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What most thought to be a mere pause in work and social activities had actually marked the end of a way of life. The speed and the scale of the pandemic thus raised deep concerns about the continuity of essential human activities such as education, political, cultural and other community events that we took and still take for granted.
The MC President’s Council formed four Working Groups almost a month ago to work on all the issues that confront learning institutions due to COVID-19. It is fortuitous that the learning and management disruptions are bridge-able by technology. Learning will definitely go on through the best learning management systems being evaluated by Miriam College’s Working Group on Learning Continuity for Kindergarten to Post-Graduate School. The upgrading of ICT-infrastructure, the training of academic and non-academic human resources, and the re-engineering of spaces to make students better connected through IT and safer through wider physical distancing inside the campus are being addressed by two other Working Groups: the Working Group on Human Resources and the Working Group on Finance. And just as important is a special Working Group on Modular Courses for the tertiary and post-tertiary level to help those whose lives and well-being were heavily disrupted by pandemic events. We continue to examine other relevant concerns as they arise.
The college unit is also discussing better-designed courses and more relevant topics to optimize learning opportunities for college-bound, in-college, and post-college individuals in unique situations whose available time, material resources, home responsibilities, jobs, well-being, etc. have been impacted by the pandemic. These courses will focus on “learning a self-chosen load of subjects, at one’s own pace, at any time, from wherever, to reach where one wants to be.” These courses will be there to help any student in planning for a first job or another student in re-tooling for another career.
But we will not return to “business as usual”. The global challenge has convinced Miriam College that, since the institution is committed to the pursuit of truth and excellence, there is a need to re-focus on the essential meaning of “education”, a foundational human experience that comes from the Latin word “educare”, that is “to lead out” towards intellectual, social, and moral formation.
Miriam College’s faculty in all the academic levels will do a clearer teaching of MC’s mission in education. The formation and education of each student will be taught within the contexts of The Road to “New Life and Work” and The Pathway to “Depth”. Hopefully these contexts will develop a student’s awareness of her personal mission and the character to go with it.
The Road to “New Life and Work”
The social and cultural environment in which the past generations have lived has focused on external success. A young child is “schooled” to bring out the best in him/her. But often the underlying objective is to make the child get into the best school so he/she could get into a prestigious career or job with the best pay possible. The end goal is “success” defined in terms of money and fame than in terms of the excellence of a person’s “life and work.” Fame is now measured by the number of one’s followers on Instagram, or by the number of “likes” generated by a Facebook post. And “success” is flaunted through clothes, cars, trips abroad, etc.
There is an intensity in childhood that we (teachers and parents) should capture so that the child will—at any age—hear “the call” to what she can become, without thinking of the “Instagrams of life”. Often we “all-knowing adults” dampen down the intensity within a child, who must have heard the Universe’s call, by giving a counter message “You are what you will achieve.”
The student may wrap his/her dreams around altruistic objectives like “I wanna help others” or “be an inspiration to others”, etc. But a subliminal “adult” message is running in her mind: “It is more important how others perceive you–be successful.”
When we look at how the grim the world has become, devastated by a virus due to our interference in nature’s purpose, we realize that we have forgotten the task that the Creator has given us. In Genesis 2:15, one reads: “Then the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to tend and keep it.”
Humankind has overlooked this command as people, through the ages, exploited the earth—degraded it and made other creatures extinct by human actions—hunting wild animals for leisure, for décor, for manhood enhancement. We must remind ourselves now that we were created not to exploit the garden, not to destroy it, not to deface it, but to tend and keep this once beautiful garden through generous “life and work.”
The Pathway to “Depth”
The pressure and stress that the lockdown created revealed the character of many of us. Isolation, death, loss of jobs occurred in varying swiftness and intensity. Those with faith and a strong inner core are able to carry on, drawing on their inner strength and a circle of relationships. Those who have none in them hurl anger and invectives so coarse that they drain the energy of those who read their posts on social media. Suffering and pain do not always extract the best in a person the way gold is extracted from its ore through extreme heat. A person who does not handle his anger and pain will transmit them like a virus to others. Character, these times show, is an important ingredient in handling trying times.
We associate “depth” with the coherence of the person’s inner core. We plan our “life and work” to find happiness, but happiness does not come through the usual pursuits. Instead, it comes when we convert our pain into making another person’s life better.
This is what we at Miriam College will refocus on in the midst of 21st century technology and challenges: that we stop taking for granted the essential things that ancient wisdom imparted in ancient texts, and that while Miriam College education develops academic excellence and competence in technical skills for the 21st century, the school will also help its students define their “life and work”. And in the process, we hope that all of us—together— will discover peace as we plumb the depth of our communal and individual “essential selves.”
For ultimately, when we die, the others will not recall our academic honors nor our titles nor the achievements we have attained. Instead, the eulogies will remember the “depth” of our character, how we have touched the lives of others in positive ways, and how we responded to the “call” of the Universe through our “life and work.” | <urn:uuid:2f5fad1f-3991-40db-b2e0-d42ab8a901b4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.mc.edu.ph/news/ArticleID/1591/moving-forward | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573029.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817153027-20220817183027-00269.warc.gz | en | 0.960529 | 1,509 | 1.921875 | 2 |
Remembering Dorothy Day
November 13, 2017
Marking the 120th anniversary of Dorothy Day’s birth, Saint John’s School of Theology and Seminary and the Liturgical Press were honored last week to host Patrick Jordan, long-time friend of Dorothy’s and author of LP’s 2015 publication, Dorothy Day: Love in Action. Jordan spoke to a captivated audience about Day’s life and legacy, giving special attention to her close relationship to the Benedictines of Collegeville.
Day was a Benedictine Oblate and frequent visitor to Collegeville. Jordan emphasized the connection between Benedictine spirituality and the Catholic Worker Movement, particularly the notion of “ora et labora.” While the dignity of manual labor is a well-known and obvious tenet of the Catholic Worker, prayer was equally, if not more important to Day and her co-founder, Peter Maurin.
Jordan read from a letter Day wrote to Abbot Alcuin Deutsch, expressing her and Maurin's excitement and eagerness to participate in the work of the liturgical movement. Roughly one year after starting the Catholic Worker, Day wrote: “We have been trying, from the start of our work to link up the liturgy with the Church’s social doctrine, realizing that the doctrine of the mystical body of Christ is at the root of both.”
Despite this positive relationship with the monks at Saint John’s, Day refused to accept an honorary degree from the university. She never publicized her response, but Jordan read from her letter of refusal. She explained carefully that despite her gratitude and affection for the community, her opposition to the Vietnam War and the draft was incompatible with receiving such an honor from a school with an ROTC program and other forms of government support. Jordan mused that her refusal was also due, in part, to her keen awareness that she was not a scholar. Despite having profound respect for the profession, and the role of theologians in particular, Day knew it was not her vocation.
Responding to a question about what challenge Day would give to students and scholars of today, Jordan recalled her statement in 1938: “The Mass is the most important work of the day. If I can just remember to do that well, as well as I am able, everything, everything else will take care of itself.” Whatever one’s vocation might be – activist, scholar, parent, etc., Jordan fondly and confidently recalled, “She said if you had a sense of presence, all sorts of things opened up to you.”
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The phrase "my brother's keeper" is a reference to the Biblical story of Cain and Abel from the book of Genesis. It is generally understood to mean being responsible for the welfare of a brother or other sibling or, by extension, for other human beings in general. Cain, who is quoted as having made this statement, claimed not to have this responsibility. The phrase, however, is often used with the suggestion that people do have such a responsibility to care for and watch over their fellow human beings.
Cain and Abel
The story of Cain and Abel appears in the first 16 verses of the fourth chapter of Genesis. The phrase "my brother's keeper" appeared in William Tyndale's 1530 English translation. Tyndale's translation was one of those incorporated into the King James Version of the Bible, which was completed in the early 1600s and has been one of the most widely used versions of the Bible.
Cain and Abel were sons of Adam and Eve. Cain, a farmer, and Abel, a shepherd, each sacrificed the fruits of their labor to God. God looked favorably upon Abel's sacrifice, but not Cain's, and in his anger over the incident, Cain murdered his brother.
God later asked Cain where his brother was, and Cain replied, according to the King James Version, "I know not. Am I my brother's keeper?" God, who knew that Cain had killed Abel, punished the murderer by making him a "fugitive and a vagabond." When Cain complained that anyone who came across him would kill him because of his actions, God declared that vengeance would be taken on anyone who killed Cain, and God marked Cain as a sign that he was not to be harmed.
With his question — "Am I my brother's keeper?" — Cain attempted to hide his misdeed by claiming no responsibility for his brother. Followers of Biblical teachings often interpret this story as a reminder that they are, indeed, responsible for the welfare of other people. Someone who is his brother's keeper looks out for and cares for others, even if they are not actually related to him or her. For example, a person who tries to be a "brother's keeper" might donate his or her time or resources to help others and will place the needs of others before his or her own.
A Story That Translates Across Time
Searching for “my brother's keeper meaning” can lead you down a fascinating path of discovery. To gain some deeper insight into that meaning, we can examine the language in which it’s expressed. We know that the Tyndale Bible is the first English translation that directly sourced the original Hebrew and Greek texts. Earlier English translations include the Old English Hexateuch, completed by Abbot Ælfric of Eynsham in the 10th century C.E. But the Hexateuch and similar editions sourced the Latin Vulgate, which itself was a translation of Hebrew and Greek manuscripts. So to arrive at the original meaning, we need to look at the classical Hebrew in which the Book of Genesis was written.
Insights From the Hebrew Text
Genesis 4:9 depicts Cain asking the classic question. We should keep in mind that Hebrew grammar and syntax follow different rules in English. A word-for-word translation of Cain’s reply to God reads something like this: “Not I do know. The keeper of my brother I?” While it reads and sounds unusual to native English speakers, we can still get the general meaning.
The key term to watch in this phrase, of course, is “keeper.” The original Hebrew phrase at that spot is “ha shomer,” with “ha” as the definite article and “shomer,” a singular noun form of the verb “shamar.” This verb’s definition is to keep, guard, watch, preserve, protect, or have charge of someone or something.
The Link Between Selfishness and Loneliness
God’s judgment of Cain in the classic story seems fitting. Cain is forced to wander for the rest of his natural life, but he also cannot farm the land as easily as he once did. Only a few of his descendants are listed in the remainder of Genesis 4. After that, there’s nothing but radio silence about Cain. Meanwhile, Seth is born and continues the human race.
The aftermath of Abel’s murder illustrates a point. Even if God hadn’t declared that Cain would endlessly roam, it’s hard to imagine that Adam and Eve would have tolerated his presence if he’d tried to remain with them. By both murdering his brother and refusing any responsibility to care for him, Cain effectively cut himself off from his family. Cain’s actions resulted in his own isolation — because he could never return home.
Selfishness and Isolation in Modern Times
Harming others can certainly put us at odds with our families and communities. Yet there’s an interesting link between selfishness and isolation. Early in human history, being excluded from their social groups could put people in harm’s way. Without the protection, food, and shelter the group provided, they were extremely vulnerable. Feeling isolated can prompt us to seek human connection, but there’s always the chance of slipping into self-preservation mode. Isolation can feed self-preservation tendencies, resulting in even greater loneliness.
Familiar Bonds, Altruism, and Community
As we see from the direct translation, it’s still clear that Cain is asking God if he’s supposed to watch out for his brother. Both modern and ancient audiences would understand that Cain is both lying and deflecting God’s question. He not only denies that he knows Abel’s whereabouts, but he also refuses to accept responsibility for Abel’s wellbeing.
Naturally, many of us would shout a resounding “Yes!” in reply to Cain’s infamous question. His words are a rejection of familial responsibility: It provokes outrage and disgust on a visceral level. Whether or not our parents practice what they preach, most of us grow up with the basic idea that we’re to watch out for our fellow family members. If we don’t, it’s more than just a personal or moral failing. Depending on the situation, someone could literally suffer or die because of our inaction.
Altruism Beyond the Family
Of course, care and concern extend can extend to those who aren’t family members. Such altruism not only benefits those we help, but it can also positively impact our larger communities. Maybe there is a little self-interest involved sometimes. Scientists have discovered that altruistic acts trigger the reward systems in our brains, so that’s why we feel good after helping others.
When our ancestors placed others’ wellbeing above their own, it also ensured their social groups’ survival. These practices, plus interdependence within the family, have stood the test of time. When we think of “my brother’s keeper meaning” in these contexts, we can better understand human nature. This can also help us make healthy choices for ourselves, our families, and our communities at large. | <urn:uuid:abea4bd6-66dd-487a-b95a-7ca798f82983> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.languagehumanities.org/what-does-my-brothers-keeper-mean.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573104.24/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817183340-20220817213340-00468.warc.gz | en | 0.975767 | 1,520 | 2.734375 | 3 |
ST. PETERSBURG — The Enough movement was born from all the tragic young lives lost in our community over the past six months. With the three young ladies that drowned after being chased into a pond and the eight young men who lost their lives within a two-month period, a group of concerned citizens felt that enough was enough.
Within two weeks, Delinquency Prevention Specialist for the Dept. of Juvenile Justice Pat McGhee, Pastor Kenneth Irby, St. Petersburg Police Department, JoAnne Nesbit, Executive Director of the Childs Park YMCA Deborah Figgs-Sanders, Ann Sherman-White from Pinellas Technical College (PTC), gallerist Carla Bristol and community activists Carl Lavender, Gwen Reese and Bro. John Muhammad put together a program held April 19.
The Enough event was created for the youth to have a voice on crime issues, youth deaths, youth behavior and community/school issues. This was not a forum meant to bring blame on anyone or anything, but just to state the concerns and issues from the perspectives of young people.
Held at the St. Pete campus of PTC, Enough was a call to action. The panel consisted of seven youths, youth moderator Jalen White from Boca Ciega High School and adult moderator and advisory Pastor Irby. More than 120 youths were present and some 75 adults.
Topics discussed included: How to better themselves, emotions surrounding the deaths of the three young ladies, auto theft and the consequences, the media’s influence over the youth, the understanding of crime and the Trayvon Martin case.
The goal for coming together was to listen and allow the youths to speak freely while the adults listen.
Following the event, organizers will review the issues and solutions identified by the youths to improve communication and make changes for a better community. One such suggestion by a young man was to create a skate park where the youth could have a safe place to hang out. Several suggestions are being reviewed by the team, and from the collected data a series of workshops/sessions will be held monthly with a summit component to wrap things up.
State Rep. Darryl Rouson and Judge Patrice Moore were on hand to speak to the children that came from such organizations as TASCO, Men in the Making, 5000 Black Role Models and Project Bridge.
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The Lagos State Government has recorded a total of N1.08 trillion in its Internally Generated Revenue (IGR) between 2010 and 2014.
This is according to latest data from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).
A further breakdown of the figures show that the state also recorded the highest IGR of 276.16 billion naira in 2014.
Rivers State occupied the second position with an IGR of 89.11 billion naira in 2014, and a cumulative total of 345.64 billion naira within the five-year period.
With a total of 199.43 billion naira generated between 2010 and 2014, Delta State came next.
In the meantime, 13 states which were previously left out of the IGR index also had their complete 2014 IGR figures accommodated.
They include Abia, Adamawa and Borno states, which recorded 12.73 billion naira, 4.99 billion naira and 2.76 billion respectively as IGR in 2014.
Others include Cross River, Ebonyi, Edo, among others.
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The Green Card Lottery is a popular immigration program that issues immigration visas to people all over the world for the purpose of increasing the diversity of U.S. immigration numbers.
Applicants are supposed to register during the designated registration period (between October 1 and November 2 for 2013) and then if they are winners of the lottery they get a chance to apply for an immigration visa.
The program is particularly popular because of the relatively few requirements of entry. Many people cannot immigrate to the United States unless they already have family there or can secure a job (a difficult proposition) and the Green Card Lottery Requires neither.
The Green Card Lottery divides all the recognized countries of the world into several regions of which the winners are selected.
Most of Africa remains eligible for entry into the Green Card Lottery. While there are many people from the continent who apply every year, there are also many fraudulent claims which reduces the number of winners.
In the 2015 Green Card Lottery Nigeria has been excluded because it exceeded its immigration quota.
The countries of Asia that are not included in this Green Card Lottery are Bangladesh, China, India, Pakistan, South Korea, the Philippines and Vietnam.
However, Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, though technically part of China, remain eligible for the Green Card Lottery.
There is only one European country that cannot participate in the Green Card Lottery and that is the United Kingdom. This includes all of its dependent territories except for North Ireland.
North America only has one qualified nation for the Green Card Lottery: the Bahamas.
All nations located within Oceania remain eligible.
South America, Central America and the Caribbean
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THIS DAY IN OUR PAST
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take place in the Corporate Area; the new bridge at Kencot and that at Rousseau Road are open by Governor Edward Brandis Denham and Mrs Sidney R. Cargill, respectively. The bridge at Kencot (Chisholm Bridge) runs over the Shoemaker Gully and is built at a cost of £1,070. Mrs S. R. Cargill officiates the opening at Rousseau Road. The bridge at Rousseau Road will be called the Duval Bridge, as it is being named after Councillor Duval. 1969:communications
The minister of Association, is held under the patronage of the Governor General Clifford Campbell and Lady Campbell, who both attends accompanied by ADC Delroy Ormsby. Distinguished viewers include Minister of Education Edwin Allen; Minister of Youth and Community Development Allan Douglas and Mrs Douglas; Minister of Legal Affairs Victor Grant; Minister of Home Affairs Roy McNeill; Minister of State for Youth and Community Development Hector Wynter; Custos of Kingston Aubrey McFarlane and Mrs McFarlane; Mayor of Kingston councillor Eric Bell; Mrs Aroti Dutt, president of the Associated Country women of the World; Dorothy Lightbourne, chairman of the Jamaica Federation of Women; Maurice Byer, principal medical officer in the Ministry of Health, and Mrs Byer.
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This article was published with What Are You Afraid of? —great writing on anxiety, fearlessness, bombs, the economy, science, and what scares us.
When Franklin D. Roosevelt took the stage and delivered his first inaugural address, he beheld legions of frightened Americans. The year was 1933. A quarter of the nation was unemployed.
As he bellowed those now-famous words—the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—Roosevelt couldn’t have fathomed the face of his country a mere 75 years later. For there’s no doubt that “nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance” seizes the citizenry more tightly today than ever before.
The dangers of modern life have a stranglehold on people’s imaginations. Sociologists call the phenomenon risk society, describing cultures increasingly preoccupied with threats to safety, both real and perceived. And while the human species is prone to miscalculating risk, there’s more at work here than frazzled modern nerves: Americans are fearful. Truly fearful. When they’re asked, a majority say with certainty that the world is more dangerous than ever before. Even in the face of evidence that negates this misperception, there is no relief. We lock our doors, say our prayers, and still can’t get to sleep.
For the first time in history, fear is tearing society apart. In the past, fear has engendered solidarity—as it did in the 1950s, when nuclear anxieties bound Americans together. Contemporary fear throws wedges between us. This isolation, in turn, renders the public ever more fearful. What’s more, media outlets, politicians, and businesses all have learned to capitalize on this distinctly modern sense of dread, and thus profit from finding ways to cultivate it. Until we find a way to resist fear, we’ll live at the mercy of these emotional entrepreneurs—and in doing so, be party to the personal, cultural, and political consequences.
The good news is that on the eve of a new presidential administration, in the midst of two intractable wars and an economic crisis, we are singularly poised to challenge those things that scare us most.
Fear is not a new emotion. Throughout history, it has marked societies and even mobilized them, whether they were facing down plagues or the threat of nuclear annihilation. What’s unique about 21st-century fear is how people experience it. Since the 1980s, society at large has bolted frantically from one panic to the next. Fear of crime reduced us to wrecks, but before long we were also howling about deadly diseases, drug abusers, online pedophiles, avian flu, teens gone wild, mad cows, anthrax, immigrants, environmental collapse, and—let us not forget—terrorists.
“There isn’t a single fear that defines our era,” says sociologist Frank Furedi, author of Culture of Fear: Risk-Taking and the Morality of Low Expectation and Politics of Fear: Beyond Left and Right. “What we have is a more promiscuous, pluralistic form of fearing. The very important implication to this is that while my parents feared together, you and I have a more isolated, private experience. We fear on our own.”
A recent report from the World Social Summit underscores the degree to which fear has become a personal matter. Published in September 2008, “Fear in the Mega-Cities” surveys citizens of 10 urban hubs around the globe, among them London, Mumbai, and Beijing. Highly individual fears like physical or mental suffering and death top the list of anxieties, followed by preoccupations with being left out or falling behind, especially economically.
“Collective fears, in comparison, seem not to be excessively important,” write the report’s authors. In New York, the top-ranking fear, outstripping even fear of a terrorist attack, is “not being able to maintain the same standard of living in the future.”
In the past, common fears bound communities together. They were a source of shared identity and engendered camaraderie and trust. “Americans born roughly between 1910 and 1940 were a particularly civic and trusting generation,” write Pamela Paxton and Jeremy Adam Smith in the Fall 2008 issue of Greater Good; facing down monumental challenges like the Great Depression and World War II required people to depend on one another, fusing communities together.
The individual way we’ve come to experience fear contributes only to isolation and feelings of helplessness. Instead of seeing support or solutions, we add to our grim roster of perceived threats.
One explanation for the incapacitating nature of contemporary fear is that our brains simply are not wired to process modern life. In his 2008 book The Science of Fear: Why We Fear the Things We Shouldn’t—and Put Ourselves in Greater Danger, journalist Daniel Gardner unfolds the ways we fail to assess risk properly, as well as the sobering consequences.
Our subconscious mind issues lightning-fast judgments about danger based on principles that evolved during our cave-dwelling days. One such rule of thumb, what Gardner calls the “example rule,” dictates that the easier it is to gin up a memory of something, the more likely it is to be a repeat threat. This gut instinct served us well when it steered us clear of places where humans often met with hungry predators. Today, though, the nightly news stocks our subconscious with frightening images of plane crashes, superbugs, and child abductions; faced with related decisions, our guts make the decidedly wrong calls.
Gardner points to the 12 months after 9/11, during which, researchers now know, an understandably large number of people heeded their guts and avoided flying. Fear itself put millions of additional people in cars. Flying, however, is vastly safer than driving, and in that one year, traffic fatalities on U.S. roads spiked. An additional 1,595 people lost their lives. At the end of the year, air travel numbers returned to normal, and traffic fatalities resumed their disconcerting but regular rates.
These sorts of miscalculations happen every day: When our guts tell us not to let children play outside unsupervised, the sedentary lifestyle that inevitably results exposes kids to a host of health problems far more dangerous than the slim probability of abduction. In 1999, when sociologist Barry Glassner wrote The Culture of Fear, researchers had discovered that women, by and large, misunderstood the statistical risks of breast cancer, and that overblown fears had kept them from scheduling preventive screenings.
Our brains are poorly equipped to weigh risks that don’t result in immediate negative consequences, Psych ology Today observed last February. One more cigarette, one more fast-food meal: What’s the harm?
Marketers, politicians, and entertainers grasp with precision how brains misfire, and they apply this knowledge to great gain. Fearmongering has worked wonders for everyone from real estate agents hawking gated communities to advocacy groups attempting to recruit members.
“In 1993 there were only a few dozen antibacterial consumer products,” Mother Jones reported in December. “Today, there are more than 9,000, with 2,753 new ones introduced in 2007.” Never mind that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration concluded four years ago that antibacterial soap is no better at preventing infection than regular suds: Sales of antibacterial chemicals are projected to reach $930 million in 2009. If you aren’t afraid of germs, you haven’t been watching enough TV.
As networks battle for ratings and newspapers grasp at disappearing readers, the urge to lead with sensational stories grows. The gap between the reported and the commonplace skews our subconscious stockpile of reference points, while hunger for the next big story inevitably broadens our catalog of things that go bump in the night.
Television shows seem almost single-mindedly intent on triggering our anxieties—and tend to lay the blame squarely on those fools who were not fearful enough. In a recent episode of CBS’ Criminal Minds, a pair of grief-stricken parents blubbered in front of the agents sent to recover their abducted son. The father, it seems, had argued that the 5-year-old ought to be allowed to walk to a friend’s house . . . alone. “I thought we were babying him,” he moans, as the aggrieved mother issues a stony, reproachful stare.
Such story lines are anything but an anomaly. Law & Order (nearly two decades’ worth), the CSI franchise, Dateline’s disturbing “reality” program To Catch a Predator, and more: All exploit our imaginations on behalf of the very worst and least likely possibilities. That we can enjoy these shows as entertainment suggests the degree to which fear has become just another part of life. In the U.K., Furedi says, networks now broadcast public service announcements after frightening programs, providing a hotline for viewers to call if they’ve been disturbed.
The intention may be honorable, but the implication is unmistakable: What you see on TV should scare you. (And if you’re not scared, there’s probably something wrong with you.)
To consider only what the media dish up, however, neglects the impact of our changing roles as media consumers. Increasingly, we seek out news from specialized sources—and this balkanization directly affects the sorts of things we fear. “Not all media agree with one another, and a diversity of panics breaks out among different media audiences,” Skeptical Inquirer’s Erich Goode wrote in December.
Right-wing talk radio shows, for example, battle lefty networks like Air America, each championing the correct fears for its constituency of listeners. What media people choose to consume has come to say as much about their identities as the causes they champion, the candidates they support, and the lives they lead. In this way, the things people learn to fear have become a form of identity.
“If I could ask you ‘How do you feel about terrorism?’ I can pretty much guess the rest of your political views based on [your answer],” Gardner says.
In a telling preelection episode of Comedy Central’s Daily Show with Jon Stewart, reporter John Oliver dove into the crowds at campaign rallies for then–Democratic candidate Barack Obama and Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin. With total aplomb, citizens at each rally expressed their fear, even terror, as to what would happen if their candidate’s opponent were to be elected. Oliver’s conclusion? “There’s no red America, no blue America. There’s just one scared shitless America.”
While the report was meant to elicit a laugh, it also underscores how canned fears tell important stories about who people are. It would be a mistake, though, to presume as Oliver humorously suggests that this fear is somehow unifying. Contemporary fears may be held in common, but they still circle back to the self. Remember Joe the Plumber? At the heart of his query sat the self-centered meme of the 2008 campaign season: What can you do for me? Or, translated into appropriately fearful rhetoric: What will this candidate do to me?
Savvy politicians understand exactly how and when to exploit these tendencies. “In conditions when conventional political ideologies fail to inspire, there is a temptation to resort to the politics of fear,” writes Alex Gourevitch in the Winter 2008 edition of the journal n+1. “The hope is that the quest for security, rather than anything higher, can become a unifying political principle in its own right.”
Unleashed in service of partisan politics, fearmongering serves not to unify the whole, but to solidify divisions and further our experience of fear as an isolating emotion. Over the past eight years, we’ve seen the politics of fear exploited and used to shape the Bush doctrine, the war on terror, and unprecedented restrictions on civil liberties.
Fear becomes a cycle that is all but impossible for politicians to abandon. Gardner recalls a town hall meeting in early 2008 during which Obama was asked about the politics of fear. He began brilliantly by blasting it. “You could tell this was what he really believed,” Gardner says. But then Obama’s “political mind got going.”
Covering his bases, the candidate gracefully shifted gears to acknowledge that there are thousands of terrorists out there who would like to do the United States harm, and that he would of course be diligent about protecting American lives.
“The political calculus always favors the politics of fear,” says Gardner. The rhetoric is so dominant that, until just recently, to simply reject it—to declare that the public’s fears are perhaps partially unfounded, if not at the very least answering to miscalculated priorities—would amount to political suicide.
Toward the end of the 2008 election season, however, the John McCain and Obama camps’ responses to the polls stood in sharp contrast, says risk analyst Paul Slovic, a professor at the University of Oregon and president of Decision Research. People operate on two levels, Slovic explains. System one is the gut, our feelings, from which many of our unfounded fears spring. System two is the analytical element, our minds, and people generally reach decisions in a combination of these two modes of thinking.
As the polls began to favor Obama, the McCain campaign’s response was to rely ever more on the gut. Republican strategists “sensed” that the polls were wrong, denied the scientific, and attempted to keep their hopes alive. The campaign strategy descended into triggering instinctive feelings and heightening misplaced fears.
For the first time in a long time there was an alternative: A candidate whose campaign emphasized hope, sacrifice, and trust in fellow citizens. Whose decidedly “system two” approach to answering questions (that is, thoroughly explaining all the relevant details) was so alien that his lengthy responses were at first mocked as being overly wonky. A candidate who said we can do better than this.
And the American public said yes we can.
On the whole, the world is healthier, safer, and more prosperous than ever before. And that, writes Sasha Abramsky in an October issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education, could be what makes us so anxious.
“After centuries of technological progress, we think we can glimpse the promised land. We can envision a world in which cancer is merely a coldlike nuisance, in which stem-cell research banishes Alzheimer’s,” Abramsky writes. “But the world today is far from a utopia. My guess is that we have become so fearful at least in part because we fear our intoxicating future’s being snatched away from us.”
If we are to lay definitive claim to that future, then the time to act is most certainly now. Not for decades has there been such an opportunity to reject the isolation and vulnerability to manipulation that contemporary fear has brought us.
“The global financial crisis now presents us with a threat that directly resonates with preexisting social and economic insecurities. In response to the crisis, a global language of fear is emerging,” writes Frank Furedi, the sociologist, in an October issue of New Statesman. Instead of processing the economic crisis as a threat to individuals, we’re talking about it as a disaster that affects the world community—a problem for all that we must address. These are frightening times, perhaps, but for the first time in years it seems our fears are coalescing into collective experience.
Individual fears may rack us with self-centered anxiety, but “people rarely respond to disaster with extreme panic, recklessness, and selfishness,” writes sociologist Lee Clarke in the Summer 2008 issue of Greater Good. It’s a bittersweet silver lining, but economic pains could provide just the sort of galvanizing force we need to recalibrate ourselves toward solidarity. (Or, as John Oliver might say, to become one scared shitless world.)
In this sense, Obama’s presidency couldn’t come at a more fortuitous time. “As powerful as fear is . . . it’s nowhere near as powerful as the combination of fear and hope,” Glenn Hurowitz points out in a December 2007 issue of the Nation. “The politicians we remember as fonts of hope, Lincoln and FDR in particular, were those who had no need to paint scary images with their language—fear had already gripped the land.”
For Obama to make good on the politics of hope, though, the American public must continue to demonstrate the resistance to fear they showed by electing him.
“The solution is ultimately a political one, but at the moment that is a bit premature,” says Furedi. “In the pre-political stage, solidarity needs to be aggressively celebrated and promoted.” Politicians can’t take a pass on the politics of fear until citizens stop demanding answers that soothe their distorted sense of safety. Companies will not stop marketing products based on fear out of the goodness of their hearts.
“Accept that you’re human,” counsels Gardner. Accept that you’re susceptible to misjudgments and miscalculations, and that your instincts might, at times, lead you astray. Learn some of the science, and develop a habit of thinking twice about gut reactions. And then, extend that compassion for human nature to others.
People need not abandon fear altogether. As Slovic points out, our ability to judge risk is sophisticated, and instinctual decisions often serve us well. But when something doesn’t quite seem to sync up, gut to head, then it’s time to pause and at least question what’s causing the discrepancy.
Once people start thinking this way, it’s impossible to stop: Every television program, every advertisement, every stump speech that hangs its hat on scare tactics will be thrown into acute relief. We can give up allowing fears to define us, and focus instead on which ones are worth tackling together. When we do that, we don’t just free politicians from fear-inducing rhetoric or stymie fearmongering marketers; we also give ourselves some much-needed relief. The cause for alarm that Abramsky suggests—that we can see how far we’ve come—will instead give us hope for how far we still might go. | <urn:uuid:66cc64f6-dcea-4f64-a7a8-12d974849328> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.utne.com/Politics/Overcoming-American-Fear-Culture-On-Eve-of-New-Presidency | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280763.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00513-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955707 | 3,919 | 2.546875 | 3 |
Argillite adze; Unknown; Unkown; CR2021.043.14
Argillite adzeAbout this object
Argillite adze. A classic type 2B adze (after Duff 1956)* of medium grained metasomatized argillite. The cross section is sharply quadrangular with the back narrower than the front. The angle of the bevel to the cutting edge is also distinctively defined. The adze has been hammer dressed and then polished all over apart from the poll. Some edgewear chipping on the blade. This adze would have been used for fine wood working.
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Naming adopted pets. January 23, 2014Posted by ourfriendben in pets, wit and wisdom.
Tags: changing pet names, dog names, naming cats, naming dogs, naming pets, pet names
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Our friend Ben and Silence Dogood just saw an article about whether you should rename an adopted animal. We say, of course you should, assuming you don’t like your pet’s original name.
However, if your pet already has a name, we also don’t think you should stray too far from it when you give it its new name. Let’s say your dog’s name was Meatball. Changing it to Farley might seem like a good idea, but Meatball might not have a clue about what you’re calling him. Remember, it’s not his fault his previous owners were idiots; it’s just up to you to come up with a new name you can tolerate that sounds enough like Meatball for your new dog to recognize it.
Dogs, after all, aren’t stupid, unlike their owners who give them stupid names and then abandon them. They’ll quickly come to recognize their names if they sound vaguely familiar and respond to them.
We should know. We chose to adopt a delightful golden retriever whose owner had named her Banjo. We didn’t think a dog should be named for a thing. We’d planned on naming our dog Maggie, but Banjo and Maggie were too far apart. We decided on Annie instead, since it was closer to Banjo. Sure enough, Annie responded to her new name from the moment we took her home.
Meatball? Maybe if he’s a tough-looking guy, or you’re a fan of the Philadelphia Eagles, you could call hime Eagle. Just a thought.
Whatever, don’t settle for a name you hate just because the dog or cat’s already been saddled with it. (Precious or Mister or Fella or Fluffy, anyone?) Just try to come up with something that sounds enough like the name for your pet to adjust. After all, they’re already grateful to you for taking them in. Making sure that the new name means them—always addressing them by that name, praising and petting them while using the name—will help them adjust quickly. Don’t settle for Cuddles or Puddles if you want Carruthers.
What do you call your dog? April 9, 2011Posted by ourfriendben in pets, wit and wisdom.
Tags: dog names, German shepherd names, popular dog names, Shiloh
Silence Dogood here. As readers of Poor Richard’s Almanac know, our friend Ben and I love our black German shepherd, Pioneer Hawk’s Haven Shiloh von Shiloh Special. Over the course of two lifetimes of pets of every type and stripe, we’ve learned a thing or two about naming pets. One thing, obviously, is to enjoy being creative while coming up with a pet’s formal name but to keep the call name to a simple, easy-to-say two-syllable name like “Shiloh.”
It’s also good to make sure the name is something you’d want to shout in public. Linus Theodore Aquinas, our friend Ben’s first parakeet, and Kissie, the name my sister gave our family’s first cocker spaniel, are not good choices in this respect. (The poor parakeet, which proved so long-lived that it accompanied OFB to college, was simply referred to in his family as Bird.)
PR is also important in our lawsuit-happy times. Fond as we are of the idea of the faithful dog defending the family and family home, names like Killer, Butcher, Jaws, Godzilla, Chopper and the like are not especially wise. And old-time favorite descriptors like Blackie, Spot, Tiny, Bullseye, Hero, Lurker (describing the dog’s breed work, not its personality), Fella, Muttsy, and so on are unlikely to win favor in these very different times, when more often than not, dogs really are considered part of the family, not hangers-on confined to a doghouse in the backyard.
I’d thought OFB and I saw eye-to-eye on the dog-name situation until a few nights ago, when I had a dog-related dream. I dreamt that our vet’s office called to tell me that they had a young male German shepherd named Sherman whose owner had died. Sherman was well trained and very much in need of a loving home. Would we want to take him? Well, of course we would, assuming he got along well with Shiloh and the cats. But not with that awful name.
The next morning, I related the dream to our friend Ben. And then I said, “I was thinking of calling him T. Rex.”
“T. Rex?!!!!” OFB looked at me as though I’d lost my mind.
“Well, of course, Ben. We both love fossils, after all, and just think how many German shepherds have been called Rex. Why not T. Rex?”
“T. Rex!” OFB looked even more appalled by the thought of my suggested name than by the prospect of adding a new (fictional) dog to Hawk’s Haven, our tiny cottage home. “What on earth would you call him, Mr. T.?!”
“I was thinking of calling him T. Rex,” I replied.
“Well, you said his original name was Sherman. And he’s a German shepherd. So how about Sherman the German?”
“Nothing named Sherman is ever setting foot in this house.”
“Ben! Why are you arguing with me about the name of a hypothetical dog?! It was my dream, so I get to name the dog, and his name is T. Rex!”
OFB stomped off, and I’d swear I heard him muttering something like “What about Booga-Wooga?” as he left the room.
Sheesh. Thinking about this later, I wondered what real people were naming their real dogs. What dog names were coming out on top? Thanks to my good friend Google, I was sure I could find out.
Apparently, if your dog is a male, you’re most likely to name him Max, followed by Bailey, Buddy, Jake, and Rocky, at least according to stats submitted by the Veterinary Pet Insurance company based on policyholder registrations. If your dog’s a girl, you’ll most likely call her Molly, Maggie, Lucy, Daisy, or Bella. Sadie, Sophie, Chloe, Ginger, Emma, and Sasha are also high on the list of girl-dog names, while males are sporting call names like Cody, Charlie, Duke, Sam, Harley, and Oliver. (Interesting that Marley didn’t make the boy-pup list, but Gizmo did.)
The Dogtime website even breaks the popular dog names down by breed. For German shepherds, the top ten names are: Franz, Zeppo, Winston, Duke, Annika, Heidi, Paz, Sasha, Thor, and Jackson. Franz?! Unless their last name is Ferdinand, why? Zeppo? Have German shepherds joined the Marx Brothers?! Winston and Paz seem a bit confused, country-wise. Friends and neighbors already have dogs named Duke and Jackson, so they’re definitely out. I like Thor, but it’s a bit too Conan the Barbarian for everyday use. And I love Sasha, but my best friend’s son is named that, so it’s also out as a dog name. Ditto my friend Heidi. Annika’s a lovely name, but it’s three syllables, and hard experience has taught us that two syllables are best for pet call names.
T. Rex. That’s just about right.
‘Til next time,
Have fun with pet names. July 28, 2009Posted by ourfriendben in pets, Uncategorized, wit and wisdom.
Tags: dog names, pet names, Shiloh
Our friend Ben is a strong believer in having a lot of fun with the naming of pets. Studies have shown that giving people unusual names can warp them for life, but it can also make them unforgettable: Tallulah Bankhead, Tennessee Williams, Basil Rathbone, Bela Lugosi, Yul Brynner. Or our friend Delilah Smittle. This is so true that savvy actors and others have adopted more memorable names to fix themselves in the public’s mind. Who could forget Boris Karloff, but who would remember William Henry Pratt, the English actor who adopted that stage name? Groucho Marx is indelible; Julius Henry Marx sounds like a cross between Karl Marx and an Orange Julius. You’re not likely to forget 50 Cent, or to remember his birth name, Curtis James Jackson III.
Our friend Ben doesn’t blame you if you prefer not to name your offspring Royal Stove or Einstein Shakespeare Ghandi the Great. (Silence Dogood actually went to college with a girl named Chase Morgan, but then, she really was related to both the Chases and the Morgans, so Silence figured it was just good advertising.) I think it’s best to give your children attractive names, then let them, like the Native Americans of old, choose their adult names as they go along and learn more about themselves. Our friend Ben’s niece Katie has chosen to live her adult life as KT; our friend Paul goes by Fritzjambo and an assortment of other alter-egos.
Instead of trying to shape your offsprings’ destiny through their names, how about putting that creativity towards your pets’ names instead? Our friend Ben has always thought that pet names were fair game, at least, until last night, when one of our friends took us to task for naming our black German shepherd puppy Pioneer Hawk’s Haven Shiloh von Shiloh Special. There’s actually a logical sequence behind this name: Pioneer German Shepherds is the name of Shiloh’s birth kennel, and thus must be represented on her registration form; Hawk’s Haven is our home, and has been part of the names of all our dogs; and her grandfather is Lucas von Shiloh Special. But beyond that, we find it highly entertaining.
Mind you, our friend Ben comes by quirky pet names naturally. My parents named their first parakeet Philomelia the Elegant Fowl. My father’s Afghan hounds were named Cleopatra, Robespierre, and Ariadne. As a very young child, Father named his family’s two roosters Diddum Yahoo and Justus. Our friend Ben’s own first dog, circa sixth grade, was named Homely Homer Hapilus. Silence is not immune to this trend, either: She chose to name our small flock of hens with Regency romance names, such as Serena, Olivia, Stella, Sophia, Lucretia, and Portia. (I’ll admit that later additions, such as the half-sisters Imelda and Griselda, bore more of my own stamp.) Then there was our friend Ben’s brother, who chose at an early age to name his pet guinea pig after our Aunt Bernice, but was convinced to change its name to Burnoose to avoid giving offense.
Over many years and many pets, our friend Ben has decided there are exactly three rules to the successful naming of pets:
* Rule #1: Name your pet exactly what you want. If it’s Genghis Khan Tiberius Caesar Moronicus the Fourteenth, that’s your business and nobody else’s.
* Rule #2: Call your pet a one- or two-syllable name. Your pet bird may be named Alcibiades, but for everyday use, you’d better call him Al or Alfie. Our cats and dogs have all had many “official” names, but at home they’re Linus, Layla, Jessie, Annie, Molly, Shiloh, Simon, and so on. Occasionally, we’ve had a pet with a one-syllable call name, like our cat Boone or our parakeet Belle, but it’s definitely the exception. Pets seem to recognize two-syllable call names best, so we’re all for them.
* Rule #3: Give your pet a call name other people can recognize. The youthful Ben learned this lesson early on with my dog Hapilus (actually named for Louis Leakey’s Homo habilis). After years of hearing the poor dog addressed or referred to as “Hapless,” “Helpless,” and even “Hopeless,” our friend Ben learned a life lesson that has remained with me ever since. Molly, Maggie, Simon, Duke and the like are easy to understand and easy for other people to say. We hope Shiloh falls into this category as well.
I guess there’s a fourth rule, and that’s not to name your pet something derogatory. Pets are inherently innocent beings, and they can be hurt as quickly as children. “Dumbo,” “Dickhead,” “Wacko” and the like are not appropriate pet names, since they invite ridicule from total strangers which the pet has done nothing to deserve. Never call your pet something you wouldn’t want to be called yourself. Ditto for names that invite ridicule even if they’re not inherently offensive, like naming a massive Rottweiler “Mini” or a teacup Chihuahua “Killer.” Your dog deserves better from you.
Otherwise, have as much fun as you can stand when it comes to naming your pet! And to those who want to make fun of our Pioneer Hawk’s Haven Shiloh von Shiloh Special, our friend Ben can only say: BWAAAAHHH!!!
The naming of dogs. July 10, 2009Posted by ourfriendben in pets, wit and wisdom.
Tags: dog names, German shepherd names, Shiloh
Silence Dogood here. T.S. Eliot may have cornered the market on the naming of cats, but from our point of view, we’ve all got a shot at great dog names. We named our black German Shepherd puppy Pioneer Hawk’s Haven Shiloh because we got her from Pioneer German Shepherds, our home is Hawk’s Haven, and I knew that Shiloh was going to be her name because… well, I just knew.
As it turned out, this proved to be, well, prophetic, since a number of her ancestors also have Shiloh in their names and heritage. But their names are so wonderful it puts us to shame in the naming category: Lucas Von Shiloh Special, for example. Or how about Lady from Hades, Job for Job Selah, Big-Big Bethsheba Selah, or Amor Jah (doubtless a reggae fan)?
Wow. If I’d only known. Maybe we’d have named our puppy Pioneer Hawk’s Haven Shiloh Von Shiloh Special. She’s certainly “special” to us!
What are your favorite dog names?
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Interview with Renata Beržanskienė(Sorainen)
The Lithuanian Gaming Law (the Law) which came into force on the 17th of May 2001 has recently received some new Amendment. Which are the key changes in the law and when does it come into force?
The amendments of the Law came into force from 1 January 2016. The key changes are related with organisation of online/remote gambling. This was not allowed in Lithuania before. It took nine years to adopt these amendments. The amendments should help to fight with illegal online gambling. The changes are related to licensing, procedural matters, promotion of gambling, gambling establishments, supervision of gambling organisers. The law did not meet reality for almost a decade and the state was losing money as it was estimated that every year the state has lost almost 6m EUR of unpaid taxes.
As online gambling – a relatively new phenomenon that has spread in the world due to new Internet technologies and e-commerce. Respectively sovereign state could regulate the gambling sector with licensing requirements as it is risky to leave this to market self-regulation. Online gambling is not as easily controlled by means of the traditional regulatory measures. Internet has no borders and consumers can easily reach other countries. With the development of e-commerce and electronic payment technologies it has become easier to set up online gambling transactions, thus problem of applicable law arises. For example, US tried to combat this negative phenomenon of blocking websites, banning electronic payments for gambling and online gambling by prohibiting same. However, it eventually became clear that even these measures were not effective enough.
On 2013 the Supreme Administrative court of the Republic of Lithuania banned online gambling in our country as the Law which was passed on 2001 did not provide for a possibility of online gambling.
As we know there have been added some new restrictions for companies that engage in online gambling. Which are the new restriction and do you think that this will attract more foreign operators to apply for licenses on the territory of Lithuania?
There is a requirement to have a branch office in Lithuania, minimum paid share capital requirement and requirement to open a certain number of real-life gambling establishments in Lithuania. These requirements are consider as limitations. The requirements to establish real-life gambling houses and to have a minimum paid share capital are likely contrary to the basic principles of European Union law, such as free movement of services and capital. If you do not meet these requirements, the licence for online gambling will not be issued and the Supervising Authority might stop all financial operations and settlements for those violating the Law.
According to current wording of the Law, it is prohibited to advertise gambling, except for certain specified gambling-related information, such as the names of companies organising online gambling. The amendments introduce a new prohibition – it will be illegal to make gifts to players after they participate in gambling activities. Another new rule is that it will be unlawful to organise contests, lotteries, trial bets and other activities outside gambling houses or outside the organizer‘s webpage.
There are some amendments dedicated to fighting the negative effects of gambling addiction, they include: that gambling organisers are obligated to put up signs warning players or visitors about the addictive nature of gambling and informing them about the legal gambling age. Also players can ask gambling organisers to limit their participation in online gambling activities, eg to limit the maximum amount that the player who made the request can bet. Players participating in online gambling always have to get clear information about the time they have played, their betting amounts and their gambling results.
What are the key sectors in the Lithuanian gambling market based on niches? Sports betting, casino, poker?
Who are the key operators at the moment and how is the taxing done in percentages?
According to the information provided by the State Gambling Control Commission, 15 gambling companies operate in Lithuania. The biggest player is Olympic Casino Group Baltija, which operates in Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Other important players are Unibet, TOPsport, others. Sports betting is very popular in Lithuania, as we still are the basketball country.
The last year in Lithuania showed significant signs of revitalization. If during the beginning of economic crisis most of operators were complaining of diminished customer flow as they were trying to save and spend less money. This trend in turn caused significant decrease in turnover, complicated options to regain funds invested into business, these days there is significant revitalization in this sector. Until now the center for entertainment business is Vilnius because of higher number of people, higher salaries, also of tourist concentration, those conditions are more favorable to expand entertainment business there. I think this will attract new players in the market as now we see acquisitions in this sector.
What advice would you give to potential new entrants considering Lithuania (operators, affiliates, suppliers etc)?
Companies that wish to engage in online/remote gambling activities will have to establish: 1 gambling house or 5 betting terminals for horse racing or, 10 machine parlours or, 20 betting shops or 20 totalisator shops. Companies who want to engage in online gambling, should get the licence for remote gambling from the Supervisory Authority. There are requirements set in order to get such licence and the Supervisory Authority might establish new requirements. From our practice we can say that the Supervisory Authority is cooperative.
Companies that wish to engage in online gambling will have to have a minimum paid share capital of EUR 1,158,000. Foreign entities will also have to raise their minimum paid share capital to the required amount, even if the country of origin has not established any requirement for a minimum paid share capital. Such companies will have to either invest in government bonds or hold in bank (or at the company) a fixed amount of at least EUR 72,400 for the sole purpose of paying out online gambling winnings. As regards the bank, it is not clear whether it should be a Lithuanian bank or not necessarily. The law does not specify what bank it should be, so any reputable EU bank should be suitable, keeping in mind that the money does not necessarily have to be in bank. The essence here is that there must be a separate amount for paying out online gambling winnings. So the objective is that there must be a fixed amount for paying out the winnings, so that players do not experience any inconvenience waiting for their payments, etc. In the event that the amount decreases to less than EUR 72,400, the amount must be restored to the required level within two calendar days.
The Law expands the rights given to the supervisory body ie, the Gambling Control Authorityhttp://www.lpt.lt/en. With the introduction of online gambling, the amendments will give authority to the supervisory body concerning online gambling, issuing of licenses for organising online gambling, etc. The main change regarding the supervision is a right given to the supervisory body to order Internet service providers to block access to illegal gambling sites. The right to order ISPs to block access to illegal gambling sites is probably the most controversial provision of the amendments. It has been strongly criticized as superfluous and as establishing Internet censorship. ISPs will have to take on this burden. The rules established by the supervisory authority establish that illegal web-sites should be blocked using DNS and the users will be transferred to information web-site created by the Supervising Authority. This will be done after the court order will be obtained. In practice I presume it might create many problems and in Internet already there are some tips how to access illegal websites.
The tax rate for lotteries and non-remote gambling stays the same – 5% and 15% respectively. For the remote/online gambling, the tax rate will be 10%. Any gambling organized remotely using means of remote communication will be taxed 10% and gambling that’s organized non-remotely will be taxed 15%.
Since your company consults for more than one market, we would also like to hear your thoughts on Estonia. What is the current situation in the country is what is the current view regarding online gambling for remote operators?
In Estonia remote gambling has been regulated since 2010. The market has thereafter been rather stable with one or two new operators entering the market each year. Access to the webpages of non-licenced operators is blocked – currently about 1130 domain names of non-licenced operators are blocked in Estonia and the list is growing.
The process to obtain the licences necessary to operate remote gambling is fairly straightforward once the necessary paperwork and technical solutions are in place. Certain Estonia-specific IT developments are unavoidable for operators that want to obtain the Estonian licences. For example the Estonian regulator (the Tax and Customs Board) maintains a national self-exclusion list, where players can self-exclude themselves from gambling. All operators have to interface their systems to the national self-exclusion list in order to ensure that self-excluded players are not allowed to play. Gambling operators must also connect their electronic recordkeeping and control system with the information system of the Tax and Customs Board.
In 2015 advertising restrictions were alleviated for lotteries and sports betting. Advertising of games of chance is permitted only in certain exceptional cases.
The gambling tax rate for remote gambling is 5% and it is applied on the charges received by the operator for organising the game.
Looking further afield, where are the major emerging opportunities in Eastern Europe for operators at this moment?
I would recommend Lithuania. On December 2015 it was announced by Forbes that
Lithuania has made the biggest progress and is in 17th place, which is better than USA, Estonia and Germany. The last year Lithuania was in 25th place. „Doing Business“ also raised our index and now we are on 20th place. The amendments of the Law and a rise in our economy will give a stimulus to develop business in this sector. From our practice we see that there are already some acquisitions and interest in this sector.
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It is from the blues that all that may be called American music derives it most distinctive characteristics.
O Black and unknown bards of long ago, How came your lips to touch the sacred fire?
At a very early age I began to thump on the piano alone, and it was not long before I was able to pick out a few tunes? I also learned the names of the notes in both clefs, but I preferred not be hampered by notes.
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Metaverse Explained: What Role Do NFTs Play in This Space?
Metaverse and Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs) are the trendiest new technologies with enormous business potential. Blockchain has played a critical role in revolutionizing business in many ways over the years. It has steered the world into a future of possibilities with the new Internet and new direction. Today, there are a wealth of opportunities for savvy entrepreneurs, businesses, and consumers to generate revenue through fun and interactive methods.
As things are going mainstream with NFTs and Metaverse, it makes sense not to stay behind in the new world. With many businesses still trying to figure out the craze, let’s start with the basic introduction.
Metaverse & NFT Explained
Metaverse represents a digital 3D world, based on a theoretical concept that allows your entry through a Virtual reality headset. The virtual world functions like your real world, where you get a body (avatar) to customize as you want and home to fill in stuff. You perform activities like interacting with others, playing games, and doing everything you practically execute in your daily life.
NFTs are non-fungible tokens that are 100% unique and offer a certificate of ownership that exists on the blockchain. When a digital file (an image, video, or GIF) is minted, an NFT is created. Its authenticity is generated by cryptocurrency with its 100% uniqueness and can be sold to other buyers in mostly Ethereum crypto. Birthing of NFTs has been a blessing because digital arts and assets have this prolonged threat of being stolen or copied.
As every discussion nowadays is directed towards the gentle mixing of NFT and Metaverse, it is safe to say NFT will shape the future of Metaverse. NFT can spark the change for a new Metaverse world while also creating potential opportunities for investors, gamers, and enterprises.
What is the Future of Metaverse?
Metaverse might be hinged with many apprehensions because of its reasonably new appearance. But it is no more a science fiction concept. People are not merely using it for playing games but running their brands. It is the future because the advantages it is ready to usher are unimaginative.
1. It transforms the work culture
- Metaverse serves as a dovetail into the virtual world. It simplifies the practice of working where employees will no longer be cooped up in their cubicles.
- It will amplify the transition of remote working by building a centralized digital network.
- It offers no commuting hassles, no more expensive business trips, and cuts off professional appearances to the office.
2. E-commerce gets a boon
The e-commerce world is ready to step into a significant transition in the coming years with the arrival of Metaverse. Giants like Walmart are racing with this idea and ready to venture into the world of Metaverse by minting their own crypto and NFTs.
3. Gaming Unfolds A New Direction
Metaverse originated from gaming and is set to usher in a gigantic shift in the online gaming world. Many gaming enterprises like Epic, Funcom, Linden Lab, and Sky Mavis have previously launched avatar-based online gaming. And with Metaverse, they are prepared to explore it in detail.
4. Real Estate Will Flourish
Virtual real estate may sound like an imaginary concept a few years back, but today it is very much existing. Virtual real estate is booming, where a patch of virtual land was even sold for $2.4 million worth of crypto. Companies like Decentraland and The Sandbox are driving a new change by offering aspiring buyers a virtual space to purchase and sell lands, estates, and properties. If you want an example of that Metaverse is no longer in its nascent stage, then know how far the Real estate in Metaverse has traveled.
Technologies That Contribute to Metaverse Architecture
The existence of the Metaverse rests upon a complex virtual environment with several layers of operations. The hardware, software, and infrastructure play a salient role in its functioning.
Infrastructure — Wifi, GPU, cloud, and 5G.
Software — Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, Edge computing, mobile applications, etc.
Hardware — VR headsets, AR glasses, and mobile devices for connectivity.
For Creators — Designing tools, digital assets, and e-commerce assistance.
Note: The Metaverse technology is built in an immersive 3D atmosphere that automatically demands high computing power for impeccable results. It accounts for an array of factors. Therefore, companies should determine everything before taking a headstart in this space.
Roles of NFTs in Metaverse
Metaverse and NFTs are rapidly getting the moment in the blockchain space. They are even considered synonymous because of the unparalleled growth in blockchain gaming. But these are two different concepts that have all the capabilities to co-exist and change the world for the better.
The coexistence of NFT and Metaverse is not new. For example, in a 2019 NFT.NYC event, an NFT-based token was used as an entry ticket. Although no one exclusively called it a Metaverse event, it implied the coexistence of NFTs and Metaverse.
There are also grounds for confusion between the co-use of Metaverse and NFTs. NFTs require transitions that occur through web browsers, and Metaverse is VR-based. But, many enterprises have found creative ways to use NFTs and Metaverse together, despite the disparity in both concepts. So, where is the course of intersection between both? Let’s discover:
1. Virtual Marketplaces Exists Differently
The concoction of VR and NFT marketplaces can serve many industries. VR with apps like VR chat is already thriving, and there seems to be a ground of possibilities for NFTs where sellers can offer the links in the VR space or mint NFTs in the VR landscape.
A brand like Nike has acknowledged the massive shift in the space and gave birth to its own “Nikeland” and has taken due action for making product NFTs. It seems like a start and the intersection of two viral concepts.
2. Art Gets A New Road
VR has a direct link to see art. The modeling of VR enables you to inspect every detail in the art and frame from every possible angle. This concept differs from the one in marketplaces where the prices are set beforehand with almost a similar set of pieces.
The need is vast too. Many museums intend to place their NFT art in Metaverses such as Cryptovexels. With VR blending in NFT, this could change how art galleries function.
3. Towards a Transparent Economy
Metaverse is ready to take things up a notch. It is accessible to more real-world assets through the synchronization of gaming models with blockchain. It also opens doors for Individual users and enterprises who can now represent their virtual assets in a decentralized world. The key outcome of NFTs on Metaverse has to be crafting a road strengthened on a fair and transparent economy.
The play-to-earn gaming models trigger the growth of NFT Metaverse interplay. These gaming models provide a fair gameplay environment where players own assets entirely. It facilities NFTs to have more opportunities in the Metaverse space, and its role is likely to become more prominent.
Blockchain is fundamental to offering transparency and immutability, and the role of NFT in Metaverse signifies that. As a result, you can experience a completely safe and open economy in this space by supporting NFTs.
4. Rise of A New Community
Another gift of Metaverse and NFT collaboration would be to see the change in identity and social experiences for the users. Users can vouch for their opinions, express their interests, and leverage community building. The rise of a new community will bestow interactions of like-minded NFT owners, harness a solid community, and collaborate on content goals.
The NFT avatars are a fine example of this trend. NFT avatars represent a player’s authentic self and imaginative one. It allows players to use their NFT teams to switch between places in the Metaverse sphere. It fosters safe, complete, and flexible ownership of tokens for building virtual identities with the extension of real-life identities.
NFT avatars also enable users to pocket in virtual memberships to broaden their experiences in the virtual and real worlds.
Final Words: Implementation of NFT in the Metaverse
As you know, Metaverse is still a fresh concept, and not many companies have successfully unlocked the potential of building solutions implementing NFTs. However, the numerous benefits of the NFT Metaverse combination depict a new internet.
The future seems bright with the blend of uniqueness brought by NFTs and nearly the ‘everything is possible’ digital world by Metaverse. NFTs will amp up the existence of Metaverse as its building blocks and together open up immense opportunities. The list is endless, where Metaverse madness can touch new avenues. It is the start of a future of change where humans will utilize this technology as quickly as the Internet.
Hopefully, now you know the underlying concepts between Metaverse and NFTs and how their coexistence will shape the world. Embrace the breakthrough in these fields and understand the market is headed towards a significant transition.
But before that happens, you should get onboarded yourself with Blockchain consultancy and development to gear up for the new world. At Reveation Labs, we have adopted various services like Full Stack Blockchain Consultation, GameFi, Tokenomics, and Metaverse to offer incredible assistance. We have not only helped businesses with the advancements in these areas but looking for upgrades in the VR world as an organization.
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Green tea, being one of the healthiest drinks on the globe, comprises a vast amount of essential nutrients and elements that can help cure our body ailment. It is stacked with anti oxidants and many potent nutrients that have great effects on our body. Did you know green tea has been consumed by people for more than 100 years? And why should we not consume it? It improvises our brain function, reduces unwanted fats, and lowers the risk of cancer and many other amazing benefits. By regularly consuming a cup of green tea, you are doing a favor to your skin and body. Below we have listed down some amazing health benefits of green tea which you must follow up for a better and healthy living life.
1. Brain Booster
Green tea is infused with compounds that stimulate the human brain function. Caffeine is an active ingredient which is found in green tea but isn’t harmful as found in coffee. It provides just enough access for your brain to response immediately without making you edgy like a cup of coffee does.
2. Lose Unwanted Fats
Polyphenol, an element usually found in green tea, helps to increase our body metabolism. Obesity, being one of the major health challenges in these days, can take a drastic toll in your wellbeing. It can even result into heart disease, sleep apnea, diabetes and hypertension. Therefore it is necessary to curb all these health concerns by taking corrective measures. Green tea builds up the level of fat oxidation and the rate at which our body converts food into calories. Daily consuming green tea can help you to burn fats. Also, green tea reduces the bad cholesterol and develops good cholesterol in our body.
3. Better Oral Hygiene
Green tea has anti-bacterial properties into it which can reduce the amount of bacteria and acid in your mouth which forms due to the starch elements present in your food that you consume regularly. Bacteria and acid in your mouth can take a toll in your oral hygiene that may further result into cavities. Green tea keeps cavities at bay. It has even anti-oxidants which are inflammatory that can aid any tooth or gum disease. Also keeping in mind all the oral benefits that a cup of green tea does, it provides us fresh breath and fights stinky bacteria too.
4. Relaxation Therapy
Day to day life schedule can make a person stressed and grumpy. A study carried out by American Botanical Council, has proved the fact that a person is likely to be less depressed if he/she consumes green tea daily than the persons who don’t. Thiamine is a nutrient which is present in green tea has been proved to produce quiet effect to the human brain. Thiamine is a kind of amino acid which is naturally found in tea leaves. This substance helps combat the problem of depression as it offers a relaxing and tranquilizing effect. In addition to drinking green tea, people who suffer from depression can also try magic mushrooms in order to experience a greater sense of consciousness and euphoria. It’s a wonderful natural remedy that will help patients get rid of depressive thoughts.
5. Beneficial For Heart Health
Drinking green tea benefits in lowering down the risk of cardiovascular disease due to the presence of a substance called catechins. A study has shown that this potent drink even lessens LDL cholesterol and triglycerides which is responsible for the drop in the possibility of deaths due to heart illness and stroke.
Green tea is all packed with high dose of anti oxidants, enzymes, amino acids and phytochemicals like polyphenols, vitamins B, magnesium, folate and potassium which all contributes to give you a healthy looking skin. It swills out every harmful toxin from your body, cures blotches and scars and can even treat to inflammation.
7. Takes Care of Acne
The catechins present in green tea are said to be anti-bacteria agents that can help fight acne causing bacteria. Even we know that a common reason for acnes is hormonal imbalance. Catechins normalize these hormonal imbalances in our body, thus reducing acne problems.
8. Can Be Used As a Skin Toner
Those who want to go all natural with their skin can definitely use this DIY toner. It helps drag out every dirt and impurities from your skin and make a way into for reducing cell gaps within your skin by giving a hydrated and natural looking skin.
9. Promotes Hair Growth
Anti oxidants in green tea is one of the reasons that are responsible for the stimulation of hair growth. DHT (Dihydrotestosterone) being of the key reasons for excess hair loss, is blocked by 5-alpha-reductase properties present in catechins. It can even resolve the problem of dry scalp and dandruff. Green tea can even soften your hair because of the polyphenols elements found in it which is in charge to give you those lustrous locks. People with psoriasis and dandruff can apply green tea paste on their hair and scalp as it has inflammatory and antiseptic properties that prevents common hair disease.
So these were some of the best health benefits of drinking green tea. This magical potion offered by Mother Nature is truly beneficial for a healthy living.
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Have you been in need of a pick-me-up these days? How often do you look after yourself? What are some of the things you like to do for self care?
Without a doubt, many of us channel our energy into day-to-day responsibilities that can cause us stress or fatigue. Self care can be simple yet so incredibly effective when looking after ourselves.
Whether we’ve had a bad day or a bad week, investing time in ourselves is something we should do regularly. The rest of this article will cover a range of self care activities, from physical to mental health self care.
Start off the morning or finish the day by writing out five things you’re grateful for. You may also find that writing out your feelings and thoughts can help get rid of unnecessary burdens. You never know, you may want to look back on these times in the future!
A HIIT workout; going for a jog around the park; or doing some yoga at home; getting the blood flowing is always good for you. Especially for those who spend the majority of their day sitting in front of a screen! Plus it’s true what they say about those endorphins. Sometimes, it can start the day off with a good note.
3. Listening to music
Whether it’s rap, pop, country, or even classical, music can help lift our spirits. Depending on our mood as well, happy or sad music can help us get through some tough times. Singing at the top of your lungs can be such a great stress-reliever, as well as dancing!
4. Have a skincare routine
Slap on a face mask, or spend more time giving your face a massage. Why not invest in one of those face massagers?
Believe it or not, having a skincare routine can be a great daily self care activity. This is because going through each step can be meditative, and you feel more put together afterwards. You can treat your skin like you would with a spa day!
5. Eat healthy
Munching on a salad or your five a day can actually improve your mental wellbeing. Did you know there are certain foods, like leafy greens, that can actually produce dopamine?
By eating clean, you can set yourself up for fewer mood fluctuations or even depression! This can happen if you eat too much sugar or processed foods.
6. Treat yourself
When was the last time you treated yourself to a yummy pizza, a spa day, or a few more hours of sleep?
Whatever it may be, you may find that treating yourself to something different every day can help lift your moods up. Like a piece of chocolate or an episode of your favourite show.
7. Shut off from the world
You might not know this, but spending too much time online can be damaging to your mental health. While TikTok can be entertaining, it’s essential to carve out some time away from social media or your devices.
Rather than scrolling through your feed, why not unwind with a good book or a podcast? You may find yourself learning something, or enriching your mind!
We now live in a world where our minds are constantly switched on. This can make turning it off difficult. Especially when you need to concentrate on a task, or get some sleep!
Meditating is a great way to redirect the energy you spend on other things towards yourself. Simply sit there and focus your breath going in and out. Let your thoughts come and go. Meditation has been found to better your mental health.
9. Get outside
While we’re still in a pandemic, getting some fresh air can be an important part of your daily self care activities. Whether it’s simply popping down to the shops or fully immersing yourself in nature. Some of us don’t realise how effective a change of scenery can be.
10. Go to bed early
Sleep is a significant factor when it comes to our physical and mental wellbeing. Therefore, you may find it beneficial to go to bed early. Rather than spending an extra hour mindlessly scrolling through your phone, try to hit the hay a bit early!
You may find yourself feeling much fresher in the morning. And they say the early bird catches the worm!
11. Talk to a loved one
Reaching out to a friend or family member for a little chat or a proper catch-up is always worthwhile. You might find yourself getting some things off of your chest. Or you may find yourself enjoying their company. Humans are social animals, after all!
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Nitrous Oxide (NOx) Sensor Repairs
Nitrous Oxide (NOx) Sensor Repairs in Amble - Coquet Motor Company
A nitrous oxide sensor, or, as it is more usually known, a NOx sensor, is a device in cars which is designed to detect nitrogen oxide. It uses a probe in the exhaust to measure how much oxygen is present and then relays this information back to the engine management system.
Like every component in a car, NOx sensors may eventually malfunction, which can cause a variety of issues in your vehicle, often displaying as faults on the dashboard.
This is the kind of problem that if you ignore it, it will only get worse, so get in touch today with Coquet Motor Company, before that happens and save yourself potentially costly repair bills.
The NOx sensor is a very complicated component and can be expensive to repair however, it’s often not actually the sensor that is causing the problem but the lambda probe inside the exhaust which tests the NOx levels which have malfunctioned, and this is something that can easily be replaced.
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Grizzlies and Salmon on the Nakina River
By Joe Valceschini (Westminster College)
When reading through Round River’s website I was drawn to the Taku program for multiple reasons, the main one being the nine day backpacking trip along a traditional Tlingit trail to the Nakina River. To me this was an amazing opportunity to get a small taste of what multiple generations of Tlingit people depended upon for their way of life. While simply being invited by the Taku River Tlingit to be a part of their tradition was an honor, I had two hopes for this hike. First I wanted to see a Grizzly Bear in the flesh, preferably from a safe distance. Seeing Black Bears while camping in Northern California and reading literature about the grizzlies peaked my interest in the legendary creature. For whatever reason simply snapping a photograph of one of these graceful beasts and postings it in some remote corner of cyber space would give me fulfillment in the same way I imagine a trophy hunter gets a rise from mounting the head of one of their taxidermy victims. Secondly, I wished to catch a wild salmon.
Being from the Pacific Northwest, salmon played a vital role in indigenous cultures as well as in the incentive for settlement by white men. However, the salmon runs along the Columbia River have been strangled and suffocated by hydroelectric dams that have become a vital part of modern American culture. It seems that I was born a century too late to be able to catch a truly wild salmon in Oregon. Thankfully the Nakina with its natural quality presented me with the opportunity to fulfill my desire of reeling in the magnificent fish.
Our hike to the Nakina took three grueling days of meandering through thick bush and hoards of mosquitoes. The third and final day of our trek was the longest and most difficult hiking I have ever done. Upon finally making our way to the Nakina River I set up my tent, sat next to our fire and decided my tired body could wait until the morning to start my wildlife quest of salmon fishing and grizzly documenting. The Nakina seemed to have different plans.
Within an hour of being at our campsite, a solitary grizzly on the far side of the river meandered upstream towards our camp. I frantically scrambled to my tent, ripped out my camera, set my exposure, and began clicking away. The bear waded into the river and swam to the other side where it dunked its head under water looking for fish. It took no longer than a minute of two for the bear to point its nose in the air and notice the sent of a dozen sweaty naturalists observing upwind. After looking directly at our crew the bear trudged out of the river, shook, and slipped into the cover of the forest. Feeling blessed with this sighting I went to bed to rest for fishing the next morning.
I spent the next two days on the river trying desperately to hook a salmon. After multiple hours of unfruitful casting while being burned by the sun and bit by more bugs than I care to recount I began to lost hope in my fishing venture. Thankfully I wound up catching a Dolly Varden and others had reeled in salmon so my hope was still alive. The second night on the Nakina I decided I would wake up early for a final attempt at salmon. I was up around 7am and began casting away, still in a groggy half asleep state of mind. Within 5 or so haphazard whips of the line I was jolted into full consciousness by the strong tug of a fish. Could it be a salmon? I wondered as I eagerly cranked on the reel. The fish surfaced displaying its vibrant red body, it was a Chinook. Excited, my unrefined fishing intuition told me to reel hard, ignoring everything my fishermen friends had told me about tiring and catching a large fish. As I jerked clumsily the fish came closer to the bank however this was also where the current was the strongest. Thinking I was about to catch a salmon I put my back into and reeled faster.
Snap! All the tension in the line was gone as quickly as it had arrived. For a brief second I didn’t register what had just happened. My first thoughts were to be frustrated at all the hiking, casting, and time I had spent trying to catch this one fish before so clumsily loosing it, displaying my inexperience as a fishermen. However I shifted my focus from this frustration, after all how lucky am I to simply be able to be here in this near pristine river, sharing my fishing hole with grizzlies and eagles? Also I now have an excuse to justify a future trip up here, my salmon is still waiting. | <urn:uuid:b0b447d5-c5b5-4c2f-8343-817671c3be8f> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://roundriver.org/student-blog/grizzlies-and-salmon-on-the-nakina-river/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280266.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00504-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977275 | 973 | 2.1875 | 2 |
When libraries are connected to high speed Internet, the neighboring community benefits. Public libraries serve as critical gateways to information outside one’s own community, and in the Information Age this role has become even more important. Libraries give people without home computers free access to the Internet, helping America close the digital divide. As reliance upon public libraries to provide broadband telecommunications services for their community increases, it becomes essential to have universal high speed connectivity in libraries across the country.
Although the need for libraries to provide broadband access is increasing, many libraries are ill-equipped to meet this need. In 2006, 98 percent of public libraries indicated that they provided public access to the Internet, but in the same survey, 45 percent reported that they did not have sufficient bandwidth to satisfy their community’s needs. Libraries without enough bandwidth to quickly transfer data, images, and video put their communities at a serious disadvantage.
Benefits of High Speed Internet to Libraries
- Students use connected libraries to download educational videos, view course lectures, and access scholarly journals.
- Librarians use the Internet for business functions, such as running online catalogs, managing digitized content, and serving patrons through e-mail and online reference.
- Residents in underserved communities such as rural or low income areas where most homes lack access to high speed Internet rely on Internet connectivity from their local public library.
- As central public meeting spaces within communities, libraries connected to high speed Internet can serve as disaster response centers, such as during a flood, fire, or hurricane.
- Senior citizens, many of whom do not own home computers, find public libraries helpful for finding information on health issues or government programs, and maintaining connections with family and friends who live far away.
- Many libraries provide information literacy training that allows less tech-savvy individuals to engage the Internet in ways that otherwise wouldn’t.
- Initiatives to expand high speed Internet should ensure public libraries are connected with sufficient bandwidth capabilities to support their surrounding communities.
- Library connectivity should be a priority in efforts to increase broadband proliferation, especially in underserved areas where a library is the community’s only source of Internet.
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Utah rules proscribing accessibility to abortion give an exemption to the state’s rape victims, making it possible for them to legally seek the procedure.
But the law demands that their medical doctors 1st “verify” that the sexual assault was documented to legislation enforcement — forcing victims to go to police, a mandate that advocates say could re-traumatize women of all ages and discourage survivors from pursuing an abortion.
The exception for rape victims is portion of Utah’s trigger legislation banning abortion, which took influence past week immediately after the U.S. Supreme Courtroom overturned Roe v. Wade, returning the power to regulate abortions to the states.
Despite the fact that the result in regulation is quickly on hold, as Prepared Parenthood Affiliation of Utah problems its constitutionality, the identical exemption is in the regulation now in outcome — which bans abortions right after 18 weeks of being pregnant.
Prosecutors, defense lawyers and victim advocates say the simple facts of what is expected of victims and medical doctors are not crystal clear, and the legislation raises other concerns as perfectly.
What does the trigger regulation need for rape victims?
The legislation, passed by lawmakers in 2020, bans abortions in Utah except under limited circumstances. This incorporates when the pregnancy was prompted by rape or incest. But just before accomplishing an abortion, a health practitioner is necessary to confirm that the rape or incest has been claimed to regulation enforcement. Sexual assault in Utah is popular, according to the Rape Recovery Centre, but is often unreported.
Davis County Legal professional Troy Rawlings stated the law is not obvious on a doctor’s obligation to ensure a report has been submitted with law enforcement.
“The Legislature utilized the time period ‘verified.’ The health practitioner is to validate the sexual assault has been noted to regulation enforcement,” he stated. “It leaves open up what that verification course of action is. There is no definition, no define of steps.”
Rawlings miracles, would a sworn affidavit from a target be more than enough? Does the alleged sufferer have to go to the police and request for a duplicate of the report? Could a physician get in touch with a police detective and get verbal confirmation that a report was filed?
“It’s an open up question,” Rawlings stated. “The statute places the burden on physicians but it does not inform them how that procedure works.”
Aundrea Peterson, Utah Senate Deputy Chief of Team, stated this 7 days that the prerequisite that rape victims report to legislation enforcement to acquire abortion expert services is not new — it is initially described in a legislation restricting abortions that was handed in 1991, and all over again in a law passed in 2009. She said legislators are “unaware of any issues” that have been made by imposing the reporting prerequisites.
Peterson also clarified that the trigger legislation requires that an alleged victim report a rape to law enforcement, but it does not need that a police investigation or prosecution need to happen in purchase for a target to get an abortion.
What are the felony penalties?
Utah women of all ages trying to get abortions are not the focus on of prison penalties in the state’s abortion rules. Rather, it’s the doctors who perform the treatment.
The law states that if a health practitioner illegally performs an abortion, he or she can be charged with a 2nd-degree felony — which can have a sentence of up to 15 several years in jail, if convicted.
Rawlings said if a case is referred to his office the place a medical doctor gave an abortion to a rape victim, he’ll analyze what endeavours the health practitioner took to confirm that the female claimed to law enforcement.
“There could be multiple strategies that a medical professional could comply with that statute, in my feeling,” he mentioned.
David Ferguson, the govt director of the Utah Affiliation of Legal Defense Attorneys, claimed he’s also concerned about the vague reporting necessities for doctors.
“That’s a fairly terrifying thing for a medical doctor,” he said, “when the law is a very little ambiguous as to what they specifically are supposed to be undertaking.”
Could the reporting need have an impact on how rape scenarios are prosecuted?
Equally Rawlings and Salt Lake County District Lawyer Sim Gill agree that a defendant would be entitled to have access to proof showing that an alleged sufferer documented that she was raped in purchase to get an abortion.
And that, they fear, could have an affect on the end result of rape circumstances.
Gill mentioned he’s anxious the induce regulation will retraumatize victims and let defendants to argue that a woman noted getting assaulted just to acquire an abortion.
“Now they are likely to argue this was definitely completed to get an abortion,” Gill mentioned. “And as a prosecutor, I simply cannot ignore the realities of how it complicates victims [receiving] a measure of justice.”
Rawlings said he shared the issue that a woman’s conclusion to get an abortion could complicate prosecutions — but additional that will not prevent his lawyers from bringing costs.
“We will however prosecute instances,” he stated. “That is not an automated bar in anyway. It is an challenge to deal with.”
Defendants are entitled to have that facts, Ferguson claimed, since it could indicate a motive for a false report.
“False stories are unusual,” he reported. “But we can believe that they would enhance if there is a legal incentive to do so. And I feel the Legislature has essentially pushed females into this placement with this legislation.”
Why do sexual assault victims not report to police?
Lauren Hunt, who sits on the board of administrators of the Rape Recovery Middle, thinks the necessity that rape victims report a criminal offense to law enforcement will have “harmful effects” on girls. She shared her reasoning in an affidavit submitted in Prepared Parenthood’s lawsuit difficult the induce legislation.
“Because this reporting necessity is used only to survivors who find abortion, it does not appear to be specific at the sexual assault in any way,” she wrote, “but as a substitute to discourage sexual assault survivors from in search of an abortion.”
And there are a range of motives why survivors don’t report sexual assault, Hunt wrote, which includes worry of retaliation, anxiety of not thought or panic of owning to experience their abuser in the legal technique.
Victims might not mentally system at first that what took place was an assault, Hunt wrote, or they may possibly have safety concerns, notably in domestic violence or intimate husband or wife predicaments exactly where they are related to their abuser fiscally.
Just one Salt Lake Metropolis female told The Salt Lake Tribune that she was raped a few decades ago while at faculty in California. She didn’t report it to law enforcement, she claimed, in portion because she was in the exact social circle as the man or woman who assaulted her.
“I felt like I was just in survival manner,” she claimed. “I just was not in that head house. I wished to shower right away, even though I knew that would remove all bodily proof. I did not want to converse to anybody about what happened and so I didn’t want to report. I needed to do the very best I could to begin moving on with my everyday living following that.”
The Tribune usually does not detect alleged victims of sexual assault. The 25-yr-old woman stated she has in no way regretted her choice to not tell the law enforcement about what she claims transpired to her.
Just after she was assaulted, the girl mentioned, she spent the upcoming thirty day period in concern that she could be expecting. She experienced a approach, she mentioned, of how she could get an abortion — something she did not end up needing.
“I was not ready to have a child. I had designs to go to graduate school and was accepted,” she stated. “And I genuinely cannot think of just about anything a lot more traumatic than currently being tied to my assaulter for the rest of my lifestyle by having a kid with him.”
She reported she’s devastated at the thought that gals in Utah who are sexually assaulted would not have the choice for abortion if they made a decision, like her, to not report to law enforcement.
“What was heading by way of my head the month after [the assault] was that that [option] was my conserving grace: If I am pregnant, I have accessibility to abortion and I can do that and that’s my decision,” she claimed. “And that this is my body and I have handle around it. If I did not have access to that, I have no concept what would have occurred to me. I was currently in this sort of a terrifying mental wellbeing space.”
“It’s unthinkable,” she added, “but it is not unimaginable, mainly because so a lot of women of all ages are heading to endure that following Utah’s abortion ban.”
How else could the bring about regulation influence sexual assault victims?
What the induce legislation does, Hunt wrote, is make the type of obligatory reporting programs frequently aimed at protecting children or other susceptible populations from abuse.
But females looking for abortions, she mentioned, are qualified grown ups. She pointed out that a rape survivor doesn’t will need to disclose an assault to law enforcement in purchase to get a sexual assault test at a hospital. Yet, if that same person discovers she is pregnant and would like an abortion, she is compelled to require the law enforcement in get to get professional medical treatment.
“Mandatory reporting for qualified grownup survivors can inflict quite a few witnessed and unforeseen harms,” she wrote. “Mandatory reporting can endanger survivors, retraumatize them (notably if their disclosure is achieved with first disbelief), infringe upon their autonomy, violate client confidentiality, build limitations to treatment, and have effects on any opportunity foreseeable future prosecution with which they may well decide to move ahead.”
She added that even though a target may perhaps not want to take part in a felony circumstance immediately after reporting it to get an abortion, nothing would prevent an officer from pursuing an investigation with no her consent or publishing the situation for prosecution if there is other evidence outside of her personal account.
Hunt also argued that the mandatory reporting law could “exacerbate the unsafe myth” that individuals falsely report crimes.
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Colonialism and underdevelopment in Guyana, 1580-1803
by Alvin O. Thompson
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We will post photos of our latest fleeces here, after shearing in the spring. In the meantime, please scroll down and read about what makes Jacob wool so special and unique!
The Jacob fleece is wonderful wool, much prized by hand-spinners, weavers, knitters, crocheters, and felters. The wool is soft and light, without too much grease (lanolin). Fleeces are relatively small, ranging from 2 to 4 pounds. The characteristic fleece is quite open, with separate staples about 3 to 5 inches long. The wool is graded medium, with a Bradford count of about 46 to 54.
The white and black wool, which fades at the tips to brown in the sunlight, may be blended to produce a range of shades from light to dark grey. In one of the variations of the breed, instead of black wool, some Jacobs have blue-grey to grey-brown wool, known as “lilac.” Working the colors separately can produce intricate patterns, all of natural colors. The mix of shades from black to brown allows hand-spinners to make yarns in a full range of soft greys without dyeing the wool.
Fleeces tend to vary in crimp and fineness -- not only from animal to animal but also along the length and width of an individual fleece. Many Jacobs show some crimp in the wool at the shoulders, but not on the hind quarters. The wool on the lower rear legs is typically quite kempy (coarse and hairy). These characteristics reflect the primitive origins of the Jacob. | <urn:uuid:1ea90d02-61ce-4401-9f8a-959cdc525b43> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://brightonflock.com/fleeces-for-sale | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571993.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814022847-20220814052847-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.93396 | 361 | 2.4375 | 2 |
The Southwest Land Alliance (SLA) is honored to announce the December 2009 closings of the 1,788-acre Fallview Conservation Easement on the Catspaw Ranch on the Upper Navajo River above the Town of Chromo, and the 86-acre El Rancho de Los Luceros on the San Juan River south of Pagosa Springs near Trujillo.
As I reflected on New Year’s Day about our work in 2009, I thought about these two ranch conservation easements. Fallview is the fourth of four easements, and Rancho de Los Luceros is the first of what I hope will be more. Both ranches are owned by women, one of whom, Lavinia Currier, I have never met. The other, Celina “Sally” Trujillo Espinoza, I have come to know as we went step by step through the conservation easement donation process.
Sally’s family settled their land near the Town of Trujillo many generations ago. Her great grandfather, Jesus Maria Lucero, was deeded 160 acres by Homestead Certificate No. 1630 on Sept. 10, 1907, under the Congressional Homestead Act approved May 20, 1862. The original deed was hand-signed by Teddy Roosevelt! Her roots are as deep as they are wide in Archuleta County. She loves her land, period, and does not want condos, RV campsites, neon signs, gravel pits and land development companies destroying the pristine beauty of the San Juan River and Archuleta Mountain.
Lavinia Currier’s roots, although necessarily shallower, are no less firmly planted on her ranch. In fact, her central reason for owning the Catspaw Ranch is to preserve it. Over several years, Lavinia has worked to manage and preserve nearly her entire ranch in its current, near-pristine state. She loves her land, period.
Sally and Lavinia each possess a clear vision that goes well beyond her lifetime in deciding the fate of her ranch. The conservation easement is a practical tool, maybe the best we currently have, to ensure that their ranches will remain as they wish them remain, forever.
Lavinia recently wrote via e-mail that, “My family is pleased to complete another step in the process of conserving this beautiful valley for future generations and for the wild animals that flourish there. Especially as the San Juan Mountains face ever increasing population and exploitation of minerals, permanent private conservation refuges are the best gift a family can give the earth community … ”
Sally has said to me many times over the course of our work together that she simply wants the ranch “to be there, saved for generations of (my) family to enjoy,” as she and her siblings have. Each woman appears to see her moment on a continuum stretching from the past into the future. In this moment, while she holds the reins, each has chosen to preserve the land for as long as possible. And for that, we thank them.
For our part at SLA, as other large ranches are purchased and split into grids of smaller parcels, we hope we will be able to continue to help landowners like Sally Trujillo Espinoza and Lavinia Currier to preserve enough of the migration corridors and ranchlands upon which our hunting, sight-seeing and vacation home tourism depends. In the process, we need to keep working hard and provide the financial resources to help ranch families hold onto their places, and continue to ranch or farm if they choose.
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Rising energy prices and energy security concerns, extreme weather events and the tragic conflict in Ukraine – today’s headlines raise issues and worries. Many Canadians find comfort in nature and outdoor pursuits, yet global concerns are never far from our thoughts.
In these uncertain times, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP) has positive news to share: Canada’s oil and natural gas producers are committed to environmental solutions especially reducing emissions, managing water use, and strong land stewardship. This focus on responsible development ensures Canadians have access to safe, reliable, responsibly produced energy for our homes, businesses, and industries.
Natural gas in rural Ontario
Here’s a great example: through its Natural Gas Expansion Program, the Government of Ontario is increasing access to natural gas in rural and remote communities in the province. In 2021, the provincial government announced Phase Two of the program, allocating $234 million to support 8,750 connections in 43 rural, northern and Indigenous communities, in addition to the 9,000 customers across 16 communities connected in Phase One. Some households could save up to $1,500 a year by using natural gas for heating instead of other fuel sources, while the average business or farm is expected to save 30 percent annually.
Clearing the air: reducing greenhouse gas emissions
Oil and natural gas producers are dedicated to reducing emissions. For example, the industry is on track to meet provincial and federal regulations that aim to reduce methane emissions (methane is a potent greenhouse gas).
Many innovative and practical technologies are being developed and deployed.
In the oil sands, operators are actively cutting emissions intensity (the volume of carbon dioxide emitted per barrel of oil produced). Building on investment and innovation, overall emissions intensity is projected to decline up to 28 per cent while production could grow by more than a million barrels per day by 2035. Over the past decade, emissions intensity declined by 20 per cent – making oil sands emissions intensity comparable to other North American crudes.
While renewable energy sources are becoming more important in the energy mix, demand for oil and natural gas will continue for decades. According to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) most recent examination of global energy trends (released in October 2021) the world will continue to need at least 100 million barrels of oil a day in 2050 to meet energy needs.
The IEA also noted that countries are not investing enough in resource development to meet these future energy demands. In other words, worldwide production may not keep up with demand. With the widespread ban on Russian oil and natural gas, we are already seeing energy shortfalls, supply problems, and higher prices. CAPP advocates to grow Canadian production to serve both domestic needs and to provide reliable, affordable, and clean energy supplies for our international allies and trading partners.
Throughout this challenging time in history, Canadians share something special. From coast to coast to coast, we have nature and beauty at our doorstep, offering a myriad of opportunities for outdoor pursuits and recreation. As we treasure these experiences, the responsible stewardship of our country’s natural environment is a value the oil and natural gas industry shares with Canadians.
CAPP represents companies, large and small, that explore for, develop, and produce natural gas and oil throughout Canada. CAPP’s member companies produce about 80 percent of Canada’s natural gas and oil and associate members provide a wide range of supporting services. CAPP is a solution-oriented partner to the world’s needs for affordable, clean, safe, and secure energy, and an important part of a national industry.
CAPP’s mission, on behalf of the Canadian upstream oil and natural gas industry, is to advocate for and enable economic competitiveness, with environmentally and socially responsible performance. CAPP is dedicated to advancing reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, and is committed to ensuring Canada is positioned as the supplier of choice in a world that demands a lower-carbon energy future.
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Analysis of Competitive Environment Models and Tools Essay
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Closed’ systems are described as devices having no relationship, sales and marketing communications and interface to the outside universe. Devices including human organizations, which can be self-sustaining (both food generating and waste material recycling) has always been in touched with other companies and its environment. Picture an enterprise floating in outer space holding living microorganisms in it.
And such are producing their own meals, energy and raw materials necessary for survival. But this kind of entity will certainly die in the foreseeable future for it should replenish its need, strength to use and food to eat. This fact makes an business virtually lonely and your survival impossible, hence organizations, interpersonal groups and social organizations are connected with each other. This connections and interactions render them as open’ entities.
This interconnection allows organizations to exchange the essential things that will enable the endurance and durability of their existence. Organizations interact with its environment and other agencies for assets, information and technology, guns, goods and services. Thus transformation of business becomes inevitable. The thing is it is a necessity rather than a requirement of organizations to work alongside or against other companies and its environment for expansion, survival and development.
A typical sort of an enterprise, which residences everything that it takes and for its consumer: the hypermarkets. Hypermarket is a combination of a superstore and a department store. This can be a huge retail store which residence a wide range of goods.
A well planned hypermarket permits a consumer to get everything with this type of facility. Like department stores and supermarkets, hypermarkets employs a in high-volume, low-margin sales model. The size of hypermarket facility includes an average of 150, 000 square feet. This sort of facilities can be found on suv and highly accessible areas for cars to accommodate large numbers of shoppers. (Wikipedia, 2007). In 1957, Metissage was the initially to present hypermarkets in 1957 possessed by Fournier and Defforey (Wikipedia, securities and exchange commission’s 1).
This enterprise targeted a variety of customers that the concept of real estate all the necessary things humans would possibly will need was made in one entity. Analysing this kind of organization making use of the different environmental analysis versions and equipment, we can get rich lessons from Carrefour. STAGE is simple and has many applications in many domains. STAGE is an acronym, which in turn stands for Interpersonal, Technological, Economical and Politics Checklist.
This method can determine the factors that impacts organizations/entities accurately and methodically. The STEP register facilitates simplicity of determining the factors that influences the corporation (Armson ainsi que al, 12-13). Social factors include demography, culture and values of an organization, eye-sight and objective. The physical aspects of the society happen to be measured simply by sociological elements like grow older, class, styles in immigration and emigration, and so on. Carrefour got integrated a multilevel marketing technique based on this indicator.
A family like a unit features special dependence on each member. If perhaps Carrefour may bring all these needs in one place, the family do not need to go on distinct ways. As they find the needs, the organization of each affiliate is not sacrificed.
Exchange of opinions relating to clothes for every single member and the amount of consumption and expenditure is also discussed while they go research. Technological factors refer to equipment, discoveries and techniques designed that boost communication, devices, and the standard way of life. Economic elements refer to the financial development, family salary and other economic indicators. Political factor translates to the rules and rules, government and system of governance and the personal direction from the organization with regards to leadership.
Carrefour in this example acquired brought in together in one put the advances in technology. The barcodes that we have, the electronic deals that we have are products with the chain effect in setting up shops in a single place. The need for effectiveness and fast movement of products was considered little by little.
The STEP version is an overview of everything that occurs in an organization. That determines specific movement of society as well as causal agent. In transformation unit, inputs decide the output utilizing a certain transformation’ process.
This kind of Input-Process-Output process has been obtained from Ludwig von Bertalanffy in 1950 in his standard systems theory (Wikipedia, doble 1, securities and exchange commission’s. 1). This theory is a way that looks into the real estate of devices in terms of associations and techniques and those that emerge from these kinds of relationships and processes which also provides the whole. Inside the point of view of customer associations, Carrefour acquired encountered a lot of issues that it evolved into an effective system of customer support. A unique section maybe dealing with product complains, product testing and buy returns was created.
The reaction to the competitors was to move the same. Show the customer concerns and care for their needs as they worth their hard earned money. Other inputs just like management experienced evolved from easy to complex composition. But since this processes occurred, almost everything also push with them like client perception, distributor value-adding actions, government polices and even way of life of the community which they can be found.
Mintzberg’s Physiognomy’ Physiognomy was used by side readers to see lines in human hands in relation to the human character. In this case, we use confronts to read personas of agencies. Mintzberg believes that organizations ought to forged backlinks or coalitions’. These kinds of coalitions are useful when conditions that require resolution arise. When the diverse interests in relation to the problem stand for different teams, power groupings are thought to arise (Armson et al, 12-13).
In addition to this, Mintzberg developed cast lists’ of every groups and/or coalition, which could be taken as checklist also. He known as key players in these cabale such as owners, associates, groups, and publics. Another method of dissecting business environment is a use of sectors and markets in the economics point of view (Armson et approach, 14-15). Economists termed sector (more like industries) in the utilization of economic actions. In a sector, similar goods and services happen to be produce so that each is impacted by one another.
For example , an evergrowing sector influences other industries as well as the organizations within that sector. Whether these kinds of effects will be large or small , the utilization of sector analysis allows us to check out organizations in the same sector especially what is distinct for the reason that organization. Again Carrefour as a supermarket entity leader spurred other hypermarket entities to contend and also join industries to lobby intended for government plans. Armson, Rosalind, John Matn, Susan Carr, Roger Spear and Walsh Tony.
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Glasgow's unionist empathies key in UK vote
I WOULD like to draw attention to the possibility of a break-up of Scotland if the referendum results in our leaving the UK.
If there is a small majority for independence in September, I wonder whether Glasgow and the west of Scotland will accept that decision? Perhaps people in the west will want to follow Northern Ireland in staying in the UK?
It was recently reported that, in a poll of 2,589 Glasgow University students, 62% voted No and 38% voted Yes to the referendum question. The pro-independence website Wings over Scotland states that "Glasgow is the heart of unionist darkness in Scotland".
Given the rivalry between Glasgow and Edinburgh, it is perhaps inevitable that many Glaswegians see independence as an airy-fairy notion that favours hoity-toity Edinburgh. Independence has already been shown to be potentially bad for business in many ways: for example, shipbuilding could be threatened.
The proximity of the south-west to Northern Ireland means unionism resonates much more with people there than those in the east. It is, therefore, possible that south-west Scotland will fight for the right to remain in the UK. What will then become of an independent Scotland, when an area containing half its population opts to stay in the UK?
If the referendum produces only a narrow majority one way or the other, those on the losing side may have feelings of resentment for years to come.
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December 9, 2019 at 18:45 JST
People watch a TV screen showing a file image of a ground test of North Korea's rocket engine during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul on Dec. 9. (AP Photo)
SEOUL--A day after North Korea said it had performed a “very important test” at its long-range rocket launch site, there is wide speculation that it involved a new engine for either a space launch vehicle or a long-range missile.
Whatever it was, the North Korean announcement suggests that the country is preparing to do something to provoke the United States if Washington doesn’t back down and make concessions in deadlocked nuclear negotiations.
A look at the North Korean test, which comes as a year-end deadline set by North Korea for the United States to salvage the nuclear talks is approaching.
According to the North’s Academy of National Defense Science, the test was conducted on Saturday at its Sohae Satellite Launching Ground in the northwest, where North Korea has conducted banned satellite launches and missile engine tests in recent years.
When North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met U.S. President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in last year, he promised to dismantle this facility, better known as the Tongchang-ri site outside North Korea, as part of steps toward disarmament. The latest test lends credence to widespread skepticism about Kim's seriousness in his commitment to denuclearization that he repeated during meetings with Trump and Moon.
While no rocket or weapons launch from North Korea was detected over the weekend, many foreign experts speculate that North Korea tested a new high-thrust engine, which is needed to launch bigger, more powerful rockets.
Jeffrey Lewis, director of the East Asia Nonproliferation Program at the Middlebury Institute, tweeted that satellite images “suggest North Korea conducted a rocket engine test at Sohae.”
“Vehicles and objects appear on December 7 to conduct the test. They are mostly gone on December 8, but the ground appears to have been disturbed by the exhaust from the test,” he said.
Analyst Kim Dae-young at the Korea Research Institute for National Strategy in South Korea said the test is likely related to a space launch vehicle, not an ICBM. He said North Korea would not conduct a long-range missile launch or nuclear test unless it completely abandons talks with the United States.
The fact that North Korea hasn’t revealed what kind of test it conducted also indicates the country is still interested in diplomacy with the United States. “If they don’t have talks with the U.S. in their mind, they would have disclosed photos (of the test) right away,” Kim said.
Shin Beomchul, an analyst from Seoul’s Asan Institute for Policy Studies, said the test is likely to be for a new solid fuel engine for an ICBM or a space launch vehicle. Either would allow North Korea to pressure the Trump administration for concessions without testing an ICBM or a nuclear device, which is where Washington apparently draws a red line, Shin said.
The use of solid fuel offers greater mobility for missiles and rockets and reduces the amount of launch preparation time. All space launch vehicles and ICBMs that North Korea has publicly tested used liquid propellants. They include the rockets used in two successful satellite launches in 2012 and 2016 and ICBMs used in three flight tests in 2017.
Whether it’s a satellite launch or an ICBM test flight, any such launch by North Korea is banned by the U.N. and would provoke the United States.
But an ICBM launch would have a bigger impact and derail diplomacy with Washington because it would be regarded as a resumption of North Korea’s push to acquire an ability to launch nuclear strikes on the American homeland. Washington and its allies viewed past North Korean satellite launches as covers for testing long-range missile technology and led punishing U.N. sanctions on the country, but they were still seen as less provocative than ICBM launches.
When North Korea conducted the three ICBM tests in 2017, Trump said he would bring “fire and fury” on North Korea and exchanged threats of total destruction with Kim, touching off fears of war on the Korean Peninsula. Kim has since suspended ICBM and nuclear tests, allowing Trump to brag about that as a foreign policy win.
“Kim Jong Un is too smart and has far too much to lose, everything actually, if he acts in a hostile way," Trump tweeted Sunday. “North Korea, under the leadership of Kim Jong Un, has tremendous economic potential, but it must denuclearize as promised.”
After a second Kim-Trump summit in Vietnam in February collapsed due to disputes over the U.S.-led sanctions, North Korea warned it would seek a “new way” if the United States fails to abandon its hostility and make new proposals for the diplomacy by the end of this year. North Korea also recently warned that it is up to the United States to choose what “Christmas gift” it will get.
Kim, the analyst, said North Korea is likely to wait until early next year to perform a satellite launch and follow it with tests of a submarine-launched ballistic missile and of other new missiles.
He said a satellite launch would allow China and Russia to defend North Korea’s claim that it has a right to a peaceful space development program.
Lee Choon Geun, an expert at South Korea’s Science and Technology Policy Institute, said North Korea could try to launch its first surveillance satellite, which would allow it to peer into South Korea and beyond, potentially as far as Guam, where the United States has military bases.
The two satellites that North Korea placed in orbit are both Earth observation satellites, according to the North’s state media. North Korean officials have said they intend to launch more Earth observation satellites and the country's first geostationary communications satellite.
Lee said North Korea might be building a space launch vehicle based on the liquid-fuel engines it uses for its Hwasong-15 ICBM, which was flight-tested in November 2017 and demonstrated a potential ability to reach deep inside the continental United States. North Korea test-launched another type of ICBM, Hwasong-14, twice earlier in 2017.
“It’s been a long time since they last launched a satellite and it’s not like they were standing still all this time,” Lee said. “They would have developed something by now.”
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Sue Davis. The Political Thought of Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Women's Rights and the American Political Traditions. New York: New York University Press, 2008. 304 pp. $49.00 (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8147-1998-5.
Reviewed by Holly Kent (Lehigh University)
Published on H-Women (February, 2009)
Commissioned by Holly S. Hurlburt
Elizabeth Cady Stanton: Political Thinker, Political Actor
“Elizabeth Cady Stanton,” so one of my students recently declared on a final exam in a course on American women’s history, “was an early feminist who started out as an abolitionist, but then became a racist after the Civil War.” Despite my best efforts, this student had clearly absorbed a distinctly oversimplified (and remarkably tenacious) version of Cady Stanton’s life story. Beginning her public career within abolitionist circles, after the Fifteenth Amendment failed to enfranchise women, an enraged and disillusioned Cady Stanton (so the story goes) wholeheartedly embraced racist ideologies, which worked to empower white, middle-class, native-born women at the expense of all other oppressed groups within American society. It is just such overly simplistic understandings of Cady Stanton’s career as an activist and a thinker that Sue Davis’s The Political Thought of Elizabeth Cady Stanton seeks to--and very ably succeeds in--complicating and challenging.
Davis’s book is a powerfully argued, sharply written addition to an ever-growing body of scholarship that highlights Cady Stanton’s importance as a woman’s rights leader, public intellectual, and political theorist over the course of the nineteenth century. In recent years, speeches, pamphlets, and letters written by the relentlessly prolific Cady Stanton have become increasingly available to students and scholars, thanks in large part to the efforts of The Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony Papers Project, headed by Ann D. Gordon at Rutgers University, which will publish the fifth volume of Cady Stanton and Anthony’s collected papers this year. In addition to this vitally important project, both popular and academic volumes reassessing Cady Stanton’s life and work by scholars, including Vivian Gornick and Judith Wellman, have recently been published, and new collections of Cady Stanton’s writings been prepared for classroom use. The Political Thought of Elizabeth Cady Stanton is a valuable contribution to this literature, which offers a concise, thoughtful reassessment of Cady Stanton’s work as one of the most influential--and controversial--political theorists of the nineteenth century.
In her monograph, Davis argues that “Cady Stanton deserves recognition as a central figure in the political thought of the United States in the nineteenth century” (p. 1). Histories of political thought in the United States, Davis maintains, still do not sufficiently take the significant contributions of such thinkers as Cady Stanton into account, often pushing such female intellectuals to the margins of political histories. Cady Stanton’s political thought, in particular, has thus been marginalized, Davis claims, in part because of perceived weaknesses and inconsistencies in her ideas. Cady Stanton, who both made passionate claims for the equal worth and dignity of all people and strongly insisted on the innate superiority of white, Anglo-Saxon Protestants--who both fiercely resisted and repeatedly drew on notions of gendered separate spheres--has seemed to some scholars to be problematically contradictory and confused in her political ideologies. Yet, as Davis persuasively contends, “the presence of inconsistencies in an individual’s political thought should not be taken as an indication of a weakness in her or his work” (p. 222). The contradictions and inconsistencies in Cady Stanton’s ideas, Davis maintains, should be considered not as embarrassing blunders or signs of sloppy reasoning, but rather as the necessary complexities that are a part of any sophisticated political theorist’s work. So, too, have previous generations of scholars erred in seeing an innate contradiction in Cady Stanton’s dual roles as a woman of ideas and a woman of action--as a brilliant abstract thinker and a dogged, pragmatic activist. Davis skillfully tackles the commonly held misconception that, by making the kinds of strategic compromises and adaptations which all political actors inevitably make in working to achieve their goals, the purity of their ideas is somehow permanently tainted and invalidated.
Davis takes readers through Cady Stanton’s entire career from its beginnings in the 1840s through her death in 1902. This broad chronological sweep is decidedly valuable, as it enables readers to get a clear sense of how Cady Stanton’s ideas evolved and changed over the course of her nearly sixty-year career as a political thinker and activist, as she both responded to and challenged the dominant intellectual discourses of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Davis focuses her attention on the four primary strains of thought that ran through Cady Stanton’s political writings: liberal, radical, republican, and ascriptive. Throughout her career, Davis maintains, Cady Stanton drew on all of these different types of ideologies as needed, calling on liberal ideas about individuals’ natural rights as citizens; republican ideas about women’s unique, gender-specific relationship to the state; radical ideas about the need for feminine equality in both private and public life; and ascriptive ideas about the “superiority” of white, middle-class Protestants over other groups. Progressing chronologically through Cady Stanton’s career, Davis argues that throughout her work as a political theorist, Cady Stanton blended all four types of thought, strategically highlighting some more than others during different eras, to different audiences, and in different situations.
While most accounts of Cady Stanton’s work have traced a clear progression in her thought, as the nineteenth century progressed, toward ever increasingly ascriptive discourses, Davis indicates that the evolution of Cady Stanton’s political ideas is not quite so simple. “It should be clear that her ideas did not simply change from liberal egalitarian to inegalitarian ascriptivist but rather that the preexisting inegalitarian elements of her thought became more prominent in her work” (p. 129). The story of Cady Stanton’s political thought is thus not one of a liberal, egalitarian thinker’s descent into unrelenting nativism and racism, but rather a more complex narrative, in which ascriptivist ideas about gender and race were present from the beginning of her career, and gradually became more and more dominant as the intellectual climate in the United States changed during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Even after ideas about scientific racism and Social Darwinism came to play a more and more prominent role in Cady Stanton’s political writings, she nonetheless never entirely abandoned radical, republican, or liberal arguments about women’s role in American society, and the need for them to have a truly equal place, and equal rights, within it.
The Political Thought of Elizabeth Cady Stanton offers numerous valuable insights and fresh perspectives on Cady Stanton’s much-studied and frequently examined career. Davis’s highlighting of Cady Stanton as a significant radical feminist thinker is particularly useful, as this facet of Cady Stanton’s thought is often underemphasized. By stressing the need for the empowerment of women not only in their “public” lives as citizens, but also in their “private” lives as sexual and spiritual beings, in their relationships with their husbands, families, and the male-dominated Christian church, Cady Stanton, Davis demonstrates, helped to lay the groundwork for subsequent generations of radical feminist theorists. Davis also offers admirably concise and insightful readings of Cady Stanton’s work in the woman’s rights movement of the 1840s and 1850s, including her involvement in the Seneca Falls Convention, and her shift toward individualist, antiestablishment thought toward the end of her career, as she published “The Solitude of Self”(1892) and The Woman’s Bible (1895) and broke with the organized woman’s suffrage movement. Davis also offers an intriguing consideration of what Cady Stanton’s political thought has to offer twenty-first-century feminists, noting that Cady Stanton’s refusal to be entrapped by the false “equality vs. difference” binary, which still plagues contemporary feminists, might be a useful model for modern-day activists to follow.
Particularly useful, too, is Davis’s revisiting of the spilt between the woman’s suffrage movement in the wake of the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment. Davis’s clear and thoughtful consideration both takes into account Cady Stanton’s anger at suffrage allies and Republican Party members who privileged African American male suffrage over woman’s suffrage during these years, and compellingly argues that shifts in Cady Stanton’s thinking after the Civil War were not entirely due to a sense of disappointment with, and alienation from, supporters of the Fifteenth Amendment. Cady Stanton’s thought became increasingly ascriptivist and racist after the Civil War and Reconstruction, Davis maintains, in part because of distrust of the Republican establishment, but also because of broader intellectual shifts taking place within American culture, toward scientific racism. One of the numerous strengths of The Political Thought of Elizabeth Cady Stanton is its unequivocal candor regarding its subject’s views on race. “Was she a racist?” Davis asks of Cady Stanton, answering the question with a resounding “Yes” (p. 225). While it is vital for scholars to fully acknowledge and thoroughly discuss the undeniable racism present within Cady Stanton’s political thought, Davis notes, it is also important to contextualize this racism, and not to let the presence of racist ideologies within her political thought invalidate its significance. By offering a sweeping, comprehensive, and clear-eyed assessment of this complex thinker’s writings about gender, empowerment, and politics over the course of the nineteenth century, Davis has made an important contribution to existing scholarship both about Cady Stanton specifically and the history of feminist thought in the United States generally.
. For examples of this scholarship, see Ellen Carol DuBois and Richard Cándida Smith, eds., Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Feminist As Thinker: A Reader in Documents and Essays (New York: New York University Press, 2007); Ann D. Gordon, ed., The Selected Papers of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1997); Vivian Gornick, The Solitude of Self: Thinking about Elizabeth Cady Stanton (New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2005); and Judith Wellman, The Road to Seneca Falls: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and the First Woman’s Rights Convention (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2004).
. In this respect, Davis’s work helps to complicate arguments about the impact that the passage of the Fifteenth Amendment, and the subsequent splintering of the suffrage movement, had on the political thought of Cady Stanton and Anthony advanced in Ellen Carol DuBois’s iconic work, Feminism and Suffrage: The Emergence of an Independent Women’s Movement in America, 1848-1869 (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1978).
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The Impact of the Media on National Security Policy Decision Making
Authored by Dr. Douglas V. Johnson II. | October 1994
This project was undertaken to produce a strategic level study which would lay the foundation for deeper examination of specific issues relating to the impact of the media on national security policy decision making. It is not intended to provide answers, although some emerge.
The opening quotation from one of America's most notorious news figures will stimulate argument, for it is equally preposterous and accurate; suggests abuse of the First Amendment protection of free speech, yet lies within the heart and soul of republican government. Insofar as Hearst claims for the media the power to make war, it impinges upon national security.
Some areas of suggested research will require the passage of several years as American society and its political processes adapt to the exploding potential of the Information Age; the study asks if the growth of communications technology could inaugurate the advent of true democracy.1
This study employs a relatively narrow definition of national security issues as only those which are concerned with national survival and preservation of our way of life. The problem with a broader definition is that national prestige or image often become confused with national interests. Such a definition is too inclusive to be useful.
The media affects us as individuals and as a collective body. The collective body expresses itself as "public opinion" and has been extensively studied and measured. The effects on individuals are not as easy to determine without extensive research, which has not been undertaken.
The measurability and control of media influence is highly situational. The most prominent examiner of the media-public opinion interaction, Professor Benjamin I. Page, concludes that much more study is required to understand fully this interaction; likewise, the conclusions herein are couched in tentative terms.2
The issue of influence on the National Command Authorities (NCA) concerning questions of national security may be addressed in part by recourse to the process of American government. In this process, the media "informs" the people who then "speak" to their elected representatives in a wide variety of ways including letters, telephone calls, FAXes, and political action groups. The Congress then "speaks" to the president, who in turn may speak to the people through the media. In matters of foreign affairs, media, people, and the Congress expect the president to lead. If the administration is unsure of its own goals or if it finds it is at odds with the mood of the people, it will be like the "double minded" man who is "like a wave of the sea, driven with the wind and tossed," in this case by the winds of the news.3
Daniel C. Hallin wrote, "The behavior of the media . . . is intimately related to the unity and clarity of the government itself, as well as to the degree of consensus in the society at large."4 This conclusion seems to be as valid now as when it was written of a period now 20 years past.
The most important questions from this study are those which can not yet be answered for they deal with the future. They are listed separately in the hope that other researchers will undertake their study.
There are only a few certainties about the news. The first is that there is likely to be more of it available to more of us. Another certainty is that major news media are still going to be driven by the profit motive; consequently, whatever sells they will purvey. Since its inception as a mass phenomenon, what sells is spectacular, titillating, eye catching, or sensational; truth, accuracy or context can become secondary.6
Considering the impact of the Information Age, Americans may be facing a new phenomenon in the news arena? interactive news tailored to individual interest. This may allow the truly interested "reader/viewer" the opportunity to get beyond headlines and into the "facts" at a depth and breadth hitherto unknown. Of course we must realize that while this opportunity will be generally available, participation is unlikely to be much above current levels of "active" public interest. The cold fact is that reading and thinking about the news takes time and that is what most people are unwilling to give up for something that may not affect them directly.7 Interactive news is also likely to generate more discrete interest levels or focus. Currently, several major newspapers are shifting their overseas coverage to directly accommodate their readership. Marketing areas heavy with Hispanic readers are closing European offices in favor of South and Central American locations.8
Another aspect of the Information Age that could have an impact on policy is the possibility of enhanced public responsiveness to events. As the FAX and E-mail become increasingly available, the power of public opinion may be enhanced. "On Air," real-time polling is already in place on major television networks. These two avenues of public expression may well serve two different groups of citizens. The first group is the computer-literate, foreign policy aware. The second group is synonymous with the television viewing public, not necessarily synonymous with those informed of and active in foreign affairs.Those people with access to FAX and E-mail are increasing dramatically, but their identity and involvement in public affairs is yet to be defined. It is already possible and acceptable to FAX or E-mail one's opinion to the White House directly, but who are the people who do? What impact a surge of FAX traffic will have is probably going to be governed by the same factors that govern the impact of public opinion now. If an election is imminent, public reactions will likely be voiced more frequently and are likely to be followed more closely; if the domestic situation is threatening, likewise. If a genuine national security interest is threatened, president and public are likely to draw together if the White House leads; if the administration is weak or unpopular, the impact of a flood of public expression may have unforeseen consequences.
The point is that the potential of the public to become informed and to make its voice heard in response to events portrayed in the media is increasing dramatically, but the potential must pass through the filter of public interest, a filter of episodically varying permeability.
For purposes of this study, the supposition is that the media exert influence through two channels, direct and personal, and indirect and collective. The direct and personal aspect is difficult to investigate and minimal effort was devoted to it in this study. The indirect and collective is the realm of public opinion, a battleground of politics unique to democratic societies. This study concentrates upon the latter arena.
1. W. Russell Newman, "Mass Audiences," Media Studies Journal, Fall 1991, p. 157; also see Gladys Ganley, "Political Uses of Personal Electronic Media," p. 175, and Michael C. Janeway, "Power and Weakness of the Press," p. 3.
2. Benjamin I. Page, "Democratic Responsiveness? Untangling the Links Between Public Opinion and Policy," Political Studies Quarterly, March 1994, pp. 25-28.
3. James 1:6, The Holy Bible, King James Version.
4. Daniel C. Hallin, The "Uncensored War": The Media and Vietnam, New York: Oxford University Press, 1986, p. 213; also Ted Koppel, "The Perils of Info-Democracy," New York Times, July 1, 1994, A25.
5. William Randolph Hearst as quoted in Gerald F. Linderman, The Mirror For War: American Society and the Spanish-AmericanWar, Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1974, pp. 165-166, from a signed editorial in the Journal on September 25, 1898.
6. Ken Auletta, Three Blind Mice: How the Networks Lost Their Way, New York: Random House, 1991. Author details the shift in direction of the networks toward the pure profit motivation of ordinary big business. The Hearst and Pulitzer competition was likewise market-share driven, but, says Aulette, the current trend is a disturbing turn away from any attempt toward reporting truth.
7. W. Russell Neuman, "Mass Audiences," Media Studies Journal, Fall 1991, p. 157. Neuman suggests that the public attention span responds in a variety of ways which require further investigation.
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Soils vary greatly from area to area and climate to climate. The soils that are found in the southeastern United States are greatly different from those found in the Northwest. For this reason, the USDA has created the texture triangle to help determine the contents of soil and to help standardize soil that is for sale so that consumers can determine what texture of soil they are getting. It is helpful to know the characteristics of the soil that is being used as this helps to determine how easily the soil will drain, its ability to stand up to erosion or wear and how much it will compact down over time. When used for gardening it is essential to have a soil texture that is within certain ranges in order to provide the correct nutrients, water and oxygen to plant roots.
Clay is one of the three components of soil. In average garden soil, clay makes up less than 30% of the soil base. There are several classifications of clay soils: clay, sandy clay, silty clay, clay loam and sandy clay loam. These are all variations of clay soil that include more or less sand or silt (organic matter) to vary the texture.
Clay soils compact easily and are made up of the finest textured materials. When wet, clay soils can be compressed and formed into shapes that will hold. When wet, clay soils feel sticky and have a plastic feel. These soils do not drain well. Clay soils are made up of at least 40 percent clay and are less than 40 percent silt and no detectable sand. Sandy clay contains 50 to 60 percent sand.
Silt soils are the second finest textured soils. Silt soils feel smooth and flour-like when rubbed between the fingers and when wet they can be compressed and molded into forms that will hold together, withstanding a fair amount of handling. When squeezed, wet silt soils do not form ribbons, but will squeeze out between the fingers and break apart into sections.
Silt soils do not drain well but they contain high amounts of clay and organic matter. Silt soils are classified as: silty clay, silty clay loam, silty loam and silt. Silty loam soil is a soil that, when in the field, tends to clump easily and when dry, breaks apart easily. Silt soils contain more than 40 percent silt, less than 40 percent clay and less than 40 percent sand.
Loams are the most balanced-feeling of the soils--containing balanced amounts of sand, silt and smaller amounts of clay. Loams are dark, rich and spongy. It is fairly smooth when rubbed between the fingers and is somewhat sticky and plastic when wet.
When formed into a mold, loams can be handled freely and will hold together. Classifications of loams are: clay loam, sandy clay loam, loam, silt loam, silty clay loam and sandy loam. Sandy loam soils drain fairly well while clay loam is slow to drain. Loams are made up of 20 to 60 percent sand, less than 40 percent clay and between 20 and 80 percent silt.
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2009: CHRI-IGS consultation on police reforms, 11 July
CHRI conducted a highly successful consultation on police reforms in Dhaka, Bangladesh on July 11, 2009. This consultation was held in conjunction with the Institute of Governance Studies, BRAC University and addressed the need for reforms together with what the various components of reform should be. At the same time as the consultation, CHRI conducted meetings with people and groups working on police reform in Bangladesh. These meetings were very fruitful as they forged stronger relationships with civil society for taking the issue of better policing forward.
2010: CHRI-BLAST-NU consultation on police reforms, 28-29 August
A two-day training workshop was held in Dhaka from 28-29 August in order to build upon our first consultation. The theme was once again police reform with focus on the Draft Police Ordinance 2007 which sought to replace the 1861 Act. The consultation addressed the main issues included in the Ordinance linking it with how these will address current gaps in policing. It was held in conjunction with the Bangladesh Legal Aid and Service Trust (BLAST) along with BLAST and Nagorik Uddyog followed by the launch of the 101 Questions in Bangla on 30 August. The objective of the workshop is to build capacity and enhance understanding of policing issues among the civil society organisations.
2011: CHRI-BLAST-NU workshops on police reforms
In 2011, CHRI held a series of workshops across Bangladesh in order to promote and popularise police reform debates beyond Dhaka. The first such workshop was held in Barisal district from 22-23 April 2011 and the second one in Khulna district from 28-29 July 2011. These were organised in collaboration with our local partners namely the Bangladesh Legal Aid Services Trust (BLAST) and Nagorik Uddyog. The workshops introduced the laws and procedures governing policing, highlighting areas of concern and gaps and pointing to relevant recommendations. Ongoing reform initiatives such as the Police Ordinance 2007 were also discussed at length in order to generate discussion on the expectations of people and how best to adapt international standards on policing in Bangladesh. | <urn:uuid:14160fed-1c94-432c-a50c-4d12d319762e> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.humanrightsinitiative.org/content/workshops-and-consultations | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280310.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00186-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959562 | 436 | 1.570313 | 2 |
Vintage Art Deco 89 Jewellery
The Art Deco company produced jewellery for one year only - 1989. The company was founded by Larry Joseph, formerly of the Hattie Carnegie Company. The aim was to recreate important pieces of Art Deco jewellery as top end costume jewellery pieces.
It's surprising that their jewellery isn't more well known, given that Elizabeth Taylor had some in her private collection. | <urn:uuid:c8a4a46d-1375-40e8-8871-7068d8af38c7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.gadelles.com/designers/art-deco-89/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570871.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808183040-20220808213040-00267.warc.gz | en | 0.977197 | 86 | 1.5 | 2 |
In Trinidad and Tobago, the reality of unstoppable and murderous crime will likely persuade citizens of the urgent need for even invasive legislation in order to lend a helping hand to law enforcement. Thus, a certain urgency has been attached to the passage of measures such as that requiring deportees to provide DNA samples towards the creation of an investigators’ database.
Attorney General Anand Ramlogan was accordingly pushing against an open door earlier this week when he urged passage of the Administration of Justice Bill in the House of Representatives. To the criticism that the DNA sample provision implied an unwarrantable over-reach by the State, Mr Ramlogan replied that a larger DNA database would facilitate police in solving and detecting crimes.
The Opposition PNM suggested that only criminal deportees should submit to this DNA sampling, in response to which the AG noted that some “persons of interest” escape a guilty verdict only because of a legal technicality. In this context, T&T faces a situation wherein the right to privacy of the person accordingly carries a priority lower than the overarching necessity of effectively enforcing law—ironically, even as the Government introduced another bill designed to ensure that politicians’ and other State officials’ e-mails cannot be used to expose possible wrong-doing.
In this context, a related measure, which would require fingerprinting of Caricom visitors, appears to be a unilateral undertaking without notice to or consultation with regional governments whose citizens stand to be affected at T&T’s ports of entry. Only last Tuesday, St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister, Dr Ralph Gonsalves, was in T&T to deliver a public lecture in which he warned Caricom officials that they may be flouting laws enshrined in the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas which the Caribbean Court of Justice is prepared to enforce even—or especially—in the face of contrary domestic legislation.
Moreover, even if this law helps to convict deportees who engage in criminal conduct within T&T’s jurisdiction, that is no guarantee that crime will be reduced by more than an iota. While there is an argument that it is these deportees who have come back and masterminded criminal gangs, no reliable research has demonstrated this to be the case. It is, however, unlikely that persons living for years in foreign climes could come back here and establish or take over neighbourhood criminal networks which necessarily rely on trust between persons well known to one another.
But, whatever the background, this war can only be won through sacrifice. What will justify such constitutional concessions are clear signs that the authorities, additionally enabled with DNA and fingerprint intelligence, are advancing beyond the currently abysmal performance in crime detection. | <urn:uuid:f8f7d4f1-b19f-4a21-93ff-19b2cd32b015> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.trinidadexpress.com/commentaries/Making-sacrifices--to-solve-crimes-263743301.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280504.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00137-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950171 | 553 | 1.804688 | 2 |
Trophy celebrating British ‘victory’ in Easter Rising to be auctioned
A trophy marking the British ‘victory’ in the Easter Rising is to go under the hammer this week and is expected to sell for up to €1200.
It was purchased by a Japanese woman at a London flea-market in the late 1980s. Now, many years later its historical significance has been recognised.
The trophy is in the form of a gong made from an artillery shell from the Rising. It is suspended on a frame made from wood and brass.
The owner, who was a student in London when she bought it, said it caught her eye because “it was reminiscent of a Shinto Temple Bell”, which are found in Buddhist temples in Japan.
Years later the woman got married to an Irishman, and he noticed the inscriptions on the gong and their relevance to the Easter Rising.
There are references to His Majesty’s Yacht HELGA, which was the auxiliary patrol boat that travelled up the River Liffey and shelled the Irish rebels in Boland’s Mills and then the General Post Office.
The copper dome reads: “G. P. O. MCMXV1 – BLACKADERS BOYS – THE CALL TO ARMS – RICHMOND BKS”
A simple look back at the details of the Rising reveal a clear reference to the shelling of the General Post Office in 1916. Major General Blackader was a senior officer in the British Army during the Easter Rising and Richmond Barracks was one of the main British Army bases in Dublin.
Stuart Purcell, head of collectibles at Whyte’s auctioneers, told the Irish Times: “This is unique. I am not aware of another object created as a trophy to celebrate a British victory in 1916.”
The trophy is believed to have been made either by the British soldiers themselves, or for them as a memento of their ‘victory’.
It has now surfaced and will be auctioned on 17th October by Whyte’s in Dublin. | <urn:uuid:89adfef7-ae72-48f7-991e-759269ea05c9> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://ireland-calling.com/lifestyle/trophy-celebrating-british-victory-in-easter-rising-to-be-auctioned/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280929.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00421-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971578 | 443 | 2.125 | 2 |
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- A puppet show is among the many activities that White Plains Library will host for children throughout August.
A rundown of events is below.
The Little Red Hen by Rosy Puppets: A hand puppet show for ages 3 and up at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13. Tickets distributed a half hour before the show.
Trove @ The Movies: Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 18 and 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22.
Fundama Skill Toys: Make a skill toy and learn about toys from other cultures, Grades 2-6, at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 19.
Puppets to Go Presents The Frog Prince / Puppet show for ages 5 and up at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20.
Finger Paint Fun: Messy finger painting fun from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. For children of all ages up through sixth grade. Children under the age of 8 years must be accompanied by an adult. Thursday, Aug. 21.
Trove @ The Movies: Wall-E at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 25 and 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 29.
¡Vamos a la Escuela! / Storytime in Spanish for children and their families about going to school at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26 and 4 p.m. Thursday Aug. 28. ¿Que Dice la Guacamaya? What Does The Macaw Say? / Bilingual presentation by Rev. Dr. Lora Kim Joyner, wildlife veterinarian and minister, who has worked in Latin America for 27 years, at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 26.
"Going into Kindergarten" Storytime: A special storytime for children entering kindergarten this fall, includes a craft activity at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27. Family Storytime: Stories about school at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 27.
Registration for K'NEX Special: Begins on Friday, Aug. 29 for the New NY Bridge and I Lift NY Super Crane Project, which will run Mondays in September. Registration is limited to children in grades 2-6. Register in person in The Trove or by telephone - 914-422-1476. | <urn:uuid:eb95e09f-9c31-4b9a-add7-b4e3f6816aa5> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://whiteplains.dailyvoice.com/events/white-plains-library-hosts-childrens-events-in-august/473321/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279915.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00278-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.882888 | 499 | 1.554688 | 2 |
AHL Hockey Player Gets Face Slashed Open By Teammate’s Skate Blade (Video)
Hockey Puck Breaks in Half Following Goal During Swiss League Game (Videos)
In sports, there are a lot of colorful expressions that aren’t meant to be taken literally. In baseball, for example, you might tell a guy to “go knock the cover off the ball,” while in football you might describe a big hit as having “knocked a guy right out of his cleats.” These are figures of speech, obviously. Nobody has ever really hit a baseball so hard that the cover got knocked off, and a guy would have to lace his cleats up pretty loose to get knocked out of them by a tackle.
Hockey doesn’t really have an equivalent of baseball’s “knock the cover off the ball,” but if it did, it might be something like, “he really split that puck in half.” The idea, of course, would be that a guy shot the little disc of frozen rubber so hard that it broke in two.
Of course, if by some chance this expression ever does catch on, we will be able to trace it to actual historical events. At a recent Swiss National League A game between Fribourg-Gottéron and EHC Biel, Fribourg’s Cedric Botter fired a howitzer off the far post and into the goal that literally broke the puck in half.
Take a look:
I can’t say for sure, but that’s got to be the first time that’s happ…actually, no. It turns out this has happened before. Check out this puck-splitting shot from an American junior hockey game:
That’s something, isn’t it? | <urn:uuid:d1921cbd-28f9-44d7-ac78-8c64fefaf366> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.totalprosports.com/2013/03/21/hockey-puck-break-half-swiss-league-goal-video/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280292.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00337-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952058 | 390 | 1.640625 | 2 |
Developing "Climate-ready" Rice to Safeguard Livelihoods in the Fragile Ecosystems
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Nearly 100 million rice farmers live in unfavorable rice environments. These communities are among the poorest and most vulnerable to climate change. Solutions are urgently needed to avoid some of the worst impacts of climate change. | <urn:uuid:d38a1157-22b1-46f4-ba12-6ece9ad52679> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://cure.irri.org/resources/publications/developingclimate-readyricetosafeguardlivelihoodsinthefragileecosystems | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279489.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00018-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.911492 | 90 | 2.84375 | 3 |
Direct Implementation in Indian Country
EPA is responsible for implementing federal environmental statutes in Indian country. In the absence of a federally approved tribal program, EPA retains program implementation authority. Currently, EPA maintains responsibility for the implementation of the vast majority of federal environmental statutes in Indian country.
The EPA's Direct Implementation of Federal Environmental Programs in Indian Country document describes EPA’s direct implementation responsibilities and activities under nine major federal environmental statutes and for emergency response activities. Each section describes the key direct implementation responsibilities that EPA retains. | <urn:uuid:6a6dda32-0781-4783-9806-6090b49e1b58> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://19january2017snapshot.epa.gov/tribal/direct-implementation-indian-country_.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.868027 | 102 | 2.765625 | 3 |
1. This is a Letters Patent Appeal against an order of Curgenven, J., ordering a stay of further proceedings in the suit on terms. The suit is a mortgage suit and a preliminary decree has been passed and an appeal against it preferred to this Court. Stay of further proceedings pending the hearing of the first appeal was asked for by the appellant and granted by the learned Judge on terms. Appellant is the judgment-debtor under the decree and he objects to the terms imposed by the learned Judge as being too onerous and presents this Letters Patent Appeal on that ground.
2. A preliminary objection is taken by the respondent-decree-holder that the appeal does not lie. We think, the objection must be sustained. The interpretation of 'judgment' in Clause 15 of the Letters Patent which is given by the learned late Chief Justice Sir Arnold White in Tuljaram Rao v. Alagappa Chettiar 8 Ind. Cas. 340 : 35 M. 1 : (1910) M.W.N. 697 : 8 M.L.T. 453 : 21 M.L.J. 1 has, in this Presidency at least, been followed so consistently that it has become for all practical purposes settled law here and we can see no reason for departing from that interpretation. The test there given is, where the order is in the course of the suit or proceeding, does it in effect put an end to the suit or proceeding so far as the Court before which the suit or proceeding is pending is concerned; and if the order is in an independent proceeding which is ancillary to the suit, it should be in some proceeding taken with a view to rendering the judgment effective if obtained. The learned Chief Justice also dealt with orders and petitions for stay of execution and said that he would be prepared to hold that an appeal would lie from an order refusing a stay of execution.
3. Now, clearly none of these tests will apply to the present case. The suit itself has not yet come to an end. We are not prepared to accept the argument of the appellant that a mortgage suit has finally come to an end with the passing of a preliminary decree. That is contrary to the scheme of the present Civil Procedure Code. So far from the preliminary decree putting an end to the suit, execution cannot begin until after the final decree is passed and the property cannot be put up for sale until then. The appellant's petition which was heard by the learned Judge was designed to stay a sale of the property and it can equally be put in after the passing of the final decree. The order under appeal itself is obviously not a final order putting an end to the proceedings; it merely adjourns the suit if the appellant complies with its terms, and, if he does not, the suit goes on.
4. The appellant is unable to quote any ruling in his favour. Cases in which an appeal has been allowed in execution matters are appeals against orders refusing to stay execution: see Sonachalam Pillai v. Kumaravelu Chettiar : AIR1924Mad597 Govinda Ramanuja Pedda Jeeyanvarlavaru v. Krishnamacharlu : AIR1927Mad398 and Pethaperumal Chettiar v. Chidambaram Chettiar : AIR1927Mad592 . These are not in point. Here, therefore, no refusal to stay execution. Execution has been stayed on terms, and the appellant is dissatisfied only by the terms imposed. The order puts an end, therefore, neither to the suit nor to any request for stay of execution. We, therefore, hold that no appeal lies and dismiss the appeal with costs. | <urn:uuid:9f4258e6-f4a4-47fc-9649-8a4a3199ea2a> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.legalcrystal.com/case/813145/negeswara-iyer-alias-ramaswamy-vs-ramanatham-chettiar | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281331.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00221-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958614 | 752 | 1.6875 | 2 |
No Added Cancer Risk From Hip Replacement Materials: StudyLast Updated: April 03, 2012. But British researchers said longer term studies are needed.
TUESDAY, April 3 (HealthDay News) -- People with metal-on-metal hip replacements do not have an increased risk of cancer during the first seven years after they receive the device, according to a new study.
However, a longer-term study should be done, researchers at the Universities of Bristol and Exeter in the U.K. report.
They examined data from the National Joint Registry of England and Wales, which contains records on more than 1 million hip replacement procedures. The researchers compared cancer rates in patients with metal-on-metal hip replacements, patients with hip replacements made with other materials, and the general population.
The chance of a 60-year-old man with moderate health and a metal-on-metal stemmed hip replacement being diagnosed with cancer in the five years after surgery was 6.2 percent, compared to 6.7 percent with a hip replacement made with other materials.
For women, the risk was 4 percent for a metal-on-metal stemmed hip replacement and 4.4 percent for a hip replacement made with other materials.
The researchers also found that the incidence of cancer is low after hip replacement and lower than that predicted for age- and sex-matched people in the general population.
The study was published online April 3 in the British Medical Journal.
It's hoped that these findings will help doctors reassure patients that the "risk of cancer for hip replacement patients is relatively low," the researchers wrote.
However, they added that long-term data on hip replacement patients needs to be collected over the next few decades as some cancers can take many years to develop.
Last month, British researchers said there was "unequivocal evidence" that stemmed metal-on-metal hip replacements fail at much higher rates than other types of hip implants and should be banned.
The failure rate is particularly high for stemmed metal-on-metal hip implants with larger head sizes and those implanted in women. In these cases, failure rates are up to four times higher than other types of hip implants, according to the study in The Lancet.
The U.S. National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases has more about hip replacement.
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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOTV) – Research has shown that participating in volunteer work will actually increase your lifespan, decreasing your mortality risk by 24%.
Giving joyfully of yourself causes your brain to produce more feel-good chemicals, like oxytocin and progesterone, which lower stress and reduce harmful inflammation.
Organized volunteering whether in a neighborhood cleanup or soup kitchen will elevate your mood and give you an endorphin release that will bring satisfaction to your personally and even give your life more meaning.
The benefits of helping others are numerous; you might meet new friends, learn new skills, and perhaps even advance your career. Volunteering can increase your confidence; help to build self-esteem and combat depression. Depending on the type of work you choose it may even help you to stay physically fit.
Where do I find volunteer opportunities?
• Community theaters, museums, and monuments
• Libraries or senior centers
• Animal rescue groups
• Youth organizations, sports teams, and after-school programs
• Historical restorations and national parks
• Places of worship, churches or synagogues
• Search online
Here’s some help to get you started!
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On September 1st, New York City based radio personality, Trey Morgan embarked on a journey designed to shock him into a more philanthropic way of life. He hopes his non-profit quest to volunteer for 30 charities in 30 days finally ends the quandary which has kept him from volunteering in the past, namely, among so many great charities, which group to choose.
A daily blog, 30 Deeds 30 Days, details his experiences as he goes from one volunteer gig to the next, all while holding down his DJ job and making it home for dinner with his wife. He plans to write a book cataloguing the charity types and providing tips for those who want to give back, but are frozen at the starting line.
A radio personality for New York City’s Z100, Morgan was drawn to charities that help animals or involve music, and because of a family string of illnesses, to cancer-related causes. Many are local charities, but he is also trying out some of the most well-known groups, like Habitat for Humanity and the Ronald McDonald House.
Of the challenge, Morgan says, “It’s so important to give back. With my reach over the airwaves, hopefully I’ll be able to inspire others by showing that even an ambitious feat like this is attainable, all it takes is a commitment.”
So far, one of his favorite charities has been Musicians On Call, which brings music to the bedsides of hospital patients and sick kids. Other non-profits slated to be involved include: Rosie’s Broadway Kids, Muscular Dystrophy Association, and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation. Morgan was also inspired to donate a portion of his book proceeds to benefit the organizations he volunteers with. | <urn:uuid:ea316fb1-95f0-401f-af2e-b8f4edd9d2a8> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/30-deeds-30-days-intro/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560283689.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095123-00352-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975141 | 362 | 1.59375 | 2 |
Farmers and ranchers hard-hit by drought in parts of the U.S. have gotten a little help from the Internal Revenue Service.
While the IRS couldn’t make it rain, it did give affected producers an additional year to replace livestock and defer tax from any forced sale of animals because of the drought.
Currently, the National Drought Mitigation Center shows much of the western half of the country is being scorched by drought conditions.
Notice 2021-55, found on IRS.gov, lists areas in 36 states and one U.S. territory that have been designated as eligible for federal assistance due to drought. Counties adjacent to those formally designated are also eligible for assistance.
How do farmers and ranchers qualify for this IRS relief?
Eligible farmers or ranchers must have sold off livestock on account of drought conditions in a federally designated area. Generally, the IRS relief measure applies to the capital gains that eligible owners get from livestock sales on animals for draft, dairy or breeding purposes.
Other livestock, such as animals raised for slaughter or for sporting purposes, or poultry, are not eligible.
Eligible sales also have to satisfy a specific set of conditions; they have to be due only to drought and within one of the federally declared assistance areas.
Within these designated areas, producers have four years to replace livestock disposed of in a forced sale due to the drought. Normally, they would have just two years to replace their herds.
The latest extension from the IRS gives producers until the end of their first tax year after the first drought-free year to replace livestock sold due to the drought. Notice 2006-82 has more details on how the provision works.
The relief is available to farmers or ranchers who were forced to sell off livestock in an eligible area due to exceptional, extreme or severe drought between Sept. 1, 2020, and Aug. 31, 2021.
What areas qualify are determined by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Because of the extra year provided by the IRS extension, the drought-sale replacement period due to expire on Dec. 31 of this year for some eligible producers now extends to the end of their next tax year.
The IRS says because the drought in parts of the West has been ongoing for some years, this relief impacts some emergency sales dating as far back as 2017.
For more information on reporting drought sales and other farm-related tax questions, see Publication 225, Farmer’s Tax Guide, on the IRS website.
– Story provided by TaxingSubjects.com
Taxpayers now know the private firms that could come calling to collect tax debt after September 23, 2021. This latest announcement from the Internal Revenue Service marks the fifth year the agency has used private debt collectors for overdue taxes.
Which private collection agencies received a contract from the IRS?
The IRS says that three private collection agencies (PCAs) have been given contracts: CBE Group, Inc.; Coast Professional, Inc.; and ConServe. While these firms have authorization to collect outstanding tax debt, the IRS provides two assurances to wary taxpayers:
- Employees of these collection agencies must follow the provisions of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and like IRS employees, must be courteous and must respect taxpayer rights.
- Private firms are not authorized to take enforcement actions against taxpayers. Only IRS employees can take these actions, such as filing a notice of Federal Tax Lien or issuing a levy.
Once taxpayers are contacted by a PCA, they can work with that firm to settle up with the IRS—from one-time payments to payment plans. That said, the agency reminds that all payments must be made to the IRS or U.S. Treasury, and no PCA is allowed to “take enforcement actions against taxpayers,” like “filing a notice of Federal Tax Lien or issuing a levy.”
How will taxpayers know they’ve been referred to a private collection agency?
Taxpayers whose tax debt has been referred to a private collection agency will receive two letters explaining the situation: one from the IRS and another from the assigned PCA.
The IRS letter includes “the name and contact information for the PCA” and “a copy of Publication 4518, What You Can Expect When the IRS Assigns Your Account to a Private Collection Agency;” both letters “will contain information that will help taxpayers identify the tax amount owed and assure taxpayers that future collection agency calls they may receive are legitimate.”
The IRS closes with the following links containing more information about the private tax debt collection program:
To read the full press release, follow the source link below.
– Story provided by TaxingSubjects.com
The American job market is a changing landscape these days. A year ago, the big push was to retain workers in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now the need is to find new workers to staff a growing economy.
To help do just that, the Internal Revenue Service points to the work opportunity tax credit, which was extended by recent legislation all the way through the end of 2025.
This tax credit isn’t new. It encourages employers to hire from any of 10 targeted groups who historically face big hurdles in finding jobs. These targeted groups are:
- Temporary Assistance for Needy Families recipients
- Qualified unemployed veterans, including disabled veterans
- Formerly incarcerated individuals
- Designated community residents living in Empowerment Zones or Rural Renewal Counties
- Vocational rehabilitation referrals
- Summer youth employees living in Empowerment Zones
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients
- Supplemental Security Income recipients
- Long-term family assistance recipients
- Long-term unemployment recipients
The IRS says it shouldn’t be a surprise that long-term unemployment recipients are on the list, since millions of people were out of work at one time or another over the span of the pandemic.
How does an employer qualify for the credit?
An employer seeking to qualify for the work opportunity tax credit has to first request the certification from their state. They should submit IRS Form 8850, Pre-Screening Notice and Certification Request for the Work Opportunity Credit to their state workforce or employment agency. Do not submit this form to the IRS.
Employers usually have 28 days to submit Form 8850 to their state agency after the eligible new hire starts work. If the hire falls into one of two special categories, though, there’s an extension at play.
If the new employee is either a qualified summer youth employee living in an Empowerment Zone; or a designated community resident living in an Empowerment Zone, then the employer has until Nov. 8, 2021 to submit Form 8850 to the state. The new hires have to start work between January 1 and October 9 in order to qualify for the extended deadline.
See Notice 2021-43 and the instructions for Form 8850 for other requirements and details.
How does an employer claim the work opportunity credit?
The work opportunity credit is claimed by the eligible employer when they file their federal income tax return.
The credit is calculated on Form 5884, Work Opportunity Credit, based generally on the wages paid to their eligible workers in their first year on the job.
Once calculated, the credit amount is claimed on Form 3800, General Business Credit.
It should be noted that tax-exempt organizations can only claim the work opportunity credit for hiring qualified veterans. These tax-exempt employers can use Form 5884-C, Work Opportunity Credit for Qualified Tax Exempt Organizations, to claim the credit against payroll taxes. However, for these employers, the credit is limited to the amount of the business income tax liability or Social Security tax owed for tax-exempt organizations.
Source: Renewed work opportunity tax credit can help employers hire workers
– Story provided by TaxingSubjects.com
Recent changes in the tax regulations to help ease the burdens of the pandemic could lead to lower tax bills at filing time for some Americans. The new benefits allow taxpayers who do not itemize to take advantage of donations to charity—at least for a while.
The change was part of last December’s Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2020, which allowed deductions for charitable gifts using a number of methods.
Non-itemizers can cash in, for now
The new law extends four relief measures originally set out by other coronavirus relief legislation through the end of 2022.
Historically, taxpayers had to itemize their deductions in order to claim charitable contributions. The new law, however, means taxpayers who don’t qualify for itemizing can claim a deduction for cash contributions on their 2021 return.
The IRS estimates that nine in 10 taxpayers take the standard deduction but could potentially benefit from the expanded charitable deduction.
The deduction is not unlimited; instead, individual non-itemizers are limited to a $300 deduction and married couples top out at $600 if filing jointly.
Donations of cash to most charitable organizations qualify for the deduction. However, an IRS release makes it clear that there are certain instances where the deduction won’t be allowed:
“Cash contributions made either to supporting organizations or to establish or maintain a donor-advised fund do not qualify. Cash contributions carried forward from prior years do not qualify, nor do cash contributions to most private foundations and most cash contributions to charitable remainder trusts,” an IRS release states.
“In general, a donor-advised fund is a fund or account maintained by a charity in which a donor can, because of being a donor, advise the fund on how to distribute or invest amounts contributed by the donor and held in the fund. A supporting organization is a charity that carries out its exempt purposes by supporting other exempt organizations, usually other public charities.”
Publication 526, Charitable Contributions, has more information on the various types of qualified organizations.
What kind of donations qualify for the deduction? Good old-fashioned cash, of course, but there are other methods that qualify as well: contributions by check, credit or debit card all qualify. Those taxpayers donating their time to a qualified charity also get a break, since they can deduct unreimbursed out-of-pocket expenses they incur as part of their volunteer work.
Not included in the deduction are the value of volunteer service itself, securities, household items or other property. In other words, non-cash donations of household goods don’t qualify for the deduction.
Deduction expanded for itemizers too
Before the expanded deduction took effect, those taxpayers who elected to itemize had limits on how much in donations they could claim. Usually, itemizing taxpayers could claim anywhere from 20% to 60% of their adjusted gross income (AGI) for the purposes of a deduction, depending on the kind of contribution.
Cash donations from an individual taxpayer to a qualified public charity are usually capped at 60% of the taxpayer’s AGI. Excess contributions can be carried forward up to five years.
The new law, however, expands their limits. A new cap—called an “Increased Individual Limit” by the IRS—is used for eligible contributions, topping out at 100% of AGI on qualified donations made during the 2021 calendar year.
The rules for those who itemize, what is permitted as a qualified charity or a qualified donation- and what isn’t—is the same as for those who don’t itemize.
The IRS reminds that taxpayers have to make an election for any given qualified cash contribution. Otherwise the usual percentage limit will apply.
It’s also helpful to remember that a taxpayer’s other allowed charitable contribution deductions will reduce the maximum amount allowed through this election.
Use the 2021 Form 1040 or the Form 1040-SR to make the election for these deductions.
Corporate limit increased
Businesses also got higher limits for their qualified donations to charities in the new law. C corporations can apply their Increased Corporate Limit of 25% of taxable income to their charitable contributions of cash during the 2021 calendar year. That’s up from the usual limit of 10%. Like individuals, corporations have to elect to choose the Increased Corporate Limit, and they have to make that choice on a contribution-by-contribution basis.
Some businesses make their contributions not with cash, but with food, donating food inventory to help feed the ill, the needy and infants. These donations are also covered by the new law for calendar 2021, and the deduction for qualified food donations is raised from 15% to 25%.
The 25% limit for C corporations is based on their taxable income, while other businesses such as sole proprietorships, partnerships and S corporations, have a limit based on aggregate net income for the year from all activities of the business that generated the contributions.
Good records make it possible
A taxpayer, whether an individual or a corporation, can collect their deduction for a cash donation to a charitable organization only if they can show proof that the deduction was actually made.
This usually means keeping a cancelled check or a credit card receipt for the cash contribution, and getting a letter from the charity organization acknowledging the donation.
Additional bookkeeping rules apply for donations of property. Filing a Form 8283 may be necessary, as well as getting a qualified appraisal, depending on the donation.
See Publication 526 for more information on how to apply the percentage limits and bookkeeping rules for documenting gifts to charity. Go to IRS.gov/coronavirus for more information about other pandemic-related tax relief measures.
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This time of year, filing our income taxes may not top the other concerns of the day. Fall weather, school days and football all tend to take center stage.
That said, we could all probably use a reminder that if a taxpayer filed an extension back in May, their income tax return is due in the hands of the Internal Revenue Service no later than October 15.
There was no extension, of course, for payment of any taxes due.
If a taxpayer is due a refund, good news: usually there’s no penalty for filing late. But those who wait too long to file and claim a refund could see that refund evaporate.
Taxpayers who haven’t filed for the 2020 tax year, didn’t get an extension and owe tax due are in the most vulnerable position; their best strategy is to file as soon as possible and pay any tax owed now to avoid additional penalties and interest.
For most, October 15 is the last day to file for the 2020 tax year, but some taxpayers have a little more time.
Members of the military and others who serve in a combat zone usually have 180 days after they leave the combat zone to file and pay any tax due.
Taxpayers with valid extensions and who live in a federally declared disaster area have filing options depending on the relief package issued by the IRS. Check the disaster relief page on IRS.gov for details.
The IRS suggests electronic payment options
Filers can schedule electronic tax payments right up to the October 15 due date. There are options available, including paying online, by phone, or using a mobile phone and the IRS2Go app.
The IRS says taxpayers who use a tax pro should ask to make their tax payments through an electronic funds withdrawal from a bank account. Another option is IRS DirectPay, which allows a taxpayers to pay online directly from a checking or savings account for free. Payments can also be scheduled up to a year in advance.
Another mobile-friendly option is the IRS2Go app, which has options including Direct Pay and credit or debit card payments on mobile devices.
The Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS) is a tried-and-true electronic system that’s been in use for years. Taxpayers can pay online or by phone using the system’s Voice Response System.
The final option is to use a third-party payment processor that allows the taxpayer to pay with a credit or debit card or even a digital wallet; however, the processor charges a fee for this service.
Electronic transmission also works in the opposite direction—for refunds. Direct deposit is far safer and quicker than a paper check in the mail. Direct deposit can divvy a refund into as many as three different accounts—or even purchase U.S. Savings Bonds.
Some people may not have a bank account. These taxpayers can go online to the FDIC website or to the National Credit Union Association site for information on how to open an online bank or credit union account.
The Veterans Benefits Banking Program (VBBP) is available to veterans, giving them access to financial services at participating banks.
Looking for your tax information? Go online
Those who need information about their taxes—whether it’s needed to file or just to get a snapshot of their tax history—can go to their online account. Each online account includes:
- Adjusted Gross Income: This can be useful if using a different tax preparer this year.
- Economic Impact Payment amounts: Eligible individuals who did not receive the full amounts of both Economic Impact Payments may claim the Recovery Rebate Credit on their 2020 federal tax return. To claim the full amount, taxpayers will need to know the amounts of the Economic Impact Payments received. These amounts can be found on the Tax Records tab in online account.
- Estimated tax payment amounts: The total of any estimated tax payments made during the year or refunds applied as a credit can be found on the Account Balance tab in the online account, and a record of each payment appears under Payment Activity.
In addition, online account owners can view the amount owed for any past years, updated for the current calendar day; their payment history and any pending payments; payment plan details and digital copies of some IRS notices.
The online account also gives taxpayers the chance to approve or reject authorization requests from tax pros.
What are some other reasons to file?
Some taxpayers may have other reasons to file their 2020 income tax return other than just doing the right thing.
One reason is to sign up for a stimulus payment, if the taxpayer missed out on the first or second Economic Impact Payment (EIP).
Another reason is to change or update information needed to receive monthly advance Child Tax Credit payments. The IRS uses 2019 tax information for most recipients, but if a child was born during 2020, for example, the taxpayer may qualify for a larger credit.
In both cases, a 2020 tax return is needed to provide the IRS with the information it needs to help. And to file quicker and easier, the IRS is urging these taxpayers to file electronically.
For answers to a wide array of tax questions, consult the Interactive Tax Assistant (ITA), an online tax law resource. Tax payment options are explained at IRS.gov/payments and are available in several languages.
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It seems to me we are a people easily lead and influenced by administrative policies that justify on-going war and conflicts in several nations that pose no threat to our safety. This mania comes out of the event of 9/11 which caused the greatest upheaval of widespread fear affecting the American psyche as no other singular incident has! Consider: as a nation we allowed our military to assault Iraq and Pakistan with devastating force, killing more than a half-million people. Looking back 10 years ago, many say Iraq was a mistake! In a cold, calculating arrogance we simply write off this immense tragedy as if it was failure, and go on our way? What kind of people are we, after all.
We watch television shows that often depict gun violence by both men and women with apparent disdain. Even cartoons display graphic violence time and again. If we disagree and protest the amount of violence in media, television, and literature — why don't we speak out strongly about its affect on our children, and our own lives?
We have a violent past. As a people (read American history) we usually take what we what, and do as we want. Heroic at times: often we have used violence to assert our pre-eminence and authority regardless the cost of human life! We have instilled fear and distrust around the world because of our brute force on lesser nations — unable to defend themselves! We have violence on the streets and cities, further dividing people and isolating others. People in manufacturing who refuse to accept the fact that assault weapons have no place in a civilized society!
The time is overdue for us to take charge and dislodge purveyors of violence and crimes by the military. This nation belongs to you and me and everyone who yearns for peace — at home, in our families, and in foreign lands. God help us in this endeavor!
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Driver license examiners are mainly charged with evaluating individuals to be awarded driving licenses. These include both private and commercial licenses. They make sure that the allocation is done in compliance with all the necessary laws.
To discharge their duties, they offer written, oral and practical questions. They may also conduct background information on an individual if the need arises. This article will look at some of the questions you should expect in a driver’s license examiner interview.
Remember to also work on your interview skills if you make the shortlist. The following are some of the frequently asked questions in driver license examiner interviews.
1. Why Are You Interested In This Role?
This is an opening question. It serves three purposes: to act as a foundation for follow-up questions, to get you talking, and to determine whether you are the perfect fit for the job right from the start. The best way to go about it is to sell yourself.
I am an experienced driver’s license examiner who started as a driver. I, therefore, know what to examine while on the road and how to keep other road users safe during the examination. I can use these combined skills to ensure that unqualified drivers are not released to the road, putting the lives of other road users at risk. I will not disappoint if given a chance.
2. What Are Some Of The Roles of a Driver Licence Examiner?
Do you know some of your mandates as a driver’s license examiner? This is a simple question, which should not take you long to answer. The best way to go about it is to use the provided job description or mention some of your roles in your last workplace.
Driver license examiners administer written and practical driving exams, obtain applicant’s information, feed it to different databases, and oversee the issuance of licenses. They also remind the applicants of the penalties they will suffer if they break the rules and retrieve and examine their records.
3. What Are Some of The Qualities That a Driver’s Licence Examiner Needs to Be Effective?
Every job requires a set of qualities for successful execution. You know some of the requisites in the driver’s license examination, given that you have been here for a while. Ensure that all the qualities you mention are role-specific.
A good driver’s license examiner should have excellent customer service and interpersonal skills to help get along well with the applicants. They must also be knowledgeable on the law, public safety standards, and practical driving skills. Lastly, they should possess vast IT skills in information storage and retrieval.
4. Mention a Challenge That You Faced During Your Last Role. How Did You Manage It?
All jobs present unique challenges which you should strive to conquer. This is a general question that seeks to ascertain if you are a problem solver. Convince the interviewer that you can deliver solutions without unnecessary whining.
The main challenge during my former role was dealing with nervous applicants. Most of them were relatively older and therefore worried about their results. Some would sweat and shake during test drives. This also puts us at risk during tests by predisposing us to accidents. I made it my duty to be supportive and comforting to ensure that the applicants felt at home.
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5. Describe Your Daily Life
What are some of the activities you do in your day-to-day life as a driver’s license examiner? The best approach is to pick a fully packed day and narrate it to the interviewer when answering this question. However, make sure that you only include relevant activities.
My day revolves around evaluating applications, records, and any other document regarding eligibility and liability issues preparing reports of different activities, decisions, recommendations, and evaluations, issuing licenses to deserving individuals, and advising licenses on licensing passport and permit regulations.
NB. You can include any other necessary information. Just make sure that it is not illegal or irrelevant.
6. Briefly Describe Your Experience
This question seeks an overview of your experience. It would help if you were brief and concise. Also, remember to mention experiences that will convince the interviewer that you are a valuable candidate.
This is my fourth year in this field. However, I was formerly a long-distance driver. I have vast experience in driving and car maintenance. I have also worked as a test driver for Murray and Co, one of the biggest car companies in the state. Since I started working in this field, I have examined over 1000 applicants with varied experiences. I have also been an interim supervisor at one point in my career. All these experiences make me a good option for this role.
7. Mention a Strategy And Mindset Required For This Role?
Every job requires a unique and defined strategy. Your answer will tell the interviewer whether you understand and have whatever is needed for this role. The right mindset is the proper perspective that guides you in executing your duties as a driver’s license examiner.
The right way to go about this role is to support the applicants and weed out bias when conducting driving examinations. This is best achieved by tailoring your interview questions to focus on the skills and knowledge of the applicant other than personality traits and behavior. As for the proper mindset, a driver’s license applicant should be open and accommodative to all applicants to help them reduce nervousness and thus register an accurate performance.
8. What Is The Main Challenge That You Foresee In This Job?
This is a common question asked by interviewers under the belief that you have done your research and therefore identified some of the areas that may be problematic in your new position. The best way to approach this question is to be honest, while avoiding looking incompetent.
I have been in this field for quite some time and therefore understand it inside out. I cannot consequently point at a problem that I may not be able to manage. Also, most of the challenges in this job, such as nervous candidates and potential accidents, are common and can be adequately avoided. I believe that I have all it takes to overcome any other challenge that may come my way.
9. How Do You Stay Motivated In This Role?
This is yet another common question in interviews that seeks to understand what gives you the needed push in this role. Dealing with nervous clients who may predispose you to accidents can take a huge toll on you. When answering this question, make sure that you do not mention any material benefits.
I have learned that the best motivation comes from deep within. I love succeeding in what I do and ensuring that licenses are only awarded to those who deserve them. The knowledge that I am helping my country or state keep off unqualified drivers gives me the needed push for this job. My love for driving and knowledge of cars also allows me to check in at work every day.
10. What Are Some of The Strengths That Make You Suited For This Role?
The interviewer wants to know if you understand and have what is needed for this role. Ensure that you relate these strengths to the job at hand, meaning that you should only mention job-specific strengths.
I am a passionate person who gives my all in whatever I do. This helps me in executing my duties as a driver’s license examiner. I am also tolerant, a trait that is required to deal with nervous and aggressive applicants. Lastly, I have wide mastery of driving which makes me suited for this job.
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11. How Do You Always Ensure That Your Testing Tactics Are Fair and In Accordance With The Required Licensing Standards?
As a driver’s license examiner, you should ensure that you are fair and unbiased when conducting driving tests. To answer this question, describe to the interviewer how you conduct driving tests and some of the factors you consider.
I have learned to conduct tests in the same way, every time. This brings about fairness and removes bias, such as the driver’s personality, road conditions, and the type of vehicle. I, therefore, use the same procedure right from the greeting to the test and at the end. I documented this process a while back to be used for reference whenever I have a test to conduct.
12. What Is Your Experience Driving Different Vehicles? Do You Think You Are a Good Driver?
As a driver’s license examiner, you should always be ready to chip in whenever there is an emergency or your client fails to operate the vehicle as required. You can mention some of the cars that you have driven and your experience so far.
I was an excellent truck and commercial driver before I became a driver’s license examiner. Therefore, I know how to handle a great deal of cars. I love driving and learning about automobiles. In my free time, I research cars and different vehicles, which play an important role in my career. I, therefore, know several controls used to drive different cars.
13. How Would You Mentor Another Licence Examiner?
This is a question that seeks to shed more light on your supervision and instruction skills. You may be called upon to train and mentor other license examiners. Convince the potential employer that you can advance within the organization and teach others.
I am always asked to help in the training and mentorship of new employees, which helps me pass my skills and make others just as good as me. To help them, I normally talk about some of the challenges that I have faced and how they can manage them better than me. I am also open to questions and inquiries, which have helped me become a good teacher.
14. How Do You Feel About Reporting?
As a driver’s license examiner, part of your job is to prepare reports on your candidates and testing experiences. This is usually one of the most boring jobs in this profession, which explains why interviewers love asking it. Show the interviewing panel that you are diligent.
The best part of this job is usually conducting tests and the communications I have with the examiners. Paperwork is the least enjoyable part, even though it is equally important. However, I still ensure that it is done perfectly. I fill out the reports and the examination results carefully, which helps me document the drivers’ performance.
15. Do You Normally Take Into Consideration The Personality Of The Examinee? Does It Affect Your Decision?
The interviewer wants to understand your biases when conducting licensing tests. The best way to answer this question is to demonstrate that they do not cloud your judgment in as much as you may be sensitive to personalities.
I have examined close to one thousand drivers in my career. I, therefore, know traits that show their personalities. I meet some aggressive personalities, evident from how they drive and a majority of chilled individuals. Even though I am sensitive to these personalities, I tailor my testing techniques to exclusively focus on the driver’s driving skills and not their personalities.
16. Do You Consult With Your Supervisor and Other Officials Before You Decide That a Driver Has Failed a Test?
This is an operational question that seeks to uncover how you go about your work. You should show the interviewer that you can collaborate with your management team and seek assistance.
Even though this rarely happens, at times, I get drivers who miss the cut off points by a whisker. In such instances, I consult with my supervisor and discuss the results before making a decision. I believe that consulting before giving the pass results helps me prevent cases of unqualified drivers on the road.
17. Do You Normally identify The strengths and Weaknesses of The Drivers When Conducting Tests?
This is another operational question that you should take note of. Make sure that you respond to this question directly and concisely. Also, be honest with the interviewer.
I have vast experience conducting driver examinations. I can, therefore, easily identify some of the strengths and weaknesses of the drivers I examine. What I decide to do with that information depends on how receptive the examinee seems. I may offer a few tips based on the strengths or weaknesses I have identified, but only after giving the test results.
18. Mention an Experience Where an Examine Tested Your Patience As a Driver License Examiner
This is a pretty obvious occurrence in examinations. People will always test your patience, even in daily to daily interactions. The best way to approach this question is to answer it directly and briefly. However, avoid using harsh words.
This is a common occurrence in my line of work, mostly because even some of the most experienced drivers are usually nervous before and during the test. I have learned to accommodate such occurrences. I also ensure that I have done every possible thing to keep the driver from being upset. The only emotions I let myself show are support and encouragement.
19. How Do You Ensure That The Examinees Do Not Cause Road Accidents?
This is a general question. The interviewer wants to know how you uphold road safety during your tests. Make sure that you talk of approved tactics and workable means. Also, answer this question briefly and concisely.
I am always careful to avoid situations that may result in an accident. Therefore, I am keen on the driver’s reactions. I also instruct the driver on several evasive controls they can take to avoid accidents. Given the importance I place on road safety, I have managed to avoid accidents in my examinations.
20. Are You Experienced In Explaining Licensing, Permit, and an Array of Regulations To The People You Examine?
This is a general question normally asked by the interviewer to find out more about your experience and background. It may also be asked as an opening question, from which follow-up questions may arise. Remember to be brief and concise when answering this question.
I have had examinees ask me about certain issues surrounding licenses. Even though I am not mandated to offer answers, given that it is not part of my job description, I normally provide the information requested. Through this, I can build a good working relationship with the examinee and reduce their nervousness.
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Many manufacturers, especially those in China, apply a thin wax coating to porcelain tiles before shipping. The wax coating protects the tile's surface from mars and scratches during shipping as well as during installation. The wax coating creates a dull, muddy surface on the tile and may interfere with sealing products. Wax-stripping products remove most wax coatings, although an alkaline solvent product may be required for heat-hardened wax.
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Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies most often used to treat interstitial cystitis (IC) symptoms include biofeedback, diet-based therapies, herbal remedies, massage, yoga, and Pilates. CAM refers to health care systems, practices, and products that are not part of the conventional medicine treatment approaches.
Complementary vs. Alternative
- Complementary: Practitioners use complementary medicine along with conventional medicine. Using the dietary supplement Prelief to reduce IC symptoms in conjunction with the conventional IC therapy Elmiron is an example of this.
- Alternative: Practitioners use alternative medicine in place of conventional medical care. Using acupuncture alone to treat IC, with no other conventional therapies, is an example of using alternative medicine.
Herbs, Dietary Supplements and Biologicals
Many of the prescription medicines that doctors use today have their origins in these types of natural, plant-based substances. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) considers herbal remedies to be dietary supplements, not medicines.
- Antiyeast diet
- Dietary supplements
- Diet-based therapies
- Herbs and other products from plants, enzymes, etc.
- Medical Marijuana (Cannabis)
Mind-body medicine focuses on how the mind and body interact. Examples of mind-body medicine used by people with IC include:
- Art therapy
- Guided imagery
- Mindfulness meditation
- Movement therapies
- Music therapy
- Support groups
- Tai chi
- Writing therapy
Massage, Manipulation and Body-based Practices
These types of therapies involved a hands-on approach, physically working with the body:
- Alexander technique
- Chiropractic manipulation
- Massage therapy
- Osteopathic manipulation
- Physical therapy
- Trager psychophysical integration
Energy medicine leverages the concept that all people have subtle energy fields within them that they emit. Practitioners of energy medicine believe that a disturbance in these energy fields causes disease.
- Energy healing therapy/Reiki
- Magnet therapy
- Qi gong
- Therapeutic touch
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By now, we should all be used to Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) concocting dubious arguments intended to slow our progress in cutting dangerous carbon pollution. But as a native Kentuckian, born and raised on a horse farm in the bluegrass, I don't think I'll ever be. To add insult to injury, McConnell's latest diatribe distracts from one of the holiest of days in my home state: For the 141st time on the first Saturday in May, the Kentucky Derby cometh. The Senator's time would be better spent trying to pick a winning horse rather than lobbing more longshot attacks at the Environmental Protection Agency.
His latest ploy to muck up the EPA's Clean Power Plan to cut carbon from power plants is to claim that states will need Congress's permission before they can collaborate to achieve vital emissions reductions at the lowest cost to consumers. Before getting into the fatal flaws in his latest legal argument, let's clarify what a multi-state approach to compliance really means, and why it's a smart approach that states are increasingly attracted to. Then, we'll take a quick look at what states are already doing on this front.
What does "multi-state" mean, anyway?
As states have begun to explore options for meeting their reduction targets, many have come to see the advantages of cooperation in plan design and implementation. Some regulators were initially intimidated by the prospect of trying to hammer out a regional agreement under the timeframe contemplated by the proposed rule. But participants have discovered that market-based, multi-state approaches can take many forms, from already built-out, regional programs like the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic's Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), to less administratively formalized but still relatively straightforward "mass-based" plans that limit the total amount of carbon pollution power plants in a state can emit and allow power plants, as part of their emissions reduction strategies, to trade carbon credits with other states that adopt comparable plans. (Essentially, these states will adopt a common carbon currency that sources can trade as necessary and ultimately use to demonstrate compliance with the plan's emission limits). As state regulators have begun to dig into these options, many are increasingly interested in multi-state paths forward--and with good reason.
Multi-state solutions are less expensive and boost reliability
As the map of the country's transmission grids (below) indicates, electricity doesn't stop at state borders, and neither does the pollution associated with it. Instead, the nation's power grid is divided up into a number of regional power pools. This large network allows utilities and consumers better access to affordable electricity than if each state, or even each city, depended solely on its own power plants.
Since electricity is generated and flows across states within those regions, as well as between regions, a lot of good can come from maximizing consistency across state lines. Multi-state, market-based programs also have a great track record. States and power plant owners alike have seen for themselves substantial cost-savings under programs like RGGI and the EPA's interstate acid rain programs.
Multi-state compliance options available in the Clean Power Plan can help states work within the reality of our nation's transmission grids. As this map of them shows, electricity doesn't stop at state borders.
But you don't have to take our word for it. Many of the larger power companies that will be tasked with meeting CPP reduction targets have been supportive of regional approaches, in part, because they have power plants and transmission infrastructure in more than one state. And, as numerous modeling exercises have demonstrated--including one by the operator of the largest transmission grid in the western hemisphere, PJM--multi-state approaches significantly cut compliance costs when compared to state-by-state approaches. (In PJM's analysis, multi-state was roughly 30 percent cheaper.) That's because states can share both power and compliance responsibilities. Similarly, modeling done by the Midwest's transmission grid operator, known as MISO, found that a multi-state approach could save consumers nearly $3 billion annually, relative to states going it alone. Multi-state, market-based strategies also increase grid reliability. By expanding the universe of carbon reduction options beyond what's available in any single state, states and power companies have more flexibility to stay on the necessary glide path to 2030 emissions reductions while alleviating pressure on any individual facility that may be needed in the near term as we transition to cleaner, more efficient resources. (While, simultaneously, offsetting those emissions with cleaner power sources elsewhere in the region.)
What have the states already been up to?
As the map below illustrates, many states across the nation have either already implemented or are actively discussing multi-state approaches to cutting carbon from power plants.
The vast majority of states are either exploring multi-state CPP compliance options or already enrolled in them, as this map, from an article on Climate Central, illustrates. (map courtesy of Climate Central.)
Here's a quick rundown of some of those efforts:
- The Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative: The nation's first multi-state, market-based program began to take shape more than a decade ago, and power plants in these nine Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states have been buying allowances to cover every ton of carbon they emit since the first RGGI auction started, way back in October 2008. A recent analysis found that, so far, in addition to cutting carbon, the states' reinvestment of allowance revenues in energy efficiency and renewable energy will generate more than $2.9 billion in energy-bill savings for the region's homes and businesses.
- Out West: For years, California has been a trailblazer in cutting carbon pollution from all sectors, and has recently linked up with carbon markets in Quebec and Ontario. A few states over, Utah was recently selected as a winner to receive modeling support from the National Governor's Association to assess various compliance options, including multi-state approaches. (The other winners were Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Missouri.) And an effort headed by former Colorado Governor Bill Ritter's Center for the New Energy Economy at Colorado State University is convening western states to explore such options. That dialogue will be further informed by this excellent piece just released by the Cadmus Group on multi-state approaches in the West.
- Midwest: The Midcontinent States Environmental and Energy Regulators collaborative has involved states in the MISO region for some time, and a recent Bipartisan Policy Center release reinforced the cost savings and other benefits presented by a multi-state approach in the Midwest and beyond.
- PJM: In September 2014, forward-thinking utility commissioners from across the 12-state region that includes Pennsylvania and Ohio submitted a request to PJM to model regional approaches, and informal discussions regarding multi-state options are evolving.
- Southeast: Across the region, there have been a large number of forums that have addressed multi-state collaboration on the Clean Power Plan.
Why McConnell is wrong. . .again.
As reported in Politico, at an appropriations committee hearing this week, the Senator asserted that Section 102(c) of the Clean Air Act bars states from collaborating to cut carbon under the Clean Power Plan without explicit Congressional approval. He's dead wrong.
States don't need to enter "compacts" in order to cooperate in emissions trading arrangements.
Although any group of states may cooperate in designing consistent plans, each state will generally submit its plan independently. In many cases, a state will choose to include provisions in its plan to recognize carbon credits from other states and allow sources in other states to use credits from the home state. The proven RGGI program is a prime example: nine independent but coordinated plans that recognize interstate transfer of allowances. Another example is the Clean Air Interstate Rule, issued by the EPA during the George W. Bush administration. States in the eastern half of the United States adopted plans putting caps on power plant emissions of sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides, and allowing the trading of allowances between sources in different states.
No one suggested the need for a compact there.
In the last couple of days, some have suggested that power plant operators can't rely on these interstate emission credit mechanisms, because of the fear that a state might walk away from its commitments. But that is not a real issue. State plans to meet CPP targets will be submitted to and approved by the EPA. If a state attempted to walk away, its plan would still be federally enforceable by citizens, including by a source in another state that was relying on the state's emissions credits.
So the good news here is that the many states exploring ways to team up to meet the CPP needn't check in with Congress before continuing those discussions. Nor do they need to get Congressional sign-off before submitting multi-state compliance plans to the EPA.
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NEW YORK (Dec. 3)
A prolonged recession in the United States would make Israel’s difficult economic problems “utterly unmanageable,” W.Averell Harriman, Director for Mutual Security, declared tonight in an address to more than 400 Jewish leaders attending a testimonial dinner given by the Palestine Economic Corporation at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel.
Mr. Harriman said that a “recession here would cut our imports and have a shattering affect abroad. Moreover, it would spread to other countries, shrink their purchasing power and reduce their ability to buy the goods which Israel has to sell.” The Mutual Security Director added that a recession in the United States “would also tend to dry up private sources of assistance and capital investment so vital to Israel during the next years.”
The United States, Mr. Harriman asserted, “must maintain a dynamic expanding economy, not only for our own sake, or for Israel, but for the sake of the whole free world.” Mr. Harriman also expressed confidence that “the strains and frictions which now exist between Israel and its neighbors will be ameliorated and ultimately removed by the economic upbuilding and social improvement of the whole Middle East.”
PALESTINE ECONOMIC CORPORATION HONORS BUILDERS OF ISRAEL
Alan M. Stroock who served as chairman of the dinner, announced that guests had subscribed to more than $500,000 worth of P.E.C. stock in honor of “Six Builders of Israel.” The P.E.C. testimonial dinner honored the following as “Builders of Israel:”
Mrs. Felix M. Warburg, widow of the late co-founder of the P.E.C., whose $500,000 gift to Israel led to the formation of the Warburg Foundation for Settling Immigrants in Israel, in which the Israel Government and the P.E.C. are participants: William O’Neil, president of the General Tire and Rubber Co., of Akron, O., which sponsors of the General Tire and Rubber Co. of Israel, now in full production.
Also Joseph Mazer, treasurer of the Hudson Pulp and Paper Co., and motivating force, with the P.E.C., behind the American-Israeli Paper Mills, Israel’s first paper plant; Joseph Levy, president of Crawford Clothes, and together with the P.E.C. the builder of Israel’s two largest and most modern office structures, located in Tel Aviv; Leonard Ratner, Cleveland industrialist and philanthropist who has joined the P.E.C. in the construction of a large lumber mill in the Haifa Bay area; and David Bernstein, representing the American Biltrite Rubber Co., of Chelsea, Mass., which has invested with the P.E.C. in building in Israel a synthetic shoe side and heel plant. | <urn:uuid:2469aad4-5e10-4d57-a3dd-340cd4aca18e> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.jta.org/1952/12/04/archive/recession-in-u-s-would-seriously-affect-israel-harriman-warns | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280410.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00453-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945454 | 619 | 1.609375 | 2 |
Well it's time again to celebrate Bavarian Prince Ludwig's marriage to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen, better known as Oktoberfest. It starts September 20th and runs until October 5th in Munich, Germany. The wedding was held on October 12, 1810 and Oktoberfest is held at the same park.
I went in 2005 and will be going again this year. There is a big parade on opening day that ends at the park. That is where they will ceremoniously tap the first keg of beer and begin the festivities, the official start of Oktoberfest. I'm really not a fan of parades but I must admit, this parade is really cool. It tells the history of Germany, more specifically Bavaria, and shows how the lifestyles have changed throughout history.
If you have never been, I highly recommend it. It's not all about drinking beer and eating wurst. It is a very kid-friendly environment, except for in the beer halls at night. I honestly believe it should be on everyone's list of things to do before dying. If you have been there, please share a story. | <urn:uuid:52c00f4a-d8c9-4399-85cd-f087c55da613> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.ebaumsworld.com/blogs/oktoberfest/945657/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281331.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00219-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973882 | 240 | 1.570313 | 2 |
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In Part 1 of our lacrosse maintenance series, we discussed the most important mobility exercises for lacrosse players. The goal of the those exercises was to improve hip and thoracic spine mobility, both of which are essential for efficient performance in lacrosse. As mobility improves, it’s imperative to activate and strengthen muscles to maintain stability and control this new range of motion. Here in Part 2 of this series, we will spell out some exercises that can help maintain the strength that’s crucial for lacrosse athletes.
Standing Hydrants (2 x 15 reps each side)
Start in a mini squat position with band around knees. Stand and stabilize on one leg as you externally rotate other leg up and out. You should feel this in both glutes.
Hip Extension in Bear Crawl Position (2 x 15 reps each side)
Begin in four point kneeling position, stabilize from your core as you lift both knees up from the floor into a bear crawl position. Lift one leg up, driving the heel toward the ceiling and keeping your knee bent. Lower and repeat.
Dying Bug with Paloff Press (2 x 10 reps each side)
Lay on your back with abs pulled in and back flat while holding a side-pulling resistance band with arms extended towards the ceiling. Elevate your legs into table top position, extend one leg out straight, hovering it over the ground. Return to start position and repeat on other side.
Half Kneeling Chop (2 x 15 reps each side)
Attach a resistance band to a secure object above shoulder height and to your side. Half knee and grasp the elastic with both hands. Make sure that both knees are aligned with your hips to avoid compensation. Pull band across your body and downward in a diagonal movement. Return and repeat.
Lateral Lunge with Glider (2 x 15 reps each side)
Stand on one foot with other foot on a glider. Reach glider out to the side and then bring it back to starting position as you “scoop” the glider back. Repeat.
Copenhagen Planks (2 x 30-45 sec each side)
Lay on your side with elbow underneath shoulder and your hand perpendicular to your body. Place your top leg on top of a step or bench. Bring your hips up off the ground and bring bottom leg up to meet top leg. Make sure your body is aligned from heels up to shoulders in a straight line.
D2 Band Pull Aparts with Curtsy Lunge (2 x 10 reps each side)
Start in standing position. With arms straight out holding resistance band in front of you, bring one leg behind you into a curtsy lunge as you pull the band apart in a diagonal fashion. The same leg as the arm moving upwards moves behind you. Return to starting position and switch legs with opposite arm coming up.
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Stand together and keep fighting
Dear Dallas LGBT Community: First of all, I want to thank you for being the beacon of hope and the example you are to the rest of the state of Texas and to our entire nation. You’ve worked tirelessly and diligently for decades, and have helped accomplish so much in the struggle for an end to the second-class citizenship of gay and lesbian Texans.
Thank you for letting me work among and alongside you. This little po-dunk, small-town boy came to the big city to expand his life and ended up finding his purpose. So much of the knowledge I have gained is because you let me learn from you. And the work we have done together in coalition — for gay causes and for others broader than LGBT — has been some of the most fulfilling work of my life.
But I also want to make an appeal to you what I know you’ve already heard before: Please don’t quit working for others — those within the alphabet of our community and those outside it.
Don’t walk away like some leaders in our movement and pundits predict you will now that we have marriage equality.
As I stood on the Legacy of Love Monument on June 26, 2015, I saw an incredible celebration! I saw us there, all together — gay and transgender, lesbian and straight, black, Asian, brown and white, cisgender and gender-queer. And I believed us — really believed us — when we chanted, “Gay! Straight! Black! White! Same struggle, same fight!
Never have I felt more unity in our community than at that moment.
But friends, we have some serious challenges in our state and country right now. In Texas and other places, many of us can be fired simply because of whom we love or how we express our gender. Transgender people — particularly black women — are being murdered right here in our own damn city.
Young black men continue to be hunted down, victims of white police brutality. Undocumented workers among us live in fear of being separated from the ones they love, while the safety and very lives of gay and transgender people caught in detention prisons are at risk.
The rights of our sisters to make their own healthcare decisions continue to be controlled by white, evangelical men. The same group in power also wants to cut vital funding for HIV/AIDS education. They couldn’t do it this time, but mark my words, we have not heard the end of this issue.
It doesn’t matter what your own personal politics are; we don’t all have to believe the same on every issue. But where we do find agreement, it is critical that we get involved. Where we find disagreement, it is vital that we find common ground.
Don’t forget those generations who never even dreamed to hope for marriage equality, and honor them with your own relationships and your own activism.
Don’t forget the generations of our predecessors lost to AIDS.
Don’t judge each other. Don’t bicker and fight like those in other gay communities are known for doing. Don’t let people tear us apart!
Instead of criticizing, do something. Partner. Reach out. Consider how you can form coalition with each other.
Speak the truth, for sure, but work with others, not against them, to find solutions to challenges.
Support the people around you, even if they’re different from you.
Don’t stay silo-ed into your groups — you know: just white, just trans, just lesbian, just straight, just black, just Christian, just gay, just wealthy. There is a time to break bread with those like us and there is a time to expand the table to invite others to join.
Mix it up. Go where you do not usually go and stand with someone not like you.
Lend your privilege, your energy, your passion to someone else’s fight.
Model compassion for others and with moxy, make a difference with your talents and gifts.
Friends, in this historical moment in time, we have earned the trust of some in our community who are outside the “L” and the “G.” We have promised them that we will now turn our energies toward them. Continue to work toward earning the trust of those who previously or still view our commitment to them with skepticism. Show them, and the world, with your words and your bodies that you will not let them down. That you will not quit fighting until all of us are equal and no longer viewed as second-class to anyone.
You’ve done it before, and I know that the LGBT community in Dallas, Texas will continue to rise up and be a “city set upon a hill” for the whole state of Texas and the rest of the country to see, inspiring a revolution and changing hearts and minds for the benefit of all.
Todd Whitley left his career in the corporate world last year to work as an activist for social justice in the Dallas/Fort Worth area. Now he is moving to Berkley, Calif., to attend Pacific School of Religion, so that he can continue to do the work he feels called to do.
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Tour de France loses its original date from June to July
The Tour de France will become yet another major sports event impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, as organizer Amaury Sport Organisation will discuss a new date for the world’s most famous cycling tournament on Wednesday.
The decision followed French president Emmanuel Macron’s Monday announcement of the extension of a strict lockdown in France until at least May 11. Public gatherings are banned until mid-July, which made it infeasible for the race to continue as planned.
French local media L’Equipe reported that the race, originally scheduled to start in Nice on June 27 and finish in Paris on July 19, will potentially be postponed to August 29 – September 20.
French sports minister Roxana Maracineanu said in March that a Tour without roadside spectators is a possibility, but it was not acceptable by the organizers.
The race’s route is over 3,000km long, with over 10 million fans lining the roads to watch the race last year.
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Working with the time line
Hello, I am new to Flash and need to work on a project with a 15 minute play time. I am trying to understand the flash time line, how would i set the time line so that my project plays for 15 mins?
114 views with no replies...I'm guessing nobody knows or I must have posted a real stupid question.
I got this same problem, any body can help?
Prid - Outing
I've got no idea why no one has replied to this, as it's pretty easy to answer, but oh well, I think I will try then
Do you know what a framerate is? It's also called Frames Per Second and often abbreviated to FPS. Basically, it defines HOW many frames the animation plays every second. In Flash 8, the default FPS is 12, which means for every second, 12 Frames on the timeline will be played, after 2 seconds, 24 frames will have been played, after 10 seconds, 120 frames will have been played. In the newer Flash versions, the default framerate is 24, which means that for every second, 24 frames will be played. You can edit this number by going to Modify -> Document... (or just press CTRL+J), and then editing the Frame rate field.
So, now that we're done with how things work, you just need to make a basic math calculation to know how many frames you need for 15 minutes, but it all depends on what your framerate is! First of all, you need to convert your minutes to seconds, because frame rate (or Frames Per Second) is in seconds. There are 60 seconds in a minute, so we need to multiply our minutes with 60, to get the corresponding number in seconds:
15 minutes = 15 * 60 = 900 seconds
Now to the real equation. Let's say your framerate is 24 fps, meaning that 24 frames will be played every second. So, it's only logical to think that after 10 seconds, the timeline will have played 240 frames. From that, we understand that we have to multiply the framerate with the number of seconds, in order to get how many frames we need, so here's the equation:
framerate * seconds = total_frames
Let's look at an example from before. We set the framerate to 24, and we knew that after 10 seconds the timeline would've played 240 frames, but we can double-check that with our formula:
framerate * seconds = 24 fps * 10 seconds = 240 frames
So, if our framerate is 24 fps, and we want our animation to last for 10 seconds, then according to our calculation we would need 240 frames.
Now, to your answer. I don't know what your framerate is, but I'm going to assume you have not changed it, so it's the default value, and I'm also going to assume you're using a newer version of Flash, so then your framerate would be 24. And from before, we have already calculated that 15 minutes is equals to 900 seconds:
framerate = 24 fps
seconds = 900 seconds
framerate * seconds = 24 * 900 = 21 600 frames
You need 21,600 frames for your 15 minutes long animation if your framerate is 24 fps
I hope this helps
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Human or inhuman? No woman is safe...!
A group of 18th-century scientists, led by Dr. Murdock, have remained young after all these centuries by using electricity to suck the life out of young women. If one of the scientists misses a treatment, his skin hardens to the toughness of stone. A female prisoner discovers why so many of her fellow inmates are disappearing, and attempts to stop them with the aid of a prison psychiatrist. | <urn:uuid:70e8cd67-879c-445f-b49e-d7373cf865c9> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://trakt.tv/movies/the-man-who-turned-to-stone-1957 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280761.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00098-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964682 | 92 | 1.585938 | 2 |
This week, I try something a little different. Eight words you don't need to know, but should anyway, all of which begin with CON and end with TION. That's right. It's a new continuation of my weekly contemplation on the feeble conservation of our humble conjugation. Huzzah!
Before you get riled up with a "I know what the Constitution is, I'm not a terrorist, you're the terrorist, jerk!", I'm not talking about the American Constitution. While it does mean the governing set of principles by which a political body is ruled, originally it just meant what something is made of. What it… constitutes. This has spread out to mean what we know it as, or something's physical structure, or someone's health and physical wherewithal. Giant nerds know this definition because it is an ability score in Dungeons and Dragons that indicates toughness. Yes, that is how I first heard it too. I am a giant nerd.
Example Sentence: The Constitution of our United States doesn't have the constitution to handle all our modern political turmoil.
Conflagration is absolutely the coolest way you can say giant fire. I mean, epic blaze is cool. Monstrous inferno has it's moments. I even enjoy the occasional colossal combustion. But if you want to wear a monocle and drink sherry while watching your house burn down, the only way you can describe the force of nature incinerating all your worldly possessions is a conflagration.
Example Sentence: Now I'm in jail because of the continuation of my work on a contraption that caused spontaneous conflagration.
Too many definitions, no time for jokes. Conduction means the act of guiding one thing through another. This applies to literally everything. Guiding water through a pipe. Guiding electricity through a circuit. Guiding musicians through a symphony. Guiding your buddy through a bad acid trip. It's also a measurement of how good at conducting something is. Like pipes are good at water conduction, stroke victims are bad at music conduction, and as we've all learned from movies, your nipples are great at conducting electricity.
Example Sentence: Let's see how easily a mallard passes through this criminal. It's a conduction test. (Sorry, that was really, really, bad, and I have no excuse for it… deal with it.)
One of the most unique words in the English language, consternation basically means pants-shitting surprise. I am not joking about this. It occurs when something shocks you into confusion or panic; a sudden moment of pure terror. Many news programs' ratings depend on evoking a reaction of consternation. Many terrorist organizations have the same goal. Come to think of it, an understanding of the word consternation may help us as a people resist being influenced as heavily by it. We should have a rally cry. "After intense contemplation, we deny consternation!" Or something along those lines…
Example Sentence: I was plagued by constipation, and cured by consternation.
Basically, consolation is the best thing. It is whatever makes you feel better about a bad situation. We could all use more consolation. It's everything from chicken soup when you have a cold to your girlfriend telling you that it's a good size. It brings you up, makes you confident, and warms your heart. The entire greeting card industry is built on consolation. Also, fake psychics.
Example Sentence: Many people use masturbation as consolation for lack of a proper mate.
Most of us know this term from Convection Oven or similar phrases, where it means heating something with circular movement of a liquid or gas. What it means, inherently, is the transmission of something. You are learning this word by convection, and the spread of mono around a teens summer camp is also convection. But mostly it's the oven thing.
Example Sentence: Conflagration Ovens – Our Conviction Is Convection.
Condemnation is the act of condemning. To damn, basically. It can be used to find someone guilty, or to morally admonish their actions. For example, it would be condemnation to say that Harry Potter is the worst role model ever, or that I am so glad I'm not a cow. Come to think of it, most of what I do is condemnation of one form or another.
Example Sentence: It hurts when you expect a commendation and receive a condemnation.
The simple definition of consummation is the act of completion, or satisfaction. Getting to the point that you are sufficiently happy with. The project you are working on could achieve consummation, or you could consummate a meal when you've had enough. But let's be honest about it – this word means sex. It's all you'll ever use it for. And granted, it's a great god damned word for sex. I'm just pointing out that really, it means sex.
Example Sentence: Ironically, while consummating this article, I'm engaged in an entirely unrelated act of consummation.
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A couple of third of all respondents in an AARP expertise survey launched this month advised researchers that that they had issues with their video calls breaking or freezing. About half say they use their cell phones to put or settle for these calls. Spotty cellphone service has a easy answer that many might not be conscious of: Hook up your smartphone to your house’s Wi-Fi community.
Why be part of to your Wi-Fi community?
To make calls, many cell phone customers depend on a mobile connection, which wants to speak with towers exterior the house. A close-by and robust Wi-Fi router might improve the standard of your audio-video communication considerably and guarantee sooner and extra dependable speeds for different telephone actions.
A number of different causes to get your cell phone on Wi-Fi:
• Streaming video. For those who’re watching TV exhibits and films in your smartphone through providers reminiscent of Apple TV+ or Netflix and you are not on a Wi-Fi community, your leisure time will rely towards your wi-fi telephone’s information plan. Watching a program in normal definition, generally known as 480p (a display screen peak of 480 pixels with a progressive scan that attracts the image line by line in sequence), can use as much as 1 gigabyte (GB) of information each hour, in response to Netflix. That is manner beneath right now’s requirements for TV display screen decision.
Newer smartphone and pill fashions, each Android and iPhone, rival massive TVs of their capacity to point out crisp, clear video — even with their smaller screens. Excessive definition, 720p, streaming can use as much as 3 GB of information an hour, and extremely excessive definition, higher generally known as 4K or 2160p, high quality can eat as much as 7 GB an hour, Netflix says.
Even when your cellphone plan says it has limitless information, it would gradual your information speeds if community visitors is excessive or in the event you use greater than a specific amount in a billing cycle. When you’ve got a knowledge cap, you would possibly face overage charges that may get steep rapidly. Many plans promote you further information in 1 GB increments even in the event you go over the restrict simply barely, so it is smart to push your information utilization to your house Wi-Fi when potential.
• Printing paperwork. If you wish to print one thing out of your smartphone — a doc, e mail or photograph — you probably will should be on the identical Wi-Fi community as your wi-fi printer.
Exceptions embody printers that use an e mail or an app to print from anyplace, even exterior the house. However most wi-fi printers require you to print by being on the identical Wi-Fi community because the machine requesting the print job, and that is at residence.
• Calling through Wi-Fi. In case your smartphone helps it, and chances are high it does, you may make and obtain audio calls and textual content messages over a Wi-Fi community.
Wi-Fi calling is right once you’re in a spot with weak or no mobile community protection. Nevertheless, earlier than you should use your Wi-Fi for voice calls, the Federal Communications Fee requires cell phone suppliers to help 911 calls, in order that they first should acquire a registered residence location from you to allow the service.
How you can register your deal with is roofed on cell supplier web sites reminiscent of AT&T, T-Cellular and Verizon. In case you are with one other service, do a seek for Wi-Fi calling on its web site.
However wait, you have already got your cell phone related to Wi-Fi? And you are still having some efficiency points?
No downside. Whether or not you are not related but or you might be however need to enhance the expertise, we might help. The next is a straightforward walkthrough on what to do.
How you can get your smartphone on Wi-Fi
Connecting your cell phone to Wi-Fi is just like doing so for a pc, sensible TV, wi-fi printer and different units you could have in your own home.
It’s good to know two issues: your Wi-Fi community identify, generally known as a Service Set Identifier (SSID), and its password. Identical to different units, you’ll want to add your telephone to your Wi-Fi community solely as soon as except you modify the identify of your Wi-Fi community or password sooner or later.
1. Faucet the Settings icon, which seems like a grey gear, from your house display screen.
2. Faucet the part close to the highest labeled Wi-Fi.
3. Ensure that Wi-Fi is enabled, which can have a inexperienced toggle change to point out it is turned on.
4. See the record of all close by Wi-Fi networks that your smartphone detects below Community.
5. Choose the identify of your house community.
6. Sort in its password when prompted.
Now it is best to see the acquainted Wi-Fi image, which seems like curved radio waves beaming up, seem on the very high of your iPhone. The extra curves, the stronger your Wi-Fi sign, not not like seeing vertical bars to point mobile sign power.
Bear in mind not all Android telephones are arrange the very same, so a few of these steps could differ barely amongst fashions from Google, LG, Moto, Samsung and different producers.
1. Swipe down from the very high of your Android telephone’s residence display screen and you will see the Wi-Fi image close to the highest. If this swipe down motion does not work for some cause, you may as well faucet the Settings icon that appears like a grey gear on your house display screen.
2. Faucet and maintain the Wi-Fi image. For those who’re already related to a Wi-Fi community, will probably be listed below Present community.
3. Ensure that Wi-Fi is enabled by tapping the toggle change to On in the event you’re not related to your Wi-Fi community. Some telephones could skip that step and ask you to Add community.
4. Faucet the identify of your Wi-Fi community after your telephone scans for close by networks.
5. Sort in its password when prompted.
6. Guarantee Auto reconnect is enabled, if requested, so your telephone will mechanically be part of your Wi-Fi community once you stroll in your door.
Enhancing the Wi-Fi connection
If you have already got your smartphone on your house’s Wi-Fi community however nonetheless have issues, possibly your Wi-Fi wants some tender loving care.
• Improve your service. You can have the quickest router on the planet, however it will not be helpful if you do not get quick speeds out of your web service supplier (ISP). Price range allowing, go along with the quickest speeds out there in your neighborhood, which can require a more recent router.
• Take a look at location. Guarantee your router is in an optimum spot in your house. Hold it on the principle or high ground and near the middle of the home for optimum attain. Chorus from retaining your router in a basement as a result of will probably be robust for units elsewhere within the residence to speak with it. Ensure that the router is elevated on a desk or desk and has nothing close to it to hinder the sign.
• Get a greater router. You may have a modem out of your ISP for web connectivity however go for a greater router for wi-fi entry. If that is what you favor, and it has been a couple of years since you’ve got upgraded your router, contemplate selecting up a brand new router. Search for Wi-Fi 6, the newest normal. It is not solely sooner however helps extra simultaneous units on the community.
• Contemplate a mesh system. These in a bigger residence or older residence with concrete partitions would possibly contemplate a mesh or entire home community. The extra superior router consists of a number of bases or hubs — wi-fi extenders, if you’ll — to put across the residence. These units all wirelessly talk with the router to blanket a broader house with sooner and extra dependable Wi-Fi. This can be a modular system, so you possibly can add extra bases in the event you want them.
• Return to wires. In case your units, reminiscent of a desktop laptop, help a wired connection, plug them into the modem or router if it is shut sufficient. This requires a cheap Ethernet cable, which seems like a fatter phone cable. If units, like your smartphone, are wi-fi solely, attempt to be as near your router as potential for the most effective efficiency, or contemplate a mesh system or wi-fi extender for the a part of the house the place you are having spotty reception.
• Change frequencies. As we speak’s Wi-Fi routers broadcast in two totally different frequencies: 2.4 gigahertz (GHz) and 5 GHz. Determining the most effective one to your scenario can enhance your community’s attain, pace and reliability. The 5 GHz frequency minimizes interference amongst units working on the two.4 GHz frequency within the residence, reminiscent of child displays, cordless telephones and microwaves. The two.4 GHz frequency is ready to attain farther distances than the 5 GHz frequency, however units related to the 5 GHz frequency function at sooner speeds.
Marc Saltzman is a contributing author who covers private expertise. His work additionally seems in USA As we speak and different nationwide publications. He hosts the podcast sequence Tech It Out and is the creator of a number of books, together with Apple Look ahead to Dummies and Siri for Dummies.
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In my kitchen I have one of those feel good slogans hanging above my door. It is a picture that says ‘Live with Passion’. When I first saw it I thought I want to have that. I want to always remind myself to live my life with passion. I have read about it in magazines, in books, people talk about it on TV on the talk shows. You hear people talk about it, saying ‘riding motorcycles is my passion’ or ‘gardening is my passion’. What does that mean?
I have to admit I still don’t know if I have it or how it really works. I think about it, I am always trying to figure out what my real passion might be. Is there something I like to do so much that I can say it is ‘my passion’? Is it the same as zest? Having a zest for life! I see stories that make me believe there are many people out there that are so passionate about certain things that they will give up other things to do it. Tree huggers, save the whale people, historical architecture, saving animals.
What is it that makes someone feel that strongly about something. I wonder if you are born with it or do you acquire it over time, is it something you learn from others.
Is it a noun or a verb?
There are things in my life that I love to do. I love golfing, I love the water, I love houses. I love being able to figure things out logically, I love to laugh.
Is that living with passion? I hope so.
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- DescriptionThe frogs cant decide what they should do. They do t kw what to eat, what to play or when to sleep. So they ask Zeus to give them a king. The results are t what they expected! The Frogs Want a King is a book-banded reading book for developing readers, carefully levelled at Purple Book Band. Beautifully illustrated throughout, this 737-word fiction story features a more demanding text with an extended vocabulary. It is suitable for ages 7 - 8. The Frogs Want a King is part of Ransom Reading Stars, a structured programme for children learning to read. The series has fifteen levels: four phonics levels and eleven book band levels (Pink through to Lime).
- Author BiographyAnita Loughrey is a writer of children's illustrated fiction and primary teacher resources. She taught for 17 years in primary education before becoming a full-time writer, and has since written over 71 books.
- PublisherRansom Publishing
- Date of Publication17/03/2015
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Although tragedy is not usually the preferred companion for hard times, Anglophone pop culture gravitated towards King Lear through memes and quotes during the global pandemic of COVID-19. On Shakespeare’s birthday, April 23, in 2020, at the height of the pandemic, Canada’s Stratford Festival kicked off their online film festival with artistic director Antoni Cimolini’s 2014 King Lear which became their most-watched video. For context, by the end of 2020 Stratfest@Home has attracted 2 million viewers from 103 countries.
Digital videos are nothing new. Long before the global pandemic of COVID-19, digital videos have helped Shakespeare gone viral around the world. The rise of global Shakespeares is inseparable from the prevalence of digital video on commercial and open-access platforms, because these platforms provide inter-connected, instantaneous forms of communication. Viewing digital Shakespeare as an asynchronous, performed event can help us connect live performances to the concepts of rehearsal and re-play.
The outbreak of the global pandemic of COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in early 2020 closed live theatre events worldwide, but the crisis – during which global travel and national borders were shut down – also ushered in a new phase of globalization fuelled by digital videos as at-home audiences took to streaming to engage with Shakespeare. The pandemic has led to a proliferation of born-digital and digitized archival videos of Shakespeare in Western Europe, Canada, the UK, and the US.
Digital streaming – live or pre-recorded, synchronous or asynchronous – has helped Shakespeare go viral on a global scale, and the pandemic is accelerating that process. Like any virus, global Shakespeares adapt quickly to their new, digital host environment. In tandem with the spread of coronavirus, there is a global viral spread of Shakespeare via digital videos that carry site-specific meanings with them in disembodied forms. An idea or motif goes viral when a large number of people share it within a short period of time on social media. This leads to a sharp acceleration in the exposure of the given idea. In the twenty-first century, this process is fuelled by digital tools of networking. As a comforting, familiar go-to-material for uplifting the spirits, Shakespeare skyrocketed to the top of the list of digital performance events during the pandemic in the forms of memes (e.g. Shakespeare wrote King Lear during the plague), quotable quotes, performances of select scenes, and full productions.
The lockdown and stay-at-home orders are measures to contain the spread of the virus. They have also accelerated digital globalization, redefining liveness along the way. The lockdown motivates at-home audiences to transcend their temporality by engaging in escapism through virtual theatre.
Equally important are the spatial constraints of the viral containment measure. Mobility – even within one’s neighborhood – is severely limited. Audiences who are now “bounded in a nutshell” (Hamlet, Folio 2.2.252) seek virtual connections that transport them beyond their now fixed geographic locations to an alternative universe.
In this context, digital videos do not so much replicate theatrical experiences as they enable experiential and affective quality on the small screen. During the crisis, ongoing at the time of writing, Western European and North American amateur and professional groups from school projects to New York’s Public Theater performed live using video conference tools such as Zoom and social media platforms such as TikTok, making all the world their digital stage.
Some of them had a global, multilingual audience in mind. The Public Theater’s online initiative, Brave New Shakespeare, posted their actors reading Romeo and Juliet act 2 scene 2 in multiple languages and invited the general public to share their own.
Actors and audiences also flocked to participatory events (The Tempest, “live, interactive, and in your living room”, hosted by Creation Theatre Company and Big Telly Theatre Company) as well as virtual discussion of streaming to overcome the isolation of physical, social distancing in the era of COVID-19 (as in Fundación Shakespeare Argentina’s play readings on Facebook). Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, DC, hosted weekly virtual events entitled “Shakespeare Hour LIVE!” which featured STC’s artistic director Simon Godwin in conversation with actors (Liev Shreiber, F. Murray Abraham, Stacy Keach, and others) and scholars (Stephen Greenblatt, Jonathan Bate, and James Shapiro).
To maintain or increase their visibility, and as part of their fundraising campaigns during COVID-19, theatre companies broadcast live or asynchronously to audiences around the world. Professional companies released pre-recorded videos on a time-limited basis at pre-scheduled intervals, replicating the ephemerality and limited availability of live theatre. The pressured – through asynchronous – schedule drummed up excitement and upped the ante of competition against other companies who had also gone digital. A majority of these events were free, while others sold tickets at a fraction of the price for live shows. The Blackfriars Playhouse of the American Shakespeare Center sold tickets to shows in their 2020 season on BLKFRSTV, a new streaming platform, which “bring[s] the Playhouse to you, since audiences can’t come to the Blackfriars.” Other key players in digital video broadcasting during the pandemic included the Berliner Ensemble, La Comédie-Française, Shakespeare’s Globe in London, Royal Shakespeare Company, National Theatre, Stratford Festival in Canada, and the Folger Theatre.
Despite the challenges that the pandemic has brought to live theatre, it has also helped a few companies reach mass global audiences on an unprecedented scale. As of 18 May 2020, the Globe’s YouTube channel had attracted 1.9 million viewers for all of their videos, while the Donmar Warehouse’s Coriolanus, starring Tom Hiddleston, on National Theatre Live garnered more than half a million views and raised US$20,691 between 4 and 11 June 2020.
The number of views far exceeds the number of audiences a live production could ever reach within the same one-week period. The Donmar auditorium has only 251 seats; even the National Theatre has a total of only 2,417 seats across its three venues.
Not all productions translate well to the streaming format on the small screen, but digital broadcasting is deployed as a symbolic means to maintain the connection with the companies’ current and future patrons and, more importantly, to encourage donation. It is a crucial tool to help theatre companies remain relevant in a time of crisis. In its bid for support from the UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport, the London Globe has cited a large number of views of their free YouTube channel as evidence of the need for arts and culture during crises. Largely supported by self-generated revenue and with a predominantly international tourist audience, the Globe is unusual among major UK theatres in not being funded by Arts Council England, leading to concerns early in the crisis about its financial precarity.
Digital videos, obviously, are not a magic bullet, as they require substantial bandwidth and resources to access. However, despite the challenge of maintaining net neutrality and equal access, generally speaking, in a decentralized model of networked, digital culture, the users have more direct engagement with, if not control over, multi-modal representations of events.
The rise of performances on the small screen has important implications for global Shakespeares. The duality of text and performance is no longer a problem to be diagnosed, but rather an opportunity to be explored.
While in the 1990s one typically encountered Shakespeare for the first time through film or theatre, in our times the initial encounters occur predominantly on digital platforms in the form of video clips, memes, or quotes. It has become more common for non-professional audiences to encounter Shakespeares in fragmented forms.
This is an adapted and abbreviated version of Alexa Alice Joubin’s “Global mediation: Performing Shakespeare in the age of networked and digital cultures,” The Arden Research Handbook of Shakespeare and Contemporary Performance, ed. Peter Kirwan and Kathryn Prince (London: Bloomsbury, 2021), pp. 132-150.
This post was written by the author in their personal capacity.The opinions expressed in this article are the author’s own and do not reflect the view of The Theatre Times, their staff or collaborators.
This post was written by Alexa Alice Joubin.
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AI (Artificial Intelligence) and machine learning have become a hot potato in the corporate world. As a futuristic technology, artificial intelligence is capable of bringing disruptive changes in our lives more than any other technologies. This is because AI touches every aspect of our life and can take part in every activity.
Today, we witness that machines are getting better at learning and smarter at work. They can process, share, and analyze information like humans. As a result, machines have taken over many odd jobs that are otherwise performed by human beings.
Self-driving cars, robotic limbs, and machine-operated elderly care instrument have no longer remained new to us. As technology advances, machines have started interacted with us in a better and more efficient way than ever. Technological advancements and intelligent machines are all set to become an integral part of our daily life.
Both AI and ML (Machine Learning) can revolutionize the digital world.
In other words, AI has a significant role to play in using and interpreting the database and online processes based on data analysis.
Voice search is an epitome of what AI can do for us. From building websites to creating content, from serving the customers to responding to their queries- AI can serve many purposes on the Internet. Naturally, the CMS (Content Management System) is also no exception.
As one of the most versatile and customizable platforms, WordPress has also started adopting the AI technology. A few WordPress plugins are now available that are driven by Artificial Intelligence. It seems that the future versions of WordPress will based on AI.
Let us have a sneak peek of what AI brings for the Internet and WordPress. Just keep reading to know!
How AI will change the face of Web Design and Development?
Today’s websites are intuitive and innovative to offer a pleasant interactive experience to the visitors. Artificial Intelligence technology is integrated to facilitate human-like interaction in business websites and eCommerce sites.
Surprisingly, a few technology companies work on developing AI algorithms that can build the entire websites. The most important examples are Wix ADI and Firedrop. It means that today, AI partly applies to web design and development. But tomorrow, it can create the whole website.
An AI assistant takes the driver seat and helps users determine the type of websites. Then it can either take autonomous decisions on various design and development aspects like branding, content, and layout by itself. In the case of Firedrop, the AI assistant acts as a real-life web designer and enable the users to complete the development process with real-time suggestions.
In other words, AI works as a virtual assistant for the users and helps them create a unique website. What’s more, the AI technology has also entered into the field of graphic design as the users can utilize this technology for a few parts of web design.
The AI-driven web development platforms are still in the nascent stage with limited capabilities. They can not build a robust website with desired features yet. But we can certainly expect that AI will build complex enterprise websites in the future as we have taken the first step in this direction.
Talking about the WordPress, we can predict that it would be the first platform and CMS on which the AI technology will handle the entire development process with ease. We have a strong reason behind this forecast: AI-powered plugins are already available for WordPress. No other CMS has such ‘intelligent’ plugins to date.
Also, we will see the WordPress themes powered by AI. These days, WordPress web development companies put their efforts into making the themes smarter than before.
Impact of Websites Built by AI
When it comes to user analysis and data process, AI is simply the best!
It can help web owners offer the best possible experience to the visitors by analyzing their intent. Just like personalized ads and search results, we will see the personalized website experience soon.
In brief, the visitors will see the images and information as per their online behavior on the websites built by Artificial Intelligence.
How AI brings changes in E-Commerce Domain?
Thriving eCommerce domain offers a lot of scope to AI and machine learning.
As a customer-centric platform, eCommerce needs a continuous analysis of people’s shopping behavior and the user’s data to serve them in a better way. Amid growing competition, retailers count on AI and machine learning to stay ahead of the curve.
As per a Business Insider survey, almost 72 percent of retailers plan to invest in cognitive computing or machine learning by 2021.
It means that a lot of money will be invested in AI in the coming years.
Rich and Personalized Experience
The secret of success in the eCommerce business remains in understanding and serving the customers better with a more personalized experience.
AI-based virtual shopping assistants can readily recommend similar and complementary products as per the customer’s shopping behavior.
How about offering compliments to your customers through machines?
AI and ML can do so for you. A survey says that personalization can increase the sales by two to three times. Do you know that WooCommerce, an eCommerce tool for WordPress, has an AI-powered, intelligent plugin?
Automated Services for Customers
The advent of chatbot and advancements of voice search have strengthened the AI’s presence in the digital space.
Companies are working on providing virtual customer service agents to bring automation in the ordering and purchase process. Chatbots can play a significant role in this service.
Apart from social platforms, chatbots or simply bots exist on WordPress as well. These tiny robots can learn from interactions and add answers to their libraries accordingly. The eCommerce retailers can provide the in-store experience to their customers online with the help of complex bots.
Highly popular eCommerce platform Magento is ready to integrate AI and machine learning through the help of customized extensions. AI will enable the retailers to save both time and money by providing automated customer services in the near future.
Isn’t it interesting that your customers will talk to your websites like they do to their home appliance?
As AI technology gets matured and comes into the mainstream, the possibilities will also get bigger. We can also expect that the chatbots or robots will talk to people in different languages thanks to the language processing.
How Artificial Intelligence Will Influence Content Marketing?
Spell check, grammar-related and article-spinning software are a few of the most common examples of AI’s penetration in the domain of online writing.
Today, we have applications to proofread and generate the titles. Days are not far when the robot will replace the professional writers.
What does it take to create compelling content?
Well, reading and compiling a plethora of information in a proper order with a human touch is the answer to this question. Now, machines can handle the extensive research work with ease. Initiating from making the writer’s job easier, AI looks ready to do their job!
Chances are bright that you will read the content written by a robot in the future.
However, machine learning can actually do a lot more than that. AI is getting increasingly better at understanding the context and intent behind written words. Therefore, it can now also correct style and grammar mistakes as well as make suggestions on how to improve your text further.
If we think of such intelligent software in WordPress, immediately After the Deadline comes in our mind. This language checker tool is included in the Jetpack plugin and takes care of three major writing aspects: spell check, style check, and grammar check.
There is no exaggeration in mentioning that AI will touch every aspect of the Internet like it does of our lives. Thanks to AI and machine learning, we would enter in the new age where machines will give us suggestions and enhance our convenience in almost all routine activities.
Impact on Employment
Every coin has two sides. Though AI is good at analyzing loads of data and bringing automation, it has limitations in taking creative decisions and finding subjective factors like emotional effect.
Creative professionals can take a sigh of relief because of such limitations but, entry-level workers may find it hard to keep their jobs when AI will be used in a full swing. We can put it like this: Repetitive and lower-level jobs can be lost to AI in the future.
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning are progressing slowly but steadily toward improving our lifestyle by adding comfort.
From ‘intelligent’ home appliances to ‘smart’ voice assistant, AI is ready to handle all sorts of complex activities.
In a way, it can bring drastic changes in our lives. As the technology is supported by the Internet, the web, eCommerce, and mobile app development domains will be impacted by AI. Days are not far when AI will build an entire business website.
Altogether, leading CMS like WordPress and top-notch eCommerce platform like Magento will be impacted by AI in the future. It is interesting to see how AI will transform the web development and content creation in the future.
We would love to hear your thoughts. Share your views about AI’s impact in the comment box below.
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Safe driving strategies
Safe driving strategies
It's a familiar scenario. The parent otherwise known as the "chauffeur" sits behind the wheel of the family vehicle, coffee in hand, kids' music playing. Time's tight because one child has to be dropped off and another picked up -- at the same time! With all that going on inside the car, it's no wonder the driver finds it difficult, at times, to keep her mind on the road.
Driving mindfully is something Joan Hoskinson, a champion rally car driver, knows a thing or two about. As the holder of the Ontario P4 and Novice performance rally driving titles, Hoskinson maintains control of her car in a variety of situations. On loose gravel, ice or snow Hoskinson can reach speeds of up to 150 km.
What she has learned on the rally circuit can help "family chauffeurs."
1. Check your tires regularly and ensure they are properly inflated. Your car manufacturer affixes a sticker to the car door listing the recommended pressure in psi (pounds per square inch). Hoskinson carries a tire gauge in her purse and suggests that if you don't know how to use one, ask your mechanic to show you.
2. Check your headlights, tail lights and turn signals regularly.
3. Wear your seat belts.
4. Is your seat too far back? Before starting the car, depress the brake
pedal as far as possible. If you slide back in the drivers' seat when applying the brake, move your seat up.
5. Many cars have adjustable steering wheel columns. To check if your steering wheel is at the right position for you, try this test. Imagine the wheel as a clock face and put your hands at 9:30 and 2:30 (the position your hands should always be in when you drive). Turn the wheel until one of your hands is at the top (12:00).
That top hand should be level with your shoulder. If it is too high or too low you won't have maximum steering power. "Keep your hands on the wheel," says Hoskinson, "because you may need to steer hard to control a car, and in an emergency, split seconds matter. Most of your car's controls can be accessed without taking hands off the steering wheel."
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6. Minimize distractions within the car, especially if you have kids riding with you. That means no radio, CD's, cellular phones or coffee cups. "If I need to concentrate, especially in bad weather, I turn off the music," says Hoskinson. She applies this rule with some discretion. She recommends personal CD players for the kids to listen to their tunes so the driver can concentrate more completely on the road and other drivers instead of trying to decipher the lyrics of the latest Outkast song.
7. Where are you looking when driving? "Most of us look at the road or the bumper of the car in front of us when driving but if something is going to happen, it will probably take place in front of the car in front of you," says Hoskinson. "Be aware of the traffic around you and look as far into the distance as you can see down the road. This strategy should give you more time to react."
8. Adjust your mirrors, especially the passenger mirror, in order to see other drivers rather than your own car. "Use your peripheral vision," says Joan. "Use your mirrors but do a visual double-check by looking over your shoulder, too."
9. Lessons are good for all drivers. Hoskinson suggests a defensive winter driving course so drivers get the opportunity to practice handling your vehicle in ice and snow conditions.
10. Try to keep your cool in stressful situations. Although Hoskinson has seen a lot of bad drivers, she avoids getting upset by quietly muttering
driving tips to them.
Visit Transport Canada for more information.
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By Myra Lee Adams Goff Baron Otfried Hans von Meusebach (later John O. Meusebach) and Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels represented two philosophies and cultures of Germany in the early 1800s. Prince Carl was a feudalistic, aristocratic, ultraconservative wanting no change in the politics of Germany. It was a collection of
By Myra Lee Adams Goff As far as New Braunfels history is concerned, the most important historic place is and always has been the Sophienburg Museum and Archives. This organization is now working on historic designations for the site of the Sophienburg Hill. Here’s a thumbnail history of the place:
By Myra Lee Adams Goff You, no doubt, have heard of Baron John O. Meusebach’s treaty with the Comanche Indians to promote peace between the Comanches and the German settlers. There was one person, Baron Emil Kriewitz, who played an important part in the success of this treaty. Here is
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Investigating Crayon Removal from Paper Based Japanese Prints
Hsin-Chen Tsai, Andrew W. Mellon Conservation Fellow, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Problem: Crayon “graffiti” on 20th century Japanese prints by Munakata Shiko. The prints were mounted to screens, and the graffiti appeared at about 4 ft. from the ground—around the same height as a child. Unlike graffiti on a painted wall, however, crayon does not come off of printed paper quite as easily.
Experiment: Mock-ups were created with Japanese paper, printed with black sumi ink, then colored over with both waxed-based and water soluble crayons. Possible solvents were chosen from the wax section on the Teas diagram and included petroleum ether, mineral spirits, toluene and xylene. These solvents were tested in three situations:
- Solvent on a swab
- A bath of water and solvent, followed by blotting of the stain
- Damp blotter surface with local application of moisture and solvent, followed by blotting of the stain
- Solvents alone did not reduce crayon to a satisfactory level; mineral spirits created a transparent stain visible through the paper
- With the bath, it was impossible to control the amount of solvent used, but the overall result was positive
- Crayon was lifted locally, but also migrated along with solvents to form tidelines
The ultimate solution was the use of a water-based treatment with toluene and xylene, such as that used in Experiment 2. For best results, Hsin-Chen suggested first manually reducing the graffiti with a kneaded eraser and scalpel.
The Relationship Between Inherent Material Evidence in Cultural Heritage and Preservation Treatment Planning
Lynn Brostoff, PhD and Fenella France, PhD, Preservation Research and Testing Division, Preservation Directorate, Library of Congress
Problem: A 1513 edition of Ptolemy’s Geographia was in poor condition, and puzzled conservators as to its history. Lynn set out to answer many questions, including: what was causing seven of the forty-seven maps to deteriorate?
Experiment: Using XRF, the pigments and paper were analyzed on maps of both good and poor condition, and in various areas of the sheet.
Results: Maps in poor condition contained Fe and Cu—two elements that cause the degradation of cellulose—as wells as K, S and Al—elements that together form potash alum. The pulp repairs and gutters of these pages, however, did not contain such elements and remained in good condition. It was decided that the paper quality used in these cases was poor, requiring a past restorer to “strengthen” the bound papers with a potash alum solution; gutters were not coated, and mends were made with untreated pulp.
This information, along with the result that one of the green pigments contains copper, answers the question about the differing quality in the maps, and also informs conservators for treatment planning.
Light Bleaching: Scientific Investigation of Various Effects on Different Properties of Several Old Papers
Marion Verborg, Paper Conservation Fellow, Conservation Center for Art and Historic Artifacts
Problem: As part of her graduate conservation program at the Sorbonne, Marion carried out research on the history and effects of light bleaching.
Experiment: Using an array of papers of varying quality (wood pulp and rag paper) and age (from late 19th c. to present day), Marion created test strips and subjected them to different conditions:
- A 25 min. wash in condition water
- A 4 hr. wash in conditioned water
- Washed in conditioned water, dried, then exposed to light
- Washed in conditioned water for 4 hrs, then exposed to light while still immersed in the bath
The paper samples were aged in an oven before undergoing a serious of tests including pH, tensile strength, color, and degree of polymerization.
Results: Light exposure in dry conditions can be extremely damaging to paper, all wood pulp papers become weak and yellow over time no matter what the level of treatment, and light bleaching is generally an efficient treatment for rag papers because it produced an aesthetically pleasing result without harming the paper extensively.
**Comments/questions from the audience:
- Does the hydrogen bonding need to be reset after treatment?
- Magnesium can be used as a substitute for calcium when conditioning water baths, and produces better results after aging
- Paper needs to be rinsed thoroughly (3 times) after bleaching to prevent color reversion
A Comparison of the Use of Sodium Metabisulfite and Sodium Dithionite for Removing Rust Stains from Paper
Seth Irwin, Alaska Paper Conservation
Problem: While conducting a treatment on a highly rust stained paper document in Petersburg, AK, Seth discovered sodium dithionite (SD) as a reducing agent to convert insoluble Fe (III) into soluble Fe (II). The setback: dithionite is expensive and toxic, and could not be shipped to the location before his treatment deadline.
Experiment: What is a suitable alternative for SD? With one more oxygen, sodium metabisulfite (SM) is a less expensive and non-hazardous option commonly used in wine making. In order to test SM as a viable solution, Seth rusted up some paper, and then used both SM and SD solutions (separately, with EDTA as the chelating agent) to create a comparison.
SD- best when cost is no issue ($7.00 for a 1 liter 5% bath); requires ventilation and HAZMAT shipping, but removes corrosion in 4-6 hours.
SM- cheaper ($1.20 for a 1 liter 10% bath); takes longer, and only removes light to medium stains, but could possibly be done on a suction table rather than in a bath if there are chemically sensitive areas of the paper.
**Comments/questions from the audience:
- A commercial product called White Brite exists, and may also remove rust stains in paper.
Treatment of an Oversize Rare Book: Research and Decisions on Rebinding (Pre-program Student Paper)
Evelyn Mayberger, Intern, National Museum of the American Indian; Betty Fiske, Historic Odessa Foundation; Michelle Biddle, Olin Library, Wesleyan University; Abigail Quandt, Walters Art Museum
Problem: Cosimo Bartoli’s book The Architecture of Leon Batista Alberti, in Ten Books, of Painting, in Three Books, and of Statuary in One Book was in poor condition and required stabilization. With this opportunity at hand, pre-program intern Evelyn Mayberger worked with Betty Fiske at the Historic Odessa Foundation to research the history of the book before treatment.
Treatment: Evelyn visited several collections to learn about the types of bindings used for this book, and how conservators had approached their treatment decisions. After consulting with Abigail Quandt and Michelle Biddle, Evelyn and Betty spent a total of 462 hours on the treatment of the book, including washing, tape removal, sun bleaching, mends and infills, guarding, sewing, lining and board covering (!) Oversized plates that had been sewn into the binding were restored to fold outs, and the binding was returned to what Evelyn deemed historically appropriate.
Results: It was discovered that all editions of the book had been re-bound, and most contained 6-7 sewing stations. Also of note, the first edition was printed in parallel Italian and English, which caused later editions to include all plates facing recto.
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March 15, 2016
Tim Patronski, 612-713-5108
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Will Study the Status of the American Burying Beetle and Yellow-banded Bumble Bee
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will assess the status of the American burying beetle, a species currently listed as endangered, to determine whether protection under the Endangered Species Act is no longer warranted. The Service will also assess the status of the yellow-banded bumble bee to determine whether protection under the Endangered Species Act is warranted. The Service is seeking input as it conducts in-depth studies of both species.
The Service is initiating status reviews of 16 species in response to a variety of petitions seeking to list, delist or reclassify species under the Endangered Species Act. The 16 substantial findings in this batch represent only the first step in a rigorous process by which we will ultimately determine whether any of these species warrant listing, delisting or reclassification under the ESA.
Of the 16 petitions with substantial information that the petitioned action may be warranted, 12 are petitions to list species, three are petitions to delist species and one petition is to uplist a species from threatened to endangered. Two of these petitioned species are found in the Midwest: the American burying beetle (petitioned to delist) and the yellow-banded bumble bee (petitioned to list).
The American burying beetle was once found throughout the eastern U.S. Currently the beetle is known to exist in only South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. In 1989, the American burying beetle was listed as endangered, primarily due to habitat loss and degradation across its range. On August 18, 2015, the Service received a petition from the American Stewards of Liberty, the Independent Petroleum Association of America, the Texas Public Policy Foundation, and Dr. Steven W. Carothers to delist the American burying beetle.
The yellow-banded bumble bee was once found from the Northeast, south to the Appalachian Mountains, across the upper Midwest to the Rocky Mountains and southeast Canada. Its historical range includes the Midwest states of Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio and Wisconsin. Recent studies cited in the petition suggest that this bumble bee has experienced drastic declines throughout much of its historical range. The Service received a petition from Defenders of Wildlife to protect the yellow-banded bumble bee under the Endangered Species Act.
Yellow-banded bumble bees are important pollinators for plants such as blueberries, cranberries and potatoes. According to the petition, threats are thought to include disease, pesticide use and habitat loss.
In response to these petitions, the Service is publishing a substantial 90-day finding, which is the first step in determining whether the American burying beetle should be delisted or the yellow-banded bumble bee should be listed. A substantial 90-day finding by the Service means that we will take a closer look at the status of these species.
The notice of the initiation of status reviews appears in the March 16, 2016, Federal Register. The Service is seeking information about these species; information may be submitted beginning March 16, 2016, through May 16, 2016. After that time, information must be submitted to the U.S. mail or hand-delivery address below.
Electronically at regulations.gov:
Use the specified docket number:
American burying beetle
Yellow-banded bumble bee
- Go to the Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov.
- In the Search box, enter the Docket Number for this action and the appropriate species
- You may click on the document title to open the Federal Register notice or you may submit a comment by clicking on the “Comment Now!” button.
U.S. mail or hand-delivery
Public Comments Processing Attn: Docket No. [Insert appropriate docket number]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife, MS: BPHC
5275 Leesburg Pike
Falls Church, VA 22041-3803
The Service will post all information received on http://www.regulations.gov. This generally means that the Service will post any personal information that is provided.
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You can thoroughly customize any menu or toolbar to include exactly the commands you want, and you can create new menus or toolbars for any purpose you choose.
Throughout the Customize dialog box, Microsoft calls menus "menu bars." We'll use the same terminology throughout this section.
The techniques for customizing both menu bars and toolbars are very similar, though not always identical. This isn't surprising, because under the hood, Word menu bars and toolbars are interchangeable. (The proof? If you so desire, you can place buttons on menu bars and menu commands on toolbars.)
In the following sections, we introduce the techniques you need to know to customize any menu bar or toolbar. You'll first discover how to add commonly used buttons to any existing toolbar. Next, we'll introduce the Customize dialog box, showing how to use it to make a wide variety of changes to menu bars and toolbars, including these:
Creating toolbar or menu items that insert pictures or load hyperlinks
Rearranging and organizing menu bars or toolbars
Renaming commands or changing toolbar icons
Adding or removing new toolbars or menu bars
Adding or changing keyboard shortcuts associated with menu items
In particular, we'll introduce the new Rearrange Commands dialog box, which makes many interface customizations far more intuitive than they were in earlier versions of Word.
You may occasionally want to add a command to a toolbar that is closely related to the commands that are already present?or, perhaps, a command that appeared on that toolbar in an earlier version of Word but has since been removed. For example, you know that the Standard toolbar contains an Open command; why not a Close command? Or, perhaps, you often create superscript and subscript text; why not place those commands on the Formatting toolbar?
Word makes it easy to make changes like this. To add or remove a commonly used button from a toolbar, follow these steps:
Click the Toolbar Options down arrow at the right edge of the toolbar containing the button you want to remove.
Position your mouse pointer over the Add or Remove Buttons command; then select the toolbar name from the cascading menu that appears. A list of available commands appears (see Figure 31.2). All the commands currently on your toolbar appear checked; all the related commands that do not currently appear on your toolbar appear without a check mark.
To add or remove a command, toggle the check mark next to the appropriate button.
To finish, click anywhere outside the list of commands.
To learn how to reset a toolbar or menu item to its factory settings, see "Restoring Default Settings to a Menu Bar or Toolbar," p. 1040.
If you're responsible for managing Word in an organization, you might want to delete toolbar buttons associated with features you don't want your colleagues to use. For example, if you want people to use Word's Track Changes and Comments features rather than simply highlight text in documents they review, you might remove the Highlight button from the Formatting toolbar.
It's best to plan for these kinds of changes before you deploy Word 2003 throughout your company. If you plan in advance, you can create and install an official company template that reflects your changes to the Word interface, and you can train people based on your custom interface from the outset.
For more information about working with Word's workgroup revisions features, see Chapter 26, "Managing Document Collaboration and Revisions," p. 873.
For more information on administering Word installations throughout your organization, see Chapter 34, "Managing Word More Effectively," p. 1113.
Toolbar and button customizations may be stored in either the Normal template or whichever document or template is currently open.
For more information about working with templates, see Chapter 11, "Templates, Wizards, and Add-Ins," p. 355.
Often, you may want to add commands to a toolbar that Word does not provide in its list of alternatives. For example, if you are working in a legal firm or department, you might want to add the Legal Blackline command to your Reviewing toolbar. Or you might want to add commands to a menu. For example, you might like the File menu to include a Save All command.
This command actually does appear on the File menu if you press Shift when you select that menu.
You can add any Word command to any toolbar or menu bar. To do so, first make sure that the toolbar or menu bar you want to customize is displayed. Then continue this way:
Choose Tools, Customize to open the Customize dialog box shown in Figure 31.3 (you can also click the down arrow to the right of any toolbar, click Add or Remove Buttons, and click Customize).
Click Rearrange Commands to display the Rearrange Commands dialog box (see Figure 31.4).
Using the Menu Bar drop-down box, choose the menu you want to add a command to.
If you want to add a command to a toolbar instead of a menu bar, click Toolbar. Then choose the toolbar from the Toolbar drop-down box.
Click Add. The Add Command dialog box appears (see Figure 31.5).
Click OK, and click Close to leave the Rearrange Commands dialog box.
When you're finished customizing toolbars and menus, click Close to leave the Customize dialog box.
Word places your new command at the end of the menu or toolbar.
If you want to move a command to a different location within the same toolbar or menu bar, see "Rearranging Commands on Any Toolbar or Menu," p. 1030.
It's worth taking a moment to look more closely at the Add Command dialog box, to see just how extensively you can customize Word. You can add commands from all the following Categories:
The categories File, Edit, View, Insert, Format, Tools, Table, Window, and Help correspond to Word's menus of the same names. However, they include many options that don't appear on standard Word menu bars. For example, the File category includes items such as Close All and Save All?items that "didn't quite make the cut" to be displayed on the standard File menu.
Several other categories, including Web, Drawing, AutoShapes, Borders, Mail Merge, Forms, and Control Toolbox, correspond to existing Word toolbars. Again, more options are typically available in the Customize dialog box than on the default Word toolbars. From the Commands tab, you can add these buttons to any toolbar you want.
The All Commands category lists more than 400 individual commands Word can perform?everything from ApplyHeading1 (format selected text with the Heading 1 style) to WordUnderline (apply underlining to all selected words but not the spaces between them).
The Macros category lists all currently available macros, allowing you to create a toolbar button or menu item for any existing macro.
The Fonts category lists all currently available fonts, making it possible for you to create a toolbar button or menu item that automatically formats any selected text in any font on your system.
The AutoText category lists all AutoText entries in all open templates, so you can create a toolbar button or menu item that inserts any AutoText entry you want.
The Styles category lists all available styles, including any custom styles you've created. You can create a toolbar button or menu item that applies any style you want.
If you add commands to some of Word's longer toolbars?such as the Standard and Formatting toolbars?and your monitor displays at a low resolution, such as 640x480, you may not be able to see all the commands on these toolbars.
Consider using Add or Remove Buttons to remove commands you rarely use so that you can see all the commands you do use most. For example, if you use Word solely to write brief advertising copy, it's conceivable that you could live without the Insert Microsoft Excel Worksheet button on your Standard toolbar.
To create toolbar or menu items that insert pictures or load hyperlinks, see "Creating Toolbar Buttons or Menu Items That Insert Pictures" p. 1035, or "Creating Toolbar Buttons or Menu Items That Load Hyperlinks" p. 1036.
With Word 2003, Microsoft has introduced the Rearrange Commands dialog box to simplify interface customizations. However, if you have customized earlier versions of Word, the procedures you already know still work. For example, you can still add a command to a toolbar or menu bar as detailed here:
Choose Tools, Customize.
If you are customizing a toolbar that isn't already visible, choose the Toolbars tab and check the box associated with that toolbar.
If the toolbar is partially hidden behind the Customize dialog box, drag the toolbar to a location that's more convenient.
In the Categories box of the Commands tab of the Customize dialog box (refer to Figure 31.3), choose the category of the command you want to add.
In the Commands box, select the command you want.
Drag the command out of the Customize dialog box and drop it on the toolbar or menu bar you want, in the location where you want it to appear. If you are adding a command to a menu bar, the menu will open when you drag the new command over it; you can then drag the command to the appropriate location.
Release the mouse button.
Close the Customize dialog box.
Be careful not to drag built-in menu items off a menu, or to drag an entire menu off the menu bar by mistake. If you're not careful, it's easy to lose commands you really need.
Remember, Undo doesn't work on actions you take with the Customize dialog box open.
If you make an error and want to restore a toolbar or menu to its original conditions, see "Restoring Default Settings to a Menu Bar or Toolbar," p. 1040.
If you associate a button with a macro, and the button doesn't work after you copy it to a new template, see "What to Do If You Copy Custom Buttons Between Templates, but the Buttons Don't Work in the New Template," in the "Troubleshooting" section of this chapter.
Some people find Word's menus cluttered; they like to remove menu bar or toolbar commands they know they'll never use. Word's Rearrange Commands dialog box makes this easy. First, make sure that the toolbar or menu bar you want to change is displayed. Then, follow these steps:
Choose Tools, Customize to open the Customize dialog box (refer to Figure 31.3).
Click Rearrange Commands to display the Rearrange Commands dialog box (refer to Figure 31.4).
Using the Menu Bar drop-down box, choose the menu you want to remove a command from. If you want to remove a command from a toolbar instead of a menu bar, click Toolbar. Then, from the Toolbar drop-down box, choose the toolbar that contains the command you want to delete.
From the Controls scroll box, select the command you want to delete.
Click Delete. The command is deleted.
There is no confirmation dialog box; the command is deleted immediately. If you found you've made a mistake, click Reset to restore the menu bar or toolbar to its original ("factory") settings.
Click OK, and click Close to leave the Rearrange Commands dialog box.
When you're finished changing toolbars and menus, click Close to leave the Customize dialog box.
You can also remove a toolbar or menu item like this:
Open the Tools, Customize dialog box.
Move the mouse pointer to the toolbar or menu you want to change. If you move the mouse pointer to a menu, and then click on the menu, the menu will open.
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Samoan writes history in Fiji
A Samoan student with roots in Satupa’itea, Sataua, Fogasavai’i, Vaisala, Sa’anapu, Vaitele, Tiavea and Nu’uuli has created history for a top school in Fiji.
Century Upolu Vaai, the son of Reverend Dr. Upolu Luma and Tuamasaga Vaai has become the first Samoan to be named Dux of Suva Grammar School.
On top of the Dux honour, Century also collected the award for coming first in class level 12, first in Physics, first in Mathematics, first in Chemistry and first in English. His success has laid the platform nicely for his goal of becoming a Civil Engineer.
So what was the key to his success?
“My faith and my culture are my two strongest allies,” he says.
“My faith in God has made me stronger everyday with my studies. And my Samoan culture, which my parents have instilled in me, has opened my eyes to the importance of living life and understanding the world from a cultural perspective. I struggle to weave my faith and culture into my studies.”
Century was born in Samoa in 1999, which is the meaning of his name. He was born at the end of the 20th century and beginning of the 21st century.
In other words, he was a child with roots in both centuries.
He started school at St. Edwards Primary School in Brisbane Australia, then continued at Samoa Primary School Vailele when the family moved to Samoa beginning of 2008 to work at Piula Theological College.
After Samoa Primary, he attended Samoa College Yr. 9.
He moved to Fiji at the beginning of 2014 when his father took up the position of Head of Theology and Ethics at the Pacific Theological College, Suva, Fiji.
Century started Yr. 10 at Suva Grammar School.
He told the Samoa Observer that he struggled with two things during the transition in Suva.
“Firstly I had to adapt to academic studies in Fiji, which is quite different from Samoa. As minister’s children, we accompany our parents in their ministry, and we have to support them all the way. It’s a family calling, us children included. Perhaps it’s a struggle but it’s also a blessing.”
Then there was the issue of school fees on top of other commitments.
“So I worked hard to make sure that I give back to my parents and to acknowledge their commitment.”
Today, all the sacrifice has been worth it.
“I thank God for all the gifts of life and strength during my studies. I owe God my life,” he said.
“I’d also like to thank my parents for their unwavering love. Despite the financial struggle of bringing us up in a different environment, they’ve made sure that their children get the best education.
“You know success is not about which school you attend. Rather it’s all about love of God and your parents together with total commitment to your studies. Love is the key to success.
“I want to extend a word of thanks to my family in Samoa and abroad for their prayers. I also acknowledge with appreciation the love of my new found family in Fiji, the Pacific Theological College, which has been a home for me for three years now.”
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Are prevailing patterns of diet behavior in a population, assessed using factor or cluster analysis, related to body weight or risk of obesity?
The goal of this systematic review
project is to identify patterns of food and beverage intake that promote health
and prevent disease. Historically, most dietary guidance has been based on research conducted on individual food components or nutrients. Dietary patterns
are defined as the quantities, proportions, variety or combination of different foods, drinks and nutrients (when available) in diets, and the frequency with which they are habitually consumed. Factor and cluster analysis allow examination of the relationship between prevailing dietary patterns of a population and outcomes of public health concern. The objective of this systematic review was to assess the relationship between patterns of food and beverage intake identified using factor and cluster analysis, and risk of obesity
Limited and inconsistent evidence from epidemiological studies examining dietary patterns
derived using factor or cluster analysis in adults
found that consumption of a dietary pattern characterized by vegetables, fruits, whole grains
and reduced-fat dairy products tends to be associated with more favorable body weight status over time than consumption of a dietary pattern dominated by red meat, processed meats
, sugar-sweetened foods and drinks, and refined grains
. (DGAC Grade: III-Limited
Literature searches were conducted using PubMed, Embase, Navigator (BIOSIS, CAB Abstracts, and Food Science and Technology Abstracts) and Cochrane databases to identify studies that evaluated the association between dietary patterns
defined using factor or cluster analysis and risk of obesity
. Studies that met the following criteria were included in the review:
- Human subjects
- Ages: Two years and older
- Populations: Healthy and those with elevated chronic disease risk
- Subjects from countries with high or very high human development (based on the 2011 Human Development Index)
- Randomized controlled trials, non-randomized controlled trials or quasi-experimental studies
- Sample size: Minimum of 30 subjects per study arm
- Dropout rate less than 20%
- Study assesses dietary intake using factor and cluster analysis
- Study considered body weight and risks of overweight and obesity
- Published in English in a peer-reviewed journal
- The date range for the conduct of studies was unlimited.
The results of each included study were summarized in evidence worksheets (including a study quality rating) and evidence table. A group of subject matter experts were involved in a qualitative synthesis of the body of evidence, development of a conclusion statement and assessment of the strength of the evidence (grade) using pre-established criteria including evaluation of the quality, quantity, consistency, magnitude of effect and generalizability of available evidence.
Eleven prospective cohort studies
, ranging in length from three to 20 years, examined dietary patterns
and their association with body weight. To derive dietary patterns, seven studies used factor analysis and four studies used cluster analysis. Eight studies were conducted in the United States, with three additional studies from the United Kingdom, Iran and Denmark. Sample sizes ranged from 206 to 51,670 participants.
- Variability in the studies included in this review, including populations considered, dietary assessment methods used, the number and type of food groupings included in the analyses and the statistical techniques employed, made comparisons among studies challenging
- The number of patterns identified in the studies ranged from two to six, and some similarities emerged among them. The patterns were not consistently defined by specific foods but rather by a range of foods with overlap among the patterns. What differentiated the patterns was the amount or frequency of each food consumed.
- Dietary patterns derived from factor or cluster analysis that were associated with lower risk of obesity were characterized by the presence of vegetables, fruit, whole grains and reduced-fat dairy. In adults, results pointed toward a more favorable weight status, lower weight or waist circumference (WC) gain and lower body mass index (BMI) over time.
- Dietary patterns that emerged in factor or cluster analysis associated with a higher risk of obesity were characterized by the presence of red meat and processed meats, sugar-sweetened foods and drinks and refined grains. Results related to consumption of these patterns pointed toward increased body weight and WC measures over time.
The ability to draw strong conclusions was limited due to the following issues:
- In factor and cluster analysis, the consolidation of food items into food groups, the number of factors or clusters to extract and even the labeling of components are subjective. Furthermore, patterns derived from either factor or cluster analysis may not be reproducible across studies because elements of dietary patterns and analytic decisions differ.
- Dietary pattern analysis using factor or cluster methods may not be very informative in determining which elements of the diet or which biological relationships between these elements are responsible for the health outcome
- Some studies completed over long periods of time did not account for changes to subjects’ diets or seasonal variations in food supplies, which may have influenced the food components of patterns
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We suggests the most suitable, useful and interesting apps used by iOS. To solve the problems of choosing the most appropriate app that comes most recently in the year 2015. Whether it is apple operating system or green robot operating system the ratings are same as per of their quality and use. The iPhone users have a great advantage of using the most professional apps and those bundles of apps make them confuse which one is best for them and appropriate.
Note: In this topic we are not talking about social Apps.
This year came with lots of new apps but the dominant impression is left by few and still considered as the top apps downloaded now-a-days.
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           Dropbox provides you the easiest way of storing and saving your pictures, images, and documents so that you can access them at any time at any place with any iOS device. The special offer of 2 GB free memory just by signing up gives you more comfort to share the documents with team members. It is also known as the business case that allows you to work outside the office whenever you want to be.
- iTranslate Voice
To speak any language is not possible but by the launch of the app all of the problems of translating are resolved. It is most impressive tool for crossing the barrier of language. With voice input, dictionary and many more combinational translators translates into 42 languages. iTranslate provides you the facility of translating spoken language into written and air translate option provides you to get communicated with others through voice. This app has huge means for those who work globally.
- Scanner Pro
Scanning the documents or pictures on PCs is most time-consuming task that frustrates you by applying an additional machine to the PC. Now the new advanced latest scanner pro app gives you high-quality scans of anything from anywhere just by using you iOS supporting device. The great quality of scanning can be achieved through this app and which also provides the facility of cropping the scanned image. You can email, share or can print the desire scanned document with lots of ease.
- Microsoft Word
The decision of Microsoft of making the app for iOS operating system makes the records in ratings. This app changed the world of business also by giving a lot of ease. You can create, edit, open all sorts of words files so that it gives you relive from carrying a large laptop or doing on it PC. It also give access to view the attach files from emails and also access documents from the apps like Dropbox or one drive.
iOS store is most famous for producing and launching the most advanced apps in the field of graphic design aficionados. This app is the best graphic desktop editor that gives numerous effects and retouching tools that enables you to work with layers and selections. This app provides you the best editing options outside of Photoshop.
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“The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World” is a gift that the French gave the Americans for their friendship. A magnificent structure, neoclassical in style, is located on Liberty Island in New York Harbour, a part of New York City. Made of copper, it was designed by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi – a French sculptor.
Gustave Eiffel built the metal framework. Some of it also constitutes wrought iron, steel, and gold. It was after knowing the ideals shared by Edouard Rene de Laboulaye (French politician and law professor) regarding U.S and France that Bartholdi came up with the idea and inspiration for building the statue. Bartholdi began the work in the early 1870s.
About The Statue Of Liberty
The National Park Service has maintained the statue since 1933 after being administered in 1901 by the United States Lighthouse Board. The Department of War took up this job after. The arm that bore the torch was put up for display at several expositions before it was placed in its current position. To know about the Statue of Liberty history, it is important to go through all the crucial chronicles.
In 1876, it was exhibited in Philadelphia at the Centennial Exposition as well as Manhattan at the Madison Square Garden for six years, from 1876 to 1882. Hosted by the president, Grover Cleveland, New York City’s first ticker-tape parade was organized to celebrate the completion of the statue.
The statue had a dull copper color at the start, but over the years it got covered with patina and now has a sea-green color. Although money was dished out to fix this, it was never really spent as it was inferred that it looks even more beautiful and that the patina doesn’t really pose any danger to the strength of the statue.
Widely worshipped by emancipated slaves in ancient Rome, the goddess of freedom, Liberta, was an important female icon that represented ideals of Liberty in America. Her picture was often used as an allegory by artists in the 18th and 19th centuries. One such example of this is the painting ‘Liberty Leading People’ by Eugene Delacroix. While the depiction of Liberty in the painting was that of a rather aggressive persona, Bartholdi opted for a more calm appearance.
He sculpted a torch as a symbol of progress. Instead of a pileus (shown in the painting), Bartholdi’s Liberty wears a crown and the seven rays forming an aureole around the crown and behind Liberty’s head is a depiction that is meant to exude the flourish of all the continents and the seven seas. The statue perhaps was meant to “enlighten the world”.
The Statue of Liberty is a significant monument in American culture. To answer the question, what does the Statue of Liberty represent, the statue symbolizes hope, progress and a promise of a better world governed by democratic principles of fraternity and liberty. A Greek immigrant said about the monument:
“I saw the Statue of Liberty. And I said to myself, “Lady, you’re such a beauty! [sic] You opened your arms and you get all the foreigners here. Give me a chance to prove that I am worth it, to do something, to be someone in America. And always that statue was on my mind.” These are some of the prominent Statue of Liberty facts, now let’s move on to the necessary details that you must know as a tourist.
Statue Of Liberty Timings And Entry Fees
The statue of Liberty is open to the general public and foreign tourists. It opens at 8:30 in the morning and closes at 4:00 in the afternoon. When getting inside the Statue of Liberty, you cannot enter the balcony in the torch, in the statue’s left hand for safety reasons.
To access the various levels in the statue, it is important to purchase a monument ticket. To get a ticket, you can either visit the website, statuecruises.com or call 1 877 LADY TIX. You will have to purchase a different ticket if you want to access the level in the statue’s crown.
It doesn’t cost any money to enter the premises of the Statue of Liberty, although you will have to pay a fee for the ferry that will take you to the Liberty Island, which is the Statue of Liberty location.
People usually visit the monument in the months from June to September. The island remains closed on Christmas Day. You can call (212) 363 3200, the park’s information line if there’s anything more you want to know.
How To Reach The Statue of Liberty
After you’ve arrived at Liberty State Park or Battery Park, buy your Statue of Liberty crown tickets at the spot for the Statue of Liberty ferry if you don’t already have e-tickets. After heading over to the security check, you most probably have to wait in line. The lines are really long, for obvious reasons, so make sure you leave early if you have other things to do in New York City.
Tickets for children between the ages 4 to 12 cost $5; for people over 62, it’s $10; and $12 for those aged 13 and above. After you have boarded the ferry, you will see that it has three levels. The top level is obviously the best since it offers the most gorgeous views of the statue and the city.
It’s always crowded, so if you want to have the best view, then try to arrive early. The second level has stands selling beverages and food. All three levels have standing and sitting spaces. Get off at Liberty Island or stay in if you want to get a tour of the illustrious Ellis Island as well. You can explore the Liberty Island on the way back.
Statue Of Liberty Facts
Here is the interesting trivia about the world famous monument located in the United States of America that you should know.
- The waistline of the Statue of Liberty is 35 foot.
- The Statue of Liberty height from the bottom to the tip of the torch is 305 ft and 6 inches.
- The Statue of Liberty weighs is 225 tons.
- The seven rays in the crown signify each continent and each ray is 9 feet long.
- There are 154 steps from the pedestal to the head of the statue.
- The chains of the statue are symbolic of tyranny and oppression.
- The statue of Liberty face is 8ft tall.
- The Statue of Liberty torch is covered with the thin sheets of 24k gold.
Places To See Around Statue Of Liberty
Although the Statue of Liberty is quite a breathtaking attraction in itself, there are a lot of underrated places around this national monument that you must visit and explore as well.
1. Lower East Side Tenement Museum
Built in 1863, the Lower Eastside Tenement Museum is considered a National Trust Historic Site as well as a National Historic Landmark. Located in a culturally and historically significant tenement building that was home to several thousand immigrants from 1863 and 1935. The museum was built with the aim of shedding light on the importance of tolerance and experience of an immigrant in America.
Established in 1988, by Anita Jacobson and Ruth J. Abram, the museum has several exhibitions and tours for the public through the restored apartments, offering a glimpse into the lives of the immigrants who spent their lives on 97Orchard Street.
Address: 103 Orchard St, New York, NY 10002, USA
2. Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Designed by Henry Hudson Holly in 1887, the Thomas Edison National Historical Park offers an exploration of the genius’ home and laboratory that has revolutionized our modern lives. It offers a glimpse into the other inventions by Thomas Edison apart from the light bulb.
Edison holds over a thousand patents for his inventions, some of which are the nickel-iron alkaline electric storage battery, sound recording, improved photographs, picture cameras, and the silent as well as sound movies.
Address: 211 Main St, West Orange, NJ 07052, USA
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3. Gateway National Recreation Area
Comprising three parks, Sandy Hook, Jamaica Bay, and Staten Island, the Gateway National Recreation Area spans around 26,607 acres and is a portrait of sorts of the history and evolution of structures in the United States such as former airports and historical forts.
The illustrious Sandy Hook Lighthouse is also situated in this recreation area. The lighthouse was first lit in 1764. Other recreational activities that one can engage in here are camping, swimming in the ocean, hiking, boating, and bird watching.
Address: 26 Hudson Rd, Highlands, NJ 07732, USA
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4. Castle Clinton National Monument
Initially called Castle Garden, Fort Clinton or Castle Clinton was opened in 1808. It is considered as the first station in America where the immigrants arrived. It is believed that from 1855 to 1890, over 8 million people came to the United States of America.
A circular fort made of sandstone, it has served various purposes as a public aquarium, exhibition hall, theatre, and a sprawling beer garden before being considered a national monument. This site has had quite a long and illustrious history. It is a spectacle as it’s known for its 19th-century style architecture.
Address: Battery Park, New York, NY 10004, USA
5. Federal Hall National Monument
The structure that was situated on this site originally served as New York’s City Hall from 1699 to 1703. A historical venue where the 1st president of America, George Washington, took his oath, the Federal Hall has gone on to house the offices of the Supreme Court, the Executive Branch, and the Congress over the years.
It was initially a Customs House. It now houses a museum and also serves as a memorial site for the inception of the American government. It is an excellent example of neoclassical architecture which was redeveloped by Pierre Charles L’Enfant, in 1788. It is also a prime example of Federal Style Architecture.
Address: 26 Wall St, New York, NY 10005, USA
For all its glory and beauty, the Statue of Liberty and the stunning monuments and museums it is surrounded by, have drawn in lots of curious visitors over the years to marvel at its architectural and cultural significance. To make your trip to USA worthwhile, make sure you keep the list mentioned above handy!
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Frequently Asked Questions About Statue of Liberty
Who is the Statue of Liberty modeled after?
It was modeled after an Arab woman by the designer Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi as he was fascinated by the Egyptian pyramids.
Was the Statue of Liberty a gift?
Yes, the Statue of Liberty was a gift from the people of France to America during the time of the American Revolution.
Why did the French give us the Statue of Liberty?
It was gifted by the people of France to America to commemorate the alliance of France with the USA.
What God is the Statue of Liberty?
It is a Roman Goddess Libertas. statue of liberty meaning is a break from tyranny and oppression.
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by Dr. Steve Gangemi ( aka Sock Doc). One of the most common questions I have been asked is, “Sock Doc, I’m running in minimalist shoes (or barefoot), but I’m still injured – why?” This question tells me one thing – runners think that if you get out of your over- supportive, cushioned running shoes and orthotics then magically your injuries disappear. Unfortunately this is not always the case because running in minimalist type shoes and/or barefoot will not necessarily keep you injury-free. Proper footwear (or going barefoot) is only part of the injury-free prescription.
Running in minimalist shoes and being barefoot clearly helps the entire body. Improvements in nervous system function, muscular function and balance, proprioception, and overall health can be seen in those who keep their feet close to the ground and out of motion-altering footwear. But injuries are often not just because what you’ve got on your feet isn’t right for you; more important for most athletes is the rest of the regimen – diet, training, and overall stress. All these factors determine whether you will get injured, (or come down with an illness), or not. Many athletes also forget that training itself is a two-part equation: working out plus rest.
Diet is perhaps the most important factor. What you eat and drink plays a major role in how your body is able to function during the day at work, at home, and while training. It also has a lot to do with how well you rest (sleep). For example, a diet high in omega 6 vegetable oils such as corn, safflower, and soy oils as well as partially hydrogenated fats will creep up your inflammation levels, resulting in muscles working harder than what they would have to otherwise to function normally and recover.
Significant stress is placed on the cardiovascular system too with diets high in inflammatory fats and obviously every runner wants an optimum cardio system. A high-carbohydrate diet, especially refined sugars like high fructose corn syrup, white sugar and flour, and yes, even agave, will contribute to the inflammation and even increase insulin levels over time. Eventually your tissues will become resistant to the insulin and blood-glucose handling problems will result. You may bonk or under-perform in a race because of this, or have mood swings and general body aches due to the carbohydrate sensitivity. Overall your diet will influence your entire body, including your joints, tendons, ligaments, and especially how your muscles function. Your body ultimately becomes out-of-balance; you get torqued or twisted a little, so to speak, as postural changes affect your gait, balance, and function.
Nervous-system function is closely related to the diet and what follows are muscular imbalances because of the nervous system’s response to the diet. Your calf may work harder than what it used to on one leg because of the gait imbalance, or your hamstring may work more because your quad isn’t functioning correctly due to the gait and joint disturbances caused by the dietary imbalances; these nutritional dysfunctions affect your nervous system that, in turn, affect the muscles. In fact, addressing dietary imbalances is how I have been able to successfully treat patients when others only look at the injury itself, not where it came from.
Nutrients have a role here too, but they are typically much more individualized than overall dietary recommendations. Nutrient deficiencies and imbalances will have specific reflections on physical structure. A good example is a muscle cramp. Although a cramp can be due to a local muscle or tendon problem, it is often from a dietary problem (dehydration) or a nutrient imbalance or deficiency (sodium, potassium, magnesium, or calcium), resulting in a physical symptom. Cramping alters muscle function, not just in the muscle that is experiencing the cramp, but in other synergistic muscles and those affected by gait. Eventually this can lead to an injury to a muscle, tendon, ligament, or bone, and perhaps a direct injury from the cramp itself.
Training and racing also play a major role in injuries, perhaps as much as diet. If you’re training too anaerobically, then you’re likely to get injured. Racing too much will have a similar outcome. The reason athletes get injured when they overtrain is partly due to the imbalance caused between training and recovery, and in part due to nutritional considerations. High-intensity and long-duration workouts require a certain amount of recovery, and which is different for everybody to some extent. Without enough rest your body won’t recoup for the next workout. Muscles, tendons, and ligaments are affected directly from the workouts, but they are also affected by hormonal changes and nutritional considerations. For example, it is well known that high- intensity workouts as well as even aerobic workouts lasting over a few hours will increase an athlete’s stress hormone cortisol. This increased cortisol level will affect blood-sugar levels and that will affect various muscular functions as well as gait.
Consider the endurance athlete (perhaps yourself) following a long race, such as an Ironman a marathon. Even if you’re one hundred percent pain-free, most likely your posture has changed afterward – a hip may be higher on one side or a shoulder rotated on the other side. These imbalances weren’t there before the race.
A lot of these imbalances have to do with hormonal and nutritional changes in your body resulting in physical imbalances. Additionally, hormones such as cortisol have to be broken down by the liver and that requires nutrients such as antioxidants, vitamins, minerals, and sulfur amino acids such as L-Cysteine. Sulfur is a major component of cartilage. Think about what may happen to your joints if you’re training too hard and your body is constantly making a lot of cortisol. Your joints will suffer. And high-cortisol levels are a major reason for insomnia and waking up in the middle of the night. This impaired rest will further impact athletic performance and health as the recovery will not be available to offset the desired training.
So you can see the various ways nutrition and training (working out + rest) can impact the body in more than one way, and often result in an injury if imbalances occur.
Stress isn’t just about working out too much either. If you’re stressed out at work, stuck in front of a computer, have a long work commute, and have family stresses on top of that your body will perceive that as if you’re training hard all day long. Cortisol levels will elevate, beneficial sex hormones like testosterone and progesterone will plummet, and muscular imbalances will occur just as they do with overtraining and dietary and nutritional imbalances. The end result is often the same in all three cases – an injury shows up, despite what you’re wearing for footwear.
Yes, proper footwear is important, but if I could only choose only one thing to change in an athlete, it would be either his or her diet or training, depending on their individual circumstance. I’ve always been able to help injured athletes even before I knew the effect of minimalist shoes and going barefoot; it was just more difficult to ascertain. It’s easier now because of my knowledge and hands-on experience (personally and with patients) that footwear is an important factor. I like to tell patients, “Look at your overall stress and fix what you can fix.” This means you can often fix your diet, your training, and your footwear easier than perhaps your job or your family situation. So eating healthy, training properly, modifying your lifestyle, and strengthening your entire body by wearing minimalist or no shoes all have their respective impact– but on an individualized basis. If you don’t pay attention to each one and keep them in balance or let one factor falter, then your body will let you know, with pain. | <urn:uuid:91500704-8931-4a9f-8b0c-fde39afe4e1c> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://naturalrunningcenter.com/2011/07/04/q-im-now-running-in-minimalist-shoes-but-why-am-i-still-injured-a-it-could-be-your-diet/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279169.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00217-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956903 | 1,675 | 2.0625 | 2 |
As it turns out, we have a way to prevent gangs of humans from acting like savage packs of animals. In fact, we’ve developed entire disciplines based around this goal over thousands of years. We just ignore most of the lessons that have been learned when we create our communities online. But, by simply learning from disciplines like urban planning, zoning regulations, crowd control, effective and humane policing, and the simple practices it takes to stage an effective public event, we can come up with a set of principles to prevent the overwhelming majority of the worst behaviors on the Internet.
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Mula-Sangh has been the main Digambar Jain order. Today the Digambar Jain tradition is synonimous with Mula Sangha. The great Acharya Kundakunda is associated with Mula Sangh. The oldest known mention of Mula Sangh is from 430 AD.
Mula Sangh was divided into a few branches. According to Shrutavatara of Acharya Indranandi and Nitisar of Bhattaraka Indranandi, Acharya Arhadbali had organized a council of Jain monks, and had given names (gana or sangha) to different groups. The four major groups were
- Nandi Gana, which had two major lineages:
- Sena Gana, the lineage of Jinasena it was formerly called Panchastupa or Surastha. (oldest known mention 821 AD)
- Deva Gana, the lineage of Akalanka deva
- Simha Gana
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"Try not to get too caught up in online versus print but how you can use media together to serve community," said John Koten, CEO of Mansueto Ventures, who oversees editorial and sales of Inc. and Fast Company. "Social networking certainly plays a big role in that and is a way for audiences to connect in a much better way."
Mansueto Digital, the online unit of Mansueto Ventures, last week rolled out IncBizNet, an online business networking and user-generated database designed for private companies. "It's 'Facebook' for entrepreneurs but, instead of individuals, puts the company first,” Koten said. “If it works the way we think it can, companies from the SMB can work together without command and control."
Keith Fox, president of BusinessWeek, added that events are an increasingly vital component in the media mix, but said business publishers need to be careful that they do not go to the expense of events just for the sake of doing so.
"We do events when we're sure we have something to say," Fox said. "The event has to be related to editorial, and you need a business model to justify it."
Susan Clark, global marketing director of The Economist and publisher of the magazine's Europe, Middle East and Africa editions, said conferences and events "are important as brand builders" and allow ad sales executives to augment magazine sales.
Koten added: "You have two sets of customers— readers and advertisers—and sometimes their interests conflict. Events can bring them together in a way that you can't with print or online. They're crucial for advertisers to reach people in a real way and spend time with people who may be interested in their products and services." | <urn:uuid:6c07b349-afa5-4b7e-a556-408432024726> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://adage.com/article/btob/panel-business-media-brands-focus-community-medium/268947/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280410.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00450-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960594 | 359 | 1.515625 | 2 |
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American aerospace manufacturer and space transportation company SpaceX is all set to send the first used rocket back into space.
The first 'flight-proven' rocket to go past earth's gravity well into space twice will be a Falcon 9 rocket that was used to make the first ever powered landing at sea in April.
The launch of the 'second-hand' Falcon 9 rocket is slated for the final quarter of the year and the rocket will be carrying the SES-10 communications satellite.
The launch will mark a historic moment in commercial space flight and SpaceX confirmed the news on twitter along with an image of the booster after it landed on an autonomous barge in the Atlantic. The rocket had been used to send SpaceX's Dragon cargo spacecraft to the International Space Station
Gwynne Shotwell, President and Chief Operating Officer of SpaceX said, "Re-launching a rocket that has already delivered spacecraft to orbit is an important milestone on the path to complete and rapid reusability.SES has been a strong supporter of SpaceX's approach to reusability over the years and we're delighted that the first launch of a flight-proven rocket will carry SES-10." | <urn:uuid:59271402-4750-4224-b4a0-9bace34ae377> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.drivespark.com/off-beat/elon-musk-spacex-to-send-used-falcon-9-rocket-back-to-space-016887.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719784.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00427-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931272 | 236 | 2.6875 | 3 |
The greenhouse effect is a naturally occurring phenomenon, without which human life cannot exist on earth. It is nothing but trapping heat inside the earth’s surface. Why do we need to trap heat? Otherwise the surface of earth will not be habitable for us to stay warm and comfortable in the coldness of space.
So, how does heat get trapped? When sun’s radiation reaches our atmosphere, some is reflected back and some passes through and gets absorbed by earth. You know that energy consumption generates heat. This heat in turn excites the atoms in an object on the earth’s surface to fire off photons in infrared spectrum. Hotter the object, more infrared radiations are released by it. These outgoing infrared radiations are captured by “greenhouse gases”, keeping the planet warm.
The greenhouse gases basically act as a ‘blanket’ for infrared radiation which keeps the surface of earth warm. They reduce the ability of the earth's surface to cool, thus raising its temperature above what it would be without those greenhouse gases.
(The greenhouse effect is a process by which thermal radiation from a planetary surface is absorbed by atmospheric greenhouse gases, and is re-radiated in all directions. Since part of this re-radiation is back towards the surface and the lower atmosphere, it results in an elevation of the average surface temperature above what it would be in the absence of the gases.)
Carbon-di-oxide (CO2), methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) are greenhouse gases. They come from various sources and have varying trapping capabilities.
CO2 is produced by burning of the fossil fuels in vehicles, power plants, industries etc. CH4 is produced mainly from livestock, decomposing waste, agriculture. Main sources of N2O are crop fertilization, sewage treatment and burning of fossil fuels. Other greenhouse gases such as Chlorofluorocarbons are emitted in much smaller amounts by coolants in fridge, air conditioners, aerosol sprays and chemical processes. | <urn:uuid:8d7a37f8-e1b6-47a9-b6ed-289dae6d243f> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://attemptnwin.com/answers/greenhouse-effect/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280221.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00228-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942363 | 419 | 4.46875 | 4 |
Environmentalists may have more to worry about after the world's first refrigerated beach is unwrapped in blistering Dubai - so that wealthy travellers can keep their feet from burning.
The avant-garde coastline, which will be making waves while neighbouring the posh new Palazzo Versace hotel in the most populous city of the United Arab Emirates, is due to open in late 2009 or early 2010.
AdvertisementThe normally blazing sand is to be controlled with a computer-linked system of coolant-filled pipes to keep at-ease temperatures.
Visitors wishing to beat the 50 degree Celsius heat wave could take a plunge in a cooled swimming pool or simply feel the gentle wind generated by huge blowers.
The gimmicks at the 213-room hotel have incurred the wrath of campaigners who condemned the idea for adding to the climate change troubles.
"Dubai is like a bubble world where the things that are worrying the rest of the world, like climate change, are simply ignored so people can continue destructive lifestyles," the Sun quoted Rachel Noble, of Tourism Concern, as saying.
However, Soheil Abedian, president of the company that owns the Palazzo Versace, said: "This is the kind of luxury top people want." | <urn:uuid:69712d09-7e11-47e6-9972-436c47512eba> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.medindia.net/news/Worlds-First-Refrigerated-Beach-Will-Be-Unwrapped-In-Blistering-Dubai-45208-1.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280891.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00157-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.926631 | 259 | 1.914063 | 2 |
Right from the start, when they were among the first followers but not the first leaders, the Roman Catholic Church has seemed ambivalent toward women.
The New Testament begins, of course, with women: Mary, the mother of Jesus, and her cousin Elizabeth, mother of John the Baptist. As an adult, Jesus gained many women followers including the sisters Mary and Martha, Mary Magdalene, and an unnamed Samaritan woman.
Mary Magdalene became the first ``evangelist`` by reporting on Easter that Jesus` tomb was empty. After the Resurrection, the Bible mentions other women leaders, such as Lydia the merchant, Phoebe the deacon, four prophet daughters of Philip, and a husband-and-wife ministry team named Aquila and Priscilla. The apostle Paul even called a woman named Junias an apostle.
As the ``Mother of God,`` ``Queen of Heaven`` and bearer of several other titles, Mary does hold a central place in church devotion - particularly under Pope John Paul II, who has encouraged veneration of her. She is said to be the subject of more paintings than any other saint. Six parishes in Broward and Palm Beach counties are named after her.
The early ambivalence shows clearly in the writings of the apostle Paul, the most prolific writer of the New Testament. In one letter, he said women should listen silently during church worship. In another he added the order not to ``teach or exercise authority over a man.``
Yet in other places Paul set out conditions for women to ``pray and prophesy.`` He also said believers were no longer ``Jew and Gentile, slave and free, male and female; you are all one in Christ Jesus.``
Still, women were not known for their prominence as priests or bishops. The reason, according to one feminist rationale, is that the women in the early church were protected; men took the brunt of Roman persecution, while the women bore the next generation of Christians.
Some feminists assert that women actually did serve the Communion bread and wine before the clergy was established in the second century. But the men who wrote the history books left out most of their achievements, the feminists surmise.
``Early Christianity was called a women`s religion; pagans said its leadership was dominated by women,`` according to Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza of the Episcopal Divinity School, Cambridge, Mass., and author of the influential book In Memory of Her. ``When the church collected the canon (of Scripture), it was at a time when the church was not interested in preserving women in leadership.``
Yet she notes that as late as the Middle Ages, some clerics were writing against women being bishops or priests. ``So there must have been women bishops or priests around,`` Fiorenza reasons.
As evidence that the church values women, some people point to the many women saints, such as Elizabeth Seton, an American convert who was canonized in 1976. Two others were Teresa of Avila, who died in 1582, and Catherine of Siena, who died in 1380. Pope Paul VI declared them ``doctors of the church,`` honoring their writings for their intellectual value.
``Reading the lives of the saints, it would be hard for anyone to say the church has ever discriminated against women,`` according to the Rev. Leo Armbrust of the Palm Beach diocese - an assertion that makes feminists bristle.
But the church has often kept its distance from ordinary women. Feminists quote third century church fathers as saying women were ``unclean`` and ``embody evil.`` Saint Augustine reportedly called them ``unformed men.`` The feminists complain that the church alternately ``divinizes and demeans`` women.
Orders of nuns have existed for centuries, sometimes as women`s versions of orders such as the Franciscans. A renowned modern example is the Missionaries of Charity, whose founder is Nobel Prize-winner Mother Teresa of Calcutta. And today, despite the proscriptions, women also work as teachers, hospital administrators, chancellors and other functionaries for the church.
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Rumors of a liquid metal iPhone have been floating around for years. Now a newly published patent may reveal one way Apple could use the technology in future devices.
The patent, which was published on Tuesday and filed early last year, details how a stronger alloy manufactured by Liquidmetal Technology could be used to make the buttons for future iPhones. The material is apparently easier to mold into small, specific shapes. It’s also more durable, meaning these buttons won’t wear out as quickly.
The patent refers to a new type of “pressure sensor,” suggesting it might be focused on the Home Button. However, the same material could theoretically be used to make the power and volume buttons for future iPhones as well.
Apple already has an exclusive license on LiquidMetal’s special alloy. For the moment, it’s only used the material to build a special SIM card ejection tool, but now there’s evidence we may see the same technology included in the actual design of future iPhones. | <urn:uuid:528ffba0-17f7-4696-80e9-39aa9b714624> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://drippler.com/drip/liquid-metal-iphone-design-detailed-new-apple-patent | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988718309.70/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183838-00406-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932524 | 209 | 2.203125 | 2 |
Like a classic pair of Levi's jeans, there are some designs that exude a certain amount of timeless style. Despite their technological obsolescence, the visual appeal of nixie tubes and metal exteriors still capture the attention of artists everywhere. As a part of Levi's "Make Our Mark" campaign, Matthew Epler and Mark Klebak were asked to modify vintage items into web-enabled tools. Teaming up with New York's Fake Love and agency AKQA, they created a typewriter, video camera, still camera, and guitar that could post to social media.
Each of the antique items were redesigned to communicate with a web interface. Raspberry Pi was chosen to be the brains inside the pieces, and everything was programmed in Python. Wi-fi modules were placed in the devices so they could take advantage of hotspots as they moved across the country via Levi’s Station to Station tour. The devices used AtMega328 chips and custom boards that housed the chips and controlled peripheral LED lights and buttons. RFID bracelets allowed artists to log into their social media accounts and post to Twitter, SoundCloud, and Instagram.
The 1901 Underwood typewriter was updated to post messages to Twitter. Nixie tubes displayed a three digit readout to count down the number of remaining characters. The 1953 Gibson ES-125 guitar’s RFID reader was connected to a Mac Mini via bluetooth to record music and send it to SoundCloud. The 1953 Bolex B-8 video camera was enabled to capture 15 seconds if video for Instagram where the user could either take snippets or record in one shot. The 1939 Graflex Speed Graphic still camera also posted to Instagram, and offered artists one of six filters to choose from before they completed their work.
By updating the devices, the artists combined the charm of vintage design with the utility modern technology. Users could grasp a sense of history and work with familiar platforms. Both the devices and the artwork they produced were shared across the country, showcased the talent of guest artists, and established the Levi’s brand. | <urn:uuid:11ea0189-83fb-465c-b74f-bece71cdda85> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://inhabitat.com/levis-make-our-mark-campaign-transforms-vintage-tech-into-web-enabled-devices/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281353.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00066-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945376 | 422 | 2.125 | 2 |
Africa launches nutrition accountability scorecard
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African leaders for nutrition launched a continental accountability scorecard as an instrument for better advocacy and accountability to achieve nutrition security in Africa.
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The Continental Nutrition Accountability Score Card was developed to measure progress made by the African Union (AU) member states to achieve nutrition security, the AU revealed on Wednesday.
King Letsie III of Lesotho, who was awarded as Africa's champion for nutrition by the AU, said that the endorsement of the African Leaders for Nutrition by the assembly of AU "marks an important landmark that holds promise of great growth and renewal for nutrition in Africa."
Welcoming the launch of the nutrition scorecard, King Letsie III also emphasized full cognizance of the centrality of nutrition to unlock the full potential and future of African economies.
AU Commissioner for Social Affairs, Amira Elfadil, also noted that the continental nutrition scorecard will provide data and information towards facilitating dialogue with African leaders for new financial and policy commitments on nutrition.
According to Elfadil, the continental nutrition scorecard will help "to deliver the socioeconomic returns that are most needed by our people."
The AU commissioner also highlighted the effects of conflict, hunger and malnutrition on the continent, with particular emphasis attached to the need to silence the guns by 2020 as well as to make progress with establishment of a continental free trade area.
President of the African Development bank (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, also commended the AU, the AfDB and partners for their efforts in developing the Continental Nutrition Accountability Score Card.
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Do you have a cat-loving friend, mother, or sweetheart who would delight in some cat-safe flowers?
Many flowers are poisonous to cats. Lilies, for example, are deadly. Nevertheless, some indoor cats think that any fresh plant that’s worth looking at must be worth biting.
We almost gave up on having flowers in our home until I did some research. I’ve triple-checked the ASPCA plant safety database to find some truly cat-safe flowers.
Snapdragons (Antirrhinum majus) are considered safe
Snapdragons make a great cat-safe bouquet.
I haven’t found any major online florist who delivers a simple snapdragon bouquet. However, just ask your florist if they can create one for you.
I also see these at the farmer’s market a lot and of course these are grow-able in your backyard to cut too.
Roses (the Rosa species) are safe
The Rosa species is considered safe for cats. How nice! (De-thorned options are safest–most upscale florists de-thorn roses before arranging them.)
I found these One Dozen Orange Bliss Roses at OrganicBouquet.com available for delivery.
Sunflowers (helianthus angustifolius) are safe
The bright, happy sunflower is cat-friendly.
Unfettered sunflower bouquets are almost always available at Farmer’s Markets. For an online delivery source, it was hard to find a simple bouquet (with nothing added). I finally found these lovely ones mixed with roses at JustFlowers.com.
Gerbers (Gerbera jamesonii) are safe
These charming cat-safe flowers are usually called Gerber Daisies, but please keep in mind that other daisies (real daisies) are not safe for cats. Be careful to only buy Gerber daisies.
Zinnias (the Zinnia species) are considered safe
I can’t find anyone who delivers Zinnias nationally, but ask your local florist for them.
We have also been able to grow them in our yard (in coastal Northern California) and you may find them at Farmer’s markets.
Now, two more ideas for you…
Cat behavior tips
- I found a cheap trick to keep most vases from tipping as they are attacked! Here’s my post about it.
- A cat behaviorist tip is to use Sticky Paws around flower vases. Most cats don’t like the sticky feeling on their paws and won’t step on it. You can apply these double-sided sticky sheets to cover the cat-reach area around a vase. In my experience, Sticky Paws removes easily without damaging anything.
A DIY cat-friendly herb bouquet
Try picking your own little herbal bouquet of oregano, lavender, sage, and/or rosemary.
Though a full meal of these herbs could cause feline stomach upset, oregano, lavender, sage, and rosemary are considered safe in small amounts according to the ASPCA site.
I realize that herbs are a bit confusing for cat owners because the extracted essential oils are bad for cat’s livers, but small nibbles of the above herbs themselves are considered safe. | <urn:uuid:91fbdd6b-cab0-4bd9-9212-b3a5ae41e1c7> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.naturalcatcareblog.com/2011/04/flowers-for-cat-lovers%E2%80%94finally-some-cat-safe-choices/comment-page-1/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280483.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00301-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.927065 | 712 | 1.914063 | 2 |
Types of Flower Species Found in Hawaii
Types of Flower Species Found in Hawaii
The islands of Hawaii are home to a plethora of native and introduced species of flora. From microscopic ground covers to towering flowering trees, botanists estimate that Hawaii is home to up to 140,000 species of plants. Of these, approximately 1200 of them are native or endemic to the islands. For many travelers the first introduction to Hawaiian tropical flowers comes in the form of a lei, a traditional garland of scented flowers typically worn around the neck. It was once common practice for the airlines to adorn each passenger with a fresh lei upon their arrival to the islands. Obviously this is no longer the case, but you can still pick up a fresh, beautiful lei at most grocery outlets, florists and corner stores in Hawaii. Popular Hawaiian lei flowers include the-Hinahina, Pikake (jasmine), Plumeria, Nanu (gardenia), Orchid & Carnation.
What Flowers are Native to Hawaii?
Due to Hawaii being located more than three thousand miles away from any other continental land, many species of flora such as the Uki Uki (hawaiian lily), Ko’oloa’ula, and the Haha, are classified as endemic to Hawaii, meaning that Hawaii is the only place on earth you will find them growing in the wild. There are some Hawaiian flowers that are endemic to a particular island only, for example the Dubautia waialealae, an endangered small dome shaped flowering shrub is found only on Kauai, and the Molokai Ohana (brighamia rockii) is critically endangered and only found on Molokai. The Hina Hina (geranium cuneatum) can only be found on the Big Island, as well as the Ahinahina or Mauna Loa Silversword. This extraordinary plant is endemic to the hills of Mauna Loa and only grows between 5000 to 8000 feet. Once in their lifetime they send forth a beautiful stem of fragrant flowers. The flower goes to seed and the plant as a whole dies after about 10 days. By the early 1900’s there were only a handful of Ahinahina growing in the wild. However, thanks to a massive effort from national park crews and their work collecting, germinating and replanting, these extraordinary plants are now replenishing Mauna Loa’s landscape.
Hawaiian culture is rich with legends that often use love to explain the naturally occuring beauty on the islands. Hawaiian native flowers and plants are no exception. The Naupaka (scaevola servicea) aka Beach Naupaka is a native flowering shrub with a unique shape of bloom that gives the impression that half the flower is missing. There are two variations of the naupaka plant, one grows in the mountains, the other on the beach. Hawaiian legend tells a tale of a beautiful princess named Naupaka who fell in love with a commoner whom she was forbidden to marry. A wise old man informed them of a remote temple far away where they could go to pray and to ask the priest they would find there for advice. The lovers then traveled for days to reach the temple, but when they asked, the priest told them there was nothing he could do for them. Heartbroken, Naupaka then took the white flower from her hair and tore it in half, giving one half of the flower to her lover and telling him to return to the beach. She remained in the mountains. And there are two different looking variations of the naupaka plant, the one that grows in the mountains and resided with the princes, and one that grows on the beach and grew there with her lover, and why each variety looks like only half of a flower.
Types of Flowering Trees in Hawaii
Another popular legend surrounding native Hawaiian tropical flowers is that of the Ohi’a Lehua. This evergreen flowering tree is found on all the Hawaiian islands but is the official flower of the Big Island. The Ohi’a Lehua most likely became the Big Island’s official flower due to its bright red blossoms being the first to flower on barren lava flow after a volcanic eruption. Hawaiian Legend intertwines this beautiful tree with the volcano Goddess Pele. Legends states that there was a handsome man named Ohia who turned down the volcano goddess advances because he was in love with a woman named Lehua. The goddess Pele then transformed him into a gnarled up tree with rough and ashy bark. Lehua begged the gods to change him back but they did not want to anger Pele. Instead they agreed to compromise and turn Lehua into a blossom on the Ohia tree so the lovers would be united forever. It is believed that if you pick a Lehua flower off the tree it will begin to rain soon after. The rain symbolizes the lovers’ tears over being separated.
Hawaii’s mild climate ensures that flowers bloom year round on all the islands. Not only on plants and shrubs but in many flowering trees as well. The Nanu (Gardenia Brighamii) is a native species of tree gardenia. Unfortunately this beauty is on the critically endangered list. Nanu flowers have a sweet scent, similar to coconut and are commonly used in leis, so thankfully, many commercial growers still cultivate this gorgeous Hawaiian flowering tree. Another you may recognize is the Hala (Pandanus tectorius) Screw pine or pineapple tree, the blooms on this tree resemble a small pineapple. One of the more unique flowering trees Ohe’ Ohe’ (polyscias bisattenuata) is found only on Kauai and is currently in the process of being saved from extinction. It’s a gorgeous multi trunked tree with pink flowers and purple fruit. Other notable flowering trees include the Hawaiian Sumac (rhus sandwicensis) Mamane (sophora chrysophylla), Kou (cordia subcordata) and the Milo (thespesia populnea).
Despite the fact that many of the native species are currently listed as severely endangered, there are still a few natives that are thriving. It’s interesting to note that several of these, like the Uki Uki, the Haha and the Kanawao produce purple berries after flowering. These bright berries attract the birds which then disperse the seeds, promoting the naturalization and success of these natives.
Most Popular Hawaiian Flowers
Of all the stunning Hawaii flowers, the Hibiscus Hawaiian flowers are most easily recognized, synonymous with the state. In total, there are 7 species of Hibiscus native to Hawaii, five of which are endemic. The Yellow blooming hibiscus, Ma’o Hau Hele (Hibiscus Brackenridgei) is the state flower, it is both native and endemic. Sadly these yellow blooming hibiscus are now listed as endangered. Thanks to conservation efforts and breeding programs however, many beautiful hybrids of Hibiscus now exist in a wide variety of colors. You will find them growing in gardens, as landscape shrubs and also at beaches and in the forests on each of the islands. In their natural habitat they can often grow into trees as tall as 30 feet! The Ko’oloa’ula (abutilon menziesii) is a flowering shrub with flowers that are similar to the Hibiscus but it is actually in the mallow family. The Ko’oloa’ula is not only native but also endemic, there are only about 500 left in the wild. It is a popular xeric landscape plant, flourishing in the heat with very little water. While you may not ever be lucky enough to see this plant in the wild, it is likely you will find it in home gardens and landscapes.
The Pua Kala (Hawaiian Poppy) is another native flower that is commonly seen on all the islands, usually in a dry spot with disturbed soil and full sun. The Pua Kala is the only poppy native to Hawaii. Although not as common as it once was, commercial growth and expansion has threatened its preferred environment, but thankfully, its prickly leaves, stems and seed pods protect it from grazing animals and destructive rodents
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"Democracy may, after all, turn out to have been a historical accident, a brief parenthesis that is closing before our eyes." With those words, French philosopher Jean-Francois Revel sounded an alarm as the ramparts of democratic conviction were under attack by the political left. Revel, one of the most important conservative thinkers in France, saw European intellectuals and the political left in America undermining the very foundations of democracy.
"Democracy tends to ignore, even deny, threats to its existence because it loathes doing what is needed to counter them," explained Revel. "It awakens only when the danger becomes deadly, imminent, evident. By then, either there is too little time left for it to save itself, or the price of survival has become crushingly high."
To any insightful observer of the European scene in the early 1980s, Revel's analysis was prophetic. Leftist intellectuals were pointing to the United States as the source of all oppression in the world, while praising the Soviet Union as the liberator of human kind. In How Democracies Perish, Revel aimed his sights at the self-destructive hypocrisies of liberal thought. As he knew, the very intellectuals who should have been supporting the United States were instead hoping for its downfall. "What we end up with in what is conventionally called Western society is a topsy-turvy situation in which those seeking to destroy democracy appear to be fighting for legitimate aims, while its defenders are pictured as repressive reactionaries."
As Revel lamented, at times the democracies seemed to find strange comfort in calls for their own destruction. As he observed, "Democratic civilization is the first in history to blame itself because another is power is working to destroy it." Were democracies doomed to self-destruct?
Jean-Francois Revel is well known as a shining light of reason in the French academy. Long a columnist, editor, and director of L'Express, Revel is also the author of a multi-volume history of philosophy. He sprang to Western attention with the publication of his controversial book, Without Marx or Jesus. Revel's later volumes would include The Totalitarian Temptation and Democracy Against Itself.
Throughout his career, Revel has been known as a stalwart defender of democracy. He does not take this matter lightly, for he understands all too well that the basic structure of government determines the achievement or loss of human freedom within a society. In Democracy Against Itself, Revel argued that "every society which has worked more or less well, which achieved any sort of viability, and which produced civilizations men found tolerable, have been--or are--societies that in some sense are democratic."
Of course, the alarm sounded by Revel in How Democracies Perish was overtaken by history with the fall of the Soviet Union and the remarkable events of 1989 and 1990. As Revel later reflected, the good news revealed in the fall of the Soviet Union was the fact that its internal weaknesses were even greater than the self-hatred of the secular left in Western democracies.
Now, twenty years after How Democracies Perish, Revel looks to the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorists attacks and asks the fundamental question: Why do so many Europeans hate America?
This is not a question of merely academic interest. Revel senses that something fundamental is revealed in the way the European Left has responded to America's status as the world's only super power.
Revel is blunt. The ascendancy of the United States, set over against the relative decline of Europe, has given birth to an intense hatred in some European corridors. Most particularly, Revel locates the root of this poisonous anti-Americanism in France. As he comments, "It is in France that this loss--real or imaginary--of great-power status engenders the most bitterness."
The virulent anti-Americanism that erupted on the streets of Europe in the aftermath of America's military action in Afghanistan and Iraq did not emerge from a vacuum. Revel's interest in anti-Americanism is rooted in his own experience as an French intellectual who actually visited the United States. When Revel first visited America in 1969, he discovered a land very different from what he expected. Having planned to write a book on the problems of the United States, Revel instead wrote a treatise criticizing the irrational anti-Americanism of the European Left. Now, he has done it again--and this new book may be even more important.
In Anti-Americanism, just released by Encounter Books, Revel considers this toxic pattern of European hatred towards the United States. He identifies one core issue as a sense of European loss. Revel cites Hubert Vedrine, the French minister of foreign affairs, who rejected the word "superpower", and instead substituted a term of his own invention: "hyperpower."
As Revel notes, since the Greek prefix "hyper" has exactly the same meaning as the Latin "super," Mr. Vedrine is merely seeking to score political capital in his own nation and in the larger European neighborhood. As Vedrine stated, "We cannot except a politically unipolar and culturally homogenized world, any more than the unilateralism of the single hyperpower." Exactly what Mr. Vedrine meant by this, no one seems to know. Nevertheless, it is an example of French hyperventilation posing as foreign policy.
Revel sees the problem as much worse than hyperbole. If America is dominant, Revel asks, then why is this so? He will not allow Europeans off the hook. "Europeans in particular should force themselves to examine how they have contributed to that preponderance. It was they, after all, who made the twenty century the darkest in history; it was they who brought about the two unprecedented cataclysms of the World Wars; and it was they who invented and put into place the two most criminal regimes ever inflicted on the human race--pinnacles of evil and imbecility achieved in a space of less than thirty years."
The United States is far from perfect, Revel acknowledges. Nevertheless, he suggests that any criticisms should be directed at real problems, and should not take the form of irrational rantings.
According to Revel, the European Left enjoys its fantasy of America as "the worst society that ever was." According to this cartoon of reality, America is a society that is entirely under the control of money-grubbing plutocrats. Everything is for sale and the entire culture has been commodified. The problem is not just George W. Bush, for the European Left is convinced that every recent American president "has been in the pockets of the oil companies, the military-industrial complex, the agricultural lobby or the financial manipulators of Wall Street." But, in the French view, George W. Bush is just the worst of the lot--at least as yet.
The European Left is also convinced that America is primarily marked by poverty. As Revel describes the Leftist fantasy: "Hordes of famished indigents are everywhere, while luxurious chauffeured limousines with darkened windows glide through the urban wilderness." These same thinkers are convinced that violence reigns throughout the United States, and that gunshots commonly ring through even the most peaceable neighborhoods. As Revel acknowledges, European rants about America's lax gun laws would have more credibility if the same weapons were not easily available for purchase through the black market in virtually every European city.
If this picture of America is true, the pattern of immigration from Europe to the United States throughout the twentieth century was absolutely irrational. "If the picture of American society drawn everyday by the European press is accurate, then we must believe that those tens of millions of immigrants from all parts of the world, and especially those who came from Europe between 1850 and 1924, were all deluded fools. Otherwise, why did they insist on staying in the American capitalist jungle with all its evils and not return to the lands of peace, plenty, and liberty they came from? Lost in a hellish cultural wasteland, why at least didn't they write to their families and relations basking in the paradises of Ukraine, Calabria and Greece warning them not to come to America?" Clearly, Revel does not mince words.
This virulent anti-Americanism is not a matter of mere sociological interest. As Revel understands, this explains why the United Nations Security Council has become so ineffectual and why the United States has been forced to act unilaterally. As he explains, "Europeans' voluntary blindness with regard to these radical changes renders any American attempts at dialogue fruitless; as a result, America has no other option but to make unilateral decisions. How can you discuss a problem with people who deny its very existence?"
Jean-Francois Revel is a brave man who has lived through some of the most tumultuous decades of human history. Though a realist, he is not without hope. He has sounded the alarm more than once, only to have the Left ignore his cries. Anti-Americanism is Revel's latest attempt to call the trendsetting intellectuals of Europe back to sanity. Good luck, Professor Revel. This is no easy task.
Revel's prescient warning to the European Left should also serve to educate thoughtful Americans about the challenge we face in Europe, which may be as daunting a challenge as that posed by Islamic terrorism. Something sick lies at the heart of Western civilization. The democracies that will surely perish will be those who cannot tell the difference between good and evil, survival and ruin, freedom and tyranny. Or, perhaps more to the point, the greatest danger faced by democracy are those who deny that there is any real difference after all.
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How to Find the Right Medical Assistant Training Program near Brookland Arkansas
Once you have decided to enter the rewarding profession of health care and enroll in a medical assistant school near Brookland AR, it’s time to select a school that will furnish the proper training. But just how do you go about evaluating and comparing colleges so that you ultimately enroll in the best one? A number of prospective students start by checking out the medical assistant schools that are closest to their homes and then gravitate toward those that have the most affordable tuition. While cost and location are extremely important such things as accreditation, job assistance and internship programs are critical factors also. You may choose to take a look at some online medical assistant programs as an option as well (more about that later). The bottom line is that prior to selecting a college you need to carry out your due diligence and compare all relevant qualifications of the schools you are reviewing. And to help you with that task, we have included a few questions that you need to ask each of the colleges on your short list. But prior to starting that review, let’s talk a little bit about the responsibilities of a medical assistant and the type of training and credentials that are available.
The Duties of Medical Assistants
The responsibilities of a medical assistant can be varied as well as demanding. Essentially their duty is ensure that the Brookland AR clinics, hospitals and other healthcare centers where they work run successfully. Depending on the type or size of facility, they can be more of an administrative assistant, a clinical assistant, or in smaller practices both. They are responsible for giving direct support to the nurses, doctors and other health practitioners but can also be found working in an office or at the front desk. Some of the many duties of a medical assistant include:
- Filling out insurance forms and filing claims
- Setting and verifying appointments
- Weighing and taking patients vital signs
- Taking blood and other tissue and fluid samples
- Preparing instruments and rooms for physicians
- Providing general support during exams and procedures
While medical assistants can perform almost any duty they are qualified to under Arkansas law, some opt to specialize in a particular area and obtain certification. Two of the choices available are for the Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) and the Certified Medical Administrative Assistant (CMAA) provided by the National Healthcareer Association (NHA).
Medical Assistant Training
Compared to many other healthcare professionals, medical assistants are not required to become licensed, certified, or to have a college degree. However, a number of Brookland AR health care employers prefer to hire graduates of an accredited medical assistant training program (we’ll cover accreditation later ) that have earned certification. There are basically 2 options available for a formal education. The first and fastest way to becoming a medical assistant is to acquire a certificate or diploma. These programs normally take about one year to complete, a few as little as 6 to 9 months. They are designed to teach the basics of medical assisting and prepare graduates for entry level positions. The second alternative is to earn an Associate Degree, which are typically two year programs available at community and junior colleges together with technical and vocational schools. They are more extensive in nature than the diploma or certificate programs, and include general education courses in addition to the medical assistant classes. They usually have a practical component requiring an internship with a local medical facility. Associate Degrees are often a pre-requisite for and credits can be transferred to a 4 year Bachelor’s Degree in Medical Assistant Studies or a related field.
Online Medical Assistant Schools
There are many accredited medical assistant programs offered online as well. They are a good alternative for those who might not have time to go to classes on campus but could work them in if attended at home. This is an especially good solution for students who continue to work full time while attaining their degree or certificate. As an added benefit, many online schools have lower tuitions than the more conventional on campus options. Supplemental expenses including those for textbooks, commuting and school supplies might be reduced as well. Just remember that any requirements for practical training or internships must still be fulfilled, but they can typically be carried out in Brookland AR area medical care facilities. If you can earn a degree without the formal structure of attending supervised classes on campus, then this method of receiving your education may be the ideal option for you. With the online lessons and the practical training, everything needed to achieve proficiency to work as a medical assistant is provided.
Certification Programs for Medical Assistants
As previously mentioned, certification is not a legal requirement, but is an excellent option for those who wish to boost their careers. It will not only help in obtaining a job after graduation, but it may also enhance initial salary negotiations. Some potential Brookland AR medical employers simply will not hire a medical assistant that has not received certification or accredited formal training. Among the most popular and possibly the most highly regarded certification is the Certified Medical Assistant (CMA) offered by the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA). To qualify to apply for the CMA examination, an applicant must be a graduate or will graduate within thirty days from an accredited medical assistant program. Alternative certifications are offered as well, such as the CMAA and the CCMA that we discussed earlier which are offered by the NHA.
Topics to Ask Medical Assistant Colleges
Prior to reviewing your medical assistant school options, you must choose which kind of credential you would like to attain, and if you would prefer attending classes on campus or online from home. Once those choices have been made, you can begin the procedure of evaluating medical assistant schools. As we covered at the beginning of this article, many potential students restrict their searches to the colleges that are nearest to Brookland AR with the cheapest tuition. Although location and cost are important qualifications, they are by no means the only ones. There are several additional considerations that you should look at when assessing programs. To help you with that task, following are a few questions that you need to ask about each of the schools you are considering before making your final selection.
Is the Medical Assistant College Accredited? There are a number of great reasons to ensure that the college you enroll in is accredited. To start with, accreditation helps guarantee that the instruction you receive will be both comprehensive and of the highest quality. Next, if you plan on becoming certified, you must complete an accredited program. Two of the approved organizations for accreditation are the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs (CAAHEP) and the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES). If your program is not accredited by one of these organizations, you will not be allowed to take the CMA examination. Additionally, if you anticipate obtaining a student loan or financial aid, they are normally not offered for non-accredited programs. And finally, as previously mentioned, many potential Brookland AR employers will not hire a medical assistant who has not graduated from an accredited school.
What is the School’s Passing Rate? Most of the accredited medical assistant colleges design their programs to ready students to pass one or more certification examinations. First, you must determine which of the certifications the colleges you are considering are preparing their students for. If you are interested in taking the CMA for instance, then naturally you will want to select a program targeting that certification. Next, learn what the school’s passage rate is for the certification and contrast it to the national average. Doing this is one of the means to help assess the quality of a school’s program. Obviously schools with low rates are ones that you will want to avoid.
Which Credentials are Available? As we covered earlier, there are essentially two paths to getting medical assistant training. You can enroll in a certificate or diploma program and obtain entry level training in the fastest amount of time, from as little as 6 months, however the average is closer to 1 year. Or you can choose to earn an Associate Degree and receive a more comprehensive education that will require approximately two years to finish in a junior college or trade school. Whichever program you decide to enroll in, confirm that the colleges you are reviewing offer the kind of program you are interested in.
Are Internships Available? A large number of medical assistant colleges offer internship programs with Brookland AR area medical providers. They are an excellent method to get hands-on practical training and experience. They may also assist students establish relationships within the Brookland healthcare community. And as an additional perk, they are an asset on resumes and for job interviews too.
Is Job Placement Service Offered? Getting that very first job may be a challenging undertaking for graduating medical assistant students unless they have a little assistance from a job placement program. Verify that the colleges you are researching provide job placement assistance in the Brookland AR area and ask what their placement rate is. If a college has a higher job placement rate for its graduates, it affirms that it has an excellent reputation within the medical community. It also suggests that it has a broad network of contacts to help place students in jobs.
How Large are the Classrooms? Class size can be an indicator of how much individual instruction you will receive throughout your training. Small classes and classes with a higher teacher to student ratio are more likely to offer increased access to instructors and face to face interaction. If possible, try to monitor a couple of classes before choosing a program to see what the teaching environment is like and just how much attention the students receive.
Is Class Scheduling Practical? If you plan on attending a medical assistant program while you continue to work full-time, it’s imperative that the college you select offers classes that accommodate your schedule. If you need to attend classes at night or on weekends near Brookland AR, verify that those times are available. You might be able to fit your classes in more easily with an online school, but you will still need to schedule all clinical training or internships that may be required. Also, ask what the protocol is for making up classes that you might have to miss because of illness, work or family issues.
Enrolling in a Medical Assistant Program near Brookland Arkansas?
If you are considering attending a medical assistant school in the Brookland AR area, following is some background information that may be both interesting and useful regarding your future campus location.
Brookland is located in northern Craighead County at 35°54′9″N 90°34′54″W / 35.90250°N 90.58167°W / 35.90250; -90.58167 (35.902386, -90.581591). Via U.S. Route 49 it is 8 miles (13 km) northeast of downtown Jonesboro, the county seat. Paragould is 12 miles (19 km) north via US 49.
As of the census of 2000, there were 1,332 people, 499 households, and 384 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,220.1 inhabitants per square mile (471.8/km²). There were 537 housing units at an average density of 491.9 per square mile (190.2/km²). The racial makeup of the town was 97.52% White, 0.68% Black or African American, 0.38% Native American, 0.68% from other races, and 0.75% from two or more races. 1.05% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 499 households out of which 43.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.3% were married couples living together, 14.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.0% were non-families. 19.6% of all households were made up of individuals and 11.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.67 and the average family size was 3.07.
Pick the Ideal Medical Assistant Training Brookland AR
It’s imperative to start your new career on the right foot by selecting a medical assistant school that will furnish the proper training. Regardless if you’re objective is to launch a career in healthcare starting out as a medical assistant or to pursue medical assistance as your life long career, you need to acquire the right information on available programs prior to making your selection. There are such a large number of colleges providing training these days that you can make a decision based on your personal preferences and individual circumstances. And as we have addressed in this article, confirm that the program you decide on is accredited by a recognized organization, such as the CAAHEP. This is especially critical if you anticipate taking the CMA certification examination. You came to this site initially because you had an interest in Clinical Medical Assistant Training. But regardless of the type of credential that you plan to earn or if you have decided to attend either an on-campus or online school, make sure to ask the questions we have supplied so you can compare programs and make an informed decision. And by selecting the right program you can subsequently begin a rewarding career as a medical assistant in Brookland AR.
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Dr. Robert A. Bruce, the cardiologist who devised the now ubiquitous treadmill stress test to assess heart disease, has died. He was 87.
Bruce died Thursday at the Ida Culver House, an assisted-living complex in Seattle, of leukemia and spinal stenosis.
"He's one of the heroes of cardiology. He set the standard for all of us," said Dr. Richard Page, who holds the Robert A. Bruce Chair in Medicine and is head of the University of Washington Division of Cardiology. Bruce held Page's job from its inception in 1950 until his retirement in 1982, and led development of the University of Washington into an international center of heart research.
Bruce, dubbed "the father of exercise cardiology," began his life's work more than half a century ago when he mused about assessing the condition of a used car simply by watching it idle in the dealer's lot. Surely, he thought, a prospective buyer could tell more by taking it for a spin.
And if that test drive worked for a car, he reasoned, why not for a human being? He used the electrocardiograph and the motorized treadmill developed in the 1940s to begin tests, wiring a patient to electrodes and an oxygen analyzer while the patient walked on a treadmill for 10 minutes.
Bruce published his first results of that single-stage test in 1949, and eventually developed a multistage treadmill examination. When he published the more detailed study in 1963, he established what became known as the Bruce Protocol as the most popular method of evaluating problem hearts.
His work eventually helped pave the way for major changes in treatment of heart patients from mere bed rest after heart attacks in the 1940s to today's surgical bypasses, balloon angioplasty, insertion of stents and artificial hearts.
Before Bruce's development of his "body test drive," doctors had used EKGs only when a patient was lying at rest. Some doctors, using a test devised in 1935 by Dr. Arthur M. Master, had patients step on and off a platform for 90 seconds between EKGs. Unfortunately, many heart patients were unable to complete the so-called Master's Two-Step, thus reducing the usefulness of the evaluation.
Bruce's standardized treadmill test measured cardiorespiratory performance as the patient walked at speeds and inclines that were increased every three minutes. The test, his research showed, could detect signs of such conditions as angina pectoris (chest pains), a previous heart attack or a ventricular aneurysm (bulging in a section of the heart).
The pioneering Bruce, seeing which problems were caused by mere aging and which by disease, established that exercise testing could be used to screen seemingly healthy people for early signs of coronary artery disease.
In addition, from 1971 to 1981, Bruce and colleague Dr. Harold T. Dodge conducted the Seattle Health Watch. The study involved administering treadmill tests and follow-up questionnaires to thousands of Seattle-area workers, including those at Boeing. It showed that treadmill testing was safe and a powerful diagnostic tool when coupled with family history and lifestyle factors including smoking. Employers, as well as hospitals and clinics, began using Bruce's test to screen workers.
In the Health Watch study, Bruce also found something he hadn't expected -- that taking a treadmill test motivated people to change bad habits such as smoking or lack of exercise.
Born in Boston and reared in suburban Somerville, Mass., Robert Arthur Bruce earned his bachelor's degree at Boston University and medical degree at the University of Rochester. He taught there for four years before going to Seattle in 1950.
Bruce was a founder and former president of the Assn. of University Cardiologists and a fellow of the American College of Cardiology.
Practicing what he preached about the value of exercise to good health, he continued to walk a mile a day almost until his death. To keep his mind active and for entertainment, he was taking an advanced calculus class.
Widowed twice, Bruce is survived by his wife of 20 months, Barbara Klemka; three sons, Peter, Robert and Scott; five stepchildren, John and Stuart Laughlin, Carole Brennan, Donna Klemka and Judith Coryell; four grandchildren; and one great-granddaughter.
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Jeff Wilson, a university professor in Austin, left his beautifully appointed dumpster this week. For a year, he lived in the 33-square-foot space, set in the school's parking lot. Read the rest
Dee Williams was diagnosed with a heart condition when she was 41. Faced with her mortality, she radically changed her life. She built a tiny house and reduced the number of things she owns to about 300. She wrote a book about her experience, The Big Tiny, which came out today.
[T]ime is precious, and she wanted to be spending hers with the people and things she truly loved. That included the beautiful sprawling house in the Pacific Northwest she had painstakingly restored—but, increasingly, it did not include the mortgage payments, constant repairs, and general time-suck of home ownership. A new sense of clarity began to take hold: Just what was all this stuff for? Multiple extra rooms, a kitchen stocked with rarely used appliances, were things that couldn’t compare with the financial freedom and the ultimate luxury—time—that would come with downsizing.
Deciding to build an eighty-four-square-foot house—on her own, from the ground up—was just the beginning of building a new life. Williams can now list everything she owns on one sheet of paper, her monthly housekeeping bills amount to about eight dollars, and it takes her approximately ten minutes to clean the entire house. It’s left her with more time to spend with family and friends, and given her freedom to head out for adventure at a moment’s notice, or watch the clouds and sunset while drinking a beer on her (yes, tiny) front porch. | <urn:uuid:0f773d41-e297-4082-8b4d-a39e2b8a4fbe> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://boingboing.net/tag/simple-living | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279410.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00166-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979343 | 350 | 1.507813 | 2 |
In March 2017, ITP Renewables was chosen as the provider of expert advisory services to one of the 20 selected businesses participating in the NSW Clean Energy Strategies for Business program.
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Civil War Machined Working Cannon Model 20th Century
This is a 2.606 1b heavy decorative model composed of four parts; the frame, the barrel and two metal and wood rimmed wheels that are held to the frame with small cotter pins. The cannon barrel pivots slightly up and down on the frame. The Cannon measures approximately Height: 4.25 in. (10.795 cm) Width: 7 in. (17.78 cm) Depth: 8 in. (20.32 cm)
Total weight approx. 2.606 1b
Stamped: No maker’s marks
Condition: In good vintage. working condition, fully operational, perfect for shooting round balls out of, Consistent with age and wear!
Perfect collectible artillery decor showpiece for an office, in your home, to give as a gift to your fellow Military Officer, or to add to your own collection.
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Even though Obama just signed the DARK ACT …
As you may know by now, Congress passed a law that wipes out Vermont’s excellent GMO labeling law and substitutes a fake national GMO labeling regime. Because Obama failed to veto it before Friday, July 29th, it goes into effect. This sham labeling bill:
- Excludes most processed foods from requiring a label;
- Defines genetic engineering so narrowly, that most GMOs on the market don’t qualify; and
- Gives the USDA two years to come up with additional criteria for labeling, which will likely contain even more loopholes.
For products that will require labeling, companies can avoid actually stating on the package that it contains GMOs. Rather, they can force consumers to go on a wild goose chase by calling a listed 800 number to find the answer, or using their smart phones—if they have one—to scan a QR code and then navigate a website.
And to make this law even more irrelevant, if companies decide to ignore the labeling requirements altogether, there is no enforcement or penalty.
Although this is clearly a defeat in our campaigns for getting mandatory labeling in the United States, we are still winning the bigger, more important effort to ELIMINATE GMOs from the market altogether.
Mandatory Labels are not Required for Victory
Labeling GMOs was never the end goal for us. It was a tactic. Labels make it easier for shoppers to make healthier non-GMO choices. When enough people avoid GMOs, food companies rush to eliminate them. Labeling can speed up that tipping point—but only if consumers are motivated to use labels to avoid GMOs.
Therefore, if mandatory labels had been put into place, we would still be required to educate and motivate consumers.
The good news is that the tipping point is already underway based on the voluntary non-GMO labels being put on packages. Major food companies already realize that making non-GMO claims gives them a competitive edge. Why else would Nestles dedicate time during their extremely expensive TV commercials to brag that their coffee creamer is non-GMO? Why else would Dannon announce that their feed for dairy cows will be non-GMO within three years? And why else would Del Monte, Campbell’s, Hershey’s, Post, General Mills, Red Gold, Applegate, and so many others make similar non-GMO commitments? They are scrambling to get the non-GMO sales advantage before their competitors. The flood gates are opening. We are totally winning. Let that sink in.
Behavior-Change Messaging is the Key Success Factor
This major shift in the marketplace has come about due to compelling, behavior-change messaging. And that’s IRT’s specialty. It involves:
- Accurately conveying the health dangers of GMOs in compelling ways, and
- Exposing the lies, cover-ups, and outrageous behavior of the pro-GMO forces.
IRT participated in labeling campaigns around the country using these potent behavior-change messages.
We think it was an unfortunate decision by several of the state and national labeling groups to focus almost exclusively on the “Right to Know” message, which, by itself, doesn’t motivate healthier non-GMO choices. In fact, the vast majority of the money raised for labeling was used to support the Right to Know platform.
If there is a silver lining to the recent defeat of mandatory labeling, it is that our movement can now put our collective attention back on the key success factor—tell people the truth about GMOs and how they can protect themselves and their families from the dangers.
We’d like to thank and celebrate the thousands of GMO labeling campaigners and supporters who have worked so hard for these years. Our collective efforts alerted tens of millions of people that GMOs were indeed in the food supply and we created a national conversation about the topic.
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Crisis management: Knowing your stakeholders
You are about to examine several examples of organizational crises that required company leaders to extract themselves from their typical day to day activities and focus their attention on what has been defined here as high stakes leadership. As you work through these examples, it will become clear that some leaders were more effective in this pursuit than others. In fact, for some of these examples, you may wonder if leadership had ever given a single thought to managing a major disruptive event. Sadly, all of them had, but when it came to execution, many missed the mark.
On April 9, 2017, after passengers were seated on United Express Flight 3411, the United gate agent announced that four passengers would need to be removed in order to accommodate four staff members who required transportation to another location. The airline then selected four passengers for involuntary removal from the flight. Three of these passengers agreed to leave the flight. The fourth selected passenger was 69-year-old David Dao, an Asian-American doctor from Elizabethtown, Kentucky. When approached, he pleaded with the manager to not be removed and explained that as a doctor he could not miss his return flight home.
Chicago Department of Aviation Security Officers were called to forcibly remove him from the plane. In the process, they struck Dao’s face against an armrest, then pulled him, apparently unconscious, by his arms along the aircraft aisle past rows of onlooking passengers. Dao suffered a broken nose, lost two teeth, and was treated at a local hospital for a concussion. As the event took place, passengers on the flight recorded the event on video using smartphone cameras; then the videos were widely circulated on social media.
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The next morning, United CEO Oscar Munoz issued a brief statement that justified the removal of Dao, underscoring the airline’s right to “re-accommodate customers under certain conditions.” He also released an internal message to United Employees commending the crew’s actions. These statements were harshly criticized by the media and the public. Two days later, Mr. Munoz released an additional statement apologizing to Dao and promising to never let this happen again on a United flight. So, first question, was this a crisis for United? It absolutely was. Some say that any media is good media, but in this case, it’s hard to see how the saying could be true. This event did not play well for UAL. In fact, dragging a bloodied customer from the plane was only crisis number one for United. The poorly executed PR statements created a second crisis for the company. Second question: Which stakeholder groups were impacted most significantly by this event and deserve the greatest amount of attention? One could probably make an argument for any of them. But if you were forced to pick one or two, who would you choose? Keep in mind that there is really no “right” answer here. But in most crises, you’ll find that some groups are clearly impacted to a greater extent or in a more impactful way than others. Your ability to identify these will greatly help you focus your crisis leadership efforts.
In this case, the first you should identify is probably the Customer group. This group will be both angry with and somewhat afraid of United after this event. Knowing that you can’t turn back the clock and make this event go away, what could be done to win Customers back? To regain their trust? To regain their business? These are questions that won’t be addressed here, but are clearly the appropriate questions for high stakes leaders to be asking.
What do you think was the second priority stakeholder group for the United crisis? Of those remaining, you can imagine the Media doing the most damage with the information they had. There was a great deal of mobile video produced by other passengers and the bloodied face of Dr. Dao was horrific enough to generate lots of social media comments and forwards. The Regulator group might also be a good guess for the second priority group. Events like this can lead to both fines for the offending company and the possibility of new rules and regulations that could impact the sector going forward. How concerned would United’s Investors be about this crisis? In this case, Investors won’t like the story, but sadly the service bar has been set so low that customer expectations aren’t too far away from the treatment Dr. Dao received – or, at least, it seems that way at times – but United’s ability to grow and make money over the longer term won’t really be impacted much by this event. Again, sad, but true.
How about the Employee and Competitors groups? Employees will feel supported by their CEO based on the first message he released. And Competitors will cringe, but they will know that there isn’t much to be gained by launching a campaign that throws stones at United for their bad behavior.
What’s the lesson here? For this particular crisis, while all stakeholders were very interested in how this situation would be resolved, company leaders should have addressed the needs of the Customer, Media, and Regulator groups immediately to demonstrate their awareness of and concern for the crisis; to address causal factors and prevent a re-occurrence; and to begin their recovery efforts. Suffice it to say, these were not a few great days for UAL.
On August 19th, 2016, Samsung officially launched the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone. It opened with both great reviews and great demand. But by September 2nd, 2016, two weeks after the launch, Samsung suspended sales of the phone and announced an informal recall after reports of manufacturing defects in the phones’ batteries had caused some units to overheat to the extent that they were bursting into flames and exploding, on occasions, in customer’s pockets. During the informal recall period, Samsung was replacing faulty phones with like units, some of which were also catching fire. By October 10th, Samsung recalled all Galaxy Note 7s and ceased production. Analysts reported that the financial impact of the product launch, recall, and termination was in the neighborhood of $17B.
So, first question, was this a crisis for Samsung? Absolutely! Second question: Which stakeholder groups were impacted most significantly by this event? Again, there are many correct answers to this question, but which two would you argue were the most important to engage as quickly as possible? Once again, the first priority group is probably Customers. Images of exploding phones are not good for consumer confidence. What could and should be done to regain the trust of this group (which is the logical third
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And the second highest priority stakeholder group? In this case, there is an argument to be made for the Investor group. While Employees, Regulators, and the Media will all need some attention as soon as practical, the Investor group wanted to know Samsung’s plans immediately. If this group wasn’t engaged right away, it was possible that the financial markets would sour so significantly on the company that the resultant impact on market capitalization might be irrecoverable.
On April 12th, 2018, two black gentlemen were sitting in a Philadelphia Starbucks waiting for a friend. They hadn’t made a purchase and didn’t want to until their friend arrived. Because they were sitting in the store and hadn’t bought anything – yet – an employee asked them to leave. When they didn’t, the police were summoned. The men were arrested and detained for several hours before they were released without being charged. News of this incident went public quickly. Questions of racial bias were raised and the Starbucks brand was under fire. Consumer advocacy groups stepped in quickly to use this event as an illustration of a larger problem that required, no, demanded attention. Starbucks was now under a global spotlight. Question 1: Was this a crisis for Starbucks? Yes, it was.
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Question 2: Which stakeholder groups were impacted most significantly by this event? Do you think that this is another example of Customers being the top priority stakeholder group? Do you believe that customers around the world would stop purchasing their Venti Carmel Macchiatos if Starbucks didn’t make things right immediately? Post-event analysis suggests that while customers didn’t support the way the situation was handled, the event didn’t put significant downward pressure on demand for Starbucks beverages.
So, if not Customers, which stakeholder group required immediate attention? In this case, the Advocacy groups, an NGO subset of the broader Regulator group, should have been the priority. And the next highest priority group? An argument can be made for the Employee group, with communications about what happened, what the company expects of them, and what to do if they are faced with the same situation.
In this case, almost immediately, Howard Schultz, Starbucks Chairman, stepped up and owned the issue. He very visibly assured everyone watching this event play out that he was personally embarrassed and ashamed. He made it clear that what had happened was reprehensible and that the company was committed to making things right. Among the steps Starbucks took to do so was to shut down the entire company for the better part of a day on May 28th to conduct racial bias training for 175,000 employees. This training that would cost the company millions of dollars, but it would clearly send the message that this would not happen again. Today, this response is viewed by many as an exceptional case of doing the right thing in the face of a crisis.
On October 29th, 2018, a Lion Air Boeing 737 MAX passenger plane crashed departing Jakarta, Indonesia killing all of its 189 passengers and crew. Boeing’s subsequent investigation was inconclusive, but their public response suggested both potential issues with the angle of attack system as well as possible shortcomings in pilot training and experience.
Then, on March 10th, 2019, another 737 MAX aircraft operated by Ethiopian Airlines crashed six minutes after takeoff from Addis Ababa airport in Ethiopia, killing all of its 157 passengers and crew.
On March 11th, Ethiopian Airlines grounded all of its 737 MAX aircraft. Later that day, the China Civil Aviation Administration grounded all 737 MAX aircraft operating in China. On March 12th, the US Federal Aviation Administration stated that it had “no basis to order grounding the aircraft” and no data from other countries to justify such action. The next day, however, regulators in both Canada and the United States announced that they now had new information that supported the grounding of all 737 MAX aircraft. By March 14th, Boeing stock had lost 11% of its value. By March 23rd, that number had reached 18%, which equated to approximately $40B in market value. As of June 1st, 2020, all 737 MAX aircraft remained grounded.
Was this a crisis for Boeing? Yes, in any sense of the word crisis. Which stakeholder groups required immediate attention? In this scenario, it would be difficult to eliminate many from the full list. Regulators were under as much scrutiny as Boeing, so they needed immediate engagement. Customers and Investors were panicking as orders were cancelled and market capitalization was falling rapidly. Employees were concerned not only about their jobs, but were devastated by the lives lost to mechanical failure. The Media found themselves in the unique position of not having to use their channels for raising awareness, as most of the world was following the story. Perhaps in this case, the Media would be the least important stakeholder to engage. That said, given the scenario, they would certainly not be a stakeholder to ignore.
From these examples, you can begin to understand the importance of knowing your stakeholders: what they expect from their relationship with an organization and how those expectations are threatened when the organization is struggling through a crisis. An appreciation for stakeholder perspective in this way is perhaps the most valuable tool a crisis leader can have at hand.
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OpenPGP presentation bug unscrambled
Signature verification vuln
A flaw in the way encryption programs present data to users makes it possible for a block of unsigned and unencrypted data to appear no different to users from encrypted data in a message.
The bug does not stem from a flaw in encryption but in the way in which OpenPGP, the standard for transmitting PGP-encrypted data, is interpreted by GnuPG "helpers" such as Enigmail and mail programs such as Evolution and KMail.
OpenPGP-compliant messages might be made up of multiple sections, some of which might not be encrypted. However, helpers and mail software packages fail to use the GnuPG API correctly to interpret where encrypted sections start and end. As a result you might "see the pretty icon telling you that the whole message is encrypted and signed whereas there is a section of it (text, image, binary, whatever) which isn't," the SANS Institute's Internet Storm Centre helpfully explains.
A new release of GnuPG and update to email client have been produced to address the issue, as explained in an advisory here. ®
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Grasping for Solutions
While many states are failing to protect rivers and watersheds from polluted runoff, some communities are taking matters into their own hands
On bright days when the Clinch River in southwestern Virginia runs clear, you can see signs of rebirth strewn along its rocky bottom like so many black pearls. Braven Beaty, an aquatic ecologist in rubber waders, pokes an arm into the mountain stream’s icy swirl and pulls out a hopeful omen.
"Black sandshell," he calls out, rotating a small mussel between fingertips. "A threatened species. I’ve never seen one this far north."
The scientist returns the mussel to its place and scoops up another, and then another, reciting the names of the species as he finds them: fine-rayed pigtoe; kidneyshell; rough rabbitsfoot. In half an hour, he finds 12 different species in a spot no bigger than a carport.
The variety is striking, even for a stream that boasts more varieties of freshwater mussels than any waterway on Earth. But equally striking are the absences: Once there were as many as 60 types of mussels in this Appalachian river before pollution and silt from a century of logging and coal mining wiped out a third of them—forever.
The Clinch’s mussels are slowly coming back, but so far recovery is limited to areas protected by a fragile alliance of conservationists and property owners working to keep sediments out of the water. "It’s hard to get people to understand why mussels are important," says Beaty. "It’s even harder to go to landowners and say, ‘You’re part of the problem.’"
Drawing a connection between land and water is crucial, not only for the Clinch but also for hundreds of other waterways around the country. In an era when environmental regulations have stemmed the flow of pollutants from many U.S. factories, rivers are straining under a burden of chemicals and silt from thousands of smaller sources—everything from poorly managed logging projects and animal waste from factory farms to motor oil off parking lots and weed killers from suburban lawns.
Such diffuse, or nonpoint, pollution is now the Number One cause of contamination in American waterways, fouling an estimated 1.3 million miles of streams and rivers. It is the main reason nearly 40 percent of the nation’s lakes, rivers and estuaries still are not clean enough for swimming or fishing, according to a 1997 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) analysis.
"The magnitude of the problem just hasn’t been recognized," says Michael Murray, an NWF environmental chemist and staff scientist, "and as a result we’re seeing nonpoint pollution getting even worse in a lot of areas of the country." The situation, he adds, is compounded in many areas by air pollution, which contaminates waterways with dioxins and other chemicals emanating from distant sources.
An NWF study released last spring reported that states simply are not enforcing the law when it comes to preventing diffuse pollution from washing into streams (see below). "The failure is inexcusable and the problems are preventable," concludes the report. "The tools for cleaning up polluted runoff and contaminated rain are there, but most states simply aren’t using them aggressively enough."
For states, the primary legal weapon against nonpoint pollution is called the Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) restoration program. Created with the passage of the federal Clean Water Act in 1972, the TMDL provision requires regulators to consider all sources of pollution across a river’s watershed, or drainage basin.
A watershed is the area of land from which rain or melting snow drains into a river. It can be as small as a few hundred acres—typical of a small stream—or it can encompass thousands of square miles and several states, as in the case of the Mississippi River. In all watersheds, the rainwater that replenishes the river also brings wastes that can damage it. Unless preventive steps are taken, pollutants can be swept up in storm runoff and deposited in the river itself.
A TMDL plan helps states identify these hidden problems. The program starts with careful monitoring of water quality by state regulators, along with an investigation of where the pollutants are coming from. Next, the states set limits for each type of pollution—the "total maximum daily load" a river can safely carry. When a river exceeds the limit for a chemical, the state crafts a pollution-reduction strategy that divides the cuts among both point and nonpoint sources of the chemical. States have discretion in determining how the actual allocations are made, with the only requirement that the reductions result in attainment of water-quality standards.
"This TMDL approach makes a clean-up effort more effective and fairer to all parties," says Murray. It can also yield surprising insights: In the Christina River Basin near Wilmington, Delaware, for example, officials discovered that farming and suburban sprawl had eclipsed the state’s homegrown chemical industry as the leading source of the river’s problems. Runoff from farms, lawns and parking lots alone destroyed or damaged fish habitats in nearly 40 percent of the river’s tributaries, according to a TMDL investigation.
More than two-thirds of the nation’s state governments still lack a workable TMDL program, NWF found. "Not one of the 50 states has done what the law requires," it said. The result: Despite a public perception of steadily cleaner rivers and lakes, progress has stalled in many areas and has actually reversed in others. Some examples:
Fertilizers and animal waste from factory livestock farms have helped trigger an unprecedented number of algal blooms, destructive growth spurts that clog waterways and suffocate fish. Most notorious were outbreaks of toxic algae, including the organism Pfiesteria piscicida, blamed for killing a billion fish in coastal North Carolina.
Increased monitoring and continued mercury contamination in lakes and rivers has led to a doubling of fish-consumption advisories (warnings against consuming certain fish) from 1993 to 1998. Much of the mercury originates as smokestack emissions and falls to Earth with rain and snow.
Farm chemicals from states in the Midwest have flowed down the Mississippi River, helping feed a growing "dead zone" of barren, oxygen-depleted water in the Gulf of Mexico. The size of the dead zone ballooned in the early 1990s and grew to 7,500 square miles before shrinking last summer due to drought in the plains states.
Even where the problems are not so dramatic, chemicals in polluted runoff have created the equivalent of a low-grade toxic-waste spill that now extends to virtually every river and stream in the country. In a landmark survey completed in 1999, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) found at least one pesticide in almost every water and fish sample it collected. In fact, more than half the streams tested in the agency’s National Water Quality Assessment Program contained at least five pesticides. The levels of these individual contaminants were usually within EPA safety limits, but the combinations and ubiquity of the chemicals raised a troubling question: Do chronic, low doses of multiple pesticides add up to a greater risk for wildlife and people? "We simply don’t know the effects of sustained exposure to mixtures of chemicals on an aquatic ecosystem," says USGS scientist Bob Gilliom.
The seesaw fortunes of the Clinch River’s mussels are a case study in how changes on land can impact river species and throw entire ecosystems out of balance. Geology and geography conspired to make the waterway one of the world’s great habitats for mussels. Over time, the creatures became the biological cornerstone for a large and diverse wildlife community in and around the Clinch that includes more than 400 rare plants, animals and insects.
However, for an animal that lives in a rock-hard vault and can survive up to 60 years, the mussel is extraordinarily delicate. "Mussels were once 20 percent of the river’s entire biomass," notes Beaty, who conducts research for The Nature Conservancy.
By the late 1980s, the number of mussel species in the Clinch had dropped from 60 to 40, with 26 of the remaining species now facing a serious threat of extinction, scientists say. "The mussels are the piece of the puzzle that disappears first when things start to go wrong," Beaty says. "The good news is, if it’s early enough, even if you lose some of the species, there’s still a chance you can save the ecosystem."
Undoing the damage caused by nonpoint pollution is never as easy as closing a factory or turning a faucet. The modest recovery of the Clinch River and its mussels is the result of a decade of work by dozens of groups to neutralize, one by one, the many small problems that caused the river’s water quality to worsen in the first place. Farmers in the area, for instance, with financial assistance from government agencies, have begun fencing in their pastures to keep livestock out of streams. The same sort of slow-but-sure approach is working to help prevent runoff in rivers elsewhere.
In Boston, federal and local leaders have seen a turnaround in the polluted Charles River in the past five years, through the use of TMDL plans and a crackdown on communities with outdated stormwater systems. The Charles is one of the nation’s most heavily used recreational rivers. Yet in 1995, authorities rated it too dirty for swimming 81 percent of the time.
An aggressive cleanup effort launched that same year took aim at illegal sewage hookups and storm runoff from more than 30 towns along the river’s banks. A study of the Charles, initiated in 1994 by the Charles River Watershed Association (CRWA), proved conclusively that point-source pollution remained a serious problem in the river. As a result, the EPA ordered local governments to begin a comprehensive search for pollution sources, which discovered hundreds of them. "Over the years, with municipal budgets stretched, it’s been easy to allow funds for sewer and storm-drain maintenance to disappear," says CRWA Executive Director Bob Zimmerman.
The payoff for such efforts came last summer, when the Charles fell short of federal swimming standards only 35 percent of the time and earned an above-average rating from the EPA. "Removal of point sources has made a difference," says Zimmerman. "Getting the river clean the rest of the way, however, is likely to be more difficult."
In northwestern Montana, residents along tiny Elk Creek were moved to action after the stream’s renowned cutthroat trout began disappearing. The problem: The fish’s spawning and feeding grounds were seriously damaged by runoff from nearby development and streambed erosion.
The Elk’s fast waters run through mountain gorges and valleys that traditionally were blanketed with a dense covering of evergreens. The trees provided shade, organic matter and shelter for trout, whose size and numbers were legendary. But by the mid-1990s, developers, farmers and loggers had stripped many of the valleys of their trees. The Elk’s denuded banks rapidly eroded, and the creek’s famously clear water turned brown with sediment. As the fish became scarcer, watershed residents began looking for ways to restore the Elk.
Starting with only a few dozen volunteers, the stream’s boosters planted thousands of trees and shored up miles of riverbanks with retention walls made of tree stumps. Today the trout are rebounding, and Elk Creek has become only the third waterway in state history to graduate from Montana’s official list of "impaired" waterways.
"None of us were environmental maniacs, but we all wanted a healthy creek," says local resident Mike Miller. "What we kept hearing was we had to look at the entire watershed. We had to make sure we didn’t have problems upstream that would blow out what we were doing downstream."
For other watersheds, cleanup progress has been maddeningly slow. Neighbors of Lake Tahoe on the California-Nevada border, for example, still have little to cheer about after nearly 40 years of efforts to restore the lake’s famous crystal clarity.
Tahoe is North America’s largest alpine lake and the eighth-deepest freshwater body in the world. A century ago, its waters were so pure a visitor could see objects at depths of more than 100 feet. But runaway development in recent decades brought changes that sullied the lake’s waters. Today the maximum depth for visibility has dropped to 69 feet and is worsening at a rate of a foot a year. A study last year warned the lake’s clarity could be "irreversibly doomed," and many of its fish and wildlife lost, without a dramatic restoration effort.
Attempts to curb runoff at Tahoe are now underway. Local authorities from communities along the lake have adopted some of the nation’s toughest curbs on runoff, requiring landowners to, for example, install water traps and overflow tanks to prevent rainwater from leaving their property. But even with such measures, it may be years before significant improvements are seen.
"There’s no easy fix for these problems," says Murray. "But in a lot of communities, people are coming up with workable solutions. It makes you wonder: What’s holding back the states from doing the same?"
NWF Priority: Safeguarding America’s Watersheds
The above map shows the results of an NWF assessment conducted last year of state efforts to control nonpoint pollution using the watershed-restoration provision of the Clean Water Act. In the study, NWF assigned a grade of "D" or "F" to 38 states. A dozen others earned a "C" or "B," and no state received an "A." "There are other tools to control runoff," says Kari Dolan, an NWF water resources specialist. "However, because many sources of polluted runoff are industries with political might, some states lack the leadership to confront them. That is why the Clean Water Act restoration provision is essential."
The study is part of NWF’s ongoing Saving Our Watersheds program, designed to provide citizens with an understanding of how watersheds work and what tools are available to help protect local lakes, rivers and estuaries. NWF currently is working with activists and scientists on specific watershed projects throughout the country, including:
- In Vermont and New York, NWF is part of a team creating a cleanup plan for a polluted river in the Lake Champlain Basin. NWF also initiated an effort to reduce mercury and polluted runoff in the lake.
- In Alaska, NWF is working with Native organizations and other environmental groups to defend the vast Copper River Delta against logging, mining and other water-quality threats.
- In Georgia, NWF played a key role in forming a citizen-led coalition addressing problems in the Upper Suwanee River Watershed.
- In Minnesota, NWF is part of a unique partnership between industries, municipalities and conservation groups that is developing solutions to stem mercury pollution in the St. Louis River.
- In Delaware, NWF and its affiliate, the Delaware Nature Society, are providing information to citizens who are concerned about protecting the Christina River Basin. The program includes training volunteers to conduct periodic water monitoring.
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