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A quiet approach: Airbus Helicopters demos low-noise IFR operations at airport with commercial traffic
- A worldaEUR(tm)s first for environmentally-friendly, helicopter-specific IFR procedures
- Conducted in the framework of EuropeaEUR(tm)s Clean Sky joint technology initiative
Airbus Helicopters has achieved another key milestone in more eco-friendly rotorcraft operations by successfully demonstrating low-noise helicopter instrument (IFR) approaches at an airport with commercial airline traffic.
As the final outcome of a seven-year project devoted to environment-friendly helicopter approach procedures, Airbus Helicopters used an H175 helicopter to fly low-noise IFR approaches to the heliport of Toulouse-Blagnac airport in south-western France.
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The approach procedures were flown using accurate lateral and vertical guidance provided by EGNOS (European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service), the European Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS), and in the presence of airplane traffic simultaneously approaching and departing to/from airport runways, which proved the suitability of these helicopter-specific procedures to achieve Simultaneous Non Interfering (SNI) aircraft and rotorcraft IFR operations at a medium-size commercial airport.
“Airbus Helicopters is the world’s first helicopter manufacturer to demonstrate such helicopter-specific IFR procedures at a heliport located at an airport with commercial airline traffic,” said Tomasz Krysinski, the Head of Innovation and Research at Airbus Helicopters. “We are confident these environment-friendly IFR procedures will contribute to easing helicopter access at airports and remote sites in noise-sensitive areas, thus paving the way for the development of passenger transport with high-speed helicopters.”
The low-noise helicopter-specific IFR approach procedures are based on the noise optimised flight paths successfully validated in 2013 by Airbus Helicopters with an H155 and having demonstrated noise footprint reductions of up to 50 per cent, which is one of the Clean Sky initiative’s high-level goals.
Detailed design and integration of the procedures in Toulouse airspace was achieved by GARDEN, a partner project with expertise in Air Traffic Management (ATM) that supports Airbus Helicopters in Clean Sky.
Airbus Helicopters performed this demonstration as part of Clean Sky’s Green Rotorcraft Integrated Technology Demonstrator program. Clean Sky is Europe’s most ambitious aeronautical research program, with the goal of developing breakthrough technologies that significantly increase the air transport sector’s environmental performance – resulting in quieter, more fuel efficient aircraft and rotorcraft.
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The Tuxgraphics ISP header
The tuxgraphics programmer connector is a small standard connector that does
not take more space than needed. It does not have unnecessary pins.
It is a durable and easy to use plug.
It is ideal for a temporary connection.
The pin order is the same as on the AVR chips. Connections between
and programmer socket can be routed straight without cross-over wires.
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We find that this connector has really many advantages.
The tuxgraphics connector
The tuxgraphics connector is a 5 pin header with one row of pins in standard 2.54mm (100mil)
spacing. Because it is a male type of plug its contacts can not become weak or
loose even after many years of use.
The pin order is: GND-SCK-Miso-Mosi-Reset. Most AVR microcontrollers have the
exact same pin order. Cross-over connections are minimized.
AVR microcontrollers can even be used in a temporary breadboard setup as long
as you use the internal oscillator only. The tuxgraphics connector fits
into a breadboard without causing a short circuit on the pins. A nice setup
for a small test circuit.
The socket for our connector is a standard SIL-socket. They are usually easy
to get and if the electronics shop at corner does not have them take just
a normal IC-socket and cut out a row of 5 pins.
Using the tuxgraphics programmer with other board types
The tuxgraphics programmers can handle a wide range of target board
voltages and they work with any type of AVR microcontroller. They
are not limited to certain chips.
The tuxgraphics programmer is really easy to use. It has even a LED to
confirm that the cable is connected correctly.
You can always use the tuxgraphics programmers not only with tuxgraphics boards
but also with any other target board.
An adapter can be used in case the target board uses a different type
of connector. Common connectors are the 6-pin and 10-pin headers. The
connections for such adapters are then as follows. The VTG pin does
not need to be connected to anything in this case.
Connection diagram for a tuxgraphics header to 10-pin header adapter.
Connection diagram for a tuxgraphics header to 6-pin header adapter.
You can either build your own adapter or you can buy adapters in our shop:
Ready made adapters (use a tuxgraphics programmer with any other vendors board)
A 10-pin adapter in use.
Using other programmers with tuxgraphics boards
When you want to use the programmer hardware from a different vendor with
our boards then you will need to check the following.
You can again build your own adapters according to the same wiring diagram as
shown above or you can buy an adapter.
- Is the target board voltage compatible with the programmer? Boards running
on 5V will usually be OK for any programmer. Boards running on 3.3V or less do
require a programmer that can work with such voltage levels.
- Does the programmer require VTG to be connected?
Many other vendor's programmers are not self-powered over USB. They use the connection to the
target board as a power supply for the programmer internal logic. In this case
the VTG pin is used to provided power to the programmer. In other words you need
to connect VTG to the Vcc line of the target board.
The "alien programmer to tuxgraphics
socket" adapter has small grip area for use with mini alligator clips. This way
you can supply target Vcc voltage to the programmer.
The big connector on top is the 6-pin header
of a programmer from a different vendor. The circuit shown is the tuxgraphics
electronic dice board.
© Guido Socher, tuxgraphics.org
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Introducing LISTERINE’s Latest Mouthwash for Sensitive Teeth
LISTERINE®’s newest mouthwash, LISTERINE® SENSITIVITY, is now available. It features a patented CRYSTAL BLOCK™ Technology that provides daily repair of damage by creating a powerful barrier for continuous sensitivity protection for 24 hours,* and it reaches virtually 100% of sensitive areas.1,3
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- Occlusion from competitive toothpastes erodes by as much as 50% after mechanical and acid challenge1,3†
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†In laboratory studies
- Sharma D, Hong CX, Heipp PS. A novel potassium oxalate-containing tooth-desensitizing mouthrinse: A comparative in vitro study. J Dent. 2013;41(Suppl 4):S18-S27.
- Sharma D, McGuire JA, Gallob JT, Amini P. Randomized clinical efficacy trial of potassium oxalate mouthrinse in relieving dentinal sensitivity. J Dent. 2013;41(Suppl 4):S40-S48.
- Data on file, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc.
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Vision & Mission
The vision of UNISMA Graduate Program is:
Becoming a graduate program which is highly competitive so that it can produce graduates who are capable of planning, solving, developing, designing, engineering, and discovering science and technology and culture through education, research, and community service for the benefit of the people, who have good morals based on the teachings of Islam Ahlusunnah Wal Jamaah’s Nahdliyah.
The missions of Unisma graduate program are:
- Organizing professional, quality, and competitive Masters and doctoral programs at the national and international levels to produce quality, competitive, and morally good human resources based on the teachings of Islam Ahlusunnah Wal Jamaah, Islam an-Nahdiyah.
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THE MARK OF the HANASE MATSUAGE ( 300 year old fire festival ) followed by the more intimate HIROGAWA MATSUAGE heralds the last few weeks of the hot summer days to be enjoyed in the mountains. As temperatures soar down in the city, we were able to appreciate the cooler 7 degree difference and putting us in the mood for the wonderful autumn colours that promise to come.
A little explanation on the fire festival: the torches are fuelled by the flame kept burning from the local shrine, which then ignite the 1000 or so free standing hand crafted torches . Once lit, a synomonous drum beat signifies the torch carriers to gather around the 30metre tree trunk which has been raised onto a platform and at it’s top is surrounded by a large nest of brush, straw and hinoki. The idea is for the torch-men to swing their torch and hurl it upwards and try to get a hole-in-one. Not an easy task. After 6 attempts the first torch landed into the nest and started to ignite. A much frenzied 12 minutes later , egged on by the happy onlookers, it was all over and they dropped the burning tree to the ground and the sacred rites were said and everyone went home!
Last week also saw the remnants of Typhoon #15 which blew over the top half of the mainland and on to Hokkaido. The much needed rain filled up the water tanks and with the river swollen decided to press on with the veg garden, Holes need to be dug, land needs to be tilled and beds need to be prepared and seeds need to be sowed!!
Because of the problem with wild deer eating everything in sight, all vegetation must be netted in some form or other. Our plan is to surround the garden with fencing: and to keep it in with the image of the house and walls,the idea is to singe all the fence posts and slats over a fire pit to give it that Edo look?
First a path with local river bed rocks has to be layed. then 24 fencepost holes to be dug.
WITH THE WET WEATHER and the workers at bay I went down to Kyoto to pick up the timber we had purchased to use for flooring around our irori hearth. Keiko found a re-cycled timber shop ( http://www.kozai-ichiba.co.jp) which collects and sells dismantled houses that date back from yesteryear. The timber we chose was taken from an old farmhouse at least 130 years ago.
Very Japanese, two young petite girls attired in flight attendant uniforms and high heels man-handled all the wood on display to find what we were looking for and fed us with copious amounts of cold tea. Well worth a visit if you need recycled wood!
A RATHER DISTURBING discovery we found was the swarm of yellow hornets nesting on the side of our Hanare, adjoining house. There are different ranks of hornets and “ours” comes in at number 2 on the most deadly scale. But get this, and don’t laugh, but apparently, they recognise the house owners’ faces and don’t touch us!!!!… only the visitors!!
A quick call to the city council and they sent a professional up to fix the problem. With baited rag soaked in honey and poison, the honeytrap was dropped in to the nest. within 3-5 days all will die. We are told to keep the nest because it is in the best location and as long as there is a nest there no other invading hornets, wasps / killer bees will try to move in. Also apparently these yellow hornets enlisted the help of the lower rank hornets to help build their nest and once the job was done. they would all be “executed”by the bad guys! ( reminds me of the grim tale of the clan Macdonald and Campbells of Glencoe )
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Understanding what you receive and knowing what else to ask for. Derek Griner, Ph.D., Michael Brooks, Ph.D., J.D., Edward Martinelli Jr., Ph.D. Definition of a Learning Disorder According to the DSM-IV, learning disorders are diagnosed when: a. The individual’s achievement on individually administered, standardized tests in reading, mathematics, or written expression are substantially below that expected for age, schooling and level of intelligence. b. The learning problems in Criterion A significantly interfere with academic achievement or activities of daily living. c. If a sensory deficit is present, the difficulties in the particular skill area (e.g., reading, writing, math) must be in excess of those usually associated with the deficit. LD Etiology Genetic predisposition Perinatal injury (e.g., complications during pregnancy) Neurological conditions (e.g., head injuries, serious falls, concussions, prolonged fevers, etc). Medical Conditions (e.g., lead poisoning, fetal alcohol syndrome, seizures, fragile X syndrome). Gathering Background Information 90% of a diagnosis is based on history. It is therefore imperative to gather specific information regarding the reported problem (e.g., did the problems occur early on, did the problems begin once the person began college). How does this apply to the Amendments Act that Dr. Brooks spoke about yesterday? Gathering Background Information (Continued) A thorough background interview is extremely important. Intake interviews that occur at Brigham Young University include the following areas: Presenting Concern (What is the client’s most pressing concerns?) Personal Background (e.g., previous testing, previous diagnosis, documentation of previous diagnosis, other languages spoken at home, current employment, marital status, struggles in school from k-12, held back a grade, easiest h.s. subjects, difficult h.s. subjects) Medical/Psychological Hx (pregnancy complications, developmental milestones, prolonged fevers, seizures, serious fall, concussions, serious physical illnesses, hospitalizations, current medical concerns, past emotional concerns, current emotional concerns, diagnosis of emotional concerns, current medications, previous substance abuse/use, toxic materials exposure) Family Hx (Number of brothers/sisters, which child, siblings diagnosed with LD/emotional concerns, parents diagnosed with LD/emotional concerns, parents educational background). Evaluations and Behavioral Observation A thorough evaluation will include a section dedicated to behavioral observations. Such behaviors that were observed either during testing or during the clinical interview are recorded in this area. These observations can give valuable information into the manner in which a client’s disabilities manifest themselves. There are some tests that help illuminate the amount of effort a client has put forth during LD testing (e.g., TOMM, Green’s Word Memory Test, CVLT, etc.) Discrepancy Model There are a number of statistical approaches that can be used to establish significant discrepancies (e.g., intra-individual achievement discrepancy, absolute achievement discrepancy, relative achievement discrepancy). The DSM-IV suggests that in order to be considered substantially below, a discrepancy of more than 2 standard deviations between achievement scores and IQ be present. Average Person Model The average person model asserts that a specific disability exists when a person has intellectual abilities that fall no lower than the Average range and achievement scores that fall below the Average range when compared to others of the same age. Furthermore, the identified disability significantly limits or restricts the condition, manner or duration under which an average person in the population can perform a major life activity (i.e. learning, listening). Reading Disorder DSM-IV Criteria: A. The essential feature of Reading Disorder is reading achievement (i.e., reading accuracy, speed, or comprehension as measured by individually administered standardized tests) that falls substantially below that expected given the individual’s chronological age, measured intelligence, and age appropriate education. B. The disturbance in Criterion A significantly interfere with academic achievement or activities of daily living that require reading skills. C. If a sensory deficit is present, the reading difficulties are in excess of those usually associated with it. From 60-80% of individuals diagnosed with Reading Disorder are males. However, the disorder occurs at more equal rates between males and females. Reading Disorders are often not fully apparent until the fourth grade or later. Reading disorders are more prevalent among first-degree biological relatives of individuals with Learning Disorders. Mathematics Disorder DSM-IV Criteria: A. Mathematic ability, as measured by individually administered standardized tests, is substantially below that expected given the individual’s chronological age, measured intelligence, and age appropriate education. B. The disturbance in Criterion A significantly interfere with academic achievement or activities of daily living that require mathematical ability. C. If a sensory deficit is present, the difficulties in mathematical abilities are in excess of those usually associated with it. Mathematics Disorder is commonly found in conjunction with Reading Disorder or Disorder of Written Expression. Approximately one in every five cases of Learning Disorders reveals a diagnosis of solely Mathematics Disorder. Mathematics Disorders are often not fully apparent until the fifth grade or later. Disorder of Written Expression DSM-IV Criteria: A. Writing skills, as measured by individually administered standardized tests (or functional assessments of writing skills), are substantially below that expected given the individual’s chronological age, measured intelligence, and age appropriate education. B. The disturbance in Criterion A significantly interferes with academic achievement or activities of daily living that require written texts (e.g., writing grammatically correct sentences and organized paragraphs). C. If a sensory deficit is present, the difficulties in writing skills are in excess of those usually associated with it. Disorder of Written Expression is rare when not associated with other Learning Disabilities. A disorder in spelling or handwriting alone, in the absence of other difficulties of written expression, generally does not qualify for a diagnosis of Disorder of Written Expression. Learning Disorder Not Otherwise Specified DSM-IV Criteria: This category is for disorders in learning that do not meet criteria for any specific Learning Disorder. This category might include problems in all three areas (reading, mathematics, written expression) that together significantly interfere in academic achievement even though performance on tests measuring each individual skill is not substantially below that expected given the person’s chronological age, measured intelligence, and ageappropriate education. LD NOS could be due to fluency or sub clinical problems across all of the aforementioned areas. Documentation - Achievement Woodcock Johnson III (WJ-III Tests of Achievement). Commonly used and widely accepted measure of achievement. Has 22 subtests that feed into Reading, Oral Language, Mathematics, Written Language, Academic Knowledge and Supplemental curricular areas. Using the Average Person Model, achievement scores below 90 indicate potential learning disabilities; provided that an individual’s IQ score is in the Average range. Broad Reading The Broad Reading cluster provides a comprehensive measure of reading achievement including reading decoding, reading speed and the ability to comprehend connected discourse while reading. Comprised of the following: 1. Basic Reading Skills 2. Reading Comprehension Broad Math The Broad Math cluster provides a comprehensive measure of math achievement including problem solving, number facility, automaticity and reasoning. Comprised of the following: 1. Math Reasoning 2. Math Calculation Skills Broad Written Language The Broad Written Language cluster provides a comprehensive measure of written language achievement including spelling of single-word responses, fluency of production, and quality of expression. Comprised of the following: 1. Basic Writing Skills 2. Reading Comprehension Other Achievement Tests Wechsler Individual Achievement Test (WIAT) Kaufman Test of Educational Achievement (KTEA-II) Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT): Should only be used as a screening instrument. Nelson Denny Reading Test (ND): Should only be used as a screening instrument. If unsure about the validity of a particular achievement test, an excellent resource to help determine a test’s validity is the Mental Measurements Yearbook. It is also good practice to consult with colleagues concerning tests with which one is unfamiliar. Documentation – Intellectual Abilities Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale III and IV (WAIS-III WAIS-IV). The WAIS-IV was just recently released. The WAIS-III and WAIS-IV are commonly used and widely accepted measures of intellectual abilities. Has 14 subtests, seven of which feed into a Verbal IQ (VIQ) and seven of which feed into a Performance IQ (PIQ). A composite or single Full Scale IQ is based on the combined scores of the Verbal IQ and the Performance IQ. Documentation – Intellectual Abilities In addition to the Verbal and Performance IQ’s are the following four indices and subtests used to create them: 1. Verbal Comprehension Index (VCI): a measure of verbal acquired knowledge and verbal reasoning (Vocabulary, Information, Similarities) 2. Perceptual Organization Index (POI): a measure of nonverbal, fluid reasoning, attentiveness to detail, and visual-motor integration. These scores are less dependent on quick responses than those of the Performance IQ (Picture Completion, Block Design, Matrix Reasoning) 3. Working Memory Index (WMI): a measure of one’s ability to attend to information, to hold briefly and process the information in memory, and then formulate a response (Arithmetic, Digit Span, Letter-Number Sequencing). 4. Processing Speed Index (PSI): a measure of one’s ability to process visual information quickly. This measure is more sensitive to neuropsychological conditions (Digit Symbol-Coding, Symbol Search) Other Intellectual Ability Tests Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scales (SB-5) Woodcock Johnson III –Tests of Cognitive Skills (WJ-Cog) Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children, Second Edition (KABC-II) Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test- Second Edition (KBIT-2): Should only be used as a screener. Slosson Intelligence Test-Revised (SIT): Should only be used as a screener. Wonderlic: Should only be used as a screener. There are also a number of culture-free/language free tests that should be interpreted with caution. Test of Nonverbal Intelligence- 3 (TONI-3) Documentation – Other areas for rule-outs Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD): There is a need to rule out this disorder as ADHD can affect working memory, fluency, etc. Some measures used to assess ADHD include: 1. Connor’s Continuous Performance Test-II (CPTII) 2. Integrated Visual and Auditory Continuous Performance Test Advanced Edition (IVA-AE) 3. Questionnaires (e.g., Hawthorne Self-Report, DSM Diagnostic Survey) Documentation – Other areas for rule-outs Socio-emotional functioning can also affect one’s working memory, fluency, etc. Some measures used to assess for emotional interference include: 1. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2) 2. The MMPI-2-RF has recently been released and is psychometrically up-to-date and linked to current models of psychopathology and personality. It has 338 items and reportedly takes just 25-35 minutes for computerized administration. 3. Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-III (MCMI) 4. Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) Prior Documentation Reasonable accomodations and services are based upon the current impact of the disability in the academic setting. Documentation should indicate that a specific disability does exist and that the documented disability limits or restricts the individual’s ability to perform major life activities (e.g., learning, listening). Documentation needs to be recent. Documentation also should be completed by a competent professional who is able to diagnose either learning/attention disabilities or emotional concerns. For Learning Disabilities documentation should be within the last 3-5 years. For student’s with IEP’s, it is wise to get updated testing that fulfills the criteria set forth by your college/university. For emotional concerns documentation should be updated on a yearly basis. Emotional concerns are not as stable as LD’s and can change within a year’s time. Documentation and IEP Individual Education Plans (IEP’s) should be used for guidance. If a student has an outdated IEP, use the IEP as a guide for provisional accomodations and have the student begin updated testing. Evaluating the Evaluation Many evaluators do not know disability law. Therefore, some of the recommendations made may not be supported legally (e.g., last week received a fax requesting that a student with OCD be allowed “at least three times the amount of time to complete testing”). If we do not carefully examine the recommendations set forth by some evaluators, we may actually inhibit a client’s potential for success (i.e., A student with OCD spending three to four times the amount of allotted time on a test may actually reinforce OCD behaviors). Collaboration It is good practice and necessary to obtain a signed release of information from the client before discussing his/her case with any other evaluator. Once a release of information is obtained, it is also good practice to speak with evaluators about clients and get answers to follow-up questions. The more consultation that occurs, the more likely we are to understand a client’s recorded disability and the more likely we are to provide appropriate and reasonable accommodations for the individual. Examples Good Documentation (Reports) Poor Documentation (Reports) Conclusion Discussion and questions. | <urn:uuid:721fcd11-0acc-4ee8-b564-3e29db2d55d5> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://slideshowes.com/doc/215137/slide-1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282935.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00241-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.912867 | 2,775 | 3.140625 | 3 |
Model Job Descriptions
It is critical for the job description of a sonographer to accurately reflect their daily duties and responsibilities. A job description serves as the basis for establishing patient care responsibilities, confirming departmental roles, orienting new employees, and serving as an evaluation tool for job performance.
In 2015, the SDMS conducted a task analysis survey of its membership. The collection of data began with a request for members to submit their current job descriptions. Many sonographers reported a lack of a written job description or an existing job description which did not accurately reflect their current activities and responsibilities.
The SDMS Advanced Sonography Committee and staff reviewed the job descriptions submitted to determine the frequency and importance of daily activities and responsibilities which characterize the work of sonographers. The resulting survey examined eighty-five specific job tasks that were categorized under one of eight sonographer job functions:
- Documentation & Reporting
- Performance of Ultrasound/Sonography Procedures
- Equipment Use & Maintenance
- Supervision & Management
- Quality Assessment & Quality Improvement
- Professional Development
- Health Care Team Interaction
- Student Education & Training
Following the completion of the survey1, a diverse sonographer work group was appointed to analyze the survey data. Model job descriptions were then created for the following sonographer roles: staff sonographer, lead sonographer, advanced sonographer, and sonography manager. Additional work and data collection will be required to create model job descriptions for the various sonography educator roles.
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How to use the SDMS Model Job Descriptions
While the SDMS Model Job Descriptions contain the most common daily activities and responsibilities, they were not developed as mandatory criteria nor intended to be simply used “as is.” The job descriptions should be considered as a starting point for creating and updating current sonographer job descriptions. Employers should customize (i.e., modify, add, delete) the tasks that are assigned to the various sonographer positions, which may also reflect those tasks assigned to a particular sonographer based on their sonography or management experience or the certifications/credentials held.
Note: Although use of the SDMS Model Job Descriptions’ job titles (i.e., staff sonographer, lead sonographer, advanced sonographer, sonography manager) is not required, the SDMS encourages employers to consider using modern job title terminology2 such as “diagnostic medical sonographer” or “sonographer” and to eliminate job titles with antiquated language such as “ultrasound technician,” “ultrasound technologist,” “ultrasononographer,” etc.
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Survey distributed via email to 24,879 SDMS members – 1,628 members responded to the survey resulting in a statistical Confidence Level of P=.01 with a Confidence Interval (Margin-of-Error) of 3.09.
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers and Cardiovascular Technologists and Technicians, Including Vascular Technologists: Occupational Outlook Handbook: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics (Jan. 8, 2014), http://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/diagnostic-medical-sonographers.htm. | <urn:uuid:7e944b91-ad5a-4970-8698-7f251552f027> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://sdms.org/resources/careers/job-description | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280266.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00497-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.918298 | 685 | 1.992188 | 2 |
At a coastal upwelling zone, wind blow parallel to a coast, water at the ocean surface moves away from the coast and deep water rises up to take its place.
Courtesy of NOAA
In areas of upwelling, deep ocean water makes its way to the surface. This has an impact on marine life as well as the region's climate.
Upwelling happens commonly along coastlines. Winds blowing parallel to a coastline cause water at the ocean surface to moves at about a 90 degrees angle from the wind direction (to the right of the wind direction in the Northern Hemisphere and to the left of the wind direction in the Southern Hemisphere) because of a process called Ekman transport. In places where surface waters are moved away from a coast by this process, water rises up from deeper in the ocean to take its place.
The water that is moved up to the surface is usually cold and rich in nutrients like nitrogen and phosphorus, which come from the decomposing bodies of dead sea creatures. Once at the surface, these extra nutrients are snatched up by phytoplankton, tiny photosynthesizing plants that float in the ocean water. Plankton populations often grow quickly in upwelling areas, a phenomenon called a plankton bloom. Tiny floating animals called zooplankton eat the phytoplankton and fish eat the zooplankton, making upwelling areas rich with marine life. About half the fish caught in the world comes from upwelling zones.
Upwelling also happens as a part of El Niño (ENSO) events in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Ecuador and Peru and this has far-reaching effects on weather, changing precipitation patterns in many areas of the world.
Downwelling is the opposite of upwelling - surface waters pushing down into deeper areas of the ocean. This happens when winds cause Ekman transport to push water toward a coast and then deeper in the ocean.
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In our household we love books and all family members know this. Every birthday and Christmas my children are presented with lovely books from different family members. Our favourites have to be the Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler range and sometimes I find books hard to beat the likes of The Highway rat and most recently Superworm but sometimes the simple books with a lovely heart warming meaning are as nice. Conker and Nudge is one of those books the illustrations are nice, quite simple but it's the meaning behind the story that sells it to me and makes my boys smile.
Conker and Nudge is about two brothers, two anteaters to be exact called Conker and Nudge. They do lots together playing around, swinging in trees, practicing balancing and so much more. Nudge looks up to his big brother and loves to copy the big boy things Conker does. Sometimes this is ok but sometimes it annoys Conker. Conker can be a little mean to his little brother sometimes. But one day Conker finds he needs his little brother and it is at that moment when Nudge saves him he realises how special it is to have a little brother!
The first time I read this book to my boys I instantly thought of them. At four and a half and three years old they fight like cat and dog some days and others love each other to bits. I often find myself telling them how lucky they are to have each other and I felt this story told them that nicely. I love a story that has a heart warming message at the end of it and I felt this one did. Even my eldest son said after reading it Conker and Nudge are like me and my little brother which made me smile.
I felt the actually story flowed nicely and each page consisted of a good amount of text within a nicely illustrated picture. The story is spread across twenty six pages and lasts for just under five minutes, the right amount of time for my youngest son. The story flowed along at a good pace and didn't dwell on something for too long this kept my son's attentions.
The characters are animated well in the illustrations. I love the look of the friendly looking furry anteaters. My youngest son was drawn to them instantly. This book isn't full of bright colourful pictures the illustrations are made up of more pastel colours and the pictures lack the large amount of detail my eldest son likes. But that said they compliment the story well and my youngest was extremely happy with the anteaters been shown to be swinging in trees and balancing on hills.
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Official State Animal of West Virginia
The state Division of Natural Resources conducted a poll to elect a state animal as a symbol for West Virginia in 1954-55. The students, teachers, and sportsmen of West Virginia chose the black bear as the animal symbol for their state by a large margin. The Legislature officially adopted the black bear as the state animal of West Virginia on March 23, 1973. All State Mammals
Black Bear Facts
Black bears are very intelligent, shy, and secretive animals - actually seeing a bear in the wild is a very rare experience. Black bears (Ursus americanus) are not always black - there are cinnamon, white, beige, and "blue" (slate gray) black bears. Adult black bears vary considerably in size, from 130 - 500 pounds (occasionally as much as 700).
The black bear is omnivorous and will eat just about anything. While they prefer nuts, berries, grasses, and roots, they also eat insects and small mammals, and if nothing else is available, carrion. The black bear ranges from the far north (Alaska and northern Canada) to northern Mexico. They can run up to 30 mph and are good swimmers.
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Businesses are allowed to deduct certain types of expenses for tax purposes. These expenses are deducted from the income of the business in order to arrive at the taxable income figure thus reducing the ultimate tax liability of the business.
That being said, it is of keen importance to know which expenses you are allowed to deduct from your income since it can significantly reduce your tax bill. This article focuses on writing off start-up expenses in the financial statements.
Which Start-up Expenses are Deductible?
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) allows businesses to deduct expenses for creating, launching, and setting up a start-up. However, you cannot just deduct every expense that you incur throughout and there is a strict code to follow. The IRS has termed these expenses as “Tax Deductible Expenses”.
Tax deductible expenses are simply expenses that are directly associated with creating, launching, and setting up the business. For example, product analysis and legal fees. To make it simpler, the IRS has categorized these expenses into three types. They are as follows:
Expenses Associated with Creating the Start-up
These expenses are incurred in the initial phase of the start-up meaning that all expenses that are incurred before even starting the business. Examples include feasibility studies, legal costs associated with the business, analyzing the supply chain, and other trivial costs such as traveling expenses.
Expenses Incurred in Launching the Start-up
These include operational expenses required to kick off the business. Many start-ups will incur much of their expenses in this phase which include hiring and training employees, locking in with suppliers and manufacturers, marketing costs, and other professional and legal fees.
It is noteworthy to mention here that you cannot include the cost of non-current assets since they are dealt with separately and the depreciation charge is deducted every accounting period.
These include corporate and other legal fees associated with the start-up such as director fees, company and limited liability partnership formation, agent and accountant fees, and other corporate and legal costs.
Now that we know what type of expenses to deduct, let us look at the process and structure of deducting these costs.
How Do the Start-up Deductions Work?
Though it may look straightforward, technically, it isn’t. Here’s how it works:
The IRS has capped the first-year business deductions at $5,000 for businesses with start-up costs lesser than $50,000 meaning that a business whose start-up costs are lesser than $50,000 cannot deduct no more than $5,000 expenses.
The criteria for businesses with start-up costs over $50,000 is different and for every $1 increase in expenses above $50,000, the tax allowable expense bracket will be reduced by $1. For example, if a business has incurred $52,500 costs, its tax allowable deduction will be reduced by $2,500 (the cost above $50,000) and the business will be able to deduct only $2,500 expense in their financial statements.
To make it simpler, the business deductions are capped at $5,000 for businesses with costs lesser than $50,000 and are reduced by $1 for every $1 increase above $50,000. Since it is $5,000, businesses with expenses over $55,000 will not be able to claim any deductions and all of the expenses will be taxable. However, they may be able to amortize those expenses in 15 years —starting from the second year.
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Blood, prepare to boil. According to the NBC affliate in Philadelphia, the Valley Swim Club booted a day camp of inner city kids—which had paid $1900 for summer swimming rights—after members refused to swim with black kids. Really.
“I heard this lady, she was like, ‘Uh, what are all these black kids doing here?’ She’s like, ‘I’m scared they might do something to my child,'” said camper Dymire Baylor….
“When the minority children got in the pool all of the Caucasian children immediately exited the pool,” Horace Gibson, parent of a day camp child, wrote in an email. “The pool attendants came and told the black children that they did not allow minorities in the club and needed the children to leave immediately.”
The next day the club told the camp director that the camp’s membership was being suspended and their money would be refunded….
The explanation they got was either dishearteningly honest or poorly worded.
“There was concern that a lot of kids would change the complexion … and the atmosphere of the club,” John Duesler, President of The Valley Swim Club said in a statement.
In a statement! Wow. The mind reels. First at the racism. And then at the PR bungling. When I posted this to Facebook, a got a note from a (white) friend who grew up in Philly. It didn’t surprise him, he said; racism in that ‘burb is entrenched. Worth noting that the comments on the NBC site, many of which were horrifc a hour ago, have been disabled.
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A field key to early life stages of Antarctic fish caught along with the Antarctic krill is produced. The key includes 8 families and 28 species mainly from the Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean and uses distinguished characters which permit rapid field identification. In some cases, however, it is impossible to discriminate among species of the same family by remarkable characters. A species key is not shown for such resemble species and a brief summary of the main morphological features of species and genera is provided.
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Poems from the Divan of Hafiz, by Getrude Lowthian Bell, , at sacred-texts.com
I CEASE not from desire till my desire
Is satisfied; or let my mouth attain
My love's red mouth, or let my soul expire,
Sighed from those lips that sought her lips in vain.
Others may find another love as fair;
Upon her threshold I have laid my head,
The dust shall cover me, still lying there,
When from my body life and love have fled.
My soul is on my lips ready to fly,
But grief beats in my heart and will not cease,
Because not once, not once before I die,
Will her sweet lips give all my longing peace.
My breath is narrowed down to one long sigh
For a red mouth that burns my thoughts like fire;
When will that mouth draw near and make reply
To one whose life is straitened with desire?
When I am dead, open my grave and see
The cloud of smoke that rises round thy feet:
In my dead heart the fire still burns for thee;
Yea, the smoke rises from my winding-sheet!
Ah, come, Beloved! for the meadows wait
Thy coming, and the thorn bears flowers instead
Of thorns, the cypress fruit, and desolate
Bare winter from before thy steps has fled.
Hoping within some garden ground to find
A red rose soft and sweet as thy soft cheek,
Through every meadow blows the western wind,
Through every garden he is fain to seek.
Reveal thy face! that the whole world may be
Bewildered by thy radiant loveliness;
The cry of man and woman comes to thee,
Open thy lips and comfort their distress!
Each curling lock of thy luxuriant hair
Breaks into barbèd hooks to catch my heart,
My broken heart is wounded everywhere
With countless wounds from which the red drops start.
Yet when sad lovers meet and tell their sighs,
Not without praise shall Hafiz name be said,
Not without tears, in those pale companies
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Book DescriptionThis book brings together a team of leading authorities on land law to analyse the key debates and policy issues in this area of the law, with the main chapters addressing proprietary and non-proprietary rights, registration, easements, leases, co-ownership and trusts, mortgages and land law and human rights. Many of the policies and assumptions which underlie land law have immense significance in economic, social and emotional terms upon individuals lives. This book set out to analyse the current tensions within land law, such as the conflicting needs for certainty and fairness, and the difficult balance which has to be drawn between protecting existing property rights and simplifying conveyancing to ensure the easy transfer of land. Particular attention is paid to the likely impact of the Human Rights Act. Land Law: issues, debates, policy will be essential reading for students, practitioners and others seeking an understanding of the key issues and debates surrounding this area of the law.
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Author Biography - Louise Tee
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Ss. Cyril and Methodius-life and work
Saints Cyril and Methodius (in Old Slavic: Кѷриллъ and Меѳодїи) - brothers born in Thessaloniki in the IX century, who became missionaries of Christianity among the Slavs of Greater Moravia and Pannonia. Through their work they influenced the cultural development of all Slavs, and therefore they received the title Apostles of the Slavs. They are credited with the invention of the glagolitic alphabet, the first alphabet used to prescribe the Old Slavonic language. After the death of the Holy Brothers Cyril and Methodius, their students continued their activity.
The two brothers Cyril and Methodius are respected in the Eastern Orthodox Church, as saints with the title Equal with the Apostles. In 1880, Pope Leo XIII introduced their glory in the calendar of the Roman Catholic Church. In 1980, John Paul II declared them Europe's co-defenders, along with Benedict of Nursia.
St. Cyril and St. Methodius of Thessalonica were born brothers from Thessalonica, from a respectable Byzantine family, Father Leo and mother Mary. The elder brother, Methodius, spent ten years among the Macedonian Slavs as an officer. Then he moved away to Mount Olympus and surrendered to a monastic struggle. Cyril (Constantine the Philosopher) later joined him here. Cyril and Methodius, known as Thessalonica brothers enlighteners, play a major role in Slavic history.
Their work made the Slavic peoples literate. At the beginning of the IX century, a solid foundation for wider and more organized missionary activity in Western Bulgaria was already prepared. At that time, the Byzantine Empire experienced a new bloom on a cultural level, so this wave splashed the cities that were distant from Constantinople, especially Thessaloniki. In the first decades of the IX century, the family of a high official of the imperial authority, an assistant to the Byzantine strategist of Thessaloniki and the Thessaloniki district, lives in Thessaloniki. It was Leo with his wife, Mary. Their nationality is unclear. The family had several children, but only the names of the eldest are mentioned - Methodius and the smallest Constantine. The secular name of Methodius, who received this name when he became a monk, was not mentioned.
The pious parents taught their children from the earliest childhood about Christianity, trying to help them apply the supreme Christian truths in their lives. From his youth, Constantine dealt with the writings of Saint Gregory of Nazianzus and Dionysius Aeropagic. His father sent him to Constantinople to continue his education at the Imperial Magnaur school, where, apart from the theological sciences, he studied grammar, arithmetics, geography, astronomy, music, poetry, rhetorics. In addition to these sciences, Constantine also studied languages - Latin, Hebrew, and Syrian.
After completing his higher education, Constantine was appointed as a librarian at the Church of H. Sophia, and then was appointed professor of philosophy at the school he finished. Then he got the name Constantine the Philosopher.
The missions of Cyril and Methodius
As highly educated and talented individuals, Cyril and Methodius will be given many difficult and responsible tasks by the Byzantine court. First they were sent to a mission among the Saracens (the Arabs) in Baghdad, which, like the Khazar and Moravian mission, were part of the Byzantine political program, the main goal of which was to Christianize the Saracens, the Khazars, the Moravian Slavs, the Bulgarians, the Russians and other peoples in the east and north of Byzantium and to impose the Byzantine ecclesiastical authority on them.
When the Khazar king Kagan asked the emperor Michael for preachers of the faith of Jesus Christ, then on the command of the emperor, these Cyril and Methodius were found and were sent among the Khazars. After they had convinced Kagan in the Faith of Christ, they baptized this king and a large number of his armies and even more numerous people. After a while they returned to Constantinople, where they compiled the Slavic alphabet of thirty-eight letters and began to translate the church books from Greek to Slavic. On a call from Emperor Rostislav, Cyril and Methodius went to Moravia and spread and determined the Orthodox Faith there, they multiplied the books and gave them to the priests to teach the youth. And later on the pope's call they left for Rome, where Cyril fell ill and died on February 14, 869.
Then Methodius returned to Moravia and, until his death, strove for the establishment of Christ's faith among the Slavs. After his death - and he went to the Lord on April 6, 885 - his disciples Pentecostal, led by St. Clement of Ohrid as bishop, crossed the Danube into a raft of "three lime trees" and arrived in Belgrade, then in Bulgaria. The head of Belgrade sent them to Emperor Boris I. St. Naum stayed in the capital of Bulgaria and laid the foundations of the Preslav Literary School, and Clement was sent to the Kutmichevica area, south of Macedonia, where he continued working from Ohrid among the Slavs in the same work that Methodius and Cyril started in the north.
As far as Methodius is concerned, there are very scarce resources, according to which he acquired secular education and devoted himself to state and military service. He was gifted with Christian virtuous life and state and military capabilities. For a long time he managed the Bregalnica area and contributed to the Christianity to be deeply implanted in the Macedonian soul in that part of Macedonia. His brother Constantine was particularly deserving of this success. The missionary activity of the holy brothers Cyril and Methodius among the Macedonians, especially the restoration and the application of the Macedonian alphabet, has been noted in the story of St. Naum. This preceded the translation of sacred books into the language of the Macedonians from Thessalonica and the missionary work among the Western Slavs in Moravia.
For some time before their missionary activity, the holy brothers Cyril and Methodius retreated to the monastery Polychron on the Mount Olympus, where they finally prepared for their epoch-making missionary work. The monastic loneliness was interrupted twice when they were sent by the Byzantine authorities from the Constantinople patriarch to the missions among the Saracens and the Khazars. These missions were completed by them with great success. In the short story of Constantine-Cyril, written by his disciple St. Clement of Ohrid, it is said that Cyril discovered before the Khazar Kagan that he did not originate from the Byzantine genus, but his grandfather was from the people of a foreign "king", but fled to Byzantium.
Rostislav, the prince of Great Moravia, sent a request to the Byzantine Emperor Michael III to send a bishop and teacher, who would explain in their language the true Christian faith. The choice fell to the holy brothers Cyril and Methodius. They were almost ready for this mission, because many of the holy books were already translated into Slavic language. They chose worthy disciples and assistants and traveled to Moravia. They were welcomed with great joy and great honor there. Shortly afterwards, they opened a school, where future clergymen and teachers were prepared for the Western Slavic peoples.
Cyril and Methodius here encountered great resistance from German priests, who blamed them for heresy. They were invited to Rome to prove their true faith. In Rome they were received with great honors by the Pope Adrian II. He approved the Slavic worship books and ordered for them to be placed in the altar of the church of Santa Maria Maggiore and worship services in the Slavic language in three Roman churches to be performed. In Rome Cyril became ill and died on February 14, 869. Methodius continued the epoch-making missionary work among the Western Slavs with the help of his disciples, who were ordained in Rome in the priesthood. The hostility of the German priests did not cease.
Conquered by efforts and torments, Saint Methodius died in Nitra, 885 AD. His disciples were subjected to torture and persecution. Some of them were sold as slaves.
For these and such merits, in his apostolic epistle, egrigae virtulis, Pope John Paul II declared Cyril and Methodius on December 31, 1980 as co-patrons of Europe, the patron of which is St. Benedict, proclaimed by Pope Paul IV on October 26, 1964. .
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Workers prepare pieces of Ikea furniture for packing at the then-new factory… (Steve Sheppard, Associated…)
Reporting from Danville, Va. — When home furnishing giant Ikea selected this fraying blue-collar city to build its first U.S. factory, residents couldn't believe their good fortune.
Beloved by consumers worldwide for its stylish and affordable furniture, the Swedish firm had also constructed a reputation as a good employer and solid corporate citizen. State and local officials offered $12 million in incentives. Residents thrilled at the prospect of a respected foreign company bringing jobs to this former textile region after watching so many flee overseas.
But three years after the massive facility opened here, excitement has waned. Ikea is the target of racial discrimination complaints, a heated union-organizing battle and turnover from disgruntled employees.
Workers complain of eliminated raises, a frenzied pace and mandatory overtime. Several said it's common to find out on Friday evening that they'll have to pull a weekend shift, with disciplinary action for those who can't or don't show up.
Kylette Duncan, among the plant's first hires, quit after six months to take a lower-paying retail job. "I need money as bad as anybody, but I also need a life," said Duncan, 52. She recalled having to cancel medical appointments for her ailing husband because she had to work overtime at the last minute.
Some of the Virginia plant's 335 workers are trying to form a union. The International Assn. of Machinists and Aerospace Workers said a majority of eligible employees had signed cards expressing interest.
In response, the factory — part of Ikea's manufacturing subsidiary, Swedwood — hired the law firm Jackson Lewis, which has made its reputation keeping unions out of companies. Workers said Swedwood officials required employees to attend meetings at which management discouraged union membership.
Plant officials didn't return calls and declined to meet with a Times reporter who visited the Virginia facility. Swedwood spokeswoman Ingrid Steen in Sweden called the situation in Danville "sad" but said she could not discuss the complaints of specific employees. She said she had heard "rumors" about anti-union meetings at the plant but added that "this wouldn't be anything that would be approved by the group management in Sweden."
The dust-up has garnered little attention in the U.S. But it's front-page news in Sweden, where much of the labor force is unionized and Ikea is a cherished institution. Per-Olaf Sjoo, the head of the Swedish union in Swedwood factories, said he was baffled by the friction in Danville. Ikea's code of conduct, known as IWAY, guarantees workers the right to organize and stipulates that all overtime be voluntary.
"Ikea is a very strong brand and they lean on some kind of good Swedishness in their business profile. That becomes a complication when they act like they do in the United States," said Sjoo. "For us, it's a huge problem."
Laborers in Swedwood plants in Sweden produce bookcases and tables similar to those manufactured in Danville. The big difference is that the Europeans enjoy a minimum wage of about $19 an hour and a government-mandated five weeks of paid vacation. Full-time employees in Danville start at $8 an hour with 12 vacation days — eight of them on dates determined by the company.
What's more, as many as one-third of the workers at the Danville plant have been drawn from local temporary-staffing agencies. These workers receive even lower wages and no benefits, employees said.
Swedwood's Steen said the company is reducing the number of temps, but she acknowledged the pay gap between factories in Europe and the U.S. "That is related to the standard of living and general conditions in the different countries," Steen said.
Bill Street, who has tried to organize the Danville workers for the machinists union, said Ikea was taking advantage of the weaker protections afforded to U.S. workers.
"It's ironic that Ikea looks on the U.S. and Danville the way that most people in the U.S. look at Mexico," Street said.
The Swedwood factory is situated on the outskirts of Danville, in the midst of rolling tobacco country, just north of the North Carolina border.
For most of the last century the town of 45,000 relied on textiles and tobacco for jobs. Today the riverfront is lined with empty red brick warehouses and crumbling mills. With the unemployment rate high — currently at 10.1% — the city has put muscle behind attracting new companies, including Ikea.
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One of the reasons for my radio silence has been a historical analysis paper on white feminity and sexuality in early romance novels (1950s-70s). Have I mentioned that my women's studies/history professors are benevolent and wonderful and let me write about genre books?
I turned in that paper earlier this week, and now I have some time on my hands before finals to reflect on it. I think it was one of my better papers on romance novels; the process also introduced me to quite a bit of excellent research that I can use for other projects, including this journal.
I'm going to preface this by acknowledging that I can be very critical of romance novels. I'm also very critical of fantasy (I'm waiting to hear back on a presentation proposal regarding urban fantasy/paranormal romance) as well as young adult (re: YA & rape culture) but I tend to pick on romance in particular. I believe, and even more so now after writing my last paper, that romance novels have the potential to change how women think about ourselves and each other. They can be an outlet for dreams, desires, fears, and unexplored possibilities. Their influence as a pop culture phenomenon is frequently underestimated--something I'll delve into later on. Romance novels are written by women, for women, and are about women, a trend that's increasing in other genres but has strong roots in romance. There's power in that, and it's heady stuff.
What I've noticed is that there is a certain stigma against criticism within the romance community. I see it as backlash against two things. A lot of feminist criticism has taken gleeful aim at romance novels, most often in an unflattering fashion that condemns romance novels as a whole without acknowleding their positive aspects or diversity. Likewise, the general media and American culture also tends to portay romance novels as fluffy fantasies and romance readers as bored, uneducated housewives with nothing better to do. There's a lot of rage in response to these accusations and dismissals, and a lot of hurt. Further, the rage and the hurt stems from the way women have been and continue to be treated as lesser--a socio-cultural norm that rears its misogynistic head whenever women or emotional content become the focus of the story.
So this me saying that I acknowledge the hurt and the rage, and the history behind it. And this is also me saying that when I criticize romance novels, it is not because I think romance novels are purely wish-fulfillment fantasies or lesser-than. It is also not because I believe women are stupid.*
I bring up the issue of criticism of romance novels precisely because there is a connection between how women are treated and how romance novels are perceived. It isn't a coincidence that women just so happen to be systemically and institutionally oppressed, it isn't a coincidence that romance writers and readers just so happen to consist predominantly of women, and it isn't a coincidence that romance novels take the heat from both sides when one side sees them as a threat to women's empowerment and the other sides sees them as a threat to male privilege and thus, in the interest of self-preservation, both sides choose to condemn them.
The unconditional feminist criticism of romance novels is backlash against what some feminists see as the perpetuation of heterosexual, monogamous, frequently white gender roles. The empowering aspects of romance novels are eclipsed in the rush to generalize. Is this quality of unconditional criticism justified? No. Is it understandable that feminist critics have reacted out of a similar hurt and rage as romance writers and readers when they feel that women--because that is who and what it boils down to--are being threatened, dismissed, or silenced? Yes. There are very real feelings on either side, feelings that can lead to blanket statements and end up pitting women against women.
The media, on the other hand, dismisses romance novels as lacking in value because society dismisses women. American culture is riddled with double standards, and unless women conform to specific gender roles, they're either castigated or ignored, and if they do conform to specific gender roles, they might be acknowledged, but only in a context that subtly invalidates them in comparison to men. Because romance novels frequently do, in general, conform to the "feminine" gender role, it's easy for the media to dismiss them and thus by extension dismiss women.
The question of how the romance community can convince the rest of the world that romance novels aren't fluff has been bounced around for decades. The romance community wants respect; they want to be reviewed by major newspapers alongside the literary and crime novels; they want to be able to read their books on their lunch breaks at the office without being looked down upon or hiding the cover. They want respect for romance novels.* They want respect for women.
The feminist community views romance novels as tools used to perpetuate strict gender roles, heterosexuality, the virgin/whore dichotomy, and beyond. They want more egalitarian gender roles and more representation outside traditional identities. They want respect for women.
The two communities, at their core, want the same things. Both acknowledge that women are the bottom line and the ones being shafted by society. However, miscommunication and statements made out of fear and anger have resulted in creating the illusion that there's a boundary between the two, an utter incompatability. I don't subscribe to this illusion. Feminism and romance novels are not mutually exclusive.
Romance novels can be empowering for women. Women authors writing about women to an almost exclusively female audience in a genre that consists of half the paperback sales in the country--that's strength. Women characters featured as heroines who have the potential to chase after love, money, sex, AND world domination (still waiting on this one, but I'm sure it's forthcoming)--that's power.
But romance novels can also be disempowering. When what women have created as a tool for enjoyment, empowerment, and to a certain extent fantasy is appropriated in the name of patriarchal goals and values or are imbued with qualities that silence, confine, and narrowly define women, that hurts women. And it's time to stop pretending that everything's fine by shutting out any hint of criticism regarding these elements of internalized sexism and take back what's ours.
In Part 2 I'll be taking a more in-depth approach in dissecting how romance novels can both empower and disempower women through either the breaking down or the perpetuation of patriarchal social norms. Stay tuned.
*I linked to two very different statements by Carolyn Jewel, a romance novelist nominated for two RITAs this year, to illustrate how powerful the stigma against criticism is. The second link, her essay on romance novels and respect, demonstrates a strong knowledge of romance and how it's perceived by society. The first link is a dismissal of a feminist critique as patronizing. The points she made in her essay and the points I made in my critique of forced seduction scenarios are both in support of women's empowerment, but because my critique was interpreted as (paraphrasing) "women are stupid," any potential for compromise was dismissed. Further, I think that the internalized sexism inherent in some romance tropes is frequently ignored because of the assumption that if women wrote it, then it can't support patriarchal ideals (or if it does, who cares?). I'll talk about this more in the next post. | <urn:uuid:63f23acf-2b92-4252-945e-700198cddbd2> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://manifesta.dreamwidth.org/29759.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282140.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00136-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971516 | 1,518 | 1.703125 | 2 |
Her Health, Her Lifetime, Our World
March 17, 2017
CSIS launched the Task Force on Women’s and Family Health in the belief that there is an exceptional opportunity—and pressing need—for U.S. leadership in this critical area. The Task Force has generated a bold vision, detailed in this report, for a major U.S. initiative by the Trump administration to unlock the potential of adolescent girls and young women in select low-income countries. It is a call for a new and different U.S. approach to foreign assistance: one that creatively integrates key health interventions—improving maternal and newborn health, increasing access to voluntary family planning, reducing anemia, and expanding access to the HPV vaccine to prevent cervical cancer—with education and other development efforts. It promises to deliver concrete and enduring returns on investment, firmly establish adolescent girls and young women as a pillar of long-term economic growth and opportunity, as well as bring vital benefits to Americans. | <urn:uuid:1cd66c1f-a3e2-4d91-97e7-51ae5ce7acbb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.csis.org/analysis/her-health-her-lifetime-our-world | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570741.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808001418-20220808031418-00067.warc.gz | en | 0.934001 | 198 | 2.3125 | 2 |
Figuring out the technology side of relationships
March 21, 2011
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Modern technology is drastically changing the way people communicate, collect information and live. According to the International Telecommunication Union, as of October 2010 there were more than 2 billion estimated Internet users and more than 5 billion cellular subscriptions in the world. More than 500 million of those Internet users are active on Facebook and more than 200 million of those members are connecting through their mobile devices.
Technology in the 21st century is providing humans with an array of mediums to send messages, but does the medium change the message? Are aspects of human communication lost through the use of electronics? It seems easy enough to do business through e-mail, stay connected to friends in far places with Facebook and Skype family members on the other side of the country — but what about dating? Can romance be transmitted through the paths of wireless communication?
Research in the past decade has found that couples are engaging in hyper-personal communication and relationship practices. In a recent study, Robert J. Sidelinger summarizes this as a phenomenon when couples find it easier to share their feelings through mediated contexts than face-to-face. His study found that while complete openness in face-to-face interactions may cause neutral or negative feelings about a relationship, openness through computer-mediated communication does not stimulate negative feelings.
Computer-mediated communication and text-biased interactions force more importance on words to represent emotions and portrayals. Mediated communication amplifies similarities and minimizes difference in couples causing idolized perceptions of the self and the other.
Audiology senior Trinity Azevedo and San Diego State graduate Andrew Sterndale have been dating for three years and said it is easier to be more intimate through text messaging than face-to-face.
“We probably text each other about five times a day to stay connected,” Azevedo said. “We are not into PDA and we are not extremely emotional, so texting is a good way for us to remind each other that we are thinking of one another throughout the day.”
The couple also said while they use media such as Facebook to post pictures of each other and their relationship status, they rarely leave comments on each other’s walls or send messages to declare their love publically. This is typical according to a recent Facebook study done on college students. Most users may use Facebook to check up on their romantic partner. but not to spy. Fifty-nine percent of respondents claimed they never went on their significant other’s page or only did so about once a month.
However, a paranoid Facebook population does exist. About 14 percent check up on their partner twice a day. The study summarized this social media site was not used for overt romantic relationship development but sometimes for uncertainty reduction purposes.
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Welcome to Philosophy
What is Philosophy?
Philosophy examines the most general and fundamental problems that confront us in our attempt to understand reality; problems concerning human nature itself, as well as the physical and social world we inhabit. Examples include:
What is truth? Is it possible to have knowledge of the world?
What is reality, and are there limits to our knowledge of it?
What is the mind? What is consciousness?
What is good? Why should I be moral?
Does God exist?
What is art?
Studying these questions is both fascinating and an excellent means of intellectual training and development. By examining these difficult abstract questions a student of philosophy learns to think clearly and systematically, argue vigorously and question deeply-held assumptions.
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Martensite in carbon steels forms in different morphologies, often referred to as lath andplate martensite. The alloy composition has a strong effect on the morphology, for instance in car-bon steels there is a morphological change of the martensite microstructure from lath martensite atlow carbon contents to plate martensite at high carbon contents. In the present work a decarburizedhigh-carbon steel, enabling the isolation of carbons' influence alone, has been studied in order to in-vestigate the changes in morphology and hardness. From the results it is concluded that there is acontinuous change of hardness with increased carbon content. The increasing hardness slows down atabout 0.6 wt%C before decreasing at higher carbon contents. This is in accordance with the change inmorphology since it was found that lath martensite dominates below 0.6 wt%C and the first units ofgrain boundary martensite and plate martensite appear above 0.6 wt%C. At high carbon contents thedominating morphology is plate martensite, but retained austenite is also present. | <urn:uuid:738ea8bc-acac-45e6-8d39-d4c140d3e751> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.scientific.net/SSP.172-174.61 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279933.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00121-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.920595 | 238 | 2.203125 | 2 |
THE case of the so-called Jena Six has fired the imaginations of thousands, notably young African-Americans who, according to many of their comments, believe they will be in the vanguard of a new civil rights movement. Whether America needs a new civil rights movement I leave to social activists, politicians and the people who must give life to such a cause.
I am a small-town lawyer and prosecutor. For 16 years, it has been my job as the district attorney to review each criminal case brought to me by the police department or the sheriff, match the facts to any applicable laws and seek justice for those who have been harmed. The work is often rewarding, but not always.
I do not question the sincerity or motivation of the 10,000 or more protesters who descended on Jena last week, after riding hundreds of miles on buses. But long before reaching our town of 3,000 people, they had decided that a miscarriage of justice was taking place here. Their anger at me was summed up by a woman who said, “If you can figure out how to make a schoolyard fight into an attempted murder charge, I’m sure you can figure out how to make stringing nooses into a hate crime.”
That could be a compelling statement to someone trying to motivate listeners on a radio show, but as I am a lawyer obligated to enforce the laws of my state, it does not work for me.Continue reading the main story
I cannot overemphasize how abhorrent and stupid I find the placing of the nooses on the schoolyard tree in late August 2006. If those who committed that act considered it a prank, their sense of humor is seriously distorted. It was mean-spirited and deserves the condemnation of all decent people.
But it broke no law. I searched the Louisiana criminal code for a crime that I could prosecute. There is none.
Similarly, the United States attorney for the Western District of Louisiana, who is African-American, found no federal law against what was done.
A district attorney cannot take people to trial for acts not covered in the statutes. Imagine the trampling of individual rights that would occur if prosecutors were allowed to pursue every person whose behavior they disapproved of.
The “hate crime” the protesters wish me to prosecute does not exist as a stand-alone offense in Louisiana law. It’s not that our Legislature has turned a blind eye to crimes motivated by race or other personal characteristics, but it has addressed the problem in a way that does not cover what happened in Jena. The hate crime statute is used to enhance the sentences of defendants found guilty of specific crimes, like murder or rape, who chose their victims based on race, religion, sexual orientation or other factors.
Last week, a reporter asked me whether, if I had it to do over, I would do anything differently. I didn’t think of it at the time, but the answer is yes. I would have done a better job of explaining that the offenses of Dec. 4, 2006, did not stem from a “schoolyard fight” as it has been commonly described in the news media and by critics.
Conjure the image of schoolboys fighting: they exchange words, clench fists, throw punches, wrestle in the dirt until classmates or teachers pull them apart. Of course that would not be aggravated second-degree battery, which is what the attackers are now charged with. (Five of the defendants were originally charged with attempted second-degree murder.) But that’s not what happened at Jena High School.
The victim in this crime, who has been all but forgotten amid the focus on the defendants, was a young man named Justin Barker, who was not involved in the nooses incident three months earlier. According to all the credible evidence I am aware of, after lunch, he walked to his next class. As he passed through the gymnasium door to the outside, he was blindsided and knocked unconscious by a vicious blow to the head thrown by Mychal Bell. While lying on the ground unaware of what was happening to him, he was brutally kicked by at least six people.
Imagine you were walking down a city street, and someone leapt from behind a tree and hit you so hard that you fell to the sidewalk unconscious. Would you later describe that as a fight?
Only the intervention of an uninvolved student protected Mr. Barker from severe injury or death. There was serious bodily harm inflicted with a dangerous weapon — the definition of aggravated second-degree battery. Mr. Bell’s conviction on that charge as an adult has been overturned, but I considered adult status appropriate because of his role as the instigator of the attack, the seriousness of the charge and his prior criminal record.
I can understand the emotions generated by the juxtaposition of the noose incident with the attack on Mr. Barker and the outcomes for the perpetrators of each. In the final analysis, though, I am bound to enforce the laws of Louisiana as they exist today, not as they might in someone’s vision of a perfect world.
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For those of you who like to do work on the interferometer without reporting it in the elog because you think that what you did doesn't affect anything, this is your example of how our time can be wasted by such laziness.
I'm taking full responsibility for this action and I told them after lunch Friday.
HOW NOT TO:
The BS isolation stack supported by two beam tubes and they can pivot around the pivot point.
Here is a hypothetical scenario which could make the glitches in the LSC error signals. It can be considered as a 4 step phenomenon.
(1) up conversion noise due to a large motion at 3 Hz
=> (2) rms level exceeds the line width (a.k.a. linear range) in some LSC sensors
=> (3) unlocks some of the DOFs in a moment
=> (4) glitches due to the short unlock.
- - plan - -
In order to check this hypothesis the low finesse PRMI must serve as a good test configuration.
What I will do is to gradually decrease the offset in MICH such that the finesse of PRMI becomes higher.
And at each different finesse I will check the spectra, glitch rate, and etc.
Low finesse PRMI
In this configuration NO glitches ( a high speed signal with an amplitude of more than 4 or 5 sigma) were found when it was locked.
Is it because I didn't use AS55 ?? or because the finesse is low ??
Also, as we have already known, the up conversion noise (#6212) showed up -- the level of the high frequency noise are sensitive to the 3 Hz motion.
I changed the default shell on our control room iMac to bash. Since we're really, really using bash as the shell for LIGO, we might as well get used to it. As we do this for the workstations, some things will fail, but we can adopt Jamie's private .bashrc to get started and then fix it up later.
from Apple Store on line
I have adapted one of Evan's python scripts into an ipython notebook for calculating our PRMI sensing matrix - the work is ~half done.
The script gets the data from the various PD channels (like REFL33_I) and demdoulates it at the modulation frequencies. At the moment its using just the sensing channels, but with the recent addition of the SUS-LSC_OUT_DQ channels, we can demod the actuation channels as well and not have to hand code the exc amplitudes and the basolute phase. Please ignore the phase for the moment.
The attached PDF shows the demod (including lowpass) outputs for a 2 minute stretch of PRMI locked on f2. Next step is to average these numbers and make the radar plots with the error bars. The script is scripts/LSC/SensingMatrix/PRMIsensMat.ipynb and is in the SVN now.
** along the way, I noticed that the reason this notebook hasn't been working since last night is that someone sadly installed a new anaconda python distro today without telling anyone by ELOG. This new distro didn't have all the packages of the previous one. I've updated it with astropy and uncertainties packages.
I've fixed the Radar plot making part, so that's now included too. The radial direction is linear, so you can see from the smearing of the blobs that the uncertainty is represented in the graphics due to each measurement being a small semi-transparent dot. Next, we'll put the output of the statistics on the plot: mean, std, and kurtosis.
My bad, sorry!
Yesterday, I was trying to install a package with anaconda's package manager, conda, but it was crashing in some weird way. I wasn't able to fix it, which led me to create a fresh installation.
[Haixing / Kiwamu]
As a part of the Wednesday's cabling work, we spent some times for identifying the RFPD interface cables.
The RFPD interface cables are made of a 15 pin flat cable, containing DC power conductors for the RFPDs and the DC signal path.
The list below is the status of the interface cables.
- - - - RFPD name, (cable status) - - - -
- REFL11 (identified and labeling done)
- REFL33 (identified and labeling done)
- REFL55 (identified and labeling done)
- REFL165 (no cable found)
- AS55 (identified and labeling done)
- AS165 (identified and labeling done)
- POP22/110 (identified and labeling done)
- POX11 (identified and labeling done)
- POY11 (identified and labeling done)
- POY55 (identified and labeling done)
We still have two cables which are not yet identified. Their heads are around the LSC rack and labeled 'unidentified'
Matlab version of ifo digital noise estimation code is almost ready. It estimates digital noise introduced by each filter bank in each model. I'm waiting for NDS group to complete function to download online data to Matlab. Now code downloads data from the past that is not great because not all _IN1 channels are recorded and some of them are recorded at lower frequencies.
There might be some useful functions in this code for other applications as I've heard during the meetings. This is what it does
NDS group plans to release the function to download online data this week. Hopefully, it will be possible to download ~30 channels at a time. Code will need a few minutes of data for each channel. So it will be possible to check the whole ifo during the night.
At this point I've checked 40m using DQ channels. We have ~40 IN1_DQ channels with non-empty filter banks. These are osems channels. Digital noise is low for them.
Running train-of-thought elog:
East N2 cylinder found empty, replaced. West is >2kpsi
Removed Yuta-specific code from damprestore. A grep for 'yuta' in the python files within /scripts/ shows some other occurances, but nothing that is really in use at this time. New feature of damprestore.py: remembers oplev status.
WFS offsets relieved (all <20).
Adjusted FSS offset to minimize MC_FAST_MON
ASS ran (but the arm alignment has been astoundingly stable lately. I haven't touched it all this week)
ITMX is the only optic that got a correction over 20 counts.
BS and *TM oplev spots look well centered, except for ITMX.
I undid the gain reduction rana introduced because X ASS seemed to be really slow. It is currently fine in its older state. What's going on here?
Some network latency stuff is going on, even freezing up terminals when trying to write text files. This may (or may not) be correlated with the summary page rysnc jobs on nodus. It occurs to me that we have a DAQ ethernet network seperate from the martian network, but the frame transfers need to go through the martian network, since nodus is the only way out to the outside world. If we had a machine/gateway directly from the DAQ network to the caltech network, the martian network wouldn't get bogged down when frames are being uploaded
GTRY = 0.55, ok. Aligned GTRX to 0.52, also ok
Y beatnote was found easily. Have spent >30 minutes looking for X green beatnote. Typical FSS slow and X temperature ranges don't seem to be giving much. Will check the beat alignment with a scope, but if the beat is too high to begin with, it may not work...
I suspect a problem with the X Green BBPD
I could see the IR beatnote between the PSL and AUX X lasers at the input to the frequency counter. (I believe it is a real beatnote because it reacted as expected to the end temperature moving, and stabilizing the end laser to the arm). However, when placing the IR beatnote at a frequency which should've made the green beatnote visible on an analyzer and/or scope, no beatnote was found. I played with the beat alignment to no avail; the DC output of the BBPD behaved as expected, but I never saw anything in the RF output or on the control room analyzer. I also checked the beatnote signal chain by hooking up a 1mV 26MHz signal into the cable that hooks up to the RF out of the BBPD; the signal showed up clearly on the control room analyzer.
I'm not sure what may have happened. ELOG 9996 may be related.
I'm calling it a night.
Given my suspicion of fault with the X Green BBPD, Koji generously provided me with another one that he had confirmed to be working.
However, I turns out I was mistaken. With the existing BBPD, I did indeed witness a beat in the RF output, but it is somehow something like 20dBm smaller than it should be. This is why I missed it the other night. Here's a video of a RF output on a scope, wherein the beat is only barely visible because I've set the trigger level very low. I could not make the beatnote any larger through any alignment motions; I had gotten to this point by doing near/far field overlap on the PSL table.
I'm not sure what could have caused this. Mode mismatch? By eye, the beam spots looked about the same in the near and far fields, and we haven't had to touch the mode matching in quite some time... I've given up on trying to solve this for tonight.
Just for kicks, I hooked up the fiber PD IR beatnotes as inputs to the ALS DFD. The X beat is too small to even really see above the control room analyzer's noise floor, but the Y beat looked big enough. With the arms locked on IR, the phase tracker output RMS was a few kHz, so not even worth thinking about any further. Not so surprising.
Finally, I put back / hooked up everything in its nominal state.
I've started working on a general routine to measure noise couplings in our interferometers. Often this is done with swept sine measurements, but this misses the nonlinear part of the coupling, especially if the linear part is alreay reduced through some compensation or feedforward scheme. Rana suggested using a series of narrow band-limited noise injections.
The structure I'm working on is a python script that uses the AWG interface written by Chris W. to create the excitations. Afterwards, I calculate a series of PSD estimates from the data (i.e. a spectrogram), and apply a two-sample, unequal variance, t-test to test for statisically significant increases in the noise spectra to try and evaluate the nonlinear contriubutions to the noise. I've started a git repository at github.com/e-q/ifoCoupling with the code.
So far, I've tested one such injection of noise coupling from the ETMX oplev error point to the single arm length error signal. It's completely missing the user interface and structure to do a general series of measurements, but this is just organizational; I'm trying to get the math/science down first.
Here's a result from today:
Median, instead of the usual mean, PSDs are used throughout, to reject outliers/glitches.
The linear part of the coupling can be estimated using the coherence / spectrum height in the excitation band, but I'm not sure what the best what to present/paramerize the nonlinear parts of each individaul excitation band's result is.
Also, I anticipate being able to write an excitation auto-leveling routine, gradually increasing the exctiation level until the excited spectrum is some amount noisier than the baseline spectrum, up to some maximum amount configurable by the user.
The excitation shaping could probably be improved, too. It's currently and elliptic + butterworth bandpass for a sharp edge and rolloff.
I'm open to any thoughts and/or suggestions anyone may have!
Looks like a very handy code, especially with the real statistical tests.
I would make sure to use much smaller excitation amplitudes. Since the coupling is nonlinear, we expect that its only a good noise budget estimator when the excitation amplitude is less than a factor of 3 above the quiesscent excitation.
If so, or if not but you care about the signal that passes through these amplifiers, I suggest you remove this temporary power supply and wire the power from the rack power supplies through the fuse blocks and possibly use a voltage regulator.
In 24 hours, that power supply will be disconnected and the wires snipped if they are still there.
Steve has promised to add another row of fuses to the LSC rack first thing in the morning. Then, during Wednesday Chores, we can move the wires from the power supply to the fused power.
STEVE: NEVER MIND about doing this in the morning. Let's chat at the lunch meeting about what needs to be done to power things down, then back up again, in a nice order, and we can do it after lunch.
So, please do not do anything to the LSC rack tomorrow! Thank you.
I fixed the illuminator setup. ETMY was not hooked up, and the screen wasn't configured quite right. The ITMX illuminator still needs to be hooked up to the vertex switch.
I made an updated illuminator script that works more like the videoswitch scripts, with a saner interface, and is located here:
I also fixed up the illuminator MEDM interface a bit and added it to the VIDEO screen:
While I was at it, I cleaned up the sitemap a bit:
I hope everyone won't be too confused.
PSL, BS, ITMY and ETMX the illuminators were left on over night.
On VIDEO.adl, Image Capture and Video Capture did not seem to work and gave me some errors, so I fixed following two things:
1. just put one side of a USB cable to Pianosa the other side of which was connected to Sensoray; I don't know why but this was unconnected.
2. slightly fixed /users/sensoray/sdk_2253_1.2.2_linux/imsub/display-image.py as fpllows
L52: pix[j, i] = R, G, B -> pix[j, i] = int(R), int(G), int(B)
It seems to work, at least for some cameras including ETMYF and ITMYF.
Mike J. came tonight and he fixed Sensoray (elog #6645). He recompiled it and fixed it.
I made a python wrapper script for Sensoray scripts. It currently lives in /users/yuta/scripts/videocapture.py.
If you run something like
it saves image capture of AS to /users/yuta/scripts/SensorayCapture/ directory with the GPS time.
Below is the example output of AS when MI is aligned. We still see some clipping in the right. This clipping is there when one arm is mis-aligned and clipping moves together with the main beam spot. So, this might be from the incident beam, probably at the Faraday.
Currently, videocapture.py runs only on pianosa, since Sensoray 2253S is connected to pianosa. Also, it can only capture MON4. My script changes MON4 automatically.
We found that two of three PZT mirrors are at wrong place in the chambers.
Therefore we have to move these PZT mirrors together with their connections.
Here is a diagram for the current situation and the plan.
Basically mirror (A) must be associated to the output beam coming out from the SRM, but it was incorrectly put as a part of the input optics.
Similar to that, mirror (C) must belong to the input optics, but it is incorrectly being used as a part of OMC stuff.
Therefore we have to swap the positions of mirror (A) and mirror (C) as shown in the diagram above.
In addition to the mirror immigration, we also have to move their cables as well in order to keep the right functions.
We took a look at the length of the cables outside of the chambers in order to check if they are long enough or not.
And we found that the cables from c1asc (green line in the diagram) is not long enough, so we will put an extension D-sub cable.
The validation for high impedance measurement has been well done.
The impedance measurement is one of the keys for designing the EOM circuit.
So far I was very struggling to measure the high impedance ( above several 1000 Ohm) at RF because the EOM circuit has a high impedance at its resonance.
Finally I realized that the measured impedance was suppressed by a parasitic resistance, which especially reduces the impedance at the resonance.
Also I found that we can extract the TRUE impedance data by subtracting the effect of the parasitic resistance from resultant data.
In order to confirm whether this subtraction works correctly or not, the impedance was directly re-measured with another analyzer for crosscheck.
The measurement has been performed with help from Peter and Frank. ( Thank you !)
By using network analyzer AG4395A with the impedance test kit AG43961A (these are at the PSL lab.), the impedance of resonant circuit with EOM was measured.
The picture of setup is attached. This impedance test kit allows to measure typically 0.1 [Ohm]-1M [Ohm] and frequency range of 100kHz-500MHz.
The resultant plot is attached. In the plot the blue curve represents the impedance measured by usual analyzer at 40m.
Note this curve is already subtracted the effect of the parasitic resistance.
( the parasitic resistance is in parallel to the circuit and it has ~7.8k Ohm, which is measured while the probe of the analyzer stays open. )
The red curve is the re-measured data using the impedance test kit.
The important point is that; these two peak values at the resonance around 40MHz show good agreement in 10%.
The resonant frequencies for two data differs a little bit, which might be the effect of a stray capacitance ( ~several [pF] )
The red curve has a structure around 80MHz, I think this comes from the non-coaxial cables, which connect the circuit and analyzing kit.
You can see these cables colored black and red in the picture.
( conclusion )
Our measurement with the subtraction of the parasitic resistance effect is working reliably !
The shape of the beam spot in the new input optics got much much better
As Alberto and Kiwamu found on the last week, the beam spot after MMT1 had not been good. So far we postponed the mode measurement due to this bad beam profile.
Today after we did several things in the vacuum chamber, the beam spot became really a good Gaussian spot. See the attachment below.
There were two problems which had caused the bad profile:
(1) a steering mirror after MMT1 with the incident angle of non 45 deg
(2) clipping at the Faraday.
Also MCT_QPD and MCT_CCD were recovered from misalignment
Tomorrow we are going to restart the mode matching.
(what we did)
* We started from checking the shape of the beam going out from the BS chamber. There still were some stripes which looked like an interference on the spot.
* We found a steering mirror after MMT1 had the incident angle of non 45 deg. In fact the mirror had a large transmission. After we made the angle roughly 45 deg, the stripes disappeared.
However the spot still didn't look a good Gaussian, it looked slightly having a bump on the horizontal profile.
* Prior to moving of some optics in the vacuum, we ran the A2L_MC scripts in order to check the beam axis. And it was okay.
* To recover the MCT, we steered one of the vacuum mirrors which was located after the pick off mirror. And after aligning some optics on the AP table, finally we got MCT recovered.
* We rearranged MC_refl mirrors according to the new optical layout that Koji has made. At the same time the mirrors for IFO_refl was also rearranged coarsely.
* We leveled the optical table of the MC chamber by moving some weights. Then we locked the MC again and aligned it. We again confirmed that the beam axis was still fine by running the A2L scripts.
* We found the beam going through Faraday was off-centered by ~5mm toward the west. So we moved it so that the beam propagates on the center of it.
* Then looking at the beam profile after MMT1, we found that the profile became really nicer. It showed a beautiful Gaussian.
In the attachment below, the top panel represents the horizontal profile and the bottom one represents the vertical profile.
The blue curves overlaid on the plot are fitted Gaussian profile, showing beautiful agreements with the measured profile.
Y arm green transmission to the PSL table improved from ~ 20 uW to 61 uW. Improvement was done by adjusting steering mirrors before and after the faraday on the Y end table.
But 61 uW is not enough!
What I did:
1. The incident power to the faraday for the green beam on the Y end table was 1.4 mW, but the transmission was 1.2 mW. So, I adjusted the steering mirrors and the transmission increased to 1.4 mW.
2. I found that adjusting the steering mirrors to the faraday also increased alignment of the green beam to the Y arm. We always adjusted only the steering mirrors after the faraday for the alignment. I adjusted the alignment using both steering mirrors this time. Reflection of the green beam on the ETMYT camera seems more reasonable now and more frequently lock to TEM00 when closing and opening the Y end green servo loop.
3. For the adjustment, I tried to utilize PD at the reflection port, or the transmission port. However, I couldn't do that because they fluctuates too much. I don't know why.
4. Measured the green transmission to the PSL table, The transmitted power was ~20 uW, but after the aligning, it improved to 61 uW.
Current green power:
I measured the green beam power at various places using Newport power meter (Model 840) with its filter on.
Incident green power to the Y arm is ~ 1 mW (more than 1 mW because the aparture of the power meter was smaller than the beam size) and Y arm transmission is designed to be 55%. So, if the alignment and mode matching are perfect, the transmission to the PSL table should be ~ 600 uW. The measured value 61 uW seems too small. Kiwamu says it was 140 uW when he did Y arm.
I will find the beat note again tonight and check if the beat PD is working correctly and if the mode matching of the two beams at the PSL table is good.
We improved the Y arm green transmission to the PSL table. It is now 197 uW.
The improvement was done mainly by adjusting the Y arm green servo gain.
What we did:
1. Fine-adjusted steering mirrors after the faraday on Y end table by monitoring Y arm green transmission (used Thorlabs PDA36A as a PD, C1:GCV-GREEN_TRY as a channel). We decided which way to adjust the mirrors by just pushing/pulling its mount.
2. The output of the reflection PD on the oscilloscope seemed like the Y end frequency servo was oscillating. So, we reduced the amplitude of the frequency modulation from 2.83 V to 0.13 V.
3. We noticed there were two TEM00, one is brighter and the other is dim. We thought this came from a mode-hopping or something. So, we changed the Y end laser temperature from 34.68 deg C to 34.13 deg C (measured). This reduced dim TEM00 and the main one got brighter. C1:GCY-SLOW_SERVO2_OFFSET was changed from 29425 to 29845.
4. Fine-adjusted the position of the mode-matching lens by reduing LG modes.
Current green power:
Current measured green power values are as follows.
Calculated value for the Y arm green transmission is ~ 600 uW, but we think we are almost at the maximum we can get. So, we have about 70% loss from the Y end table to the PSL table. There may be large loss in windows. The beam shape of the transmitted beam seems OK, but there may be some clipping.
- Fine tune the Y end frequency servo loop. Reducing the amplitude of the frequency modulation for reducing the gain is not a very good idea.
Yes. The end PDH servo should be checked more carefully.
The end PDH seems to have insufficient gain at around 100Hz.
The attached is the ALS noise budget calculated with the simulink model for the green locking paper.
The residual error of the end AUX laser (green) is contributing to the final ALS signal (black).
In particular, the residual AUX frequency noise, which is shown as the blue, is contributing to the noise above 100Hz.
In the model I also confirmed that the servo still has a room for improvement.
By having more suppression of the AUX frequency noise, we will be able to increase the ALS servo bandwidth
without increasing the ALS residual RMS by a servo bump. This will give us the improvement of the seismic
noise suppression at 10Hz (i.e. more suppression of red).
I did the following today to prepare for taking the doors off tomorrow.
I am leaving all shutters closed overnight.
So I think we are ready to take the doors off at 8am tomorrow morning, unless anyone thinks there are any further checks to be done first.
Should we look to do anything else now? One thing that comes to mind is should we install ITM baffles? Or would this be more invasive than necessary for this vent?
Steve reported to me that he was unable to ssh into the control room machines from the laptops at the Xend and near the vacuum rack. The problem was with pianosa being frozen up. I did a manual reboot of pianosa and was able to ssh into it from both laptops just now.
Two different measurement have been performed for a test of the green locking last night.
Everything is getting better. yes. yes.
[ measurement 1 : IR locking]
The X arm was locked by using the IR PDH signal as usual (#4239, #4268) .
The in-loop signal at from the IR path and the out-of-loop signal at from the green beat note path were measured.
Let us look at the purple curve. This is an out-of-loop measurement by looking at the green beat note fluctuation.
The rms down to 0.1 Hz used to be something like 60 kHz (see here), but now it went down to approximately 2 kHz. Good.
This rms corresponds to displacement of about 260 pm of the X arm. This is barely within the line width. The line width is about 1 nm.
[ measurement 2 : green locking]
The motion of the X arm was suppressed by using the green beat signal and feeding it back to ETMX.
After engaging the ALS servo, I brought the cavity length to the resonance by changing the feedback offset from epics.
Then took the spectra of the in-loop signal at the beat path and the out-of-loop signal at the IR PDH path.
Here is a time series of TRX after I brought it to the resonance.
TRX was hovering around at the maximum power, which is 144 counts.
Since I put one more 10:1 filter to suppress the noise around 3 Hz, the rms of the in-loop beat spectrum went to about 1 kHz, which used to be 2 kHz (see #4341).
But the out-of-loop (IR PDH signal) showed bigger noise by a factor of 2 approximately over frequency range of from 2 Hz to 2 Hz. The resultant rms is 2.7 kHz.
The rms is primarily dominated by a peak at 22 Hz (roll mode ?).
I calibrated the IR PDH signal by taking the peak to peak signal assuming the finesse of the cavity is 450 for IR. May need a cooler calibration.
We need short cables that mirror the pins:
The male side will plug into the 25-pin female on the stack-top bracket. The tip-tilt quadrapus cable will plug into the female side. This will match up pin 1 on the tip-tilt cable, which is connected to it's shield, to pin 13 on the bracket, which is the shield of the cable that runs to the stack.
They need to be vacuum compatible. Shorter length is preferred, and there is no minimum length (something like an all-in-one gender changer would be ideal, but probably expensive to have made).
Accu-Glass is closed till Jan 2, 2013
Atm2 would be the ideal solution Gender Adaptor Special with male - female sides and vented D-sub. How many are we getting 2 or 6 ?
Opened ETMY, beam was high and to the right (if you look at the face of ETMY). Tried walking beam up, since just doing PZT2 caused clipping at the BS before we got to the correct spot on ETMY. Moved PZT1, then PZT2, to translate beam, but we couldn't get far enough without starting to fall off of PZT2. Put PZT1 approx. back where it was. Jamie tapped on the top of PR3 (tip tilt just before BS), and then did some compensation with PZT2 to get the beam through the BS target to the center of ETMY.
The beam is very dim at ETMY. We ended up holding the big IR card with holes such that one of the holes was near the center of the optic, in front of the cage. Then one person turned off all the room lights so we could see the beam, another person moved PZT2 and PR3, then lights person turned on and off the lights so we could compare beam position with hole position. A total pain, but it ended up working better than just trying to follow the beam with a card.
We clearly need a better plan for adjusting the tip tilts in pitch, because utilizing their hysteresis is ridiculous. Koji and Steve are thinking up a set of options, but so far it seems as though all of those options should wait for our next "big" vent. So for now, we have just done alignment by poking the tip tilt.
Tomorrow, we want to open up the MC doors, open up ETMY, and look to see where the beam is on the optic. I am concerned that the hysteresis will relax over a long ( >1hour ) time scale, and we'll loose our pointing. After that, we should touch the table enough to trip the BS, PRM optics, since Koji is concerned that perhaps the tip tilt will move in an earthquake. Jamie mentioned that he had to poke the tip tilt a pretty reasonable amount to get it to change a noticeable amount at ETMY, so we suspect that an earthquake won't be a problem, but we will check anyway.
After doing all of that, we adjusted IPANG so that the beam gets out of the vacuum envelope. The beam must squeeze between the wall of the black beam tube and a lens for the oplev, so there is a very, very limited amount of space. The eventual new tables will be very helpful for alleviating this, but for now we must live with it. Even though it is pretty squishy right at the edge of the table, with the new layout we should think about giving IPANG a little more space. Basically, if there is any Yaw motion, the beam going to the QPD will be clipped, and we may get confusing info. We moved some of the IPANG optics that are on the end transmission table so the beam is centered on the optics while it just makes it through the space between the wall and the lens. The spot was centered on the IPANG QPD.
We still need to check on IPPOS, but it is always easier than IPANG.
We discovered that the 45deg SOS beam targets are awesome, especially the ones with the irises. The plain hole ones have very small holes relative to our beam size, so they are much more useful for the MC optics (which they were designed for). The 45deg targets were made such that the target holes do not line up with the mounting holes. This is good, since the mounting holes are lower than the center of the optic. I don't think ericQ and I realized that on Friday, so it's probable that we had installed the target upside-down. We still need to remake the 0deg targets for the next vent.
Jamie dogged down the new 'bathroom mirror' that lets us see BS and PRM on the same camera view. He also adjusted some of the masses on the BS table to relevel the table. We need to (at some point) rename the AS_SPARE camera to something like BS_PRM, since we plugged the new camera into the AS_SPARE port on the videoswitch.
tl;dr: Input beam adjusted so we're hitting center of ETMY. IPANG coming out of vacuum, QPD centered. Need better tip tilt in-situ adjustment capability.
[Kieko / Kiwamu]
The AS beam shows a little bit of clipping and right now this is the only concern for the alignment of the interferometer.
Other than that everything is okay including :
+ Beam centering on all the suspended optics
+ Arm cavity alignments. The Fabry-Perot fringes from both arm cavity were found on the AS camera.
+ POX/POY/POP, they are still successfully coming out from the chambers
+ Alignment of the green beams and the associated optics. Both green are reaching to the PSL table
We need to check/fix the AS beam clipping and once it's done we will readjust the OSEM mid range and the oplevs.
Then it will be ready for the drag/wipe and door closing.
We will pump down the chambers on Thursday morning.
Today will be a day of the OSEM and oplev party.
-- to do list for today --
+ OSEM mid-range adjustment
+ oplev realignment
+ placement of beam traps
+ extraction of IPPOS
+ table leveling
+ interferometer alignment
+ AM-PM mystery
+ preparation for drag and wipe
We will pump down the chambers on Thursday Friday morning.
All hands on deck at 9am Thursday for drag wiping and doors. We'll do the 5 doors first (including drag wiping), then put on the access connector last. Steve will then begin pumping early Friday morning.
We will move on to the vertex region today.
The goal of the vertex region work is to get the pick-off beams out the chambers, including POX/Y and POP.
The work will be in parallel to the ETM woks.
The first step will be : lock and align MC with the IR beam.
This morning Kiwamu and I have aligned the MC. Kiwamu aligned the last steering (on the OMC table) to recover the touch last week.
Then I have aligned the MC with MC1 and MC3 as the last steering did not help to get TEM00.
C1:SUS-MC1_PIT_COMM = 2.6587
C1:SUS-MC1_YAW_COMM = 2.7471
C1:SUS-MC2_PIT_COMM = 3.486
C1:SUS-MC2_YAW_COMM = -1.1592
C1:SUS-MC3_PIT_COMM = -1.876
C1:SUS-MC3_YAW_COMM = 1.2829
C1:SUS-MC1_PIT_COMM = 2.7596
C1:SUS-MC1_YAW_COMM = 2.6627
C1:SUS-MC2_PIT_COMM = 3.486
C1:SUS-MC2_YAW_COMM = -1.1592
C1:SUS-MC3_PIT_COMM = -1.697
C1:SUS-MC3_YAW_COMM = 1.2901
This afternoon's work:
TODO before drag wiping:
A few things that I have neglected to ELOG yet:
scripts/offsets/LSCoffsets is a new script that uses ezcaservo to set FM offsets of our LSC PDs. It still warns about large changes, and lets you revert. It reads the FM gain to pick the right gain for the ezcaservo call.
We never, ever want to use ezcaservo to do this. IN fact, we twice have already deleted scripts where people have implemented these (sometimes) unstable servos. Also, since this change had never been committed to the SVN, I just deleted it and updated from the SVN to get back the script that doesn't use any servos.
I'm going to periodically delete locking scripts that are not committed to the SVN since anyone who is too lazy to use the SVN probably can't write code worth using.
The restored offset script used old tdsavg calls that our workstations can't do, and didn't include things like the transmon QPDs. I've written yet another offset script that uses cdsutils averaging to do the thing, and committed to the svn.
Is there a reason to use non-45 degree incident angles on the steering mirrors between the laser and the PD? I would always use 45 degree incident angles unless there is a really good reason not to.
Actually not, it is a mistake! It is one of the things I'm going to modify, in addition to add more BS to reduce the power.
Since the MC wasn't able to capture the 00 mode in this morning I aligned the incident beam going to MC.
As a result C1:IOO-RFPD_DCMON went down to 0.6. However the beam on IPPOS is almost falling off from the QPD.
I replaced the final steering mirror (Y1-1037-45-S) in the zig-zag path on the PSL table by a 0 deg mirror Y1-1037-0.
With a sensor card I confirmed the transmission reduced a lot after the replacement.
As we expected, the replacement of the mirror caused a mis-alignment of the incident beam axis to the MC, so I compensated it by touching the angle of the mirror a little bit.
After the alignment of the mirror, the MC is still resonating at TEM00.
We will check the spot positions more accurately by A2L technique.
- Y1-45S has 4% of transmission. Definitively we like to use Y1-0 or anything else. There must be the replaced mirror.
I think Suresh replaced it. So he must remember wher it is.
Frustrated by the single pixel width of the windows and how hard that makes it to drag things around, I explored StackExchange:
which showed how there is a .xml file which can be edited to increase this. I've changed the border size to 4 pixels on Rossa - its nice.
I maximized the laser power by rotating the HWP after the NPRO.
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Pickens writes "G.V. Ramanathan, a professor emeritus of mathematics, statistics and computer science at the University of Illinois at Chicago, writes in the Washington Post that although a lot of effort and money has been spent to make mathematics seem essential, unlike literature, history, politics and music, math has little relevance to everybody's daily life. 'All the mathematics one needs in real life can be learned in early years without much fuss,' writes Ramanathan. 'Most adults have no contact with math at work, nor do they curl up with an algebra book for relaxation.' Ramanathan says that the marketing of math has become similar to the marketing of creams to whiten teeth, gels to grow hair and regimens to build a beautiful body, but even with generous government grants over the past 25 years, countless courses, conferences, and books written on how to teach teachers to teach, where is the evidence that these efforts have helped students? A 2008 review by the Education Department found that the nation is at 'greater risk now' than it was in 1983, and the National Assessment of Educational Progress math scores for 17-year-olds have remained stagnant since the 1980s (PDF). Meanwhile those who do love math and science have been doing very well and our graduate schools are the best in the world. 'As for the rest, there is no obligation to love math any more than grammar, composition, curfew or washing up after dinner. Why create a need to make it palatable to all and spend taxpayers' money on pointless endeavors without demonstrable results or accountability?'" | <urn:uuid:f3f399a4-5df4-4074-acbd-b9184f81daff> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | https://science.slashdot.org/story/10/10/31/1659208/how-much-math-do-we-really-need?sbsrc=thisday | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988720941.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183840-00518-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963084 | 322 | 2.40625 | 2 |
A British hacker who has been fighting extradition to the United States for seven years today made an eleventh-hour appeal to a British court to be tried in the U.K. instead of in a U.S. federal court.
Gary McKinnon, 43, has admitted that in 2001 he broke into U.S. Department of Defense, NASA and U.S. Army computer systems. However, McKinnon has been using a series of legal maneuvers and appeals to fight extradition to the U.S. since he was indicted in November 2002 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on charges related to the computer hacks.
Earlier this year, McKinnon's efforts took yet another blow when the Crown Prosecution Service, a U.K. government arm that handles public prosecutions, announced that it will not prosecute McKinnon for hacking into the U.S. sites, freeing him to be tried in the U.S.
Several U.K. based publications reported that McKinnon's attorney today asked judges at the British High Court to overturn the Crown Prosecution Service's decision. According to the U.K.'s Daily Mail, McKinnon's attorney, Edward Fitzgerald, argued that the court had failed to take into account human rights issues associated with the case.
Fitzgerald also said an extradition, trial and sentence would weigh too heavily on McKinnon, who reportedly has Asperger's Syndrome, an autism-related neurobiological disorder. He added that the stress of it could make McKinnon psychotic or suicidal, according to a report from BBC.com.
A representative of the Crown Prosecution Service, however, today reiterated the agency's earlier reasoning, saying that the U.K. simply doesn't have enough evidence to reflect the seriousness of the charges being leveled by U.S. federal prosecutors, leaving them unable to hand down a sentence that matches the seriousness of the charges, the BBC added.
The BBC noted that the court is expected to release its decision later this month.
McKinnon, who was an unemployed systems administrator in the U.K. at the time of the 2001 hacks, has admitted to hacking the computers and described how he did it in presentations at computer security conferences in London. He also has said he wasn't trying to damage the systems but was looking to find evidence of UFOs on U.S. military computers.
McKinnon had long been looking to be prosecuted in the U.K., even though his extradition order has been approved by the U.K. government.
The U.S. government alleges that McKinnon caused $900,000 in damages to computers in 14 states, and that he caused the shutdown of critical military networks shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. He faces a sentence of 60 years or more in the U.S.
The case took on a new level of cause celebre earlier this year, when London Mayor Boris Johnson wrote a column in London's Telegraph newspaper that called on President Barack Obama to call off U.S. efforts to extradite and prosecute McKinnon. Johnson called the U.S. efforts to prosecute McKinnon a "legal nightmare" and described the move as "American bullying."
Since then, other celebrities have joined McKinnon's cause.
In April, McKinnon's mother, Janis Sharp, announced that David Gilmour, singer and guitarist for the iconic English rock bank Pink Floyd, had recorded a song for an upcoming CD that's being put together to support McKinnon. | <urn:uuid:355dbc4b-fb81-4910-9272-40b485c07935> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.computerworld.com/article/2526813/government-it/british-hacker-keeps-fighting-extradition-to-u-s-.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280730.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00252-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974988 | 719 | 1.554688 | 2 |
Carroll Smalley PAGE
Senate Years of Service:1908-1923
PAGE, Carroll Smalley, a Senator from Vermont; born in Westfield, Orleans County, Vt., January 10, 1843; attended the common schools, People’s Academy, Morrisville, Vt., and Lamoille Central Academy, Hyde Park, Lamoille County, Vt.; dealer in raw calfskins at Hyde Park, Vt.; president and director of several banks and corporations; member, State house of representatives 1869-1872; member, State senate 1874-1876; register of probate court 1880-1891; savings-bank examiner 1884-1888; Governor of Vermont 1890-1892; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate in 1908 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Redfield Proctor; reelected in 1910 and 1916 and served from October 21, 1908, to March 3, 1923; was not a candidate for reelection in 1922; chairman, Committee on Standards, Weights and Measures (Sixty-first Congress), Committee on Cuban Relations (Sixty-second Congress), Committee on the Disposition of Useless Executive Papers (Sixty-third Congress), Committee on Transportation and Sale of Meat Products (Sixty-fourth and Sixty-fifth Congresses), Committee on Naval Affairs (Sixty-sixth and Sixty-seventh Congresses); resided in Hyde Park, Vt., until his death on December 3, 1925; interment in Hyde Park Cemetery.
BibliographyBarlow, Melvin. The Unconquerable Senator Page: The Struggle to Establish Legislation for Vocational Education. Washington, D.C.: American Vocational Association, 1976.
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سال انتشار: ۱۳۹۱
محل انتشار: نهمین کنگره بین المللی مهندسی عمران
تعداد صفحات: ۸
Abbas Karamodin – Assistant professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
Amir Baghban – PhD Student, Department of Civil Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad
A new neural network (NN) predictive controller (NNPC) algorithm has been developed and tested in the computer simulation of active control of nonlinear benchmark buildings. Although in classical model predictive control (MPC) usually a linear model of structure is used, NNPC provides a nonlinear model. In the present method an NN is used as an emulator. This emulator NN has been trained to predict the future response of the structure. The trained NN provides a model of structure which is employed todetermine the control force via a numerical minimization algorithm. Since the NNPC controller is very time consuming and not suitable for real-time control, it is then used to train a NN controller. The approach is validated by using simulated response of a nonlinear benchmark building excited by several historical earthquake records. The simulation results are then compared with a linear quadratic Gaussian (LQG) active controller. The results indicate that the proposed algorithm is effective in relative displacement reduction which is here selected for control. | <urn:uuid:1337622d-ea8a-42a6-ac85-da50fe99d300> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.getpaper.ir/neuro-predictive-algorithm-for-structural-control.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281226.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00378-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.87456 | 347 | 1.640625 | 2 |
HM the Queen speaking at Lambeth Palace, London
As the Administration in the USA continues to pursue its own idiosyncratic approach to Church-State relations, the United Kingdom is showing signs that it wants a much closer role for religious bodies in the public sphere.
First, there has been a successful two day official visit by a UK Government delegation headed by a Cabinet Minister to the Vatican.
The official communique has been issued.
Unlike in the USA at present, the talks between the Vatican and the UK Government were lengthy, deep and wide-ranging.
The communique is here
L`Osservatore Romano also printed as an editorial a statement by the leader of the delegation, Baroness Warsi. It was entitled: "Common Objectives"
In it amongst other things she wrote:
"At the heart of the Queen’s government’s policies, at home as well as overseas, is concern for the support and promotion of fundamental rights and values, underpinning democracy, and sustaining a culture of social, economic and political responsibility, from communities on the ground to the level of government. Expressed through faith, these are also the priorities of the Holy See. Through the Caritas Internationalis network and Catholic NGOs in particular, and their vital work in aid relief, education and healthcare, the Holy See touches the lives of millions of people.
Our bilateral talks will of course see discussions on hard power questions, from giving impetus to this year’s multilateral talks on an Arms Trade Treaty and small arms proliferation, to the future of the Middle East. From Britain’s efforts to help bring peace and hope to Somalia and the Horn of Africa after years of civil war and under-development, to the impact of the Eurozone crisis on European societies, structures and politics, including in the United Kingdom."
It is no coincidence at the time of the meeting HM the Queen delivered a strongly worded speech to leaders of Britain's nine main religions at Lambeth Palace, London home of the Archbishop of Canterbury
She chose to make her speech on the first public occasion marking her Diamond Jubilee which is surely significant
The Telegraph said:
"[S]he highlighted the importance of faith in society and the "critical guidance" it offered in life.
"The concept of our established Church is occasionally misunderstood and, I believe, commonly under-appreciated," she said.
"Its role is not to defend Anglicanism to the exclusion of other religions. Instead, the Church has a duty to protect the free practice of all faiths in this country."
The monarch, speaking at the first public event to mark her Diamond Jubilee, said that Church was "woven into the fabric of this country" and had helped to build a better society.
It has "created an environment for other faith communities and indeed people of no faith to live freely", she added.
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May 7, 2022 Updated May 8, 2022 Lecanto High School IB med-share club students recently loaded two tons of medical and first-aid supplies into a truck headed for an airlift to Ukraine.
The supplies, collected from area healthcare facilities by Citrus County-based charity Relief Share, were sorted, inventoried and packed by the student volunteers. Technology Conservation Group (TCG), an electronics recycling company based in Lecanto, has generously donated storage space and use of the loading dock to Relief Share.
The airlift was among several ongoing humanitarian shipments arranged by St. Mary Protectress Ukrainian Catholic Church in Apopka. Relief Share partnered with the church and the Ukrainian Foundation to make what Foundation president Yulia Brockdorf called a “miracle in 24 hours” happen.
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Debit card fraud is real and it’s going on all the time. While EMV technology and consumer preference of credit cards over their debit cards is contributing to lower fraud numbers, the reality is that debit card fraud is still a real threat.
With a focus on digital security threats, hacking, and credit card security, it’s actually easier now for debit card fraudsters to slip through the cracks unnoticed. Customers have become nonchalant about how they protect their PIN and handle their debit cards in general, making them ripe for savvy fraudsters.
For merchants, this debit card fraud is often committed in their brick-and-mortar stores or online without them ever knowing about it. Often, it takes a customer noticing a drop in their bank account statement before the fraud is noticed, and by that time the fraudster may have moved on to another merchant.
Debit Card Fraud Damage to Merchants
While most merchants don’t list the threat of debit card fraud high on their list of concerns, it’s important to not overlook the potential effects of this fraud. The damaging impacts of debit card fraud may at first appear minimal; however, the trickle-down effects can be just as much of a detriment as that of credit card fraud or a database security hack.
Consider this scenario and its lasting impacts:
- Customer pays for a purchase in-store at their local bookstore with their debit card.
- A few days later, the customer notices unexpected withdrawals from their bank account. The last known use of their debit card was at the local bookstore.
- The customer contacts their bank to alert them to the problem. In the meantime, more bookstore customers are reporting similar bank account discrepancies.
- The local bookstore owner notices a drop in sales and is alerted to negative posts and reviews online.
- Finally, the local bookstore owner is contacted by the police and alerted to the debit card fraud. The source of the fraud is traced to an illegal PIN terminal and is suspected to be part of an organized crime set-up and a temporary employee hired during the busy holiday season.
- The local bookstore owner struggles to rebound from the debit card fraud.
So, yes, debit card fraud is a real and present threat. Just as with chargeback fraud and online payment fraud, the more that merchants and customers understand how debit card fraud is committed, the better.
Debit Card Fraud: Need to Know
When it comes to preventing debit card fraud, merchants should follow the advice and tips typically provided to customers about fraud awareness. Knowing how debit card fraud is committed helps reinforce why it’s important to remain vigilant and limit risk.
Merchants and their customers need to know the facts on how easily debit card fraud occurs.
- Beware of free public Wi-Fi. Hackers can use key logging software to capture online banking details, debit card information including the PIN, and customer details on open and unsecured networks. Merchants should only provide password-enabled Wi-Fi, and remember to regularly change the password.
- Phishing emails. Merchants can become unknown victims of debit card fraud when fraudsters use a stolen customer database to email customers, mimicking the merchant. Often, these emails ask customers to update their digital details or to provide their PIN for verification. While it appears obvious that this is dishonest, because the email is such a good copy of the merchant, many customers do provide the requested information.
- PIN theft. Because many customers are not concerned about debit card fraud, they fail to pay attention to who is standing behind them in line. Spying and then distraction that causes the customer to forget or drop their card or opens them to wallet theft is one of the most popular methods of debit card fraud. Merchants must remind customers to give one another space when in line and be aware of any suspicious behavior.
- Fake PIN terminals. The merchant and customer believe the PIN terminal to valid and secure. When in reality, this terminal is fake and rather than transmitting details to the bank, it is copying the customer’s card and PIN. This information is then sold on the Dark Web to fraudsters who use it to create fake debit cards.
These examples highlight why it’s important that merchants stop neglecting the lingering threats of debit card fraud. For CNP merchants, debit card fraud is still a threat – many customers have debit cards that support online purchases. For CNP merchants who accept such payments, they must have the payment solution security in place to secure these transactions.
Preventing Debit Card Fraud
Just as the case with most fraud prevention recommendations, there is no one-size fits all approach to preventing debit card fraud. However, merchants should use chip-activated terminals to protect themselves and their customers. Most debit cards are chip-enabled, allowing customers to tap or hover their card or smartwatch for secure token-protected payment.
In addition, merchants must comply with all recommendations provided to them by their terminal provider. This includes updating to the latest version, securely stowing the terminal when the store is closed, and being aware of any suspicious problems with the terminal.
Having the right solutions in place to secure customer data and fraud risk are key in ensuring that you do not become a victim of fraud. Knowing the risk factors and having a solution in place that allows for easy communication with your customers when fraud is suspected goes a long way to ensuring good customer relationships and limiting fraud risk. | <urn:uuid:5359a277-52d8-4766-9cbe-e596a77b928d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.verifi.com/in-the-news/dont-overlook-debit-card-fraud/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571056.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809155137-20220809185137-00677.warc.gz | en | 0.939405 | 1,111 | 1.898438 | 2 |
Examination of metabolic and regulatory networks of desulfovibrio species
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The sulfate-reducing bacteria are a morphologically diverse group of organisms characterized by the ability to couple the enzymatic reduction of sulfate to energy production and growth. This metabolic activity has profound economic and environmental consequences such as the corrosion of metal structures and the souring of petroleum reserves. The sulfate-reducing bacteria are also among a select group of organisms that may be used as tools for the bioremediation of toxic heavy metal contaminants from the environment. To understand the mechanisms through which these bacteria impact our environment both positively and negatively, genomic studies have been undertaken to predict the metabolic and regulatory networks of two species of the genus Desulfovibrio. Studies have focused on the elucidation of carbon metabolic pathways, the role of CRP-FNR proteins in the regulation of Desulfovibrio metabolic pathways, and the prediction of global regulatory networks using bioinformatics techniques. Surprisingly, several hexose metabolic genes were found despite the fact that biochemical evidence suggests that these bacteria do not use hexose sugars as growth substrates. This physiological paradox was explored. Secondary pathways for the metabolism of galactose and the synthesis of [alpha],[alpha]-trehalose were observed in Desulfovibrio desulfuricans G20 but not Desulfovibrio vulgaris Hildenborough.Physiological experiments showed that despite the presence of a complete set of galactose metabolism genes, Dv. desulfuricans was unable to utilize galactose as the sole carbon source for growth. Growth experiments using [14C]-labeled galactose in the presence of lactate suggested that galactose was incorporated into the cell. This result coupled with the published observation that the extracellular polymeric substances (EPS) of Dv. desulfuricans strains contained detectable levels of galactose suggests that metabolism of galactose occurs for the purposes of production of EPS and possibly lipopolysaccharide (LPS). To explore the possible hierarchical regulation of substrate utilization, global regulators responding to redox signals were sought. Sequencing revealed multiple orthologs of the CRP-FNR genes in Desulfovibrio. A mutant strain of Dv. vulgaris was constructed that was interrupted in a gene encoding a putative CRP-FNR protein. A phenotypic analysis of the mutant strain showed no significant differences in the growth rates and growth yields of the cells compared to wild type when grown on lactate-sulfate, pyruvate-sulfate (respiration), pyruvate alone (fermentation) or formate-sulfate. However, the mutant was shown to be impaired in growth on ethanol-sulfate compared to wild type, suggesting the involvement of this protein in either the cellular ability to use ethanol or maintain cellular integrity. A computational analysis of the promoter regions of putative transcription units of Desulfovibrio revealed possible regulatory protein binding motifs homologous to the E. coli CRP and GalR binding sites as well as a motif common to genes encoding phosphate homeostasis proteins. Further examination revealed a set of statistically significant motifs not immediately identified as E. coli homologs. This set of motifs may represent unique regulatory motifs of Desulfovibrio. | <urn:uuid:4aa7c859-a728-49a2-910a-b8e4755105cf> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://mospace.umsystem.edu/xmlui/handle/10355/4084 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281162.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00528-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.912111 | 694 | 2.734375 | 3 |
|Seoul Special City
|• Revised Romanization||Seoul Teukbyeolsi|
|• McCune–Reischauer||Sŏul T'ŭkpyŏlsi|
Map of South Korea with Seoul highlighted
|Region||Seoul National Capital Area|
|• Type||Seoul Metropolitan Government
|• Mayor||Park Won-soon (Democratic)|
|• Council||Seoul Metropolitan Council|
| • National Representation
- National Assembly
49 / 30016.3% (total seats)
49 / 25319.4% (constituency seats)
|• Special city||605.21 km2 (233.67 sq mi)|
|Elevation||38 m (125 ft)|
|• Special city||9,971,111|
|• Demonym||서울 사람 (Seoul saram), 서울시민 (Seoul-simin), Seoulite|
|Font||Seoul fonts (Seoul Hangang and Seoul Namsan) |
|Slogan||"I·SEOUL·U " (Literally "Soul of Asia")|
|Song||"S.E.O.U.L." (Sung by Super Junior & Girls' Generation)|
|GDP(Metro)||US$ 779.3 billion |
|GDP per capita(Metro)||US$ 35,782 |
Seoul (/soʊl/; 서울; Korean: [sʰʌ.ul] ( listen)) – officially the Seoul Special City – is the capital and largest metropolis of the Republic of Korea (commonly known as South Korea), forming the heart of the Seoul Capital Area, which includes the surrounding Incheon metropolis and Gyeonggi province, the world's 16th largest city. It is home to over half of all South Koreans along with 678,102 international residents.
Situated on the Han River, Seoul's history stretches back more than two thousand years when it was founded in 18 BCE by Baekje, one of the Three Kingdoms of Korea. It continued as the capital of Korea under the Joseon Dynasty. The Seoul Capital Area contains five UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Changdeok Palace, Hwaseong Fortress, Jongmyo Shrine, Namhansanseong and the Royal Tombs of the Joseon Dynasty. Seoul is surrounded by mountains, the tallest being Mt. Bukhan, the world's most visited national park per square foot. Modern landmarks include the iconic N Seoul Tower, the gold-clad 63 Building, the neofuturistic Dongdaemun Design Plaza, Lotte World, the world's second largest indoor theme park, Moonlight Rainbow Fountain, the world's longest bridge fountain and the Sevit Floating Islands. The birthplace of K-pop and the Korean Wave, Seoul received over 10 million international visitors in 2014, making it the world's 9th most visited city and 4th largest earner in tourism.
Today, Seoul is considered a leading and rising global city, resulting from an economic boom called the Miracle on the Han River which transformed it to the world's 4th largest metropolitan economy with a GDP of US$845.9 billion in 2014 after Tokyo, New York City and Los Angeles. In 2015, it was rated Asia's most livable city with the second highest quality of life globally by Arcadis. A world leading technology hub centered on Gangnam and Digital Media City, the Seoul Capital Area boasts 15 Fortune Global 500 companies such as Samsung, the world's largest technology company, as well as LG and Hyundai-Kia. In 2014, the city's GDP per capita (PPP) of $39,786 was comparable to that of France and Finland. Ranked sixth in the Global Power City Index and Global Financial Centres Index, the metropolis exerts a major influence in global affairs as one of the five leading hosts of global conferences.
Seoul is the world's most wired city and ranked first in technology readiness by PwC's Cities of Opportunity report. It is served by the KTX high-speed rail and the Seoul Subway, providing 4G LTE, WiFi and DMB inside subway cars. Seoul is connected via AREX to Incheon International Airport, rated the world's best airport nine years in a row (2005–2013) by Airports Council International. Lotte World Tower, a 556-metre (1,824-foot) supertall skyscraper with 123 floors, has been built in Seoul and become the OECD's tallest in 2016, with the world's tallest art gallery. Its Lotte Cinema houses the world's largest cinema screen. Seoul's COEX Mall is the world's largest underground shopping mall.
Seoul hosted the 1986 Asian Games, 1988 Summer Olympics, 2002 FIFA World Cup, the Miss Universe 1980 pageant, and the 2010 G-20 Seoul summit. A UNESCO City of Design, Seoul was named the 2010 World Design Capital.
- 1 Etymology
- 2 History
- 3 Geography
- 4 Administrative districts
- 5 Demographics
- 6 Economy
- 7 Architecture
- 8 Culture
- 9 Sports
- 10 Transportation
- 11 Education
- 12 International relations
- 13 See also
- 14 References
- 15 External links
The city has been known in the past by the names Wirye-seong (Hangul: 위례성; Hanja: 慰禮城, during the Baekje era), Hanju (Hangul: 한주; Hanja: 漢州, during the Silla era), Namgyeong (Hangul: 남경; Hanja: 南京, during the Goryeo era), Hanseong (Hangul: 한성; Hanja: 漢城, during both the Baekje and Joseon eras), Hanyang (Hangul: 한양; Hanja: 漢陽, during the Joseon era), Gyeongseong (京城, during the colonial era).
During Japan's annexation in Korea, "Hanseong" (Hangul: 한성; Hanja: 漢城) was renamed to "Keijō" (京城, or Template:Korean 한국, Gyeongseong) by the Imperial authorities to prevent confusion with the hanja '漢', as it also refers to the Han Chinese. In reality, the ancient name of Seoul, Hanseong (Hangul: 한성; Hanja: 漢城), originally had the meaning of "big" or "vast".
Its current name originated from the Korean word meaning "capital city," which is believed to be derived from the word Seorabeol (Hangul: 서라벌; Hanja: 徐羅伐), which originally referred to Gyeongju, the capital of Silla.
Unlike most place names in Korea, "Seoul" has no corresponding hanja (Chinese characters used in the Korean language). On January 18, 2005, Seoul government officially changed its official Chinese language name to Shou'er (simplified Chinese: 首尔; traditional Chinese: 首爾; pinyin: Shǒu'ěr) from the historic Hancheng (simplified Chinese: 汉城; traditional Chinese: 漢城; pinyin: Hànchéng), of which use is becoming less common.
Seoul is first recorded as Wiryeseong, the capital of Baekje (founded in 18 BC) in the northeastern Seoul area. There are several city walls remaining in the area that date from this time. Pungnaptoseong, an earthen wall just outside Seoul, is widely believed to have been at the main Wiryeseong site. As the Three Kingdoms competed for this strategic region, control passed from Baekje to Goguryeo in the 5th century, and from Goguryeo to Silla in the 6th century.
In the 11th century Goryeo, which succeeded Unified Silla, built a summer palace in Seoul, which was referred to as the "Southern Capital". It was only from this period that Seoul became a larger settlement. When Joseon replaced Goryeo, the capital was moved to Seoul (also known as Hanyang and later as Hanseong), where it remained until the fall of the dynasty. The Gyeongbok Palace, built in the 14th century, served as the royal residence until 1592. The other large palace, Changdeokgung, constructed in 1405, served as the main royal palace from 1611 to 1872.
Originally, the city was entirely surrounded by a massive circular stone wall to provide its citizens security from wild animals, thieves and attacks. The city has grown beyond those walls and although the wall no longer stands (except along Bugaksan Mountain (Hangul: 북악산; Hanja: 北岳山), north of the downtown area), the gates remain near the downtown district of Seoul, including most notably Sungnyemun (commonly known as Namdaemun) and Heunginjimun (commonly known as Dongdaemun). During the Joseon dynasty, the gates were opened and closed each day, accompanied by the ringing of large bells at the Bosingak belfry. In the late 19th century, after hundreds of years of isolation, Seoul opened its gates to foreigners and began to modernize. Seoul became the first city in East Asia to introduce electricity in the royal palace, built by the Edison Illuminating Company and a decade later Seoul also implemented electrical street lights.
Much of the development was due to trade with foreign countries like France and United States. For example, the Seoul Electric Company, Seoul Electric Trolley Company, and Seoul Fresh Spring Water Company were all joint Korean–American owned enterprises. In 1904, an American by the name of Angus Hamilton visited the city and said, "The streets of Seoul are magnificent, spacious, clean, admirably made and well-drained. The narrow, dirty lanes have been widened, gutters have been covered, roadways broadened. Seoul is within measurable distance of becoming the highest, most interesting and cleanest city in the East."
After the annexation treaty in 1910, the Empire of Japan annexed Korea and renamed the city Gyeongseong ("Kyongsong" in Korean and "Keijo" in Japanese). Japanese technology was imported, the city walls were removed, some of the gates demolished. Roads became paved and Western-style buildings were constructed. The city was liberated at the end of World War II.
During the Korean War, Seoul changed hands between the Russian/Chinese-backed North Korean forces and the American-backed South Korean forces several times, leaving the city heavily damaged after the war. The capital was temporarily relocated to Busan. One estimate of the extensive damage states that after the war, at least 191,000 buildings, 55,000 houses, and 1,000 factories lay in ruins. In addition, a flood of refugees had entered Seoul during the war, swelling the population of the city and its metropolitan area to an estimated 1.5 million by 1955.
Following the war, Seoul began to focus on reconstruction and modernization. As Korea's economy started to grow rapidly from the 1960s, urbanization also accelerated and workers began to move to Seoul and other larger cities. From the 1970s, the size of Seoul administrative area greatly expanded as it annexed a number of towns and villages from several surrounding counties.
According to 2012 census data, the population of the Seoul area makes up around 20% of the total population of South Korea, Seoul has become the economic, political and cultural hub of the country, with several Fortune Global 500 companies, including Samsung, SK Holdings, Hyundai, POSCO and LG Group headquartered there.
Seoul is in the northwest of South Korea. Seoul proper comprises 605.25 km2, with a radius of approximately 15 km (9 mi), roughly bisected into northern and southern halves by the Han River. The Han River and its surrounding area played an important role in Korean history. The Three Kingdoms of Korea strove to take control of this land, where the river was used as a trade route to China (via the Yellow Sea). The river is no longer actively used for navigation, because its estuary is located at the borders of the two Koreas, with civilian entry barred. Historically, the city was during the Joseon Dynasty bounded by the Seoul Fortress Wall, which stretched between the four main mountains in central Seoul: Namsan, Naksan, Bukaksan and Inwangsan. The city is bordered by eight mountains, as well as the more level lands of the Han River plain and western areas. Due to its geography and to economic development policies, Seoul is a very polycentric city. The area that was the old capital in the Joseon Dynasty, and mostly comprises Jongno District and Jung District, constitutes the historical and political center of the city. However, for example, the city's financial capital is widely considered to be in Yeouido, while its economic capital is Gangnam District.
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Seoul is either classified as a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cwa), using the −3 °C (26.6 °F) isotherm of the original Köppen scheme, or a humid continental climate (Köppen Dwa), using the 0 °C (32 °F) isotherm preferred by some climatologists. Summers are generally hot and humid, with the East Asian monsoon taking place from June until September. August, the warmest month, has average high and low temperatures of 29.6 and 22.4 °C (85 and 72 °F) with higher temperatures possible. Winters are often cold to freezing with average January high and low temperatures of 1.5 and −5.9 °C (34.7 and 21.4 °F) and are generally much drier than summers, with an average of 28 days of snow annually. Sometimes, temperatures do drop dramatically to below −10.0 °C (14.0 °F), in odd occasions rarely as low as −15.0 °C (5.0 °F) in the mid winter period between January and February.
|Climate data for Seoul (normals 1981–2010, extremes 1907–present)|
|Record high °C (°F)||14.4
|Average high °C (°F)||1.5
|Daily mean °C (°F)||−2.4
|Average low °C (°F)||−5.9
|Record low °C (°F)||−22.5
|Average precipitation mm (inches)||20.8
|Average precipitation days (≥ 0.1 mm)||6.5||5.8||7.4||7.8||9.0||9.9||16.3||14.6||9.1||6.3||8.7||7.4||108.8|
|Average snowy days||8.0||5.2||3.4||0.1||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.0||0.1||2.1||6.1||24.9|
|Average relative humidity (%)||59.8||57.9||57.8||56.2||62.7||68.1||78.3||75.6||69.2||64.0||62.0||60.6||64.4|
|Mean monthly sunshine hours||160.3||163.3||189.0||205.0||213.0||182.0||120.0||152.5||176.2||198.8||153.2||152.6||2,066|
|Percent possible sunshine||52.3||53.6||51.0||51.9||48.4||41.2||26.8||36.2||47.2||57.1||50.2||51.1||46.4|
|Source: Korea Meteorological Administration (percent sunshine and snowy days)|
Seoul is divided into 25 gu (Hangul: 구; Hanja: 區) (district). The gu vary greatly in area (from 10 to 47 km2) and population (from fewer than 140,000 to 630,000). Songpa has the most people, while Seocho has the largest area. The government of each gu handles many of the functions that are handled by city governments in other jurisdictions. Each gu is divided into "dong" (Hangul: 동; Hanja: 洞) or neighbourhoods. Some gu have only a few dong while others like Jongno District have a very large number of distinct neighbourhoods. Gu of Seoul consist of 423 administrative dongs (Hangul: 행정동) in total. Dong are also sub-divided into 13,787 tong (Hangul: 통; Hanja: 統), which are further divided into 102,796 ban in total.
Seoul proper is noted for its population density, which is almost twice that of New York and eight times greater than Rome. Its metropolitan area was the most densely populated in the OECD in Asia in 2012, and second worldwide after that of Paris. As of December 2013, the population was 10.14 million, in 2012, it was 10,442,426. As of the end of June 2011, 10.29 million Republic of Korea citizens lived in the city. This was a .24% decrease from the end of 2010. The population of Seoul has been dropping since the early 1990s, the reasons being the high costs of living and an aging population.
The number of foreigners living in Seoul is 255,501 in 2010 according to Seoul officials. As of June 2011, 281,780 foreigners were located in Seoul. Of them, 186,631 foreigners (66%) were Chinese citizens of Korean ancestry. This was an 8.84% increase from the end of 2010 and a 12.85% increase from June 2010. The next largest group was Chinese citizens who are not of Korean ethnicity; 29,901 of them resided in Seoul. The next highest group consisted of the 9,999 United States citizens who were not of Korean ancestry. The next highest group were the Republic of China (Taiwan) citizens, at 8,717.
The two major religions in Seoul are Christianity and Buddhism. Other religions include Muism (indigenous religion) and Confucianism. Seoul is home to one of the world's largest Christians congregations, Yoido Full Gospel Church , which has around 830,000 members. Seoul is home to the world's largest modern university founded by a Buddhist Order, Dongguk University. Other Christian faiths like The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) maintains a presence in the city.
Seoul is the business and financial hub of South Korea. Although it accounts for only 0.6 percent of the nation's land area, 48.3 percent of South Korea's bank deposits were held in Seoul in 2003, and the city generated 23 percent of the country's GDP overall in 2012. In 2008 the Worldwide Centers of Commerce Index ranked Seoul No.9. The Global Financial Centres Index in 2015 listed Seoul as the 6th financially most competitive city in the world. The Economist Intelligence Unit ranked Seoul 15th in the list of "Overall 2025 City Competitiveness" regarding future competitiveness of cities.
The traditional, labour-intensive manufacturing industries have been continuously replaced by information technology, electronics and assembly-type of industries; however, food and beverage production, as well as printing and publishing remained among the core industries. Major manufacturers are headquartered in the city, including Samsung, LG, Hyundai, Kia and SK. Notable food and beverage companies include Jinro, whose soju is the most sold alcoholic drink in the world, beating out Smirnoff vodka; top selling beer producers Hite (merged with Jinro) and Oriental Brewery. It also hosts food giants like Seoul Dairy Cooperative, Nongshim Group, Ottogi, CJ, Orion, Maeil Dairy, Namyang dairy and Lotte.
Seoul hosts large concentration of headquarters of International companies and banks, including 15 companies on fortune 500 list such as Samsung, LG and Hyundai. Most bank headquarters and the Korea Exchange are located in Yeouido (Yeoui island), which is often called "Korea's Wall Street" and has been serving as the financial center of the city since the 1980s. The Seoul international finance center & SIFC MALL, Hanhwa 63 building, the Hanhwa insurance company head office. Hanhwa is one of the three largest Korean insurance companies, along with Samsung Life and Gangnam & Kyob life insurance group.
The largest wholesale and retail market in South Korea, the Dongdaemun Market, is located in Seoul. Myeongdong is a shopping and entertainment area in downtown Seoul with mid- to high-end stores, fashion boutiques and international brand outlets. The nearby Namdaemun Market, named after the Namdaemun Gate, is the oldest continually running market in Seoul.
Insadong is the cultural art market of Seoul, where traditional and modern Korean artworks, such as paintings, sculptures and calligraphy are sold. Hwanghak-dong Flea Market and Janganpyeong Antique Market also offer antique products. Some shops for local designers have opened in Samcheong-dong, where numerous small art galleries are located. Itaewon caters mainly to foreign tourists and American soldiers based in the city. The Gangnam district is one of the most affluent areas in Seoul and is noted for the fashionable and upscale Apgujeong-dong and Cheongdam-dong areas and the COEX Mall. Wholesale markets include Noryangjin Fisheries Wholesale Market and Garak Market.
The Yongsan Electronics Market is the largest electronics market in Asia. Electronics markets are Gangbyeon station metro line 2 Techno mart, ENTER6 MALL & Shindorim station Technomart mall complex.
KOREA WORLD TRADE CENTER COMPLEX which comprises COEX mall, congress center, 3 Inter-continental hotels, Business tower (Asem tower),Residence hotel,Casino and City airport terminal was established in 1988 Seoul Olympic . 2nd World trade trade center is planning at Seoul Olympic stadium complex as MICE HUB by Seoul city. Ex-Kepco head office building was purchased by Hyundai motor group with 9billion USD to build 115-storey Hyundai GBC & hotel complex until 2021. Now ex-kepco 25-storey building is under demolition.
The traditional heart of Seoul is the old Joseon Dynasty city, now the downtown area, where most palaces, government offices, corporate headquarters, hotels, and traditional markets are located. Cheonggyecheon, a stream that runs from west to east through the valley before emptying into the Han River, was for many years covered with concrete, but was recently restored by an urban revival project in 2005. Jongno street, meaning "Bell Street," has been a principal street and one of the earliest commercial steets of the city, on which one can find Bosingak, a pavilion containing a large bell. The bell signaled the different times of the day and controlled the four major gates to the city. North of downtown is Bukhan Mountain, and to the south is the smaller Namsan. Further south are the old suburbs, Yongsan District and Mapo District. Across the Han River are the newer and wealthier areas of Gangnam District, Seocho District and surrounding neighborhoods.
Urban and civil planning was a key concept when Seoul was first designed to serve as a capital in the late 14th century. The Joseon Dynasty built the "Five Grand Palaces" in Seoul – Changdeokgung, Changgyeonggung, Deoksugung, Gyeongbokgung and Gyeonghuigung – all of which are located in the district of Jongno District and Jung District. Among them, Changdeokgung was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1997 as an "outstanding example of Far Eastern palace architecture and garden design". The main palace, Gyeongbokgung, underwent a large-scale restoration project. The palaces are considered exemplary architecture of the Joseon period. Beside the palaces, Unhyeongung is known for being the royal residence of Regent Daewongun, the father of Emperor Gojong at the end of the Joseon Dynasty.
Seoul has been surrounded by walls that were built to regulate visitors from other regions and protect the city in case of an invasion. Pungnap Toseong is a flat earthen wall built at the edge of the Han River which is widely believed to be the site of Wiryeseong. Mongchon Toseong (Hangul: 몽촌토성; Hanja: 蒙村土城) is another earthen wall built during the Baekje period which is now located inside the Olympic Park. The Fortress Wall of Seoul was built early in the Joseon Dynasty for protection of the city. After many centuries of destruction and rebuilding, approximately ⅔ of the wall remains, as well as six of the original eight gates. These gates include Sungnyemun and Heunginjimun, commonly known as Namdaemun (South Great Gate) and Dongdaemun (East Great Gate). Namdaemun was the oldest wooden gate until a 2008 arson attack, and was re-opened after complete restoration in 2013. Situated near the gates are the traditional markets and largest shopping center, Namdaemun Market and Dongdaemun Market.
There are also many buildings constructed with international styles in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The Independence Gate was built in 1897 to inspire an independent spirit. Seoul Station was opened in 1900 as Gyeongseong Station.
Various high-rise office buildings and residential buildings, like the Gangnam Finance Center, the Tower Palace, N Seoul Tower and Jongno Tower, dominate the city's skyline. A series of new high rises are under construction, including the Lotte World Tower, scheduled to be completed by 2016. As of July 2016, and excluding the still unopened Lotte World Tower, the tallest building in the city is the 279-metre-high (915-foot) Three International Finance Center.
The World Trade Center Seoul, located in Gangnam District, hosts various expositions and conferences. Also in Gangnam District is the COEX Mall, a large indoor shopping and entertainment complex. Downstream from Gangnam District is Yeouido, an island that is home to the National Assembly, major broadcasting studios, and a number of large office buildings, as well as the Korea Finance Building and the Yoido Full Gospel Church. The Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, and Lotte World are located in Songpa District, on the south side of the Han River, upstream from Gangnam District. Two new modern landmarks of Seoul are Dongdaemun Design Plaza & Park, designed by Zaha Hadid, and the new wave-shaped Seoul City Hall, by Yoo Kerl of iArc.
Seoul has a very technologically advanced infrastructure. It has the world's highest fibre-optic broadband penetration, resulting in the world's fastest internet connections with speeds up to 1 Gbps. Seoul provides free Wi-Fi access in outdoor spaces. This 47.7 billion won ($44 million) project will give residents and visitors Internet access at 10,430 parks, streets and other public places by 2015.
Seoul is home to 115 museums, including four national and nine official municipal museums. Amongst the city's national museum, The National Museum of Korea is the most representative of museums in not only Seoul but all of South Korea. Since its establishment in 1945, the museum has built a collection of 220,000 artifacts. In October 2005, the museum moved to a new building in Yongsan Family Park. The National Folk Museum is situated on the grounds of the Gyeongbokgung Palace in the district of Jongno District and uses replicas of historical objects to illustrate the folk history of the Korean people. The National Palace Museum of Korea is also located on the grounds of the Gyeongbokgung Palace. Finally, the Seoul branch of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, whose main museum is located in Gwacheon, opened in 2013, in Sogyeok-dong.
Bukchon Hanok Village and Namsangol Hanok Village are old residential districts consisting of hanok Korean traditional houses, parks, and museums that allows visitors to experience traditional Korean culture.
The War Memorial, one of nine municipal museums in Seoul, offers visitors an educational and emotional experience of various wars in which Korea was involved, including Korean War themes. The Seodaemun Prison is a former prison built during the Japanese occupation, and is currently used as a historic museum.
The Seoul Museum of Art and Ilmin Museum of Art have preserved the appearance of the old building that is visually unique from the neighboring tall, modern buildings. The former is operated by Seoul City Council and sits adjacent to Gyeonghuigung Palace, a Joseon dynasty royal palace. Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, is widely regarded as one of Seoul's largest private museum. For many Korean film lovers from all over the world, the Korean Film Archive is running the Korean Film Museum and Cinematheque KOFA in its main center located in Digital Media City(DMC), Sangam-dong. The Tteok & Kitchen Utensil Museum and Kimchi Field Museum provide information regarding Korean culinary history.
There are also religious buildings that take important roles in Korean society and politics. The Wongudan altar was a sacrificial place where Korean rulers held heavenly rituals since the Three Kingdoms period. Since the Joseon Dynasty adopted Confucianism as its national ideology in the 14th century, the state built many Confucian shrines. The descendants of the Joseon royal family still continue to hold ceremonies to commemorate ancestors at Jongmyo. It is the oldest royal Confucian shrine preserved and the ritual ceremonies continue a tradition established in the 14th century. Munmyo and Dongmyo were built during the same period. Although Buddhism was suppressed by the Joseon state, it has continued its existence. Jogyesa is the headquarters of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism. Hwagyesa and Bongeunsa are also major Buddhist temples in Seoul.
The Myeongdong Cathedral is a landmark of the Myeongdong, Jung District and the biggest Catholic church established in 1883. It is a symbol of Catholicism in Korea. It was also a focus for political dissent in the 1980s. In this way the Roman Catholic Church has a very strong influence in Korean society.
There are many Protestant churches in Seoul. The most numerous are Presbyterian, but there are also many Methodist, Baptist, and Lutheran churches. Yoido Full Gospel Church is a Pentecostal church affiliated with the Assemblies of God on Yeouido in Seoul. With approximately 830,000 members (2007), it is the largest Pentecostal Christian congregation in the world, which has been recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records.
In October 2012 KBS Hall in Seoul hosted major international music festivals – First ABU TV and Radio Song Festivals within frameworks of Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union 49th General Assembly. Hi! Seoul Festival is a seasonal cultural festival held four times a year every spring, summer, autumn, and winter in Seoul, South Korea since 2003. It is based on the "Seoul Citizens' Day" held on every October since 1994 to commemorate the 600 years history of Seoul as the capital of the country. The festival is arranged under the Seoul Metropolitan Government. As of 2012[update], Seoul has hosted Ultra Music Festival Korea, an annual dance music festival that takes place on the 2nd weekend of June.
Despite the city's population density, Seoul has a large quantity of parks. One of the most famous parks in Namsan Park, which offers hiking recreation and views of the downtown Seoul skyline. The N Seoul Tower is located at Namsan Park. Seoul Olympic Park, located in Songpa District and built to host the 1988 Summer Olympics is Seoul's largest park. Amongst the other largest parks in the city are Seoul Forest, Dream Forest, Children's Grand Park and Haneul Park. The Wongaksa Pagoda 10 tier pagoda is situated In Tapgol Park, a small public park with an area of 19,599 m2 (210,962 sq ft). Areas around streams serve as public places for relaxation and recreation. Tancheon stream and the nearby area serve as a large park with paths for both walkers and cyclists. Cheonggyecheon, a stream that runs nearly 6 km (4 mi) through downtown Seoul, is popular among both Seoul residents and tourists.
There are also many parks along the Han River, such as Ichon Hangang Park, Yeouido Hangang Park, Mangwon Hangang Park, Nanji Hangang Park, Banpo Hangang Park, Ttukseom Hangang Park and Jamsil Hangang Park. The Seoul National Capital Area also contains a green belt aimed at preventing the city from sprawling out into neighboring Gyeonggi Province. These areas are frequently sought after by people looking to escape from urban life on weekends and during vacations. There are also various parks under construction or in project, such as the Gyeongui Line Forest Trail, Seoul Station 7017, Seosomun Memorial Park and Yongsan Park.
In the history of South Korean major professional sports league championships which include the K League, KBO League, KBL, V-League, Seoul had multiple championships in a season 2 times, 1990 K League Classic Lucky-Goldstar FC (currently FC Seoul) and KBO League LG Twins in 1990, K League Classic FC Seoul and KBO League Doosan Bears in 2016
Seoul hosted the 1986 Asian Games, commonly known as Asiad, 1988 Olympic Games, and Paralympic Games. It also served as one of the host cities of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Seoul World Cup Stadium hosted the opening ceremony and first game of the tournament.
Domestic sports clubs
- Men's football
|Top||K League Classic||FC Seoul||Seoul World Cup Stadium (North Seoul)|
|2nd||K League Challenge||Seoul E-Land FC||Seoul Olympic Stadium (South Seoul)|
|4th||K3 League||Seoul United||Madeul Stadium|
|Jungnang Chorus Mustang||Jungnang Public Ground|
- Women's football
|Top||WK League||Seoul WFC||Hyochang Stadium, Seoul Olympic Auxiliary Stadium|
|KBO League||Doosan Bears||Jamsil Baseball Stadium|
|Nexen Heroes||Gocheok Sky Dome|
Seoul features one of the world's most advanced transportation infrastructures that is constantly under expansion. Its system dates back to the era of the Korean Empire, when the first streetcar lines were laid and a railroad linking Seoul and Incheon was completed. Seoul's most important streetcar line ran along Jongno until it was replaced by Line 1 of the subway system in the early 1970s. Other notable streets in downtown Seoul include Euljiro, Teheranno, Sejongno, Chungmuro, Yulgongno, and Toegyero. There are nine major subway lines stretching for more than 250 km (155 mi), with one additional line planned. As of 2010[update], 25% of the population has a commute time of an hour or more.
Seoul's bus system is operated by the Seoul Metropolitan Government (S.M.G.), with four primary bus configurations available servicing most of the city. Seoul has many large intercity/express bus terminals. These buses connect Seoul with cities throughout South Korea. The Seoul Express Bus Terminal, Central City Terminal and Seoul Nambu Terminal are located in the district of Seocho District. In addition, East Seoul Bus Terminal in Gwangjin District and Sangbong Terminal in Jungnang District operate in the east of the city.
Seoul has a comprehensive urban railway network that interconnects every district of the city and the surrounding areas. With more than 8 million passengers per day, Seoul has one of the busiest subway systems in the world. The Seoul Metropolitan Subway has 19 total lines which serve Seoul, Incheon, Gyeonggi province, western Gangwon province, and northern Chungnam province. In addition, in order to cope with the various modes of transport, Seoul's metropolitan government employs several mathematicians to coordinate the subway, bus, and traffic schedules into one timetable. The various lines are run by Korail, Seoul Metro, Seoul Metropolitan Rapid Transit Corporation, NeoTrans Co. Ltd., AREX, and Seoul Metro Line 9 Corporation.
Seoul is connected to every major city in South Korea by rail. Seoul is also linked to most major South Korean cities by the KTX high-speed train, which has a normal operation speed of more than 300 km/h (186 mph). Major railroad stations include:
- Seoul Station, Yongsan District: Gyeongbu line (KTX/Saemaul/Mugunghwa-ho), Gyeongui line (Saemaul/Commuter)
- Yongsan Station, Yongsan District: Honam line (KTX/Saemaul/Mugunghwa), Jeolla/Janghang lines (Saemaul/Mugunghwa)
- Yeongdeungpo Station, Yeongdeungpo District: Gyeongbu/Honam/Janghang lines (Saemaul/Mugunghwa)
- Cheongnyangni Station, Dongdaemun District: Gyeongchun/Jungang/Yeongdong/Taebaek lines (Mugunghwa)
Two international airports serve Seoul. Gimpo International Airport, formerly in Gimpo but annexed to Seoul in 1963, was for many years (since its original construction during the Korean War) the only international airport serving Seoul. Other domestic airports were also built around the time of the war, including Yeouido.
When it opened in March 2001, Incheon International Airport on Yeongjong island in Incheon changed the role of Gimpo Airport significantly. Incheon is now responsible for almost all international flights and some domestic flights, while Gimpo serves only domestic flights with the exception of flights to Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Osaka Kansai International Airport, Taipei Songshan Airport in Taipei, Hongqiao Airport in Shanghai, and Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing. This has led to a significant drop in flights from Gimpo Airport, though it remains one of South Korea's busiest airports.
Meanwhile, Incheon International Airport has become, along with Hong Kong, a major transportation center for East Asia.
Incheon and Gimpo are linked to Seoul by highways, and to each other by the Incheon International Airport Railroad, which is also linked to Incheon line #1. Gimpo is also linked by subway (line No. 5 and #9). The Incheon International Airport Railroad, connecting the airport directly to Seoul Station in central Seoul, was recently opened. Shuttle buses also transfer passengers between Incheon and Gimpo airports.
Cycling is becoming increasingly popular in Seoul and in the entire country. Both banks of the Han River have cycling paths that run all the way across the city along the river. In addition, Seoul introduced in 2015 a bicycle-sharing system named Ddareungi.
Seoul is home to the majority of South Korea's most prestigious universities, including Seoul National University, Yonsei University, Korea University, Sungkyunkwan University, Sogang University, Hanyang University, Chung-Ang University, Ewha Womans University, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, Hongik University, Kyung Hee University, Soongsil University, Sookmyung Women's University, Korea Military Academy, and the University of Seoul.
Education from grades 1–12 is compulsory. Students spend six years in elementary school, three years in middle school, and three years in high school. Secondary schools generally require that the students wear uniforms. There is an exit exam for graduating from high school and many students proceeding to the university level are required to take the College Scholastic Ability Test that is held every November. Although there is a test for non-high school graduates, called school qualification exam, most of Koreans take the test
Seoul is home to various specialized schools, including three science high schools (Hansung Science High School, Sejong Science High School and Seoul Science High School), and six foreign language High Schools (Daewon Foreign Language High School, Daeil Foreign Language High School, Ewha Girls' Foreign Language High School, Hanyoung Foreign Language High School, Myungduk Foreign Language High School and Seoul Foreign Language High School). Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education comprises 235 College-Preparatory High Schools, 80 Vocational Schools, 377 Middle Schools, and 33 Special Education Schools as of 2009[update]. | <urn:uuid:7bb1eb3e-18a9-41db-bd77-c854c31cfe31> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seoul,_South_Korea | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281353.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00071-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937076 | 8,812 | 2.25 | 2 |
Cittadi Notte (City at Night) is an existentialist-eye-view of Rome. The story concerns a quartet of "lost souls," played by Patrizia Bini, Henri Vilbert, Antonio De Teffe and Rina Morelli. Practically nothing happens plotwise, though the four protagonists are lovingly photographed (by Mario Bava) as they muse and pontificate on the state of the world. The appeal of Cittadi Notte was rather limited to other existentialists, who weren't much of a sales force in 1957. The film earned its biggest audience when it was shown out of competition at the 1957 Venice Film Festival.
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The Tudors, Season 1HDClosed Captioning
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THE TUDORS will present the rarely dramatized, tumultuous early years of King Henry VIII’s nearly 40-year, omnipotent reign (1509-1547) of England. In addition to his famous female consorts and 20+ year marriage to Catherine of Aragon and the infamous dalliance with Anne Boleyn, the series delves into Henry’s most notable political relationship and the deconstruction of the Roman Catholic Church in England.
|1||HDClosed CaptioningVideoEpisode 1||King Henry VIII, the young and ambitious monarch of England, prepares for war with France but is dissuaded by the diplomatic manipulation of his powerful Lord Chancellor, Cardinal Wolsey, who proposes that the King sponsor a “Treaty of Universal Peace.” The harmony of the King's domestic affairs is threatened, however, when he discovers that Elizabeth Blount, the young and beautiful lady-in-waiting to his Queen, Katherine of Aragon, is pregnant with his child.||55:41||$2.99||View in iTunes|
|2||HDClosed CaptioningVideoEpisode 2||Allegiances shift at home and abroad. Despite extravagant claims of loyalty to France during the “Field of Cloth of Gold” ceremonies, Henry contemplates an alliance with Charles V, King of Spain, who was recently named Holy Roman Emperor. Because he is dependent on the support of the French cardinals, Wolsey’s chance to become Pope is threatened. A gift of Machiavelli’s The Prince makes Henry wonder if it is better for a king to be loved or feared. For now, he sets about achieving both. He executes the scheming Duke of Buckingham for treason and celebrates the birth – by Lady Elizabeth Blount - of a first healthy baby son, whom he names Henry Fitzroy.||56:37||$2.99||View in iTunes|
|3||HDClosed CaptioningVideoEpisode 3||A new and important ally sweeps into Henry’s court in the form of Charles V, the most powerful man in Europe and nephew to Henry’s wife, Katherine of Aragon. To protect the very significant alliance he hopes will aid in his bid for an English role in European affairs, the King is careful not to reveal to Charles the growing distance between himself and the Queen. However, affairs of the heart are more likely to unsettle Henry’s resolve as he comes face-to-face for the first time with the beautiful Anne Boleyn. Unbeknownst to the King, he is being seduced by forces more calculating than any young woman.||54:21||$2.99||View in iTunes|
|4||HDClosed CaptioningVideoEpisode 4||Henry is named “Defender of the Faith” by the Pope who is grateful for his spiritual and political loyalty, although fidelity is scarce in Henry’s court. His sister, Princess Margaret, marries the decrepit King of Portugal, only to murder him soon after and returns to the lustful arms of Charles Brandon. The Duke of Norfolk and Sir Thomas Boleyn continue to conspire against Cardinal Wolsey. And the King grows ever more enamored of Anne Boleyn. His increasing disinterest in his Queen, and the realization that he still hasn’t produced a legitimate heir to the Tudor dynasty, conjure an urgent desire for radical action.||57:48||$2.99||View in iTunes|
|5||HDClosed CaptioningVideoEpisode 5||Henry is a king of passion and perseverance. Efforts at alliances – both personal and political – face setbacks, but the King remains undeterred. When his ally, Emperor Charles V, releases Francis I, their mutual enemy, from prison, he is stunned -- but resolves to redirect his European ambitions. And when Anne Boleyn is insulted by his offer to make her his sole and unique mistress, it merely doubles his passion and resolve to one day marry her. However, his separation from the most powerful political figure in Europe may prove easier to affect than an annulment from his wife.||54:57||$2.99||View in iTunes|
|6||HDClosed CaptioningVideoEpisode 6||Personal and political allegiances continue to change in Henry’s court. The King grows ever more confident in his role as monarch and more enamored of the young Anne Boleyn. Despite Cardinal Wolsey’s influence and efforts -- and much to the frustration of the King -- the Catholic Church seems unable to make progress in Henry’s petition for a divorce. This adds to the growing discomfort of the increasingly vulnerable Wolsey.||56:52||$2.99||View in iTunes|
|7||HDClosed CaptioningVideoEpisode 7||Dark days for Tudor England. The mysterious sweating sickness, almost always fatal to those who catch it, runs rampant. A food shortage adds to the suffering. Henry’s natural optimism and energy take a beating as the King’s confidence gives way to doubt and delusions. But after darkness comes light. The plague begins to disappear and the King receives news that his mistress, Anne Boleyn, has miraculously survived. Even better, an envoy of Pope Clement is on his way to England to finally convene a court which will decide on Henry’s request for a divorce.||56:11||$2.99||View in iTunes|
|8||HDClosed CaptioningVideoEpisode 8||Pope Clement’s special envoy arrives in London to oversee the court deciding upon the legitimacy of Henry’s marriage to Katherine of Aragon. The findings of this trial will have far-reaching consequences: the future of the King’s amorous relationship with Anne Boleyn, Cardinal Wolsey’s career and influence, and England’s relationship with Rome all hang in the balance.||55:15||$2.99||View in iTunes|
|9||HDClosed CaptioningVideoEpisode 9||Cardinal Wolsey’s fall is quick and pitiless. Stripped of office and authority, he is banished from the court and sent far from his much-beloved King. His unlikely successor is Sir Thomas More, a man unlike the overbearing Wolsey in every way but one–his loyalty to Henry.||50:24||$2.99||View in iTunes|
|10||HDClosed CaptioningVideoEpisode 10||Cardinal Wolsey is down but not yet out. Although exiled, he tries to gather last- minute support from his old enemy, Queen Katherine. She hesitantly agrees to his plan, as she finds herself in a situation similar to that of the fallen Cardinal. But their plot is intercepted by the King’s new advisors and Wolsey must pay the ultimate price.||53:58||$2.99||View in iTunes|
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Left Brain: Wait, the names are correct, but it's not quite right. Isn't Henry too young? Too wiry? Too one-dimensional? Everyone's ignoring court protocol and bouncing around on their own terms. It sounds familiar but the notes are different somehow. Right Brain: Who cares? Henry is hot. Anne is awesome. The costumes ROCK. Shut up and enjoy the ride. It's TV.
If you like historical fiction, you'll love this series, but this series has something to offer anyone -- action, intrigue, politics, and sex (plenty of sex). This is definitely not for children. Catch Season 1 now before Season 2 starts later this year.
history light, for sure.
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When you think about what happens in your class on Sunday morning, what is your purpose for the teaching-learning experience? Why are you doing it? What are you hoping to accomplish? What do you hope happens as a result of your preparation and the time spent together?
Teach for life-change. Nothing less will do! We always accomplish less than life-change when we are not planning for it.
Both the Bible and Jesus expect us to be different as a result of encountering them. When we prepare and teach with that in mind, it changes how we think and how we guide the teaching-learning time spent together.
Imagine having the conviction that the class needed to respond in obedience to a passage of scripture. What would you do to ensure the class recognized and responded to that reality? How would you lead the Bible study encounter to ensure obedient responses? Stop and write down a few thoughts.
Here is a list of a few things that came to my mind:
- ensure class members can clearly state the truth or main point of the passage (from historical context)
- lead class members to consider possible ways the truth impacts life today
- help class members consider God’s expectations for them personally
- help class members understand potential challenges they might encounter in living out the truth
- ask class members to commit to live it out
- check with class members next week to see if they did it.
There are scores of methods which may be used for each of the bulleted items. Which of the items are you already using in your lessons? Which could you work into this week’s lesson? What would you add to this list?
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The sites affected are Winfrith, Bradwell and Harwell in England, Chapelcross in Scotland and Trawsfynydd in Wales
On Monday 10 October, the UK Civil Aviation Authority removed the Prohibited/Restricted Area designations around five nuclear facilities.
‘Freeing up more Class G for GA,’ as a spokesman confirmed to Pilot, the CAA’s move will be welcomed by private pilots, who have long been required to either avoid these areas or obtain permission to overfly them.
Many would say the release of these sections of airspace is long overdue.
At some of the sites listed, reactors were shut down many years ago and any significantly radioactive material removed soon afterwards.
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NT agricultural producers asked to help their industry: ABS (Media Release)
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Vegetable growers and livestock producers in the Northern Territory (NT) are being asked to assist their industry and return outstanding Agricultural Census forms to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) as soon as possible. To facilitate this, the ABS has begun to telephone, or contact by mail, all producers who have not yet returned their questionnaires.
"Your information helps develop a complete and accurate picture of agricultural production in the Northern Territory so we are making every effort to ensure everyone contributes," advised Gemma Van Halderen, head of the Agriculture Statistics Program at the ABS.
The results of the Agricultural Census are used by industry and government to enhance local infrastructure, support claims for exceptional circumstances assistance, develop R&D programs and bid for new export contracts.
President of the Northern Territory Horticultural Association,Tom Harris, says "the future funding of our industry is directly affected by this information. It is in the industry's best interest that all growers return their Agricultural Census form".
The Agricultural Census forms were distributed in June and the ABS and industry groups are reminding producers to act now.
The Northern Territory Cattlemen's Association Executive Director, Stuart Kenny, also strongly encourages members to respond as "Census output gives us a great insight into where our industry is headed".
Information collected in the Agricultural Census is confidential. The ABS is interested in data about the community as a whole and only summary information is released.
Gemma Van Halderen said that the public had traditionally been most cooperative. "This demonstrates confidence in the ability of the ABS to collect and process confidential information," she said.
The 2006 Agricultural Census forms were due back by mid July. The initial results are due to be released early next year.
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Schneier on Voting Machine Security
Schneier: The security of voting machines points to two big issues. The first one is that security is actually very hard. People think technology magically makes security worries a thing of the past, but it's just not true. Security is very hard and very subtle.
These voting machine companies were no better than any other software, or hardware, computer company we've seen in the past few years. They did a really lousy job. And because the systems were proprietary, because the companies had a vested interest in keeping the flaws secret, the public didn't know about them. So we have this problem of insecure voting machines.
The other thing it points to is the need to have backup systems that work. When you have an insecure system, or a system that could be insecure, the way you make it secure is often not by spending the huge amounts of money to secure the system, but having secure backup procedures, or secure procedures around the system. And that's why people who understand computer security call for voter verifiable paper trails. No matter what the machine is, what it does, whether it works or not, whether it's hackable or not, it's got a paper back up to fall back on if something happens.
Another issue with voting is that we only do it every other year. An ATM system gets used millions or thousands of times a day, every day, so problems are found and fixed. Voting, we forget about it, so it's much harder to build up any institutional knowledge of how to do it. People come to the voting booths, and the machines are different this year. They've never been taught, they've never been trained, the poll workers have different machines, there isn't the familiarity they get with a VCR.
Know It All: ATMs and gas pumps seem pretty secure. Are there institutional reasons that the government seems get this stuff so wrong so often?
Schneier: There are a couple of reasons that things like automatic teller machines and gas pumps are more secure. The first one is, there's money involved. If someone hacks an ATM, the bank loses money. The bank has a financial interest in making those ATMs secure. If someone hacks a voting machine, nobody loses money. In fact, half the country is happy with the result. So it's much harder to get the economic incentives aligned.
The other issue about voting machines is that ballots are secret. A lot of the security in computerized financial systems is based on audits, based on being able to unravel a transaction. If you go to an ATM and you push a bunch of buttons and you get out ten times the cash you were supposed to, that's a mistake, but that mistake will be caught in audit, and likely, you will be figured out as the person who got the money by accident, and it will be taken out of your account. Because ballots are secret, a lot of the auditing tools that we in the community have developed for financial systems don't apply.I had a long, interesting talk with Schneier, during which we touched on everything from airport security (things are no more encouraging on that front than with voting machines) to IT culture. I'll post more of that interview here in the days ahead, and an edited version of the full thing will appear in an upcoming print edition of the magazine.
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Cost of Registration:
At CCA, we handle our fees a bit differently than many homeschool tutorials and co-ops. We have very low registration fees, so the money you pay to CCA goes to the teachers for the classes you want your students to take. Our teachers will pitch in and get the work done, so the fees balance out very well.
Registration at CCA is only
$180 for 1 student,
$230 for 2 students,
or $280 for 3 or more students in your family.
This registration fee will pay for school t-shirts, a few things to play with outside, copies, ink, soap, paper towels, cleaning supplies, general operating supplies, rent, etc, etc.
Yes, those registration fees include a t-shirt for each student registered with CCA! (Parents may opt to purchase a t-shirt for themselves as well at $12 each for adult sizes S to XL.)
Tuition and Class Fees:
Kindergarten is a 3-hour block, and is $448 a year.
CCA Classes for grades 1 through 4 are $176 per year, per class. Each class is one hour and goes for 24 weeks of the school year.
Classes for grades 5 through 12 at CCA are 30 weeks in length and cost $230 per year, per class, for a one-hour class. One semester classes for grades 5 through 12 are subsequently $115. Some upper-level secondary classes will meet for 1.5 hours and will be $310 per year.
Tuition checks are written directly to each individual teacher.
Each elementary level CCA class will also have a class materials fee associated with that class.
Each Jr high and high school class will typically require a textbook to be purchased for each student. Teachers will inform you of textbooks requirements upon registration for their class.
The class fees for elementary grades depend on the class and the materials used. Teachers will use this to supply any copies and additional materials (beyond regular school supplies that students will bring, such as notebooks and pens). Keep in mind this replaces the need for purchasing a textbook in any of these subjects. Class materials fees are required at registration, so our teachers can finalize lesson plans, make copies, and purchase materials over the summer, to be prepared before classes begin.
Class fees listed are per student, per year.
Individual class materials fees are TBA.
All elementary students will need to come to classes with markers, scissors, pencils/pens, two glue sticks, and crayons for grades 1-6. Please be sure all crayons, markers, and glue sticks are washable. These can be stored in a schoolbox and/or backpack students can bring to CCA every Tuesday. Some classes may require a specific supply to be brought from home, such as a 3-ring binder to put all papers in, or a notebook, a Bible, etc. You will find this information on the class information sheets provided by each teacher.
If an elementary student has a one-hour empty period in their schedule between other classes, they are welcome to stay in the Student Center for that hour. Because the student center must be monitored at all times, there will be a $80 per year charge for a student to remain in the student center for one hour each Tuesday. Students will need to sign up for a 1-hour slot in the student center the same way they sign up for a class. Only students listed as being registered for each hour will be allowed in the student center during that time. The student center is not intended to be a hangout, but is intended to help parents who do not wish to sign up for another class during that 1-hour block, but who do wish for their student to have a class during the next hour. This way, they will not need to come and pick up their child between classes.
If a junior high or high school student has a one-hour free period in their schedule, given that they are registered for a class before and after that hour, that student is permitted to remain in the Student Center at no extra charge. We feel that students in grades 7 and older would not need monitoring the way younger students would, so they are given this privilege with the understanding that they are to remain in the Student Center under staff supervision, and will not be allowed to roam the parking lot outside during school hours. This is to help parents who want their child to take a class, for example, at the first and third period of the day, but do not wish to sign up for anything offered in 2nd period. Every student is only allowed one free period per day. Only students listed on the Student Center roster for each hour will be allowed to remain. If a junior high or high school student were to abuse the trust we have placed in them to be self-sufficient during that hour, they would not be allowed to stay during their free period. We have excellent students and outstanding families at CCA, and do not expect this to ever become an issue. | <urn:uuid:3f795c83-4eae-4ebd-ba8e-1ed3a472c29f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cornerstoneoflebanon.com/costs-and-tuition/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571719.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812140019-20220812170019-00270.warc.gz | en | 0.962711 | 1,039 | 1.804688 | 2 |
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Great Lakes Clean Water Org. sets its sights on Standish
STANDISH — The non-profit group Great Lakes Clean Water (GLCW) wrapped up its Yellow Jug Old Drugs pilot program in August, and now it’s hoping to expand its operation to include Standish pharmacies.
Yellow Jug Old Drugs, according to GLCW member Chris Angel, offers individuals an alternative way to dispose of their pills and unused drugs, by dropping them in a yellow jug in participating pharmacies. Angel said this keeps the medications out of sewers and ground water; and landfills – ultimately keeping the chemicals contained in the drugs out of the Great Lakes.
“If you’re in a city that has a city water supply, the water of course gets treated. … But a trace amount of chemicals are still in there,” Angel said, adding the chemicals also survive in rural areas where wells are more prevalent. “That water eventually makes its way through the ground water to a larger body of water.”
He said studies are showing more and more chemicals in the Great Lakes, and he said studies are also showing more people are on some sort of medication now, which raises the risk of unused drugs getting flushed down the toilet or washed down the sink into the water system. And the side affects of exposure are unknown.
“The scientists that have studied it really don’t know what the effect will be of these chemicals on the environment, or on our bodies if we drink them long term,” Angel said. “We’re not alarmists, it’s just a proactive approach.”
Rather than continuously adding chemicals to water systems and the Great Lakes, Angel said the GLCW disposes of the drugs in a more environmentally conscious way.
“The jugs are picked up at the pharmacies every other month and taken to places for high-pressure incineration,” he said.
Currently, the Yellow Jug Old Drugs program is carried in 14 pharmacies near Lake Huron, including pharmacies in Roscommon, West Branch and Tawas.
“We haven’t contacted a Standish pharmacy yet, but we’ll probably do that over the next couple weeks,” he said, adding there is also a second benefit, besides the environmental one. “You’re also getting the unwanted, unused drugs out of your medicine cabinet, so they don’t get into the hands of someone you don’t want them to.”
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How to Enroll In the Right Physical Therapy School Near Fairbanks Alaska
Receiving a physical therapy degree near Fairbanks AK is an essential first step to launching a rewarding career in the health care field. Physical therapists (PT) help patients who have been disabled due to injury or illness regain function and mobility. But before they may legally practice and work with the rehabilitation of patients, they must obtain the necessary training and education. A PT must additionally become licensed in every state, many requiring that the licensee earn a physical therapy degree from an accredited college. So prior to choosing a physical therapy school, it's essential to evaluate those you are looking at to ensure they will supply a superior education and satisfy your state's licensing criteria. What you should not do is choose a school just because it happens to be the nearest to your home or it has cheapest tuition. There are other important qualifications that must be evaluated along with location and cost. But before we talk about what those qualifications are and what questions you should ask, we'll address what a physical therapist does and the options for education.
What Does a Physical Therapist Do?
Physical therapists practice in diverse locations, including Fairbanks AK hospitals, health clinics, rehabilitation centers, nursing homes and health clubs. What the facilities all have in common is that they have the equipment for the diagnosis and rehabilitation treatment of patients. As earlier stated, physical therapists help individuals that are suffering from a lack of mobility and in many cases pain caused by illness or injury. After patient diagnosis, they develop a course of treatment to resolve the mobility problems and lessen or eradicate any pain. They also try to prevent any advancement of the disability. Although the causes of disability requiring physical therapy are numerous, they include:
- Osteoporosis and Arthritis
- Car or motor cycle accidents
- Head injuries
- Cardiac arrest
- Sports injuries
- Burn injuries
- Hip Replacement
- Multiple Sclerosis
Licensed physical therapists practice in close association with other Fairbanks AK medical specialists, including chiropractors, physicians, dentists and nurses. They can also supervise one or more physical therapy assistants who work under them in the diagnosis and treatment of their patients. One thing to bear in mind for anyone thinking about entering the physical therapy field, it is quite physically demanding. Physical therapists often lift patients and heavy equipment, and kneel, crouch and stand for extended periods of time on a daily basis.
Physical Therapist Degrees
There are three physical therapist degree options offered for students to enroll in at the undergraduate and graduate levels. Of these options, the single degree that is available that qualifies the graduate to practice as a physical therapist is the doctorate. Undergraduate degrees emphasize either training students to become a physical therapy assistant (PTA) or readying them to advance to the doctoral level. Below are short descriptions of degrees that are offered to prospective students in the Fairbanks AK area:
- Associate Degrees prepare students to be physical therapy assistants, or can be used as a stepping stone to a more advanced degree. Applicants must have obtained a high school diploma or equivalent to be accepted for enrollment. The degrees are usually made available by community or junior colleges, and require 2 years for completion. Clinical training, which may be in the form of an internship is usually part of the curriculum.
- Bachelor's Degrees are developed as pre-physical therapy training to prep students to progress to the doctoral level. Although they are not a requirement to be qualified for the doctoral program, they are an important preliminary step to practicing as a PT. Similar to most bachelor's degrees, they normally require 4 years to finish and commonly include an internship program of a minimum of 500 hours.
- Doctorate Degrees are required in order to become a licensed practicing physical therapist. The degree program also must be accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE). After earning the bachelor's degree, the doctoral takes 3 years to finish, making the overall commitment seven years in most cases. Practical or clinical training is an essential component in addition to the substantial classroom and lab instruction. Consequently the fulfillment of an internship is mandated, not just for graduation but in some states for licensing also.
The Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) has taken the place of the Master's of Physical Therapy (MPT), which has been eliminated and is no longer offered in the United States. Some practicing physical therapists having a master's or even a bachelor's degree were "grandfathered" in prior to the present licensing requirement for a doctorate was instituted.
Physical Therapist Colleges Online
While not as common as the on-campus alternatives, there are some accredited online physical therapy degrees available, even more at the graduate level. Because of the hands-on nature of the training, clinical lab work and internships are combined with the online classes. This necessitates that the student live near the college campus or nearby an available internship. However, the online segment of the curriculum may be accessed within the comfort and convenience of the student's Fairbanks AK home. Online programs are not only partially more accessible, but in a number of instances more affordable. Tuition may be somewhat less than similar on-campus alternatives, and expenses for commuting are minimized. And many of the online programs are accredited by the CAPTE, ensuring a quality education. These benefits may make the online alternative the best choice for those students that are motivated enough to attend classes at home.
What to Ask Physical Therapist Programs
At this point you most likely have come to decision concerning several of your preliminary questions, like the kind of physical therapy degree you want to attain, where you prefer to attend classes, and how much you can afford to spend for your education. But because there are numerous PT schools within the Fairbanks AK area and throughout Alaska, you'll have to research other qualifications as well in order to further narrow your list of college options. Also, you want to make sure that you select the program that is right for you. That's why we have compiled a list of important questions that you must ask the physical therapist colleges you are reviewing. Ask all of the potential schools these questions before making an ultimate selection.
Is the Physical Therapy School Accredited? Find out if the programs you are looking at have earned accreditation from a national or a regional agency. As earlier stated, if you are pursuing a doctoral degree the program must be accredited by the Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education (CAPTE). If you select an online program, it may also earn accreditation from the Distance Education and Training Council. It's essential that both the physical therapy school and program you select are accredited, not simply the school. Also, make sure that the accreditation is through a U.S. Department of Education recognized accrediting agency. Besides ensuring that you receive an excellent education, accreditation might be required for state licensing and even for getting student loans or financial assistance.
What is the School's Ranking? In addition to accreditation, it's essential that the school and program you select have exceptional reputations within the physical therapist community. There are multiple ways you can look into a PT college's reputation, starting with requesting references from employers that they refer their students to. You may also search for online rating services and reviews and ask the accrediting organizations for their reviews also. Call several Fairbanks AK physical therapist centers or other health care facilities that you might have an interest in working for and ask if they can provide any advice about your school options. It may also be a good idea to contact the Alaska Attorney General and school licensing authority to find out if any complaints have been submitted against the colleges.
What is the Program's Job Placement Rate? There are a couple of useful statistics that you need to know about all of the physical therapy schools you are looking at. One is their graduation rate. A low rate might indicate that students left due to dissatisfaction with the program, the teachers, or both. Once the students have graduated, how many of them are being hired with the support of the college's job placement program, particularly in the Fairbanks AK area? If a program has a higher job placement rate, it suggests that its reputation within the healthcare community is good or perhaps outstanding. It also affirms that the college has a large network of contacts to help students obtain internships or jobs after graduation.
Does the College Prepare You For Licensing Requirements? It's imperative that the program you select furnishes both superior training and a course of study that satisfies the licensing requirements for Alaska or the state where you will be working. In each state a passing score is required on the National Physical Therapy Examination (NPTE) along with a degree from an accredited physical therapy program. Although licensing requirements differ state by state for PT and PTA graduates, a number of states require a minimum amount of clinical hours be performed and passing scores on supplemental exams.
Are Internships Sponsored? Find out if the physical therapist programs you are evaluating have associations with Fairbanks AK hospitals or clinics for internship programs. Not only are internships a great means to get hands on training in a clinical environment, they are also a requirement for most PT programs and state licensing. As a secondary benefit, they may help graduates and students establish professional relationships in the Fairbanks healthcare community and help with obtaining employment once licensed.
How Large are the Classes ? Unless you are the type of student that prefers to sit far in the back of class or get lost in the crowd, you will undoubtedly prefer a small class size. Smaller classes allow for more individual participation and one-on-one instruction. Ask the physical therapy schools you are reviewing what the typical teacher to student ratio is for their classes. If practical you may want to monitor one or more classes before making your ultimate determination. This will also give you an opportunity to converse with some of the instructors and students to get their opinions regarding the physical therapy program also.
Where is the College Located? For many students, the physical therapist college they decide on will have to be within travelling distance of their Fairbanks AK residence. Students who have opted to attend online classes obviously will not have to concern themselves with the location of the campus. However, the availability of local internships will be of importance. Something to consider is that if you decide to enroll in a program that is out of state or perhaps out of your local area, you might be required to pay a higher tuition. State colleges usually charge higher tuitions for out of state residents. And community colleges typically charge a higher tuition to those students that live outside of their districts.
Is Financial Help Offered? Most DPT colleges provide some type of financial aid to their potential students. Inquire if the schools you are examining have a financial assistance department and see what kind of help is offered. At a minimum they should help in getting a student loan or any grants you might be eligible for. A number of physical therapist schools provide scholarships, while others offer work programs. So before eliminating a program because the tuition is too expensive, learn what financial assistance may be available.
Can the Program Accommodate your Schedule? And last you need to verify that the physical therapist program you ultimately choose can furnish the class schedule you need. This is particularly essential if you decide to continue working while you attend school. If you need to schedule evening or weekend classes in the Fairbanks AK area, check that they are available. If you can only attend part-time, verify if that is an alternative and how many credit hours or courses you would need to carry. Also, learn what the procedure is for making up any classes that you might miss due to work, illness or family emergencies.
Enroll in the Right Fairbanks Physical Therapist School
Selecting the right physical therapist school is a necessary first decision you have to make to begin a fulfilling career in the health care field. As we have addressed in this article, the PT or DPT degree program and school you choose should both have excellent reputations and be accredited. But there are other critical questions that you need to ask regarding your college of choice as well. As you begin your search for a physical therapy school keep in mind that a number of variables will lead you to your final decision. You may decide to go to each of the campuses to view their facilities and talk to active DPT students. While there, ask yourself this critical question: will this program help me accomplish my goal of becoming a licensed practicing physical therapist? By adhering to our list of additional questions, you will be able to narrow down the field so you can make the right choice. And with the necessary training and education, you can fulfill your dream to become a practicing physical therapist in Fairbanks Alaska. | <urn:uuid:93c0cdf5-ab12-47af-9162-6bf94a3bb269> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ptcareersedu.info/alaska/fairbanks/physical-therapy-degrees.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572408.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816151008-20220816181008-00679.warc.gz | en | 0.96017 | 2,592 | 1.664063 | 2 |
Carol asked: We have a Brita water cooler. We reuse the bottle by filling it up with tap water. There is a brown film on the bottom of the bottle. How can we clean the bottle?
Any growth inside of the water bottle is a sign that unwanted germs and mold have become trapped and made themselves a new home. While it is easiest to replace the bottle with a new one, it may be possible to remove this brown crud with a few creative “scrubbers.”
You Will Need:
- Bleach or dish soap
- Lemon juice
- Baby bottle scrubber
- Soft cloth
Steps to Remove the Growth:
- Choose a cleaning product from the above list, either dish soap or bleach (or both) to begin cleaning the bottle and killing whatever is growing inside.
- Fill the bottle about ¼ full with water and add a small amount of dish soap and/or bleach.
- Swish the water around by shaking and swirling the container.
- It may be necessary to add something to the water to produce some friction on the surface of the bottle.
- Rice or crushed ice can be poured into the water and then swirled/shaken to allow it to scrub against the surface and remove the growth.
- If the bottle is small, a baby bottle brush may be inserted through the neck and bent to clean the sides and area leading up to the opening.
- If the opening is large enough, drop a dish cloth into the container and swish it around.
- If using salt, it’s best to use it with just a little bit of lemon juice (no water, or the salt will dissolve). Swish it around and allow the salt to scrape the growth from the surface.
- Once the build-up is removed, rinse the bottle thoroughly to remove any cleaning residue.
- Keep a close eye on the bottle as the growth will likely return.
- Clean it promptly before it contaminates the water.
Additional Tips and Advice
- If you’re really feeling creative, attach some sponges to a bent wire hanger for an extended brush.
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Jails have emerged as a key focal point of the struggle against mass incarceration. Several trends are in motion at the same time. In jurisdictions like New York and Los Angeles, grassroots-led struggles have closed facilities and blocked others from being built. By contrast, in many rural areas, local authorities are manipulating the opioid crisis and bail reform into a jail-building platform.
But another important trend has captured far less attention. In a number of cities and counties, struggles against building jails have morphed into popular campaigns to create new non-carceral facilities designed and operated by community members.
In Atlanta, the Solutions Not Punishment Collaborative (SNaP Co.), a Black trans and queer-led group, is aiming to build popular power to “force systematic divestment from the prison-industrial complex and [direct] investment in the services and supports” that benefit the community. Since 2013, the Collaborative has won several reforms, including halting arrests for small amounts of marijuana and eliminating some 40 “broken-windows policing” ordinances. These changes helped cause a drop in the population of the city’s jail, the Atlanta City Detention Center (ACDC). Originally designed to hold 1,100 people, by mid-2019, less than 100 were in the jail. Current Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms recognized the declining viability of the facility and signed legislation to close the ACDC in May 2019.
The closure of the jail came simultaneously with a community-driven proposal to convert it into a multipurpose social service facility, addressing the needs of formerly incarcerated people, those without houses, and other marginalized sectors of the community. Since fall 2019, with the support of Mayor Bottoms, community members have been actively participating in a task force to drive a process called Reimagining ACDC, which has hosted town halls for formerly incarcerated people, LGBTQ folks, as well as the general public to conceptualize the redesign and repurposing of the jail. The task force will culminate its work this spring, then face the next stage of pressing city officials into action.
While the current mayor has expressed a great support for Reimagining ACDC, the key to success lies in the ability of formerly incarcerated women like Marilynn Winn, director of Women on the Rise in Atlanta, as well as SNaP Co. and other grassroots forces to keep up the political pressure for change.
In this interview, Winn discusses how the campaign to repurpose the Atlanta City Detention Center developed and what lessons other cities can learn from this historic example.
Ivie Osaghae: Tell us about yourself and how you got into this work.
Marilynn Winn: I got into this work because I’m formerly incarcerated. I’ve been in juvenile [detention], jail and state prison. I’ve been tied up in the legal system since I was 6 years old. It about makes me cry every time I think about it. I’ve been tied up in [the] legal system since I was 6 years old.
I do this work for women like me. I really didn’t have a choice. After prison, I really couldn’t have a life because of society’s rules and regulations against formerly incarcerated people, so I got into this work to change that, starting with “ban the box” on job applications so I could get a decent job. We won “ban the box” in Georgia and I just kept going. I realized all the stuff that the system had done and what needed to be changed. I’ve been doing this work for about 10 years now.
What do you think is the most important thing people should know about the campaign to close the jail in Atlanta?
I think the most important thing people need to know is that formerly incarcerated women of color closed this jail — that’s historic, never heard of before.
The work to close and repurpose the jail isn’t being done by the white developers that are only interested in making money. It’s done by people that have been impacted by the jail to get all our folks the services that they need so they don’t have to go to jail, so they don’t have to have a record.
And now Black and Brown people who have been preyed upon by the system — folks who have been depressed and oppressed, walked on, racially profiled, criminalized — can see our work and think, “Wow, if they can do this, we can, too!” That is one of the most important things to me. For people to see this campaign and think, “I don’t have to settle for less in life. I’m deserving of this.” That is one of the most important things to me — for people to be encouraged by the work that we do.
Some people went to that jail for traffic violations. They never had a record, [but] they lost jobs, they lost homes, they lost a lot of things because they were just too poor to pay a fine. So some people lost a lot.
They lost time. They lost their livelihood.
Right. And now that jail will be turned into a facility where people can get the services they need and not have to go to jail or get a record. Can you imagine?
So it’s also about ending “broken windows” policing and repealing the ordinances that landed people there. We need to ensure that closing the jail changes how police are policing and that people no longer have to go to jail because they’re ill, because they’re drug addicted, because they’re uneducated and all of that stuff. And that’s why most of us go and continue to go.
Some of our previous campaign wins include reclassifying marijuana offenses because we had people sitting in jail for a roach [the butt of a marijuana cigarette] — for a 12-month sentence and a $1,000 fine in the city jail! We also worked to get rid of 40 other broken windows ordinances we have in the city. But we still have about 40 more to go, so folks need to understand we’re taking a holistic view of this, it’s about invest/divest, it’s about decarcerating our city.
Tell me about what led up to the campaign.
It’s been a long road building up to this campaign and a lot of the history is tied up in the history of our sister organization, Solutions Not Punishment Collaborative. It really seems like it was all divine order now.
Our previous mayor [Kasim Reed] tried to banish sex workers from the city of Atlanta. So Xochitl Bervera, director of the Racial Justice Action Center and I said, “No, we can’t let that happen. These women live in these communities and they have kids. How can they ban a person from the community they live in?”
Soon we found out that it was trans women from Buckhead that they were trying to ban from the city of Atlanta. So that’s how we linked up with folks from the trans community, including Trans(forming) and La Gender, Inc.
We didn’t have a name then. But Mayor [Reed] actually helped with that. He said, “Y’all don’t want nobody to go to jail so y’all need to find a solution to this because otherwise, we’re passing the ordinance for people to go to jail.” So we started saying, “We want solutions, not punishment!” And so that’s how we got the name and formed Solutions Not Punishment Collaborative, or SNaP Co.
We defeated the ordinance and went on to establish the Atlanta/Fulton County Pre-Arrest Diversion Initiative. We did a lot of work. But we won it and made up our minds that everything we did was going to divert people from going to ACDC.
Then we met the current mayor, Keisha Lance Bottoms. She was on [the] city council at the time and fought with us there. But when she started running for mayor, she realized she couldn’t win without us. We told her that if she took up criminal justice reform — including bail reform and did something in the first 100 days of her being mayor — we’d support her and push others to support her. And she became mayor and got bail reform done in 100 days. So after fighting with us, she became part of us.
But when I launched the campaign and first started talking about it, people thought I was “crazy.”
We didn’t know how we were going to do it, but I’m a straightforward person, so my thought was to just go in and bulldoze my way in. I said, “I’m just gonna meet with all these councilmembers and see which one is going to take this on.” And we found a councilmember that had no problem taking it on, Councilmember Matt Westmoreland.
What do you think other cities need to know?
What I think other cities need to learn is how to replicate this model. Understand that jail does not work. It just does not work.
Jail creates more problems and even introduces people to new crimes. People need services. Anytime a person keeps going to jail, there’s something else wrong, right? People don’t like being locked up in cages. So something else is wrong. Cities need to find a way to support people finding a new way of life, a sustainable life. I think other cities and states need to look at why are they locking up folks, especially for these petty crimes, and then start moving away from relying on incarceration.
What’s next for Women on the Rise?
We’re going to keep doing the things we do! After closing the jail, there’s nothing else to do but to start trying to change some of these laws to break the barriers so people can really enjoy their lives. Record redemption would be that piece, so that’s our next campaign.
Through statistics and personal experience, I know that if a person hasn’t committed a crime in 10 years, they’re not likely to commit another one. They served their time, completed their sentence, are off of parole, yet they keep getting punished. It’s like they have a life sentence, only they’re not incarcerated.
What I mean is that I know some people who haven’t committed a crime since they were 17 or 18 years old and they’re my age now, and they still cannot move into a house for seniors or lease an apartment because of their record. It’s just not fair. I know people who work and they live in efficiencies, hotels, and all of their money is going to rent because they have to pay weekly more than what it would cost to rent a nicer apartment.
So we’re actually going to work in collaboration with Georgia Justice Project and the Southern Center for Human Rights on getting some legislation passed around petitioning the courts for expungements and having some offenses automatically expunged. But I want to be sure that things aren’t just expunged — I want to be sure that no one can see that record, that it goes away just like bad credit goes away after time. Did you know that you can owe millions of dollars but if you file bankruptcy, after seven years all that credit goes away? It really goes away! After that period, you can start to rebuild and renew your credit. It’s just like you never had it before. So that’s what I would like for record redemption to be.
A fresh start. So that’s what I’m hoping for and pushing for. After closing the jail and repurposing it into a Center for Wellness and Freedom that truly serves our communities, we need to start restoring people’s lives.
So that’s the next thing for Women on the Rise — and anything else that needs to be done along the way, we’ll pick it up and work on it and kept it moving, just like we’ve been doing.
This interview has been lightly edited for clarity and length.
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Daily News / A Chronicle of the day 1988 № 19 In the song, music, dance.
AnnotationThe First International Folklore Festival in Moscow: presentation of musical, dance ensembles of the USSR (the Union Republics), from Kampuchea, Mongolia, France, China, Cuba, England.
Arbat street, filled with people - MS.
The Arbat playing folk group of farmers from the village of Penza Kanevka (synchronous) - Various.
Viewers - MS.
People are walking along the Arbat - MS.
The building on the Arbat, hitting the window - MS.
The opening of the 1st International Folklore Festival on Fountain Square Central Park
Gorky - MS.
Check out the festival with a logo on the psaltery player - MS.
Are the members of the festival - MS.
Participants of the festival receives flowers Minister of Culture of the USSR Zakharov, a member of the Central Committee of the CPSU E.K.Ligachevu, Chairman of the Moscow City Council Roly-Poly - MS.
Parade participants of the festival, held folklore ensembles from Karelia, Uzbekistan, Moldova, Greece, etc. (From all the republics of the Soviet Union and many other countries) - MS.
They stand and applaud the participants of the festival - MS.
Pass, dancing, folklore ensembles from different republics and countries - MS., CU.
Close-up face of a gypsy girl.
Among the participants of the festival takes place People's Artist of the USSR singer Maria Mordasova - MS.
Belarusian dance - CU.
Kyrgyz dance - CU.
Dancing with Turkmens Englishwoman - CU.
American Indians dancing with the ensemble of the Far North - CU.
Turkmen girls dancing and Kuban Cossacks - MS.
African dance and Chukchi - MS.
Dancing girl from Belarus and Uzbek - MS., LS.
Dance festival participants of the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic - MS., LS.
Musician playing trembita - CU.
Participants of the festival in Gorky Park Green Theater.
Gorky - LS., MS.
From the stage to the participants of the festival becomes the mistress of singer Ludmila Rumina (synchronously) - MS.
The girl with bread and salt - MS.
Sale of wooden handicrafts - MS., PNRM.
On the stage of the Green Theater dancers perform from Tajikistan and Cambodia - are different.
Lithuanian and Mongolian dance ensembles - different.
Chukotka ensemble performs with the band of Indians from the State of Montana - different.
Dance Uzbeks and Czechs - different.
On stage, Bulgarian folk ensemble - different.
Applaud the guests of the festival - MS.
Together with Georgian dancers perform Spanish dancers - different.
The ensemble of the city of Belgorod performs with dancers from France - different.
Total walking round the festival in the evening, all dancing - LS., MS.
Participants Folk Festival in Red Square - MS.
Laying a wreath to the Lenin Mausoleum - MS., LS.
Wreath - CU.
Participants of the festival held on Red Square - MS.
Parade of the festival on the streets of Moscow.
Dancing guests from Cambodia, Cuba, China - MS.
The girl with the harp - MS.
Chukchi dance ensembles and English - different.
Applauding audience - different.
Parade participants of the festival in Izmailovo Park.
It takes a delegation of Russian folk ensembles - MS.
Participants of the festival play around them - different.
Nanai dancing - LS.
Nanai shaman view of the burning fire - MS.
Acts of Khanty-Mansi folklore ensemble - MS.
Collector of the Khanty-Mansi folklore writer talks about Yuvan Shestalov folk festival "Bear Games" (synchronous) - LS., MS.
Listen to visit from Czechoslovakia - MS.
Dance soloist ensemble Khanty-Mansiysk - MS.
A man in a mask - MS.
In the cauldron boil bear's meat - CU.
See the spectators - CU.
Czechoslovak guests are given refreshments - boiled bear meat.
Holiday hosts and guests around the campfire - LS., PNRM.
Wooden idol - CU.
Dance around the fire - LS., PNRM.
Boating - LS.
Fireworks - MS.
On stage are the different ensembles - MS.
Dancing girl from Kyrgyzstan - LS.
PNRM. the building of hotel "Russia» - MS.
Acts Uzbek folk ensemble - LS.
Kuban Cossack dancing - LS.
Speaker Ensemble from Belgorod - MS.
Interview soloist of the ensemble (synchronously) - CU.
Folklore festival "Summer in Kolomna" - women for weaving looms, the women spun into yarn - MS., CU.
Dancing Ensemble of Cambodia - MS.
Canadian farmers are dancing - MS., CU.
Play Turkmen and Chinese musicians - MS.
Women lay tables - different.
Cossack woman talks about the rituals and songs of the Cossacks (synchronously) - CU.
Various ensembles show wedding ritual dances and songs:
Cossack wedding, spanish wedding, gypsy wedding, Hutsul wedding - different.
About the folk song singer tells L.Ryumina (synchronously) - MS.
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Book: Devin and the Greedy Ferret by Leo B. Kennedycategories: Book, Autism, Ferrets, Middle Grade Fiction, Car Racing, Children's Humor, Tween Fiction, Chapter Book, Autistic Author, Children's Fiction
Leo B. Kennedyabout this book: I'm a young man on the autism spectrum, and this is my first book. It's a chapter book for kids, and the story is fast-paced and funny. The characters don't explicitly have autism, but the book still shows a unique autistic voice that comes through the characters. There are no other fiction books for kids (that I could find) written by someone with autism. There are plenty of books by parents struggling with their autistic kids, and non-fiction books by adults on the spectrum. And now, it's really popular to write fiction from the supposed perspective of someone with autism. These are all well and good, but what if every book written about African-Americans was written by a white person? People would be outraged!
Well, here is a unique book, and having your kids read this book will do more for their understanding of people with autism – their talents, quirks, etc. – than reading all the non-fiction books on it in the world. Plus, if you are the parent of a child with autism, or you have a family member on the spectrum, I hope you will see me as a role model, to show that we autists can be successful, too!
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As has been well documented, Obamacare is destructive to Americans on several fronts: economically, medically, Constitutionally, ethically, and otherwise. This government takeover of America’s health care system (mislabeled as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or PPACA) must be stopped. And therein may lie the one positive side effect of this misguided law: it unites Americans as never before, in an effort to reverse Obamacare as quickly as possible.
Nowhere is such determined collaboration seen more clearly than in the new book Why Obamacare is Wrong for America, written by four of today’s leading health policy experts and published by Broadside Books (an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers). This weekend, the four co-authors—Grace-Marie Turner of the Galen Institute, Jim Capretta of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, Tom Miller of American Enterprise Institute, and Heritage’s Bob Moffit—appear together on BookTV to reveal the “lowlights” of their in-depth Obamacare analysis and share what real health care reform could look like moving forward. Their book forum presentation airs on C-SPAN2’s BookTV on Saturday, April 9, at 8:30 pm ET, and again on Sunday, April 10, at 2 pm ET.
“When the president talks about the new health law, he focuses almost exclusively on the early provisions—such as putting 26 year-olds on their parents’ policies, ‘free’ preventive care, and the high-risk pools. Many people think, ‘What was the big deal? Why are people so upset if that was all they’re doing?’” says lead author Grace-Marie Turner. “But we have to look beyond these selling points. Readers of our new book say that seeing the entire law’s impact laid out in a dozen chapters has opened their eyes to what this means for their personal health care, for their families, and for the future of our country and economy.”
They’re not the only ones taking notice of Why Obamacare is Wrong for America. The team at American Enterprise Institute recently hosted a briefing inside the United States Capitol for Members of Congress and their staff. More than 125 Capitol Hill staffers attended, while Congressional leaders including physicians Rep. Tom Price (R-GA) and Sen. John Barrasso (R-WY) gave their enthusiastic endorsement of the book.
Reviews from other leading analysts keep rolling in. Economist Robert Graboyes recently called this book, “The best one-stop shopping I’ve seen to understand the broad sweep of PPACA.” Graboyes serves as the senior health care advisor for the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), which represents small business owners nationwide. The Weekly Standard’s Bill Kristol says, “I’m such a fan of this book. It’s really an excellent statement of the case against Obamacare – which I think is the correct case in understanding Obamacare.”
Tune in this weekend for BookTV’s presentation featuring all four authors , and get your copy of Why Obamacare is Wrong for America at Amazon or your local bookseller. For more information, visit WrongForAmericaBook.com. | <urn:uuid:47a3a0ba-084f-42d5-bba6-d9e281ef3632> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://dailysignal.com/2011/04/07/co-authors-of-%E2%80%98why-obamacare-is-wrong-for-america%E2%80%99-on-to-appear-on-booktv/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279915.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00274-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950114 | 678 | 1.507813 | 2 |
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Until 1974, Pontypool formed the urban district of Pontypool in the old county of Monmouthshire (which in many instances was then considered part of England and not Wales). From 1974 until 1996, it was part of the district of Torfaen in the new county of Gwent. In 1996, Gwent was abolished as an administrative county, and the district became the county borough of Torfaen- a unitary authority (within the purely ceremonial, or preserved, county of Gwent).
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after more than three long years of legal wrangling, microsoft and caldera have agreed to settle their differences. in july 1996, caldera filed a us$1.6 billion suit against microsoft for anti-competitive practices against its dr-dos operating system in the early '90s.
according to cnet, the suit appeared to be settled for around $150 million, surprising some since the value wasn't larger.
in 1996, caldera purchased dr-dos from novell. caldera currently distributes a version of linux called openlinux.
whew! it's about time that the differences were settled. sure, it may have been less than 10% of the damages requested, but i bet caldera got tired of suing microsoft and probably needed an infusion of cash to boost up its linux distribution. suing a company costs money, and is an extreme distraction.
my guess is that caldera feels that the time is right for it to try to steal some glory from redhat and go house with its own linux distribution. | <urn:uuid:c87d531c-6eb9-4051-9b33-f1715f9fa75a> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.geek.com/news/microsoft-settles-with-caldera-566667/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281151.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00113-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968967 | 220 | 2.015625 | 2 |
This article reviews the literature on the environmental effects of anti-personnel land mines globally. Land mines represent an immediate environmental health problem. Between 60 and 70 million land mines are currently in place in over 70 countries. Designed to kill or main humans, including civilians, they injure an estimated 1, 200 persons and kill another 800 every week. Land-mine injuries tend to be serious; an estimated 300,000 persons worldwide have been disabled by them. The problem, politically very controversial, can be resolved only by preventing the further placement of mines, by demining of areas already mined, and by coping with the personal and environmental devastation that they have already caused. Environmental health personnel should be involved in promoting awareness of the problem, in improving services for land-mine victims, and in promoting political efforts to ban further use of land mines. | <urn:uuid:fdc16876-6658-460c-91f2-51e64a37854c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10926729/?dopt=Abstract | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571147.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810040253-20220810070253-00476.warc.gz | en | 0.952775 | 167 | 2.859375 | 3 |
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By Dick Pelletier
You enter the supermarket, grab an electronic cart that recognizes you from your touch, toss in some bags and begin shopping. The monitor on your ‘smart cart’ displays products, price, and total amount spent; and even subtracts items returned to the shelf.
As you wind through the aisles, the cart’s voice recognizes products you’re running low on, and offers special discounts just for you. When finished shopping, simply tap a ‘chipped’ finger indicating payment preference and walk out the door – no more lines or grocery clerks to deal with. On exit, select an option to deactivate or encrypt all chips, which protects your privacy by preventing evildoers from tracking you or your merchandise.
After putting items away at home, the milk might say, “I expire in nine days, would you like a 24-hour reminder”, or the hat you purchased may say, “Hey Dick, why not wear me now, you know how great I make you look”.
By 2012, experts believe the above scenarios could be happening at stores everywhere.
Milwaukee futurist David Zach agrees that voice-enabled chips will increase efficiency. Clothes could remark, “Don’t wash me with colors”; cars may cry out, “I need oil”, and a glass might tell the bartender, “he’s had enough”.
Wearable computer maker Vocollect believes their voice-enabled machines can team up with RFID (Radio Frequency ID) chips used to identify items, and create an enormous array of exciting applications.
RFID chips transmit information that identifies objects like food, drugs, clothing, cars, machines, and documents; even animals and people. Vocollect VP Larry Sweeney says, “Voice is good at directing people, while RFID is good at capturing data; together they make our lives more efficient”.
Voice-enabled ID chips are rapidly spreading to other industries too:
• IBM’s GPS Speech-Enabled Web Applications for Mobile Phones enables commuters to ask “When will the next bus arrive?” Their cell phone then responds in a clear voice, “Waiting time 5 minutes.” College students can ask how many machines are available at the Laundromat before making the trip; when parking, people can ask if there are any empty spaces before entering the lot; and web users can tell the system to identify incoming emails, or opt to have newsletters and articles read while walking or driving.
• Correctional facilities in California, Virginia, Michigan, Illinois, Ohio and Minnesota have installed RFID tracking systems to help reduce escapes. Last spring, Minnesota deployed a system at Lino Lakes that tracks the location of inmates 24/7. If a fight breaks out, guards quickly identify everyone involved. The system has already reduced disturbances.
• Chips implanted under the skin provide foolproof identity of who we are. Florida-based VeriChip makes an FDA-approved chip the size of a grain of rice that keeps Alzheimer’s patients and children from getting lost and prevents abductions of newborns from hospitals.
Future systems will start cars, unlock doors, and when connected to ‘glasses-cams’, will identify people we meet on the street. By 2020, these electronic marvels will provide genetic information to doctors and monitor our well being.
ID chips and voice recognition systems promise to revolutionize shopping experiences and provide an amazing “magical future” for our enjoyment.
This article will appear in various print media and blogs; comments welcome. See other published work by Dick at http://www.positivefuturist.com and click on the “published work” tab. | <urn:uuid:c68aff41-9e06-4ef7-9a3e-de9c144187d6> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.scenarioland.com/futureblogger/show/845 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721008.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00116-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.898903 | 810 | 2.21875 | 2 |
Try an example Simulink® project to see how the tools can help you organize your work.
Automobiles use electronics for control operations such as:
Organize your model into independently functional parts
You can use Simulink Projects to help you organize your work.
Partition a design when it becomes too complex for one person to know all of the details.
Defining the "interface" of a software component, such as a C or MATLAB® code function or a Simulink subsystem, is a key first step before others can use it, for these reasons: When you need to change an interface, doing so is much easier if the components are stored under configuration management.
Simulink projects can help you work with configuration management tools for team collaboration. | <urn:uuid:ff757f27-74af-4607-b7ab-797826890d9b> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.mathworks.com/help/simulink/large-scale-modeling.html?requestedDomain=www.mathworks.com&nocookie=true | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988722951.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183842-00209-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.868628 | 158 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Postprint version. Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science of the United States of America, Volume 85, Issue 20, October 15, 1988, pages 7457-7461.
Both mammalian and bacterial ferritin undergo rapid reaction with small-molecule reductants, in the absence of Fe2+ chelators, to form ferritins with reduced (Fe2+) mineral cores. Large, low-potential reductants (flavoproteins and ferredoxins) similarly react anaerobically with both ferritin types to quantitatively produce Fe2+ in the ferritin cores. The oxidation of Fe2+ ferritin by large protein oxidants [cytochrome c and Cu(II) proteins] also occurs readily, yielding reduced heme and Cu(I) proteins and ferritins with Fe3+ in their cores. These latter oxidants also convert enthetically added Fe2+, bound in mammalian or bacterial apo- or holo-ferritin, to the corresponding Fe3+ state in the core of each ferritin type. Because the protein reductants and oxidants are much larger than the channels leading into the mineral core attached to the ferritin interior, we conclude that redox reactions involving the Fe2+/Fe3+> components of the ferritin core can occur without direct interaction of the redox reagent at the mineral core surface. Our results also suggest that the oxo, hydroxy species of the core, composed essentially of Fe(O)OH, arise exclusively from solvent deprotonation. The long-distance ferritin-protein electron transfer observed in this study may occur by electron tunneling.
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The PCC of St Wulfran’s Church wants publicly to recognise the climate and environmental emergency and, along with the wider church, commit ourselves to a series of actions that aim to reduce our negative impact on the environment and to work towards achieving Carbon Net Zero by 2030.
An Environmental Group has been set up which will meet at least four times a year with the purpose of ensuring continual improvement and progress against our environmental commitments. St Wulfran’s PCC, as part of our strategy for successful implementation, will provide support and financial assistance where appropriate.
Our 10 Environmental Policy Commitments
Our commitments are as follows:
1. We will through worship, prayer and ministry share the Good News of Jesus Christ, and as part of this, actively promote good environmental stewardship and care for all creation. In our ministry to young people and families we will include teaching about the protection and love of the environment;
2. By September 2021 we will seek to achieve the Bronze Eco Church standard and we will progress to the Eco Church Silver standard by 2023;
3. We will replace our carbon heavy heating and lighting systems by 2023 with more efficient solutions running, exclusively, on renewable energy sources;
4. We will review our investments and energy suppliers to support our intentions to disinvest from fossil fuels, protect the environment and promote social justice;
5. We will maintain and, where possible, improve the environmental sustainability of our buildings to reduce their dependency on bought energy and wasteful use or leakage of water;
6. We will continue to manage the churchyard, Daphne’s Field and the woodland copse in such a way that we encourage the flourishing of wildlife. Where appropriate we will commission studies to enable us to better conserve and enhance biodiversity of flora and fauna;
7. We will reduce the pollution, we cause, by seeking to ensure that our purchasing of products and food meets the LOAF principles (Locally-sourced, Organically-grown, Animal-friendly and Fair-traded) and that where possible journeys to and from church and church related meetings are made using car-sharing, by public transport, by cycle or on foot;
8. We will explore ways in which we can encourage members of our church to contribute to this agenda both at church and in their own lives. In addition to principles set out in the proceeding commitments, reduction, re-use, repair and recycling will be strongly encouraged.
9. We will work with local village and community groups to promote a sustainable environmental approach;
10. We will seek to be informed of national and local initiatives and to work with other churches locally, in the city and wider afield on how we can best respond to the climate crisis and protect the integrity of creation.
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When you’re considering purchasing antivirus software for your MacBook Pro, you might ask yourself if you really need it. After all, aren’t Macs immune to viruses, malware, or other forms of digital threats? The answer to that question is “no.” MacBook Pros are indeed vulnerable to viruses, malware, and other risks in the digital landscape. Read on to learn how antivirus software can protect it.
Macs (Including MacBook Pros) Are Hacker Targets
When Macs first came on the market, their install base was quite small. So, it wasn’t worth hackers’ time to create viruses for them. That’s changed. Macs (including MacBook Pros) are popular, and the number of Mac users is constantly growing.
Mac users still believe their computers can’t possibly be targeted because outside of security organizations, viruses for Macs don’t appear in the wild. That belief won’t protect them from security issues inherent in third-party apps that enable hackers to infiltrate their computers and steal vital information. Antivirus software protects Macs and the information stored on them from these attacks.
[Read also: Top 10 Myths About Computer Viruses]
Antivirus Offers More Than Just Mac Protection
There might not be that many viruses written for Macs. However, that doesn’t mean MacBook Pros are invulnerable to threats written for other platforms.
Your MacBook Pro could actually fall prey to a virus or malware written for a machine running Windows or Linux. Even if the threat won’t run on your computer because of the platform discrepancy, it still isn’t good for those programs to take up space on your computer.
Moreover, a threat intended for Windows or Linux that finds its way onto your MacBook Pro could use your computer as a way station to infect another computer. It could weasel its way into an email or onto a USB stick, and then wreak havoc on another system. Your friends, family, and coworkers with computers that run Linux and Windows definitely won’t appreciate it if you’re the one to give them a virus.
Built-in Security Isn’t Good Enough
Another reason that Mac users persist in believing that their computers won’t fall prey to viruses is because Apple builds in security programs to every device (including the MacBook Pro). However, that built-in security isn’t enough. Tests have shown Apple’s programming doesn’t protect against malware and other threats.
Your MacBook Pro was an investment. In order to keep it safe, you need the best antivirus for a MacBook Pro on the market.
You Are the Weakest Link
You may remember the TV show “The Weakest Link,” hosted by Ann Robinson. Her favorite phrase to say to losing contestants was, “You are the weakest link. Goodbye!”
Love or hate the show, Robinson’s catchphrase applies to computer security. Users (those with MacBook Pros) are only human. And as a result, they make errors that frequently jeopardize their computers’ safety.
Hackers rely on humans’ capacity for making mistakes. They’ve developed tricks such as social engineering and phishing to dupe unwitting computer users into downloading files that will harm their machines.
All it takes is one click on the wrong link or opening up an email with a suspicious attachment to download a file that will infect your MacBook Pro. Antivirus software can detect and repair threats, and it’s a set-and-forget software, so you don’t even have to think about it.
Antivirus Software Won’t Slow Down Your Computer
One of the reasons MacBook Pro owners hesitate running antivirus software on their computers is because they’re worried it will slow them down. That’s the last thing they want, given as they’ve invested in a machine built for performance.
High-quality antivirus software won’t slow down your computer. Its goal is to run in the background unobtrusively, so you don’t notice it. Again, antivirus software protects your investment. You wouldn’t buy a Lamborghini without purchasing insurance, so don’t neglect to do so for your MacBook Pro.
When you purchase a MacBook Pro, you intend to use it for years. As such, you should take precautions to protect it from threats, such as running antivirus software. In the short and long term, you’ll be glad you did when your computer continues to run, regardless of what digital threats lurk online.
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Early diagnosis of Equine Metabolic Syndrome (EMS) is an important area of study especially considering one of the first signs can be laminitis, a serious and sometimes life-ending condition.
Catching EMS in its initial stages can facilitate early intervention with an appropriate exercise and diet plan to reduce the chances of laminitis developing.
In the first study of its kind, researchers at Gluck Equine Research Center at the University of Kentucky and the University of Guelph have been collaborating to find out if there are changes in the intestinal microbiota of horses afflicted with EMS. It is known that humans with metabolic disorders have these changes so the researchers set out to compare 10 horses with EMS to 10 horses in a control group by analyzing fecal microbiota with next-generation sequencing of DNA.
Ontario Veterinary College researcher Dr Scott Weese said: “The study revealed a decrease in the fecal microbial diversity for the EMS horses as well as differences in the overall community structure when compared to the metabolically normal control group of horses.”
Both groups of horses were of comparable age and fed a similar all-forage diet for at least two months before sampling. Links have been made between obesity and lower microbial diversity in human, dog and horse studies but there is still much to learn about optimal values for diversity. With more research toward understanding the changes in microbiota and what influences these changes, it is possible this technology will be used in the future to help in management of syndromes such as EMS.
“Every horse owner wants their horse to enjoy the best quality of life through all their years,” says Dr. Robert Tremblay, Bovine/Equine Specialist at Boehringer Ingelheim Canada. “For more ways to spot the early signs of diseases and illnesses use Equine Guelph’s Senior Horse Challenge online tool. This interactive quiz will help horse owners to learn more about health challenges facing senior horses and gives ways to recognize signs of metabolic syndromes.”
For more information on the signs of metabolic syndromes including EMS, visit Equine Guelph’s Senior Horse Challenge healthcare tool. | <urn:uuid:c779e9a3-86fa-4cf5-ab8a-11dd3888357a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.horsetalk.co.nz/2016/09/10/researchers-guts-equine-metabolic-syndrome/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572581.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816211628-20220817001628-00068.warc.gz | en | 0.938079 | 442 | 3.03125 | 3 |
Tropical Storm Dorian, the fourth named storm of the 2013 season, formed this morning in the far eastern Atlantic Basin, packing 50 mph maximum sustained winds, according to the National Hurricane Center.
The current five day forecast shows Tropical Storm Dorian making its way from its current location about 410 miles west-southwest from the Cape Verde Islands westward toward the Lesser Antilles region Sunday into Monday as a tropical storm.
What does it mean for the Garden State? Nothing now. Just something to watch.
Closer to home, forecasters are watching a surface low pressure system about 500 miles east of Bermuda that is currently projected to move northwestward to northward at 10 to 15 mph over the next couple of days. The National Hurricane Center gives this disturbance only a 20 percent chance of becoming a tropical cyclone over the next 48 hours.
Depending on the behavior and movement of the system near Bermuda, which all models showing staying far away from New Jersey, it could send a ground swell toward the coast.
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IMPREX will be working with effects and extremes to improve weather and climate forecasts and future high-resolution meteorological images of extreme weather events such as flooding and drought. The project includes both global and regional climate modelling. Researchers at SMHI will make high-resolution scenarios for different areas in Europe using their HARMONIE model.
IMPREX is coordinated by the Dutch weather service KNMI and there are more than twenty European institutions involved apart from SMHI, including the European meteorological institute ECMWF. The project is funded by the EU's Horizon 2020 research programme. | <urn:uuid:4f38806a-501a-4659-8498-d6f831ebfda0> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.smhi.se/en/research/research-departments/climate-research-rossby-centre2-552/imprex-effects-and-extremes-1.97799 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560285001.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095125-00303-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935947 | 116 | 1.9375 | 2 |
The crude petroleum and natural gas industry / prepared in the Mining, Metallurgical and Chemical Section, Industry and Merchandising Division, Dominion Bureau of Statistics.: CS26-213-PDF
This report covers companies in the oil and gas exploration, development and production industry. It presents data on employment, payroll, production, disposition, exports and imports and the number of establishments. It provides details on wage earners, as well as statistics on reserves, drilling completions, exploration development and other geological and geophysical operations. It also includes definitions, a data analysis and a bibliography.
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|Department/Agency|| Canada. Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Mining, Metallurgical and Chemical Section. |
Canada. Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Mineral Statistics Section.
Canada. Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Industry Division.
Canada. Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Energy and Minerals Section.
Canada. Dominion Bureau of Statistics. Manufacturing and Primary Industries Division.
Statistics Canada. Energy and Minerals Section.
Canada. Statistics Canada. Energy Section.
Canada. Statistics Canada. Manufacturing and Primary Industries Division.
|Title||The crude petroleum and natural gas industry / prepared in the Mining, Metallurgical and Chemical Section, Industry and Merchandising Division, Dominion Bureau of Statistics.|
|Variant title||Industrie du pétrole brut et du gaz naturel 1969-1996|
|Language||Bilingual-[English | French]|
|Continues|| The crude petroleum industry in Canada ; 1944-1948. |
The natural gas industry in Canada ; 1931-1948.
|Continued by||Oil and gas extraction ; 1703-4930 1481-4218 ; 1997-2007.|
|Note(s)|| Digitized edition from print [produced by Statistics Canada]. |
Vols. for 1949-1957 called also v. 1-part 1-H-1 - v. 1-part 1-I-1.
Issues for 1963-1964 not published.
Text in English only, 1949-1968; text in English and French, 1969-1996.
Issued 1953-1956 by Mineral Statistics Section; 1957-1960 by Industry and Merchandising Division; 1961-1962 by Industry Division; 1965-1968 by Energy and Minerals Section; 1969 by Manufacturing and Primary Industries Division; 1970-1978 by Statistics Canada, Manufacturing and Primary Industries Division; 1979, 1984-1996 by Energy Section; 1980-1983 by Energy and Minerals Section.
Merger of: The crude petroleum industry in Canada; and, The natural gas industry [CS26-D-29]
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A winter warfare training in Germany during World War II. A few men on a snow covered area. A German General and a few officers standing in front of a building. German troops moving in columns on the snow covered ground. The General and military personnel walking on the snow. The troops fire and advance on the snow covered ground during a winter warfare training session. The General shakes hands with the officers.
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There is a lot of misinformation surrounding the biblical Exodus. It ranges from spurious accounts of Mount Sinai being located in Saudi Arabia all the way to a complete dismissal as Hebrew mythology. In the Biblical narrative we have an enduring tradition that forms the basis for the majority of the world’s monotheistic religion. It deserves more respect than a dismissive waving of the postmodern hand or the wild irresponsible claims by untrained glory hounds. It may seem an incredible tale. Indeed the Bible records that the Israelites supernaturally received water from a rock and daily manna from the sky. Incredible as this is, protesting a lack of pottery is to not respect what the text says. This is, after all, an account of God’s work, not a secular history. However, we do have evidence. We should perceive the account to have historic and linguistic verisimilitude. Through archeological, historical, etymological and geographic research one can by logical induction discern that the Biblical text reflects historical veracity not legendary fabrication.
The Exodus account and wilderness journey is foundational to the truth claims of Judaism and Christianity. For the believer, it is not merely the inerrancy doctrine at stake; it is the character and deity of Jesus Christ. Jesus boldly proclaimed “Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, and they died” (John 6:49). Clearly, Jesus affirmed the exodus account as true history. This creates a challenge for the Christian researcher because there is probably no other Biblical narrative more frequently undermined other than the Genesis creation account. Even amongst sincere believers there are conflicting theories being offered. Some are shamefully staged, while others are misguided. I contend that the Exodus account was a real event occurring in 1446 BC, that it can be inferred circumstantially in Egyptian records, and that the most plausible biblically consistent route is across the y’m su’p (reed sea) and down the western coast of the Sinai Peninsula into the mid-southern Sinai to the holy mountain and back up the Eastern side of the Sinai toward Kadesh-barnea and the Promised Land.
Please look to the top bar on this website and you will find a drop down menu Exodus Research with each section of my research. You may be surprised along the way but our journey through the desert will be a fruitful one. The evidence for the Exodus is not the typical pottery shards and bones yet it is compelling nonetheless. | <urn:uuid:855d2df0-b57c-420e-8d63-94899dd347ca> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.logosapologia.org/tag/james-hoffmeier/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280835.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00049-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936263 | 502 | 2.875 | 3 |
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Three years in the making, Africa’s tallest skyscraper has risen in the desert, 45 kilometres east of the Nile and the centre of Cairo.
The concrete structure of the 385-metre Iconic Tower was completed in June, and the steel structure is expected to be finished in August. The completed building is scheduled to be ready in the first quarter of 2022.
It will be the centrepiece among the 20 towers of the Central Business District (CBD) in the New Administrative Capital, a megaproject launched by Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi in 2015.
“This is a new era for Egypt – to enter into skyscrapers and super-tall buildings,” says Ahmed Al Banna, project manager for the CBD from Dar Al-Handasah, the designer and supervision consultant.
“The Iconic Tower itself will be the symbol and trademark for the new capital. It will show the seriousness of the government and the president to have a new capital with all the facilities.”
What is in the New Administrative Capital?
The new administrative capital – roughly the size of Singapore – is being designed as a high-tech, environmentally friendly city that includes a presidential compound, government ministries, offices, hotels, retail outlets, residential areas, sports facilities, schools and universities, a monorail, a giant park and the 35-kilometre Green River.
A main goal of the $45 billion project is to relieve congestion in Cairo, which is one of the world’s most crowded cities with a population of about 20 million, as well as create jobs and boost the economy.
The relocation of civil servants will begin in July and an official opening is planned for the end of this year, even though the first of three phases is not yet complete.
What is in the Central Business District?
The Central Business District is being built by China State Construction Engineering Corporation (CSCEC) with a $3.5 billion loan from China.
“The goal is for this to be a business hub for all of Egypt,” Khaled El Husseiny, spokesman for the New Administrative Capital, tells The National.
The budget for the 81-hectare district has now reached $3.85bn, according to Al Banna.
The Green River will flow through the Capital Park at the centre of the district. There will also be two crescent-shaped buildings that will include branded apartments and retail outlets.
“The CBD itself will be a complete city,” Al Banna says.
In addition to Iconic Tower, the 20 towers being built include 12 office buildings, five residential buildings and two hotels.
Concrete work on the office towers is complete and the facade work is about 70 per cent done, while skeletal work on the residential buildings and hotels is still in progress.
“Starting from the beginning of 2022, we will hand over some office towers two by two,” Al Banna says.
The residential buildings will also be handed over in 2022, but the Iconic Tower and two hotels will only be completely ready by the first quarter of 2023.
“The finished works will be very sophisticated,” Al Banna says. “The structure will be finished, but we have a lot of internal work until we hand over.”
What will the Iconic Tower be like?
Dar Al-Handasah, an architectural firm founded in Beirut in 1956 with a principal design centre in Cairo, began work on the Iconic Tower in May 2018, with construction starting in 2019.
The project is being jointly implemented by the Egyptian Ministry of Housing, Utilities & Urban Communities and CSCEC, one of the world’s largest contracting companies with about 1.62 trillion yuan ($250bn) revenue in 2020.
Built on an area of 65,000 square metres, the Iconic Tower – about half the height of the Burj Khalifa – will have 78 floors and two basement levels.
The first 40 floors will be offices, 10 will be branded apartments and 30 will be part of a five-star hotel.
There will be an observation deck on the 74th floor, where visitors can see the new capital at least 360 metres from the ground.
In comparison, the Cairo Tower – formerly the tallest building in Egypt and North Africa – is 187 metres. Elsewhere, the previous holder of the tallest building in Africa title is the 234-metre The Leonardo, a 55-floor, mixed-use property development in Johannesburg, South Africa.
What about the tower that was meant to be taller than the Burj Khalifa?
The Oblisco Capitale, a 1-kilometre tower in the shape of an Egyptian obelisk, was presented as a concept for the new capital, but it never came to fruition.
Ehab Mokhtar, managing director and chief designer at Idia Design, designed the tower at the request of El Nasr Housing & Development in 2017.
The visionary behind the project was Sayed Touba, the chief executive and chairman of the construction company, but he has since died.
The investment capital required was also a huge challenge and the Iconic Tower went ahead in the meantime.
“To have two towers at the same time coming up makes no sense for many stakeholders, so they decided to put this project on the side for a while,” Mokhtar said.
Although the project is on hold, Mokhtar said he hopes the architecture, which draws from both the Pharaonic and Art Deco styles, will inspire others.
He said the Central Business District is “more Dubai-like – which is good. But at the end of the day, it’s the new capital of Egypt, and Egypt is the source of inspiration for many things, so we should have something that shows our identity”.
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- Ultra-clear message for extremely hazardous areas
- Recognisable black and yellow colours with danger pictogram
- Attach to almost any surface without fixtures or fittings.
Death in the workplace is no doubt the greatest fear for all businesses. Whilst fatal accidents are thankfully a rare occurrence, they can still happen from time to time if proper precautions are not taken by both the employer and members of staff. If you are in charge of safety in a potentially dangerous working environment, such as one where strong electrical equipment is used, one where powerful machinery is present or one that contains extremely dangerous chemicals, make sure you warn your staff and visitors of the potential consequences associated with not respecting health and safety rules.
These danger of death signs display the most severe warning to all those that use your facility, encouraging them to take extreme caution. These signs immediately alert people to the severity of the potential danger, and usually discourage all but experienced professionals from entering high risk areas. The pictogram provided within the warning triangle is a universally recognised symbol representing the danger of death and the message is printed in bold text underneath for added emphasis.
Help protect your staff and visitors today by erecting danger signage around your workplace. You can easily fix these essential signs onto all sorts of backgrounds, including metal, wood and concrete surfaces. The strong adhesive option will stick to virtually any surface that is flat and dry. For fixing onto railings or fences, use cable ties for a firm hold that will stay in place even in extreme conditions.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt and Churchill meet with Chiang Kai-shek at Cairo conference.
Cairo Egypt Date:1943 Duration:4 min 28 sec Sound:Yes
American battleships underway in the sea. Globe shows Gilbert and Marshall Islands in Central Pacific. Men load shells aboard American ship. American bombers strafe Japanese targets on Tarawa Island. Marines land. Explosions on the Island. American soldiers fire rifles. American troops take cover and fire machine guns. Wounded and dead Japanese troops. American flag raised on Island. American troops celebrate victory. Franklin D Roosevelt and Churchill meet with Chiang Kai-Shek at Cairo. Leaders and Generals at Cairo conference.
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“Bio-Mass” is the “new” name for wood, grass, cows & other solar-powered life-forms (like you).
“Bio-Fuel” is the “new” name for methane, veggie-oil, ethanol (moonshine), & if you think about it – sugar.
All bio-mass & bio-fuels are Solar Energy in disguise. Plants can capture & store solar energy in the form of sugar & cellulose – a process that scientists call Photosynthesis. Animals can’t do that, so animals have to get their energy from eating plants (or from eating other animals that eat plants).
Bio-mass & bio-fuels have powered the world for many millions of years – and in much of the planet they still do. Wood & animal dung are used by billions of people every day.
It wasn’t that long ago that “buffalo pies” were an important fuel source in Eastern New Mexico and across the Great Plains.
Methane (CH3) is generated as a by-product of digestion as well as by the normal decomposition of organic material. Methane (natural gas) is highly flammable.
Methane is generated as organic garbage decomposes in land-fills. Some cities capture land-fill methane and use it to power turbines that generate electricity.
Methane is also a powerful Greenhouse Gas. It is 10X more effective at trapping heat than CO2, but it doesn’t last in the atmosphere nearly as long as CO2.
Large quantities of Methane are “stored” in perma-frost layers in the Arctic Tundra, and as Methane-hydrates deep in the ocean. As global warming increases land & sea temperatures, this stored Methane will begin to be released (it’s already happening!).
Ethanol is the type of alcohol that is found in wine, beer and whisky (moonshine). It’s made by fermenting grain or fruit and then, in the case of whisky, distilling the resulting liquid. Ethanol burns cleanly – it’s been used to power race-cars for a long time. In the US, most ethanol is made from corn. In Brazil, where ethanol is widely used in place of gasoline, it’s made from sugar-cane. There is a lot of work being done to commercialize the production of ethanol from the cellulose that is found in wood, grass & other non-food plant sources.
Gasoline & regular diesel fuel are the end-products of refining petroleum (crude oil). Bio-diesel is made from plant oils & animal fat. There are refueling stations in Albuquerque and in Santa Fe that supply bio-diesel. Some bio-diesel is made from re-cycled french-fry oil. In that case, the vehicle exhaust smells a bit like – – – – french fries!
Petroleum or crude oil is largely composed of the ancient remains of algae & similar organisms. In theory, we should be able to refine our own “oil” directly from algae, instead of waiting around for millions of years for Mother Nature to do it.
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Canada careers and jobs finder
Canada careers finder is a web portal giving information about plenty of careers available in Canada. All data displaying on this web portal are compiled by Statistics Canada and Employment and Social Development Canada and are made available by the Open Government Portal.
You can find informations about jobs either by navigating through the job list in Canada or by using the Jobs finder tool. With both options, once your desired job found, you will be able to apply online for the most of the jobs.
The careers finder tool will attempt to find the best career match for you. You will be invited to answer a series of questions which will allow the tool to build your profile. Once you will have answered to all the questions, the tool will suggest you the best found careers. To begin, click on the start button.Jobs Finder Tool
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When your doctor sends you to the lab for tests, the two of you hope to get back clues to your most important health issues. In the near future, there may be computers analyzing those test results in a new way — along with prescriptions, doctors' visit notes, and other electronic medical records — to better predict your health risks and customize your treatment. Working to develop accurate methods for this kind of big-data science is Mohsen Bayati of Stanford Graduate School of Business. A mathematician and engineer by training, he works with those trained in medicine to design and test algorithms for analyzing digitized medical data.
With enough records and carefully constructed algorithms, Bayati and others believe that we can have better health for the money spent on health care. That's because computers can harvest more knowledge about risk from electronic health records than humans alone can, and they can discover correlations more quickly than can be done now through controlled clinical studies. As aides to doctors and other medical professionals, these data analysis systems are expected to lead to more efficient, yet more customized, health care.
Using complex mathematical models, so far Bayati has learned that it is possible to improve the treatment of senior citizens hospitalized with congestive heart failure by better predicting who is likely to be rehospitalized within a month of discharge. In a study partially funded by Microsoft Research and the National Science Foundation, he was part of a team that looked for cost-effective ways to reduce the 30-day hospital readmission rate, which has been about 20% for this group of patients and costs about $14,000 for each readmission.
"We found that we can rank patients according to risk much more accurately than before by applying machine learning on digital data," he says of the 2009-2011 study at a large urban hospital in the U.S. "That means we can get quality improvements at less cost."
The idea, he says, is to move from "fee-for-service medicine to pay for performance. If you want to make pay for performance possible, the concept of assessing and adjusting risk becomes important, meaning the hospital needs to tell accurately which patient has a higher risk than other patients." Indeed, if only 20% of congestive heart failure patients need to be readmitted in a month, then providing such extra services to 100% of people with the condition is not cost-effective quality improvement and contributes to high medical bills for all.
Programs for reducing readmissions are not new, but they are more likely to be emphasized now that the Affordable Care Act promises hospitals financial incentives for reducing their readmission rates. Some hospitals have been able to reduce readmissions by having nurse teams provide more counseling at the time of discharge or by hiring medical professionals to visit discharged patients in their homes or phone them for follow-ups.
Other hospitals have learned to be more effective by developing a risk score from a small number of variables about the health status of patients. Patients with the highest risk scores then get added services to bring down their risk.
With machine analysis of patient records, thousands of variables can be used to calculate a patient's relative risk of being readmitted. Furthermore, the risk can be updated automatically every few minutes, based on any new test results or observations entered into the patient's record by a health care professional.
In a summary of their congestive heart failure research, Bayati and colleagues said: "Improvements in the accuracy of classifiers lead to greater selectivity in the application of programs and greater overall benefits to hospitals and patients." For example, by using the patient-specific decision analysis, in one case involving a treatment that cost about $1,300 but was effective only in about a third of patients, they were able to both reduce hospitalizations and save overall costs.
This particular research has been used by Caradigm, a joint venture by Microsoft and General Electric, in risk assessment software for hospitals. Other technology companies are also beginning to offer medical risk assessment software or services, but their methodologies differ and generally are not public, Bayati says. "I am continuing to research how we can do better."
Generating accurate risk assessments involves such complexities as accurately knowing the time lag between, say, a diagnosis of diabetes and starting drug A or the patient complaining to a doctor of a cardiovascular problem. Such sequential analysis of health-related events adds layers of complexity.
But even after coming up with a risk assessment based on these medical events, the job is not over.
"If you tell me the risk, then I want to know what I should do to lower it," Bayati says. That means a second research step with a new group of patients to make sure the recommendations suggested actually work to reduce various types of readmission. Another example is using electronic records to predict who is most at risk of acquiring an infection while hospitalized.
It's important to recognize that real-time decision analysis systems for guiding doctors would not yield net savings, he says, for interventions that are inexpensive and effective for large proportions of patients. In that case, the greatest efficacy and quality is achieved by giving the treatment to everyone identified with the diagnosis. Nor would it be effective for very expensive treatments that help only a few people who cannot be identified in advance of the treatment. In the heart failure population studied, however, the researchers found that for treatments with intermediate to higher costs and efficacies, a relative savings of nearly 10% could be achieved.
There are potential pitfalls, however, with correlations. Algorithms looking for relationships in data can be expected to find some relationships that aren't likely to be what they seem, Bayati says, and if not used judiciously, the results could lead to arbitrary discrimination against some patients, treatments, or health care organizations. "For example, in one of our studies on predicting general readmissions to the hospital, we discovered that 'cocaine test: negative' raises the likelihood that a patient will be readmitted. A subsequent inquiry revealed that clinicians usually only administer a cocaine screening if they had suspicions that a patient may be a drug abuser." Obviously then, avoiding cocaine should not be assumed to worsen your health.
Such examples help explain why human decisions will remain a critical component of health care for the foreseeable future, Bayati says, but they also point to the promise of teasing apart complexities that the best doctors and expensive clinical trials have not been able to find due to the smaller sample sizes of their experience.
Take, for example, antiplatelet therapy, which has proved to be very effective at reducing the risks of blood clots among patients who have had heart attacks. Yet, in a subgroup of diabetic patients, Bayati points out, the therapy actually increases the risk. Clinical trials are not large enough to find such effects but they can be found in large data sets. That is why the U.S. Food and Drug Administration hopes to use electronic medical records to find interactions between various diseases with drugs and various drugs with each other that were not possible to find in the trials conducted before a new drug is on the market.
This is an exciting time, Bayati says, to apply his background in building complex mathematical models to medicine. "We do think we can improve quality and also lower cost."
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Stress and Drinking
Studies indicate that many people drink as a means of coping with modern life and its accompanying economic stress, job stress and marital discord. Today’s fast-paced society offers little in the way of social support. While a drink after work or with dinner can be pleasurable and safe and is commonplace, people with excessive or chronic stress often drink to excess.
Whether an individual drinks to excess in response to stress appears to depend on early childhood experiences and the individual’s previous drinking behavior. Prolonged stress in infancy may permanently alter the hormonal stress response and subsequent reactions to new stressors, including alcohol consumption. Animal studies have helped us to understand the relationship between child-rearing and stress and vulnerability to alcohol abuse. Monkeys who were reared by peers, consume twice as much alcohol as monkeys who are mother-reared. Adult rats handled for the first three weeks of life demonstrate markedly reduced hormonal responses to a variety of stressors compared with rats not handled during this time.
In humans, Cloninger reported an association between certain types of alcoholism and adverse early childhood experiences. High levels of stress may influence drinking frequency and quantity. This relationship between stress and drinking even is stronger when alternative coping mechanisms and social supports are lacking. Finally, when individuals believe that alcohol will help to reduce the stress in their lives, alcohol is most likely to be used in response to stress. Drinking appears to follow stress but some evidence also links excessive drinking to the anticipation of a major stress or even during times of stress.
A clear association between stress, drinking behavior and the development of alcoholism in humans has yet to be established. Stress may be well understood from the point of view of brain events and hormonal response, but it appears that what is stressful to one person is not always stressful to another. Furthermore, stress response among people with a strong family history of alcohol dependence and also those with a personal history of alcohol dependence is not as similar as we might think to those without these risk factors.
Researchers have found that animals which have been bred to prefer alcohol rather than water have a different physiological response to stress than animals that do not prefer alcohol. Alcohol may be more reinforcing and “therapeutic,” making dependence more likely among the most vulnerable. While this is speculation, in the patient with alcohol dependence there often is a clearer connection between stress and alcohol relapse.
If you interview alcoholics who have relapsed, they often will describe chronic life stressors as causing their alcohol relapse. Stress makes relapse more likely when it cannot be controlled by the person because of their coping skills, additional psychiatric and physical problems, and lack of social support. Stress-related relapse is most likely among alcoholics who do not attend meetings or those who do not avoid people, places and things associated with their drinking.
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Eskom has once again run into problems meeting demand for electricity in South Africa. This comes as several of the utility’s demand side management subsidy programs have been discontinued due to a “lack of financial resources”. Large industrial companies have had to curtail their production costing the country in lost economic opportunity at a time when inflation, exchange rates and high level of government debt mean that we can ill afford loss of productivity.
Ultimately, although big business only is asked to reduce power, the effects are felt through the entire economy including the poor.
The situation further emphasizes Eskom’s funding dilemma and puts the spotlight back on the electricity price increases requested in the previous MYPD (multi-year price determination) applications – 16% y.o.y for 3 years. With Eskom’s business prospects heavily reliant on cost reflective tariffs, the public and the government are under pressure to raise prices or face the consequences of further blackouts or requests for curtailment – either route effecting the economy negatively. Cost reflective pricing however, would allow other technologies to be valued alongside the current power prices in a more equitable way. We have already seen that new solar power is cheaper than new coal.
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Posted on July 14, 2012, in Uncategorized and tagged boxes, Children, Doodlemum, Drawing, Family, Humour, Pen and Ink, Sketchbook. Bookmark the permalink. 5 Comments.
The classic toy which has been appreciated by generations. I guess before cardboard packaging then it was pots too. 🙂
Pretending – it’s wonderful.😀
The classic toy still appreciated even by big boys in long trousers. My older brother (then at 30+ years of age) put the cardboard box that had contained my 4 year old’s first cycle over his body (it was that big) and then ran round the garden like a lunatic. He looked like the cardboard box version of Big Bird from Sesame Street as all we could see were his hairy legs. He frightened half the kids at the birthday party and delighted the other half! Ah memories🙂
Until they hit the wall. Great drawing!
Ya tvoi sluga… ya tvoi rabotnik…
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A probabilistic model for tropical tree seed desiccation tolerance and storage classification
Knowledge of seed desiccation tolerance is fundamental for conservation and use of forest species. The protocol used for classification of seed desiccation tolerance and storage is time consuming and many times limited by the lack of information about optimum conditions for seed germination and treatments to overcome seed dormancy. This study evaluated 66 Brazilian tree species aiming to correlate seed characteristics with desiccation tolerance. For this purpose, a model was established to explain the relationship of tegument/seed mass ratio (SCR), seed mass, and water content of embryo + endosperm with desiccation tolerance. The principal component analysis showed the establishment of two groups, indicating the interaction between desiccation tolerance and seed characteristics. Recalcitrant seeds are more often associated with the water content of embryo + endosperm and water content of tegument + endocarp, while orthodox seeds are more associated with SCR and number of seeds per kilogram. The classification found using the model proposed was significantly correlated with desiccation tolerance and storage, with 92% confidence for the analyzed species. Seeds morphological characteristics can be used for prediction of desiccation tolerance and storage behavior; however, the use of a model that combines more variables increases the chance of accurate classification.
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“Build a community and reach out ”
Build a community and reach out — entrepreneurs have the opportunity to build innovative products and respond quickly to evolving market needs. If you are a woman founder or a mompreneur then this is the time for you! Today’s community is full of women who want to support each other and make connections. We’re passionate about helping each other succeed.
As a part of our series about “Why We Need More Women Founders”, I had the pleasure of interviewing Dee Diwan.
Dee Diwan is the founder and the heart brain behind Makemake Organics. Based in Tampa, Florida, Dee is the mother of a 5-year old and enjoys designing products that reflect her mom-run design company’s philosophy: items with a sense of fun and practicality that are made from sustainable fabrics, responsibly produced, and beautiful enough to be treasured.
Thank you so much for doing this with us! Before we dig in, our readers would like to get to know you a bit more. Can you tell us a bit about your “backstory”? What led you to this particular career path?
You’ve heard the story: woman gets super creative, does something out of the box and succeeds despite everyone thinking she’s making a big mistake; we’ve heard it all before. But this is my story, and I can promise you it doesn’t go like that. My goal wasn’t to be an entrepreneur when I was in school. In fact, I had no goals in mind other than getting a job when I graduated from NC State with a major in Public Relations. Then somehow in the mayhem of all the college angst, I stumbled upon this thing called entrepreneurship. And funnily enough, it would prove to be the most valuable thing I learned in college.
After college I started a women’s clothing business which just did not take off. I worked a few jobs in an office environment, and my story goes from, working both full time and dabbling with my own startups part time for a few years, to all the way to where I am today. The common theme through all those jobs and businesses was sustainability and the grit to keep trying.
When I was pregnant with my first child, I wanted to find products that would help keep our growing baby healthy. The harder I looked, the more I realized that the majority of products were synthetic, unsafe for babies, and just not trustworthy! Out of our desire to create safer products for our youngest family members, we started making our own organic baby products. They were so soft and gentle and we found that like us, many other parents wanted a safer alternative. I went live and started to sell small but the demand just kept increasing and I kept expanding. You’ve seen it before. Things don’t always go as planned. But it’s a good story — and a good reminder that anyone can have setbacks for a while but they don’t last forever.
Can you share the most interesting story that happened to you since you began leading your company?
We’re a company with a strong organic identity, a social purpose, and a lot of ambition to deliver very high-quality products. Everything we do is built upon authenticity and transparency, and we’ve always tried to make decisions that will make the world a better place, not just ourselves. In order to scale this business while staying true to our organic roots and sustainable purpose, I knew that finding the right textile experts was super important to us.
I had a family friend who knew some suppliers in South India so I packed up my bags and took a flight to India. After 3 planes and 5 hours on the road, I was able to have an hour long meeting with the factory owner where we could not agree about their minimum order quantities as we were just starting out. Some would have called the trip a complete disaster. I had no plans, no contacts, and I was in a city where I knew nobody. It looked like my chance to start this business would never happen. So I had to improvise…I spent an entire day calling every factory in that area to book meetings and spent the next few days meeting them. After much research, I finally located a vendor who shared our values and were experts at weaving using organic cotton yarns, delivering the superior level of product that customers had come to expect from our great quality babywear.
Can you share a story about the funniest mistake you made when you were first starting? Can you tell us what lesson you learned from that?
When I started the process of making our clothes, I knew this was going to take more than just me. I needed design experts to help us create the best possible product. I didn’t know where to look for these experts. Like most businesses, hiring people can be hard…so you need all the help you can get.
I was planning on having some meetings over coffee with job applicants, but I miscalculated how long each of our conversations would last, which meant I ran late for the next meeting…to the point where I had four candidates waiting at the cafe for the interview. When I realized my mistake, I was so embarrassed, but all the candidates were very understanding.
I now know better, as the founder of my company, I’ve learned that meetings are an important part of business. That’s why I make sure that my meetings are always planned well ahead and I leave extra time to get to my meetings. I am there early and often meet with the participants ahead of time. This has helped me better manage my overall work schedule.
Ok, thank you for that. Let’s now jump to the primary focus of our interview. According to this EY report, only about 20 percent of funded companies have women founders. This reflects great historical progress, but it also shows that more work still has to be done to empower women to create companies. In your opinion and experience what is currently holding back women from founding companies?
There are multiple overlapping problems, but the most obvious reason is that entrepreneurship is still represented and considered as a male occupation. The number of female entrepreneurs is growing, but that doesn’t mean the playing field is level. In many ways, starting a company as a woman can be an uphill battle. Women face challenges and biases that men don’t encounter, and we’re faced with challenges and biases as well. Most of the time, you’re walking into a male dominated arena and going against the grain of what society thinks women should do.
We need to have a dialogue and instill more confidence in women specifically to benefit them with a successful career while raising a family with pride and determination. Parents tell their sons that they’re smart and talented before they’ve done anything in particular; meanwhile girls often don’t hear those words until after they’ve demonstrated their achievements. Boys get more opportunities because people believe in them; girls get fewer because they’re expected to be perfect and prove themselves first.
As a result, young women often wind up minimizing their abilities or simply believing that entrepreneurship is not for them. But when we limit opportunities for women who might otherwise become entrepreneurs, we all lose out on new ideas and innovations.
Can you help articulate a few things that can be done as individuals, as a society, or by the government, to help overcome those obstacles?
It’s time to address the elephant in the room. As women, we’ve all heard it before: “You can do anything you want!” The problem is, it’s easier said than done. Marketing yourself as a female entrepreneur can be a challenge. It’s clear that society should encourage women entrepreneurs. The benefits to the economy and society are enormous, and this shift in thinking will benefit both sexes. There’s no doubt that women face many challenges when it comes to becoming entrepreneurs, especially when they have children. But a lot of those challenges can be addressed with a little creativity and a strong community.
As individuals, women will likely encounter stereotypes and biases, but we need to find ways to overcome them and build a successful business. The first step is to be confident in your abilities as an entrepreneur, regardless of gender. Realize that people will make assumptions about your business because you are a woman. If you know this, you can prepare for it and move forward with confidence.
The traditional model of entrepreneurship is changing, and there are more opportunities for people who want to work from home or start a business on the side while keeping their day job. The internet allows people to reach audiences all over the world without having to be in a physical location. That means that even if you’re a stay-at-home mom, you can have an international audience for your products or services. It takes strength and confidence to say, yes I can do both, and there are real benefits to having a successful career while raising a family.
This might be intuitive to you as a woman founder but I think it will be helpful to spell this out. Can you share a few reasons why more women should become founders?
It’s time to stop questioning women in the business world. They are smart, motivated, and they have an intuitive sense of people, which is essential in business. The majority of women have a quality that is often ignored in business: the ability to engage with others. These qualities should be celebrated and harnessed because they are sorely needed in business. The most successful companies are turning away from the toxic narrative of success through hard work — and are increasingly putting their focus on the soft skills of collaboration, communication, and building relationships. As a woman entrepreneur, you have a distinct power of persuasion. It takes a special brand of toughness to balance a hectic career and family life, but with so many rewards it’s worth the effort.
What are the “myths” that you would like to dispel about being a founder? Can you explain what you mean?
“You’re the boss. You call the shots. You’re the one who ultimately gets things done”. Every business is a team effort. There are so many different elements that must be kept in balance for it to succeed. If you were to try to manage it by yourself, you’d very quickly discover how difficult it would be to get everything done. That’s why most businesses require more than one person if they wish to get anything done. It only takes one person to start a business, but it takes at least one other person to make the business successful. The roles of the people involved in the business will differ depending on the type of business you’re running and its size. As a leader, you’ll need to find your strengths and weaknesses as you adapt to your new role. You will have to work as a team with the people around you as this is a great way to overcome obstacles and reach your goals.
Is everyone cut out to be a founder? In your opinion, which specific traits increase the likelihood that a person will be a successful founder and what type of person should perhaps seek a “regular job” as an employee? Can you explain what you mean?
Nothing about entrepreneurship is easy. It has exciting ups but incredibly frustrating downs. I think it is crucial to share this perspective with those who are thinking of starting their own business or who do not appreciate the sacrifices that must be made. Being an entrepreneur is the most exciting, rewarding, and frustrating thing. The highs are high — you get to call the shots, make decisions that affect your life and the lives of others, and feel like you’re in control of your life. Coming up with a new product or service that people love is incredibly rewarding. Nothing can compare to feeling like you’ve created something unique that makes the world a little better for its existence. However, there are also some incredibly frustrating times when it seems like everything is against you. It’s easy to lose perspective in those tough times.
When you’re a small business owner, the excitement of a new idea or a profitable product can be nearly matched by the frustration that comes from dealing with taxes, legal issues and other aspects of running a company. Then there are extreme but real issues like running out of cash. No one can run a business without cash. Entrepreneurs may try to keep their expenses low, but sometimes that isn’t enough. Running out of cash can happen at any stage of your business, and it can quickly lead to failure if you don’t act quickly. So if these are things that you do not feel you wish to tackle on a daily basis, a regular job is an amazing option. Whatever you do, you just have to remind yourself that even though things might seem hard right now, it will get better, and you will learn from each experience.
Ok super. Here is the main question of our interview. Based on your opinion and experience, What are the “Five Things You Need To Thrive and Succeed as a Woman Founder?” (Please share a story or example for each.)
- Starting a business is challenging, and the first most important thing is perseverance. If you can make it through the first few years, however, the payoff is huge. You need to be willing to work hard and hustle in order to succeed in business. You need to be persistent and not give up.
- Passion — I’m one of the examples, like many, who decided to build a career out of my passion. I reassure you that if you believe in yourself and follow your passion, nothing will stop you.
- Setting goals — Setting goals for yourself is important because it helps you establish what kind of life you want to live. You also need goals so that you know where you are going with your life and business. If you don’t set goals for yourself, you will never reach them; if you don’t have any goals, there is no motivation for you to work towards anything. Setting goals allows you to see where you are going with your business and how far along the path of success you are currently at.
- Delegate — If you want to get customers, delegate everything possible so you can focus on sales and marketing. It’s important to be involved in everything your business does, but if you’re doing everything there’s no time left for marketing and sales.
- Build a community and reach out — entrepreneurs have the opportunity to build innovative products and respond quickly to evolving market needs. If you are a woman founder or a mompreneur then this is the time for you! Today’s community is full of women who want to support each other and make connections. We’re passionate about helping each other succeed.
How have you used your success to make the world a better place?
I was born in India and have been back there many times, so I have seen this for myself; the girls are kept at home mostly, because their parents see no need for education. In fact, going to school is often a dangerous option, as the girls are being raped or kidnapped on their way to or from school.
For many years, I have been donating to a non-profit organization in India that helps educate young girls. The institution I support helps by providing a safe environment for the girls and to give them a chance to learn a profession so they can earn a living later on in life. This way they don’t have to rely on someone else to take care of them forever. They can be self-sufficient and support themselves and their family. What you might not know is that women who get an education earn twice as much money as those who don’t. It also makes the whole family stronger and more capable of getting out of poverty. So I hope I can make a difference by helping these girls get an education and become empowered women who can change their own situation and make their own future.
You are a person of great influence. If you could inspire a movement that would bring the most amount of good for the greatest number of people, what would that be? You never know what your idea can trigger.
We should strive to accept people for who they are because there is beauty in diversity. Everyone has something to offer, and you should be able to find common ground with your fellow humans no matter what.
If I could inspire a movement that would bring the most amount of good to people, it would be the acceptance movement — a movement that would advocate for gender equality, ethnic diversity, female leadership, respecting everyone’s opinions and thoughts and more balance between men and women. A world where we don’t judge people based on their race or gender is the future. More than half of the population are females. Let’s accept that females are just as or more capable of doing any job that males can do. Your mindset is the one thing that you have control over to change.
We are very blessed that some very prominent names in Business, VC funding, Sports, and Entertainment read this column. Is there a person in the world, or in the US with whom you would love to have a private breakfast or lunch with, and why? He or she might just see this if we tag them.
I admire Indra Nooyi and would love to have lunch with her. I think we would have so many stories that we would be able to share. She is a strong and powerful woman not because of what she did at PepsiCo, but she was the first woman of color to lead an American corporation. The fact that it took this long means we still have a long way to go to make sure women and people of color feel equally welcome in American business.
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Tomatillo plant shows promise in cancer treatment
The latest addition to a pharmaceutical garden at Kansas University will be a tomatillo plant with recently discovered chemical compounds that could lead to new cancer treatments.
The garden outside KU’s new School of Pharmacy building was planned by Kelly Kindscher, a senior scientist at the Kansas Biological Survey, and Barbara Timmermann, a KU distinguished professor of medicinal chemistry. Those two also were co-authors of the new tomatillo plant research.
Students and visitors to the pharmacy building are now greeted by signs that identify the garden and the plants inside.
“It’s right there past the food court,” Kindscher said. “They’re going to see it.”
The plants in the garden all have medicinal properties, including several echinacea plants, plants with herbs used in food and a separate bed dedicated to Lucius E. Sayre, the pharmacy school’s first dean, who maintained a similar garden in the 1920s.
Timmermann uses the garden for her classes, and to show how plant research can lead to new drugs. The garden joins a bigger native medicinal plant garden at the KU Field Station north of the city.
Pharmacy and plants have a long history, and many of today’s drugs have their origins in plants.
The 14 new compounds in the tomatillo plant, Physalis longifolia, were found after Timmermann decided to see if the researchers could find plants with a chemical makeup similar to a known plant from South America that showed promise in fighting cancer without toxic side effects.
They found a match in the tomatillo plant, which had those compounds, along with some new ones, too. The plant is essentially a weed, Timmermann said, but it can be found all over the state and the Midwest.
“This was such a surprise to us,” she said.
Timmermann said the research on the plant is one of 31 projects that will be presented at Harvard University’s Research and Entrepreneurship Symposium in an effort to find potential investors for the research.
Now, the compounds found in the tomatillo plant are being tested on animals, and it will be years before researchers know if they will be effective in humans, Timmermann said.
She said KU has applied for patents on the compounds, however, and could stand to benefit financially if the research results in a successful drug.
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The White River Gardens, located adjacent to the Indianapolis Zoo in White River State park, just west of downtown Indianapolis, offer visitors a serene setting of over 1,000 plant varieties in various displays and exhibits. A highlight of a visit to the White River Gardens is the 5,000 square foot glass conservatory filled with plants, flowers, and a large variety of free-flying butterfly species. No trip to the downtown or White River State Park is complete without a visit to the gardens.
The White River Gardens is a must-see on your lists of major Indianapolis attractions, and “things to do in Indianapolis.” This 3.3 acre sister attraction to the Indianapolis Zoo, consists of the large rotunda-like glass conservatory leading into a sprawling, beautifully and masterfully landscaped outdoor design garden, a water garden, as well as a wedding garden for ceremonies and receptions. Also included in the garden property is a gardening resource center, gift shop, and one and a half miles of winding walkways and paths. An impressive indoor/outdoor dining facility offers gorgeous views of the always-interesting downtown section of Indianapolis, Indiana, with its famous Monument Circle, Soldiers and Sailors Monument, American Legion Plaza and more, as well as the glorious Indianapolis skyline to diners.
Construction on the gardens broke ground in 1997, and opened its doors to visitors in June of 1999. The gardens celebrate the spirit and roots of Indiana gardening through a variety of botanical displays. The outside gardens are named for the DeHaan family, who provided the final funding needed to complete the construction of the garden project. The name Tiergarten, meaning animal park, honors the origins of the DeHaan family and coincides with the overall Zoo mission to fully incorporate people, plants, and animals in an educational and informative setting. The five distinct areas of the garden include the shade gardens, the sun gardens with their wandering trails and streams, the design gardens, the water garden, and the wedding garden.
The rotunda entrance to the gardens is an impressive welcoming sight to garden visitors with its impressive 360 degree mural depicting various gardening themes. At 160 feet long and 16 feet high, the rotunda offers a dramatic first impression as they enter the gardens. The mural shows a seamless transition of horticultural activities and various plants as they change throughout the four definite seasons of the Indiana climate. Also, an additional mural piece towers above visitors in a 100 feet long and 10 foot high area featuring a wisteria vine with flowing flowers.
The Hilbert Conservatory hosts four to five seasonal horticultural shows each year. The 5,000 square foot conservatory provides more than ample room for botanical exhibits with its 65 foot high ceiling and 12 foot mezzanine level. Impressive palm trees are visible from the outside as they reach towards the conservatory ceiling. Small fish ponds and a flowing center font provide a tranquil setting for visitors to enjoy as they view the multitude of butterflies fluttering about.
The Dick Crum Resource Center is free to the public and offers gardening tips and educational opportunities to improve your personal gardening knowledge. Skilled horticulturalist staff the resource center and are available to provide gardening advice for not only the plants seen at the gardens, but for plants in your own yard as well.
The outdoor gardens provide an escape from the bustle of metropolitan living with the winding walk leading throughout. Paths lined by tall hedges lead to the water garden in this peaceful setting. Colorful flowers are planted alongside tranquil pools of water as well as aquatic gardening techniques in the pools themselves. A visit to the White River State Park Gardens provides a peaceful setting lined with beautiful plants, flowers, and butterflies, and a living example of nature meeting art in an elegant, introspective, and inspiring manner.
White River Gardens
1200 W Washington St
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After a hospital stay, many seniors on Medicare will go to a nursing facility to rehabilitate before going home. But a new study from Duke University, UNC Chapel Hill and the Carolinas Center for Medical Excellence shows many of them return to the hospital before long.
Mark Toles teaches at UNC's Nursing school and is a co-author of the report. He said nursing homes often provide good care, but the transition back home can be difficult.
“Plans of care have changed along the way. Medications have changed along the way. Instructions have accumulated a long the way,” Toles explained. “And it's very difficult for patients and caregivers to remember everything, and to coordinate everything.”
Toles says about 20 percent of those clients go back to the hospital within 30 days.
“We also found that within 90 days of the time patients get back home, almost 40 percent of them needed to go back to the hospital for an E-D visit or for an admission,” said Toles. “This indicated to us that something needs to be done for that group of patients to make it safer for them when they get home from the nursing home.”
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Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary
creekside (not comparable)
- Beside a creek.
2007 December 7, Jill P. Capuzzo, “Accessorizing a Catskills Farmhouse With a Past”, in New York Times:
- The creekside resort shut in 1964, and most of the bungalows were sold.
creekside (plural creeksides)
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The Restraint Reduction Network (RRN) welcomes findings of a new report, published this month, “An evaluation of the implementation of the ‘Restraint Reduction Network (RRN) Training Standards’ in mental health and learning disability settings.”
Since April 2020, it has been a statutory requirement that organisations delivering training on restrictive practices must be certified as meeting the RRN Training Standards.
The report, conducted by researchers at Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU) and funded by Burdett Trust for Nursing, sought to evaluate the extent to which the RRN Training Standards had been adopted and implemented by training organisations who were either certified or in the process of working towards certification.
Key findings of the study were that:
- The Standards are recognised as an important factor contributing towards wider cultural shift in the use of restrictive practices. This is about moving to a person-centred, trauma-informed care approach to training, focusing on prevention and de-escalation
- The implementation of the RRN Training Standards have raised quality of training in certified organisations
- The mandatory Training Standard have provided organisations with a form of leverage, reassurance or legitimacy when trying to implement strategies to reduce restrictive practice across services.
The report also acknowledged challenges experienced in implementation of the Training Standards and provided some recommendations to support implementation going forward.
Recommendations for Training Standards
- Develop accessibility (e.g. accessible summary, visual diagrams, key principles)
- Outcome focused (e.g. Kirkpatrick model)
- Support with sharing best practice in co-production
- Alignment with RRN’s Towards Safer Services
Recommendations for Certification
- Establish key point of contact for answering queries in timely manor
Recommendations for Implementation
- Expand the mandate for the standards, for example in acute settings, the devolved nations, within education
Alexis Quinn, RRN Manager/Coordinator, said:
“We welcome the evaluation’s findings and are encouraged to see the implementation of the RRN Training Standards supporting improved practice within mental health and learning disability settings in the UK.
“The report demonstrates the positive impact that adoption of the Standards has on changing cultures and promoting restraint reduction – it highlights the need for these Standards to be implemented more widely. The Standards should be adopted across the devolved nations, in acute care settings and within schools and education to reduce over-reliance on restraint. They will also ensure better standards of care and support, offering wider protection for the rights of vulnerable people.”
To read the report in full, please click here.
You can access a presentation looking ahead to Version 2 (2023) of the RRN Training Standards here.
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Several members of Indiana’s congressional delegation are weighing in on President Donald Trump’s executive orders imposing a 25 percent tariff on all imported steel and a 10 percent tariff on all imported aluminum. Canada and Mexico are exempt from the actions, which are slated to take effect March 23, and the order leaves room for allies of the United States to discuss their own exemptions. In an interview with Inside INdiana Business just before the order was signed, Senator Todd Young (R-Ind.) said he supports actions against China, who he says "is cheating" and needs to be held accountable. Young added that once the tariffs are in place, he’ll work to ensure the actions don’t trigger negative effects on Indiana industries, like manufacturing, that use steel and aluminum.
"We have a lot of workers throughout the state of Indiana who make things — who make things with both aluminum and steel — and to the extent prices could go up disproportionately, it could adversely impact these businesses that have global supply chains," Young said. "So, a balance needs to be struck here. It has to be targeted towards China and on the back end of this, there needs to be a process through which we exempt those businesses that were unfairly or inadvertently targeted." In a statement released after Trump signed the executive order, Young said "I will keep working with Hoosier stakeholders and the administration to address the core issue of Chinese overcapacity so that we can continue to reinvigorate the American steel and aluminum industries."
Senator Joe Donnelly also issued a statement. It reads: "Trade is critical for Indiana’s economy – from our manufacturers to our farmers – but it must be fair. For too long Hoosier workers have fought unfair competition from countries like China. I’m pleased that President Trump is taking action, and I plan to carefully review the details of his proclamations. It’s important that we get this policy right, so that American steel and aluminum producers and their workers can compete on a level playing field and continue to support good-paying jobs."
On the House side of the capital, Representative Pete Visclosky (D-1), who is vice chairman of the Congressional Steel Caucus and serves a district that includes the some of the state’s most high-profile steelmakers, said in an op-ed for our partners at The Times of Northwest Indiana:
I supported the President’s initiative to undertake the Section 232 investigation of the consequences of illegally traded steel on our national security and economy and I appreciate his action. I will continue to closely monitor the implementation and enforcement of this action, particularly as it relates to exemptions or modifications for countries, products, or the duration of the relief.
Representative Jackie Walorski’s (R-2) district is home to major manufacturers in industries like recreational vehicles and LaPorte County’s Alcoa aerospace facility. She said:
While the exemption of some U.S. trading partners is a step in the right direction, these tariffs remain too broad and will put Hoosier jobs at risk. Anything other than a balanced and targeted approach will raise costs for manufacturers, slow our economic momentum, and let bad actors like China off the hook. I will continue listening to Hoosiers while working to narrow this policy and minimize any negative impact on local businesses and workers. | <urn:uuid:b7501641-0df3-4a73-ba68-7f3480b55f8f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.insideindianabusiness.com/articles/young-urges-accountability-for-cheating-china | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00070.warc.gz | en | 0.959022 | 691 | 1.570313 | 2 |
Shon Harris is a well known author of information security training materials. She is the owner and president of Logical Security. I recently had the opportunity to go through her CISSP Video Mentor course presented by Pearson Learning. This product can be found on Amazon for a price of $53.55 at the time of this writing. It can also be found on InformIT for the much higher price or $76.50. If you are a socially conscious buyer and want to promote world literacy, then consider buying this product and any future book purchases at BetterWorldBooks. BetterWorldBooks has this selection for $56.98. The product is actually a DVD with an 80 page book (of which only 43 pages are content and the remainder are blank pages for notes).
I have been through several certification programs using both classroom and self-study. I definitely like the idea of self-study with good study materials that take complex topics and make them easy to understand. This Video Mentor product is a reasonably good self-study tool for making complex topics and simplifying them for students. Before I describe the contents, I need to raise a frustration with the product right from the start. The presentations are all in Adobe Flash Video (flv) format. When you put the DVD into your computer and the autorun starts the program (don’t get me started on autorun on removable media!), you may be presented with the message shown below.
This was rather frustrating to me as I tried to run this on a couple of laptops that were new within the past 3 years but not capable of the screen resolution described. What this means is when you watch the video presentations as presented by the videomentor.exe player, you do not have visibility of any player controls like pause, fast forward, reverse or time remaining. I would like to be able to pause a presentation or know how long it will last.
There are a couple of workarounds that I used to get past this real frustration. One workaround is available right on the DVD itself. There is an html file called videomentor.html. You can open this file in any browser at any resolution. The content will be shown with scrollbars on the side and bottom of the browser window as needed. This allows the viewer to see the controls at the bottom of the presentation in the browser window. However, this can be annoying to have to scroll for access to video controls.
The second workaround I used was downloading a standalone FLV player. I tried both the Sothink Media FLV player and the Wimpy FLV player. The training materials showed well in both players and it was a great improvement to have access to the video controls missing due to being unable to meet the material’s display requirements. This is something that Pearson Learning and other training product material production companies need to consider.
Now on to the content of the product. There are six sections as shown below with a “lab” section for each one except Lesson 1: Cryptography Foundations.
The reason I put “lab” in quotes is this product presents labs differently than I expected. I expected a lab to be something with a list of tasks described in the printed materials for the student to complete and document the results of the tasks. This presentation uses the labs to do a deeper dive into the materials shown in that section. In other words, the presenter takes steps of using a linux box to show how to encrypt and hash files. This is all well and good, but the labs should also have the steps documented in the book for students to use after the video is over. I feel the book is not a good support to the extensive materials presented in the videos. I realize the product is called Video Mentor but the issue with the video controls presented earlier and the lack of documentation on the lab procedures left me wondering if this product could really be an effective learning tool.
The topics presented focus on some of the more technically challenging aspects of the CISSP certification. I cannot speak to how well the materials actually match up with CISSP objectives. I can speak though on how I perceive the product can meet the needs of a technology student. The CISSP exam covers ten domains listed below.
Access Control Systems & Methodology
Applications & Systems Development
Business Continuity Planning
Law, Investigation & Ethics
Security Architecture & Models
Security Management Practices
Telecommunications, Network & Internet Security
As you can see, the list of the ten CISSP domains does not seem to closely match the focus of the CISSP Video Mentor product. The Video Mentor product appears to focus on only two of the ten domains, Cryptography and Telecommunications, Network & Internet Security. I think the product covers Cryptography to a pretty good level of detail, and this alone might be worth investing in the product. Cryptography, asymmetric encryption, public-private key encryption are all difficult to understand. Any training material that tries to make this more understandable is, in my opinion, worth a deeper look.
Where this product seems to miss the boat on its objectives is related to the Telecommunications, Network & Internet Security domain. The order of the presentations is confusing. It seems like it would be a better idea to present the OSI 7-layer model before discussing IP-SEC and network traffic encryption. For me, the 802.11 Wireless section was eye-glazing. The presenter, Don Keeber, had a very level voice and presented without personality. I did not get much out of this section and do not feel that it added anything significant to the product.
Bottom line on this I would rate the product 2 1/2 stars out of 4. The technical player issues and the missing lab documentation do not justify a higher rating on a product from Pearson Learning or Shon Harris. I do think there are some good nuggets in here on describing concepts of encryption methods and that alone might make it worth adding to your library. I would recommend looking around and finding the best price on the product. No need to pay list price. If you do have this product, or get it at some point, please share your thoughts with me and other ITKE readers.
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Marketing channels have several key characteristics. Companies must properly match those characteristics with their products and customers when deciding on a distribution strategy. One consideration when choosing a distribution channel is control. A small company has less control if it uses multiple channels or a more extensive distribution network. The upside is that small businesses may benefit from the expertise of certain distributors.
Direct or Indirect
Marketing channels can be direct or indirect. For example, online retailers sell directly to customers, as do movie theaters, beauty salons, independent grocers and hardware stores. However, some small manufacturers use channels such as wholesalers and retailers to sell their products. They may sell to wholesalers -- who, in turn, sell to retailers -- or sell directly to retail stores. The number of channels is largely based on a product's markup or profit margin. Small companies use fewer marketing channels when profit margins are lower. The reason is that wholesalers and retailers must also profit from the sales.
Independent or Dependent
Small companies may also use independent or dependent marketing channels. A manufacturer's representative is an example of an independent marketing channel. A manufacturer's rep usually sells similar products for multiple manufacturers. He tries to push the better selling brands in retail stores, but he's not dependent on sales of those particular brands. He'll gladly sell other brands because he's still profiting. On the other hand, small manufacturers are dependent on wholesalers to market their products to retailers. They also rely on retailers to properly execute their promotions and sales.
Marketers must also consider using specialized or select channels to sell their wares. For example, a small women's fashion company may sell its higher-priced clothing and accessories in select boutiques or women's specialty stores. That way the fashion company can better target its customers, who likely have higher incomes or more expensive tastes in clothing. Alternatively, a manufacturer that sells less expensive clothing may have more options for selling its products.
Some small manufacturers may only allow one dealer to carry its products. The dealer may earn its exclusivity as a result of its expertise and training methods. Moreover, some small manufacturers or wholesalers might not rely on any distributors or external channels to sell their products. Instead, they may create their own retail stores to sell the products. This is a common practice with electronics and cell phone companies.
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One of the most serious problem handle by this Digital era is that Video Game addiction, because millions of people addicted to various video games. Kids, teens, adults and even older people also have become hooked on video games, as a result of these kind of addiction, people will affected by both physical & mentally. Tons of addictive video games have played by the gamers around the world till now, but in the past few years a game called “Candy Crush” got Indiscriminately addicted by the gamers. Candy Crush is a match-three puzzle based colorful video game that can be played on both smartphones & PC’s. According to a recent report, Candy Crush is played by over 100 million people every day, that means people who are addicted by this game has been increasing day by day. You may be the one of the people that i mentioned above and if you want to stop the addiction of Candy Crush, then you can follow the following guidance.
Symptoms of Candy Crush Game Addiction:
- Often playing this game whenever you became free from work.
- Seriously waiting for new lives whenever you are running out of life.
- Colourful candies will appear on your real life every time you think about it, even in your nightmare.
- Frequently inviting friends for a new life.
- Switch to many devices in order to get fresh lives.
- Trying to learn Candy Crush life cheats.
- Always interested to share your scores with your friends online.
- Getting stress & anger whenever you can’t play this game often.
Tips to Stop the Candy Crush Addiction:
1. Uninstall the Game:
At very first Candy Crush was released only for Facebook users, but after getting the amazing response from the users it was launched for various kinds of mobile platforms such as Android, iOS and Windows Phone. Now it is available for almost all mobile & tablet platforms, so that’s only people can able to play this game anywhere, anytime. If you are one of the people who wants to stop to play that game, uninstall the game from your mobile device immediately. After uninstalled the game you should not think about it and try to keep your mind out of it.
2. Stop Notifications on Facebook:
As i said earlier, Candy Crush was first launched on Facebook. Even though it is available for mobile devices, a huge list of people are wishing to play it on Facebook through a PC. Because while playing the game on your PC, it gives a larger display and awesome visuals than the other devices. If you want to avoid playing the Candy Crush on Facebook, then block Candy Crush request notifications from your Facebook friends. Because whenever you enters into the Facebook your notification bar will be filled with the game requests, so it will attract your mind to play this game immediately. Once you entered into the game you can’t able to come out easily from it.
3. Delete the App:
This is one of the finest ways to avoid Candy Crush addiction by simply deleting the App from your Facebook account. By following this idea you can get rid of this game completely. Follow the following steps to delete the Candy Crush App from your Fb profile.
- First login into your Facebook Account.
- Go to the “Settings” page.
- Click the “Apps Tab” on the lift side.
- Find the Candy Crush App and click the “Remove” button.
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The Bounce Between Chaos and Rigidity
When it comes to food and body, many people can go into extremes in an attempt to deal with the array of challenging emotions (which makes you feel physically heavier – this is fact!). Stress (sympathetic nervous system dominance), scientifically can increase** your appetite. You don’t have to have a diagnosable eating disorder to experience this! The goal is not to control your appetite (your body is doing what it is supposed to), but manage and cope with the stress…that is the source many times.
The two extremes are…CHAOS and RIGIDITY. The goal is to recognize when you are headed into an extreme, offer yourself grace, and work on coming back to neutral/balance. Allow me to provide examples to help…
This is where you tend to go into “whatever mode” and react to triggers and emotions. Perhaps, you overeat continually OR even binge (ravenous/can’t stop) OR give in to whatever overwhelming urge you have.
One particular strategy for you to come back to neutral/balance is to create some structure and regular rhythm without condemning expectations. Read that again! This STARTS in the morning: wake up at a specific time before 9am, have a morning self-care ritual, and eat a balanced healthy breakfast.
Extra tip: Ask, “How can I add more nutrient-dense foods each day?”
This is where you go into “must control this mode” and attempt to restrict and set high achieving goals to feel better. Perhaps, you take on an elimination diet (restricting certain foods) without a health/medical need to do so OR count calories meticulously OR over-exercise. Side note: the challenge with falling into The Rigidity Camp is that our society praises these attempts; however, anything taken to an extreme is NOT healthy!!
One very specific strategy for you to come back to neutral/balance is to remove rules and unsustainable goals. Read that again! This STARTS with catching the thought that begins with “I should….” and then reminding yourself that rules and restrictions can cause a self-imposed prison of false security seeking impossible perfection.
Extra tip: Ask, “How can I add some pleasure each day?”
MANY people bounce between CHAOS and RIGIDITY. Going back and forth between “whatever” to “need control.” This is because the ability to trust oneself to have balance and withstand uncomfortable emotions is never fully embraced. There is constant judgment of self.
Wherever you find yourself today….
- Acknowledge how you feel emotionally
- Be aware of the transference to your physical body
- Identify and be mindful of how this impacts your behavioral urges with food and activity levels
- Then determine how you can come back to neutral
The idea is not to get rid of negative emotions, yet to become aware of thoughts and triggers that create them and then find healthier ways to surf the waves and come back to shore. I know this was long…but I hope it touches who needed it!
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Common methods for management I’ve observed for the start of the day is with articles related to the content for the day. The social studies teachers at West Valley will sometimes open with an article on the board to engage the students with the material for the day. Tying the material to current events injects the idea that the topic is relevant and that it is something students should be paying attention to. This is something I have seen before in my observations for EDSC 110 as well, which means that this could be a fairly common strategy for teachers in general. Once the material is introduced teachers can quickly move on to the lesson for the day, one teacher I’ve observed will generally move about the classroom and keep lecturing while keeping an eye on every corner of the room. I think the students behave better when they feel like the teacher is watching closely. Lastly I see teachers usually wait to hand back homework until after class, I don’t know if this is better or more distracting for students. I also often see teachers wait until the end of class for questions, I assume so they can stay on topic during the lesson.
Transitions teachers use depends on whats going on in class that day. If it is a work day the teacher generally wants to avoid students from finishing work early and having nothing to do. At WVHS I have seen teachers offer students a chance to start the next homework assignment, or have an extra credit assignment ready for students to pick up. This ensures that the students are occupied the whole class. Another thing I’ve seen teachers do is at the end of class, around three minutes before the bell, offer students the chance to clean up so that when the bell rings the students are ready to go, that way the they can get out before other students start arriving. Other teachers I’ve observed ensure they are using their class time right up to the bell. I’ve seen some teachers make sure students who say they are done with the in-class assignment have actually completed it. Generally check their work and give advice on how to improve their grade. This is another good way a teacher can be sure to keep the classroom on task until the end and improve performance in the classroom.
Personally my favorite method for transition is the introduction of material through related material. Like I mentioned before, using an article to spark interest. I will hopefully be a history teacher and I think that using an aide to make the subject seem more relevant to students is very important. Making sure they understand the connection between content is an important aspect of being an educator. I want to avoid the “when will we ever use this in real life” mindset in my future classroom. I think bringing things closer to home can really help prevent that. | <urn:uuid:ca731170-bfc9-48ef-83dd-f7d2fa808505> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://edsc658-458.community.uaf.edu/2017/11/04/reflection-on-observations/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00273.warc.gz | en | 0.9695 | 563 | 2.984375 | 3 |
No, your water bottle isn’t going to kill you. But knowledge is power and when it comes to the materials used to store our food and drink, it pays to be powerful. When you look on the bottom of a bottle of water, a plastic food container, or many other plastic-packaged products you buy at the store, you will find a small number encircled in a triangle.
That number is known as a resin identification code, and can tell you generally what type of plastic that container is made of. Before we get started on that, let’s talk a bit about plastic. Plastic seems to be a little misunderstood, as the woman in this video clearly demonstrates. Plastic refers to any number of long, organic (yes, organic) molecules that possess a very high degree of plasticity. That is, they can deform without breaking. Plastics exist in nature and our use of them dates back thousands of years. Lacquer is a great example of an early use of a natural plastic. Do you love your cast iron pans? Do you take good care of them by seasoning them with oil? You’re actually creating a plastic coating over the metal when you do that.
But what do the numbers mean? Well, #3 is code for PVC, or polyvinyl chloride, is not used for food or beverage containers. It is however very common in non-food items like children’s toys, and can leach lead if your child puts said toy in your mouth. Very often these products are not labeled and so you should do your research.
As far as #6 plastic? Well, that’s polystyrene, an incredibly common plastic that is used for food storage and service. Styrofoam is the most well-known form of this plastic but it shows up in microwaveable dinner packaging and all sorts of other places. It’s actually generally considered safe but there’s a big debate about whether food should be microwaved in a polystyrene container.
Now #7? That’s a whole different story. It doesn’t refer to a specific type of plastic but any plastic that isn’t covered by the other numbers. Many are completely harmless. You would have to research the specific product on your own for this one. | <urn:uuid:dcf52509-99b0-4fe9-aea3-c273f518ff6d> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.wimp.com/numbers-on-the-bottom-of-plastic-bottles-can-tell-you-a-lot/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281574.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00026-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962138 | 476 | 2.78125 | 3 |
DOWNTON Abbey, Bicester Village and Oxford University have helped add millions to Oxfordshire’s tourism income.
New figures from Tourism South East show the county saw tourist spending increase from £1.5bn in 2007 to £1.7bn in 2011.
Most of the money was spent in Oxford, which saw a 17.45 per cent increase in five years – from £604m in 2007 to £710m in 2011.
Visit Oxfordshire director Susi Golding said: “The new figures show Oxfordshire is a fantastic place to visit.
“UK residents are not going as far afield as they used to because of the recession and the country is quite lucky because there is a good exchange rate, so we are good value for overseas visitors.”
She said attractions such as Oxford’s historic buildings and universities, Bicester Village and film locations such as Blenheim Palace and Bampton, where ITV period drama Downton Abbey is filmed, have all helped boost the county’s tourism.
Witney Chamber of Commerce chairman Lesley Semaine said Downton Abbey, along with Witney MP David Cameron becoming Prime Minister, had helped put West Oxfordshire on the map for tourists.
She said: “It certainly has not done our area any harm and I am sure it has done us a lot of good.”
West Oxfordshire saw a 15.93 per cent increase in visitor spending in the five years to 2011, rising from £225m in 2007 to £260m in 2011.
Ms Semaine added: “We are in one of the most attractive parts of the country and have so many attractions.
“The Cotswolds and places like Blenheim Palace bring so many tourists in, and that encourages all the surrounding villages and towns.”
Blenheim Palace spokesman Hannah Payne said: “We are proud to be part of the thriving tourism trend in our region and we certainly hope to see this trend continue following the hugely positive public relations surrounding the UK during the London 2012 Olympics, and the increase of international visitors expected in 2013 and beyond.”
Richard Langridge, West Oxfordshire District Council cabinet member for local economy, communities and culture, said: “We cannot say enough how important tourism is to West Oxfordshire’s economy, and the latest figures from Tourism South East emphasise this even further.
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The collaboration, a first for both organisations, will run for three years and will be undertaken by NICTA at its University of New South Wales site. The research will focus on increasing the performance of open source software to facilitate its movement into enterprise computing.
The collaboration was announced at the IBM centre for E-Business Innovation in Pyrmont near central Sydney. IBM Australia and New Zealand chief executive Phillip Bullock described the agreement as a recognition of the quality of researchers in Australia.
The CAS is the first created by IBM outside North America and, according to the company, is designed to improve the efficiency of the AU$40 million IBM Australia spends on research and development. The deal with NICTA, the organisation running Australia's ICT Centre of Excellence, is the first of what NICTA hopes will be many industry collaborations.
"Open source is key to the future of business as it enables greater levels of connectivity and integration within an organisation and with its business partners, customers and suppliers," Bullock said.
The Minister for Communications and Information Technology, Senator Richard Alston, hopes the centre will help Australia achieve a "critical mass" in the development space, leading to increased expediture.
"There are goals to be kicked in Australia," he said.
Speaking at the launch, the acting chief executive of NICTA, Professor Brian Anderson, praised open source but conceeded that "In the end it will be the marketplace" that decides its role.
That role is changing, according to a recent survey by analyst company IDC. The most common open source operating system, Linux, currently makes up less than two percent of desktop computer operating systems. However, the survey revealed that 47 percent of Australian organisations were either considering using open source software, or were already using it wholly, partly, or trialling it.
Of the 53 percent of companies who said they had no plans to use open source software, the dominant reason given (by 40 percent of respondents) was the lack of an in-house skill set in the area. Those who cited a lack of applications as the reason for not considering using open source software comprised 31 percent. | <urn:uuid:1b2580aa-32c0-43de-88eb-7e7568f18eff> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.techrepublic.com/article/ibm-and-nicta-team-up-for-open-source/6310253/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282926.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00396-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96339 | 432 | 1.8125 | 2 |
PITTSBURGH (AP) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials say agents at Pittsburgh International Airport discovered a destructive beetle in a bag of rice being carried by a passenger flying from Saudi Arabia.
Customs agents said Friday that live Khapra beetles and larvae were discovered Sept. 12 in the passenger’s 10-pound bag of rice.
The insects are known for destroying grain products and officials say prior efforts to eradicate the beetles in the United States were costly and time-consuming.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has a two-year-old ban on bringing small, noncommercial quantities of rice from Saudi Arabia and about two dozen other countries.
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