggest, at least for low and middle income African Americans, that perceived neighborhood social disorder is a risk factor for depression and, insofar as they can improve neighborhoods and reduce neighborhood disadvantage, that housing and community development policies aimed at neighborhood improvement and poverty de-concentration may benefit the mental health of low-income African Americans and Caribbean Blacks especially.
Learning Areas:Diversity and culture
Keywords: African American, Depression
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am qualified to be named on the abstract because I am an assistant professor conducting research focused on understanding health and mental health disparities among African Americans. I also teach courses on health disparities and completed a two year training at the NIA Biomedical Research Center.
I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.
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Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in humanitarian logistics
Started: October 2015
Supervisor: Dr Panagiotis Angeloudis
Description of Research
Post-disaster relief requires fast deployment of goods to people in need. Relief is a time-critical process, decisions must be taken quickly with very little information and all incorrect and inaccurate decisions lag the supply chain process. Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have the potential to bring cheap and accessible technologies that may accelerate most of the processes involved in humanitarian relief. The aim of this PhD is to investigate the use of UAVs in humanitarian logistics and to create a model for the distribution of goods that can be used in the planning process of humanitarian aid. The model is to be optimised to save as many lives as possible and to reduce the risks volunteers are exposed to during these situations. The model should take into account the limitations of UAVs, such as their vulnerability to weather, their limited payload capacity, and energy consumed. These will form components of a framework that could be used to coordinate the distribution of humanitarian aid resources. | <urn:uuid:794e4d64-c6bd-4d0f-bd34-749b0ee5c326> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.imperial.ac.uk/sustainable-civil-engineering/ongoingresearch/cohort-2-students/joseescribano/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571097.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810010059-20220810040059-00278.warc.gz | en | 0.943646 | 231 | 2.234375 | 2 |
Phytotherapy or professional medical herbalism is synthesis of age old wisdom of traditional use medicinal plants from around the world as well as modern medical biosciences and phytochemistry.
Phytotherapists use whole plants and their extracts for the prevention and treatment of disease as well as the promotion of optimum well-being. Every prescription is tailor made to fit the particular patient. Lifestyle and dietary counselling are also critical to meeting therapeutic goals.
Herbal Pharmacy- equips the students with practical skills on the compounding of different herbal medicines. Phytotherapists compound and dispense their own medicines from several raw materials. They make mixtures of teas, tinctures, syrups, capsules, creams, salves, ointments, etc. | <urn:uuid:b1690995-82d7-48f0-afa3-849468971f36> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.doncultiveta.com/portfolio-item/soap/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572408.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816151008-20220816181008-00666.warc.gz | en | 0.934072 | 159 | 2.65625 | 3 |
In a new research collaboration between the University of Witwatersrand and the University of Adelaide, previously held views on the evolutionary development of the human brain are being challenged. The findings of their studies, published today in the Royal Society Open Science, unseats previous theories that the progression of human intelligence is simply related to the increase in size of the brain.
Their research found that while brain size has increased by about 350% over human evolution, blood flow to the brain increased by an amazing 600%. The increase in the supply of blood to the brain appears to be closely linked to the evolution of human intelligence where the human brain has evolved to become not only larger, but more energetically costly and blood thirsty than previously believed.
Wits Brain Function Research Group co-author Dr Edward Snelling says: "Ancient fossil skulls from Africa reveal holes where the arteries supplying the brain passed through. The size of these holes show how blood flow increased from 3 million year old Australopithecus to modern humans."
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Peace Education Fund
Through the cooperation of Riverside-Salem UCC/DC, a PEACE EDUCATION FUND (PEF) has
Peace education is directed to the full development of the human personality and the
strenghtening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms; it promotes
understanding, tolerance and friendship among all nations and peoples, and among all
racial, ethnic and religious groups; it respects all beings, their habitats and their
This fund will help support the work of local peace educators and projects, including
the Women in Black silent weekly peace vigils and the Interfaith Peace
Donations not designated for Women in Black or the Interfaith Peace Network go into
a "General Fund". This fund is used to provide support to individuals, organizations
or projects, through an Award / Grant process.
Please consider making a donation to the Peace Education fund through the Riverside-Salem
UCC donation link below.
Please specify whether your donation is for Women in Black, the
Interfaith Peace Network, the Restricted Investment Account or the Peace Education
Fund Grant Program
2014 Peace Education Fund Funding Boost
Thank you to everyone who helped support us in our 2014 funding boost on Indiegogo.
Some of the projects we have helped to fund over the years include : PeaceJam; Prisoners Are People, Too; Latin American Solidarity Committee; Tom Potts' dental clinic; Journeys of Solutions (4 Walls Project in El Sauce, Nicaragua); NETO for Healing at the Heart of Niagara; “Reaching Out to Africa” – medical supplies to Sudan; support for travel to Nevada Desert Experience, a Voices for Creative NonViolence walk in Iowa, and to D.C. for environmental witness.
2014 Funding Boost Indiegogo Campaign
Please consider making a direct donation (below) if you would like to help us continue our work.
The Peace Education Fund (PEF) is seeking additional members who share
our vision and values. We meet on the fourth Monday of the Month
in the afternoon and every Monday afternoon when it is nearing April --our
most active time of the year.
We meet at 1272 Delaware Avenue in Buffalo, and we are especially
seeking people who have fund-raising experience and lots of
Peace Education Fund
c/o Riverside-Salem UCC/DC
PO Box 207
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In April 2006, Google announced Google SketchUp, a freely-downloadable version of Professional Licensed which debuted in August 2000 as a general purpose 3D content creation tool, with the tagline "3D for Everyone" and envisioning a software program "that would allow design professionals to draw the way they want by emulating the feel and freedom of working with pen and paper in a simple and elegant interface, that would be fun to use and easy to learn, and that would be used by designers to play with their designs in a way that is not possible with traditional design software. It also has user friendly buttons to make it easier to use.
This tool can help you draw out your remoldeling project with great detail. This exercise is helpful in that it brings out details and questions that you had not considered. The free version has limits on how you may export it. Below is a image and link to the Kitchen, Bath, and interior design gallery. This should be a source of ideas and inspiration to you.
Some of the ideas high level sketches but some of them can be extremely detailed views on how to measure your project. This is the same thing we do on graph paper when customers come to us seeking to make a purchase in person. The practice of making a design map is important to make sure the measurements are right. It is the old saying of measure twice cut once. Give it a try or just use plain old graph paper, but whatever you do, measure measure measure. What makes Sketchup great! | <urn:uuid:c45e1b2b-3c1d-4b99-850d-452fa587d567> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://productsdirect.com/news/Welcome | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988720962.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183840-00385-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.9686 | 308 | 2.046875 | 2 |
The Town of Huntersville has begun the process to bring substantial improvements to one of our busiest intersections, Gilead Road and Statesville Road (US 21). The type of intersection that will be constructed is called a median u-turn intersection. There will be no left turns allowed at the intersection. Instead, motorists will turn right and proceed through a median u-turn to then travel in the desired direction. This type of intersection will improve efficiency, especially in conjunction with the Diverging Diamond Interchange anticipated at Gilead Road and I-77.
The project will include accommodations for pedestrians with improvements including sidewalks, pedestrian countdown signals, and refuge islands in medians. Bicycle accommodations will include wide outside lanes on Statesville Road and bike lanes on Gilead Road. The project will also feature planted medians where feasible.
Because the project will receive federal funding, an environmental impact document called a Categorical Exclusion(CE) was prepared. The document is under final review, and approval is expected late 2015 or early 2016.
The project is entering the design phase where the detailed study alternative identified during the planning study will be further refined to a level appropriate for construction.
The improvements at the intersection of Gilead Road and Statesville Road (US 21) will provide lasting benefits for our community for years to come. This project will help fulfill our commitment to create an intersection that safely and efficiently moves all modes of travel while providing a true gateway for our historic downtown and area businesses. | <urn:uuid:90bc2f0c-a1ea-4dcc-b3fd-daf3d1ecbb6e> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://us21gileadroadproject.org/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560283689.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095123-00350-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.914435 | 302 | 1.664063 | 2 |
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