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The word “candidate” usually evokes ideas and images about politicians, campaigns, and elections. The field of laser vision correction has its candidate selection process too, but it has nothing to do with politics!
Although LASIK can be very successful when performed on the right patients, it may not be for everyone. Generally, the best candidates for LASIK laser eye surgery are people who have healthy eyes, have not had a previous eye surgery, and want to correct myopia, hyperopia, or astigmatism. They must also have stable vision for at least one year prior to LASIK surgery. Patients whose corneas are too thin may be candidates for other laser surgeries. People with certain medical conditions or taking certain medications may not be eligible for LASIK.
A recent, major advance in LASIK laser eye surgery, wavefront technology may be better for any LASIK candidate, but it can also be a requirement for people who have complicated prescriptions. By measuring the whole eye and providing a three-dimensional corneal map, wavefront technology provides the surgeon with literally a map of all abnormalities, irregularities, or optical aberrations, of the eye, allowing the surgeon to correct the patient’s vision, however complicated the prescription, as near perfectly as possible. Whether a patient is nearsighted or farsighted, or has astigmatism, wavefront technology also makes possible corrections for contrast sensitivity, night vision, depth perception, and light sensitivity.
Some patients may only be eligible candidates for photo-ablative inlay (PAI) LASIK, which of course would be determined by the surgeon. PAI LASIK was very recently invented to help improve LASIK results for correcting higher degrees of refractive errors than those of candidates who are only suitable for wavefront technology. This process involves creating a flap in the cornea, placing a synthetic PAI on the cornea, and then performing the excimer laser correction on the PAI (instead of directly on the cornea). This process involves little if any affect on the cornea itself. If a patient’s vision naturally worsens, the PAI can be removed and another one can be inlayed again and LASIK performed for a different correction.
Last but not least, for patients to fine-tune their prospects for LASIK candidacy ahead of time, they can take a pre-screening test such as the one available at http://www.allaboutvision.com/visionsurgery/am-i-a-lasik-candidate.htm. You may find the results helpful, such as:
“If you are considering LASIK, see a qualified eye care professional and have a thorough eye examination, including tests which will help determine whether or not LASIK is right for you. Only this type of thorough assessment can accurately determine if you are a candidate for LASIK. During your examination and consultation, you may discover factors of which you were unaware at the time you took this test, which make you a poorer, or a better, LASIK candidate.” | <urn:uuid:967048e7-bbd6-4d47-8865-54054315a59a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.schneiderlasik.com/blog/lasik-candidates/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571210.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810191850-20220810221850-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.942496 | 645 | 2.09375 | 2 |
Sauron is the main villain in JRR Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings series of novels, considered the Dark Lord of Middle-earth, the owner of the land of Mordor with the ambition to rule the world. Throughout this series, Sauron is associated with the image of a fiery eye that is always searching every corner to find the One Ring. The “Eye of Sauron” (or The Eye of Sauron) is a symbol of strength and fear for anyone involved in the battle involving the Ring of Power.
And interestingly, employees at Meta use this phrase – The Eye of Sauron, to nickname CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
Joining The Tim Ferriss Show, Zuckerberg shared about how he manages his energy at the company when constantly having to work with the ever-changing flow of information every second. The “father” of Facebook said: “I am not the kind of person who is calm enough to meditate and enter the necessary concentration. I always have to put myself in situations where I can’t concentrate to work“.
Zuckerberg continued to share: “A few of my colleagues have lovingly remarked that my focus is like “The Eye of Sauron”. The reason is because I need that kind of energy when I’m focused on something, and by just glancing at anyone, any other team, I can burn them.“.
Before Zuckerberg’s candid sharing, the online community immediately divided into two camps: Some people think that the employees at Meta really love and respect their “boss” because of their high concentration when working. work in a stressful environment; Others consider this nickname as an irony they give to Zuckerberg, because after all, since when has “The Eye of Sauron” been considered a good thing?
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Group to Scouts: Admit gays or lose funding
Some Boy Scouts councils will have a hole in its budget this year because United Way funds have been withheld in the wake of the decision by the Boy Scouts of America to continue its membership ban on openly homosexual adults.
Lycoming County United Way officials, however, say the decision will not impact them.
The board of the Greater Susquehanna Valley United Way voted Tuesday to withhold discretionary funds totaling $11,300 previously pledged to the Susquehanna Council of Boy Scouts of America.
The Greater Susquehanna Valley United Way serves Northumberland, Snyder and Union counties; the Boy Scouts’ Susquehanna Council serves those three as well as Lycoming and Clinton counties.
“We applaud the Boy Scout organization for including gay youth, but without any rationale, they’ve excluded gay adults,” Keri Albright, president of the Greater Susquehanna Valley United Way, said in a news release. “We fund programs that reflect the value and practice of welcoming people of diverse backgrounds. We’re not straight adults or gay adults. We’re adults. There is strength in unity and that’s what we’re promoting.”
Eric Rowe, chairman of the Greater Susquehanna Valley United Way board, said the voting majority there was “thinking about the young Scout with a gay parent who wants to be a volunteer leader. The message that’s being sent to that kid now is that his dad is not OK if he’s gay, perpetuating a stereotype that United Way can’t support.”
The funding was earmarked to be used in training all adult volunteers and new youth enrollees in the Scouts, along with half of the more than 1,200 youth now enrolled across the region in Boy Scouts.
Susquehanna Council Scout Executive John Brennan said that “at this early hour to determine what programs are directly impacted is very difficult.”
“Are we disappointed that we are no longer going to be one of the programs funded by the United Way? Yes we are,” Brennan said. “The focus of the United Way is to make the community a better community and Boy Scouts of America through character development, citizenship training and fitness programs is an integral part.”
Scott Lowery, executive director of the Lycoming County United Way, says that his chapter was not funding any Scout programs this year.
“That has nothing to do with this issue – each United Way establishes its own regulations as to who they may or may not fund,” Lowery said. “We fund programs, not agencies, and they had requested funding from (the United Way) to enable them to go out and hire an additional scout executive. That’s not a program to us and we said we just couldn’t fund that.”
For several years before, the Lycoming County United Way funded a Boy Scouts’ summer program at the Campbell Street Center, Lowery said.
Brennan says his organization “wants to continue working closely with the United Way” and that he hopes that “folks in community who want to support the Boy Scouts would do so, or still support us through the United Way.” | <urn:uuid:f2caead7-23fa-4d96-90bf-4c670d8a6125> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.sungazette.com/news/top-news/2013/06/group-to-scouts-admit-gays-or-lose-funding/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719453.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00230-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960832 | 688 | 1.78125 | 2 |
This piece is first of a long series which I have already written and set to pop up one after another. If you comment, the likelihood is that you will be addressing some point which I deal with in a later section. And, while I normally dislike censorship, I will delete contributions the tone of which I dislike.
Pope Stephen VII dug up his predecessor's corpse and tried it; he annulled all his ordinations. In less than a year, he was strangled in prison. Well, there you go. But he was Sovereign Pontiff; and whatever Magisterium Popes have, he had it in full ... didn't he? His annulling of his predecessor's ordinations is a particularly dramatic example of a recurrent phenomenon in Church History: the conviction that the Orders of someone of whom one very strongly disapproves - either personally or theologically - are invalid. We don't know why S Theodore thought S Chad was invalidly consecrated; we know that he did. There were recurrent claims in the Middle Ages that the orders of someone who had committed simony were invalid ... one can understand why. And I wouldn't be in the least surprised to learn that the Orthodox reordain convert Latin priests ... and even less surprised to learn that different Orthodox jurisdictions have different praxeis in this matter, and that some of them even reordain other Orthodox. And, a few years ago, the Vatican Press Office declared that Orders conferred by a schismatic African bishop would not be treated as valid. Again, one can see why: lots of unpleasant schismatical nutters proliferating Orders ... a nightmare (The Vatican Press Office, however, has not usually been seen as the principal dicastery charged with passing judgement on such matters). I will call this attitude towards those of whom we strongly disapprove, because I can't think of anything better, Gut Instinct Invalidation.
But over there, in the other corner of the ring, is a different attitude: that valid orders can and do exist in the most unattractive and improbable places. And that the minimum rquirements in terms of Matter, Form and Intention are extremely low. This is the dominant and official doctrinal tendency within Catholic theology, even if the Vatican Press Office hasn't heard of it.
I am not in the least surprised that Cardinal Vaughan worked so relentlessly to have Anglican Orders declared invalid, out of Gut Instinct Invalidation. There were those Anglicans, he thought, now pretending to be 'Catholic priests' when their Anglican predecessors had murdered, taunted, tortured the martyrs from the seminaries. And this is, in itself, a pretty good reason for Anglicans to show some humility when seeking to exercise their priesthood in communion with Rome. Above all, let us recall how S Chad behaved when confronted with Gut Instinct Invalidation in the person of S Theodore. He submitted gracefully and humbly, and thus ecclesial communion was restored and made perfect in his graceful submission.
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"If a prominent imam is right, Pope Francis will visit Assisi Sept. 19 for a major international interreligious meeting.
Mohamed Abdel Qader, the Imam of Perugia and Umbria – the Italian region that is home to Assisi – raised the possibility last week in an interview with the Italian Bishops Conference’s television TV2000.
Imam Qader told TV2000 that there will be a papal visit to Assisi for peace Sept. 19-20.
'I and many other representatives of the national and international Muslim community will go and greet the Pope,' the imam said.
At present, the Vatican has not officially confirmed papal participation in the meeting of Assisi.
The meeting falls on the 30th anniversary of the World Day of Prayer for Peace that St. John Paul II convoked in Assisi 1986.
St. John Paul II went back to Assisi for successive events 1993 and 2002. The last day of prayer led by a Pope was convoked by Benedict XVI in 2011, to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the first historic meeting in Assisi.
However, the Sant’Egidio community has organized an interreligious meeting every year since 1986, held at different locations.
This year, the event will once again take place in Assisi. Father Mauro Galimberti, custodian of the Sacred Convent of Assisi, said that the Franciscan friars will join the Sant’Egidio community and the diocese to “open wide the doors for a new meeting among the world leaders of religion.”
The event, the custodian said, will be 'a choral prayer.'
'Together, we will ask ourselves: what are the principles acknowledged by all the religions for peaceful coexistence? What contribution to politics, science and culture in general can we propose to draft a decalogue of human coexistence?'
This interreligious dialogue effort is part of other efforts to advance a 'culture of encounter' which the Pope has prized during his pontificate."
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|Full name||Sydney Francis Barnes|
|Born||19 April 1873|
Smethwick, Staffordshire, England
|Died||26 December 1967 (aged 94)|
Chadsmoor, Staffordshire, England
Right-arm leg spin
|Test debut (cap 129)||13 December 1901 v Australia|
|Last Test||18 February 1914 v South Africa|
|Domestic team information|
Source: CricketArchive, 12 June 2011
Sydney Francis Barnes (19 April 1873 – 26 December 1967) was an English professional cricketer who is regarded as one of the greatest bowlers of all time. He was right-handed and bowled at a pace that varied from medium to fast-medium with the ability to make the ball both swing and break from off or leg. In Test cricket, Barnes played for England in 27 matches from 1901 to 1914, taking 189 wickets at 16.43, one of the lowest Test bowling averages ever achieved. In 1911–12, he helped England to win the Ashes when he took 34 wickets in the series against Australia. In 1913–14, his final Test series, he took a world record 49 wickets in a test series, against South Africa.
Barnes was unusual in that, despite a very long career as a top-class player, he spent little more than two seasons in first-class cricket, briefly representing Warwickshire (1894 to 1896) and Lancashire (1899 to 1903). Instead, he preferred league and minor counties cricket for mostly professional reasons. He had two phases playing for his native Staffordshire in the Minor Counties Championship from 1904 to 1914 and from 1924 to 1935. He played exclusively for Saltaire Cricket Club in the Bradford League from 1915 to 1923. In his wider career from 1895 to 1934, he variously represented several clubs in each of the Bradford, Central Lancashire, Lancashire and North Staffordshire leagues.
Barnes was born on 19 April 1873 in Smethwick, Staffordshire. He was the second son of five children whose father, Richard, lived nearly all of his life in Staffordshire, working for 63 years at the Muntz Metal Company which was based at Selly Oak in Birmingham. His father did not play much cricket and Barnes was the only one of three brothers who ever "touched a bat or ball".
Work outside cricket
Outside cricket, Barnes worked as a clerk in a Staffordshire colliery until 1914, and later at Staffordshire County Council where he became skilful in calligraphy. Even into his nineties, his skill as an inscriber of legal documents was still in demand. In 1957, he was asked to present a handwritten scroll to Elizabeth II to commemorate her visit to Stafford.
1888 to 1894
Barnes's career began in 1888 when he was fifteen and played for a small club which had a ground behind the Galton Hotel in Smethwick. Soon afterwards, he joined Smethwick Cricket Club and played for its third team. He was taught to bowl off spin by Billy Bird, the Smethwick professional who had played for Warwickshire, and then taught himself to bowl leg spin. In due course, he was selected for the second team and had earned a place in the first team, playing in the Birmingham and District Premier League, at the start of the 1893 season.
In 1894, when Barnes was a 21-year-old fast bowler, he was asked to join the ground staff of Staffordshire County Cricket Club but he found the terms unattractive. Instead, he joined Rishton Cricket Club in the Lancashire League where the pay was better than in any form of county cricket, largely because of match bonuses and collections. He played for Rishton until 1899. Wilfrid S. White commented that Barnes's career in league cricket "stands out unparalleled, unapproached, by any other player".
Later in the 1894 season, Barnes was invited to play for Warwickshire, who were due to enter the County Championship in 1895. His debut was in a minor match against Cheshire at Edgbaston on 20–21 August. Barnes bowled only 8 overs, taking none for 27, and the match was drawn. On 23 August, Barnes made his first-class debut for Warwickshire against Gloucestershire at Clifton College Close Ground, except that he did not take the field as play was restricted by bad weather to just 72 overs of his team's first innings, in which they reached 102–2.
1895 to 1903
Barnes played only three more times for Warwickshire: twice in May 1895 and once in June 1896. He took just three wickets in these matches, having bowled 86 overs and conceded 226 runs. Barnes finished with Warwickshire after they invited him to play in a match and then sent him a telegram telling him not to come because an amateur would be playing. So, he chose to play mostly for Rishton from 1895 to 1899, making 38 appearances and taking 411 wickets, his best season being 1898 when he took 96 wickets at 8.46. Barnes had been a fast bowler with Warwickshire but in his time at Rishton he reduced his pace to medium fast and experimented with spin.
Barnes's association with Lancashire began in 1899 when he played for the club's Second XI against Staffordshire in a match at the County Ground, Stoke-on-Trent on 10 and 11 July. He took ten wickets in the match including a match-winning analysis of eight for 38 in the second innings. In August, he made his first-team debut for Lancashire and played in two County Championship matches against Sussex and Surrey but he had only moderate success with a best return of three for 99 against Surrey. He rejected an offer to join the Lancashire ground staff, preferring to remain in better-paid league cricket, which he could combine with full-time employment as a clerk in a Staffordshire colliery.
In 1900, Barnes left Rishton and joined Burnley Cricket Club, also in the Lancashire League. He did not represent Lancashire that season but reappeared in 1901 when he made two Second XI appearances against Yorkshire's Second XI and one County Championship match, the last match of the season in late August against Leicestershire at Old Trafford. This was a rain-interrupted draw but Barnes scored 32 runs and then took six for 70 in the Leicestershire first innings, reducing them to an all-out 140 in response to Lancashire's total of 328–8 declared. Lancashire wanted Barnes to sign for them in 1902 but Barnes, always financially aware, was unsure as he considered first-class county cricket to be "a great deal of hard work for relatively little money" and he liked his arrangement with Burnley supplementing his full-time job.
Lancashire's captain was Archie MacLaren who was about to form an England team to tour Australia in 1901–02 and, despite Barnes's limited first-class career to this point, he was invited to join the squad. This came about because Lord Hawke refused to allow George Hirst and Wilfred Rhodes to travel but MacLaren had become, to quote White, "the first to see in Barnes a bowler of international calibre". Barnes's selection was a major surprise and considered to be "the most daring experiment in the history of the game". For Barnes, "job security was always a prime consideration" and he accepted the tour but with misgivings.
Barnes was a great success in Australia but his participation was cut short by a knee injury. He played against three state teams before making his Test debut against Australia on 13 December 1901 at Sydney Cricket Ground, where he took five for 65 in the first innings. Also making their debuts in this Test were Colin Blythe and Len Braund. Between them, the three debutant bowlers took all twenty Australian wickets as England won by an innings and 124 runs. Australia levelled the series in the second Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground, winning by 229 runs although Barnes had figures of six for 42 and seven for 121. Monty Noble trumped Barnes's effort with seven for 17 and six for 60. Although successful, taking nineteen wickets in the two Tests to add to the thirteen in his previous seven first-class matches, Barnes was over-bowled. He injured a knee in the third Test at Adelaide Oval and missed the remainder of the tour. He later said he was still far short of his best at the time, but he had established himself as a world-class bowler.
Differences arose between Barnes and MacLaren because Barnes was, in Derek Birley's words, "the arch-professional (who) expected due reward (for his efforts)". This was in stark contrast to MacLaren's "starry-eyed public school enthusiasm" and the two did not get on personally. After leaving Australia, the team were crossing the Tasman Sea in a storm which had them "fearing for their lives". At one point, MacLaren was heard to say: "Well, there's one consolation. If we go down, that bugger Barnes will go down with us".
Barnes was selected only once in England's home series against Australia in 1902. This was for the third Test, the only Test ever held at Bramall Lane in Sheffield, which Australia won by 143 runs. Barnes took six for 49 and one for 50, but Noble with 11 wickets was again Australia's matchwinner.
Despite his differences with MacLaren, Barnes became a first team regular at Lancashire through the 1902 and 1903 seasons, producing several successful performances, although he was still troubled in 1902 by the knee injury sustained on tour. In 1903, Barnes was in dispute with Lancashire about winter employment and being "much over-bowled". Near the end of the season, Barnes took part in the Gentlemen v Players match but was unfit and could only bowl one over. Comments were made in the press that it was unfair of Barnes to "claim a fee and then not perform". Barnes thought it unfair that he should be paid the same as teammates who did much less work. Lancashire were paying him £3 a week in summer and £1 in winter, whereas in the Lancashire League he could get £8 plus bonuses for playing Saturdays only. Barnes tried to get more from Lancashire and refused to sign a contract for 1904. Lancashire called his bluff and dropped him from the team for their final match of the season. Barnes went back to the leagues and minor counties for good and never played in the County Championship again.
The 1902 and 1903 seasons were the only ones between 1895 and 1934 in which Barnes did not play league cricket. He played in 22 first-class matches in 1902, taking 95 wickets at an average of 21.56 with a best analysis of six for 39 and one match in which he took 10 wickets. He is listed well down the national averages and his overall performance bears moderate comparison with that of, for example, Wilfred Rhodes who took 213 wickets at 13.15 with five ten-wicket matches. In 1903, Barnes made 24 appearances and took 131 wickets at 17.85. He was ninth of those bowlers who took 100 wickets; his best analysis was eight for 37 and he had three ten-wicket matches. 1903 was the only season in which Barnes took 100 wickets in an English first-class season, although he did capture 104 wickets in South Africa in 1913–14.
1904 to 1914
Barnes joined Staffordshire in 1904 and played in the Minor Counties Championship until 1914. He combined this with weekend league cricket, returning to the Lancashire League for the 1904 and 1905 seasons to play for Church. In 1906, he moved to the North Staffordshire League and was with Porthill to 1914. Barnes did not play first-class cricket again for over four years until he joined an occasional team playing against the South African tourists in September 1907. He toured Australia the following winter and the bulk of his Test career was played from then till 1914. He made eight appearances for the Players in the prestigious Gentlemen v Players series during this period, culminating in the July 1914 match.
Barnes returned to Test cricket when England toured Australia in 1907–08. This time, he played in all five Tests and took 24 wickets at 26.08 with a best performance of seven for 60. In the second Test, which England won by 1 wicket, it was Barnes's batting that was crucial as he shared stands of 34 for the ninth wicket with Joe Humphries and an unbeaten 39 for the last with Arthur Fielder. When the tourists played Western Australia, Barnes shared a stand with George Gunn of over 200 for the fifth wicket while scoring 93, his personal best in first-class cricket.
In the 1909 season, Barnes played in the last three of England's five Tests against Australia. In the third Test at Headingley, he took six for 63 in Australia's second innings but England lost by 126 runs. The fourth Test at Old Trafford was drawn, Barnes taking five for 56 in the first innings. In the final Test at The Oval, Barnes took two wickets in each innings of another drawn match. In 1910, Barnes was made a Wisden Cricketer of the Year.
Barnes joined the MCC tour of Australia in 1911–12 and played in all five Tests. In the first Test at Sydney, which England lost, captain Johnny Douglas shared the new ball with left-arm seamer Frank Foster. Barnes, disgusted at being made a change bowler, sulked and gave a performance that was well below par. At Melbourne, however, Douglas bowed to the pressure and surrendered the new ball to the Staffordshire bowler, who responded with a spell of four wickets for one run in his first five overs. His first four victims were Warren Bardsley, Charles Kelleway, Clem Hill and Warwick Armstrong. When Frank Foster dismissed Victor Trumper and Barnes added Roy Minnett, the home side were reduced to 38 for six. Barnes took 39 wickets in the series with three five-wicket hauls. These efforts led him to being retrospectively calculated as achieving the number one ranking in the ICC Test Bowler Rankings (he retained it for the next 2 years).
In the 1912 Triangular Tournament, Barnes played in all six of England's Tests, three each against Australia and South Africa. In the three matches against South Africa, he took 34 wickets for 282 runs.
In 1913–14, Barnes toured South Africa with MCC and played in the first four Tests of a five match series. He missed the last Test because of a financial disagreement. His 49 wickets on the matting pitches used in this series remains the world record for wickets taken in a Test series. In the second Test at the Old Wanderers ground in Johannesburg, he became the first bowler to take more than 15 wickets in a Test with figures of eight for 56 and nine for 103 resulting in a match analysis of seventeen for 159.
Only Jim Laker's match analysis of nineteen for 90 in 1956 has since surpassed this feat in Test cricket. Don Bradman recalled seeing Barnes at Old Trafford after Laker had destroyed Australia in that match. "Well, what did you think of that?", Bradman asked Barnes. He received the gruff reply that "no bugger ever got all ten when I was on at the other end", probably a reference to the fact that Laker's co-bowler Tony Lock did not take a wicket in the second innings (in the whole match, Lock took one for 106 in 69 overs).
Barnes took 189 Test wickets. His average of 16.43 and strike rate of 41.65 are the lowest amongst bowlers who have played in more than 25 Tests and taken more than 150 wickets, although Kagiso Rabada currently has a lower strike rate. His closest challenger is Alan Davidson, who took 186 wickets at 20.53. Barnes took his 150th test match wicket in only his 24th test, which is a world record. Next best are Waqar Younis and Yasir Shah (27 tests each).
1915 to 1923
Barnes was 41 when the First World War began and so too old for military service. First-class cricket was shelved for the duration but league cricket continued and numerous top-class players including Jack Hobbs, Wilfred Rhodes and Frank Woolley signed up to play in the Bradford League. Barnes saw an advert placed by Saltaire Cricket Club in the "Athletic News" periodical and applied for the role by saying: "Will I do?" From 1915 to 1923, he played exclusively and with great success for Saltaire. The club and their ground at Roberts Park had been founded in 1871 and they joined the Bradford League in 1905. They won the league three times (1917, 1918 and 1922) while Barnes played for them. On his debut in May 1915, he took eight for eight against Bowling Old Lane and followed that with all ten for fourteen against Baildon Green, including five wickets in five successive balls. In later seasons, he took all ten against Bowling Old Lane and Keighley.
Barnes knew full well his value to Saltaire and characteristically drove a hard bargain. There were several record crowd and gate receipt matches when he was playing, including one Priestley Cup final at Bradford Park Avenue, a first-class ground used by Yorkshire. Barnes started on £3 10s per match in 1915 plus travel and accommodation, though he did soon remove to Saltaire (and the club paid his removal costs). His match fee doubled in 1916 and had increased to £18 15s in 1922. Like all professionals operating in league cricket, he benefited from "pass the hat" crowd collections (performance rewards) at each game and, as an additional supplement, he secured a coaching role at Bradford Grammar School which is near Saltaire. Saltaire over-reached themselves somewhat and it took an effort to re-balance the books in the 1920s following Barnes's departure.
In total, Barnes took 904 wickets for Saltaire at an average of 5.26. He took a hundred wickets in a season five times, a rare feat in the Bradford League's history, and headed the bowling averages in every one of his nine seasons there. He had an average of under five in most seasons and even his highest was only seven, which is itself generally held to be a remarkable bowling average in any level of competition.
Fifteen years after Barnes left Saltaire, they signed the young Jim Laker, then a sixteen year old schoolboy who lived in nearby Baildon. Laker played for Saltaire through the 1938 to 1940 seasons. He joined the British Army in 1941 and spent the Second World War in Egypt. He did not develop his off break bowling skill until he joined the Army and at Saltaire he was recognised primarily as a promising batsman who was also a useful pace bowler. During that time, when he was attending a coaching class with Yorkshire at Headingley, Laker listened to a conversation between George Hirst and Herbert Sutcliffe who apparently did not often agree with each other about cricket, but Laker recalled Sutcliffe being in complete agreement with Hirst's view that "Sydney Barnes was the greatest bowler there has ever been and what's more the greatest bowler there ever will be". Around that time, Laker had watched Barnes, then in his sixties, when he guested in a Bradford League match. Laker recalled that Barnes's control of the ball was "still remarkable".
After Laker became an England bowler himself, he was able to meet Barnes and remembered one conversation in particular which took place at Lord's. Laker was impressed by Barnes's genuine enthusiasm and self-confidence. He had been told that Barnes would bowl such varied deliveries as an in-swinger, a fast off break and a leg-cutter all in the same over. Laker asked Barnes if that was true and Barnes said: "Keep trying something different". Laker heeded his advice.
1924 to 1935
Barnes declined an opportunity to join the tour to Australia in 1920–21, when he was 47 years old. He wanted to take his family with him, but it soon became clear that he would have to pay their traveling expenses. He was not selected by England nor did he seek selection by the Players after the First World War. He did not play first-class cricket again until 1927 when he was 54 years old. From then until 1930, he made nine appearances for Wales.
He left Saltaire after the 1923 season and returned to Staffordshire where he remained until 1935. As in his first spell with the county, he decided he would also play league cricket at weekends. From 1924 to 1930, this was in the Central Lancashire League, first with Castleton Moor (1924 to 1928) and then for Rochdale (1929 and 1930). He moved to Rawtenstall in the Lancashire League from 1931 to 1933. Then, aged 61, he returned to the Bradford League to play for Keighley in 1934, which was his final season in league cricket.
Barnes took 49 wickets for Wales in 1928, including seven for 51 and five for 67 in an eight wicket win over the touring West Indians. He also made two first-class appearances for the Minor Counties in 1929 and took eight for 41 in a drawn game against the South Africans at Stoke-on-Trent. Barnes's final first-class appearance was for Wales against Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at Lord's in 1930.
Barnes made a total of 177 appearances for Staffordshire in two spells from 1904 to 1914 and 1924 to 1935. His career record for Staffordshire was 1,432 wickets at an average of 8.03. Aged 62, he played twice for Staffordshire in 1935 and, although he did make occasional reappearances in later years, that was effectively the end of his cricketing career. His last match for Staffordshire was against Yorkshire Seconds on the Savile Park ground at Castleford on 3 & 4 July 1935 where he took none for 36 and one for 61.
Approach and technique
Barnes bowled with consistent attacking intent, consistently making the batsmen play, and using ongoing variation.
He could bowl balls that swung and/or spun both ways, at a range of speeds (mostly fast-medium). He in particular delivered leg-breaks bowled at pace and without rotation of the wrist. The spin was derived purely from the twist exerted by his fingers (which were described as long) rather than through leverage of the wrist or elbow. Fielders at mid-off and mid-on reported hearing the snap of his fingers as he bowled, with the batsmen unable to read which way the ball would break.
Barnes was described as more than six feet tall and maintaining an erect posture with wide shoulders, a deep chest, long arms and strong legs – in John Arlott's view, "perfectly built to be a bowler". He bowled right arm fast-medium but also had what Arlott called "the accuracy, spin and resource of a slow bowler". Barnes's high delivery provided him with a lift off the pitch that forced even the best batsmen to play him at an awkward height. He was clever at concealing his pace and could produce deliveries that were both appreciably faster and slower than his usual fast-medium pace; and could bowl an effective yorker. Barnes considered himself essentially a spin bowler as he bowled both the off-break and the leg-break, but at a fast pace. Although technically formidable, Barnes allied his skillset to a hostile persona and great stamina which, Arlott says, "were reflected in constant, unrelenting probing for a batsman's weakness and then attacking it by surprise, each ball fitting into a tactical pattern". In Barnes's era, the same ball would be used for the whole of a team's innings, with no new ball, although bowlers were assisted by the unpredictability of uncovered pitches.
Harry Altham wrote of Barnes's bowling: "At appreciably more than medium pace he could, even in the finest weather and on the truest wickets in Australia, both swing and break the ball from off or leg. Most deadly of all was the ball which he would deliver from rather wide on the crease, move in with a late swerve the width of the wicket, and then straighten back off the ground to hit the off stump".
Bernard Hollowood played alongside Barnes for Staffordshire in the 1930s and quoted his father, Albert Hollowood, who had been Barnes's Staffordshire captain before the First World War, as saying: "Oh, yes, he could bowl 'em all, but he got his wickets with fast leg-breaks. Marvellous, absolutely marvellous, he was. Fast leg-breaks and always on a length".
The great Australian batsman Clem Hill told Neville Cardus that, on a perfect wicket, Barnes could swing the new ball in and out "very late", could spin from the ground, pitch on the leg stump and miss the off. This is evidence of Barnes's ability to deploy maximum variety in the space of a single over. Cardus remarked on Barnes's creativity as "one of the first bowlers really to use the seam of a new ball and combine swing so subtly with spin that few batsmen could distinguish one from the other".
Cardus described Barnes's "splendid upright action, right arm straight over". He ran on easy strides. Wilfred Rhodes recalled that Barnes carried the ball in his left hand until, a couple of strides from delivery, he switched it to the right.
As for Barnes's controversial character, Cardus said that he was not an easy man to handle on the field of play because there was a "Mephistophelian aspect about him" in that (unlike the amateurs) he didn't play cricket out of any "green field starry-eyed idealism".
Cardus said that Barnes was a hostile, attacking bowler.
Cardus said Barnes always made the batsman play the ball and Barnes himself said about later bowlers sending down so many balls the batsman needn't play that: "I didn't. I never gave'em any rest".
Barnes, said Cardus, was "relentless" and "blew a chill wind of antagonism", but he mellowed in full age and retirement. (Cardus, Wisden Obituary)
Bernard Hollowood drew two cartoons of Barnes, which appear in his book Cricket on the Brain. One depicts him leaping in the air as he appeals for a dismissal and with his index finger raised as though he himself is adjudicating on the appeal. It is entitled 'A.N. Other lbw Barnes.... 0'. John Arlott wrote in his review of the book for the 1971 Wisden: ...his two caricatures of S.F. Barnes would seem transcendent if they were not outweighed by his chapter on that great bowler which is a fine passage of cricket literature... this is a book of many and well-cut facets.
Barnes married Alice Maud Taylor (née Pearce) in 1903 and they had one child, a son called Leslie who took the photos for Wilfrid S. White's biography of Barnes. Barnes was Alice's second husband, following her divorce from George Taylor.
In later life, Barnes became friends with Pelham Warner, who was his exact contemporary, and they watched cricket together at Lord's.
Awards and tributes
In the 1963 edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, Barnes was selected by Neville Cardus as one of the "Six Giants of the Wisden Century". This was a special commemorative selection requested by Wisden for its 100th edition. The other five players chosen were Don Bradman, W. G. Grace, Jack Hobbs, Tom Richardson and Victor Trumper. Soon afterwards, writing in the May 1963 edition of The Cricketer, John Arlott published a tribute to Barnes which commemorated his 90th birthday. Arlott wrote that of those who played with or against Barnes, "(they) had no doubt that he stood alone – the greatest bowler that ever lived". In 2008, when the "ICC Best-Ever Test Championship Ratings" were published, Barnes's retrospective rating of 932 at the end of the 1913/14 series was the highest ever achieved. In 2009, Barnes was an inaugural member of the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. To mark 150 years of the Cricketers' Almanack, Wisden named him in an all-time Test World XI.
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Trees, Traditional and GMO, are both caring for an stable ecosystem ?
How the Tree of Life can help us enhance and broad the perception of our business?
Why to use metaphores in our business language?
Why emotions and subconscious symbolic language are so important for human communication and why need to be integrated in our business life?
In the forest there arent both trees equal, but all are the same. Equality is not the result of an intention but of agreement, of policy. IN the forest there are several kinds of trees, species. Within each species, there are always those that evolve in a unique way and bring that ability to next generations. This process is key for the ecosystem survival. While long term achievements for the forest like the learning process of the trees, their wisdom, cant be accelerated but empowered, enhanced through conscious participation, collaboration with nature forces, life principles, laws, cycles, rhythms, that are part of our eco system. There for there is much to observe and learn, from the ecosystem and between role players in it, from all the species living and cocreating the eco system.
There are several kind of trees, they all grow different, the end result of a cedar tree isnt the same as that of an apple tree or of a grape. to expect from a cedar to produce grapes along the grape ripe season wouldnt be smart, actually wouldnt be realistic.
Which kind of tree are you? Which kind of tree is your business? your community, your organization, your network, your family, your political party?
In general the successful process of growth of a tree involves the following stages.
If we are perceiving the growing stages of the tree as milestones, we actually are setting goals, small steps, necessary for the end result.
Now, lets focus at this time on the flower. The flower in the tree of life is dedicated to marketing, communication, sales. The scent of the flower, its pollen, essence, will attract all sort of insects that will help the pollination process which is necessary for the fruit to come.
The flower stage is the most creative interaction the tree has with its environment. We said, flowers are there for the sexual enjoyment for the trees: Leisure and Learning through Loving Co-creation!
The stage of the flower is not the first one, it is not to be there after the sprout. You will need to wait for the tree to have some stability, roots, strength, life experience, development stages done, achieved.
Now, this is a fact, easy to perceive and notice in nature.
Then, imagine if you would prepare a camera man, lights and settings for taking pictures of the flower and the bees in the process of pollination at the stage of the sprout? would your investment make sense?
I think it would not.
To ask for the tree fruits, while the tree is not yet mature enough, is not clever neither.
I have heard that there is GMO plants research that may accelerate the process of growth of a tree. Any case, some stages you cant jump.
In a tree without GMO, the force, experience, accumulated by the growing process, will be perceived by how the tree grows and how the forest learns from that experience of growing generation by generation, creating a code, a pattern of growing, which describes the nature of a particular tree species.
GMO of a cedar is not a cedar, is a new species. IF you wish for a cedar tree, you must grow cedar trees, If you wish for GMO cedar you mast grow GMO Cedar, but never think you will get a cedar from a GMO Cedar.
The same is in business, you may find GMO for your business process and get a flower very quick. But that a DNA modified business. You must learn it is a new species that need to find its own pathway in the market.
Traditional business process wouldnt be developed in that modality.
The market, our forest, have experienced along Protected content several mutations, transformations, new species appearing, and recently several Business-DNA modifications.
The space-rocket business, may have generated at great speed, income, that made it possible for the share holders, to enter a new stage of wealth generation, eventually become financially independent. But it has not generated legacy, or companies, organizations that sustains life of families of employees or transfer technology, know how, experience, through more than 3 generations.
Why? because the space-rocket business is another species of tree. it is a GMO tree, a GMO Business.
Why our forest need stable business, that can be transferred to new generations?
The Business, the tree, is there for nurturing life, for creating an ecosystem that sustains and nurtures life. The same for the life of the market, the economy, the national or local culture, the network, the country, or the global business ecosystem.
But the life of a business has not as only aim wealth generation, as any thing creating by humans its aim is leisure, wealth generation that brings to human society leisure time and resources, possibilities. For which services are necessary.
One of the most important and nature leisure activities is family. Family, children, as leisure activity is so important for individuals, but also for the species, and as well for the future of culture, and nations. It is thanks for knowledge, experience transfer, generation after generation; thanks to the stability created for the living conditions, quality of living, leisure ability, that the new generations can creatively focus on generating wealth, advancing business, developing new knowledge, perception, abilities, and in particular conditions for leisure.
A stable economy, is necessary, family business, as traditional species of trees, are important, are the alpha trees, that holds the information and history of the forest, and that give stability to the evolving ecosystem.
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In Intuition Pumps And Other Tools for Thinking, Daniel Dennett, one of the world’s leading philosophers offers a trove of mind-stretching thought experiments, which he calls “imagination-extenders and focus-holders” (intuition pumps). They allow us to “think reliably and even gracefully about really hard questions.”
The first intuition pump is on mistakes.
More specifically, how to make mistakes and the keys to good mistakes.
The history of philosophy is in large measure the history of very smart people making very tempting mistakes, and if you don’t know the history, you are doomed to making the same darn mistakes all over again.
Mistakes are not just opportunities for learning; they are, in an important sense, the only opportunity for learning or making something truly new. Before there can be learning, there must be learners. There are only two non-miraculous ways for learners to come into existence: they must either evolve or be designed and built by learners that evolved. Biological evolution proceeds by a grand, inexorable process of trial and error — and without the errors the trials wouldn’t accomplish anything.
Evolution is the Enabling Process of Knowledge
Evolution is one of the central themes of this book, as all my books, for the simple reason that it is the central, enabling process not only of life but also of knowledge and learning and understanding. If you attempt to make sense of the world of ideas and meanings, free will and morality, art and science and even philosophy itself without a sound and quite detailed knowledge of evolution, you have one hand tied behind your back. … For evolution, which knows nothing, the steps into novelty are blindly taken by mutations, which are random copying “errors” in DNA.
The Key to Good Mistakes
The chief trick to making good mistakes is not to hide them — especially not from yourself. Instead of turning away in denial when you make a mistake, you should become a connoisseur of your own mistakes, turning them over in your mind as if they were works of art, which in a way they are. The fundamental reaction to any mistake ought to be this: “Well, I won’t do that again!” Natural selection doesn’t actually think the thought; it just wipes out the goofers before they can reproduce; natural selection won’t do that again, at least not as often. Animals that can learn—learn not to make that noise, touch that wire, eat that food—have something with a similar selective force in their brains. (B. F. Skinner and the behaviorists understood the need for this and called it “reinforcement” learning; that response is not reinforced and suffers “extinction.”) We human beings carry matters to a much more swift and efficient level. We can actually think the thought, reflecting on what we have just done: “Well, I won’t do that again!” And when we reflect, we confront directly the problem that must be solved by any mistake-maker: what, exactly, is that? What was it about what I just did that got me into all this trouble? The trick is to take advantage of the particular details of the mess you’ve made, so that your next attempt will be informed by it and not just another blind stab in the dark.
We have all heard the forlorn refrain “Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time!” This phrase has come to stand for the rueful reflection of an idiot, a sign of stupidity, but in fact we should appreciate it as a pillar of wisdom. Any being, any agent, who can truly say, “Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time!” is standing on the threshold of brilliance. We human beings pride ourselves on our intelligence, and one of its hall marks is that we can remember our previous thinking, and reflect on it—on how it seemed, on why it was tempting in the first place, and then about what went wrong.
So when you make a mistake, you should learn to take a deep breath, grit your teeth, and then examine your own recollections of the mistake as ruthlessly and as dispassionately as you can manage. It’s not easy. The natural human reaction to making a mistake is embarrassment and anger (we are never angrier than when we are angry at ourselves), and you have to work hard to overcome these emotional reactions. Try to acquire the weird practice of savoring your mistakes, delighting in uncovering the strange quirks that led you astray. Then, once you have sucked out all the goodness to be gained from having made them, you can cheerfully set them behind you, and go on to the next big opportunity. But that is not enough: you should actively seek out opportunities to make grand mistakes, just so you can then recover from them.
Every organism on the earth dies sooner or later after one complicated life story or another. How on earth could natural selection see through the fog of all these details in order to figure out what positive factors to “reward” with offspring and what negative factors to “punish” with childless death? Can it really be that some of our ancestors’ siblings died childless because their eyelids were the wrong shape? If not, how could the process of natural selection explain why our eyelids came to have the excellent shapes they have? Part of the answer is familiar: following the old adage: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” leave almost all of your old, conservative design solutions in place and take your risks with a safety net in place. Natural selection automatically conserves whatever has worked up to now, and fearlessly explores innovations large and small; the large ones almost always lead immediately to death. A terrible waste, but nobody’s counting. Our eyelids were mostly designed by natural selection long before there were human beings or even primates or even mammals.
Here is a technique that card magicians—at least the best of them—exploit with amazing results. (I don’t expect to incur the wrath of the magicians for revealing this trick to you, since this is not a particular trick but a deep general principle.) A good card magician knows many tricks depend on luck—they don’t always work, or even often work. There are some effects—they can hardly be called tricks—that might work only once in a thousand times! Here is what you do: You start by telling the audience you are going to perform a trick, and without telling them what trick you are doing, you go for the one-in-a-thousand effect. It almost never works, of course, so you glide seamlessly into a second try, for an effect that works about one time in a hundred, perhaps. When it too fails (as it almost always will) you slide into effect #3, which only works about one time in ten, so you’d better be ready with effect #4 which works half the time (let’s say), and if all else fails (and by this time, usually one of the earlier safety nets will have kept you out of this worst case), you have a failsafe effect, which won’t impress the crowd very much but at least it’s a surefire trick. In the course of a whole performance, you will be very unlucky indeed if you always have to rely on your final safety net, and whenever you achieve one of the higher-flying effects, the audience will be stupefied. “Impossible! How on earth could you have known that was my card?” Aha! You didn’t know, but you had a cute way of taking a hopeful stab in the dark that paid off. By hiding the “error” cases from view, you create a “miracle”.
Evolution Works The Same Way
Evolution works the same way: all the dumb mistakes tend to be invisible, so all we see is a stupendous string of triumphs. For instance, the vast majority — way over 90 percent — of all the creatures that have ever lived died childless, but not a single one of your ancestors suffered that fate. Talk about a line of charmed lives!
One big difference between the discipline of science and the discipline of stage magic is that while magicians conceal their false starts from the audience as best they can, in science you make your mistakes in public. You show them off so that everybody can learn from them. … It is not so much that our brains are bigger or more powerful, or even that we have the knack of reflecting on our own past errors, but that we share the benefits that our individual brains have won by their individual histories of trial and error.
I am amazed at how many really smart people don’t understand that you can make big mistakes in public and emerge none the worse for it.
We all know people, perhaps ourselves included, who will go to great lengths to avoid admitting they were wrong. But Dennett argues:
Actually, people love it when somebody admits to making a mistake. All kinds of people love pointing out mistakes. Generous-spirited people appreciate your giving them the opportunity to help, and acknowledging it when they succeed in helping you; mean-spirited people enjoy showing you up. Let them! Either way we all win.
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The Chief of Naval Operations Navigation Plan 2022 assessment lays out an ambitious plan to grow the American combat fleet, nearly doubling it from roughly 300 current combat ships to 523 in less than a quarter of a century.
US Naval Institute News first reported on the plan. It comes from Adm. Mike Gilday, Chief of Naval Operations, and part of the fleet expansion proposal is to add 150 robotic, uncrewed vessels, to serve a variety of purposes.
“Strategic competitors and non-state actors are gaining access to cutting-edge technologies that enable them to threaten American interests and national security,” the plan says early in its assessment of the security situation. “Artificial intelligence, ubiquitous sensors, unmanned systems, and long-range precision weapons are proliferating globally, making contested spaces more transparent and more lethal, and transforming how navies will fight in the future.”
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Eating leftovers saves time and money, but food spoils if you leave it in the refrigerator too long. In general, refrigerated chicken leftovers are safe to eat for three to four days. However, proper storage and handling of leftover food is necessary to prevent dangerous bacterial growth.
Cooked chicken, chicken broth, fried chicken, chicken soup, chicken casseroles and cooked chicken leftovers from a restaurant or convenience store can be safely refrigerated for three to four days, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. Leftover chicken salad and deli-sliced chicken luncheon meat keeps in the refrigerator for three to five days.
Leftover cooked chicken, fried chicken and restaurant or convenience store chicken keeps in a freezer for about four months. Use frozen chicken broth or gravy within two to three months, and eat frozen chicken casserole or soup within four to six months. Chicken will be safe to eat indefinitely, as long as your freezer stays below 0 degrees F. However, it may lose quality with time. In addition, don't freeze chicken salad if it contains mayonnaise, and make sure chicken dishes are wrapped thoroughly to prevent freezer burn.
Storing Leftovers Safely
Very hot and cold temperatures inhibit bacterial growth, but bacteria grows rapidly as chicken and other dishes cool. Several types of dangerous bacteria grow on chicken, including Salmonella enteritidis, Staphylococcus aureus, Campylobacter jejuni and Listeria monocytogenes. Prevent bacterial growth by putting hot chicken dishes in the refrigerator or freezer immediately -- don't let them cool on the counter -- and separating large dishes into smaller containers for faster cooling.
You can't tell whether chicken leftovers have dangerous bacterial growth by looking at, smelling or tasting them. Salmonella and other bacteria that cause food poisoning are called pathogenic bacteria, according to the United States Department of Agriculture. Bacteria that affect the taste, smell or appearance of food are called spoilage bacteria. For example, if your chicken leftovers develop a bad odor, they probably have spoilage bacteria. Spoilage bacteria probably won't make you sick, but undetectable pathogenic bacteria can make you very sick. | <urn:uuid:c01b390f-aebb-4267-9ae3-28be0601127b> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.livestrong.com/article/533754-how-long-can-you-eat-chicken-leftovers/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280891.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00155-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.920019 | 453 | 2.984375 | 3 |
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These benefits alone make Superdrol a formidable androgen,but it also encompasses other traditional steroid properties like: increased red blood cell (RBC) production;improved endurance during exercise via better lactic acid clearing;enhanced oxygen and nutrient delivery to working muscles for greater stamina;better muscle glycogen restoration after exercise for faster recovery and;the inhibition of catabolism (muscle destruction).
Superdrol is an anabolic steroid that carries a bit of a unique history compared to many anabolic steroids.Superdrol itself is merely a brand name of an over the counter anabolic steroid sold as a pro hormone or nutritional supplement by Anabolic Extreme.While an anabolic steroid, the active hormone.
Superdrol is an anabolic substance, meaning it promotes protein synthesis, and thus muscle strength. When muscles become stronger, they grow. Ultimately, Superdrol users experience large gains in muscle mass because their muscles become much stronger.
Another advantage to using Superdrol is that it does not turn into estrogen. Many prohormones available start out as a testosterone-like substance in the body, but then eventually turn into estrogen through a process called aromatization. Estrogen causes decreased strength, muscle loss and fat gain. Thus, it is a promoter of the exact opposite traits someone who is taking Superdrol would want. These characteristics arise after one stops taking the compound. With Superdrol, however, the aromatization process never starts. The compound does not turn into estrogen in the body, meaning much of the muscle gain and fat loss one experienced while taking it will remain after dosing concludes.
The key ingredient in Superdrol is Methasteron, which is actually similar to the steroid Masteron. Thus, Superdrol is a very powerful supplement. In as little as 10 days, those on Superdrol will notice large increases in strength. Superdrol is an anabolic substance, meaning it promotes protein synthesis, and thus muscle strength. When muscles become stronger, they grow. Ultimately, Superdrol users experience large gains in muscle mass because their muscles become much stronger.
Superdrol also shortens recovery time. This means those on Superdrol can lift weights faster after their last workout than would normally be the case. It is almost impossible to overtrain while taking Superdrol, and more time in the gym equals more muscle mass. In addition, Superdrol also increases the length and quality of workouts. Rest time between sets is diminished because muscles do not need as much time as normal to recover. With more workouts that are longer and more efficient, it is rather easy to see how Superdrol can help someone achieve more lean muscle.
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The Honey: Walker's Multi-Floral Wildflower Honey is a proprietary blend with a medium body and smooth finish. It is always raw, never pasteurized and never DE filtered. We want to keep honey in its truest form to honor our philosophy of "Bee to Bottle".
The Plants: There are a multitude of wildflowers across the United States that provide nectar for bees. We select the regions with the best tasting honey plants. Our favorites include wildflowers from the Daisy Family, the Mint Family, and the Clover Family.
The Provenance: United States. We work to select the best tasting wildflower nectar sources from across the US for our proprietary wildflower.
The Honey: Clover Honey is the most widely produced honey in the United States. This popularity is due to its abundance and overall appealing flavor. Unlike most honey that is labeled “Clover”, Walker’s Clover Honey is not a blend of clover and other honeys. If you have never experienced pure Clover Honey, we invite you to try a sample or a jar. Some people describe pure Clover Honey as “smooth” or even “buttery”.
The Plant: Clover Honey is primarily produced from what is commonly called "sweetclover" which is an umbrella used to refer to the separate species of white clover and yellow clover. This plant was integrated from Central Asia centuries ago and now grows wild on our country's plains. Many farmers and ranchers also use clover to rebuild poor soil. As a nitrogen-fixing legume (pea family), clover is a natural soil builder and an excellent forage and hay plant.
The Provenance: Midwestern US (Montana, Dakotas, Iowa).
The Honey: This varietal tastes and smells like an orange grove in full bloom. Orange Honey is good straight from the spoon and is the perfect complement to hot tea. It is an excellent topping for fresh fruit salad—just slice your favorite seasonal fruit, drizzle on Walker’s Orange Blossom Honey and enjoy!
The Plant: Our Orange Blossom Honey is produced from the nectar of the same blooms that yield the succulent oranges that you enjoy throughout the year. Wherever oranges are grown and produced, there are beekeepers taking advantage of this March blooming cultivated citrus plant. Orange Blossom Honey is produced across the Southern U.S. in the citrus groves of California, Texas, Mexico and Florida.
The Provenance: From 1942 to 1992 Walker Honey Farm produced Orange Honey in the Citrus Groves of the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Since then we have shopped for the best Orange Honey to deliver to our customers. Utilizing beekeepers we know in California, Florida, Texas, Brazil and Mexico we are committed to using our 50 years of Walker family experience producing Orange Honey to bring you the best of this sub-tropical specialty honey. Inquire about our current supply as this varies year-to-year as we buy only the best offerings each season.
Yaupon Holly (Limited Supply)
The Honey: Yaupon Holly Honey is less sweet than most honeys. It has a slight bitterness which balances the natural sweetness of honey. A medium to full-bodied honey.
The Plant: Our bees gather nectar from the Yaupon Holly (Ilex vomitoria) that grows in the understory of the Post Oak Savannah region of Central and East Texas. Yaupon trees bloom from late March to mid April. For many centuries, native Texans have made a dark, caffeine-rich drink from the dried leaves of Yaupon Holly, prompting the exploring Spanish to name the tree "Chocolate del Indio".
The Provenance: Central Texas
The Honey: Buckwheat Honey has a robust, full-bodied flavor and is dark amber in color. This honey is made by the gathered nectar from the small white flowers on the Buckwheat grain. Buckwheat Honey is higher in antioxidants than some other honeys and has been used for centuries to help soothe a sore throat or a cough.
The Plants: Buckwheat Honey comes from the Buckwheat plant, which despite its name, is not actually related to wheat. When in bloom it appears as a small shrub with a white flower.
The Provenance: Pacific Northwest
The Honey: Tallow Tree Honey has a slight bitterness with notes of cinnamon and vanilla accenting its sweetness. Tallow Tree honey is often a higher moisture honey as it is from a coastal region, with high humidity.
The Plant: On the coastal prairie along the Texas Gulf Coast grows a tree that was introduced into the Houston area in the 1950s as an ornamental landscaping tree. The Chinese Tallow Tree (Triadica sebifera) has a beautiful red heart shaped leaves in the fall along the coast making it one of the few trees to "true colors" in that area. Surely this was why it was imported...for it is fall showiness. Now, it has become an invasive weed along the coast from the Louisiana border down past Lake Jackson and inland for a hundred miles or so in places. Cattle ranches fight it. Municipalities spend tax dollars trying to eradicate it. But honey bees and beekeepers love it.
The Provenance: Texas Gulf Coast
The Honey: Mesquite Honey is slightly floral and pleasantly mild, and is very light in color as it actually happens to be our lightest honey in both flavor and color out of our varietals.
The Plants: Mesquite Honey comes from the Honey Mesquite (Prosopis glandulosa) and the Screwbean Mesquite (Prosopis pubescens).
The Provenance: Our Mesquite Honey comes from the Deserts Southwest of the US and Northern Mexico. It needs specific drought conditions in order to produce the nectar for the bees to harvest, so while there are plenty of Mesquite trees around Texas, the weather conditions won't benefit the harvest unless in the most southern regions.
The Honey: Sourwood Honey has a floral and light taste with hints of baking spices and anise. The honey’s color is typically light amber with a slightly gray or brown tint and its texture is defined by a smooth, caramel buttery quality.
The Plants: The Sourwood tree (Oxydendrum Arboreum) is also called the Lily of the Valley tree or the Appalachian Lily tree, growing 40 to 60 feet tall with a diameter of up to one foot. The leaves are oblong, pointed at the apex and have a sour taste. Flowers are white, bell-shaped, and hang in clusters 5-6 inches long at the end of the branches.
The Provenance: North Georgia and Western North Carolina
The Honey: Basswood Honey has a distinctive taste with a mildly spicy and woody bite; its lingering flavor is almost minty. Very light in color.
The Plants: The Basswood tree is a close relative to about thirty species of trees native throughout most of the temperate Northern Hemisphere. In Europe it is more commonly called a Linden tree. In North America it is more commonly called Basswood. This deciduous tree can reach 130 feet tall with large heart-shaped leaves 2-8 inches across creating dense foliage and a large shade canopy.
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Selling a business after years of work can be very profitable. Many businesses are created with the hopes that they will one day be acquired by a larger firm. The process of selling your business can be complex, however. Federal and California laws over mergers, acquisitions, negotiations and securities exchanges may be important in the transaction.
How Do I Sell a Business?
Obviously, the initial step in selling a business is to either receive an offer or solicit one. In Long Beach, purchase agents do more than simply find buyers. They also lend advice about which offers are worthwhile to consider. The purchaser might want financial records to be updated in accordance with California and Federal law. This might be required by law in some cases, and besides, it always helps in determining the correct value for the rights you are selling. Normally a formal contract will be written as the agreement nears its conclusion. The provisions contained in the contract should present all matters discussed in a fair light, and this requires careful review by both parties.
What Will I Give Up in the Business?
The sale of a business is simply the transfer of a right known as "control". The party with control of a business directs its operations and may use the business property as it sees fit. A party seeking to purchase a Long Beach business may not be concerned with all aspects of the company. In fact, purchasers are normally interested in acquiring control as cheaply as possible, and this may allow other rights, including the right to future earnings, to be apportioned or even retained by the seller. The wide variety of concerns that buyers may have make the negotiations process particularly vital. It's important at the start for each party to make plain their intentions and concerns.
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All we hear about these days is that the middle class is getting hammered. Taken advantage of and squeezed.
Only the rich survive; the rest of us are fodder to the wealthiest Americans.
So I am going to begin a series that attempts to explain the situation of the Middle Class in America. Not only how we [isn’t it funny that almost all of us consider ourselves in the middle class] are doing at present but how we’re doing compared to where we were.
Before I even begin, I’m gonna bet that we’re better off now than we were 10-20-30-40-50 and even 60 years ago.
And to start it off, check THIS out.
A machine that immediately translates text in a one language to text in another:
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In the poem "Tintern Abbey" by Wordsworth, how does the poet see nature as a teacher?
What does nature teach ? How can we illustrate it with the analysis of the poem ? Here is a part of the poem :
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Wordsworth is meditating on how his relationship with nature has changed. He has returned to the Wye River Valley and comments that the memory of this beautiful valley has often lifted his spirits and inspired him to be more loving and kind. He writes,
"But oft, in lonely rooms, and 'mid the din
Of towns and citiesI have owed to them,
.."unremembered pleasure"..."Of kindness and of love."
Then Wordsworth explains how his relationship with nature has changed as he has grown older. When young, he was very passionate about nature. Now that he is older and more mature, he has a more spiritual appreciation of nature and nature has become :
"The anchor of my purest thoughts, the nurse,
The guide, the guardian of my heart, and soul
Of all my moral being. "
In other words, now that he is more mature, he has a richer understanding of nature. He sees that nature connects all living things. He now sees nature in an almost religious sense, as a basis for living.
He then turns and addresses his sister, Dorothy.
"My dear, dear Sister! And this prayer I make,
Knowing that Nature never did betray
The heart that loved her"
Wordsworth then suggests that when he is gone, and she faces problems, she should remember how they shared that place and how much more he loved the place because they shared it together.
"If I should be, where I no more can hear
Thy voice. . remember...this green pastoral landscape, were to me
More dear, both for themselves, and for thy sake."
Part of the Romantic"Revolution" came from their perception that reason alone could not bring man to the knowledge of the truth that he sought. Man could get to "truth" through science and study (tuition) or through immediate perception (intutition). In America, Emerson said that words are symbols of natural realities, and natural realities are symbols of spiritual realities.
Thus, natural provides him with his moral compass, teaches him about a world full of spiritual realities that transcends the world of cities and towns and business that tends to kill man's spirit. ("The world is too much with us late and soon/getting and spending we lay waste our powers.")
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[Cryptography] TLS 1.0, Diffie-Hellman, RSA, AES128 CBC, SHA seriously qualified as «broken»?
thierry.moreau at connotech.com
Sat Aug 29 17:16:10 EDT 2020
A weird observation from my experimentation with open source security
I installed an Apache server with a single TLS profile which I believed
robust in spite of being a bit outdated. I prioritized Diffie-Hellman
for «forward secrecy», considered RSA, AES128 CBC, and SHA valid choices
despite a bulk encryption key size in the low range. I assumed that a
recent openssl library would implement the most needed countermeasures
for known veakenesses in TLS 1.0.
I configured the thing HTTPS-only and requiring client certificate in
all cases. Indeed I recorded that a friendly certificate «subject public
key» was used in the connection (through apache SSL environment
In essence, it appears to work as intended.
The Firefox version 76.0.1 reported «TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_CBC_SHA,
128 bit keys, TLS 1.0» as the technical details for the security of the
In essence, it appears to work as intended ... but
The firefox browser qualifies this as «broken encryption». «Your
connection to this website uses weak encryption and is not private.
Other people can view your information or modify the website's behavior.
Information sent over the Internet without encryption can be seen by
other people while it is in transit.»
And the security icon on the left of the URL entry field is yellow.
Am I too old to craft an apache/openssl secure configuration? Indeed I
am reluctant to chase a configuration including Diffie-Hellman forward
secrecy that would fate better in the Firefox security assessment.
How can I claim that this is secure to third parties?
- Thierry Moreau
(In case you want to try with a different client browser, this listens
on the public Internet but requires a client certificate. Since I trust
only individually selected end-entity certificates as roots of trust,
you need to send me your application «out-of-band» with a motivation
letter ... OK, off-list e-mail might allow you a short cryptoperiod of
trust -- I reserve the right to limit the not-after field in the
certificate. Public key algorithms other than RSA or with short modulus
will be rejected without contacting the applicant!)
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In most years, starting a student activist group 19 months before the general election might seem premature. But in a 2008 presidential campaign that has redefined “early bird,” the launch of “Yale for Obama” got off to a rousing — if early — start this weekend.
While the Friday meeting attracted a crowd of about 60 students to the Davenport Common Room, the number of students who actually decided to sign up with the student campaign for Sen. Barack Obama was even more impressive. Asked if they would be willing to volunteer with the group, more than 50 said ‘yes.’ Another 10 said ‘maybe,’ and none declined the opportunity to get actively involved.
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Roger Low ’07, one the group’s founders, said “Yale for Obama” would focus primarily on spreading excitement about Obama around campus and then using that enthusiasm to support the national campaign. He said the organization would sponsor voter registration drives, assist with fundraising in Connecticut, and send teams up to New Hampshire to canvass. While bringing Obama to New Haven would be “amazing,” Low said, the group recognizes that, at least for now, Obama will be better off spending time in early primary states.
Low is a columnist for the News.
Students at the kick-off event heard a plea for grassroots support. While Reid Cherlin ’03, Obama’s New Hampshire press secretary, said some of the work might not seem particularly interesting or noteworthy, it would be integral to the campaign’s success.
“Campuses are a huge part of our organizing strategy,” Cherlin said. “But we don’t need people in a research capacity — we need people knocking on doors.”
He said Yale students were in a unique position to help decide the Democratic candidate, since the early primary in New Hampshire means that nearby state has substantial influence on the rest of the primaries that follow. And while it is impossible to saturate the media markets in the almost two dozen states with elections on Super Tuesday, Cherlin said, effective canvassing and a New Hampshire victory would bring substantial, free coverage at the most important time.
The grassroots efforts will not focus on Connecticut, Cherlin said, as Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd is likely to win his home state in the primaries.
Cherlin said the campaign was benefiting from its increased reliance on technological savvy. He credited the $25 million the campaign raised in only 55 days — the product of over 100,000 individual donations, 88 percent of which were under $100 — to the outreach abilities of the Internet. Obama’s campaign is also reaching out to college students through its online social networking site, my.barackobama.com, Cherlin said.
“If it looks a little like Facebook, that’s because it was created by the same guy,” Cherlin said.
But Spencer Hutchins SOM ’07, who worked on the 2004 presidential campaign of Sen. John Kerry ’66, said students are not just waiting for the campaign to reach out to them. For the first time in his political life, Hutchins said, student groups are forming on their own and then seeking actively to involve themselves in the campaign.
“At this time [in the 2004 campaign], we’d have had trouble getting this many people into a room with John Kerry in it,” he said.
Despite growing campus support for Obama, support for other Democratic party candidates is not as prominent or organized. No official activist group, for example, exists for Sen. Hillary Clinton, and while the “Yale for Obama” facebook group has 470 members, relatively few groups exist supporting Clinton.
Charles Boebinger ‘07 said that for all the discussion about the Democratic Primary on campus, he has seen students overtly advocate for only Obama. But speaking for himself, Boebinger said that it is too early to make a call as to who will win the Democratic primary.
“It is to soon to tell at the moment,” he said.
Students who attended the event spoke of their support for Obama in terms of his personal dynamism and character, rather than his policies.
“His immigrant story really resonated with me,” Jason Wu ’10 said.
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Politics of Gold
The politics of gold price weighs more on the current value of the shiny yellow precious metal than the economic and financial fundamentals.
In an article it was written that the market is essentially bets on the Fed and CCP policy.
Markets have essentially become a political tool to influence public sentiment. When the Federal Reserve, the world’s central bank by default, wants to foster a feel-good sentiment it buys assets in the market, which spurs on a stock bull market.
Moreover, when stocks are rising it facilitates business investment, and household wealth increases along with spending as those with assets feel wealthier.
Investors and traders alike have come to realize and accept that it is the Fed’s monetary easing policy, which is the main driver of asset prices since the financial crisis of 2008.
As we progress into a new decade, the 20s, public deficits of advanced economies are ballooning, and a new economic system, State Capitalism appears to be emerging.
The politics of gold price will be even more prominent in a state capitalism system where public spending and the monetizing of government debt are likely to accelerate.
In other words, we believe the trajectory of US national debt as it spirals to nearly a record 29T USD, according to the US Debt Clock, is likely to go much higher shortly.
If that call is correct, then the supply of US treasuries hitting the sovereign debt market will grow as the US government finances its trillion-dollar expansionary deficit program by monetizing the debt.
Now, here is where the politics of gold comes into focus.
The two safe-haven assets in a risk-off sentiment are gold and prime collateral, such as US treasuries.
So, if the gold price appreciates faster than real treasury yields, and the USD depreciates overtime against other currencies, then there is no investment logic to buy US treasuries.
Think about it. Why would an investor buy treasuries, which is a promise to pay back the amount invested plus yields, if real yields are negative, and the USD depreciates by saying 10%?
In a scenario of a sinking USD and negative treasury yields, gold would be a better safe-haven asset.
That would be wrongly assuming that the politics of gold doesn’t factor into the equation
So, in a backdrop of Fed tapering, reducing its monthly purchases of US treasuries by 10B USD per month, and the US government’s trillion-dollar infrastructure program, the gold price will continue to be suppressed.
Future gold price is likely to be manipulated to the downside.
The Fed can indirectly manipulate gold prices through interest rate policy, yield targeting, and quantitative easing. The dumping of gold derivatives is another way the Fed can manipulate gold prices to the downside.
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Jatropha is a genus of nearly 175 species of shrubs, low-growing plants, and trees. However, discussions of Jatropha as a biodiesel are actually means a particular species of the plant, Jatropha curcas. The plant is indigenous to parts of Central America, however it has spread to other tropical and subtropical regions in Africa and Asia.
Jatropha curcas is a perennial shrub that, on average, grows approximately three to five meters in height. It has smooth grey bark with large and pale green leaves. The plant produces flowers and fruits are produced in winter or throughout the year depending on temperature and soil moisture. The curcas fruit contains 37.5 percent shell and 62.5 percent seed. Jatropha curcas can be grown from either seed or cutting.
By virtue of being a member of the Euphorbiaceae family, Jatropha has a high adaptability for thriving under a wide range of physiographic and climatic conditions. It is found to grow in all most all parts of the country up to an elevation 3000 feet. Jatropha is suitable for all soils including degraded and barren lands, and is a perennial occupying limited space and highly suitable for intercropping.
Extensive research has shown that Jatropha requires low water and fertilizer for cultivation, is not grazed by cattle or sheep, is pest resistant, is easily propagated, has a low gestation period, and has a high seed yield and oil content, and produces high protein manure. Sewage effluents provide a good source of water and nutrients for cultivating Jatropha, though there are some risk of salinization in arid regions.
Pongamia pinnata or Karanj is another promising non-edible oil seed plant that can be utilized for oil extraction for biofuels. The plant is a native of India and grows in dry places far in the interior and up to an elevation of 1000 meters. Pongamia plantation is not much known as like Jatropha, but the cost effectiveness of this plant makes it more preferred than other feedstock. Pongamia requires about four to five times lesser inputs and giver two to three times more yield than Jatropha which makes it quite suitable for small farmers. However, Pongamia seeds have about 5-10 percent less oil content than Jatropha and the plant requires longer period to grow as the gestation period is about 6-8 years for Pongamia against 3-5 years in Jatropha.
To conclude, Jatropha can be successfully grown in arid regions of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) for biodiesel production. These energy crops are highly useful in preventing soil erosion and shifting of sand-dunes. The production of sewage-irrigated energy crops has good potential to secure additional water treatment and thus reduce adverse environmental impacts of sewage disposal. Countries in the Middle East, like Eqypt, Libya, Sudan, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, are well-suited to the growth of Jatropha plantations. Infact, Jatropha is already grown at limited scale in some Middle East countries, especially Egypt, and tremendous potential exists for its commercial exploitation.
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I believe that in order to make a change, the world needs to recognize the problem. According to the ADL, in America particularly, anti-Semitic attacks have risen by 21% in just the year of 2014. Anti-semitism isn’t being treated as seriously as it should because people are comparing it to the atrocities that occurred during the holocaust. After going to Washington DC with my Hadracha tikun group and lobbying against anti-semitism, I have been inspired to do something about this issue. Although I cannot “fix” anti-semitism as a whole, I can start by making the public aware of how often anti-semitic acts occur world-wide. In efforts of doing this I, along with my tikun group leader, Tomer Kornfeld, created a Facebook page called “Humans Against Anti-Semitism”. Through this page, I have been sharing stories of anti-semitism that are submitted and exposing them to the world.
If you are fortunate to have not dealt with anti-semitism in your lifetime, you can show your support by writing the words “Humans Against Anti-Semitism” on your hand, and messaging it into the Facebook page. If you have encountered anti-Semitism I encourage you to do the same and add a short description or story of the anti-semitism you encountered. Together, hand and hand, we can make a difference and eliminate hatred, one person at a time.
To participate in the Humans Against Anti-Semitism Campaign on Facebook, click HERE.
~ Rachel Powell, New Jersey
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You are a Human Resources (HR) program of one. Based on information learned in this course, create a Human Resources plan of the steps needed to create a one-person HR department. The design of the HR department must correspond to the various dimensions of the organization. For example, if there are multiple customers, products, or locations, then HR needs to support them all.
- Provide a clear and concise summary of the business (name, industry, number of people, etc.).
- Create a detailed plan by completing the following:
- Develop a recruitment and selection plan.
- Design a training and development plan.
- Design a compensation package for the people hired.
- Discuss legal issues the company should consider (e.g., the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission).
- Develop a performance appraisal system.
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Innate, nonspecific defenses are general protection mechanisms that attempt to either stop pathogens from invading the body or quickly eliminate pathogens that do manage to invade. They are genetically programmed (innate) and “ready to go,” in contrast to adaptive, specific defenses, which take time to develop after a pathogen or toxin has been recognized as nonself. In mammals, innate defenses include physical barriers as well as cellular and chemical defenses (FIGURE 39.3).
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The first line of innate defense is encountered by a potential pathogen as soon as it lands on the surface of the animal. Consider a pathogenic bacterium that lands on human skin. The challenges (physical, chemical, and biological) faced by the bacterium just to invade the body are formidable:
If a pathogen lands inside the nose or another internal organ, it faces other innate defenses:
Pathogens that are able to penetrate the body’s outer and inner surfaces encounter a second line of innate defenses. These include the activation of defensive cells. In some animals and plants, this activation involves recognition of nonself molecules by a class of receptors called pattern recognition receptors (PRRs). In mammals, these receptors are mainly present on phagocytes and natural killer cells. The Toll-like receptor shown in Figure 39.1 is an example. The molecules recognized by PRRs are called pathogen associated molecular patterns (PAMPs). These are molecules that are unique to large classes of microbes, such as bacterial flagellin and fungal chitin. Other well-known PAMPs include bacterial lipopolysaccharide, found in bacterial cell membranes, and nucleic acid variants that are unique to viruses, such as double-stranded RNA. Binding of PAMPs to PRRs stimulates signal transduction pathways that lead to a variety of responses. One response is the production of antimicrobial peptides such as defensins (see above). Other responses include phagocytosis of invading organisms, activation of natural killer cells, activation of the complement system, and production of cytokines.
Pathogenic cells, viruses, and virus-infected cells can be recognized by phagocytes, which then ingest the invaders by phagocytosis:
Once inside the phagocyte, the invader is killed either by hydrolysis within the lysosomes (see Figure 4.9) or by defensins.
Natural Killer Cells
One class of lymphocytes, known as natural killer cells, can distinguish between healthy body cells and those that are infected by viruses or have become cancerous. In the latter cases they initiate apoptosis (programmed cell death; see Concept 7.5) in the target cells. In addition to this nonspecific action, natural killer cells interact with the adaptive defense mechanisms by lysing target cells that have been tagged with antibodies.
Vertebrate blood contains more than 20 different proteins that make up the antimicrobial complement system. Once this system has been activated, the proteins function in a characteristic sequence, or cascade, with each protein activating the next:
The complement system can be activated by various mechanisms, including the innate and adaptive immune systems. In the latter case, the complement cascade is initiated by the binding of a complement protein to an antibody bound to the surface of the invading cell.
Cytokines are signaling proteins that are released by many cell types. Cytokines that are produced in response to PRR activation include inflammatory cytokines (some interleukins and tumor necrosis factor; see below) and interferons, which help increase the resistance of neighboring cells to infection. Interferons are found in many vertebrates, and their production is induced by a variety of molecules. One such inducer is double-stranded viral RNA; thus interferons are particularly important in defense against viruses. Interferons bind to receptors on the cell membranes of uninfected cells, stimulating a signaling pathway that inhibits viral reproduction if the cells are subsequently infected. In addition, interferons stimulate the cells to hydrolyze bacterial or viral proteins to peptides, an initial step in adaptive immunity.
When a tissue is damaged because of infection or injury, the body responds with inflammation: redness, swelling, and heat near the damaged site, which can then become painful. This response can happen almost anywhere in the body, internally as well as on the outer surface. Inflammation is an important phenomenon: it isolates the area to stop the spread of the damage; it recruits cells and molecules to the damaged location to kill any pathogens that might be present; and it promotes healing.
Among the first responders to tissue damage are mast cells, which adhere to the skin and the linings of organs and release numerous chemical signals, including:
The redness and heat of inflammation result from the dilation of blood vessels in the infected or injured area (FIGURE 39.4). Phagocytes enter the inflamed area, where they engulf pathogens and dead tissue cells. Phagocytes are responsible for most of the healing associated with inflammation. They produce several cytokines, which (among other functions) can signal the brain to produce a fever. This rise in body temperature accelerates lymphocyte production and phagocytosis, thereby speeding the immune response. In some cases pathogens are temperature-sensitive, and their growth is inhibited by the fever. The pain of inflammation results from increased pressure due to swelling, the action of leaked enzymes on nerve endings, and the action of prostaglandins, which increase the sensitivity of the nerve endings to pain. (Recall that in Chapter 3 we described aspirin and how it alleviates pain by blocking the synthesis of prostaglandins.)
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Following inflammation, pus may accumulate. Pus is a mixture of leaked fluid and dead cells: bacteria, white blood cells, and damaged body cells. Pus is a normal result of inflammation, and is gradually consumed and further digested by macrophages. If there is a wound, platelets—small, irregularly shaped cell fragments that are present in the blood—aggregate at the wound site. The platelets produce growth factors that stimulate nearby skin cells to divide and heal the wound.
Although inflammation is generally a good thing, sometimes the inflammatory response is inappropriately strong:
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If you have never heard of this dish let’s say it together “Chicken Frick-a-see”, that’s it you got it. This is a German dish but I have made it more American style because of a few small changes. In the traditional dish of a creamy white sauce with chicken and vegetables, the asparagus are white not green. Chopped onions are not usually found in the sauce and you wouldn’t saute the mushrooms. The mushrooms used would be canned and so would the asparagus, well at least that is what my recipe book called for. Fresh vegetables are always better than canned and so that is why I made those changes. A whole chicken is usually used and cooked stock like with carrots, celery and onion but for time sake I skipped ahead and used just breast meat and a quick stock. If you prefer you may use canned stock or broth to cook your chicken in for even more flavor.
Why did I choose to make a German dish? Well, we are hosting a German foreign exchange student for the school year, her name is Michelle and she was craving some food from home. Michelle knew I liked to cook before she came here so she brought me a gift of a German cookbook (so sweet) and this was one of the recipes in the book that she said was her favorite. After reading through the recipe I decided that this was a basic creamy white sauce dish with mild flavors of vegetables and chicken. It seems like a lot of ingredients for a simple dish but it really isn’t difficult. I enjoyed the background flavor the cloves gave the cooking broth of the chicken. Michelle helped me with making this dish by prepping the veggies and I had her taste testing as we went along. Michelle said everyone’s Chicken Fricassee is a little different and mine tasted like her Grandmother’s, I took that to be a good compliment. We have thoroughly enjoyed having Michelle here and learning more about her culture and sharing ours with her. She is a joy to have and I feel like she is one of our children now too. I may share some of her other favorite recipes in the future on my blog since we had a great time cooking together. I hope you might try something a little different in your cooking repertoir but not so different that you can’t make it.
Chicken Fricassee (American style)
4 boneless chicken breast
1 bay leaf
1/2 onion left whole
5 whole cloves
1 1/2 tsp. salt
5 cups water
For the Sauce:
2 T. butter
1/2 onion chopped
5 T. flour
2 1/2 cup cooking liquid from chicken
6 oz. fresh mushrooms quartered
1 small package of frozen asparagus or fresh where available
1 tsp. sugar
1 T. lemon juice
2 egg yolks
4 T. whipping cream
fresh ground pepper
Step 1: In a large pot put the water, chicken, bay leaf, cloves, salt and half the onion in. To make it easier to keep a hold of the cloves you may poke them into the onion. Cook on low heat covered until it boils then simmer until the chicken is cooked through. I used boneless skinless but you may use bone in chicken and any parts you like, or even a whole chicken just make sure you add more water.
Step 2: When chicken is done pour the cooking liquid through a sieve and set aside. Let chicken cool.
Making the sauce:
Step 3: Melt the butter in a large skillet and cook the onions and mushrooms over medium heat. When onions are translucent, sprinkle the flour over the onions and mix it in until it browns a bit then add 2 1/2 cups of the cooking liquid a little at a time stirring until you have a nice sauce with no lumps, let it come to a boil then let simmer for 5 mins.
Step 4: While the sauce simmers defrost the asparagus in the microwave and slice chicken into bite size pieces. Drain any liquid from the asparagus. Now add the asparagus and chicken to the sauce.
Step 5: Add the sugar and lemon juice to the sauce and stir. Whisk together the egg yolks and cream together and stir in slowly until it thickens. Do not let the sauce boil again, season with salt and pepper and add a dash or two of Worcestershire sauce. Serve over hot rice or egg noodles.
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A troll is a member of a race of fearsome creatures from Norse mythology.
Originally more or less the Nordic equivalents of giants, although often smaller in size, the different depictions have come to range from the fiendish giants – similar to the ogres of England to a devious, more human-like folk of the wilderness, living underground in hills, caves or mounds. In the Faroe islands, Orkney and Shetland tales, trolls are called trows, adopted from the Norse language when these islands were settled by Vikings.
Nordic literature, art and music from the romantic era and onwards has adapted trolls in various manners – often in the form of an aboriginal race, endowed with oversized ears and noses. From here, as well as from Scandinavian fairy tales such as Three Billy Goats Gruff, trolls have achieved international recognition, and in modern fantasy literature and role-playing games, trolls are featured to the extent of being stock characters.
Stones with roughly man-like features could be explained by folklore as trolls petrified by sunlight or curses. The usage of the word troll has developed over time. It might have had the original meaning of supernatural or magical with an overlay of malignant and perilous. Another likely suggestion is that it means "someone who behaves violently". In old Swedish law, trolldom was a particular kind of magic intended to do harm. It should also be noted that North Germanic terms such as trolldom (witchcraft) and trolla/trylle (perform magic tricks) in modern Scandinavian languages does not imply any connection with the mythical being. Moreover, in the sources for Norse mythology, troll can signify any uncanny being, including but not restricted to the Norse giants (jötnar).
In Skáldskaparmál, the poet Bragi Boddason encounters a troll-woman who hails him with this verse (in Old Norse):
"Troll kalla mik-------------"They call me Troll;
tungl sjötrungnis,-----------Gnawer of the Moon,
auðsug jötuns,--------------Giant of the Gale Blasts,
élsólar böl,------------------Curse of the rain-hall,
vilsinn völu,-----------------Companion of the Sibyl,
vörð náfjarðar,-------------Night-roaming hag,
hvélsvelg himins –----------Swallower of the loaf of Heaven,
hvat's troll nema þat?"-----What is a Troll but that?"
The ambiguous original meaning of the word troll appears to have lived on for some time after the Old Norse literature was documented. This can be seen in terms such as sjötrollet (the sea troll) as a synonym for havsmannen (the sea man) – a protective spirit of the sea and a sort of male counterpart to the female sjörå (see huldra).
There are many places in Scandinavia that are named after trolls, such as the Swedish town Trollhättan (Troll's bonnet) and the legendary mountain Trollkyrka (Troll church). The most famous in Norway are Trollfjorden, Trollheimen, Trollhetta, Trollstigen, Trolltindan and Trollveggen.
The Jætte Trolls-
Two gradually developing main traditions regarding the use of troll can be discerned. In the first tradition, the troll is large, brutish and a direct descendant from the Norse jötnar. They are often described as ugly or having beastly features like tusks or cyclopic eyes. This is the tradition which has come to dominate fairy tales and legends (see below), but it is also the prominent concept of troll in Norway. As a general rule, what would be called a "troll" in Norway would in Denmark and Sweden be a "giant" (jætte or jätte, related to jötunn/jotunn in Jotunheimen).
In some Norwegian accounts, such as the Medieval ballad Åsmund Frægdegjevar, the trolls live in a far northern land called Trollebotten – the concept and location of which seems to coincide with the Old Norse Jötunheimr.[clarification needed]
The Vitterfolk Trolls-
The second tradition is most prominent in southern Scandinavia. Conversely, what would be called trolls in southern Sweden and Denmark would be called huldrefolk in Norway and vitterfolk in northern Sweden. The south-Scandinavian term probably originate in a generalization of the terms haugtrold (mound-troll) or bergtroll (mountain-troll), as trolls in this tradition are residents of the underground.
These trolls have a human-like appearance. Sometimes they had a tail hidden in their clothing, but even that is not a definite. Many of these trolls had a single lock of hair that no human could comb, whereas the rest was generally messy. A frequent way of telling a human-looking troll in folklore is to look at what it is wearing: Troll women in particular were often too elegantly dressed to be human women moving around in the forest. They could attract human males to do their bidding, or simply as mates or pets. Later these would be found wandering, decades later, with no memory of what had happened to them in a troll woman's care.
More often than not, though, the trolls kept themselves invisible, and then they could travel on the winds, such as the wind-troll Ysätters-Kajsa, or sneak into human homes. Sometimes you could only hear them speak, shout and make noise, or the sound of their cattle. Similarly, if you were out in the forest and smelled food cooking, you knew you were near a troll dwelling. The trolls were also great shapeshifters, taking shapes of objects like fallen logs or animals like cats and dogs. A fairly frequent notion is that the trolls liked to appear as rolling balls of yarn.
Whereas the large, ogrish trolls often appear as a solitary being, the "small" trolls were thought to be social beings who lived together, much like humans except out in the forest. They kept animals, cooked and baked, were excellent at crafts and held great feasts. Like many other species in Scandinavian folklore, they were said to reside in underground complexes, accessible from underneath large boulders in the forests or in the mountains. These boulders could be raised upon pillars of gold. In their living quarters, they hoard gold and treasures. Opinion varied as to whether or not the trolls were thoroughly bad or not, but often they treated people as they were treated. Trolls could cause great harm if vindictive or playful, though, and regardless of other things they were always heathen. Trolls were also great thieves, and liked to steal from the food that the farmers had stored. They could enter the homes invisibly during feasts and eat from the plates so that there was not enough food, or spoil the making of beer and bread so that it failed or did not end up plentiful enough.
The trolls sometimes abducted people to live as slaves or at least prisoners among them. These poor souls were known as bergtagna ("those taken to/by the mountain"), which also is the Scandinavian word for having been spirited away. To be bergtagen does not only refer to the disappearance of the person, but also that upon returning, he or she has been struck with insanity or apathy caused by the trolls. Anyone could be taken by the trolls, even cattle, but at the greatest risk were women who had given birth but not yet been taken back to the church.
Occasionally, the trolls would even steal a new-born baby, leaving their own offspring – a (bort)byting/skifting ("changeling") – in return.
To ward off the trolls you could always trust in Christianity: Church bells, a cross or even words like "Jesus" or "Christ" would work against them. Like other Scandinavian folklore creatures they also feared iron. Apart from that they were hunted by Thor, one of the last remnants of the old Norse mythology, who threw Mjolnir, his hammer, causing lightning bolts to kill them. Though Mjolnir was supposed to return to Thor after throwing, the imprints of his hammer could later be found in the earth (actually Stone Age axes) and be used as protective talismans.
In Swedish everyday folklore trolls often were blamed for bad luck or accidents - in the north of Sweden the "vittra" often played this role. In some parts of Sweden they still, when things go wrong, say: "Det går troll i det här". This can can be translated with "There are trolls in this" or "This has become troll-infested" meaning that something brings or has extraordinary misfortune coming with it. For example: If everything goes wrong in a project you can say: "Det verkar som om det går troll i det här projektet" meaning "It looks like this project is cursed by the trolls".
Fairytales and legends-
While the everyday folklore consisted mostly of short anecdotes describing things that had (supposedly) happened to local people, fairytales are narratives that rarely claim to be true in the same way. Many of the fairytales featuring trolls were written in the late 19th century to early 20th century, reflecting the romanticism of the time, and published in fairytale collections like Bland tomtar och troll. These tales, and illustrations by artists like John Bauer and Theodor Kittelsen, would come to form the ideas most people have of trolls today.
Legends from the Middle Ages and earlier also feature a kind of trolls of more horrifying dimensions. This might reflect a past view of trolls as distinctly bad creatures that would soften in later folklore (see the above), or just be another example of fantastic tales demanding fantastic dimensions.
In fairytales and legends trolls are known less as the people living next to humans and more as frightening creatures. Particularly in these tales they come in any size and can be as huge as giants or as small as dwarfs. They are often regarded as having poor intellect (especially the males, whereas the females may be quite cunning), great strength, big noses, long arms, and as being hairy and not very beautiful. (Once again, females often constitute the exception, with female trolls frequently being comely.) In Scandinavian fairy tales trolls sometimes turn to stone if exposed to sunlight, a myth generally attributed to pareidolia found in naturally eroded rock outcroppings.
Asbjørnsen and Moe's collection features a number of traditional fairy tales where trolls hold princesses captive, such as The Three Princesses of Whiteland, Soria Moria Castle, and Dapplegrim, and two where trolls invade homes on Christmas Eve to make merry, Tatterhood and The Cat on the Dovrefjell. Female trolls may conspire to force the prince to marry their daughters, as in East of the Sun and West of the Moon, or practice witchcraft, as in The Witch in the Stone Boat, where a troll usurps a queen's place, or The Twelve Wild Ducks, where she turns twelve princes into wild ducks. In other tales, the hero matches wits with the troll: Boots and the Troll, and Boots Who Ate a Match With the Troll.
The following excerpts from the Danish Ballad of Eline of Villenskov describe the physical aspects of trolls within Scandinavian mythology:
"There were seven and a hundred Trolls,
They were both ugly and grim,
A visit they would the farmer make,
Both eat and drink with him.
Out then spake the tiniest Troll,
No bigger than an emmet was he,
Hither is come a Christian man,
And manage him will I surelie"
Nordic art, music and literature-
Edvard Grieg, a prominent Norwegian composer of the later 19th century, wrote several pieces on trolls, including a score based on Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt, with the famous In the Hall of the Mountain King, and March Of The Trolls (Troldtog). Regarding his motivations, Grieg wrote: "The peculiar in life was what made me wild and mad...dwarf power and untamed wildness...audacious and bizarre fantasy." Grieg's former home, Troldhaugen ("The Troll's Hill"), is now a museum.
Like Grieg, conductor Johan Halvorsen was a nationalist Norwegian composer. He wrote, The Princess and the Giant Troll, The Trolls enter the Blue Mountain, and Dance of the Little Trolls. Geirr Tveitt was heavily influenced by Grieg's romanticism and cultural exploration of Scandinavian folklore and Norwegian folk-music. Tveitt's Troll Tunes, includes works such as Troll-Tuned Hardanger Fiddle, and The Boy With The Troll-Treasure. Tragically, 80% of Tveitt's oeuvre was destroyed in a fire.
Few Norwegian illustrators or painters have managed to capture these strange creatures and the enchanted atmosphere of Norwegian nature on paper and canvas as successfully as Theodor Kittelsen. Kittelsen's art and artistic use of the medium of drawing, with black and white extremities and scales of gray in between, are in a class of their own in Norwegian art. Theodor Kittelsen was fascinated by this shadowy world populated by supernatural siren beings and spirits. Walking in the forests and fields, he could see them everywhere: in the mists over the marches, in the twilight surrounding fallen pine trunks and in the dripping fir trees on rainy days.
In Swedish children's literature, trolls are not naturally evil, but primitive and misunderstood. Their misdeeds are due to a combination of basic and common human traits, such as envy, pride, greed, naïveté, ignorance and stupidity. In some early 20th century fairy tales, by Elsa Beskow, trolls are also depicted as an aboriginal race of hunters and gatherers who are fleeing the encroaching human civilization. Where man makes a road, the trolls disappear.
Young Scandinavian children usually understand the concept of trolls, and a way to teach children to brush their teeth is to tell them to get rid of the very small "tooth trolls" that otherwise will make holes in their teeth. This is a pedagogic device used to explain bacteria by the Norwegian author Thorbjørn Egner in his story Karius and Baktus.
The Swedish-speaking Finnish author Tove Jansson has reached a worldwide audience with her Moomintrolls.
There is some speculation that the famous story Rumpelstiltskin originated from a troll folk tale which bears many similarities. While the original story of the troll involves a preacher contracting a troll to build a church as opposed to a woman needing to spin straw into gold, the central element of a bargain which is satisfied by guessing the name of the involved party, and the subsequent death of the troll or being whose name is guessed is central to both stories. | <urn:uuid:5423d4c9-3a78-450c-bd64-01ca5e5b54b1> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://mdiw.weebly.com/trolls.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560284411.66/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095124-00459-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967385 | 3,182 | 2.90625 | 3 |
by Clark Halladay
The trend toward consolidation in the window and door industry is going strong and gaining momentum. Almost overnight we have seen regional manufacturers become part of nationally recognized organizations. This trend is creating a highly competitive environment for large manufacturers who are competing aggressively with high-volume distributors and mass merchandisers for business opportunities.
But amid all this activity, what is happening to our small and medium-sized manufacturers? More than others, these companies are feeling the pressure due to price wars and economies of scale in manufacturing. With large distributors dictating price, demanding advertising allowances and requiring consigned inventories, the smaller manufacturers are losing their ability to compete.
But, there are ways for the smaller manufacturer to remain competitive and profitable despite this difficult business climate. The key continues to be differentiation, creativity and innovation. Over the past decade, the most common points of differentiation included changes to window substrates (from historical aluminum or wood windows to vinyl), low-E glass, warm-edge spacers and inert gases. However, these options are no longer unique points of differentiation, as these product alterations have become prevalent throughout the industry. Since energy efficiency is one of the primary concerns for homeowners, offering these products is no longer an option, it has become a must. And, in light of our strong economy, todays homeowners have the capital to demand and invest in energy-efficient upgrades. (For more info about consumer energy efficiency programs see March 1999).
Product and market differentiation is easy to accomplish with the variety of options currently available and the innovations in our industry. Keeping up-to-date on the newest glass options, exotic gases and more productive, cost-effective means of manufacturing, will allow the small window producer to get a jump on the industry. Being smaller often results in the ability to move faster than much larger competitors. With many distributors and mass merchandisers looking to be the first to introduce new and innovative technologies, this can be a major advantage for the smaller manufacturer.
Glass is one of the primary components to consider for differentiation. Next generation low-Es, as well as new reflective and tinted coatings offer versatility in managing thermal performance and light transmittance. Third generation warm-edge products, exotic inert gases, and unique, creative glazing options such as triple- and quadruple-insulating glass systems also will provide a unique marketing edge.
Along with unique and upgraded components, the small manufacturer needs to search out new ways to improve upon manufacturing efficiencies. Large window manufacturers typically gain economies of scale that are not obtainable by the much smaller manufacturer. This, in turn requires more creativity in searching out ways to cut costs. An alternative method for productivity improvement is to incorporate separate manufacturing steps into work cells. For instance, combining insulating glass production with in-plant glazing can result in reduced costs, as well as increased productivity and flexibility.
The smaller manufacturer that provides these types of industry innovations likely will have a better chance to remain independent and competitive. Bigger does not always mean better, and the smaller manufacturer that stays on the cutting edge of industry evolution will not only produce high quality, high performance products, but profitable ones as well.
Clark Halladay is the sales and new business development manager for TruSeal Technologies Inc. of Beachwood, OH.
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List of foods to increase height:
Vitamin D: An essential vitamin required for height is vitamin D rich food. For the proper absorption of calcium, bone development and healthy immune functioning, include vitamin D rich foods such as fish, cereals, eggs, tofu, soy milk, soy beans, mushrooms, sausages and almonds.
Protein: This is another natural way to increase height . Protein rich foods are healthy and effective in height gain as it repairs body tissues and promotes building new tissues. Amino acids in protein rich foods are crucial for proper growth and function of the human body. Protein rich foods such as milk, cheese, green beans, seeds (pumpkin, watermelon and squash), fish (tuna, salmon), lean meat, lean beef, peanuts, lentils, chicken, oatmeals, soy beans and pulses are nutritious. Include these foods in your diet to enhance height gain.
Vitamin A: For healthy and proper functioning of the body organs, have vitamin A rich food. Vitamin A preserves calcium in the bones and keeps it strong and healthy. Vitamin A rich foods also improves eye sight and helps get a glowing skin. Include food such as spinach, beetroot, carrots, chicken, cantaloupe, papaya, peach, milk, tomatoes, peas and apricot. You can even have juice of few vegetables such as tomatoes, carrots, beetroot to name a few.
Calcium: It is important to keep the bones strong. Calcium rich foods improves the bone growth and development. Have dairy products such as milk, cheese, yogurt and eggs everyday to increase height. These foods are filling, tasty and healthy!
Minerals: Minerals build bone tissues, increase bone growth and improves blood flow in the body. To increase height naturally, have mineral rich foods such as green beans, legumes, broccoli, spinach, cabbage, pumpkin, carrot, lentils, peanuts, bananas, prunes, grapes ands peaches.
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April 2013 saw the greatest shake up of the NHS since its formation in 1948. Under the Conservative Government all Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) were abolished and replaced with two new types of organisations: Commissioning Support Units (CSUs) and Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs).
The outgoing PCTs had been in operation for just over 10 years and were responsible for all the funding and commissioning of services throughout the NHS in England. The new CCGs have now taken over this role, effectively providing all the funding to GP led organisations.
Further upheaval has been evident during the last 12 months with the CSUs being put in "competition" with one another in respect to the support services they supply to the CCGs. A number of CSUs have already closed and more are currently in merger discussions leading to redundancies and early retirement of many experienced NHS staff. A recent report in E-HealthInsider highlights redundancies within 14 of the 18 CSUs over the next 6 months, despite the organisations being just over 12 months old.
Despite all of this upheaval, the modernisation of the National Health Service’s infrastructure and services continues at a great pace. In addition, we are seeing increased “commercialisation” of many services, which are now provided by private companies.
These dramatic changes have increased the need for more people of different backgrounds within all the Non-Medical and Non-Clinical sectors which support the NHS. The Royal College of Nursing recently warned that patient care is being put at risk because the NHS has lost close to 4,000 senior nurses since 2010, but the support roles away from direct patient care are equally important. These supporting positions are essential to the overall performance and efficiency of the NHS and they cover the following 18 areas:
Admin & Clerical, Senior Management, Medical Secretaries, Legal Services, Library Services, Clinical Coding, Finance, IT, Project Management, HR, PR & Communications, Procurement, Estates, Hotel Services, Catering, Drivers, Stores and Security.
The substantial amount of activity caused by this reorganisation has reached online Job Boards. While the Job Board market is very large, it is dominated by huge “generalist” websites such as Jobsite, Monster and Total Jobs. Specialist recruiters all advertise on these boards, but there is widespread duplication resulting in confusion for candidates and unnecessary costs produced by advertising the same job on several boards. | <urn:uuid:df2d00db-afbd-4f11-8c00-64f3c2a8c4f3> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.recruitingblogs.com/profiles/blogs/taking-care-of-the-nhs?xg_source=activity | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279224.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00486-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964422 | 497 | 1.84375 | 2 |
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Orthopedics Palm Beach County: Most Valuable Advice – “Look After your Knees”
When you’re young, you don’t necessarily think about the distant future – a future, in which your body may not be as fit and healthy as it is now. We often don’t realize that the health problems that occur later in life are caused by a lifetime of neglect. Neglect to take care of yourself. Neglect to see your doctors a soon as you notice the first symptoms. Neglect to predict how the way you live your life will influence your health and body in the future. People tend to just ‘live for the moment’ and not see the possible outcomes of their actions.
It is especially dangerous as far as the health is concerned. Whenever we see a person with severe health problems, we often assume that ‘this can never happen to me’. But for many people it can, and it actually does. We need to finally realize that our future health and well-being is not a matter of luck but rather something we can actively take care of here and now. With most illnesses, it’s similar to being overweight; it doesn’t just happen overnight – you have to work on it for a long period of time. The same goes for cancer, diabetes and many others (of course it can happen to anyone, but it’s also undeniable that smoking increases the risk of lung cancer by 25%, high sugar intake can cause diabetes, and so on)!
One of the last things we see coming is the problems with our knees. But as soon as you start to experience pain in their knees, it affects you in many ways. Aching knees prevent people from performing their normal everyday activities, sometimes even including getting out of the bed in the morning. If you have an active lifestyle, knee-related issues can force you to give up many things. But it doesn’t have to be that way!
The first thing you have to realize is that you are responsible for your own health. The things you do today will affect your health tomorrow. That being said, be careful with the way you treat your knees – run with proper shoes, don’t over-exercise, and always remember to warmup, keep your weight in check – these are just a few helpful tips that should give you a general picture. And whatever you do, always remember this simple truth – do something today that your future self will thank you for.
And – despite all good intentions – if you end up with arthritic knees or other knee-related problems – Orthopaedic Surgery Associates’ team of orthopedic surgeons in Palm Beach County are available to treat your symptoms. There are both surgical and non-surgical treatment options. If your knee is “bone on bone” then you may be a suitable candidate for a partial or total knee replacement. OSA has the following doctors who are experienced in treating orthopedic knee conditions in Palm Beach County:
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I tell my patients that my job as their primary-care physician is to keep them out of the hospital if at all possible, but also to recognize when they need round-the-clock, inpatient medical care.
I tell my patients that my job as their primary-care physician is to keep them out of the hospital if at all possible, but also to recognize when they need round-the-clock, inpatient medical care. When that time comes, I am happy to sign them over to the expertise of a hospitalist. Currently an estimated 28,000 physicians work as hospitalists, providing inpatient care to patients so that primary-care physicians can focus on outpatient medicine.
After two years working as a hospitalist, I am now a clinic-based family doctor. Having worked both sides of the aisle, I’ve learned some useful strategies for making hospitalizations smoother for both physicians and their patients. Here are some simple tips that will maximize your patients’ experience:
Inform your patients that you use hospitalists. While hospitalists have been around for more than ten years, patients are often surprised that their PCP does not take care of them in the hospital. Discussing this long before your patient needs admission may reduce his frustration when he is sick.
Verbal reports help your patients. If there is a social issue or piece of the patient’s medical history that will assist the hospitalist, a simple call may shave days off the hospital stay. Remember, you know your patient best.
Save outpatient workups for later. Your hospitalist may agree to run tests you request while the patient is hospitalized, but insurers are unlikely to pay unless it is directly related to the admitting diagnosis. Unnecessary tests may add days to the hospital stay as well. If the test or evaluation can be run as an outpatient and has nothing to contribute to the current treatment, plan to do it after discharge.
Avoid placing orders. If you have hospital privileges, you may be tempted to try to control your patient’s pain or other symptoms while she is in the hospital while deferring the majority of the care to the hospitalist. This fragments the patient’s care and confuses the nursing staff. Instead, call the hospitalist and offer your suggestions.
Expect a timely discharge summary. When the patient returns to your care a few days after discharge, you need to know his new medications, results of his tests, and plans for further workup. If your hospitalist has not dictated the report, you may call him or her and ask for a verbal summary.
Provide feedback. If many of your patients comment that a hospitalist was rude or inattentive, you may wish to discuss it with the physician or with his or her supervisor. On the other hand, if your patients rave about a specific physician, share that, too.
The relationship between the clinic-based primary-care provider and the hospitalist need not be adversarial. After all, both providers want a short hospital stay, effective communication, a safe discharge plan, and a good outcome for the patient.
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The Woman in Charge
With the future of the euro zone in doubt, policymakers are looking to the brilliant and glamorous French-born Christine Lagarde, the first woman to head the International Monetary Fund, for answers. In her first major policy speech since becoming managing director of the IMF, Lagarde offered a scholarly diagnosis of the sluggish world economy, along with a hard-hitting assessment of what needs to happen.
She urged political leaders on Thursday to exhibit “leadership over brinkmanship,” warning that a “vicious cycle” of weak growth and unsustainable debt is being made worse by the lack of political resolve and collective determination.
Crisply organized in both her appearance (tailored navy suit) and her thinking (four policy guidelines, all starting with the letter “r”), she is likely the only human being to appear on the cover of Forbes and in the pages of Vogue the same month.
Introduced by former congresswoman Jane Harman, head of the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars that sponsored the event, Lagarde framed her remarks in the spirit of President Woodrow Wilson and the “global fraternity” that he championed. She said the world today is so intertwined that there is no such thing as acting alone, and she made clear her belief that collective action is needed for the world economy to shake off the current crisis of too much debt and too few jobs. (Harman is a director of the Newsweek Daily Beast Company.)
“We have entered a dangerous new phase of the crisis. Without collective, bold action, there is a real risk of the major economies slipping back instead of moving forward,” Lagarde warned.
As she outlined her prescription for recovery—repair, rebalance, reform, rebuild–she said for the first time that she welcomed President Obama’s recent proposals to address growth and employment, adding that it remains critical to have a “parallel track” to stabilize debt, indirectly endorsing the so-called Super Committee on Capitol Hill charged with finding $1.5 trillion in savings.
In a brief question-and-answer period that followed the speech, Lagarde said she was heartened by the phone call that German leader Angela Merkel and French President Nicholas Sarkozy had with Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou. “It was a clear indication from them that Greece will remain in the euro zone,” she said, affirming that one of the guiding principles of the euro zone is that “as long as a country in difficulty performs its obligations,” it will receive help “without a cap and without a limit.”
The challenge, she said, is that legislation takes at best three to four months and sometimes 12 to 18 months for 17 euro-zone parliaments to come together. The time frame for investors, markets, and media is much shorter. It’s not like the days of Napoleon, she concluded with a wry laugh, when it was “I decide, then it happens.”
Lagarde, at six feet tall, is no Napoleon, but when she talks, people listen, and women especially take pride in her orderly and elegant way of confronting a range of problems. She started her day in Washington with what sounded like a real power breakfast with some dozen members of Congress, bipartisan and from both chambers, and all women.
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It has been a month of Autism Awesomeness within the College Experience thanks to David Lieberman who is not only our dedicated teaching assistant for several classes…but the first alumnus in the 16-year history of our program who has transitioned to a role as a full-time staff member. We are hoping that others are going to follow in his footsteps and remain confident that David’s success is just another example of how giving individuals with disabilities a chance to reach their potential through gainful employment is not charity or good public relations. It is something that surely enhances the bottom line! Individuals with disabilities are often reliable and are willing to stay with a company for the long haul especially if that particular company embraced them after a sequence of barriers elsewhere. Hopefully, as society becomes more progressive, many of these barriers will be chipped away.
David (featured in the blue shirt in the front of the group) is also a seasoned advocate who recently traveled to Hobart and William Smith Colleges on Thursday, November 11, 2021, to give a speech to the class of Professor Mary Kelly. David has come a very long way since he was a child receiving Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) therapy after he was diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum as a young child. David described to the class how ABA therapy helped him with the struggle of having to get a haircut for the first time. The therapy began with very small steps such as his family driving him past the barbershop without actually going inside and then gradually progressed to larger steps such as sitting on the chair without having a tantrum. People on the autism spectrum often have a brutal time with transition and easing them into a new change is a good strategy.
David had a wonderful time meeting all of the students studying to be future educators and experiencing the alma mater of his mother and father, Jackie and Aaron. On that note, we at The College Experience would like to collectively add how much the support from his family has made a difference in David’s unusual success as an adult on the autism spectrum. David is only in his early twenties, and we should have much to look forward to in the coming years as we witness his achievements! | <urn:uuid:16d44d3c-c154-41aa-a3f7-23f3911ee999> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://thecollegeexperience.org/david-lieberman-educates-college-students-in-geneva-ny/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571147.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810040253-20220810070253-00467.warc.gz | en | 0.984817 | 445 | 1.8125 | 2 |
Does this test have other names?
Serum theophylline concentrations, blood theophylline level
What is this test?
This test measures the level of theophylline in your blood.
Theophylline is a chemical similar to caffeine. It's sometimes used as a medication to treat lung conditions such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and bronchiolitis. Sometimes it's prescribed to babies, especially premature infants, to help their breathing and lung function.
Theophylline reduces inflammation or irritation in lungs and airways, relaxes smooth muscles in the airways and digestive system, and stimulates the central nervous system. But theophylline can be harmful in high doses or if the theophylline level in your blood is too high, so your health care provider may want to test your level of theophylline.
Why do I need this test?
You will need this test if your doctor gives you theophylline for a medical condition. The test will help your doctor figure out the proper dose and see if you have too much theophylline in your body. Too much theophylline can be life-threatening. Signs and symptoms of too much theophylline include:
Vomiting, heartburn, and abdominal pain
Rapid heart rate or other changes in heart rhythm
Muscle aches and tremors
High blood sugar
Low blood pressure
What other tests might I have along with this test?
Your doctor may order other tests if you have taken too much theophylline. These include:
Tests to measure other substances in your blood, such as blood sugar and electrolytes
Blood gas test to check the oxygen and carbon dioxide levels in your blood
Liver function tests
What do my test results mean?
Many things may affect your lab test results. These include the method each lab uses to do the test. Even if your test results are different from the normal value, you may not have a problem. To learn what the results mean for you, talk with your health care provider.
Results are given in micrograms per milliliter (mcg/mL). Safe levels for people taking theophylline are usually 8 to 20 mcg/mL. Levels may be harmful at 20 to 40 mcg/mL if you've taken too many pills within a short time period. Such cases might include accidentally taking extra pills or having a prescription that was written for too high a dose. This may also happen if someone was using the drug to attempt suicide.
Levels of 20 to 30 mcg/mL may cause serious or even fatal problems if you've regularly taken too much of the medication over time.
A safe level for you depends on how much alcohol you drink, whether you smoke, whether you take herbal medications, and how nutritiously you eat.
How is this test done?
The test requires a blood sample, which is drawn through a needle from a vein in your arm.
Does this test pose any risks?
Taking a blood sample with a needle carries risks that include bleeding, infection, bruising, or feeling dizzy. When the needle pricks your arm, you may feel a slight stinging sensation or pain. Afterward, the site may be slightly sore.
What might affect my test results?
Certain medications cause theophylline to break down more slowly in the body, which can lead to higher test results. These include:
Cimetidine, used to treat problems related to stomach acid
Birth control pills
Certain antibiotics, such as erythromycin, clarithromycin, ciprofloxacin, and norfloxacin
Fluvoxamine, a drug for anxiety
Other drugs cause theophylline to leave your body more quickly, leading to lower test results. Smoking also has this affect on results.
How do I get ready for this test?
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“There’s a sudden experience of delight that you feel when you witness something that is beautiful,” says Rosendo Villafuerte-Vega ’16. He remembers the first time he learned about how water molecules arrange themselves in the solid phase. “It was simply amazing how these minuscule entities can beautifully rearrange themselves—from the common household ice cube to the delicate snowflake.”
Villafuerte-Vega majored in Chemistry, but he also explored the humanities during his college career and loved the variety of disciplines he got to study through Immaculata’s liberal arts curriculum. He especially enjoyed the Honors Aesthetics course taught by Sister Judith Parsons, IHM, Ph.D., associate professor of Philosophy.
Under the mentorship of Sister Judith, Villafuerte-Vega conducted research and developed a poster titled “Molecular Aesthetics: Exploring the Beauty of Visual Representations in Chemistry.” He presented this research in April both at Immaculata’s Posters Under the Dome event and at an undergraduate research event held at the state capitol building in Harrisburg, PA.
“The chemist attempts to construct representations of molecules in order to gain a better insight into their chemical nature,” Villafuerte-Vega writes in his poster. Scientists don’t favor any one molecular model; instead, many representations portray different aspects of molecules.
Villafuerte-Vega sees beauty both in “the structure inherent in chemicals” and also in “the human mind’s capacity to employ skill and imagination” in visualizing invisible molecules. The molecule he finds most beautiful is the Buckminsterfullerene, a collection of 60 carbon atoms named after Buckminster Fuller, the architect who designed geodesic domes. “The molecule consists of numerous pentagons and hexagons that come together to form a structure that closely resembles a soccer ball,” Villafuerte-Vega says.
The scientists who discovered the Buckminsterfullerene, or “buckyball,” as it is sometimes called, won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1996. The prize committee noted that “for chemists, the proposed structure was uniquely beautiful and satisfying.”
“Chemists’ appreciation of the beauty of molecules permits them to uncover the secrets of the molecular world,” Villafuerte-Vega says in his poster. The Buckminsterfullerene and its family of molecules, called fullerenes, are not only aesthetically appealing. Because of their hollow geometric structure, they are also uniquely stable and can act as cages to store or transport other chemicals. Discovering fullerenes allowed chemists to pursue new lines of inquiry in chemistry, leading to innovations and much future research potential in the fields of nanotechnology, electronics, medicine, materials science, and mechanics.
“In chemistry,” Villafuerte-Vega says, “you often have to go through many steps in order to synthesize a particular compound of interest. I can tell you that once you synthesize a compound that is so difficult to make, and you are determined to make it, then you cannot help but to think that what you made is beautiful and, in a sense, art.” He remembers the frustration of having to stay in Immaculata’s lab for hours, trying procedures again and again, “but it was worth waiting to create something from the labor of your own hands!” he said.
Curiosity and a sense of awe pervade Villafuerte-Vega’s study of chemistry. “I wanted to know why atoms arranged themselves to form the molecules that I find beautiful. In a way, it not only enhanced my understanding of chemistry, but it also made me re-discover my passion for the field.” | <urn:uuid:2ac9f684-a260-4b8b-8251-002a2c5d4959> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://uc.immaculata.edu/molecular-aesthetics-how-chemistry-and-art-are-connected/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279368.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00330-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949956 | 820 | 2.53125 | 3 |
Researcher receives CDC award to fight antibiotic resistance
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has awarded Jennifer Auchtung, PhD, MA, assistant professor of molecular virology and microbiology at Baylor College of Medicine, with a 1-year, $294,000 grant to develop tools to combat antibiotic resistance.
The award is part of the Antibiotic Resistance Solutions Initiative, which is part of the CDC’s efforts to support known strategies for protecting people and slowing antibiotic resistance. Funding was determined through a competitive selection process.
Auchtung’s submitted proposal focuses on cross-validating two different models of the gastrointestinal microbiome: human fecal mini bioreactors and a model of the human gastrointestinal microbiome living in mice. Researchers will study antibiotic resistance in both models, which are described as being complex and replicate several functions of the human microbiome obtained from human fecal samples.
The team will study if treatment with antibiotics in these models promotes expansion of antibiotic resistant bacteria, using next-generation genetic sequencing to determine genetic changes that correlate with antibiotic resistance. They will also study metabolic evidence for resistance to penicillins and cephalosporins, as well as study how treatment with antibiotics impacts susceptibility to Clostridium difficile, according to Auchtung. | <urn:uuid:2dee65d8-be84-48fe-914f-320689cdb2ce> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://decisionsindentistry.com/2018/01/digital-technology-allows-surgeons-accurately-diagnose-remote-patients/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00075.warc.gz | en | 0.923242 | 271 | 2.21875 | 2 |
On the same day that President Obama was announced "Ally of the Year" by OUT Magazine, his administration has officially endorsed The Equality Act, which would amend the 1964 Civil Rights Act to protect LGBTs from discrimination.
From the Washington Post:
Speaking to reporters, White House press secretary Josh Earnest said the administration has been reviewing the bill “for several weeks.” “
Upon that review it is now clear that the administration strongly supports the Equality Act,” he said. “That bill is historic legislation that would advance the cause of equality for millions of Americans.”
“We look forward to working with Congress to ensure that the legislative process produces a result that balances both the bedrock principles of civil rights, like those I’ve just described, with the religious liberty that we hold dear in this country,” Earnest added.
Although there is little chance that this Congress will approve the legislation — which was introduced in July by Democratic Sens. Jeff Merkley (Ore.), Tammy Baldwin (Wis.) and Cory Booker (N.J.), and Rep. David N. Cicilline (R.I.) — President Obama’s support elevates to greater prominence the question of whether lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans need greater legal safeguards. Last week, Houston residents rejected an ordinance that would have barred discrimination against gay and transgender people after opponents said it would allow men disguised as women to enter women’s restrooms.
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1) Think about the 10-second rule — If you would not trust your child alone with an item for 10 seconds, then he/she should never be able to get to it. Crawl around the rooms to identify hazards. Pay special attention to medicines, poisons and cleaning supplies.
2) Best vacuum cleaner — For infants and toddlers, everything goes in the mouth. Be sure your child does not have access to small objects. Button batteries can be particularly dangerous.
3) Cushion corners — Most toddler injuries requiring stitches are the result of coffee table and fireplace edges. While they may not be attractive, cushions for those edges can prevent some nasty lacerations.
4) Gravity works! — Stairs can be a huge hazard for early walkers. Be sure you have gates at both the top and bottom of the stairs. Help your child learn to navigate stairs safely with your careful supervision.
5) Window screens keep bugs out, but do not keep kids in — Hundreds of kids are seriously injured in window falls each year. All windows should have either a window guard to limit how much it can open (4 inches or less), or a metal or mesh guard that prevents falls.
6) Toddlers love to explore — Once your child is walking, be careful with hot food and liquids. Curious toddlers can pull on placemats, tablecloths or electrical cords and douse themselves with hot coffee.
7) Timber! — Once kids master walking, they start climbing, and bookcases, TV stands and dressers look like fun! Be sure to attache heavy, climbable furniture to the wall so it cannot topple.
8) Lock ’em up — The safest way to store guns is unloaded in a locked cabinet with the ammunition stored separately.
9) Fire! — Be sure working smoke detectors are in or near all bedrooms, and test them twice a year. Keep a fire extinguisher in the kitchen.
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While medication and surgery are often used to resolve gallstone complaints, many people turn to natural remedies instead.
Read on to learn more about popular natural treatments for gallstones, along with some tips to stop them from forming in the first place.
Fast facts on getting rid of gallstones naturally:
- Gallstones are solid particles that form in the gallbladder.
- Not much research exists to suggest that home remedies are effective treatments.
- It is important to see a doctor before treating gallstones with natural or home remedies.
Gallstones vary in shape and size, with some growing to the size of a golf ball.
There are two types of gallstones:
- Cholesterol gallstones: These are the most common form and are primarily made up of undissolved cholesterol.
- Pigment gallstones: Made up of excess bilirubin (a pigment that forms during the breakdown of red blood cells), these stones are brown or black.
Not all gallstones cause symptoms. When symptoms are present, they include:
- pain in the upper right abdomen
- pain in the right shoulder or between the shoulder blades
- gray stool
Although there is no reliable evidence that these remedies work, the following treatments are popular natural alternatives to medical interventions.
1. Gallbladder cleanse
One of the most common treatments for gallstones is a gallbladder cleanse. Proponents of this method claim it breaks down the gallstones and flushes them from the body. A
A gallbladder flush involves consuming a blend of apple juice, herbs, and olive oil for 2 to 5 days. Recipes vary, and some procedures allow a person to eat food while others do not.
This diet may be unsafe people with diabetes or blood sugar problems, who do not consume solid food during the cleanse.
2. Apple cider vinegar with apple juice
Some people believe that apple juice softens gallstones, allowing them to be excreted from the body with ease.
One cleanse involves mixing apple cider vinegar into the apple juice before drinking it. Although there is limited evidence to suggest that apple cider vinegar does have some health benefits, no studies support its use as a treatment for gallstones.
Furthermore, people with diabetes, stomach ulcers, and hypoglycemia should be wary of consuming large amounts of fruit juice.
Apple cider vinegar is available to buy in health stores and online.
According to the
People usually drink dandelion teas or coffees to remove their gallstones. However, there is no evidence to suggest this is beneficial. Furthermore, people with gallstones, gallbladder problems, or kidney problems should speak with a doctor before consuming dandelion.
A range of dandelion teas and supplements are available to purchase in health stores and online.
4. Milk thistle
Milk thistle has been used medicinally to detoxify the liver
A person can take milk thistle as a tonic or in a capsule or tablet form. People with diabetes, ragweed allergies, or a history of hormone-sensitive cancers should discuss the use of milk thistle with their doctor.
Milk thistle is available to buy in health stores and online.
5. Lysimachiae herba
Lysimachiae herba or gold coin grass is a popular traditional Chinese remedy for gallstones.
The supplement is available as a powder or liquid.
Extracts of artichoke have been
However, there is no research specifically focusing on the effects of artichoke on gallstones.
Globe artichokes can be cooked and prepared in various ways. But the research is based on artichoke extract supplements, which are probably more potent than the vegetables.
It is essential to speak with a doctor before taking artichoke extract because it may cause a gallbladder attack if a bile duct is obstructed.
7. Psyllium husk
Psyllium is a soluble fiber derived from the seeds of the Plantago ovata plant. Research has shown it to benefit the heart, pancreas, and other areas of the body.
8. Castor oil pack
Castor oil packs are a popular remedy among naturopaths and natural living enthusiasts for a wide variety of complaints.
To apply a castor oil pack, soak a cloth in warm castor oil and place on the abdomen. Cover with a towel. Some people choose to place a heat source, such as a hot water bottle or heating pad, on top. Leave the pack on the abdomen for up to an hour.
There are no scientific studies to support the use of this treatment for gallstones.
Acupuncture may relieve gallstone symptoms, although the research is very limited.
It should be noted that this research does not look specifically at gallstones, and it may only relieve symptoms, rather than helping people to pass the stones.
Some yoga poses are said to cure gallstones, although no studies support this claim. The following poses are believed by some to be beneficial for people with gallstones:
- Bhujangasana (Cobra Pose)
- Dhanurasana (Bow Pose)
- Pachimotasana (Seated forward bend)
- Sarvangasana (Shoulderstand)
- Shalabhasana (Locust Pose)
If natural remedies do not treat gallstones effectively, then a person might want to consider medications or surgery.
Smaller gallstones may be treated with bile acids such as ursodeoxycholic acid and chenodeoxycholic acid.
Potential disadvantages of these medications include:
- the time they take to work (up to 2 years)
- the potential for gallstones to return once medication use is stopped
Gallstones are often treated by removing the gallbladder. This ensures that the gallstones cannot re-form.
Gallbladder removal surgery or cholecystectomy is one of the most common operations performed on American adults. There are minimal side effects to gallbladder removal.
- being female
- increasing age (over 40)
- family history
However, other risk factors can be addressed, including:
- rapid weight loss
- a high-fat diet
- sedentary lifestyle
Therefore, preventative techniques should involve focusing on the factors that can be modified. The following tips may reduce the risk of gallstones for some people.
Can diet prevent gallstones?
Women who eat more fruits and vegetables are less likely to have their gallbladders removed than women who eat very little fresh produce, according to a 2006 study. Also, other sources of fiber such as the psyllium husks mentioned earlier may be beneficial for the gallbladder.
Foods that may cause gallbladder problems include:
- high-fat foods
As obesity increases the risk of gallstones, those who are overweight should aim to achieve and maintain a healthy weight.
However, following a diet that is very low in calories (500 per day) can be a risk factor for gallstone formation, according to a
Anyone considering trying natural treatment should always consult a doctor first.
Symptoms of a gallbladder problem include:
- pain in the abdomen that lasts for 5 hours or more
- yellowing of the skin or eyes
- tea-colored urine
- pale stools
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Patient’s Narrative Agenda,, interview, qualitative method, assessment, osteosarcoma, cancer
Background and aim of the work. To activate the participation of the person in his/her care path, the literature highlight the impact of the professional’s ability to show a genuine interest in the problems brought by the patient and to recognize him/her as ‘competent’. In these sense the narrative patient’s agenda could be a useful relational tool, because is focused on the perception of patient experiences of his/her illness. Thus this study aims to analyze the usefulness of patient’s narrative agenda during the assessment phase. Method. A semi-structured interview has been adopted to explore the agenda of Robert, 21 years old, suffering from osteosarcoma. A first level analysis identified the four functional areas of the agenda: ideas and beliefs; expectations and desires and context in which he lives and interacts. A second level analysis assessed the main Robert’s problems. Results. The narrative agenda has highlighted many central problems of Robert (e.g. therapeutic adherence, quality of life, mood, body image, existential problems related to experiences, hopes and expectations). Of course these results could be integrated with other tools: qualitative, to understanding difficulties and to formulate hypotheses, and quantitative, to measure the level of severity of problems reported. Discussion and conclusion. The narrative agenda has not only proved to be a valid instrument of assessment, allowing an adequate insight on the patient’s problems, as we exemplified, but it can be also used for monitoring the dynamic situation of the person’s history, lending itself to the re-exploration of its functional areas over time.
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For a number of years now I have been using a Watec 902H low light CCTV camera for monitoring lightning related phenomena. Over the years I’ve recorded many “single flashes of light” that are NOT airplanes. I’ve purposely setup my capture software to record 30 head frames and 120 tail frames. This is to ensure that when I record a flash, I give the recording long enough to record any subsequent strobe flashes from the airplane, if that’s what it is that I’m capturing. These flashes only occur once during the recordings. Usually they are seen during clear nights. This would imply that they are most likely satellites or space junk. When I record a flash I always check on Stellarium (planetarium software) to see if there were any known satellites at the spot of the flash during the time recorded. In some cases I find a match (usually an Iridium satellite) for the flash confirming that it was a satellite that caused it. Other times though, there is no known satellite near the location of the flash. Of course, this doesn’t mean that it couldn’t be a satellite that isn’t in the NORAD element files used by Stellarium or a piece of space junk.
Here are a number of satellite examples. The first two are Iridium flares and the rest are of other satellites. In every case you can see a trajectory for the object. In other words there is movement evident while it’s visible.
Here is a recording of airplanes flying overhead.
The flashes in question are not cosmic rays hitting the CCD chip. Cosmic rays only last ONE frame as opposed to the hundreds of milliseconds for the flashes. Cosmic Ray example (https://youtu.be/y6gtkJ3s-70).
Here are a number of flashes that do not fit any of the above examples. On the first clip there is a cosmic ray detected by the CCD as well. Can you spot it?
Sometimes though I record a flash during overcast conditions like this example. (https://youtu.be/8qQJ2g5h9q8):
I’m not sure what to make of some of these flashes, particularly the ones that occur during overcast conditions. They are most curious indeed.
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Curtiss SNC-1 (oz11169)
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Curtiss SNC-1. Rubber scale model military trainer.
Quote: "How to build and fly a scale model of the Curtiss SNC-1, by Sidney Struhl.
IN Corpus Christi and other US Naval training centers, Uncle Sam's Naval Cadets get the finest Naval Aviation training in the world. And the ship that they train in, the Curtiss SNC-1, is one of the finest training planes in the world. We present this ship as our flying scale feature of the month.
The Curtiss SNC-1 is the military version of the famed Curtiss Falcon sport plane. This naval trainer is distinguished from its commercial counterpart by a long straight canopy. Top speed is 215 miles per hour, cruising speed 195 mhp with a 420 horsepower Wright radial engine mounted in the nose. Service ceiling is estimated at 26,000 ft, highest of all trainers except the Republic AT-12. Military training complement probably includes fixed guns in each wing, flexible gun in the rear cockpit, two-way radio and practice bomb racks.
As a model the SNC-1 leaves little to be desired; it is graceful of line and sleek in appearance, making an attractive subject for any flying scale fan. Flight proportions and of the best low-wing scale flying models of its size that the author has built.
The model is simply constructed in the conventional manner. The author was lucky enough to obtain all the required balsa except the fuselage stringers, which were 1/16 square pine. Thus the plans were drawn to incorporate balsa wood, although the structure design is readily adaptable to construction using slightly heavier white pine or basswood now being sold at most model shops. All wood and sizes should be selected carefully to assure the lightest, strongest structure possible. In the process of assembly all frames should he made with accuracy and each joint cemented firmly.
FUSELAGE: To keep the fuselage construction as simple as possible we employ the keel method. Begin by making the keel pieces. Trace top and bottom outlines of the fuselage side view to get the correct shape. Note that the bottom keel is a continuous piece extending from the nose to the tail. and the top keel is two separate pieces. Average depth of the keels is about 3/16; they are cut from 1/8 sheet balsa. Fuselage bulkheads are shown full size on the plan: they are cut from medium grade 1/16 sheet balsa. Only half the bulkheads are shown, thus you will have to make two of each pattern shown. Cut the notches for the keels only ; notches for the 1/16 sq stringers are cut after the fuselage is assembled. Mark the stringer position, however, on the bulkheads during assembly on the plans.
First pin the keel pieces into position over the plans and begin actual fuselage assembly. Temporarily cement a piece of 1/8 x 3/16 balsa between the top keels to join them at the opening created by the cockpit. Cement half the bulkheads to their respective positions and when dry remove from the plan and attach remaining bulkheads to the other side. Align the bulkheads accurately so they arc exactly perpendicular to the keels. Cement the two 1/16 sq stringers along the thrust line where a mark is provided on the bulkheads..."
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ROUNDTABLE ON HUMAN TRAFFICKING
PIO Number: 13-7-15
9:30 a.m.-11 a.m.
Monday, July 15, 2013
Broward Sheriff’s Office
2601 W. Broward Blvd., Fort Lauderdale
Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-22) held a roundtable discussion on human trafficking hosted by the Broward Sheriff’s Office with local and federal officials and social service organizations. The attendees were breifed on national and local efforts to stop human trafficking and support victims. Issues of surrounding gaps in victim services and barriers to victim identification were also discussed.
Florida is considered a hotspot for human trafficking. In 2011, Florida ranked third in the country among calls received by the National Human Trafficking Resource Center. Victims of human trafficking include children, women and men who are subjected to force, fraud or coercion for the purpose of exploitation or forced labor.
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Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Blessed Ceferino Namuncurá: Prince of the Pampas!
Today Salesians from all around the world celebrate Blessed Ceferino Namuncurá:
He was born at Chimpay, a small town in Valle Medio, Río Negro Province, Argentina, the sixth child of Rosario Burgos and a Mapuche cacique, Manuel Namuncurá. He was baptized by a Salesian missionary priest, Domingo Milanesio, at the age of eight.
Namuncurá's early years were spent by the Río Negro river, and it was here that he, according to legend, miraculously survived a fall into the river.
His father Manuel, Chief of the Mapuches, promoted to honorary Coronel in the Argentine army, decided that his son study in Buenos Aires, in order to prepare himself "to be useful to his people." Thanks to the friendship of Manuel with General Luís María Campos, Minister of War and Navy of Argentina, the boy came to study in the National Workshops of the Navy as a carpenter's apprentice. There he would remain for three months. Ceferino wrote to his father that he was not happy in that place and Manuel then asked former Argentine president Luís Sánchez Peña's advise. He recommended to Coronel Manuel Namuncurá that he send the boy to the Salesians of Don Bosco.
On September 20, 1897, Ceferino went to study with the Salesians at the Colegio Pío IX, a technical academy at Almagro, Buenos Aires, where he was given a Catholic education.
There he showed himself to be an excellent student and choral musician. From April 2, 1901, Carlos Gardel, afterward legendary tango singer and film actor, became a student at the academy and sang along with Ceferino in the chorus. The Mapuche lad always earned first place.
When he finished his studies, Manuel his father wanted him back home, to serve as interpreter and secretary, but Ceferino was already enthusiastic for becoming a Salesian priest.
Although his health was already generally frail, Ceferino, who was beloved by all his Salesian mentors, began studies for the priesthood. In 1904, he departed for Italy accompanying Mgr. Giovanni Cagliero, a former disciple of Don Bosco who was to become an Archbishop. Pope Pius X received them in September, after which Namuncurá moved to Turin and later to the Salesian College "Villa Sora" in Frascati, to continue his education. He became increasingly ill during the Italian winter and was taken to Rome, were he finally succumbed to pulmonary tuberculosis on May 11, 1905, at the Fate bene fratelli hospital.
In 1924 his remains where returned to Argentina and placed at Fortín Mercedes, in the southern part of Buenos Aires Province.
At his birthplace of Chimpay was erected a small chapel, where believers from Río Negro Province and beyond began to pray for his intercession. In 1945, a request for his beatification was elevated to the Holy See. Between May 13 and July 10, 1947, the Catholic Church started officially the process for Canonization of Ceferino Namuncurá, with 21 then-living witnesses deposing evidence in favour of his saintly virtues.
On June 22, 1972, Pope Paul VI promulgated the Decree of Heroism of His Virtues and Ceferino was thus proclaimed venerable, becoming the first Catholic Argentine to receive that title and the first South American aborigine.
The devotion to Ceferino Namuncurá, the saintly young Mapuche, known popularly as The Lily of Patagonia ("El lirio de la Patagonia") became very extended in Buenos Aires and throughout Argentina. In particular the humbler classes of Argentina recognise him, because of his indigenous features, as one of their own. The affection of the people of Argentina for this selfless young man is quite touchingly sincere and images and representations of his gentle face are myriad. Because of his belonging to the Salesians of Don Bosco, who always faithfully promoted his remembrance, his figure started to become familiar worldwide, anywhere where the Salesian work, introducing Ceferino as a model of youthful holiness and selflessness.
In 1991 his relics were translated from the small sanctuary chapel to the roomier Sanctuary of Mary, Help of Christians, at the same town of Fortín Mercedes.
In 2000 a committee of Vatican pathologists declared that the healing of the uterine cancer of a young mother, Valeria Herrera from Córdoba, Argentina, could not be explained medically, with which it was left to Church authorities to decree that it was a miracle due to the intercession of Ceferino Namuncurá. This was one of the main facts that opened the way for the beatification of Ceferino.
Pope Benedict XVI finally decreed his beatification on 6 July 2007. The ceremony of beatification was held in Chimpay, Argentina, on November 11, 2007. It was one few beatification ceremonies held outside the Vatican and in the blessed's own land (traditionally it is celebrated in Saint Peter Square in Rome); it was the first beatification of a South American aborigine; Blessed Ceferino was beatified by Cardenal Tarcisio Bertone, a Salesian of Don Bosco and Vatican Secretary of State.
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When NBBJ unveiled plans to build three dazzling biosphere greenhouses at Amazon's new Seattle headquarters, we were pretty excited. All plans can be improved though - and after the City of Seattle raised concerns about the design NBBJ went back to the drawing board. Their revamped plan gives the spheres an exciting other-worldly skin, more retail space, more landscaping and more access for the public.
Amazon’s new Seattle headquarters will take over 3 blocks in downtown in the Denny Triangle area. The project will comprise 3.3 million square feet spread over three city blocks – including three 38-story high-rise office towers, two mid-rise office buildings and a multi-purpose meeting center seating 1,800 people. NBBJ is designing the complex to meet LEED Gold standards and to invigorate the downtown area. Increased density, more efficient infrastructure and the increased use of public transportation by employees will also help to reduce the project’s overall impact. The biosphere buildings at the heart of the project are intended to provide a unique office setting filled with daylight and plants.
When NBBJ presented the project to the Seattle Department of Planning and Development (SDPD), it was met with mixed reviews, but they encouraged the idea and asked for some changes. The city wanted to see more public space and more landscaping. To appease the board, NBBJ presented a revamped plan that updates the biospheres with a ‘Catalan Skin’ made of irregular pentagons. Prefabricated from steel, aluminum and glass, the spheres are modeled to maximize lighting and minimize heat gain. NBBJ also increased landscaping in the public square, added more seating, built in a covered walkway from the spheres to the main tower, and increased retail space. The spheres were shortened slightly to lessen their impact on the public square, and more access was provided for the public within the building and the park.
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Nowadays, more and more parents are choosing the natural way to care for their children’s health. Aromatherapy is one natural route that can be used in promoting a baby’s and child’s happiness, health and wellbeing, including treating colic, allergies, asthma and even ADD/ADHD.
There are simple ways to use essential oils very effectively in a daily life; they can reduce the symptoms of illnesses and help ensure that you don’t catch the flu even when everyone else is coming down with it! What’s more, aromatherapy is not a luxury; in fact, it is an inexpensive way to maintain health and to treat many illnesses naturally. Essential oils can strengthen the response of your immune system and are immediately effective against viruses, a combination that explains the dynamic effectiveness of essential oils against viral illnesses.
Research has shown that some essential oils are effective against pathogenic bacteria. By using them instead of antibiotics, we can avoid some of the negative side effects caused by taking the latter – a crucial step to better health, as it leads to a significantly improved immune response.
Essential oils can be experienced through all five senses to give babies and children physical and emotional benefits. They can be applied topically through the skin, through inhalation, or be used in a bath, a compress, or diluted in carrier oils.
Here’s my guide to some of the best essential oils for having on hand at home:
- Lavender can be used for burns
- Tea tree is a strong disinfectant and can kill bacteria and fungi
- Peppermint can be used for insect bites and helps with digestive issues
- Chamomile offers a wide spectrum of benefits, such as calming the nerves, but can also treat various skin issues (such as sunburn or eczema), the respiratory system (including asthma) and sprains and strains
- Eucalyptus helps with colds, flu and coughs
- Geranium is uplifting but also helps with herpes and is a skin rejuvenator
- Rosemary unblocks physical and mental congestions but also promotes concentration and helps in the case of headaches, coughs and flu
- Lemon can be used as a natural cleaner, to get rid of pesticides, but can also help digestion and slimming
- Ginger works very well for muscle or back pain and cramps
- Ylang Ylang is very beneficial in balancing and calming, but also works as an aphrodisiac (wink wink)
- Helichrysum is my favourite wonder cure. It works great for bruising, swelling and inflammation even on twisted ankles. It is a scar healer and an anti-ageing
Aromatherapy can be of great benefit for both babies and children if used correctly, effectively and safely. It can be very useful in a lot of different situations, but remember to follow these guidelines for using essential oils safely on babies:
- Babies less than three months old should only use essential oils for specific conditions; the oils should be custom-made by a qualified aromatherapist
- Never apply essential oils directly on a baby’s skin; always use a carrier
- Only ‘gentle’ essential oils should be introduced at such a young age
- Massage is one of the most common uses of aromatherapy with baby, as it involves touch and communication between yourself and baby
- Always seek the experience of a qualified aromatherapist before trying any essential oils you are not familiar with and ask for guidance in the best way to use them
Some of my favourite essential oils for use with babies are Clove Bud blended together with Hypericum and Roman Chamomile, which is good for teething. For bath time, Roman Chamomile, Rose and Lavender can help calm your baby and get them relaxed for a good night’s sleep.
In addition to applying lotions and oils, aromatherapy can be introduced through inhalation. Studies have shown that using essential oil aromas with children can help with anxiety and hyperactivity management. Some good options are Atlas Cedarwood, Grapefruit, Lemon & Mandarin, Rose Otto, Sandalwood and Sweet Orange.
So I hope you’ll think about giving essential oils a try!
Ling-Yee Liu is an internationally certified holistic aromatherapist APDHA; she also has a degree in Psychology and a Masters in Buddhist Studies. She offers a range of custom-made oil blends for babies, children, pregnancy and other emotional & physical ailments; her products can be found in clinics and maternity shops throughout Hong Kong. | <urn:uuid:e3f207de-64ca-4ca5-a4b9-16920559d83e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.sassymamahk.com/aromatherapy-101-the-best-essential-oils-for-babies-and-children/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00073.warc.gz | en | 0.950658 | 947 | 2.390625 | 2 |
Occupy Oakland Photo Brings Global Solidarity
By Brenda Norrell
Voices of support and solidarity came from Western Shoshone in Nevada and from Santiago, Chile, China, South Africa, New Zealand, Spain and Romania. On Censored News' Facebook, (brenda.norrell) the photo was "liked" and shared more than 2,000 times within 12 hours. Elsewhere on the web, there were 15,000 views.
Occupy Oakland filled the streets on Wednesday night, as Occupy San Francisco prepared for arrest with a huge dance party outside, with a California senator and city officials present to ensure the peoples rights were not violated as they were in Oakland the night before.
At the same time, Occupy Oakland took to the streets. In a general assembly on Wednesday night, Occupy Oakland voted for a city-wide general strike on Nov. 2.
To prevent Oakland protesters from joining San Francisco, the Bay Area Rapid Transit system (BART) stations were blocked by police in Oakland and closed near Occupy San Francisco, at the Ferry Building in San Francisco.
When Occupy Oakland began considering taking the Bay Bridge, BART suddenly announced the stations would be opened again.
In San Francisco, as people prepared for arrest, Senator Leland Yee said he was there to make sure the peoples rights were protected. San Francisco City Supervisors were also present.
Thanks were sent out to Wikileaks and the hactivists at Anonymous. One of the reasons that the Occupy movement began was because the banks and PayPal froze all Wikileaks accounts. The US used the banks to silence the truth, after the Wikileaks' exposures of the US killing of civilians and journalists in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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I’m no CAE analyst – although I could play one on TV – but with a father in refrigeration, I’ve always been interested in the intricacies of heat flow and transfer.
Many of today’s important discoveries – life-saving drugs, vaccines, biotechnology-derived therapies – can be destroyed in transit by exposure to temperatures that are too hot or too cold. After investing heavily on R&D and production, pharmaceutical, biotech and healthcare companies all face the same dilemma:
How can we protect our temperature-sensitive products and meet government regulations?
One of our CAE partners, MAYA Heat Transfer Technologies, tried to solve this for customers like Cold Chain Technologies (CCT). Their work with CCT is featured in the Winter 2009 edition of Pharma-Bio Transport on page 10-13.
Maya used NX Advanced Simulation – namely NX Flow and NX Thermal (PDFs) – for the simulation of CCT’s boxes. Their simulation results and digital validation provided a technological edge for this cold chain company.
From the article: “A computer program used during the modeling process lets the user pass through a number of required steps, including analysis selection, geometry creation, element selection, boundary condition application, and program execution….Comparison of simulation results and actual chamber test data has shown that CCT now has the capability to reliably model phase change of its refrigerants in a stagnant air (free convection) environment.”
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Have you heard of the Fast Food Diet Plan ? Women today are extremely busy and this is the main reason for which they do no have enough time to eat a healthy meal.
Most of us turn to fast foods in order to eat something during a busy day and, as we all know, fast food is not exactly the type of food we should eat, especially if we are planning to lead a healthy life.
Even so, there is a slim chance we have to eat healthier during the busy days when we need to eat really fast and during a short break. Although it may sound unreal, there is a plan, the fast food diet, which can help us eat and lose weight.
Fast Food Diet Plan: What is it about?
As I said, the Fast Food diet is aimed at all people, especially women, who have a very busy life and who do not find the time to stay in the kitchen and cook a healthy meal.
More often than not, we find ourselves in fast food restaurants, looking to get a meal that is tasty and satisfying, so as to keep continuing with our work.
Well, the Fast Food diet is a way in which women can learn, in a 6 week period, how to make the best choices when they get to a fast food restaurant.
The Fast Food diet is about making the best and healthiest choices whenever we go to a fast food restaurant, a mall food court, an airport or any other place which serves fast food.
The author of the book related to the diet said that he is quite aware of the fact that there are more than 80 percent those who get their breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks in fast food restaurants and this book is an attempt to show them that they can eat healthy, even if they go to a fast food restaurant.
Fast Food Diet Plan: What can I eat?
The main idea of the Fast Food diet is to make the best choices. There are, believe it or not, enough elements in a fast food restaurant’s menu that you can choose from.
Those foods are healthy, nutritious and they can help you go through the day.
Not to mention that you have options for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks and for a busy woman, that is exactly what she needs.
Let’s see what we can eat with this fast food diet. First of all, we can indulge in anything related to grilled chicken sandwiches, junior burgers, fruit parfaits and baked potatoes.
In order to make sure that what you are eating does not really help you gain weight instead of losing it, replace the fat dressings with some other, low calories ones, such as lime juice, vinaigrette and other similar things.
They are healthier and can help you lose weight rapidly. The main idea of the Fast Food diet is that anyone can make healthy choices in a fast food restaurant and they should do it, especially if they are trying to lose weight and lead a healthier life. That is the fast food diet. | <urn:uuid:2d10e1d4-1597-4a7f-a731-ecd452dcbf5e> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://healthdefine.com/diets/fast-food-diet-plan-for-real | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280825.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00205-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972819 | 617 | 1.632813 | 2 |
Just as cat-1-groups (i) give models for connected homotopy 2-types, (ii) are equivalent to crossed modules, or 2-groups,and are an algebraic encoding of internal categories within the category Grp of groups, so it is not surprising that higher dimensional analogues encode higher order homotopy information. This gives one the abstract definition:
Regarding a group as a groupoid with a single object, this is the same as an (n+1)-fold groupoid in which in one direction all morphisms are endomorphisms and there is corresponding notion of cat-groupoid.
As with the cases and 2, there is a neat purely group theoretic definition of these objects.
and, for all ,
Morphisms of cat-groups are the obvious things, morphisms of the groups compatible with the endomorphisms.
A cat-group is thus a group with independent cat-group structures on it.
For simplicity, we describe in a special case, namely when the -cube of spaces arises from a pointed -ad by the rule: and for properly contained in , , with maps the inclusions. Let be the space of maps which take the faces of in the th direction into . Notice that has the structure of compositions derived from the gluing of cubes in each direction. Let be the constant map at the base point. Then is certainly a group. Gilbert, 1988, identifies with Loday’s , so that Loday’s results, obtained by methods of simplicial spaces, show that becomes a cat-group. It may also be shown that the extra groupoid structures are inherited from the compositions on . It is this cat-group which is written and is called the fundamental cat-group of the -ad.
See also crossed n-cube for an alternative description.
Tim Is the first statement above correct? -groups are examples of strict (n+1)-fold categories, not strict n=categories or am I missing something? (28-09-2010<- corrected)
It is not so clear how to construct a homotopical functor from -cubes of non pointed spaces, and what should be the receiving category.
The original proof of Loday’s result is to be found in
This paper also uses the term n-cat-group, but later use favours the term cat-group to make it clearer that these were an n-fold category internal to Grp. There are one or two gaps in that proof and various patches and complete proofs were then given. The main one is in
A proof using -groups and a neat detailed analysis of multisimplicial groups and related topics was given in
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Did you know that a chipmunk's cheek pouches can hold over 30 sunflower seeds? That's probably even more than a professional baseball player I bet.
This is something you would know if you had read the lovely nature book, Chippy Chipmunk Parties in the Garden, by Kathy M. Miller. Filled with beautiful high-quality nature prints of Chippy taken by Kathy in her backyard, the book designed for children and all nature lovers presents a tale about Chippy, his friends and his enemies.
Chippy's book has become so popular that it will be read by students in Grades K-6 across the state of Pennsylvania during the next school year as part of the Keystone to Reading Book Award List. The children will vote on their favorite book after they have read a selection of 12 books. (For more information, visit here.)
This hardcover book would make a great gift to share with the youngsters in your life, that is, after you have enjoyed reading it yourself and paging through the photos. To learn more about the book, visit here.
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Test Excavations At the Crooked Creek Site. In Cannon Reservoir Human Ecology Project - a Regional Approach To Cultural Continunity and Change, Edited By Michael J. O'Brien and Robert E. Warren, PP. 291-305
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29137 (Fips Code) • Cannon Reservoir • Joanna Reservoir • Missouri (State / Territory) • Monroe (County) • North America (Continent) • Salt River • United States of America (Country)
min long: -92.31; min lat: 39.337 ; max long: -91.712; max lat: 39.663 ;
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The element of loneliness and isolation discussed in "Of Mice and Men" by John Steinbeck.
Steinbeck's novel, "Of Mice and Men", teaches a grim lesson about the nature of human existence and isolation. The novel emphasizes the loneliness and powerlessness of its characters, who must take comfort from insubstantial dreams of a better life. Nearly all of the characters, including Lennie, Candy, and Crooks, admit, at one time or another, to having a profound sense of loneliness and isolation. We clearly see that each desires the comfort of a friend, but will settle for the attentive ear of a stranger. Perhaps the most powerful example of this tendency is in when all the ranch hands…
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The Intestine-specific proteome
The intestine is the major site of food breakdown and nutrient absorption. It encompasses the duodenum, jejunum, ileum, colon and rectum. It receives chyme (semifluid mass) from the stomach and bile and pancreatic fluids from the pancreaticobiliary duct in the duodenum to start degrading lipids and carbohydrates to enable uptake in the jejunum and ileum. In the colon the remaining water, electrolytes and vitamins are absorbed after which the feces go to the rectum where they are stored until release via the anal canal. Transcriptome analysis shows that 76% (n=15302) of all human proteins (n=20090) are expressed in the intestine and 941 of these genes show an elevated expression in the intestine compared to other tissue types.
The Intestine transcriptome
Transcriptome analysis of the intestine can be visualized with regard to the specificity and distribution of transcribed mRNA molecules (Figure 1). Specificity illustrates the number of genes with elevated or non-elevated expression in the intestine compared to other tissues. Elevated expression includes three subcategory types of elevated expression:
Distribution, on the other hand, visualizes how many genes have, or do not have, detectable levels (nTPM≥1) of transcribed mRNA molecules in the intestine compared to other tissues. As evident in Table 1, all genes elevated in intestine are categorized as:
Figure 1. (A) The distribution of all genes across the five categories based on transcript specificity in intestine as well as in all other tissues. (B) The distribution of all genes across the six categories, based on transcript detection (nTPM≥1) in intestine as well as in all other tissues.
As shown in Figure 1, 941 genes show some level of elevated expression in the intestine compared to other tissues. The three categories of genes with elevated expression in intestine compared to other organs are shown in Table 1. In Table 2, the 12 genes with the highest enrichment in intestine are defined.
Table 1. The number of genes in the subdivided categories of elevated expression in intestine.
Protein expression of genes elevated in intestine
In-depth analysis of the elevated genes in intestine using antibody-based protein profiling allowed us to visualize the expression patterns of these proteins in different functional compartments including proteins involved in microvilli organisation and proteins involved in breakdown and uptake of nutrients.
Proteins involved in microvilli organization
Several genes with an elevated expression in the intestine encode proteins related to microvilli organization. (VIL1) is a calcium-regulated actin-binding protein that caps, severs as well as bundles actin filaments in the intestinal brush border. Microvilli are attached to each other via heterophilic complexes between (CDHR2) and (CDHR5). Thereby controlling the packing of the microvilli at the apical membrane.
Proteins involved in digestion
The intestine is responsible for the uptake of many different dietary nutrients like fatty acids, amino acids and carbohydrates. Fatty acid uptake, metabolism and transport is facilitated by fatty acid binding proteins (FABP). For example, FABP2 is thought to be involved in triglyceride-rich lipoprotein synthesis. Complex carbohydrates like starch on the other hand are broken down by SI which is localized on the intestinal brush border. Simple carbohydrates get transported across the luminal membrane via SLC5A1, a sodium-dependent glucose transporter. For glucose and galactose SLC5A1 is the main transporter, mutations in this gene have been associated with glucose-galactose malabsorption.
Genes shared between intestine and other tissues
There are 243 group enriched genes expressed in intestine. Group enriched genes are defined as genes showing a 4-fold higher average level of mRNA expression in a group of 2-5 tissues, including intestine, compared to all other tissues.
To illustrate the relation of intestine tissue to other tissue types, a network plot was generated, displaying the number of genes with a shared expression between different tissue types.
Figure 2. An interactive network plot of the intestine enriched and group enriched genes connected to their respective enriched tissues (grey circles). Red nodes represent the number of intestine enriched genes and orange nodes represent the number of genes that are group enriched. The sizes of the red and orange nodes are related to the number of genes displayed within the node. Each node is clickable and results in a list of all enriched genes connected to the highlighted edges. The network is limited to group enriched genes in combinations of up to 5 tissues, but the resulting lists show the complete set of group enriched genes in the particular tissue.
Intestine shares most group enriched gene expression with lymphoid tissue. One example of a gene expressed in both intestine and lymphoid tissue is CD79A, a protein that is involved in the initiation of signal transduction activated by antigen binding to the B-cell antigen receptor complex. As can be expected most genes shared between intestine and lymphoid tissue mainly show staining of lymphoid cells in the lymphoid patches in the appendix and some cells in the lamina propria. The open reading frame C6orf58 is thought to be involved in early liver development, however the function is unknown. C6orf58 is expressed in the submucosa Brunner's glands in the duodenum, stomach and salivary gland. The intestinal tract also shares expression of several genes with the kidney. The enzyme DDC is expressed in the kidney and intestine, removes carboxyl groups of the precursors for dopamine, serotonin and tryptamine molecules.
The most proximal and widest part of the small intestine is the duodenum. It starts at the pylorus of the stomach, ends at the duodenojejunal junction and measures about 25 cm long. It receives partly digested food (chyme) from the stomach and bile and pancreatic fluids from the pancreaticobiliary duct. After entering the duodenum the acidic contents from the stomach is neutralized by secretion from the intestine and pancreas. Enzymes secreted from the pancreas initiate the degradation of lipids, carbohydrates and proteins to enable absorption.
As in all of the intestine, the mucosa forms finger-like projections called villi that extend into the intestinal lumen. These are epithelial folds lined by two types of cells, enterocytes and goblet cells. Enterocytes are simple columnar cells with basal elongated nuclei and an apical brush border. The brush border is the microscopic representation of small protrusions of the cell membrane, microvilli, which greatly increase the surface area of the cell enhancing absorptive capacity. The other cell type is mucus-secreting goblet cells that can be recognized by the presence of an apical mucous cup. The core of the villus is part of the lamina propria. The most numerous cells in the lamina propria are immune cells, most of which are lymphocytes. Because villi are the site of absorption of nutrition they have a rich blood supply, each villus is supplied by central arterioles and drained by central venules and a central lymph vessel.
Underlying the villi are the intestinal glands, also called the crypts of Lieberkuhn. These glands are lined with numerous relatively undifferentiated columnar cells that usually undergo two rounds of mitosis before differentiating into either absorptive cells or goblet cells. Enterocytes, goblet cells, paneth cells that secrete antibacterial enzymes (recognized by eosinophilic granules in their apical cytoplasm) and enteroendocrine cells also line the crypt. A thin layer of smooth muscle marks the end of the mucosa, the muscularis mucosae. In the submucosa there are numerous pale stained glands present, namely Brunner's glands. These are branched tubular or alveotubular glands lined with columnar secretory epithelium. They secrete large amounts of alkaline mucous that neutralize the acidic contents from the stomach.
Small intestine histology
The small intestine (jejunum and ileum) measures about 6 meters and absorbs nutrition, water and electrolytes. It is similar to the duodenum in histology and composition. The permanent transverse submucosal fold extending into the lumen of the intestine are termed plica circularis. The plica circularis consist of mucosa as well as submucosa. The core is the submucosa composed of loose connective tissue, blood vessels, nerves and dispersed lymphoid tissue. A distinctive feature of the jejunum and ileum is the lack of glands in the submucosa.
The mucosa is characterized by numerous finger-like villi that protrude into the lumen of the intestine. Enterocytes, which are columnar epithelial cells with basally located oval nuclei and an apical brush borderline the villi. The enterocytes located to the villi have mainly absorptive function. Interspersed between the enterocytes are goblet cells, which are recognized by their content of a large mucous globule, resembling a small "empty bubble" within the epithelial lining. The goblet cells are connected to the basement membrane by a thin, cytoplasmic strand that is difficult to distinguish in hematoxylin and eosin staining. Underlying the intestinal villi are the intestinal glands. They are straight tubular glands that are slightly dilated at their bottom. Intestinal stem cells line the proximal part of the glands. The stem cells give rise to all the cells in the epithelium, which are the paneth cells, the enterocytes, the goblet cells and the enteroendocrine cells. The paneth cells secrete antibacterial enzymes and are located in the lower portion of the intestinal glands. Paneth cells are recognized by eosinophilic granules in the cytoplasm.
The colon is divided into four parts, the ascending, transverse, descending and sigmoid colon is on average 1.5 meters long. Its main function is the reassertion of fluid, electrolytes, and vitamins. Since the colon has no villi or plica circularis the mucosa is smooth. Simple tubular intestinal glands (crypts of Lieberkuhn) extend through the entire thickness of the mucosa. The surface columnar epithelium and the cells lining the crypts are enterocytes, with an oval basal nucleus and apical brush border, the microscopic representation of microvilli. There are also numerous mucous secreting goblet cells recognized by their content of a large mucous globule. The lamina propria with connective tissue and inflammatory cells surround the crypts. A thin smooth muscular layer, the lamina muscularis mucosae marks the border between the mucosa and submucosa. The submucosa consists of loose connective tissue with vessels and nerves. Some solitary lymph follicles are also seen. The muscular layer (muscularis externa) consists of an inner circular smooth muscle layer, the outer longitudinal muscle layer is not continuous as in the rest of the gastrointestinal tract. It is divided into three thickened muscular bands, called teniae coli.
Here, the protein-coding genes expressed in intestine are described and characterized, together with examples of immunohistochemically stained tissue sections that visualize corresponding protein expression patterns of genes with elevated expression in intestine.
Transcript profiling was based on a combination of two transcriptomics datasets (HPA and GTEx), corresponding to a total of 14590 samples from 54 different human normal tissue types. The final consensus normalized expression (nTPM) value for each tissue type was used for the classification of all genes according to the tissue-specific expression into two different categories, based on specificity or distribution.
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Pest Control Direct offer a small range of woodworm control products for amateur use. Common furniture beetle are by far the most encountered wood boring insect in the UK. Control of woodworm is generally not fully understood so we give a brief outline. Woodworm is in fact the lavae of a wood boring beetle, the beetle usually flies and in the case of Common Furniture Beetle (anobium punctatum) is evident in the sping and early summer. This adult beetle lays eggs in crevices on the unpolished surface of wood and the subsequent larvae burrows into the wood. The entry hole is miniscule and virtually invisible but as the larvae woodborer grows within the wood the tunnel becomes larger. This woodworm larvae may stay in the wood for three years before coming to just below the surface of the wood to pupate. Changing from larvae to adult woodworm the woodworm bites its exit hole and flies off to start another cycle, so when you see the holes the damage is done, but there will be others in the wood that will still be causing damage. Spraying the surface of the wood with woodworm spray deters the laying of more eggs and kills emerging beetles. With patience, injecting woodworm fluid into exit holes can improve the kill rate significantly as the woodworm killer penetrates dep into the wood killing wordworm deep inthe wood. | <urn:uuid:0a7dcc45-65e3-4cf2-b194-3cfc2dfcb0b0> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.pestcontroldirect.co.uk/acatalog/WOODWORM_CONTROL.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280718.7/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00409-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937396 | 278 | 2.1875 | 2 |
Kentucky Republican Congressman Thomas Massie has co-sponsored a bill that would allow individuals to ignore portions of the Affordable Care Act that violate their religious beliefs.
The Health Care Conscience Rights Act seeks to protect those who argue expanding coverage for contraceptives and abortion comes into conflict with their faith. For religious and political conservatives, the health care mandate to employers encroaches upon their constitutional rights.
According to Massie’s office, the bill also protects health care providers who refuse to perform certain procedures and give refuge to people with religious convictions.
“Obamacare is expensive, unconstitutional, and threatens our First Amendment right of conscience,” Massie said in a news release. “This bill protects churches, religious organizations, and business owners from being forced to violate their beliefs.” Backed mainly by Catholic institutions, the federal measure is similar to the so-called religious freedom bill proposed in the Kentucky state legislature this year. That legislation was fiercely opposed by gay rights groups and others who argued it would allow individuals to ignore certain civil rights protections.
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Data provided by the National Statistical Institute indicate that Bulgaria’s property market continues its downward spiral, although at a less rapid pace than in quarters past. The average price of existing homes fell 2.2% in the third quarter of 2012, which has contributed to a 38% loss in home value compared to the peak in the third quarter of 2008. Experts blame the evaporation of foreign interest in property as well as a weak economy that has not expanded more than 0.5% in the past three quarters. Interest rates are down and property transaction volume has ticked up, but not enough to make a difference in the overall picture. For more on this continue reading the following article from Global Property Guide.
Bulgaria’s housing market remains sluggish. Price declines are slowing, and the economy is improving a little, but the changes are happening so slowly that Bulgaria’s housing market seems unlikely to go anywhere soon.
In Q3 2012, the average price of existing flats in Bulgaria declined by 2.2% to BGN 881.2 (€451) per square metre (sq. m.), according to the National Statistical Institute (NSI). This price drop was a slight improvement on the 6.1% decline in 2011 and the 4.3% fall during the year to Q1 2012.
Property prices in Bulgaria are now 38% lower than at their Q3 2008 peak, when they reached BGN 1,418 (€725) per sq. m.
In Sofia, the capital, the average price of dwellings was down by 0.6% from a year earlier and by 41% from the peak, at BGN 1,447 (€740) per sq. m..
Out of 28 provinces of Bulgaria, 18 experienced price falls over the year to Q3 2012. Sharp price drops were recorded in Montana (-13.2%), Vratsa (-7.3%) and Pernik (-7.2%). Moderate price increases occurred in Targovishte (4.5%), Stara Zagora (4.5%) and Veliko Tarnovo (3.5%).
From 2000 to 2008, Bulgaria had a house price boom. Residential property prices surged by around 300%. However, the property bubble burst towards the end of 2008:
- In 2009, the average dwelling price fell by 21.4% (-23.5% in real terms) from a year earlier;
- In 2010, the average dwelling price fell by 10.1% (-12.2% in real terms);
- In 2011, the average dwelling price plunged by 6.1% (-9.9% in real terms).
European Union citizens can now purchase properties in Bulgaria, including land. The 5-year moratorium on land purchases, set as a condition in the Accession Treaty between Republic of Bulgaria and The European Union, was lifted in January 1, 2012.
Previously, foreigners could purchase land only in the name of a legal entity and were not allowed to own a property. The lifting of the ban now gives European citizens the right to own property as individuals.
Foreign demand has collapsed since the boom
From 2006 to 2008, real estate was a quarter of total foreign direct investment (FDI) in Bulgaria, with a quarterly average of €541 million. However, real estate FDI has shrunk since 2009. In Q3 2012, real estate FDI was only €7.6 million, down from the previous year’s €66.6 millio
Real estate deals up, a little
Despite sluggish house prices, Bulgaria managed a 6.6% increase in the number of property deals during Q3 2012, according to Bulgaria’s Registry Agency. In Sofia, real estate deals rose by 6%.
As of Q2 2012, foreign buyers of Bulgarian real estate made up of around 15% of the market, higher than 8% recorded in 2009, according to Stanislav Petrov, Select Properties Bulgaria’s sales manager.
Most foreign buyers are Russians, or around 80% of the total. They are typically interested in one bedroom apartments costing €25,000 to €30,000, according to Kosta’s Homes Ltd. Real Estate Agency. British buyers are more interested in houses on the Black sea coast, and countryside homes. The foreign investment inflow from Russia amounted to €64 million in Q3 2012, although it was still down from €79.5 million in Q3 2011.
The British investment net inflow, slowly recovering, amounted to €6.3 million in Q3 2012, an improvement on the €18.9 million net outflow in Q3 2011.
Economic growth is weak
Bulgarian economic growth has been disappointing. The Bulgarian economy expanded by 0.5% during the year to Q3 2012, and has recorded the same growth rate for three consecutive quarters.
The global financial crisis sent Bulgaria into recession in 2009. After growing by 6% in 2008, the Bulgarian economy shrank 5% in 2009. Exports, consumption and capital formation were all down. In 2010, the economy rebounded slightly, expanding by 0.3%. This was followed by 1.7% growth in 2011.
The IMF expects a 1% overall GDP growth in 2012 due to stronger domestic demand boosted by EU funds. With an expected recovery of exports, an economic expansion of 1.5% is likely to happen in 2013, according to the IMF.
The unemployment rate rose to 11.5% in Q3 2012, higher than 10.2% during the same quarter in the previous year. Unemployment rates reached double digit levels in 2010 after single digit rates from 2006 to 2009. The IMF predicts a slight reduction in unemployment to 10.2% in 2014.
With slower economic growth and a housing market still in the doldrums, it’s not surprising that housing construction projects have declined. Dwellings completed in Q3 2012 were down by 18.4% to 2,652 units from 3,250 units in Q3 2011. During the same period, building permits also fell by 13.2%. Building permits issued in the capital city of Sofia also dropped 14.7% y-o-y to Q3 2012.
Interest rates are declining
Credit demand remains weak. The total of new housing loans granted from January to November 2012 amounted to BGN 1,048.2 million, 8.2% down on the same period in 2011, and 65.8% down on the same months in 2008.
In May 2010, non-performing housing loans reached BGN 48.6 million, or 13.1% of the Bulgaria’s total bad debts. In response, banks lowered the maximum loan-to-value ratio to 50%, and have implemented strict income and property requirements.
The average mortgage interest rate for BGN-dominated loans was 7.12% in November 2012, down from 8.23% in 2011. The Euro-dominated loan rate was 7.40%, down from 7.85% in 2011. The declining mortgage rate trend is likely to continue in 2013, according to Levon Hampartzoumian, chairman of the Bulgarian Association of Banks.
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Johannes Vermeer has been mentioned as an inspiration for the lighting and color palette. A tribute to this Dutch painter can be seen in the opening scene when the Mother Superior is reading a letter, while facing a window. An image used by Vermeer in some of his most famous paintings.
Jack Cardiff came up with the idea of starting the rainfall end scene by first having a few drops hit the rhubarb leaves before cueing a full-force rainstorm. He personally created the first drops with water from a cup when the scene was shot. Michael Powell was so pleased with the effect that he decided to make the scene, originally the penultimate one, the closing shot. Cardiff, however, was a great fan of the original scene (which had already been shot) that was supposed to follow this one and close the film. To this day Cardiff amusingly calls the opening drops of the rainfall "the worst idea I ever had".
The last scene in the film, of the rains beginning as Mr. Dean watches the Sisters leaving Mopu, was carefully devised. It was Jack Cardiff's idea to have a few initial drops of rain hitting the foreground flowers. Cardiff was to later regret this brainstorm, however. There was originally meant to be a concluding scene, in which Sister Clodagh returns to Calcutta and speaks with the Mother Superior. Cardiff thought that this sequence featured some of the best work of his career, but the power of the rain scenes demanded that they end the film.
Through Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's deal with Rank, the film was assured solid distribution in the United States, because Rank had entered into an agreement with Universal Studios in 1946 which resulted in the distribution arm Universal-International. As it turned out, the film only had spotty distribution in America, due to censorship problems. Powell later observed, "...they couldn't leave a picture with nuns in it alone." Powell and Pressburger were actually aware of the potential for censorship trouble in America before the film was shot. In April of 1945, a rough draft of the script was submitted to Joseph Breen at the Production Code Administration. Breen outlined his initial concerns to Rank: "While the story is not quite clear and concise, to us it has about it a flavour of sex sin in connection with certain of the nuns, which, in our judgement, is not good." The Breen office, however, passed the finished film in June 1947, but on the condition that a foreword was added making it clear that the nuns were Anglo, rather than Roman Catholic. Indeed, it was with the Catholic Legion of Decency that Rank encountered the most problems. The Legion of Decency launched a campaign against the film's release as early as April 1946, when the Archbishop of Calcutta began writing about the production. Predictably, when the film was reviewed by the Catholic weekly The Tidings, published in Los Angeles, the judgement was harsh: "It is a long time since the American public has been handed such a perverted specimen of bad taste, vicious inaccuracies and ludicrous improbabilities." When the Legion of Decency screened the film, it was given a "C" classification, or "Condemned." Street reported that "out of thirteen Fathers, eight gave it a 'C' rating, the rest recommending A2, unobjectionable for adults."
For the scenes depicting the villagers, Michael Powell and his team had a ready supply of extras. As Powell wrote, "...when the war was just over, there was an immense floating population of Asians around London Docks, and we had no difficulty in building up a list of extras for the crowd scenes: Malays, Indians, Gurkhas, Nepalese, Hindus, Pakistanis, hundreds of them. We formed groups of different castes and races, and each group had a leader."
Jack Cardiff drew inspiration for his shots from the great painters; he experimented with the tones of Van Gogh, for example, or the reds and greens from Rembrandt. In her British Film Guide book on Black Narcissus, Sarah Smith quotes Cardiff, who explained the influence of Vermeer and Caravaggio: "They both lit with very simple light. Many painters did, but with Vermeer and Caravaggio you were very conscious of it; they really used the shadows. Caravaggio would just have one sweeping light over everything so that you were aware of the single light." The resulting lighting was unusual for Technicolor films of the time, and initially caused concern for Technicolor consultant Natalie Kalmus. She grew to appreciate the look Cardiff was creating once she saw the initial rushes, however.
The Legion of Decency still held great sway on filmgoing habits in America, and a Condemned film would eliminate a huge number of ticket sales. The film had already opened in New York and Los Angeles, but the ban interfered with scheduled openings in other cities, such as Detroit and Memphis. Rank was in a bad position. Parliament had just imposed a 75 percent duty on American films imported to England, and Hollywood was temporarily boycotting the British market. The few British films that could play well in America were encouraged as a goodwill gesture, so Rank was anxious that the film play in as many American cities as possible. The only option they saw was to make cuts to the film to satisfy the Legion of Decency. So, the film was edited by 900 feet or so - ten cuts in all. All of Sister Clodagh's memories of Ireland were cut, accounting for most of the offending footage. The close-up of Sister Ruth applying lipstick also fell victim to censorship, and a few lines of suggestive dialogue were also eliminated, for example Mr. Dean's line to Sister Briony, "You will be doing me a great favour when you educate the local girls." Finally, the wording of the foreword was changed so that there would be no mistaking that the order of nuns might be Catholic; now it said that "a group of Protestant nuns in mysterious India find adventure, sacrifice, and tragedy." Now satisfied, the ban was removed and the film was released with an A2 classification from the Legion.
St Faith (Sainte Foy in French, Santa Fe in Spanish) is supposedly a French martyr executed at Agen in Gaul (France) during the period when Diocletian was persecuting the Christians. She was tortured to death in a red-hot brazier. Her shrine is at Conques, France.
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When Dean puts the coat over Sister Ruth's shoulders, Sister Ruth sneaks a quick kiss to his hand. In an interview with Kathleen Byron at National Film Theatre, she said that the kiss wasn't scripted but the hand was there and she just kissed it. She also said that in a few other places she tried to play Ruth not as a totally crazy woman (as Michael Powell often wanted) but as someone who thought herself to be sane and who, with a bit of understanding from the others, could have been helped.
Kathleen Byron strongly disagreed with Michael Powell on how Powell wanted to shoot Sister Ruth's arrival at the house of the man she loves, Dean. Byron said, "She's very happy now she's in his presence." But Powell wanted her to dart all over the place. Kathleen Byron strongly disagreed and Powell walked off the set. Jack Cardiff asked "Are we ready?" and Powell replied, "Ask her." Later, Powell decided to agree with Kathleen Byron and he shot the scene as we see in the film. When the scene was finished, Powell said it wasn't what he intended, but it was very good. | <urn:uuid:bc458432-c1cb-4a3a-b5f9-3e9a3c3175de> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039192/trivia | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279650.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00431-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.981603 | 1,581 | 2.328125 | 2 |
30 Minutes to a More Secure Network, on Campus and Off
Maintaining strong network security has become more challenging than ever in today’s educational ecosystem. That’s because the adoption of advanced learning technologies, along with an increased reliance on cloud applications and services, have introduced new security threats that must be met head on.
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OC’s Latino community remains behind on COVID-19 vaccines one year later
- December 20, 2021
- Alana LeBron, Chicano/Latino studies, Voice of OC, Dec. 20, 2021
“Latinos have also been neglected, quite frankly, by our public health system — obviously at all levels and in the way the politics have operated during COVID,” said Alana LeBrón, a UC Irvine [assistant professor of public health] who focuses on how structural racism produces public health inequities. … “Everybody’s busy and sometimes it’s not really just about the vaccine hesitancy or anything like that — sometimes it’s just about convenience, convenience, convenience. This strategy assumes that if you offer it and lower the threshold of activation, people will take you up on it and I think it’s very smart,” said Dr. Shruti Gohil, an infectious disease doctor who treats COVID patients at the UCI Medical Center [and assistant clinical professor, School of Medicine]. … Epidemiologists, like Daniel Parker, [UCI assistant professor of public health], also agree school sites are foundational in reducing vaccine disparities.
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Segmentation and Targeting
BRIAN STERNTHAL and ALICE M. TYBOUT
United States to Latin countries because it was a fairly priced service that pledged not to change prices. Advertising was done exclusively on Hispanic television programming. Despite an advertising budget of $1.3 million, which is a small fraction of competitive dial-around ad spending, Americatel became a major player in the dial-around long distance category. While it is relatively easy to identify examples of successful segmentation and targeting, many managers find undertaking these tasks for their own products daunting. One reason is that the list of potential bases for segmenting a market is seemingly endless and there is little guidance as to how to choose among them. Further, when the segmentation analysis is complete, many or even all of the subgroups may represent attractive targets, making it difficult to decide how to focus resources. In this chapter, we address these issues by presenting a strategic approach to segmentation and targeting. The cornerstone of this strategy is the belief that usage patterns should provide the starting point for market segmentation. Other factors, such as demographics (age, gender, family size, income, education), geographic location, attitudes, lifestyle, and the benefits that consumers seek from products in the category, may be used to make the usage-based approach actionable and to enrich the positioning. Once segmentation is complete, a “path of least resistance” approach should be adopted whereby priority is given to targets that generate the greatest revenue with the least investment. The presentation of our approach is structured around three distinct situations that a manager may face. We begin by considering the most common scenario, that of a brand that is currently competing in a category and, thus, has a customer base. Next, we explore how firms that lack an established customer base in a category may modify this basic strategy. Finally, we examine the situation in which both the firm and the brand are new to the market. However, before we turn to the details of how to segment and target, we brief ly consider the question of whether segmentation is necessary at all.
egmentation and targeting are two key elements of marketing planning. Segmentation involves dividing the market of potential customers into homogeneous subgroups. These subgroups may be distinguished in terms of their behavior patterns, attitudes, demographic characteristics, psychographic profile, and the like. Marketing effort is focused on target(s) whose needs correspond to the firm’s capabilities. The process of segmenting and targeting is illustrated by Americatel in the long distance phone service market. During the past several years, long distance carriers have introduced “dial-around” services that offer consumers relatively low long distance rates. MCI introduced 10-10-321 and AT&T launched 10-10-315 under the Lucky Dog Phone name to offer consumers low f lat rates on their long distance calls. A spate of small firms has also entered the market with low price, long distance service. As a result, there is substantial price volatility in the market. Although the offerings by these major carriers provide attractive alternatives to customers who are calling long distance within the United States or to Europe, there has been little focus on those who do their long distance calling to other countries. For example, with more than 12 million persons in the United States, the Hispanic population is substantial. Many Hispanics have family in Mexico, Cuba, Puerto Rico, or South America. They make frequent calls of substantial duration to family and friends in their home country. Research indicates that these consumers want a carrier that offers low price but also a service that will sustain the price that they agree to initially. Americatel entered the market with a 10-10-123... | <urn:uuid:b5da41e5-5c23-43f0-b452-89e8ba9f796f> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.studymode.com/course-notes/Sternthal-b-Tybout-a-Kellogg-On-1072475.html | 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 | 0.956718 | 751 | 2.140625 | 2 |
Drug consumers are using DIY kits in an attempt to find out what substances they’re ingesting – but these rudimentary kits won’t paint a full picture.
In the absence of any more sophisticated options, drug consumers are resorting to drug testing kits they can access themselves.
Drug checking would make music festivals safer.
Not only are our drug policies not working, we're falling behind the rest of the world and what evidence says is best to ensure we have fewer deaths from illicit drugs.
This has been one of the worst starts to the music festival season ever, in terms of harm from overdoses.
Testing drugs at music festivals not only means we can assess whether they contain anything unexpected, but it's an opportunity to try to change the behaviour of users.
Young people want better information about illicit drugs so they can make informed choices.
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What is abuse according to man; does God have a different definition, and do we need a new definition?
Before I say anything further I want to clarify that I don’t consider myself THE authority on the subject of abuse. I am not suggesting that the world or Christianity must adopt my definition of abuse. I write this to those who may care about how I personally define abuse.
I have no argument with how abuse is defined by most modern social, medical & psychological definitions. Yet, for a Christian coach who must work from the Bible to bring hope and repair to the souls of broken Christians, I find a Biblical definition of abuse is necessary.
One of the most obvious signs to me as to why a Biblical definition of abuse is needed is because many broken Christians I have helped do not understand they have been abused and that they are still suffering the results of that abuse. This is because they do not see that what happened to them as a child was abuse and certainly do not see how that is connected to what they now suffer as an adult.
I’m not talking about obvious cases of abuse. Adults who suffered sexual or physical assault do understand that those events during their childhood were definitely abuse. I’m talking more so about adults who as children suffered verbal abuse, parent neglect, abandonment and/or divorce.
I’m convinced those adult individuals do not understand the lingering effects of childhood verbal abuse, parent neglect, abandonment and/or divorce because they do not first understand those tragedies, from a Biblical point of view, as being abuse.
First, I’d like to insert a well-said quote from an expert on the subject of sexual abuse & trauma:
“The word for abuse comes from the Latin word “aburtor” which means, “to use wrongly.” Other definitions include “to consume, to violate, to define, and to tarnish.” Abuse occurs whenever one person uses another person for the wrong purposes. All human beings are created in the image of God. As such, to use a child or an adult to feed one’s ego or sexual appetite is an affront to a holy God.”-Diane Langberg, Ph.D.
Next, consider some statistics in regard to abuse. This is to help us focus our minds on the fact that abuse is an epidemic in our society. Also, if we think abuse and the long-term effects of abuse somehow magically disappear at the doors of our churches, we are blind, deaf, and therefore mute.
All of the following facts are sourced from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (1996, 1997) and a Gallup Poll Report (1995):
- Investigations by child protective service (CPS) agencies in 49 states determined that just under 1 million children were victims of substantiated or indicated child abuse and neglect in 1997.
- In 1997, CPS agencies investigated an estimated 2 million reports alleging the maltreatment of almost 3 million children. More than half of all reports alleging maltreatment came from professionals, including educators, law enforcement and justice officials, medical and mental health professionals, social service professionals, and child-care providers. About 25 percent of these reports came from relatives of the child or from the child himself. Reports from professionals are more likely to be substantiated than reports from non-professional sources.
- More children suffer neglect than any other form of maltreatment. Investigations determined that about 56 percent of victims in 1997 suffered neglect, 25 percent physical abuse, 13 percent sexual abuse, 6 percent emotional maltreatment, 2 percent medical neglect, and 11 percent other forms of maltreatment. Some children suffer more than one type of maltreatment.
- Child abuse and neglect affect children of all ages. Among children confirmed as victims by CPS agencies in 1997, more than half were 7 years of age or younger, with about 26 percent younger than 4. About 27 percent of victims were children ages 8–12; another 23 percent were youth ages 13–18.
- Case-level data from 16 states suggest that the majority of victims of neglect and medical neglect were younger than 8, while the majority of victims of other types of maltreatment were age 8 or older.
- Both boys and girls experience child maltreatment. In 1997, about 52 percent of victims were female, and 48 percent were male.
- Many more children suffer abuse than are reflected in national statistics. Based on reports received and investigated by CPS agencies in 1997, about 13.9 children per 1,000 under 18 were found to be victims.
- In 1993, according to various community professionals, 42 children per 1,000 were harmed or endangered by abuse or neglect.
- A 1995 telephone survey of parents conducted by the Gallup Poll showed that as many as 49 children per 1,000 suffered physical abuse and 19 per 1,000 were victims of sexual abuse.
- Other authorities speak openly about alarm. In 1990, the U.S. Advisory Board of Child Abuse and Neglect declared the maltreatment of children to be a national emergency (Durfee, 1994). The board’s chairperson, Deanne Durfee, proclaimed the tragic reality that each year hundreds of thousands of our nation’s children are “starved and abandoned, severely burned and beaten, raped and sodomized, berated and belittled.” They are also killed.
- Most maltreatment is nonfatal. In 1992, fewer than 2,000 of the nearly 1 million abused children in the country were killed (Alexander, 1994).
- The numbers are nonetheless staggering. A subculture of “non-persons”—individuals stripped of their personhood—is gaining in population. Add to this the huge number, whose parents habitually use put-down statements, or use conditional love as a disciplining tool.
My gratitude to Heyward Bruce Ewart, for these gathered statistics and his book, Soul Rape: Recovering Personhood after Abuse, New Horizons in Therapy Series (Ann Arbor, MI: Love Healing Press, 2012), 47–48.
I know there are Christians and Christian leaders who find it difficult to understand how an adult Christian who was abused as a child can still suffer the effects of that abuse. The prevailing thought is once a person becomes a Christian, then they are a “new creation” and the past is of no consequence. Having been a Christian for over 40 years myself, I do understand that thinking. Unfortunately, from more than 30 years of working with broken Christians, many of whom have been Christians for decades, I can report that many still suffer the after-effects from the trauma of childhood abuse.
My Trauma Tree may help to show the relationship of childhood abuse to adult suffering.
For my ministry to broken Christians, I have found that my definition of abuse answers many questions that perhaps a more classical definition of abuse may not. That said, I offer my view of abuse and my working definition.
I’ll present my thoughts in the order of the questions I asked in the subheading of this article:
- What is abuse according to man?
- Does God have a different definition of abuse?
- Do we need a new definition?
(1) What is Abuse According to Man?
First, there are many forms of abuse that carry definitions such as child abuse, elder abuse, drug abuse, physical abuse, etc. That said, to avoid becoming too academic and immediately mired with too many details, I’ll begin with what is perhaps the simplest overall definition from the Merriam Webster dictionary.
Here is Webster’s definition of abuse…
Abuse: 1: a corrupt practice or custom (the buying of votes and other election abuses) 2: improper or excessive use or treatment : (MISUSE, drug abuse) 3: language that condemns or vilifies usually unjustly, intemperately, and angrily (verbal abuse, a term of abuse) 4: physical maltreatment (child abuse, sexual abuse)
In the interest of space for this article, rather than pasting the other various definitions offered, I’ll give you the links to review for yourself.
From those sources, I think we have a general understanding of abuse. I do agree with those definitions. Yet, as a Christian, I must consider if God has something to say about abuse. To consider whether God has something to say about abuse, I must refer to the Bible.
In case you are not familiar with my stance on the Bible, let me state the following:
I believe the Bible is God’s Word; it’s what he thinks, says, instructs, commands, etc. For more on my beliefs, please see my faith statement here.
I believe the Bible is not only the “handbook” for life and living but I also use the Bible as the central reference for my work with broken Christians. That said, I offer the following.
(2) Does God Have A Different Definition of Abuse?
From my own Bible study, I believe God’s concept of abuse most definitely contains Webster’s definition, but also expands or amplifies it more fully. Here’s what I mean.
To consider “abuse” from a Biblical point of view, I’d like to begin by citing a portion of my article on broken Christians that presents a perspective on verbal abuse.
“…The Bible has much to say about our speech, but for the sake of brevity & clarity, consider speech from this Biblical perspective:
“Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen.”Ephesians 4:29 NIV
“The tongue can bring death or life…”Proverbs 18:21 NLT
Considering that Scriptural text in regard to our speech, we must decide whether God is presenting this information in a poetic manner to express a possibility —or— God is speaking factually to express instruction—a command.
For me, God is not speaking with poetic “greeting card-like” language. I believe God is stating a command on how we are to speak. He makes clear that the outcome of our speech is to build up and benefit others, not tear down or belittle.
From both man’s definition and God’s instruction regarding our speech, I believe that verbal abuse can be any harsh word toward a person that does not build up or benefit them. Verbal abuse “tears down,” diminishes, mocks, burdens; it causes suffering to a person.
I have no faith in the old saying, “sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” In my opinion, if we choose to corrupt our speech toward a person, we choose to abuse them.
Also, harsh words spoken about or to another person is also most likely contrary to how God sees that person. Here are a few passages that give us an idea of God’s view of us: Isaiah 43:4, Luke 12:6-7, Psalm 139:13-16, Matthew 6:25, Jeremiah 29:11.
It is my belief that, when we say something that diminishes another person from God’s view of them, we abuse that person.
I have worked with many broken Christians who didn’t realize how they were spoken to was verbal abuse. They didn’t correlate how verbal abuse incorrectly informed them as to how God sees them. They did not comprehend how incorrect information caused them to think, speak & act in damaging ways.
To present abuse in another way from a Biblical perspective, please allow me the liberty to “work” the word “abuse” a bit.
Does the Bible have anything to say in regard to my choice to “USE” a person? Please note I am not saying to receive love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness or self-control from another, nor a gift, service or work, etc. I am speaking more about my mental state and that of manipulation. That is to say, I knowingly use another person by psychologically manipulating them to my own benefit. Thus, the underlying motive or “fuel” for my speech and action toward another is my own self-service. Does the Bible have something to say about that?
“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit. Rather, in humility value others above yourselves.”Philippians 2:3 NIV
In my mind, the Biblical opposite of abUSE—USING another person—is to SERVE them.
Jesus said it this way…
“There is no greater love than to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”John 15:13 NLT
“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her…”Ephesians 5:23
(3) Do We Need A New Definition of Abuse?
The Bible—God’s Word(s)—says I am to lay down my life for others. “Lay down” … “lay down” is the opposite of “lift up” my life above another. I am to give myself—not take from another. This principle runs throughout Scripture and it is to run throughout my life. This concept then informs my view of abuse.
My working definition of abuse makes life harder for me. I believe my definition is Biblical, but it’s hard to do every moment of every day as I encounter people. The definition expands the idea of abuse further than our general definition(s). Yet, my definition of abuse results in a standard I strive to achieve.
My Definition of Abuse
ABUSE: Anytime I speak or act toward another person in a way that diminishes them from God’s view and value of them, I abuse that person.
In other words, how would Jesus speak to them?
How would Jesus treat them?
Anything less is abuse.
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|MP 7.01.30||Percutaneous Nephrostolithotomy and Lithotripsy for Kidney Stones|
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Percutaneous nephrostolithotomy (PCN) is an invasive procedure for removing upper urinary tract stones by means of forceps or wire basket devices. Percutaneous lithotripsy (PCL) is often used to break up large kidney stones to a more manageable size. A nephrostomy tract is first established by using a needle, catheter, dilators, and a nephrostomy tube under fluoroscopic guidance. After this has been accomplished, an endoscope is used to visualize the treatment area while lithotripsy instruments are inserted into the nephrostomy tube to break up the kidney stone.
Stone fragments are removed by catheter suction, forceps, or a small basket; smaller fragments are sometimes left to pass spontaneously. General or local anesthesia may be appropriate.
Percutaneous nephrostolithotomy and lithotripsy are considered medically necessary for treating upper urinary tract kidney stones that are symptomatic and cannot be managed conservatively.
Suitable stones for PCN/PCL therapy are:
- stones that cannot be fragmented by Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy or ESWL treatment failures;
- stones that are impacted in the ureter;
- cystine stones;
- upper urinary tract stones when urinary diversions or obstructions are present;
- stones greater than 3 cm, which require debulking prior to ESWL; and
- contraindications to ESWL.
PCN/PCL may be used as an alternative or an adjunct to ESWL for stones in the 2- to 3-cm range.
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Percutaneous nephrostolithotomy may be performed in two stages, on different days, as follows:
Stage 1—Creation of nephrostomy tract and placement of tube to access stone; and
Stage 2—Disruption of stone and removal of fragments.
With complex stones, adjunctive procedures may be required in some cases (e.g., ESWL or mechanical removal), which may or may not necessitate the creation of a second percutaneous tract.
This procedure is performed as a team effort by a surgeon and radiologist.
A search of literature was completed through the MEDLINE database for the period of January 1992 through October 1995. The search strategy focused on references containing the following Medical Subject Headings:
Research was limited to English-language journals on humans.
TEC Evaluation and Coverage 1989: p. 112
Extracorporeal Shock Wave Lithotripsy for Kidney Stones. See Surgery Section: policy No. 7.01.10
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Lithotripsy, percutaneous, for kidney stones
Nephrostolithotomy for kidney stones
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What are the average Māligachchha in Bangladesh weather conditions like in January? What are your chances of getting caught up in some rain? What about snow, or high and low temperatures during this month? We got the answers for you!
Māligachchha weather in January
Average Māligachchha weather in January
On average, it is maximum 84° in January in Māligachchha and at least around 63° degrees. In January there are 1 day of rainfall with a total of 2.0 inches and it will be dry 30 days in this month for Māligachchha.
- Maximum temperature:
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- Days with rain:
- 2.0 in
- Average hours of sun per day:
- 3 hour
- Average wind force:
- 2 Bft
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Papayas have properties that can put the annoyances of acne to rest. The plaguing problem arises from an overproduction of oil in the skin; the body naturally produces sebum to keep skin hydrated, but excessive amounts can block cells and trap hair and dead skin cells in pores. Clogged pores become pimples. The enzymes, vitamins and lycopene in papayas help battle blemishes.
Papaya’s enzymes -- papain and chymopapain -- possess antifungal, antibacterial and antiviral properties. Papain is a protein-dissolving enzyme. Skin is composed of proteins; acne-assailant papain breaks down and removes damaged keratin proteins without harming healthy tissue. The exfoliating enzyme unclogs pores by dissolving dry, dead skin cells. It not only purifies pores but also boosts the production of new, healthy cells and acts as an anti-inflammatory agent to keep skin smooth.
Vitamins A, B and C
The vitamins in papayas help blot out blemishes. Antioxidant vitamin A topically treats acne by reducing inflammation and soothing swollen, sore and red spots. It also maintains skin's clarity; vitamin A strips pores of dead skin cells, which can accumulate to cause a breakout. Beta-carotene, a type of vitamin A, promotes healthy skin. Papaya’s dose of vitamins B and C decreases acne-antagonized inflammation and redness, and reduces the skin’s oil production by trapping moisture in the skin.
The fleshy fruit’s richness in color is in part due to its lycopene content. Lycopene in papayas promotes anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activity, which shields the skin from environmental factors that can clog pores and cause breakouts. Papayas also contain skin-lightening properties and can help erase red acne splotches.
For the lucky ones, applying the juice of unripe papayas to the skin for 15 minutes and then cleansing with cool water can reduce acne. For the less fortunate, papaya can cause allergic dermatitis or respiratory problems. The milky sap of papaya is laden with latex, which can spark an allergic reaction.
- Journal of Medicinal Plants and Studies: Traditional and Medicinal Uses of Carica Papaya
- Clearing Concepts: A Guide to Acne Treatment; Mark Lees
- Encyclopedia of Life: Carica Papaya, Papaya
- All Medic: How Papaya Fruit Enzyme Can Help Manage Acne
- Segion Skincare: Papain for Clear Supple Acne-Free Skin
- Acne Treatment Aid: Why Papaya Is One of the Best Natural Remedies for Acne
- Natural Acne Clinic: Vitamins to Heal Your Acne
- The Aesthetic Guide: Antioxidant Niacinamide Reduces Acne-Related inflammation
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This week, like many parents, we will discover which primary school our son will attend when he begins his school life in September.
I face this news with mixed emotions. He's ready to start school, I'm ready for him to start school (or at least I will be!), and yet he shouldn't be starting school.
Due in October, but born prematurely in August, my son will be starting school a whole academic year earlier than had he been born full term.
He loves to learn, has endless questions and has thrived with his development at nursery. He is confident, bright and happy. He continues to meet all his milestones, keeps up with his peers and fills me with pride – yet he will still start school a whole academic year too soon.
He's ready and he's not ready.
Like many children born prematurely we have ongoing medical needs with hospital admissions and frequent doctor's appointments. A simple cold or cough cold can knock him for six, but he is a trooper and soldiers on. Smaller than his peers I often worry, but I know how tough he can be – I have seen how tough he can be.
I face September and the start of school with mixed emotions.
Pride, huge pride at my little boy who takes everything in his stride; who has overcome so much and who is ready to take the next step.
Trepidation that he might not be ready, that everywhere I look I see headlines telling me summer born children struggle, that my first instinct was to delay his start.
And sadness, sad in my heart that I know his prematurity has lost him a year; a year in which to play, a year in which to grow, a year in which to prepare and a lost year with his mum and younger brother.
I fully support the call from charities such as Bliss and the Summer Born Campaign to allow greater flexibility in the schools admissions process; and strongly believe that parents must be able to delay or defer school entry without fear that their child will miss out on reception year.
But what if, like me, your child is ready? Ready, but still too soon. Ready, but still missing out on a year. As a mum I usually shout loud about parents knowing best – but here is a case where I would have liked the decision taken out of my hands. For my child, born too soon, to begin school automatically acording to his due date. There would have been no difficult decisions, no 'what ifs' and no anxious wondering whether we were doing the right thing. We were never meant to start school life this September, but the fate of prematurity sees my little boy arriving early once again!
Information about delaying or deferring a school place can be found on this excellent guide from Bliss.
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'Almost like an eternity': 3 months since US confirmed its first coronavirus case, what have we learned?
Three months ago Tuesday, the U.S. confirmed the nation's first case of what was then called the "novel" coronavirus – a Washington state man in his 30s who had recently returned from Wuhan, China, the epicenter of a seemingly distant illness that had killed six people.
"What's transpired since then has really gone beyond what anyone could imagine," said Dr. Jay Cook, chief medical officer at Providence Regional Medical Center Everett, which received the first patient. "And the story's still playing out."
Now, there are almost 2.5 million confirmed COVID-19 cases worldwide, and the U.S. is reporting more cases than any other country. Lives have been turned upside down – particularly among communities disproportionately impacted by the outbreak – and more than 40,000 in the U.S. have died.
About 14% of the U.S. workforce has filed for unemployment. Thousands of small businesses are on the brink. Gas is selling for under $1 a gallon in more than a dozen states. And President Donald Trump has signed the largest stimulus package in U.S. history.
We're holding "Happy Birthday" signs from afar and camping out in lawn chairs outside nursing homes. We're saying wedding vows over Zoom and on sidewalks. Prom dresses are gathering dust. Graduation ceremonies are going virtual. We're dumping milk, smashing eggs and burying onions. We're standing 6 feet away at the checkout line – and may need to be standing even farther.
During a season of religious celebrations of resurrection, liberation and community, many Americans have turned inward to pray and reflect. Pastors across the nation celebrated Easter Mass before empty pews and crowded parking lots. Many marked Passover with solitary Seders. Mosques were expected to be closed for Ramadan.
For many, this has been a time of grieving.
"It’s almost like an eternity," said Marshall Hatch, senior pastor at Chicago's New Mount Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church.
Over the past month, Hatch has taken four trips to the same West Side cemetery to bury friends and family members who died after contracting COVID-19 – first his pastor, then a parishioner, his sister and his best friend of 45 years.
"I haven’t done all of my crying yet," Hatch said. "At some point, we’re going to come through this nightmare, and we’re going to have a chance to reflect on those who were lost. I almost feel like I have to wait until it’s over to figure out who did not survive the pandemic of 2020."
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What we have learned
If there's a silver lining to this suffering, it’s what we’re learning from this outbreak, said Greg Poland, a Mayo Clinic infectious diseases expert who has been working 14- to 16-hour days for months on end.
"The canvas that we call COVID-19 was blank 14 weeks ago. It’s been an amazing thing to see the amount of knowledge that has been generated. It has never before been done in human history," Poland said.
In just a few months, we've genetically sequenced the virus, identified risk factors and initiated drug tests, Poland said. We've learned that social distancing can help bend the curve, that we can work and educate from a distance, that telehealth can help decrease costs and increase access, that doctors and nurses can effectively work across state borders.
That preparedness is the key to saving lives, he said.
"We've learned that something that happened in a city that most people have never heard of can be inside the U.S. within 24 or 36 hours," Poland said. "We’ve learned how interconnected our global economy really is. We’ve learned that, in the context of medications, we’ve probably inappropriately outsourced too much of that."
We've also been stripped of our deniability, Poland said. The COVID-19 virus is the third coronavirus to emerge in the past 18 years, following Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome and Middle East Respiratory Syndrome. "We dare not be unprepared next time," Poland said. "Because there will be coronavirus four and five."
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Some of what we initially thought about the coronavirus was wrong, too. Scientists studying the genetics of the virus have concluded that people were spreading the virus in New York as early as late January, and that it came mostly from Europe, not Asia.
The CDC has estimated that about 1 in 4 people infected with the coronavirus may be asymptomatic. The federal government has adjusted its guidance on face masks, suggesting that the general public should be wearing them after all.
Where we went wrong, what is next
We've also learned that, in some ways, we've failed.
"I've been looking at where testing went awry," Dr. Michael Mina, an epidemiologist and immunologist at Harvard School of Public Health and Harvard Medical School. "The first element initially was the lack of formal recognition by the federal government that this was a problem. We ended up in a situation where no testing was really available."
The U.S. was slow to ramp up coronavirus testing nationwide. The CDC initially limited who should be tested for the virus and shipped flawed test kits to state and county public health labs. Hospital and private commercial labs did not get the Food and Drug Administration’s regulatory green light until the end of February.
Now, the U.S. is conducting more than 100,000 tests per day, but some say that's still not enough to start reopening the country. "Overall, the testing capacity still remains well below what it needs to be," Mina said. "If we want to use testing in a way that’s going to allow everyone to go back to work, we’re going to need robust testing at workplaces."
We're entering a new phase of the outbreak, Mina said – the era of serological testing, which measures the amount of antibodies in blood. The body develops antibodies when responding to an infection. Typically, antibodies prevent reinfection and make it harder to spread the virus. By testing for the presence of antibodies, researchers can determine whether someone has had the virus in the past.
It's possible that many people may have been infected with the coronavirus but didn't test positive through a nose or throat swab test, which helps determine whether someone is currently infected. Many people have been asymptomatic – or didn't know they were inflected.
"I don't think we’ve come close to picking up 1 in 10 (infected) people. Using antibodies – those are going to be the watershed moments. That will tell us about the prevalence, and the true mortality. And that will help paint the picture of what we do next as a society," Mina said. "Some of the most interesting things we’ll find out are going to happen in the next couple weeks."
If serological tests reveal that a large percentage of people in a city or state have antibodies, researchers might determine there is enough herd immunity to protect those who haven't contracted the virus. That would mean people could return to work and to society.
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Many questions still remain
There's still a lot we don't understand about COVID-19. How did the virus originate? Why are men so much more severely affected than women? Why are children minimally affected? Do COVID-19 antibodies really offer protection and, if so, how much? For how long? Is it enough to prevent further spread?
"We don't know if this virus will result in sterilizing immunity – that, if I breathe in the virus, my body just entirely kills it off before it has the chance to replicate. Seasonal viruses don't usually lead to that, or to lifelong immunity," Mina said.
Some experts have already projected four different scenarios for how the current crisis will impact society for years to come. Best case scenario? The pandemic is a passing storm. Worst case? The virus proves impossible to contain and spreads in long-lasting waves around the globe.
Will we see the rise of immunization certificates – documentation verifying a person is immune to the virus that causes COVID-19? Temperature screening checkpoints? A fundamental reordering of society?
"We have an incredible opportunity to envision a future that is better than the normal we had before the pandemic," Hatch said. "The best way to move forward would be to understand that these (are) inequities we need to correct. Because we now have the unmistakable evidence that this isolation, segregation of opportunity left us all more vulnerable. Communities in the margins become pockets of transmission that leave everybody more vulnerable."
At Providence Hospital, Cook has seen nearly 200 coronavirus patients since the nation's first case arrived there. His team is preparing for an influx of patients with significant medical conditions that have been left unaddressed during the outbreak. They're also getting ready for a possible second wave of COVID-19 cases.
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The Commerce Department will work with Amazon.com, Google, IBM, Microsoft and the Open Cloud Consortium on a big data project to figure out how to apply environmental data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration for efforts to support the U.S. economy.
“As America’s data agency, we are excited about these collaborations and the opportunities they present to drive economic growth and business innovation,” she said.
“[This] announcement is another example of our ongoing commitment to providing a broad foundation for economic growth and opportunity to America’s businesses by transforming the department’s data capabilities and supporting a data-enabled economy.”
Each “anchor” company will lead a data alliance to perform research and test cloud-based offerings that will host collaborative development work on NOAA’s data, the department said.
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Danger from the Deep
If you remember my December Linux Journal column, I was excited about a particularly cool-looking submarine simulator, Danger from the Deep. This month, I'm proud to feature it. According to its Web site:
Danger from the Deep (known as dangerdeep or DftD) is a free (as in free speech), open-source World War II German submarine simulator....This game is planned as tactical simulation and will be as realistic as our time and knowledge of physics allows. Its current state is alpha, but it is playable.
DftD currently is being developed on Linux (i386 and AMD64) and Windows. There are binaries available for Linux (i386 and AMD64) and Windows (32-bit), and there are some old packages for Mac OS X. Danger from the Deep makes use of SDL/OpenGL and, thus, should be portable to other operating systems or platforms.
DftD has even been reported to work on Windows (2000/XP/98), Linux (i386/x86-64/SPARC64) and FreeBSD (x86-64/SPARC64/IA64).
Authenticity and romance are almost taken to extremes here, and touches like the captain's quarters (see above photo) really help you get into the feeling and atmosphere of the game.
Ah, authenticity! Don't speak German? Too bad! The controls stay that way, whether you like it or not (which I do).
Sometimes the environment can be quite beautiful, such as this sunset, which makes long hours in a sub much easier to bear!
In terms of hardware requirements, you'll need the following:
- An OpenGL 1.5-compliant graphics card (OpenGL 2.0 or greater is recommended).
- A fairly fast CPU (anything from 1.0GHz up should be okay).
- 256MB RAM (512MB is recommended).
The Web site provides a lovely binary installer that feels much like that of a commercial game. You can compile the game from source if you want, but would you really do that when you can simply click Next, Next, Next?
The binary installer runs most things by itself, but as is the usual way with these things, you need to flag it as executable. If you're running this through a file manager, you probably need to right-click and choose executable in whatever properties section is available, but I'll leave this part up to you. For those who prefer to run things from the command line, you can flag it as executable with the following:
$ chmod u+x dangerdeep-0.3.0-linux-installer.bin
Then, run the installer with:
(Note: do this as root or using sudo if you're installing it system-wide.)
The installer will go through the usual Next, Next, Next...Finish process, and once it's done, you can run the game with:
As soon as you're at the main screen, you'll be flooded by a wave of romantic nostalgia that never lets up! From the sepia-colored menus, German-labeled controls and wartime background imagery to the crackly WWII-era music, this game wears its heart on its sleeve.
Assuming you have a decent graphics card, you'll want to crank up the video resolution in the Options menu, as the graphics in this game actually are quite impressive at times.
Because this game is currently in alpha stage, the number of gaming options are limited. Nevertheless, several kinds of missions are available in single-player mode. For those wanting something to blast at from the get-go, try Historical Mission first under the menu Play single mission.
Before you embark on any voyages, however, I suggest that you print out the game's PDF manual, which is downloadable at the Web site. This game's controls are extensive (hey, you're piloting a submarine), and each key often is assigned to something different between other view modes. Here are a few basic universal controls to get you started though.
F1 through F12 all have a different view or function on the ship. Some keys bring you to actual locations within the submarine, such as the torpedo room or captain's quarters, and others bring up equipment, such as the ship's sonar. Of particular joy and amusement is the control screen on F1 and the torpedo screen on F6. The gauges and dials are in German, and as far as I know, there's no option to have them in English, so you'll have to find out what HalbeFarht and Lagenwinkel mean on your own.
Now, I'm sure at this stage you'll be keen to blast at something, so let's cover that. You may want to try surfacing for this, as it makes the above-water enemies easier to spot using more view modes, but it also shows off some of the cool graphics this game has.
Press the S key to surface, and when you're up there, have a look around with various different view modes (check out that deck for starters, and, yes, you can man that surface gun). If a target is somewhere in sight, press I to identify the target. Pressing the spacebar selects it, and T fires a torpedo.
I could go on and on, but it's been a privilege to see a project with such polish and passion as this one. In the hands of your average open-source team, a submarine simulator like this could be a bland, grey, blobby mess, and spending several hours with it might be a guaranteed cure for insomnia. This, on the other hand, is a colorful world of fine touches and authenticity that's guaranteed to bring a smile to your face.
Considering this game is in the alpha stage, it's an extraordinary effort with nice graphics, a brilliant installer and even a small soundtrack! Submarine buffs, do yourself a favor, and check out this game.
Danger from the Deep ( dangerdeep.sourceforge.net )
John Knight is the New Projects columnist for Linux Journal.
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Challenges to Fiscal Federalism in India
- With coming in of the GST regime, the states have lost their revenue generating capacity and with waning away of the Planning Commission, there are apprehensions about the weakening of the principle of Fiscal Federalism in India.
- Even from the Nehruvian era there was inclination towards centralization of fiscal powers as it was justified that it was required to address the concerns of socio-economic and regional disparities.
- After that Planning commission played a huge role in terms of fiscal transfers to the states but even this erstwhile institution has been abolished after 2014.
- Now it is the Finance Commission which has become a major means of fiscal transfer.
- But the Finance Commission has been subject to accusations of being a politicised institution with arbitrariness and inherent bias towards the Union government.
Capabilities of the States:
- The current capability of States to finance their expenditures from their own revenues has declined significantly from 69% in 1955-56 to less than 38% in 2019-20.
- As a matter of fact, the expenditure of the states have been increasing significantly but their revenues remain stagnant.
- As many of the earlier taxes have been subsumed within the GST, the states have only been left with petroleum products, electricity and alcohol for their revenue.
- Even though the devolution of taxes was increased from 32% to 42% after the recommendation of Fourteenth Finance Commission, the non-divisive pool of the cess and surcharges were increased.
- This non-divisive pool in the Centre’s gross tax revenues shot up to 15.7% in 2020 from 9.43% in 2012, shrinking the divisible pool of resources for transfers to States.
Centrally Sponsored Scheme:
- At present there are around 131 centrally sponsored schemes, with only a few of them accounting for 90% of the allocation, and States required to pitch in their share.
- The states spend about 25% to 40% as matching grants at the expense of their priorities.
- These schemes, driven by the one-size-fits-all approach, are given precedence over State schemes, undermining the electorally mandated democratic politics of States.
Source The Hindu
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I had my first seizure—a grand mal—when I was five years old. When my parents found me, my lips were blue, my eyes were rolled back, and my entire body was shaking. I was diagnosed with encephalitis. The virus had traveled to my brain, causing me to go into a four-day coma. The doctors thought that when I came out of the coma I would probably have some degree of brain damage.
My parents sat by my bedside and prayed. On the fourth day, my father looked up to find my eyes wide open. The first thing out of my mouth was “Can I have McDonald's fries?” I sustained no brain damage, but the encephalitis left scar tissue in my brain, resulting in epilepsy.
My seizures came only occasionally as a child, until my hormones started to change.
I learned from my doctor—Orrin Devinsky, M.D. professor of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine and director of the NYU/Mount Sinai Comprehensive Epilepsy Center—that the reason for increased seizures around the time of ovulation and the premenstrual phase is thought to be primarily an increase in the ratio of estrogen to progesterone. Hormones don't cause seizures, but they can influence when seizures occur.
According to Dr. Devinsky, “When seizures occur exclusively or predominantly around the time of menses or ovulation (catamenial epilepsy), which they do for many women, it is especially important to maintain good sleep and avoid alcohol—certainly less than two beverages per day—during those times. For some women, a temporary increase in medication can be helpful if their menstrual cycle is regular. The use of hormonal therapy such as progesterone to prevent seizures remains more of a potential than a proven strategy, and we lack data to show that progesterone is definitely effective or safe as a long-term treatment for epilepsy around the time of menses or ovulation. For women with catamenial epilepsy, even removal of the ovaries and womb does not stop seizures, so effective antiepileptic drugs and a healthy lifestyle remain our best approach to help control seizures.”
Another thing I learned over the years is that our doctors can only do so much. If we don't help ourselves, then we can't expect to get better. Here are tips that I have developed for managing epilepsy.
1. Track Your Seizures: I use a seizure diary to track my seizures on an ongoing basis. For every seizure I experience, I write down the type of seizure and when it occurred. This information can help give your doctor a better idea of where the seizures are coming from. You can find a good seizure diary at epilepsy.com/seizurediary.
2. Review Your Seizure Diary: I review my seizure diary each month to find patterns and ask myself questions. Did my seizures mostly happen in the morning, in the afternoon, or at night? Was I doing anything different during those times? Were most of the seizures focal, partial, or grand mal? Did my body swing to a certain side?
3. Track Menstruation and Ovulation: I keep track of my menstruation and ovulation on a wall calendar near my desk. I usually menstruate every 28 days, so I highlight the 28th day and circle four days before and four days after that day. I do the same for ovulation. During this time I'm careful where I go and what I do, because my chances of having a seizure are higher.
4. Maintain a Healthy Diet: Since I have been watching what I eat and exercising regularly, I have lost weight and my seizures have decreased quite a bit. According to Dr Devinsky, “evidence suggests that regular exercise and stress reduction can improve seizure control for some people.”
5. Take Your Medication: This is the most important piece of advice I can give. Taking your medication on time is very important, especially during menstruation and ovulation.
6. Lower Stress: For me, stress can bring on seizures, especially during menstruation and ovulation. Therefore, I try not to let minor problems, past mistakes, or worries about the future upset me too much. I try to enjoy the moment and focus on the present.
7. Set Aside “Me” Time: Take some time to relax: Take a bubble bath, meditate, or read a book. A little quality time can help you wind down and remember to do the things that keep you healthy. You'd be surprised how many things can affect epilepsy—negatively and positively—so take some time to recharge.
8. Keep a Positive Attitude: Yes, you have epilepsy. But has the disorder changed you for the better in any ways? Have you become stronger as a person? Would you be as caring to others with conditions and disabilities? I think my disorder has made me a better person.
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FiPy WiFI not created - restarted my computer RGB no longer blinking
I am using a FiPy I ordered a month or so ago.
I first put my SIM-card into the board and connected a LoRa antenna underneath the board.
I connected 5V to the 3v-5v input pin and connected it to ground, using an Arduino Uni, expecting a WiFi with SSID FiPy-Wlan to appear.
There is an LED on the board, which started blinking blue, when I gave the board power. But there was no internet. I tried refreshing and manually adding a network with the SSID FiPy-WLAN to my internet settings; But nothing happened.
I then restarted my computer. When I turned it back on, the LED was no longer blinking on the FiPy.
When I hold down the button on the board (the small one in the top corner of the FiPy board) the LED will blink green momentarily.
I have done nothing else with the board; This is literally the first time I've removed it from its packaging. Why is it not working?
Also, it appears, that I have no connection when connecting with my USB to UART through PUTTY. Once again, I have done nothing to the board other than power it, as stated on the minimum recommended circuit.
I tried changing the power supply to a IPS 606D, giving it exactly 5V. Once again, it blinked for a few seconds and stopped.
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Come in as soon as possible
If the tooth has been out for a period of time it may be difficult to replace correctly . You can hold the tooth in position by folding several thickness of aluminium foil over the tooth and the teeth either side or hold in place with fingers. If you can’t replace the tooth in its socket, the next best thing is to put it in a glass of milk and take it to a dentist immediately. If you don’t have access to milk, place it in plastic wrap or in the patient’s mouth inside the cheek, and again, get to a dentist straight away! Handle the tooth as little as possible and do not touch the root section of the tooth. The sooner a knocked out tooth is replaced, the better the long-term prognosis for the tooth. Teeth replaced within thirty minutes have a good chance of surviving long term, but it is well worth replacing a tooth even if it has been out for a number of hours.
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Running at Dawn: A Diné Cultural and Health Teaching
Yá’át’ééh (hello in Diné), my name is Ariel Shirley. I am a senior studying public health at the University of Arizona. I grew up near the Diné (Navajo) Nation in Gallup, N.M. Since I was a little girl, my Diné culture was always the forefront of my principles. As a public health student, I have the unique perspective of incorporating Diné philosophies with holistic wellness to address chronic health issues. One example is using my culture to connect with running.
When running, there is a sense of connection and euphoria. Maybe it is the endorphins, but I feel a greater connection to my culture and roots. Running is a teaching integrated into the Diné life cycle. I was taught to run east at dawn to greet our deities. Although it may seem ordinary to run in the morning, running is a way to honor our teachings. East is a significant direction in the Diné culture. It is the beginning of the lifecycle. Being up and active shows a sense of discipline and understanding of Diné culture. Implementing mindfulness while running shows the deities you are welcoming blessings in one’s life. Running is a teacher in itself. The lessons are to combat laziness, instill discipline and endure struggle to come out stronger. Running is a healing process that will teach you many lessons if you let it.
Today, the Diné running culture may not be as widely implemented, but the importance in the Diné culture is still relevant. Running is central in both the male and female puberty ceremonies. Each day of the ceremony, the individual must run to the east and farther than before. Again, the teaching is to challenge yourself and resembles the growth and development in life. During my ceremony, I remember waking up before the sun while my grandparents loudly encouraged me to run as far as I could. The same was done for my sisters.
Today, many people run for physical health, but for the Diné people it means connecting back to our culture. Running not only grounds us to our culture, but is a tool used to maintain physical health. Like many Native American tribes, loss of culture is a threat to the Diné way of life. With high rates of chronic diseases such as diabetes, heart diseases and cancer, returning to foundational teachings is a way to address these health issues.
As an individual with a family history of diabetes and cardiovascular disease, I know maintaining my health is essential. I know the risk factors of diabetes and heart disease are physical inactivity, poor diet and family history. Since I cannot change my family history, I know it is up to me to assess my modifiable risk factors and implement change into my lifestyle. This means eating healthier and reconnecting back to the teachings of my culture.
Using my culture to sustain a healthy lifestyle is important to address the health issues on the Navajo Nation. As my time here at the University of Arizona wraps up, I am excited to see where I can utilize my skills in combination with my culture to address chronic health issues on the Navajo Nation. Change will not be easy, but the goal of a healthier generation is worth it.
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The fight over tax increases did not end with the passage of Propositions 30 and 39 in the November election. Especially with the Democratic majority securing a two-thirds vote in both legislative houses, the threat of more tax increases is apparent and the business community is organizing to oppose potential taxes.
Already, an oil severance tax has been proposed along with measures to make it easier to raise local parcel taxes. There have been discussions to raise property taxes on commercial property. While one effort to raise the car tax was withdrawn, the idea still lingers.
Californians Against Higher Taxes is continuing its effort to oppose new taxes. Made up of 200 organizations and companies, including the California Chamber of Commerce, the California Business Roundtable, California Restaurant Association, Neighborhood Market Association (and my Small Business Action Committee) among many others, the group hopes to defend the state’s economy against a higher and higher pile of taxation.
In addition to the $6-plus billion state tax increases and the 70 local tax increases from last November’s election, additional taxes were raised by the Federal government with the fiscal cliff agreement. In addition, the state Board of Equalization just authorized a 3.5-cent per gallon increase in the state gasoline excise tax.
A tax haven, California is not. The state has come a long way from its gold-rush roots when the military authority in charge of the territory, Colonel Richard Mason, wrote to Washington on how the government could benefit from the work of the miners: “I resolved not to interfere, but permit all to work freely.
Current policies in California have hurt the economy and, according to Allysia Finley’s article in yesterday’s Wall Street Journal, led to many low and middle income people leaving the state looking for jobs elsewhere.
In the shadow of governors from other states coming to raid California businesses, the business community wants to send a message that enough is enough. The state must improve its business climate and spark job creation, not drown it with more taxes.
Californians Against Higher Taxes will get its message out through media advertising, direct mail and letters to lawmakers.
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More than 50 arts organizations say they oppose a proposed state constitutional amendment that would define marriage as between one man and one woman.
Leaders from organizations like the Walker Art Center and the Guthrie Theatre Monday expressed their support for allowing gays and lesbians to marry.
Sheila Smith, executive director of the Minnesota Citizens for the Arts, said the arts community will work together to defeat the amendment.
"Minnesota's creative community thrives because of the contributions of all kinds of creative people — including gay people," Smith said. "Passage of this amendment would hang a 'not welcome' sign on our borders to a significant portion of the creative community and would cause damage to our image as a great place to be an artist."
Guthrie Theatre Director Joe Dowling recounted a wedding in New York of two gay men from Minnesota.
"While the ceremony was beautiful and very moving, I felt a sense of anger, and frustration that such an event was not possible here where their families and their whole community could share their happiness fully," Dowling said.
A spokesman for Minnesota for Marriage, a group working to pass the amendment, called the argument "absurd." Chuck Darrell said that, "despite the fact that same-sex marriage is already prohibited in Minnesota, gays and lesbians are flocking to our state — not leaving it." | <urn:uuid:ac90cb47-9915-44cd-8497-4cafdb5dc272> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.mprnews.org/story/2012/05/14/social_issue/arts-groups-rally-againt-marriage-amendment | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721174.97/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00283-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976731 | 270 | 2.078125 | 2 |
Elon Musk appears confused by what individuals do throughout the summer time.
On July 30, 2022, Musk logged on to Twitter dot com with an vital commentary.
"Interplay with virtually all twitter accounts appear to be a lot decrease in current weeks & days," Musk tweeted. "Correct?"
Musk's tweet about low engagement on Twitter – with its 7,532 retweets, 1,512 quote tweets, and 125,344 likes – appears to have struck a nerve. It is unclear precisely what the Tesla CEO was making an attempt to get at. Nonetheless, primarily based on Musk's earlier vocal opinions about "free speech," bans, and censorship on social media platforms, it is clear how his followers have been taking it.
One thing nefarious is afoot.
Many Musk devoted assume Twitter, the corporate that Elon Musk apparently pretended to wish to purchase and is now suing the billionaire over backing out of the signed deal to amass it, is accountable for his or her tweets not receiving extra interactions.
Is Twitter shadowbanning particular, ostensibly pro-Musk, customers? Shadowbans are principally when a social media platform demotes accounts or particular content material in its algorithm in order that they attain fewer customers. Others questioned if Twitter was laborious at work eradicating all of the pretend accounts and bots because of Musk's criticism (and his excuse as to why he desires to again out of his legally binding $44 billion contract with Twitter.)
Here is the reality. The rationale you might be seeing much less engagement on Twitter in July 2022 is as a result of the Earth is conspiring with the Solar and its affecting the climate.
That is referred to as Summer time.
The Northern Hemisphere of the Earth experiences this phenomenon throughout the months of June, by way of September. Days start earlier and dusk comes later. July, smackdab in the course of that interval, is usually the most well liked month of the 12 months. Many individuals go outdoors to benefit from the heat climate and participate in outside occasions. Music festivals, barbecues, seaside journeys, and visits to the theme park are widespread summer time actions. Folks step away from lengthy days engaged on their computer systems at their workplace desks, sign off, and go on trip.
"In previous years, complete industries noticed summer time slumps -- or seasonal dips in gross sales or internet site visitors," wrote Pamela Bump, supervisor of content material development at HubSpot, in a 2021 report on this phenomenon.
The report, revealed in July 2021 and up to date the next September with extra knowledge, in contrast final 12 months's summer time web hunch with the summer time slumps from earlier years. The one trade that did not expertise an online site visitors downturn was leisure and hospitality as a result of, clearly, individuals have been utilizing the web companies in that discipline to plan journeys and getaways. Publish-COVID, that summer time web site visitors hunch seems to extend as people look to get out of their homes and make up for these misplaced summer time getaways throughout the heights of the pandemic.
This is not a brand new development, and it is not relegated to only Twitter, both. A 2013 study by the social media analytics agency Fanpage Karma discovered that interactions on Fb posts elevated by 42 % on common when there was unhealthy climate in comparison with when there was good climate. A wet day on a summer time weekend might enhance Fb submit interactions by as a lot as 90 %.
There was knowledge showing that cellular internet use – individuals browsing the net by way of their smartphones – has elevated throughout the summer time in recent times. However, persons are most probably logging into their social media profiles to speak about their summer time actions, not Elon Musk's newest tweet complaining in regards to the lack of sex he is been having.
"We’re seeing a 220% enhance in conversations about music festivals throughout the summer time," says Twitter, in a Twitter Insights weblog post from the corporate's advertising division. Twitter finds that the kind of conversations at present trending on the platform entails "summer time anticipation and prep." Many customers are targeted on the summer time actions they're experiencing or are enthusiastic about.
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In: Online – Heidelberg Journal of Religions on the Internet, 02.1 (2006),
Kerstin Radde-Antweiler stresses the aspect of ritual construction by the individual believers in her paper Rituals Online. Transferring and Designing Rituals. In addition to the potential of the Internet to offer interaction and new processes of communication in the context of rituals – the so called "Online-Rituals" –, this medium also offers much information about rituals and instructions how to perform a ritual, in and outside the Internet. This varies from the publication of – at first glance - fixed ritual prescripts to texts on how to design a ritual by him- or herself. These fixed texts are often identified as old traditional scripts, whereas critical analyses show explicit or implicit transfers and receptions of various religious traditions. In the paper, different ritual prescripts presented on Wicca- and Solitaire Homepages, which are often seen as continuation of pre-Christian, matriarchal, Celtic and Germanic cults and mythologies, are analysed and their transfer processes are exemplified. Instances that show the processes of ritual transfer are the choice of the owner-names, the mixture of deities of different religions, the integration of different feasts and festivals etc. The assertion of perpetual continuity from the insider perspective seems contradict those texts which encourage the believers to develop their own individual ritual. Therefore, the elements of newness and invention as well as the phenomenon of Ritual Design in their processes of gaining legitimacy and authority has to be examined.
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The Arthur Ransome Society
This uplifting memoir by Sophie Neville tells us how a schoolgirl’s life was transformed by unexpectedly starring in a major film adaptation of the world famous classic tale by Arthur Ransome.
A minor role as author Laurie Lee’s childhood sweetheart led to her winning the role of Ransome’s much-loved tomboy Titty Walker.
Interspersed with the narrative are charming diary entries twelve-year-old Sophie made of her day-to-day experiences.
The book captures the demanding work required of child actors and the additional pressures they faced of discomfort and school work.
The narrative also opens a window onto the detailed process of film making and the many skills involved. Photographs include examples of call sheets.
However, the book’s greatest asset is how it communicates a sense of camaraderie between players and crew.
In a profession notorious for back-stabbing it is refreshing to read how such a community worked with mutual respect for each other on a highly commercial enterprise. Claude Whatham, the director particularly comes across as a kindly and empathetic influence.
This production you feel had heart and its success was deserved.
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Just as Boeing Co. and its 787 Dreamliner looked to be taking off again, another fire onboard the signature new passenger jet has brought the resurgence to a halt.
A 787 — one of 68 delivered so far by Boeing — that had been sitting at a remote parking stand for more than eight hours at London's Heathrow Airport caught fire Friday. No one was onboard the Ethiopian Airlines plane and no one was injured, the airline and an airport spokeswoman said.
Boeing shares swerved on the news, falling as much as 7% before rebounding slightly to close down 5%, or $5.01, at $101.87 as analysts said the incident didn't appear related to the battery troubles that grounded 787s worldwide earlier this year.
But the shares continued to whipsaw later in the day as Britain's Thomson Airways said shortly after the Heathrow fire that it forced one of its Florida-bound 787 flights back to England as a precaution after finding unspecified "technical issues." It began flying long-haul 787 flights this week.
Boeing has hitched its fortunes on the 787, a long-range, wide-body plane considered an engineering marvel. Its carbon-composite exterior and technical designs make it extremely fuel-efficient, an attractive quality for airlines at a time of high fuel prices. Airlines have ordered 930 Dreamliners, making it one of the most coveted commercial jets.
But the aerospace giant hit turbulence in January when federal regulators banned all 787 planes from flying for four months after batteries on two planes overheated, with one catching on fire.
Boeing later ordered modifications to the jets to increase ventilation and insulation near the batteries, but the company and investigators never determined the root cause of the overheating. In April, Ethiopian Airlines became the first carrier to resume flying the aircraft. In May, Boeing sped up 787 production, hoping to increase monthly deliveries from seven to 10 by the end of the year.
Richard L. Aboulafia, director of aviation consulting for Teal Group Corp., said Friday's fire didn't appear to take place near the battery. Although that could be welcome news for Boeing, he said the bouncing share price showed how dependent the company is on the 787.
"You only get to launch one new line a decade," Aboulafia said. "There's an awful lot riding on this."
Boeing staff and a U.S. National Transportation Safety Board representative were at Heathrow investigating the incident. The company said in a statement that it is "working to fully understand and address this."
Heathrow closed both of its runways for 90 minutes, delaying flights. Images from the scene showed emergency vehicles with fire-retardant foam sprawled across the ground.
There appeared to be fire damage to the top of the plane near the tail, analysts said. Previous incidents of fire linked to the lithium-ion batteries have centered near the belly of the plane.
Analysts offered several possibilities for the cause of the fire at Heathrow.
Wayne Plucker, the lead aerospace industry analyst for Frost & Sullivan, said the plane might not have been receiving air conditioning at the time.
"Any time you have an airplane parked and powered and under maintenance, the electronics take a real cooling challenge," he said. "They could have been running all the electronics without all of the air conditioners on."
The Dreamliner has an unconventional internal design. The plane has two avionic bays where key electronic equipment is based, compared with one for most jets, and there is far less wiring, Plucker said.
"All of this is somewhat new and I'm not sure all the maintenance folks know the implications and completely understand what the needs are of the airplane," he said.
Scott Hamilton, an aviation industry consultant and managing director of Leeham Co. in Issaquah, Wash., also said the fire could have been human-induced or a system failure.
"Until some details emerge, it's too soon to speculate the impact to the airplane program or to Boeing," he said.
Analysts said every new plane industrywide has had a minor electronic malfunction. But Tom Captain, aerospace analyst with the financial firm Deloitte, said those incidents are occurring less often.
"Recent news about aircraft incidents draws attention partly due to the rarity of these types of events in recent times," he said.
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South Court Auditorium
12:40 P.M. EDT
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Ambassador Rice. And it is my great honor to welcome these extraordinary leaders for this conversation. You all have been on the ground doing the work of connecting with women around our country. You are national leaders. You are powerful leaders on an issue that still requires so much, in terms of a priority, by all people.
Before we get started, I do want to address the killing of Daunte Wright. He should be alive today. And to his family and loved ones, you must know that the President and I grieve with you as the nation grieves his loss, and we stand with you.
Our nation needs justice and healing. And law enforcement must be held to the highest standards of accountability. At the same time, we know that folks will keep dying if we don’t fully address racial injustice and inequities in our country, from implicit bias to broken systems.
Which brings me to the topic of this moment. This week is Black Maternal Health Week. And make no mistake, Black women in our country are facing a maternal health crisis. Black women are two to three times more likely to die in connection with childbirth than other women. And it is important to note that Native women are 2.3 times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than white women.
We know the primary reasons why: systemic racial inequities and implicit bias. And the consequences are both very real. Many of the women in this room have experienced them firsthand. And as the ambassador said, we will hear their stories, which they speak with great courage given the pain that they have experienced.
And over the year — years, I’ve heard many stories. Stories of women who are experiencing postpartum depression, only to be dismissed. Stories of women telling their doctors they were experiencing pain, only to be ignored. Stories of women who could not hold their newborn baby because that child had to be on life support or receive a blood transfusion after blood transfusion after blood transfusion.
Black women deserve to be heard. Their voices deserve to be respected. And like all people, they must be treated with dignity.
For years, I’ve been working to address systemic health disparities and advocating for investments in those social determinants that we know influence maternal health — things like housing, transportation, nutrition — and the inequities that exist in all of those systems.
When we talk about Black maternal health, we’re talking about reproductive healthcare — let’s be clear about that. We’re talking about reproductive healthcare.
And another issue that I spent a lot of time on, on that point — as it uniquely and disproportionately affects Black women — are fibroids, which can lead to maternal mortality, especially for Black women.
I also introduced, when I was in the Senate, the Maternal CARE Act to reduce errors in judgement by healthcare professionals that stem from implicit bias.
And last week, President Joe Biden and I announced the Maternal CARE Act is in our budget, dedicating $30 million for implicit bias training for healthcare providers.
Through the American Rescue Plan, we are also lowering health insurance premiums for millions of families, and we are extending Medicaid coverage for people who are postpartum, which is important because we know that Black women are more likely to lose healthcare coverage during their pregnancy than white women.
We’re so proud to do this work alongside healthcare workers, researchers, physicians, nurses, commu- — doulas, and community organizers who have dedicated themselves to this cause. And I just do want to say a point about doulas, because I do believe that doulas are some of the smartest on these issues and must be leaders when we talk about what we need to do to train and have folks understand how to approach these issues in a respectful way.
I also want to thank Black Mamas Matter Alliance, who — building on a resolution from Congresswoman Alma Adams and myself that we introduced before now — started Black Maternal Health Week in 2017. This alliance brought national attention to the issue and lifted up the voice of Black women in the process.
And, finally, I also want to thank my colleagues in the United States Congress who have worked on this issue — in particular, Senator Cory Booker, Congresswoman Robin Kelly, Congresswoman Alma Adams, and Congresswoman Lauren Underwood. They have been extraordinary in, again, highlighting the fact that the United States Congress, leaders at every level, everywhere, must take on this issue. It cannot be for Black women alone to fight for their rights and to fight for their dignity.
And so, to the brave women who are here today, again, we thank you. And I will tell you that, in this White House, you will always be welcome and your voices will always be heard.
And I’ll turn it back to Ambassador Rice.
(The listening session commences.)
(The listening session concludes.)
THE VICE PRESIDENT: Before we got on camera, we were talking a little bit, as a group. And to the ambassador’s point, listen, it’s really important for — for folks to understand: You are not alone, and don’t let any situation or circumstance make you feel alone. When we feel we are alone, it tends to make us feel that we don’t have power or agency in a moment.
And so when you are in that doctor’s office or that clinic or that hospital or that emergency room, know you are not alone — that you carry the voice and the support of so many women you may not meet who want you to be heard in that room.
And so, we have the experts who can talk to you specifically about the kinds of things that you should be asking when you are in that room and demanding the answer. And know you have a right to get the answer. It is their job to answer your questions. And if they are not doing their job, that is not — that shouldn’t be your problem. Like we were saying, then maybe it’s time to switch the healthcare provider.
But the point of this conversation — and I really appreciate, Erica, what you said — is that — let’s replace silence with storytelling. But everyone should tell the story, and not just those who have experienced it, but everyone else should tell the stories so that we can make sure that we take seriously this issue; we elevate it in a way that, ultimately, we end this issue of Black maternal mortality.
So, thank you all for your courage and for your leadership. Thank you.
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In a research letter published Dec. 27, 2016, in JAMA, University of Chicago physicians describe a new concern for patients in the hospital: distractions caused by the misfortune of other patients.
The researchers found that when one patient on a typical 20-bed hospital unit took a turn for the worse – a cardiac arrest, for example, or being transferred to an intensive-care unit – the other patients on that ward were at increased risk for their own setbacks.
In the six hours after a critical-illness event, the odds that a second patient in the same unit would undergo a comparable crisis increased by about 18 percent. If there were two such events during a six-hour time period, the risk of yet another occurrence went up by about 53 percent. Risks were slightly higher when the initial critical illness events occurred at night.
Cardiac arrests, urgent ICU transfers or patient deaths were also associated with delayed discharge from the hospital for the other patients on the same unit.
“This should serve as a wake-up call for hospital-based physicians,” said study author Matthew Churpek, MD, MPH, PhD, assistant professor of medicine at the University of Chicago. “Our data suggests that after caring for a patient who becomes critically ill on the hospital wards, we should routinely check to see how the other patients on the unit are doing,” Churpek said.
“Following these high-intensity events, our to-do list should include a thorough assessment of the other patients on the unit, to make sure none of them are at risk of slipping through the cracks.”
Luckily, such events were relatively rare. Nearly 84,000 adult patients were admitted to non-ICU beds at the University of Chicago Medicine from 2009 to 2013. About five percent of those patients were subsequently transferred to an intensive-care unit (4,107) or experienced an in-hospital cardiac arrest (179).
Patients who had a cardiac arrest or required ICU transfer tended to be a few years older and male. They had been in the hospital, on average, for 13 days, four times longer than patients who did not have a critical-illness event.
“We suspected this phenomenon based on our own anecdotal experience,” said co-author Samuel Volchenboum, MD, PhD, associate professor of pediatrics at the University of Chicago and director of the University’s Center for Research Informatics. “But until we had access to a large, well-curated research-data warehouse, we couldn’t perform a study like this.”
“Very few academic centers have access to the kinds of high-quality data needed to perform this type of investigation,” he added.
The study was designed to detect and quantify any increased risk to neighboring patients. The researchers speculate that one potential factor may be that doctors and nurses could have been “temporarily diverted to help care for critically ill patients,” Volchenboum said. “Further study is needed to determine the causes of this effect.”
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A group of Allied soldiers are imprisoned in a German POW camp with the intent of breaking out, but also diverging Nazi forces in order to find fugitives. The Great Escape was directed by John Sturges and stars Steve McQueen, James Garner, Sir Richard Attenborough, Charles Bronson, Donald Pleasence, James Coburn and David Mc Callum.
The Great Escape is based on the non-fiction book of the same name by writer Paul Brickhill. The book is a first-hand account of the escape by British Commonwealth prisoners of war from a German POW camp. The film was fictionalized to appear more appealing for a commercial audience by focusing on the American’s involvement of the escape. The Great Escape, in 1963 was the highest grossing film of the year, and is widely considered one of the best films of all time.
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Once again, the state of Alabama is in the spotlight as a symbol of discrimination and as a die-hard defender of states' rights. But this time the battle is over the civil rights of people with disabilities.
On Wednesday the Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case of Alabama vs. Garrett. Patricia Garrett was a nurse at the University of Alabama hospital who underwent breast cancer treatments and was involuntarily transferred to another position. She sued the state for job discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Alabama Attorney General Bill Pryor says Congress overstepped its constitutional bounds in applying the ADA to state governments because the 11th Amendment prohibits citizens from suing their own states in federal courts.
If the court agrees, it could be a disaster. The history of civil-rights violations by state governments against people with disabilities is deep and persistent. We have been denied access to public schools and universities, to polling places and hospitals. We have been institutionalized and sterilized.
Today, in every state there are thousands of people with disabilities in nursing homes and institutions who don't want or need to be there. But state budget priorities give them little choice.
Even Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman disagrees with Pryor on this case. Attorneys general from 14 states have submitted a brief to the Supreme Court opposing the stance of their colleague Pryor.
Congress thoroughly documented this sad history in setting the stage for the introduction of the ADA. In the 1980s, a congressional ADA task force held forums in every state and collected thousands of examples of disability civil-rights abuses.
The dire need for the ADA is clear. It was well-crafted and has brought about a lot of justice.
Mike Ervin is a Chicago-based writer and activist for the disabled.
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Eco-labels and Green Stickers are labeling systems for food and consumer products. Ecolabels are voluntary, but green stickers are mandated by law; for example, in North America major appliances and automobiles use Energy Star. They are a form of sustainability measurement directed at consumers, intended to make it easy to take environmental concerns into account when shopping. Some labels quantify pollution or energy consumption by way of index scores or units of measurement, while others assert compliance with a set of practices or minimum requirements for sustainability or reduction of harm to the environment. Many ecolabels are focused on minimising the negative ecological impacts of primary production or resource extraction in a given sector or commodity through a set of good practices that are captured in a sustainability standard. Through a verification process, usually referred to as "certification", a farm, forest, fishery, orbel.
The last few years have seen two key trends in the ecolabels space. There is an explosion in the numbers of different ecolabelling programs across the world and across business sectors and secondly the proliferation of umbrella labeling programs.
Ecolabelling systems exist for both food and consumer products. Both systems were started by NGOs, since then the European Union have developed legislation for conduct of ecolabelling and also have created their own ecolabels, one for food and one for consumer products. At least for food, the ecolabel is nearly identical with the common NGO definition of the rules for ecolabelling. Label trust is an issue for consumers because as manufacturers and manufacturing associations have set up "rubber stamp" labels to greenwash their products with fake ecolabels. High trust levels can be created when ecolabels apply for Governmental recognition as formal Certification Marks [recognized by logos or names with 'CTM', CM or 'CertTM']. Typically this means schemes approved as a Certification Mark, have had the Government Department responsible declare that the scheme has a standard and certifies that they are 'Competent to Certify'. The highest trust levels would be a government recognized certification mark that was also compliant with key ISO standards especially ISO 14024- Type 1 Ecolabels that undertake ISO 14040 compliant life cycle analysis as part of their assessment.
The last few years have seen two key trends in the ecolabels space. There is an explosion in the numbers of different ecolabelling programs across the world and across business sectors and secondly the proliferation of umbrella labeling programs. The International Organization for Standardization ISO has created standards for labeling practices within the ISO 14000 schema. ISO 14020 to 14025 series deals with environmental labels and declarations. ISO proposed three categories of environmental labels according to the aspects covered and the rigor required to award the seal: type I in ISO 14024; type II in ISO 14021; and type III in ISO 14025. Additionally, a different category called “Type I – like” is present in the literature, which represents environmental labels focused on just one environmental or social aspect; these labels have been launched by independent organizations.
Ecolabeling innovation cycle
There is a close relationship between the ecolabeling process and the eco-innovation because it promotes the emergence of new green products and it improves the organizations environmental management strategy. Moreover, ecolabeling process is a "cyclical eco-innovation process in which consumers, firms, governments and institutions interact. Its final purpose is to contribute to the development of sustainable and ecological ways of production and consumption. In this process, consumers’ environmental expectations are met; firms increase their created and captured value and enhance their sustainability, and governments and institutions foster cleaner production and consumption. Finally, this process is tangible in the products through the awarding of ecolabels, which are visibly displayed on goods and services".
Consumer desires for sustainable consumption is driving the global marketplace with desire to regulate product production. The globalization of economies is shifting control of sustainability away from traditional command and control measures imposed by governments towards market governance which is a self-regulatory new environmental policy instrument, ecolabelling.
The only ecolabel that takes into consideration legal and infrastructural limitations is which is a startup in Greece approved by the University of Wales and which has the Support of the Dutch Embassy and the Orange Grove. It is a certification programme with the intention to increase owner, staff, suppliers and stakeholder’s awareness with the intention to motivate them for an eco-friendly action towards a sustainable holiday and future for all of us in the long run and through which expenses can be minimized.
Eco-labeling standardization is a new form of regulation which is voluntary in nature, but impose upon large companies market forces in order to harmonize production of goods and services with stronger ecological practices. Recently, it has turned into a new form of non-state authority at both national and international levels. This idea of entrepreneurial democracy based on the success of the ISO 14000 standards on the management of environmental quality and the ISO 9000 standards on quality production control. Once an industry sector decides to get this certification, it has to provide evidences of documented proof of compliance required. In terms of ISO 14042 standard, it is obligatorily for all applicants to respect environmental legislation and related legislation; breaching of any laws may result in licensing suspension.
During the UN Earth Summit Conference in 1992, an international consensus was generated to integrate environmental issues into manufacturing procedures. The idea was to manipulate consumption patterns in order to achieve sustainable development. The result of this is as follows.
Currently in the developed world: Eco-labels and green stickers have evolved to play a vital role. They provide a verifiable link between products and informed consumer wishes. This approach applies market pressure on industries to minimize their environmental impact; this is evidenced by growth in population of informed consumers. Marketing strategists are responding with Green Certifications and its abuse, Greenwashing.
Currently in the developing world: First consumers became concerned about the quality, safety and environmental sustainability of food and supported demand for green foods, then focused on the environmental effects of agriculture and globalization of food production, which led to the exposure of globally controlled food regimes. Consumer advocate groups responded with a call for [Alternative Food Networks]. This gives a new dimension to consumer demands and corporate competitiveness. Australian Consumer Association CHOICE confronted corporate interests with their concerns about growing interests in green consumption, food production, use of pesticides, organic production, and genetic modification, etc...
Green Stickers on consumer goods have been evolving since the 1970s. The main drivers have been energy and fuel consumption. These stickers first started appearing on major appliances after government agencies in the United States and Canada legislated their requirement. Manufacturers are also required to meet minimum standards of energy use. The automobile industry in North America is required to meet a minimum emissions standard. This led to fuel efficiency labels being placed on new automobiles sold. The major appliance manufactures were required to use standard testing practices and place clear labels on products. The International Organization for Standardization has developed standards for addressing environmental labelling with the ISO 14000 family which grew out of ISO's commitment to support the objective of sustainable development discussed at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, in Rio de Janeiro, in 1992
Green Labelling worldwide is moving beyond traditional country borders. Most of these initiatives are voluntary Eco-labels, however there is an initiative under way in North America to broaden the scope of Green Stickers to include other consumer goods.
Programs by region
Governments of many countries have environmental protection agencies. These agencies are mandated watchdogs of industry and regulate releasing chemical pollution into the environment. Some of them administer labelling standards; other set minimum requirements for manufacturers.
The Office of Energy Efficiency (OEE) run by the Department of Natural Resources Canada regulates both the automobile and appliance manufacturers. EnerGuide label for vehicles found on all new passenger cars, light-duty vans, pickup trucks and special purpose vehicles not exceeding a gross vehicle weight of 3855 kg (8500 lb). The label shows the city and highway fuel consumption ratings and an estimated annual fuel cost for that particular vehicle. Federal law in Canada, under Canada's Energy Efficiency Regulations,requires that the EnerGuide label be placed on all new electrical appliances manufactured in or imported into Canada and that the label indicate the amount of electricity used by that appliance. This information is determined by standardized test procedures. A third-party agency verifies that an appliance meets Canada's minimum energy performance levels.
All major home appliances must meet the Appliance Standards Program set by the US Department of Energy (DOE) on cooperation with the US Federal Trade Commission. Manufacturers must use standard test procedures developed by DOE to prove the energy use and efficiency of their products. Test results are printed on yellow EnergyGuide label, which manufacturers are required to display on many appliances. This label estimates how much energy the appliance uses, compares energy use of similar products, and lists approximate annual operating costs. Appliances that meet strict energy efficiency criteria set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency are eligible for the blue Energy Star label. The Energy Star label is also available on energy-efficient televisions, computers, audio visual equipment and electronics, office equipment, heating and cooling equipment, and many more products. Energy Star is also available on energy efficient homes and buildings in the United States. American automobile manufacturers are required to use certified U.S. Environmental Protection Agency fuel economy test results and cannot use any other fuel mileage results to advertise vehicle fuel efficiency. The state of California has green sticker license plates issued to OHVs is introducing green stickers for all new automobiles in 2009.
The EU Ecolabel was established in 1992 by the European Commission. The EU Ecolabel helps to identify products and services that have a reduced environmental impact throughout their life cycle. Recognised throughout Europe, EU Ecolabel is a voluntary label promoting environmental excellence which can be trusted. It is the only pan-European Type I official ecolabel. The EU Ecolabel is awarded according to ecological criteria agreed on by experts, industry, consumer organisations and NGOs and verified by independent third parties. The implementation of the EU Ecolabel is set through the Regulation (EC) No 66/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
The Nordic swan is the official ecolabel in Nordic countries. It uses a system of standards, applications for licenses, and independent verification.
In Asia ASEAN is moving towards adopting the ISO's TC 207 environmental management system. Anyone can contribute verifiable sources substantiating it's adoption and implementation by member countries as this information is not easily accessible.
A number of ecolabels operate in Australia and New Zealand mostly as separate schemes operating in one country only. Global GreenTag operates and is recognised in both countries as is GECA whereas GECNZ operates only within NZ. All 3 ecolabels are ISO 14024 compliant. GreenTag is also an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) approved Certification Mark.
There are a plethora of sustainable seafood ecolabels, many conservationists feel that the increasing number of labels is further confusing consumers in regard to what seafood is sustainable. As of 2010, ecolabels that can be found on seafood include Marine Stewardship Council, Friend of the Sea, KRAV (Sweden), Naturland (Germany), Thai Quality Shrimp, Global Aquaculture Alliance's Best Aquaculture Practices standard, Label Rouge (France), among still others, and the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) is in development. Seafood is also labeled "organic" but USDA standards for organic seafood are still in development.
Marine Stewardship Council
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is an independent non-profit organisation which sets a standard for sustainable fishing. Fisheries that wish to demonstrate they are well managed and sustainable against the MSC standard are assessed by a team of experts who are independent of both the fishery and the MSC. The MSC ecolabel can only be displayed on seafood products that can be traced back to a fishery that has been certified against the MSC standard.
The MSC was founded in 1997 by the World Wide Fund for Nature and Unilever, and became fully independent in 1999. The MSC standard is consistent with the "Guidelines for the Eco-labelling of Fish and Fishery Products from Marine Wild Capture Fisheries" adopted by the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in 2005.
As of February 2012, there are over 13,000 seafood products available with the MSC ecolabel, sold in 74 countries around the world. At present uptake of MSC labelled products in the UK is mixed; some of the more ethical supermarkets such as Sainsbury's source a significant number of MSC labelled seafood products, whilst Tesco lags behind.
Friend of the Sea
The Friend of the Sea is an NGO founded in December 2006 to conserve marine habitat and resources by means of market incentives and specific conservation projects. It is the only scheme which certifies as sustainable, with the same seal of approval, both farmed and wild-caught products. Certified products from all continents include anchovies, caviar, clams, cuttlefish, halibut, kingfish, mackerel, mulloway, mussels, prawns, salmon, seabass, seabream, shrimps, squid, sturgeon, trout, tuna, turbot. Fishmeal, fishfeed and Omega-3 Fish oil have also been certified. Sustainable seafood, products and their origins are audited onsite by international certification bodies, against Friend of the Sea criteria. Certification bodies currently auditing against Friend of the Sea criteria are Aqa, Bureau Veritas, IFQC and SGS .
Ecolabels indicating that timber in wood-based products originates from forests that are sustainably managed in compliance with internationally recognized standards include at a global level labels by the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification and the Forest Stewardship Council, at regional and national levels labels by the Sustainable Forestry Initiative and the Malaysian Timber Certification System (both internationally recognized by PEFC) or the Lembaga Ekolabel Indonesia (LEI).
The timber is tracked through the supply chain to the end product, so that consumers can choose to buy sustainably harvested wood over alternatives that may be contributing to deforestation worldwide.
Many consumer appliances have labels indicating whether or not they are energy efficient compared to similar products. Common labels include yellow EnergyGuide tags found in North America as part of the Energy Star program, European Union energy labels, and the Energy Saving Trust Recommended logo administrated by the Energy Saving Trust in the United Kingdom. These labels document how much energy an appliance consumes while being used; energy input labeling documents how much energy was used to manufacture the product, an additional consideration in the full life cycle energy use of product.
Green Label Links
- Blue Angel
- Carbon emission label
- Display Campaign
- Environmental Choice New Zealand
- Environmental Choice Program
- Environmental product declaration
- Forest Stewardship Council
- Global Ecolabelling Network
- Green Seal
- Greenguard Environmental Institute Certification Program
- ISO 14000 ISO 14020-14025 address environmental labeling
- LEED certification Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design
- Marine Stewardship Council
- Nordic swan
- Environmental certification
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- Ecospecifier.com.au Ecospecifier- Database of Certified and Verified Products
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State Lawmakers Examine Wake Courtroom Crowding
Posted March 28, 2005 1:08 a.m. EST
RALEIGH, N.C. — State lawmakers took a tour of the Wake County Courthouse Monday to get an idea of just how crowded the courts are.
A group of lawmakers is supporting a bill that would add two new judges to Wake County's District Court bench to alleviate crowding in the district court system, which last year handled 185,000 cases.
Judge Joyce Hamilton is one of the judges who deals with the crowds in courtrooms where as many as 1,500 cases a day can be set in one courtroom alone.
"We really need new judges in Wake County," Hamilton said. "We need them now. If we don't get them, things will get worse as our population continues to increase at a dramatic pace."
The bill asks for little more than $200,000 to create the positions the first year and close to $250,000 in the second year.
"The biggest concern I have is that we potentially dismiss cases like drunk drivers who should be behind bars or get their due punishment because we can't try cases," said Sen. Janet Cowell, D-Wake County. "We need more people so we can get justice in Wake County taken care of."
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BACKGROUND:Toxoplasmosis is caused by the
Toxoplasma gondii parasite. The parasite is intracellular and can result
in severe complications leading to death in immuno-deficient patients
in particular. Diabetes is an important factor that increases
susceptibility and risk of various infections in the host.
OBJECTIVES:The present study focused on the serologic detection of Toxoplasma gondii infection in diabetic patients.
MATERIALS AND METHODS:Through
a case-control study, overall 184 serum samples including 91 from
diabetic cases and 93 from healthy non-diabetic controls were
investigated. Cases and controls were matched for age and gender. Serum
samples were tested for sugar by an enzymatic method, and IgG antibodies
were tested against Toxoplasma gondii by ELISA method.
prevalence of IgG antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii in diabetic
patients and healthy controls were 60.43% and 38% respectively. Risk of
toxoplasmosis infection in diabetic patients with was two folds higher
than healthy controls (RR = 2.21, 95% CI; 1.6 - 3.7, P = 0.001).
may be caused by Toxoplasma gondii. Presence of T. gondii in the
pancreas at the same time could directly undermines the pancreas cells.
When β cells are destroyed, insulin secretion would then be affected.
Probably the destruction of T. gondii affects nervous system and damages
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Funds will aid in construction of new greenhouse project to advance edible education, sustainability and help address food insecurity.
Bakersfield, Calif. (July 5, 2022) – The Grimm Family Education Foundation today announced a $100,000 grant from Bank of America. The gift, made through the Kern Community Foundation as part of Bank of America’s 100th anniversary celebration, will be used to fund construction of a new greenhouse at the Edible Schoolyard Kern County’s (ESYKC) Buena Vista location in southwest Bakersfield.
The new, larger greenhouse will provide additional space for students to explore and experience plant lifecycles and support ESYKC’s community outreach programs.
The new, nearly 1,000 sq. ft. greenhouse will replace an existing 160 sq. ft. greenhouse built in 2011. It will include 480 interior sq. ft. and an additional 480 sq. ft. of covered outdoor space with tables and space for planting and education programs, tripling ESYKC’s capacity for year-round indoor seedling germination.
“Upgrading our greenhouse has been one of our team’s major goals for some time,” said Dylan Wilson, ESYKC Program Director. “We’re excited to have the support of Bank of America to partner with us as we increase our educational space and contribute to food security, health and wellness in Greater Bakersfield.”
The greenhouse will incorporate a 250-gallon rainwater catchment system for irrigation use in the greenhouse and ESYKC’s garden. Automated, precision irrigation will help reduce water use, and solar panels on campus will help provide for the facility’s climate control, irrigation and lighting power needs.
“Growing seedlings in-house reduces our reliance on outside vendors and allows our team to manage all aspects of the growing cycle, ensuring a focus on sustainability and education.” added Wilson.
Addressing food insecurity, a critical issue facing Kern County residents
Kern County is recognized as being one of the nation’s most food insecure regions, despite the bounty of the region’s agricultural industry. In 2020, ESYKC broadened its efforts to include addressing food insecurity through partnerships with community gardens. Seedlings cultivated at the ESYKC greenhouse will be used to grow food at gardens run by ESYKC’s network of community partners, which include the Apple Core Project, Boys and Girls Clubs of Kern County, CSU Bakersfield, Bakersfield College and CityServe. Each partner distributes the produce from their gardens as part of local food security programs.
“Investing into nonprofits addressing key issues such as food insecurity is part of our approach to driving economic opportunity and social progress in Bakersfield,” said Karen Zuber, President, Bank of America Bakersfield. “ESYKC is making strides to provide a sustainable food source for our communities, and as part of the bank’s 100th year anniversary celebration, we are excited to be part of this impactful program that can be sustainable for years to come.”
“Our mission is to grow community and grow philanthropy,” said Aaron Falk, President and CEO of the Kern Community Foundation. “We’re thrilled to play a role linking corporate citizens like Bank of America with organizations like ESYKC, who are working to make our community a healthier and more prosperous place to live, work and raise a family. Facilitating this gift and project is at the heart of what we do.”
Demolition of the existing greenhouse is underway. Construction on the new greenhouse is anticipated to begin shortly and is expected to be completed by January 2023.
About the Grimm Family Education Foundation and Edible Schoolyard Kern County
The Grimm Family Education Foundation is a local nonprofit organization that develops and supports initiatives to improve student achievement, healthy eating and wellness in Kern County. The Edible Schoolyard Kern County (ESYKC) is a program of the Grimm Family Education Foundation. ESYKC provides hands-on learning and sensory experiences to students through our garden and kitchen classroom programs, community events and educational partnerships. To learn more about ESYKC, visit www.esykerncounty.org.
About Bank of America
At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better, through the power of every connection. We are delivering on this through responsible growth with a focus on our environmental, social and governance (ESG) leadership. ESG is embedded across our eight lines of business and reflects how we help fuel the global economy, build trust and credibility, and represent a company that people want to work for, invest in and do business with. It is demonstrated in the inclusive and supportive workplace we create for our employees, the responsible products, and services we offer our clients, and the impact we make around the world in helping local economies thrive. An important part of this work is forming strong partnerships with nonprofits and advocacy groups, such as community, consumer, and environmental organizations, to bring together our collective networks and expertise to achieve greater impact. Learn more at about.bankofamerica.com, and connect with us on Twitter (@BofA_News).
About Kern Community Foundation
Kern Community Foundation is a vibrant nonprofit with a powerfully simple mission: Growing Community. Growing Philanthropy. The Foundation is in business to serve as a charitable resource for local donors and corporations, and to generate capital that provides philanthropic solutions to help make Kern County a better place to live, to work and to visit. For more information about Kern Community Foundation visit www.kernfoundation.org. | <urn:uuid:85e9c0b0-77dc-4051-a271-1d5a23fcc433> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://esykerncounty.org/edible-schoolyard-kern-county-receives-100k-grant-from-bank-of-america/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571719.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812140019-20220812170019-00277.warc.gz | en | 0.93177 | 1,180 | 1.789063 | 2 |
There is a reason why we promise to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. Each of these is a distinct thing. It’s hard to ignore the concept of Truth, especially in an election year. Accusations of lies, assertions of truth, fact checking, and apologies for “miss-speaking” seem to be everywhere. Philosophers have struggled with the concept of truth for millennia, yet it is still one of those concepts that we seem to understand intrinsically until we try to define it. So what do we really know about the truth in data, and how do we know we know it?
The Truth -- Accuracy: Populations and Paint Guns
The first thing that becomes obvious in a Big Data world is that finding the truth can be a matter of definition and perspective. Determining which data is true or accurate when there is no reference to compare is one of the fundamental problems in computer science.
The term accuracy implies the ability to compare to some “correct” source. When I was in school, I really struggled with spelling. If I asked someone how to spell a word, they would invariably say something like “look it up in the dictionary” – which to me required knowing how to spell the word in the first place! Of course, as we get older we realize that dictionaries are only one of the many places we go to look things up. In an internet era, it seems that almost any “truth” can be looked up. The reality is, however, that this assumption only works for what is sometimes called “data at rest” – things that are not changing while you are looking them up, or at least changing slowly enough that the answer you find is still relevant when you find it.
Looking up answers also only works for data which is unambiguous. So, for example, you can look up the population in a country as of the last census (data at rest), but it is problematic to look up the exact number of people in a country, which is ambiguous because the amount is changing while you are asking the question, and any source will have a natural latency built in. So we learn the first inconvenient truth about truth: the assumption of comparing to a reference source can be tricky when data is changing or being constructed as part of a process.
Whether you look up the best answer (data at rest with a good reference source) or use some sort of algorithm to construct the best possible answer, it is still necessary to be careful about how you use the “truth” you discover. One reason for comparison is often to measure accuracy, or the difference between some piece of data and the “truth”. Imagine that you had a paint gun that fired paintballs very consistently – every time you pulled the trigger, the ball went exactly where the gun site was pointing to within a very small tolerance. You might say this gun is very accurate. Imagine if sometimes this gun misfired, in which case the paint ball squirted directly backwards, striking the shooter. Now imagine you have another gun that never misfires, but always fires exactly a certain distance to the left. Some definitions say that this gun is accurate, but not precise. The second gun is very easy to use. Just fire a bit to the right and you will always hit the target. The first gun, well… I prefer to be consistently inconsistent (second gun) rather than inconsistently consistent (first gun)!
The first thing to remember when discussing truth in data is that there is often no truth against which to compare. The illusion of having a “dictionary” to measure the accuracy of all data often distracts us from more carefully considering the nature of diversion in our data and choosing the best way to use that data for a particular purpose.
The Whole Truth – Completeness: Aging Receivables and Aging Cats
Another issue to consider when thinking about truth in data is completeness. Is missing data worse than data which is complete, but incorrect? If data is intentionally omitted, is that worse? Missing data is a form of failing to tell the whole truth.
Imagine you own a successful animal hospital and you are considering acquisition of a smaller business from a retiring veterinarian. You have access to data on the customers, vendors, recent sales, accounts payable and receivable and other pertinent information. Your mission is to understand balance of trade. How much of their business overlaps your pre-existing business. Do you have similar vendors, which might allow negotiating better pricing? Do you serve the same kind of clients, implying that your services are scalable? This problem is a fairly straightforward one. The discovery gets much more interesting, however, when you ask what is missing. What about pending law suits? Age of pets being treated? Required investment in technology (CAT scan? – sorry, I couldn’t resist). Certainly, asking a few more questions might yield a completely different view of the situation.
The case with data is much the same, only more automated. In many cases, machine learning or other methods can reach one conclusion given a certain set of data and a completely different conclusion using additional data. One best practice is the concept of measuring saturation – the point at which adding additional data does not change the conclusion. Another technique is measuring the sensitivity of the conclusion to the amount of missing information (for example, assuming worst-case scenarios for missing data and calculating the error introduced into the conclusion).
Of course, these are only simple examples of a much more complex issue. The overall point is to remember that missing information could be intentionally redacted, simply not available, not discoverable, non-existent, or many other forms of “not there” – each of these has a very different implication to the overall conclusions being reached with the data.
Pay careful attention to information which is missing. Make sure that the analytical method considers the sensitivity of the conclusion reached to the missing data as well as an understanding of the root causes of missing data.
Nothing but the Truth – Consistency: Earthquakes and Monotonicity
Imagine that you wanted to know how many people died in a recent earthquake. You collect 5 articles, four of which say that 40 people were killed, and one which says that 400 people were killed. A strict mathematical approach might be to compute the mean (40+40+40+40+400)/5 and conclude that about 112 people were killed. However, common sense plays a big part in this scenario. We know that reports of deaths in major disasters tend to be reported only when confirmed. Further inspection of the data reveals, in fact, that 3 of the articles stating 40 deaths pre-date the one that says 400 people died, while the final article is dated beyond the 400-person figure. A logical explanation is that the more likely answer is 400, and that the newer “40” figure is an out-of-date figure published in error.
Of course, looking at billions of rows of data which varies in ontology is not so simple. Nevertheless, it is imperative that we understand the underlying assumptions in any attempt to resolve seemingly conflicting views of the same events. In the case of the earthquakes, there was an implied rule to consider the fundamental principle of monotonicity – that such reports tend to stay the same or get larger unless some major intervening misconception is uncovered. Thus, finding the largest, most recent number is generally a good approach. However, a more nuanced approach might be to look for subsequent monotonicity after a significant downward adjustment.
In general, it is important to have methods that discard data that is distracting, likely to be incorrect, or in some other way known to be irrelevant. It is extremely important that such discarding of data be done in a repeatable, carefully considered way against established rules that can be monitored and well understood.
Beware doing simple math in complex situations. Ensure that methods to treat seemingly different measures of the same “fact” are well-considered and carefully tested.
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The IT landscape has progressed into the scalable environment by having various mobile applications, services, and various cloud techniques. Organizations need integration tool in order to create connectivity with on-premise systems and databases throughout the enterprise. Organizations have implemented point to point integration to create connectivity which creates custom code and embed with the individual node to create a connection. For a business with many applications and databases, this method becomes difficult in connecting the endpoints. For such type, complete integration solution needs to be deployed. For integration, the process may involve designing or building a customized application which can integrate with the existing or new hardware or software and network infrastructure.
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An integrated system is a process of creating an information system which includes constructing a modified application, which is used to combine the communication between the hardware and software which are already installed. Most of the enterprises rely on third-party integrators for system development. With the rise in cloud computing, the integration system helps in integrating on-premise systems with cloud-based applications to maintain a balanced ecosystem.
With the integration of existing technologies related to hardware and software among enterprises, the adoption of cloud based services turn out to be easy and is the major factor driving the global integrated systems market size. Increasing investments in IT sector in recent years has resulted in the deployment of IT in various organizations which created demand for integration of systems. Development in technologies across manufacturing sector is fuelling the global market for integrated systems. High implementation cost and complexity in integrating existing systems with the latest software are hindering the market growth.
The global integrated systems market is expected to reach USD 30 Billion by 2023 at CAGR of 16% through the forecast period 2017 to 2023.
North America holds the major market share for global integrated systems market and is expected to grow at a significant rate through the forecasted period. The presence of major market players and being highly developed region are driving the market in the region. Asia Pacific is anticipated to show prominent growth rate during the forecast period. Deployment of data centers coupled with the existing IT infrastructure is driving the market in this region. The telecom industry in this region is investing significantly in order to sustain their increasing customer base by employing several integration techniques which revamp existing network solutions. Europe holds the second largest market share in global integrated systems market. Increasing adoption of cloud-based services in SMEs and large enterprises is driving the revenue growth in this region.
Some of the key players in the global integrated systems market are Cisco Systems, Inc. (U.S.), Honeywell International Inc. (U.S.), Johnson Controls International Plc (U.S.), Schneider Electric SE (France), United Technologies Corporation (U.S.), Fujitsu (Japan), IBM Corporation (U.S.), Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.(China), Hitachi, Ltd.(Japan), Emerson Electric (U.S.), Robert Bosch GmbH(Germany) among others. Prominent vendors are constantly investing in research and development to deploy cost-effective integration solutions.
The global integrated systems market can be classified on the basis of product, service, end-use, and region. On the basis of product, the segment is further classified into integrated platform and integrated infrastructure. On the basis of service, the segment is further classified into professional and managed services. The managed services segment can be further classified into maintenance, support, installation and integration. The professional services can be segmented into consulting services. The integrated systems can be deployed in various verticals such as BFSI, telecom, healthcare, retail, manufacturing, and many more.
- Veeam Software, a data management software company launched suite 9.5 which helps in integrating windows server and nimble storage. It helps in providing data protection across physical and cloud workloads.
- Lockheed Martin, an American Defense and advanced technology company, is about to build an integrated automation system for ExxonMobil to support company’s oil & gas plant operations.
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- System Integrators
- Software developers
- IT Providers
- Infrastructure agencies
- Research Firms
- Value-added resellers
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LIST OF TABLES
Table 1 Global Integrated Systems Market: By Region, 2017-2023
Table 2 North America Integrated Systems Market: By Country, 2017-2023
Table 3 Europe Integrated Systems Market: By Country, 2017-2023
Table 4 Asia Pacific Integrated Systems Market: By Country, 2017-2023
Table 5 The Middle East & Africa Integrated Systems Market: By Country, 2017-2023
Table 6 Latin America Integrated Systems Market: By Country, 2017-2023
Table 7 Global Integrated Systems By Service Market: By Regions, 2017-2023
Table 8 North America Integrated Systems By Service Market: By Country, 2017-2023
Table 9 Europe Integrated Systems By Service Market: By Country, 2017-2023
Table10 Asia Pacific Integrated Systems By Service Market: By Country, 2017-2023
Table11 The Middle East & Africa Integrated Systems By Service Market: By Country, 2017-2023
Table12 Latin America Integrated Systems By Service Market: By Country, 2017-2023
Table13 Global Integrated Systems By Service Model Market: By Regions, 2017-2023
Table14 North America Integrated Systems By Service Model Market: By Country, 2017-2023
Table15 Europe Integrated Systems By Service Model Market: By Country, 2017-2023
Table16 Asia Pacific Integrated Systems By Service Model Market: By Country, 2017-2023
Table17 The Middle East & Africa Integrated Systems By Service Model Market: By Country, 2017-2023
Table18 Latin America Integrated Systems By Service Model Market: By Country, 2017-2023
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Difference between Google Adwords and Google Adsense
Google Adwords and Google Adsense
Google Adwords and Google Adsense are two phases of a coin, both of these services are owned by Google, both of these services are used for generating online income from web based resources.
Google Adwords is used to acquire a lead, sale or business proposal by marketing and sales professional. On the other hand Google Adsense is used by webmasters and online content creators for making some money from there contents by displaying relevant ads along with there contents.
The only appearant difference between Adwords and Adsense is that one is risky and can eat whole budget in few hours if it is not handled properly, while other is not risky at all and is a slow income generator.
There are some professional who use both of these services for same site or webpage, one to drive traffic to there under optimized site and another to get some money back from there advertisement costs at Adwords.
Need Traffic Try Google Adwords
If you are seriously looking for traffic and have enough money to spend then you must try Google Adwords. It is No.1 PPC (pay per click) program on internet today. It is a bit costlier then other PPC programs but it is far better in
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Google Adwords is easy to setup and operate, we can start a campaign in less then 20 minutes. We can drive traffic to a new site within hours of its creation, without using other forms of SEO like domain aging, link building, on page optimization, off page optimization etc. This is a fast and secure system for those who know the tricks of the game and have enough money to spend.
In any case one has learn from several sources before investing in Google Adwords, there a number of books, training material and courses on the subject.
Want to Monetize A Site Try Google Adsense
Google Adsense is the No. 1 choice of small and medium webmasters and writers who continuously add and update contents to there site. Google Adsense is a slow earner but it can do magic for some sites who have enough quality traffic and useful current contents.
There is no investment in using Google Adsense, anyone who have a working website or webpage can apply for it and once he/she is admitted in the program, he can put little codes at various places of his site for showing ads to visitors.
Google Adsense not only helps in generating online income, it also helps in providing relevant contents to a visitors. A visitor finds a number of useful (if he is interested in the subject) offers related to the topic and he can click on them to get more information.
There are instances when a Google Adsense account can get disabled one must learn how to avoid this and follow there terms.
Online Resources for Adwords and Adsense
- Google Adsense Account Disabled
A hubpage on Disabled Google Adsense Account and how to reinstate it back. Most innocent webmasters are able to get there account back after few days or a month.
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How to prepare for Google Adwords Certification Exam, what are the costs, how to prepare with resources available online.
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In any event, theologically I left organized Judaism as soon as, in the words of George Carlin, I reached the age of reason. On the whole, I have no regrets about that. Many find comfort and meaning in ritual and tradition. I do not. Many find comfort and ritual in blind faith to dogma, again, I do not. It's a fine line between superstition and theology, and perhaps the biggest difference between a cult and a "mainstream religion" lies in the number of paying customers and the amount of real estate held. The "Moonies" were a cult before they bought a Washington DC newspaper. Then they simply became the Unification Church. As Gomer Pyle would say, "Shazam!"
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HEREDITY - Historians have pointed out a fascinating difference between Jews and Christians. In Christianity, as well as in many other religions, holiness was identified with asceticism, great spirituality with the practice of celibacy. For centuries the finest minds among Christians were urged to join the church and become priests. That effectively condemned their genetic pool of intelligence to an untimely end.
Jews, on the other and, took quite seriously the first commandment to mankind - to be fruitful and multiply. Sex was never seen as sinful, but rather as one of those things created by God that he surely must have had in mind when he declared, in reviewing his work, that "Behold everything was very good."
Among Jews, the most intelligent were encouraged to become religious leaders. As rabbis, they had to serve as role models for their congregants as procreators and "fathers of their countries." Brains got passed on from generation to generation, and Jews today are still reaping the benefits of the frequent sexual activities of their ancestors.
ENVIRONMENT - If challenge and response are the keys to creativity and achievement, it's no surprise that Jews are smart; they've been challenged more than anyone else on earth. The school of hard knocks is a wonderful teacher. Jews had no choice but to learn to be better than anyone else since the odds were always so very much stacked against them.
When you're born with a silver spoon in your mouth, you tend to get fat and lazy. When you're born with the lash of a whip on your back, you quickly learn to become crafty, street smart, and knowledgeable in everything that will help you make it through life.
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