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The debacle over Haystack, the internet filtering circumvention tool developed for dissident Iranians, is amongst other places on the web, covered in detail in the Economist and on Slate. The author of the piece on Slate, Evgeny Morozov (like myself, a TED Fellow and who almost single-handedly held Haystack’s claims to public scrutiny from the get-go) raises significant concerns over how the US administration cleared so embryonic and flawed a tool to be used in Iran by cyber-dissidents in the first place.
In a way responding to the fiasco is Roger Dingledine from the TOR project through an article titled Ten things to look for in a circumvention tool. As Morozov notes on Slate,
It’s a good thing Haystack collapsed in such an embryonic stage, before it could grab even more of the spotlight—and, just as important, grab even more funding—from other, worthier tools.
TOR is one such tool, and one I’ve used for quite a while now. The TOR Installation Bundle for Apple OS X makes it about as easy as it gets to access the web securely. There also a version for Windows that runs completely off a USB drive. There are some downsides. Java, Flash, ActiveX, RealPlayer, Quicktime, Adobe’s PDF plugin and other plugins don’t work by default with TOR because of security considerations. So while you can actually load up Hulu and BBC’s iPlayer in Sri Lanka, the default configuration will not allow you to watch anything. This can be confusing for the novice user, since TOR itself gives no error message, and the websites, when visited with TOR active, suggest that you don’t have Flash installed. TOR is configured to run with Firefox. To set up Chrome or Safari, you need to dabble into network and proxy settings. With TOR active and using Firefox however, without going through any dodgy web proxy, I can easily access a site like Tamilnet, which is blocked across all ISPs in Sri Lanka.
Though Roger Dingledine’s attempts to not push a specific tool or platform, TOR clearly emerges primus inter pares. For example, he notes,
A privacy tool like Tor has many different classes of users around the world (ranging from ordinary people and human rights activists to corporations, law enforcement, and militaries) so the fact that you have Tor installed doesn’t give people much additional information about who you are or what sorts of sites you might visit. On the other hand, imagine a group of Iranian bloggers using a circumvention tool created just for them. If anybody discovers that one of them is using it, they can easily guess why.
This is an inaccurate, partial observation. Roger talks about TOR users globally. Within a region, country or context, it’s obviously a few who will use TOR. A repressive government will know who amongst its members, and the rank and file of its Army, is authorised to use TOR. Anybody else will raise a red flag – whether they are using it to exchange software code, or whether they are exchanging information on war crimes. In other words, in most in-country use cases, by merely having TOR active, you are raising your profile on the government’s radar, irrespective of the purposes for which you use TOR for. Much as Roger understandably wants to differentiate Haystack from TOR, the fact remains that merely by choosing to use them, the security of data brings with it a profile that can augment risk and harm, which can ironically increase the more time and data is respectively spent and transmitted through encrypted channels on the web.
TOR’s own architecture is open to surveillance. WikiLeaks Was Launched With Documents Intercepted From Tor is a Wired magazine article that was subsequently refuted by Wikileaks. User ignorance over what TOR is and can do may also lead to expectations and assumptions that risk informationintegrity. For example, as The Register flags,
For example, in September 2007, Swedish security consultant Dan Egerstad ran a packet sniffer on five Tor exit nodes under his control, recovering the login credentials of about 1,000 email addresses, including at least 100 accounts belonging to foreign embassies in the process.
This is not an aspect Roger Dingledine covers. He does however clearly flag the distinction between encryption and privacy, and brings up a number of other challenges associated with both online that make for very interesting reading. Point 10 – dealing with how one can promote circumvention and privacy tools – is well particularly well put,
Censors generally block two categories of tools: 1) the ones that are working really well, meaning they have hundreds of thousands of users, and 2) the ones that make a lot of noise. In many cases censorship is less about blocking all sensitive content and more about creating an atmosphere of repression so people end up self-censoring. Articles in the press threaten the censors’ appearance of control, so they are forced to respond.
Emphasis mine, italics in original. As the Economist notes,
While geeks unpick Haystack’s technical failings, the political storm is growing. The unthinking praise for the project may have temporarily boosted Mr Heap’s Censorship Research Center. But the wider effect was to violate a central principle of democracy-promotion: “first, do no harm”.
TOR’s reputation and open nature lends it an authority Haystack never had, and now never will. It is particularly tragic therefore that an untested and relatively untried tool, undergirded by slick marketing and riding on grandiose US foreign policy was able to pass muster with the likes of the US State Department and one of the world’s best media organisations, the Guardian. | <urn:uuid:f9213665-0e0a-4c53-b5dd-9efadbe4c1af> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://ict4peace.wordpress.com/2010/09/17/tor-haystack-and-online-security/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279915.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00282-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934486 | 1,191 | 1.828125 | 2 |
Use the Routing tab to define static routes for outbound traffic on this server. A static route includes a fixed Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) or telephone number for an outbound network connection, along with the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) and IP address of the next hop server along the route.
Lists static routes used by this Proxy Server for outbound connections. Each entry in the list includes the URI that must be matched to use the static route, and the next hop server, port, and transport for this route.
The domain name that an incoming network connection must use in order for the static route to be applied to the subsequent outbound connection.
The address of the computer to which matching incoming network connections on this Proxy Server will be routed.
The port on the next hop computer to which matching incoming network connections on this Proxy Server will be routed.
The transport that will be used to route connections to the next hop computer.
Creates a new static route for outbound connections for this Proxy Server.
Redefines the selected static route in the Routing list.
Removes the selected static route from the Routing list.
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You can create multiple static routes, but in order to avoid routing conflicts, static routes cannot include the same matching URI.
A static route is created to direct traffic to a specific entity. For example, you can create a static route to handle messages with phone URIs. According to such a static route, all inbound messages to this Proxy Server that contain a phone URI will be sent to the address specified as the next hop computer in the static route. That next hop computer can be an Internet Protocol public switched telephone network (IP-PSTN) gateway that routes the call so that the phone number associated with the phone URI receives a call. | <urn:uuid:c4eec75a-00f9-42e4-92f5-67768ae7496d> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://support.office.com/en-ie/article/Proxy-Properties-Routing-c4b9b7a4-b6a4-4d39-a8aa-e21d8485f327 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280835.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00474-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.878046 | 381 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Retired seamstresses coming back to sew disposable kids’ masks, in answer to Ramatex’s call of duty
SINGAPORE – Local textile and apparel manufacturer Ramatex today announced that it has started producing reusable face masks for the community in Singapore, that have most of the merits of medical masks, yet are washable like cloth masks.
This effort comes on the back of completing the production of 40,000 disposable children’s masks, using a design by A*STAR’s Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology (SIMTech) and Advanced Remanufacturing and Technology Centre (ARTC). Out of the 40,000 masks donated to the National Council of Social Service (NCSS) and Early Childhood Development Agency (ECDA), about 19,000 masks are being distributed to benefit children from around 1,900 pre-schools and those who attend early intervention programmes. The remaining children’s masks will be distributed to student care centres, and children and young persons’ homes.
The reusable mask was jointly designed by Ramatex – which has deep knowledge in fabrics – and SIMTech and ARTC. The collaboration also leveraged the expertise of A*STAR’s Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) and Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE) in testing the performance of the mask.
Ramatex began production of these reusable masks in Singapore in April 2020, further contributing to national efforts to combat the transmission of COVID-19. The repurposing of Ramatex’s materials and resources will help boost local mask availability during this period of high global demand for masks.
After each use, this reusable mask can be hand washed with mild detergent and fully air-dried. This can be done up to 30 times while maintaining its integrity. Tests conducted by testing house TÜV SÜD on the prototype showed that this reusable mask’s bacterial filtration efficiency (BFE) is 98.5% (when new), and remains close to 95% after 30 washes. It also maintains the fluid repellant properties of its outer layer after 30 washes. The A*STAR and Ramatex team have also optimised the mask’s breathability to be comparable with medical masks.
The reusable mask employs a duck beak design that not only provides good facial coverage but also reduces the components needed, such as the metal nose bridge typically found in disposable masks. The inner and outer layers are made from materials that Ramatex has developed, while the middle filter layer is acquired from overseas and reinforced with Ramatex’s fabric material. During washing, the inner and outer layers protect the middle reinforced filter layer to preserve its integrity and filtration properties. There is also added protection because the team was able to make each layer one seamless piece (photo on top), instead of two pieces sewn together.
Ramatex’s director, Mr Chris Ma, said, “R&D is important to us in developing novel solutions and products. A*STAR has deep capabilities in manufacturing and a strong culture of innovation, and we are glad to work with them again, this time to make reusable face masks for the community in Singapore. A lot of science and engineering went into each step of the process to find the right ‘formula’. To contribute to national efforts, our former seamstresses have answered the call of duty and come out of retirement to help produce these reusable masks for Singaporeans. An added benefit is that it has created new jobs in this challenging period.”
“Science and technology continue to play a key role in finding ways to improve the lives and well-being of Singaporeans, especially during this COVID-19 pandemic. Public-private partnerships are important to co-innovate and fast track solutions. We are very glad to be able to combine A*STAR’s manufacturing and materials science expertise with Ramatex’s textile expertise, to make disposable kids’ masks and reusable kids’ and teens’ masks for Singaporeans,” added Dr David Low, executive director of SIMTech and chief executive officer of ARTC.
People – Partnership – Passion. Ramatex is a well-established and innovative textile manufacturer. It was first established in 1976 in Singapore. In 1990, the group took the decision to provide a vertically integrated service. This led to the formation of Ramatex Textiles Industrial in Malaysia. Ramatex is a leader in the textiles industry and a world-class manufacturer for textiles and garments. Through its sustained program of investment in technology, manpower and training, Ramatex has built up a fine reputation for social and environment sustainability, quality, and on time delivery around the world. To date, Ramatex has extended its operational base across Asia and Middle East, with 1 Textile Innovation Park, 4 fabric mills and 16 apparel factories spreading over Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia, China, Jordan and Vietnam to reinforce its capabilities across apparel manufacturing functions. Today, this vertical integration helps Ramatex strengthen its apparel production capabilities, offer customers integrated textile solutions, control the entire manufacturing process from spinning, knitting, dyeing and printing to garment export.
About the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR)
The Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) is Singapore's lead public sector R&D agency. Through open innovation, we collaborate with our partners in both the public and private sectors to benefit the economy and society. As a Science and Technology Organisation, A*STAR bridges the gap between academia and industry. Our research creates economic growth and jobs for Singapore, and enhances lives by improving societal outcomes in healthcare, urban living, and sustainability. A*STAR plays a key role in nurturing scientific talent and leaders for the wider research community and industry. A*STAR’s R&D activities span biomedical sciences to physical sciences and engineering, with research entities primarily located in Biopolis and Fusionopolis. For ongoing news, visit www.a-star.edu.sg.
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“Usually it represents the life principle in its wholeness – the undifferentiated totality, with its potential for creative being, resurrection (Easter) and hope – hope for life in this world … One example of the egg as a symbol can be found in a Lithuanian tale called How the Woodcutter Outwits the Devil and Gets the Princess… where the egg serves as an important link between the imaginal and real worlds and is somehow related to being able to live creatively in both worlds at the same time.” – Donald Kalsched
This particular egg is a wooden one. I just had to have it when I saw it at a stall outside our local bakery one Easter, so much so that I bought two of them. Later I learnt about a thing called a darning egg – it turns out that this isn’t an Easter egg. It’s a darning egg. Which is used in the process of the women’s work of mending – making whole, wholeness – the potential of becoming something other than what is.
Because, after all, it’s about the life that is about to burst from the egg, isn’t it? | <urn:uuid:dd3a31be-4483-42a4-b316-944e2e648ab3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.creativefisheries.com/symbol-dictionary-egg/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571692.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812105810-20220812135810-00077.warc.gz | en | 0.96752 | 249 | 1.710938 | 2 |
Bulgur is an ancient Middle Eastern grain made from whole wheat kernels that have been parboiled, dried and crushed (or cracked). Chewy and nutty-tasting, it's high in fiber, protein, and nutrients.
This recipe is adapted from Raising the Salad Bar by Catherine Walthers.
About the author: Jennifer Segal is the chef behind the popular food blog, Once Upon a Chef.
Every recipe we publish is tested, tasted, and Serious Eats-approved by our staff. Never miss a recipe again by following @SeriousRecipes on Twitter! | <urn:uuid:bbce3a7a-dae2-4d7e-8a9a-262b77a3458d> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.seriouseats.com/2013/02/bulgur-salad-with-apricots-radicchio-herbs-an.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719273.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00065-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936958 | 121 | 1.820313 | 2 |
Rejestr tłumaczy przysięgłych
Register shall be kept by the Ministry of Justice. Legislative acts regulating the profession of a sworn translator include:
- Act of 25 November 2004 on the profession of sworn translator.
- Regulation of the Minister of Justice of 24 January 2005 on remuneration for sworn translators.
- Regulation of the Minister of Justice of 18 December 2009 amending the regulation on remuneration for sworn translators.
On the website of the Ministry of Justice there is a search engine which simplifies finding an interpreter in the register (on the basis of, inter alia, location, name and surname, language). The list does not include data of persons who have been suspended in the activities of sworn translator.
In which situations a sworn translation will be necessary?
Using the services of a sworn translator is required when documents have to be translated, e.g. sale and purchase agreements, marriage certificates, birth certificates, judicial documents, civil-law agreements, various certificates, notarial deeds, extracts from the business registers for foreign activity. It should also be borne in mind how important the role of translation in the procedure of recognising professional qualifications in Poland is. In the case of documents that are of particular relevance for carrying out the proceedings, the competent authority may require a copy of translation by a sworn translator. Another situation where presence of sworn translator is necessary is signing the act of incorporation of the company before a notary, where the shareholder is a foreign national who does not speak Polish.
Should foreign accounting documents be translated?
Receiving foreign invoives an entrepreneur is not obliged to translate them automatically. However, there are also situations where the control authority may request the translation. According to the Accounting Act, on demand of control authorities or the statutory auditor reliable translation into Polish of the content indicated by evidence thereof, drawn up in a foreign language should be provided. In the rules of the tax code concerning inspection can be found a provision on the obligation to submit, at the request of the incumbent, the Polish translation of a foreign documents which matters are subject to such control. The provisions of this Act do not state explicitly the need to translate documents by a sworn translator (in practice, simple translations are allowed). Such translation necessarily will be the most reliable. | <urn:uuid:7cfb1754-f139-4e70-9aeb-7eb1533a063a> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.biznes.gov.pl/en/administracja/rejestry-publiczne/rejestr-tlumaczy-przysieglych | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282140.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00125-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.916565 | 475 | 2.03125 | 2 |
Overview & History
Founded in 1868, the College of Medicine takes pride in its long and illustrious history of training students to become competent and compassionate physicians who provide health care in medically underserved communities. While the College offers excellent research and research training opportunities, the major emphasis is on preparing students to deliver patient care in communities that have a shortage of physicians and public health professionals.
The College living alumni, more than 4,000, are a testimony that an excellent medical education can be obtained at Howard. Although opportunities for minority students have increased at other medical schools, the College uniquely addresses the special health care needs of medically underserved communities and continues to produce a significant number of the nation's minority physicians.
The College is a part of Howard University, a comprehensive research university. While the University community has traditionally been predominantly black, Howard has been an interracial and cosmopolitan institution throughout its history, with students, faculty and staff of all races and from many foreign nations. All must meet the high standards of excellence of Howard University, which has the largest concentration of black faculty and student scholars in the country.
In addition to the College of Medicine, the Howard University Health Sciences Center includes the Howard University Hospital; the College of Dentistry; the College of Pharmacy, Nursing and Allied Health Sciences; the Louis Stokes Health Sciences Library; and the Student Health Center.
Located in the nation's capital, the College can draw upon the immense medical resources of this area, including the National Institutes of Health and the National Library of Medicine.
The academic program leading to the M.D. degree from the Howard University College of Medicine is designed to produce physicians who are knowledgeable of the principles of modern medical science and who have mastered the art of critical thinking in the clinical decision-making process in order to engage in the practice of medicine as competent professionals.
Dual degree programs are offered jointly with the Graduate School (M.D./Ph.D.) and the College of Arts & Sciences (B.S./M.D.).
Six training programs leading to the Master of Science and/or Doctor of Philosophy degree are available in the College of Medicine. These degrees are offered through programs in anatomy, genetics & human genetics, microbiology, biochemistry, pharmacology and physiology & biophysics. For admission and specific degree requirements, students should consult the Graduate School.
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Howard University is accredited by the Middle States Association of Secondary Schools and Colleges. The College of Medicine is accredited by the Liasison Committee on Medical Education and the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) and the American Medical Association (AMA). The College was most recently accredited in 2002 for the maximum period of seven years.
The Howard University College of Medicine first opened its doors as a medical department in 1868, just three years after the close of the Civil War. At that time, newly freed black people were migrating to the nation's capital in large numbers. The founders of the College recognized that the nearly overwhelming health care needs of this population and of other blacks throughout this country would be met best by training students to become highly competent, compassionate physicians who would deliver care in communities having a shortage of health personnel.
That realization was translated into the mission of the Howard University College of Medicine, and the continuing fulfillment of that mission is evidenced by the illustrious record of service provided by the College's alumni and faculty. | <urn:uuid:2bce9c4a-2a56-461e-aa95-16b36ddd7231> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://huhealthcare.com/education/colleges/medicine/about | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280587.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00563-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955352 | 696 | 2.265625 | 2 |
This is the second installment of a multi-part series examining the tools and tactics used by attackers in the RSA breach and other recent network intrusions characterized as “ultra-sophisticated” and “advanced persistent threats.” If you missed the first piece, please check out Advanced Persistent Tweets: Zero-Day in 140 Characters.
The recent data breach at security industry giant RSA was disconcerting news to the security community: RSA claims to be “the premier provider of security, risk, and compliance solutions for business acceleration” and the “chosen security partner of more than 90 percent of the Fortune 500.”
The hackers who broke into RSA appear to have leveraged some of the very same Web sites, tools and services used in that attack to infiltrate dozens of other companies during the past year, including some of the Fortune 500 companies protected by RSA, new information suggests. What’s more, the assailants moved their operations from those sites very recently, after their locations were revealed in a report published online by the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT), a division of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
In RSA’s explanation of the attack, it pointed to three domains that it claimed were used to download malicious software and to siphon sensitive data taken from its internal networks: Good[DOT]mincesur[DOT]com, up82673[DOT]hopto[DOT]org and www[DOT]cz88[DOT]net. But according to interviews with several security experts who keep a close eye on these domains, the Web sites in question weren’t merely one-time attack staging grounds: They had earned a reputation as launch pads for the same kind of attacks over at least a 12 month period prior to the RSA breach disclosure.
What’s more, the same domains were sending and receiving Internet connections from dozens of Fortune 500 companies during that time, according to Atlanta-based Damballa, a company that mines data about malware attacks using a network of sensors deployed at Internet service providers and large enterprises around the world. Damballa monitors the domain name system (DNS) servers at those networks, looking for traffic between known good hosts and known or suspected hostile locations.
Gunter Ollmann, Damballa’s vice president of research, said that for more than a year his company has been monitoring the three malicious sites that RSA said were involved in the theft of its intellectual property, and that many other major companies have had extensive communications with those hostile domains during that time. He added that his company is not in a position to name the other companies impacted by the breach, and that Damballa is helping federal authorities with ongoing investigations.
“There is lots of malware that have relied on those domains for command and control,” Ollmann said. “We know who the victims are, roughly how many devices within those victim organizations were compromised, and are still compromised. RSA was not the only victim of these attacks.” | <urn:uuid:2fa52ddd-327f-4094-94ca-29775bf40e4f> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | https://krebsonsecurity.com/tag/u-s-cert/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719286.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00499-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971247 | 641 | 1.851563 | 2 |
Alchemy Systems have just announced their new Virtual Open Desktop service today, a move which clearly signals the beginning of the cloud computing age.
For those of you who have missed the buzz, ‘cloud’ computing (I’m still not convinced about the word ‘cloud’) is a new computing concept that has already started to take a real hold on the world of computing. The concept basically entails a shift away from the idea of locally installed software that can only be accessed from one machine, and into an infrastructure where applications are accessed online as terminal sessions.
Effectively, this means that you can sign into any computer terminal with online connectivity and access all of your files and applications as normal. This is a concept that is already loosely present in the form of such online applications as webmail, blogging tools and the multitude of surprisingly powerful online image editors. However, what we are still lacking is a practical and integrated service with which these applications are clustered as one complete package, accessible through a single online login. Alchemy Systems is about to change that.
Virtual Open Desktop is currently offering Sun Microsystems’ already popular Microsoft-compatible OpenOffice suite, as well as a “multitude of email clients” (Thunderbird and Zimbra being the most popular) and the Firefox browser itself. It has also been reported that small to medium businesses will also be able to make use of a number of enterprise solutions specific to their particular needs, such as SAP, Sage, Netsuite and Salesforce. All files are hosted remotely on secure servers, meaning that all users’ documents can be accessed from any machine they choose to log on too, meaning that the option to work from home or abroad becomes infinitely more practical.
It is worth noting that although the list of currently supported applications is still a little slim, the platform that they have developed to support this move is, of course, infinitely expandable. Before long, as their list of corporate connections grows, they will be able to include a wider variety of versatile tools such as image editors, web editors and FTP applications, to name just a few of the many possibilities. Powerful stuff.
It is currently only available in the UK for the reasonable cost of £9.99 (US$14.8) per month, a figure that will surely drop as such services become more widespread and therefore more competitive. It’s inevitable that similar services are going to spring up all over the world, and that’s when we are going to really see some radical stuff start to happen.
Currently only aimed at small to medium businesses, these types of services will very soon be geared towards the home user, with the functionality to match. I, for one, am pleased to know that I will soon be free to perform the majority of my day to day work from any location, as I frequently have to make my excuses and leave friends’ houses in order to make deadlines from my office back home. Of course, the disadvantage to anyone enjoying a time off work with a broken leg is that they may soon be forced to abandon their plans for a three-week Simpsons marathon and keep up with their workload as normal…
The greatest impact that this push forward into cloud computing will have for most people is that the minimum system spec for their computer will plummet as processing and storage shift away from the local system and into the virtual world. Naturally, there will always be some computing tasks that require a high level of computing power, such as video editing, high level graphics work and gaming, and these will always require a powerful local machine. The other big bonus is the reduction in IT failures, as systems will become largely remotely maintained, thus eliminating down-time and expensive maintenance costs.
For the majority of casual computer users we are about to see a real shift in the way that we use our computers. Less time will be spent installing and maintaining system, or re-configuring all of our settings every time we re-install our machines, and more time spent doing the things that we want to be doing, such as browsing, networking with our friends, and creating digital media. All in all, we are living in very exciting times.
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From Hindupedia, the Hindu Encyclopedia
By Jit Majumdar
Sometimes transliterated as: Ekamevadvitiyam, EkamevAdvitIyam, Ekamevaadvitiyam
- the one and only without a second
- the Supreme Reality or Being – the one eternally existing and unchanging reality or entity, which has no alternative, or any existence other than, seperate from, or independant from it. | <urn:uuid:b891bf33-a3e3-4f2a-a29d-af7416871327> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.hindupedia.org/en/Ekamev%C4%81dvit%C4%AByam | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573029.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817153027-20220817183027-00271.warc.gz | en | 0.789857 | 108 | 1.78125 | 2 |
Smokeless tobacco and the risk of stroke
2008 (English)In: Epidemiology, ISSN 1044-3983, E-ISSN 1531-5487, Vol. 19, no 6, 794-799 p.Article in journal (Refereed) Published
BACKGROUND:: In Sweden, use of smokeless tobacco (oral moist snuff) is common among adult men. Research on cerebrovascular effects associated with long-term use of snuff is limited and inconclusive. We aimed to study whether long-term use of snuff affects the risk of stroke. METHODS:: Information on tobacco use was collected by questionnaire among Swedish construction workers attending health check-ups between 1978 and 1993. In total, 118,465 never-smoking men without a history of stroke were followed through 2003. We used the Inpatient Register and Causes of Death Register to identify subsequent morbidity and mortality from stroke and its subtypes (ischemic, hemorrhagic, and unspecified stroke). Relative risk estimates were derived from Cox proportional hazards regression model. RESULTS:: Almost 30% of the nonsmoking men had ever used snuff. Overall, 3248 cases of stroke were identified during follow-up. Compared with nonusers of tobacco, the multivariable-adjusted relative risks for ever-users of snuff were 1.02 (95% confidence interval; 0.92-1.13) for all cases and 1.27 (0.92-1.76) for fatal cases. Further analyses on subtypes of stroke revealed an increased risk of fatal ischemic stroke associated with current snuff use (1.72; 1.06-2.78), whereas no increased risk was noted for hemorrhagic stroke. CONCLUSION:: Snuff use may elevate the risk of fatal stroke, and particularly of fatal ischemic stroke.
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virtue [Lat., = manliness], in philosophy, quality of good in human conduct. The cardinal virtues, as presented by Plato, were wisdom (or prudence), courage, temperance, and justice. They are to be interpreted as descriptive of conduct rather than innate qualities and are achieved through proper training and discipline. They have been called natural virtues, as contrasted with the Christian theological virtues of faith, hope, and charity. As early as the 14th cent. the Christian virtues were combined with the Platonic virtues and called the seven cardinal virtues, figuring largely, with the opposing seven deadly sins, in such medieval literature as Dante's Divine Comedy. Some contemporary philosophers, such as Alasdair MacIntyre, have argued that traditional notions of virtue provide the best framework for reflection in ethics.
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Fitriani Zamas, Elin (2009) IMPLEMENTASI PENGEMBANGAN SOCIAL FORESTRY (Studi Di Dinas Kehutanan Propinsi Kalimantan Timur dan Masyarakat Hutan Samarinda). Other thesis, University of Muhammadiyah Malang.
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The effort to increase the social society condition surrounding the forest conducted by the government among other things by the Establishment of the Forest Society (PMDH), the forest cultivation with the society (PHBM), and the forest and field rehabilitation (RHL). Forestry Social Program was programmed by the president on July 2 2003 to the Forest Official. This program is purposed to give the people chance surrounding as the doers and or the main partners in cultivating the forest resources and forest preservation. The vision the East Kalimantan Province has is to manifest the East Kalimantan Province just, safe, piece, competitive democratic, dynamic and prosperous in the Indonesia Republic United Country. The vision is supported by Human Resources who are belief, obedient, good behavior, patriotic, law awareness, master the knowledge and technology, skillful with the high work ethos and discipline and Local Government which is pure and authority, hold the justice, and democratic. In line with it, the vision of the forest official of East Kalimantan Province is the manifestation of forest cultivation preservative based on maximum benefit in accordance with empowerment to the people. The aim of the research is to know the implementation of developing social forestry in Samarinda City, East Kalimantan and supporting factors and the obstacles of the social forestry implementation in Samarinda City, East Kalimantan. Descriptive method is used as the procedure of problem solution which is observed by explaining or describing subject or object research (someone, institution, society, etc.) at the moment based on the facts appeared or as the way it is. Related to the title of the research chosen by the researcher is the Implementation of Developing Social Forestry (in Forestry Official of East Kalimantan Province and the forest society in Samarinda) where the implementation of forest society in Samarinda is descriptive. So in this research the researcher uses the descriptive research. The socialization of social forestry program conducted by Forest Official of East Kalimantan Province with other parties such as local Government (Pemda), PT< LSM and prominent figures. As to the socialization steps are the making of forest society group, giving allowance, right and agreement between forest official and society, the establishment and illumination to the society, giving seed and agriculture facility and marketing aids. Guidance and illumination conducted is expected that the cultivation of agriculture business done by the society surrounding the research location is in the form of agro forestry and monoculture. The pattern of agro forestry applied by the people is mixture between plantation plants and forestry plants. The executor of assistance activity of society forest consist of Field Forestry Illuminator (PKL), from Society Self-supporting Institution (LSM) and colleges which have the main duty to guide the society especially institutional reinforcement and give the social access to capitalization, market technology and partnership and continuous forest cultivation. In implementation of social forestry program conducted by the forest official of East Kalimantan Province so far is also done the evaluation program. The evaluation program involved stakeholder who cope the program. The evaluation program is done in every meeting/discussion to discuss what activity that should better do, what is needed in the activity, how to cope in order that all need can be met, how to do the activity in order to succeed and how to solve the problem in the implementation if available. As to the Social Forestry program by Forest Official of East Kalimantan Province give the society chance to cultivate the activity supporting conservation and give the positive effect for the increase of society’s economy. While the drawbacks are with the availability of region division, there are field speculators, field conflicts vertically and horizontally which appear in the society. Besides, the width of forest in Samarinda is not proportional as the available apparatus, the railway at most uses river transport, the lack of awareness of forest preservation and illegal logging marking are still running.
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Fintrex Finance Limited, perceiving quality education as a key driver of sustainable development in Sri Lanka initiated its Schools Empowerment Programme as a part of its corporate social responsibility (CSR). Through the programme, the Company has sought to identify and establish long-term, supportive relationships with schools in remote areas that require urgent assistance.
As part of this ongoing programme, Fintrex established a complete drinking water supply system at Anuradhapura/ Padaviya Mahasenpura Maha Vidyalaya, recently. The Company also fully refurbished the library at the school and donated stationery and reading material for the use of the school children.
Mr Wijayasooriya, the school principal commented at the opening ceremony, “we extend our heartiest gratitude to Fintrex Finance for coming forward to fulfill a burning need of our school, where our children were finding it very difficult to access purified drinking water at the school premises. The Company was very prompt in assisting us with our requirement and within a very short span of time we have been blessed with a complete drinking water supply system with uninterrupted water supply within the school premises”
He also added, “it is with great pleasure that I acknowledge the Company’s valuable contribution towards fully renovating our school library. It has a very encouraging student-friendly atmosphere now and the donation of books and reading material motivates our children to read more, as they now have access to a wider knowledge base”
The majority of the parents of these students are farmers and local craftspeople whose livelihoods have been adversely affected by the harsh weather and socio-economic conditions that these areas have recently experienced. Mr Sanjeewa Buwanekabahu, Head of HR and Administration during his speech mentioned: “There is no greater gift than that of a good education and this is what motivated us to start this programme. Also, water is the base of our human body and purified drinking water is an essence for growing children especially for Padaviya area that non purified water has caused several health issues. Progress is learning and learning is progress and we’re grateful to have been able to contribute to this effort and are looking for ways in which we can do more.” | <urn:uuid:21db8766-9241-4f0a-973e-dbb19501ef92> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://fintrexfinance.com/sinhala/post/85/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00474.warc.gz | en | 0.969829 | 460 | 1.515625 | 2 |
Many ladies right this moment’s had subscribe to health magazine as a result of their are extra health conscious apart from health magazine not solely talk about health, its also covers fitness and weight reduction programme and sweetness akin to acne pores and skin. The magazine’s unique 360-diploma method ensures that Health covers its readers’ many interests: cutting-edge health recommendation, pure beauty moves, house treatments that work, celebrity weight-loss secrets, healthy journey, organic and low-fats meals, new time-saving workouts, body-flattering vogue, and much more.
Health covers its readers’ many pursuits, including reducing-edge health recommendation, natural beauty moves, house remedies that work, celeb weight-loss secrets and techniques, healthy journey, natural and low-fats meals, new time-saving workouts, body-flattering vogue and way more.
Lack or no train at all also a part of it. A lot of the health magazine teaches us to take the correct food for our body, and do not over eat until your stomage can’t go in. Drinking loads of water and do every day exercise like walking or jogging or other light train.
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“How to Save the European Union from the Euro Crisis”
My objective in coming here today is to discuss the euro crisis. I think you will all agree that the crisis is far from resolved. It has already caused tremendous damage both financially and politically and taken an extensive human toll as well. It has transformed the European Union into something radically different from what was originally intended. The European Union was meant to be a voluntary association of equal states but the crisis has turned it into a creditor/debtor relationship from which there is no easy escape. The creditors stand to lose large sums of money should a member state exit the union, yet debtors are subjected to policies that deepen their depression, aggravate their debt burden and perpetuate their subordinate status.
This has created political tensions as demonstrated by the stalemate in Italy. A majority is now opposed to the euro and the trend is growing. There is a real danger that the euro will destroy the European Union. A disorderly disintegration would leave Europe worse off than it was when the bold experiment of creating a European Union was begun. That would be a tragedy of historic proportions. It can be prevented but it can be prevented only with Germany’s leadership. Germany didn’t seek to occupy a dominant position and has been reluctant to accept the responsibilities and liabilities that go with it. That’s one of the reasons for the crisis. But willingly or not, Germany is in the driver’s seat and that is what brings me here.
What caused the crisis? And how can Europe escape from it? These are the two questions I want to answer. The first question is extremely complicated. The euro crisis has both a political and a financial dimension. And the financial dimension has at least three components: a sovereign debt crisis and a banking crisis, as well as divergences in competitiveness. The various aspects are interconnected, making the situation so complicated that it boggles the mind. In my view it cannot be properly understood without realizing the crucial role that mistakes and misconceptions have played in creating it. The crisis is almost entirely self-inflicted. It has the quality of a nightmare.
By contrast, the answer to the second question is extremely simple. Once we have gained a proper understanding of the problems the solution practically suggests itself.
I shall attribute a large share of the responsibility to Germany. But I want to make it clear in advance that I am not blaming Germany. Whoever was in charge would have made similar mistakes. I can say from personal experience that nobody could have understood the problems in all their complexity at the time they arose.
I realize that I risk antagonizing you by putting the responsibility on Germany. But only Germany can put things right. I am a great believer in the European Union and I don’t want to see it destroyed. I also care about the immense and unnecessary human suffering that the crisis is causing and I want to do whatever I can to mitigate it. My perspective is very different from the views prevailing in Germany. I hope that by offering you a different interpretation I may get you to reconsider your policies before they do more damage. That is my goal in coming here.
The European Union was a bold project that fired many people’s imagination, including mine. I regarded the European Union as the embodiment of an open society – a voluntary association of equal states who surrendered part of their sovereignty for the common good. The European Union had five large and a number of small member states and they all subscribed to the principles of democracy, individual freedom, human rights and the rule of law. No nation or nationality occupied a dominant position.
The process of integration was spearheaded by a small group of far sighted statesmen who recognized that perfection was unattainable and practiced what Karl Popper called piecemeal social engineering. They set themselves limited objectives and firm timelines and then mobilized the political will for a small step forward, knowing full well that when they achieved it, it will prove inadequate and require a further step. The process fed on its own success, very much like a boom-bust sequence in financial markets. That is how the Coal and Steel Community was gradually transformed into the European Union, step by step.
France and Germany used to be in the forefront of the effort. When the Soviet empire started to disintegrate, Germany’s leaders realized that reunification was possible only in the context of a more united Europe and they were prepared to make considerable sacrifices to achieve it. When it came to bargaining, they were willing to contribute a little more and take a little less than the others, thereby facilitating agreement. At that time, German statesmen used to proclaim that Germany has no independent foreign policy, only a European one. This led to a dramatic acceleration of the process. It culminated with the reunification of Germany in 1990 and the signing of the Maastricht Treaty in 1992. That was followed by a period of consolidation which lasted until the financial crisis of 2007-8.
Unfortunately, the Maastricht Treaty was fundamentally flawed. The architects of the euro recognized that it was an incomplete construct: a currency union without a political union. They had reason to believe, however, that when the need arose, the political will could be mobilized to take the next step forward. After all, that was how the process of integration had worked until then.
But the euro had many other defects, which went unrecognized. For instance, the Maastricht Treaty took it for granted that only the public sector could produce chronic deficits because the private sector would always correct its own excesses. The financial crisis of 2007-8 proved that wrong. The fatal defect was that by creating an independent central bank, member countries became indebted in a currency they did not control. This exposed them to the risk of default.
Developed countries outside a currency union have no reason to default; they can always print money. Their currency may depreciate in value, but the risk of default doesn’t arise. By contrast, third world countries that have to borrow in a foreign currency like the dollar run the risk of default. To make matters worse, such countries are exposed to bear raids. In short, the euro relegated what is now called the periphery to the status of third world countries.
Prior to the financial crisis of 2007-8 both the authorities and the financial markets ignored this feature of the euro. When the euro was introduced, government bonds were treated as riskless. The regulators didn’t require commercial banks to set aside any equity capital, and the European Central Bank discounted all government bonds on equal terms. This created a perverse incentive for commercial banks to accumulate the bonds of the weaker member countries in order to earn a few extra basis points. As a result interest rate differentials practically disappeared.
The convergence of interest rates caused a divergence in economic performance. The so-called periphery countries, Spain and Ireland foremost among them, enjoyed real estate, investment and consumption booms that made them less competitive, while Germany, weighed down by the cost of reunification, engaged in far-reaching labor market and other structural reforms that made it morecompetitive.
In the week following the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, the global financial markets literally collapsed and had to be put on artificial life support. This required substituting sovereign credit, backed by taxpayers’ money, for the credit of the financial institutions whose standing was impaired.
That would have been the moment to take the next step forward towards fiscal and political union but the political will was lacking. Germany, weighed down by the costs of reunification, was no longer in the forefront of integration. Chancellor Merkel read public opinion correctly when she declared that each country should look after its own financial institutions individually instead of the European Union doing it collectively. In retrospect that was the first step in a process of disintegration.
It took financial markets more than a year to realize the implications of Chancellor Merkel’s declaration, demonstrating that they too operate with far-from-perfect knowledge. Only at the end of 2009, when the extent of the Greek deficit was revealed, did the markets realize that a Eurozone country could actually default. But then they raised risk premiums on all the weaker countries with a vengeance. This rendered commercial banks, whose balance sheets were loaded with those bonds, potentially insolvent and that created both a sovereign debt and a banking crisis – the two are linked together like Siamese twins.
There is a close parallel between the euro crisis and the international banking crisis of 1982. Then the IMF and the international banking authorities saved the international banking system by lending just enough money to the heavily indebted countries to enable them to avoid default but at the cost of pushing them into a lasting depression. Latin America suffered a lost decade.
Today Germany is playing the same role as the IMF did then. The setting differs, but the effect is the same. The creditors are in effect shifting the whole burden of adjustment on to the debtor countries. Please note how the terms “center” and “periphery” have crept into usage almost unnoticed, although in political terms it is obviously inappropriate to describe Italy and Spain as the periphery of the European Union. In effect, however, the euro has turned them into third world countries over-indebted in a foreign currency.
Just as in the 1980’s, all the blame and burden is falling on the “periphery” and the responsibility of the “center” remains unacknowledged. The periphery countries are criticized for their lack of fiscal discipline and work ethic, but there is more to it than that. Admittedly the periphery countries need to make structural reforms, just as Germany did after reunification. But to deny that the euro itself has some structural problems that need to be corrected is to ignore the root cause of the euro crisis. Yet that is what is happening.
In this context the German word “Schuld” plays a key role. As you know it means both debt and guilt. This has made it natural or “selbstverständlich” for German public opinion to blame the heavily indebted countries for their misfortune. The fact that Greece blatantly broke the rules has helped to support this attitude. But other countries like Spain and Ireland had played by the rules; indeed Spain used to be held up as a paragon of virtue. Clearly, the faults are systemic and the misfortunes of the heavily indebted countries are largely caused by the rules that govern the euro. That is the point I should like to drive home today.
In my opinion, the “Schuld” of the “center” is even greater today than it was in the banking crisis of 1982. It may have been politically acceptable in 1982 to inflict austerity on less developed countries in order to save the international financial system; but doing the same within the Eurozone cannot be reconciled with the European Union as a voluntary association of equal states. There is an unresolved conflict between what is dictated by financial necessity and what is politically acceptable. That is the point the recent Italian elections should have driven home.
The burden of responsibility for the Maastricht Treaty falls mainly on France and Germany; for the course of events since the outbreak of the crisis on Germany alone, because the crisis put Germany into the driver’s seat. This has created two problems. One is political, the other financial. It is the combination of the two that has rendered the situation so intractable.
The political problem is that Germany did not seek the dominant position into which it has been thrust and it is unwilling to accept the obligations and liabilities that go with it. Germany understandably doesn’t want to be the “deep pocket” for the euro. So it extends just enough support to avoid default but nothing more, and as soon as the pressure from the financial markets abates it seeks to tighten the conditions on which the support is given.
The financial problem is that Germany is imposing the wrong policies on the Eurozone. Austerity doesn’t work. You cannot shrink the debt burden by shrinking the budget deficit. The debt burden is a ratio between the accumulated debt and the GDP, both expressed in nominal terms. And in conditions of inadequate demand, budget cuts cause a more than proportionate reduction in the GDP – in technical terms the so-called fiscal multiplier is greater than one.
The German public finds this difficult to understand. The fiscal and structural reforms undertaken by the Schroeder government worked in 2006; why shouldn’t they work for the Eurozone a few years later? The answer is that austerity in a single country works by increasing its exports and reducing imports. When everybody is doing the same thing it simply doesn’t work: it is clearly impossible for all members of the Eurozone to improve their balance of trade with one another.
The euro crisis reached a climax last summer. Financial markets started to anticipate a possible breakup and risk premiums reached unsustainable levels. As a last resort, Chancellor Merkel endorsed the President of the European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, against her own nominee, Jens Weidmann. And Draghi rose to the occasion. He declared that the ECB would do “whatever it takes” to protect the euro and backed it up by introducing first the LTRO and then the OMT. Financial markets were reassured and embarked on a powerful relief rally. But the jubilation was premature. As soon as the pressure from the financial markets abated, Germany started to whittle down the promises it had made at the height of the crisis.
In the bailout of Cyprus, Germany went too far. In order to minimize the cost of the bailout it insisted on bailing in bank depositors. This was premature. If it had happened after a banking union had been established and the banks recapitalized, it might have been a healthy reform. But it came at a time when the banking system was breaking up into national silos and remained very vulnerable. What happened in Cyprus undermined the business model of European banks, which relies heavily on deposits. Until then the authorities had gone out of their way to protect depositors. Cyprus has changed that. Attention is focused on the devastating impact of the rescue on Cyprus but the impact on the banking system is far more important. Banks will have to pay risk premiums that will fall more heavily on weaker banks and the banks of weaker countries. The insidious link between the cost of sovereign debt and bank debt will be reinforced and a banking union that would reestablish a more level playing field will become even more difficult to attain. Without access to credit on equal terms the periphery countries cannot possibly escape from the trap in which they are caught.
Chancellor Merkel would have liked to put the euro crisis on ice at least until after the elections, but it is back in force with a vengeance. The German public may be unaware of this because Cyprus was a tremendous political victory for Chancellor Merkel. No country will dare to challenge her will. Moreover, Germany itself remains relatively unaffected by the deepening depression that is enveloping the Eurozone. I expect, however, that by the time of the elections Germany will also be in recession. That is because the monetary policy pursued by the Eurozone is out of sync with the other major currencies. The others are engaged in quantitative easing. The Bank of Japan was the last holdout but it changed sides recently. A weaker Yen coupled with the weakness in Europe is bound to affect Germany’s exports.
If my analysis is correct, a solution practically suggests itself. It can be summed up in one word: Eurobonds. If countries that abide by the Fiscal Compact were allowed but not required to convert their entire existing stock of government debt into Eurobonds, the positive impact would be little short of the miraculous. The danger of default would disappear and so would the risk premiums. The balance sheets of banks would receive an immediate boost and so would the budgets of the heavily indebted countries because it would cost them less to service their existing stock of government debt. Italy, for instance, would save up to four percent of its GDP. Its budget would move into surplus and instead of austerity, there would be room for some fiscal stimulus. The economy would grow and the debt ratio would fall. Most of the seemingly intractable problems would vanish into thin air. Only the divergences in competitiveness would remain unresolved. Individual countries would still need structural reforms, but the main structural defect of the euro would be cured. It would be truly like waking from a nightmare.
Germany is opposed to Eurobonds on the grounds that once they are introduced there can be no assurance that the so-called periphery countries would not break the rules once again. I believe these fears are misplaced. In accordance with the Fiscal Compact member countries would be allowed to issue new Eurobonds only to replace maturing ones; after five years the debts outstanding would be gradually reduced to 60% of GDP. If a member country ran up additional debts it would have to borrow in its own name. Having to pay stiff risk premiums would be a powerful inducement to stay in compliance. Admittedly the Fiscal Compact needs some modifications to ensure that the penalties for non-compliance are automatic, prompt and not too severe to be credible; but a tighter Fiscal Compact would practically eliminate the risk of default.
Eurobonds would compare favorably with the bonds of US, UK and Japan in the financial markets. Admittedly, Germany would have to pay more on its own debt than it does today but the exceptionally low yields on Bunds is a symptom of the disease that plagues the periphery. The indirect benefit Germany would derive from the recovery of the periphery would far outweigh the additional cost incurred on its own national debt.
There are also widespread fears that Eurobonds would ruin Germany’s credit rating. Eurobonds are often compared with the Marshall Plan. The argument goes that the Marshall Plan cost only a few percentage points of America’s GDP while Eurobonds would cost a multiple of Germany’s GDP. That argument is comparing apples with oranges. The Marshall Plan was an actual expenditure while Eurobonds would involve a guarantee that will never be called upon.
Guarantees have a peculiar character: the more convincing they are, the less they are likely to be invoked. The US never had to pay off the debt it incurred when it converted the debt of individual states into Federal obligations. Germany has been willing to do only the minimum; that is why it had to keep escalating its commitments and is incurring actual losses.
To be sure, Eurobonds are not a panacea. The boost derived from Eurobonds may not be sufficient to ensure recovery. Additional fiscal and/or monetary stimulus may be needed – but having such a problem would be a luxury. More troubling is that Eurobonds do not eliminate divergences in competitiveness. Individual countries would still need to undertake structural reforms. Those that fail to do so would turn into permanent pockets of poverty and dependency similar to the ones that persist in many rich countries. They would survive on limited support from European Structural Funds and remittances. The European Union would also need a banking union to make credit available on equal terms in every country. The Cyprus rescue made these needs more acute by making the playing field more uneven. But Germany accepting Eurobonds would totally change the political atmosphere and facilitate the needed reforms.
Unfortunately, Germany is adamantly opposed to Eurobonds. Since Chancellor Merkel vetoed Eurobonds, the arguments I have put forward here have not even been considered. People don’t realize that agreeing to Eurobonds would be much less costly than doing only the minimum to preserve the euro.
It is up to Germany to decide whether it is willing to authorize Eurobonds or not. But it has no right to prevent the heavily indebted countries from escaping their misery by banding together and issuing Eurobonds. In other words, if Germany is opposed to Eurobonds it should consider leaving the euro and letting the others introduce them.
This exercise would yield a surprising result: Eurobonds issued by a Eurozone that excludes Germany would still compare favorably with those of the U.S., UK and Japan. The net debt of these three countries as a proportion of their GDP is actually higher than that of the Eurozone excluding Germany.
Let me explain why. Since all the accumulated debt is denominated in euros, it makes all the difference which country remains in charge of the euro. If Germany left, the euro would depreciate. The debtor countries would regain their competitiveness. Their debt would diminish in real terms and, if they issued Eurobonds, the threat of default would disappear. Their debt would suddenly become sustainable. Most of the burden of adjustment would fall on the countries that left the euro. Their exports would become less competitive and they would encounter stiff competition from the euro area in their home markets. They would also incur losses on their claims and investments denominated in euro. That would include the Target2 balances, unless the losses were shared as part of an amicable parting of ways.
The extent of their losses would depend on the extent of the depreciation; therefore they would have an interest in keeping the depreciation within bounds. After initial dislocations, the eventual outcome would fulfill John Maynard Keynes’ dream of an international currency system in which both creditors and debtors share responsibility for maintaining stability. And Europe would escape the looming depression.
By contrast, if Italy left, its euro-denominated debt burden would become unsustainable and it would have to be restructured. This would plunge the rest of Europe and the rest of the world into an uncontrollable financial meltdown. The collapse of the Euro would likely lead to the disorderly disintegration of the European Union and Europe would be left worse off than it had been when it embarked on the noble experiment of creating a European Union. So, if anyone must leave it should be Germany, not Italy.
There is a strong case for Germany to make a definitive choice whether to accept Eurobonds or to leave the euro. That is the case I came here to argue. The trouble is that Germany has not been put to the choice, and it has another alternative at its disposal: it can continue along the current course, always doing the minimum to preserve the euro, but nothing more. If my analysis is correct that is not the best alternative even for Germany, except perhaps in the very near term. Nevertheless, that is Chancellor Merkel’s preferred choice, at least until after the elections.
I reflected long and hard whether I should present my case now or wait until after the elections. In the end I decided to go ahead, based on two considerations. One is that events have their own dynamics and the crisis is likely to become more acute even before the elections. The Cyprus rescue proved me right. The other is that my interpretation of events is so radically different from the one that prevails in Germany that it will take time for it to sink in and the sooner I start the better.
Let me sum up my argument. I contend that Europe would be better off if Germany decided between accepting Eurobonds and leaving the euro than if it continued on its current course of doing the minimum to hold the euro together. That holds true whether Germany chose Eurobonds or exit; and it holds true not only for Europe but also for Germany, except perhaps in the very near term.
Which of the two alternatives is better for Germany is less clear-cut. Only the German electorate is qualified to decide. If a referendum were called today the euro skeptics would win hands down. But more intensive consideration could change people’s mind. They would discover that authorizing Eurobonds would actually benefit Germany and the cost of leaving the euro has been greatly understated.
To state my own views, my first preference is for Eurobonds; my second for Germany leaving the euro. Either choice is infinitely better than not making a choice and perpetuating the crisis. Worst of all would be for a debtor country, like Italy, to leave the euro because it would lead to the disorderly dissolution of the European Union.
I have made some surprising assertions; notably how well Eurobonds could work even without Germany. My pro-European friends simply cannot believe it. They can’t imagine a euro without Germany. I think they are conflating the euro with the European Union. The two are not identical. The European Union is the goal and the euro is a means to an end. Therefore the euro ought not to be allowed to destroy the European Union.
But I may be too rational in my analysis. The European Union is conflated with the euro not only in popular narratives but also in law. Consequently the European Union may not survive Germany leaving the euro. In that case we must all do what we can to persuade the German public to abandon some of its most ingrained prejudices and misconceptions and accept Eurobonds.
I should like to end by emphasizing how important the European Union is not only for Europe, but for the world. The EU was meant to be the embodiment of the principles of open society. That means that perfect knowledge is unattainable. Nobody is free of prejudices and misconceptions; nobody should be blamed for having made mistakes. The blame or Schuld begins only when a mistake or misconception is identified but not corrected. That is when the principles on which the European Union was built are violated. It is in that spirit that Germany should agree to Eurobonds and save the European Union.
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One of the most curious of books that have appeared in many months is "The Life of the Bee," by Maurice Maeterlinck. From one point of view it is a nature book--a conscientious and intimate study of bee life, showing not only diligent reading, but dose personal observation. It is all this, but it is also a great deal more. Maeterlinck is one of those rarely gifted minds who cannot treat even of commonplace things without striking out some new flash of light from them; while with a subject like that of the bee, with all the interest of its complex social life, the unfathomed questions of what these little creatures know and think and feel, the delicate hair line of division between reason and instinct, Maeterlinck has a theme from which he has developed a sort of prose poem full of dreamy yet subtle philosophy of life and life's mysteries. Translated by Alfred Sutro, 1914.
ake towards the truth. I shall state nothing, therefore, that I have not verified myself, or that is not so fully accepted in the text-books as to render further verification superfluous. My facts shall be as accurate as though they appeared in a practical manual or scientific monograph, but I shall relate them in a somewhat livelier fashion than such works would allow, shall group them more harmoniously together, and blend them with freer and more mature reflections. The reader of this book will not learn therefrom how to manage a hive; but he will know more or less all that can with any certainty be known of the curious, profound, and intimate side of its inhabitants. Nor will this be at the cost of what still remains to be learned. I shall pass over in silence the hoary traditions that, in the country and many a book, still constitute the legend of the hive. Whenever there be doubt, disagreement, hypothesis, when I arrive at the unknown, I shall declare it loyally; you will find that we often shall halt be
In this book you can read a lot about the behaviour of bees (the author had an extensive knowledge of bees, not only from books he read but also from close observations of these little animals).
A list of the contents of this book:
I. ON THE THRESHOLD OF THE HIVE
II. THE SWARM
III. THE FOUNDATION OF THE CITY
IV. THE LIFE OF THE BEE
V. THE YOUNG QUEENS
VI. THE NUPTIAL FLIGHT
VII. THE MASSACRE OF THE MALES
VIII. THE PROGRESS OF THE RACE
Maurice Maeterlinck was a great writer who has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1911. One of the main themes in his work is the meaning of life; and even in this book on bees you can find philosophical bits on this theme. Maeterlinck writes so beautifully that even if you're not interested in bees at all, I would recommend downloading this book and giving it a try.
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Definitions of revivification
n. - Renewal of life; restoration of life; the act of recalling, or the state of being recalled, to life. 2
n. - The reduction of a metal from a state of combination to its metallic state. 2
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Mutual funds are investment funds that are run by a professional portfolio manager. The portfolio manager uses their knowledge and experience to decide what the best investments are for their mutual fund.
There are many types of mutual funds which can invest in different combinations of investments depending on the type of the fund. All mutual funds will hold at least a small amount of cash in addition to their regular investments.
Here are some general types of mutual funds and the types of investments you might find in them:
- Equity funds – These usually hold stocks of companies, possibly exchange traded funds (ETFs) and options in some cases. An example of an equity fund is Franklin Growth Fund.
- Bond Funds – These hold fixed income investments such as bonds and preferred shares. An example of a bond fund would be Vanguard Total Bond Market Index.
- Balanced funds – these are a combination of equity and bond funds. These funds can hold any type of investment that an equity fund and bond fund can hold. An example of a balanced fund would be American Balanced Fund.
- Target Retirement Funds – Similar to balanced funds but are geared towards a particular retirement date.
Keep in mind that index funds are also mutual funds, they are just a particular type of mutual fund.
There are also more specific types of funds available concentrating on a particular industry or geographic region. For example a country-specific fund will only invest in companies from a particular country. Franklin India Fund is a country-specific fund that only invests in Indian based companies.
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The Golden Hinde could join in the Queen's Diamond Jubilee River Pageant next year.
The possibility was raised by general manager Troy Richards during a reception on board this week.
The first Golden Hinde was launched in 1577 and captained by Francis Drake who was knighted on board by Elizabeth I at Deptford.
Today's ship was launched in 1973 and, after sailing over 140,000 miles, berthed at St Mary Overy Dock in 1996.
The Golden Hinde Trust is seeking support and sponsorship to raise £250,000 needed before the wooden vessel can take to the tidal waters again. On Friday Mr Richards announced that a case for support was also being made to the Heritage Lottery Fund.
The rigging needs renewing and the decks would have to be painted and varished.
The plan is to sail the galleon into the Pool of London on a spring tide when it would be possible to pass under London Bridge.
The Golden Hinde is too large to take part in the entire pageant which begins at Hampton Court but she might be included in a welcome for Her Majesty at Tower Bridge.
The warship left St Mary Overy Dock in 2003 to make an appearance at the Southampton Boat Show but the voyage was made on a barge.
Last year about 49,000 people visited the ship. In future the trustees hope to highlight the life of Sir Francis Drake by working with the National Trust, who have care of Drake's home Buckland Abbey, and the National Maritime Museum.
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Most people assume that racism is as old as humanity itself. Yet racism as we understand it today is a relatively modern ideology that first took shape in the 17th and 18th century as a moral justification for European conquest, particularly the enslavement of African people, which had become a significant source of wealth for Western imperialist nations.
Though slavery had existed for thousands of years in antiquity, American slavery differed in many ways. Roman slaves had the opportunity to earn their way to freedom while American slaves did not. Roman slavery was also not based on race — they commonly fell into slavery as prisoners of war, kidnapped sailors or as slaves bought outside Roman territory.
But what may shock many people is this: before the rise of the plantation economy in the mid-1600s, Blacks in America enjoyed many of the same rights as whites, the two races socializing and working together. Anthony Johnson originally worked as an indentured servant in 1620, but later bought his freedom, going on to acquire 250 acres of land and five indentured servants. In his own lifetime, however, racial castes had already begun to harden, and by the time of his death, his lands were confiscated on the grounds that he (along with African-Americans as a whole) was an “alien.”
Racial inequality, then, has always been defined by economic inequality. As historian Eric Williams succinctly puts it: “Slavery was not born of racism; rather, racism was the consequence of slavery.” Specifically, throughout American history, racism has always been motivated by and defined as a way for white elites to control an unequal share of property — whether African-Americans could be bought as property, were outright forbidden to own property or were racially targeted for toxic loans when trying to buy property.
The ways in which African-Americans have been economically disenfranchised are too numerous to list here — suffice it to say that generations upon generations of discriminatory hiring practices, unequal access to quality education, housing segregation, voter disenfranchisement and scores of other inequities have helped form the many disparities that still persist today.
It’s true that African-Americans have gained much ground in terms of civil rights. However, African-Americans have made very little economic progress in too many economic areas. Even before the Great Recession spiked unemployment rates, African-Americans were already mired in a jobs crisis of their own. Black unemployment had remained twice the rate of whites for 60 years. At the start of the recession in 2007, an already-wide wealth disparity existed between communities of color and whites, with Black and brown households owning one-fifth of the typical wealth of white households.
These disparities, the result of hundreds of years of systematic disenfranchisement, left African-Americans particularly vulnerable to the mercy of difficult economic winds. In short, it put African-Americans in the worst possible position when the housing market crashed. As of now, already high racial wealth disparities have doubled, with white Americans owning 22 times the wealth of Blacks. As the national unemployment rate dips down to 7.9 percent, Black unemployment still remains shockingly high at 13.8 percent.
Overcoming our current economic disparities will be complex, daunting and difficult. Full economic recovery requires a double-pronged strategy that looks both to the past and to the future. With bold investments in infrastructure, education, health care, public sector jobs and anti-discriminatory legislation, we can level the economic playing field and take our nation’s history of racial and economic inequality into account. On the other hand, we must also look to the future by embracing wealth-building strategies that involve budgeting, savings and frugality. Only by using a combination of both approaches can we finally move into an era of true equality for all.
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Top NY chefs promote benefits of locally-grown food
By Richard Leong
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Some of New York's top chefs defended the benefits of buying and cooking locally produced meats and vegetables to support regional farmers.
The "locavore" movement is based on the notion that eating food grown by local farmers is better and more flavorful than products transported from across the country.
"Farmers grow what they can sell," Dan Barber, executive chef and co-owner of the restaurant Blue Hill in New York, said during the New York City Wine & Food Festival that began on Thursday.
Critics of the movement have questioned the social, economic and nutritional benefits of "eating local." They have also cited the higher costs of the food, compared to what is sold in supermarkets.
There has also been confusion about what makes a product local and the limits of how far food can be shipped and still be considered fresh. Many restaurants, including fast-food chains, also adopt the label by claiming they support local farmers.
Tom Colicchio, who is the head chef and proprietor of the restaurant Craft said some restaurants buy one local product just so they can say they are supporting local farmers.
The chefs supporting the movement called for greater government incentives, land protection for farming and cooperation between farmers and restaurants.
The four-day festival features chefs, wine-makers and other food merchants promoting the city's culinary culture. Proceeds from the festival benefit local charities fighting hunger.
(Reporting by Richard Leong; editing by Patricia Reaney)
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Products manufactured and distributed by Chatterton Lacework include the Kookaburra range of letterboxes. These letterboxes are traditional styles and are available in a range of powder-coated colours.
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To understand what balustrade lacework is you first need to understand what a balustrade and lacework are. A balustrade is used for safety to stop people from falling over a balcony, deck, off stairs, and so forth. Lacework is available in decorative panels, and it can also refer to the decorative corners and friezes that go underneath the eaves of a veranda. Therefore, balustrade lacework refers to decorative panels that are used in a railing to provide a very attractive feature that is also safe. Balustrade lacework is generally used outside the home in safety railings. The lacework is available in a huge range of designs. Custom designs are not readily available, but if you want to replace a panel of your existing lacework, you may be able to take the panel to a professional and have them replicate the design. Balustrade lacework is available in a huge range of colours, and it is generally powder coated, making it very durable and long lasting Balustrade lacework is generally made from aluminium but it can also be made from wrought or cast iron. Aluminium lacework is practically maintenance free. You can have the lacework professionally installed or you can choose to install it yourself. Lacework is popular with Victorian style homes but it can be used in many different styles of homes as it depends on the actual lacework pattern that you use. Many styles of lacework are suitable for use on more modern homes .
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The Trust have been testing out a range of methods and approaches that may be best suited to different groups or audiences. Discovery interviews ensure that a person is provided with an opportunity to narrate their own story using a series of prompts. The Trust pilot was to test out this methodology with patients who had recent experience of being detained under the mental health act 1983 (amended 2007)
The project aim was to test out using a discovery interview approach to capture the experience of patients who had been detained and who were currently in Trust inpatient areas. The service area focus for testing out the pilot was on forensic services and aimed to capture a more in-depth understanding of the patient journey. In addition, the Trust wanted to capture a diverse sample of people’s stories to provide a wider understanding of experience.
Who did you consult with and what did you ask?
The interviews were aimed at:
- In-Patients currently receiving care and treatment on our medium and low secure wards (Newton Lodge/Bretton Centre)
- In-Patients currently receiving care and treatment on our learning disabilities ward (Newhaven)
- A carers perspective of a loved one who was an in-patient who had received care and treatment at our mental health ward in Barnsley (Kendray Hospital)
Once service users were identified to be interviewed, the engagement team had to gain copies of consent to record their voice and ask for equality monitoring data to be collected. The team then arranged a suitable date/time for the interviews with the staff on the wards.
We arranged for the interviews to take place on the wards in a private area, so that the person could talk freely and privately. A staff member from the ward was also present so that the person felt comfortable knowing someone was in the room that they knew. The prompts for this piece of work were:
- Experience of admission
- Experience of being detained in hospital
- Experience of day-to-day activities on the ward
- Share views and thoughts on care and treatment
- Hopes for the future
The service user interviews were carried out in person in the units and the laptop voice recorder function was used for recording sound and the media file was saved. For the carer’s interview a mobile phone placed on speaker and the voice recorder of the laptop was used to capture the interview. All interviews were recorded and typed up in full to analyse and compile the report of findings.
What did they tell you?
From the interviews which took place those interviewed told us that:
- The assessment process can be daunting – can this be broken into sections, especially for patients who have Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD)/Autism
- A welcome/induction pack shared on admission should be referred back to during the stay as there was too much information to take in when unwell at admission point
- Clear explanation of restrictions that can be put in place is needed
- Clear explanation of different types of leave requests and how they are granted
- The need to understand range of activities on offer and where service users can influence new activities
- More support to tackle ‘bullying’ on wards
- Exposure to other mental health conditions and behaviours did have an impact
- Medications side effects and impact on patients could be better explained (e.g. increased appetite, weight gain, sedation, drooling, speech affected)
- Staffing: not enough staff to support physical needs of service users
- Staffing: concern about lack of regular staff for support and relationships
- Staffing: lack of staff has impact on supporting leave entitlements
- When medications were stopped in community, service users reported becoming unwell with behaviour escalated, some led to criminal activity and arrests by the police
What did you do?
The findings have been written into a report which was presented at the Mental Health Committee on 8 March 2022. The next steps will be determined by the committee and the findings will help to improve services and influence the process and future inpatient stays. We will also provide copies of a ‘you told us, we listened’ approach to wards to add into their own inpatient feedback mechanisms.
An opportunity has arisen to also develop an animation to share on the Trust website to communicate to other service users, families, carers, key stakeholders and the public “What to expect when you are detained under the Mental Health Act”.
In addition, the WY&H Forensics involvement team are interested in learning from the approach and may use this as a tool going forward. As approaches become embedded people who use services gain more confidence in the approach and participate. The aim would be to generate that interest.
Where can you find more information about this work?
The ‘Discovery Interview’ approach will also be documented, and tools will be made available on the team intranet page so that staff can use the approach in other Trust settings, including community teams.
Engagement location: Wakefield
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Consider a strategic decision to reorganize manufacturing processes to reduce labor costs. Assume there are only two options: reorganize or not reorganize. The reorganization will eliminate the manual intervention in the process currently handled by 10 workers in the plant. Overall there are 40 employees in the factory, and 10 work on the manual process alone. Each employee earns $45,000 annually, and can be released with 30 days’ notice. The cost of additional equipment is $90,000 annually that would allow for the reorganization to occur.
For this assignment:
- Using the five-step decision making approach, outline your evaluation of this scenario and which decision should be taken for the company and why.
- Be sure you explain each step and the key variables used to determine the result on the step.
There are five main steps typically taken in the overall cost decision making process when using cost accounting data. These steps include:
Write a 1-2 page paper to address the evaluation and the results.
Please make this 1-2 pages and in APA format.
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Join Brian Bradley for an in-depth discussion in this video V-Ray workflow options and recommendations, part of V-Ray 3.0 for 3ds Max Essential Training.
- There is a mistake that we as 3ds Max users can make whenever we first introduce V-Ray into our rendering pipeline and that is to make the assumption that our current, and possibly hard-learned 3ds Max workflow has to be thrown out and a whole new way of working learned before we can even start to make use of this powerful rendering software in a production setting, which, to be honest, is not strictly speaking true. Yes, there are a very operating differences between V-Ray and 3ds Max's other installed renderers, such as Quicksilver and Mental Ray.
Yes, there are a number of tools that don't quite work in the same manner, but it is worth stopping and noting here that it is entirely possible to continue working with the vast majority of 3ds Max's standard tools just as we may already have been doing for some time. In fact more so now then ever before we can continue to use what I typically refer to as a Max Centric Workflow in our rendering pipeline. In this we would continue to use the same basic 3ds Max lighting and material workflows that we may have been using for years.
Meaning we could continue to work with typical 3ds Max light types, from both the standard and photometric groups, as well as regular 3ds Max material types. Such as the Standard, Raytrace, and now even the Mental Ray based Architectual and Design shader, which V-Ray can actually interpret pretty well. That having been said, whilst this kind of Max Centric Workflow maybe an ideal way to quickly start using V-Ray on production projects given that it will, of course, help us become familiar with the way in which the renderer works and help us get to know the layout of its tools and such, there is arguably a better approach.
Better in the sense that we can take full advantage of tools that have been written specifically for the V-Ray engine. In such a V-Ray Centric Workflow we would take advantage of V-Ray versions of essential everyday tools, such as Cameras, Lights, Materials, Exposure, Frame Buffer controls, and so on. With this approach we would, of course, experience some very beneficial effects. For one thing this approach will help optimize our rendering pipeline's efficiency. We get an efficiency in workflow because the tools have been designed to work together, meaning they integrate well and require no fudging or workarounds, which in turn leads to an internal efficiency and speed from the renderer, because everything having been written specifically for V-Ray will have been optimized to work as efficiency as possible with the engine's own internal algorithms.
Ultimately, of course, the choice of how we work with V-Ray is entirely up to us. Oftentimes artists will mix and match some aspects of these two approaches with some of their own preferences so as to get a workflow that just works well for them. Ultimately, all that really matters is that we're able to use V-Ray to produce work of sufficient quality and in sufficient quantities in order to meet the needs of our day to day projects.
- Using the new UI elements, Quick Settings, and revamped Frame Buffer
- Understanding color mapping modes
- Adding V-Ray light types
- Working with the V-Ray Sun and Sky systems and dome light
- Using irradiance mapping and light cache
- Working with diffuse color maps
- Making reflective materials
- Creating a translucency effect
- Using the new SSS and skin shaders
- Ensuring quality with image sampling
- Working with the adaptive subdivision engine
- Controlling the physical camera
- Working with FX tools such as VRayFur and VRayMetaball
- Stereoscopic 3D rendering
- Using Render Mask
Skill Level Intermediate
3ds Max 2013 Essential Trainingwith Aaron F. Ross7h 9m Beginner
Introduction and Important Information
1. Getting Ready to Render with V-Ray
2. Key Lighting Tools
3. Global Illumination
4. V-Ray Materials and Maps
5. Quality Control with Image Sampling
6. Working with Cameras
The V-Ray Physical Camera
V-Ray 3 & the 3ds Max Physical Camera
7. The V-Ray FX Tools
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Residential Well Sampling
OLD KENT CITY DUMP
FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP, PORTAGE COUNTY, OHIO
The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) asked the Health Assessment Section (HAS) of the Ohio Department of Health (ODH) to review the analytical results of a residential well sampling event conducted in Kent, Ohio, during March 2002. The samples were collected as part of an investigation conducted by Ohio EPA at the Old Kent City Dump in Portage County, Ohio. Specifically, HAS was asked to determine if contaminants were present in the wells at levels that could pose an adverse health effect to residents living in these homes. This health consultation documents the review of the analytical results and actions taken by ODH and Ohio EPA.
The Old Kent City Dump is a 12-acre parcel of land located less than one-quarter of a mile east of the city limits of Kent, in Franklin Township, Portage County, Ohio. The site is bounded to the north by Brady Lake Road, to the south and west by Second Avenue and the Kent Park residential subdivision on Ohio Avenue, and a railroad and Breakneck Creek on the east-northeast (Figure 1). Breakneck Creek flows in a northwesterly direction toward the Cuyahoga River. Approximately 10 of the 12 acres of the site have been used as a landfill. According to Ohio EPA's Expanded Site Inspection Report dated August 29, 2002, solid waste, metal, and rubber debris are on the surface of the site. Records also show the past disposal on the site of live ammunition, such as hand grenades. The live ammunition has since been removed from the site (Ohio EPA 2002).
The Old Kent City Dump was first used as the city dump in the 1940s-1950s, a landfill from 1965-1969, and a salvage operation in 1970. The Portage County Health Department closed down the landfill in 1969. Ohio EPA has inspected the site several times since the landfill closed in 1969, including an investigation of the site in 1986, following a complaint of continued dumping at the site. Approximately 100-200 drums were present on the site surface. All of the drums were in poor condition. Ohio EPA completed assessments of the site April 1986 and January 1987.
Site investigations in April and May 1992 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and PRC Inc. included site inspections and sampling of drums, soil, sediment, and residential wells. The EPA on-scene coordinator noted approximately 400 drums scattered around the site. Some drums were thought to contain solvents, paint waste, and petroleum sludge .
Samples from three residential wells, eight soil samples, and eight sediment samples were collected during the 1992 investigation. The residential wells were all located along Ohio Street, south of the site. One residential well sample contained very low (at the detection limit) levels of several VOCs. All three wells contained very low, estimated levels of the pesticides alpha-BHC and DDT (ODH 1994).
As a result of the PRC investigation, the EPA Emergency Response Section and E&E Technical Assistance Team (TAT) arrived on the site and removed about 1,200 waste drums. About 700 of these drums were full or partially full, and the other 500 were empty (Ohio EPA 2002). In 1993, 14 monitoring wells were installed at the site by the potentially responsible parties. No significant contamination was found in on-site groundwater at the time of sampling.
(Source: "Screening Site Inspection" report by PRC Inc., December 1992).
The Old Kent City Dump is in the northwest part of the glaciated Allegheny Plateau. Sand and gravel deposits left by wasting glaciers underlie the site. These sand and gravel deposits are covered by alluvium deposited by Breakneck Creek. Reports on the area's glacial geology indicate that the sand and gravel deposits are highly permeable and noncohesive, with the thickness of the sand and gravel nearly 100 feet. Area well logs from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources' (ODNR) Division of Groundwater confirm that the sand and gravel deposits are between 90 and 100 feet thick along the site's southern boundary.
A bedrock valley underlies the sand and gravel deposits and generally follows the course of Breakneck Creek. The uppermost bedrock is a sandstone and conglomerate member of the Sharon Member of the Pottsville Group. Area well logs indicate that this sandstone bedrock underlies the site at a depth of about 90 to 110 feet below ground surface.
Potable water supplies are obtained from the shallow sand and gravel deposits (unconsolidated aquifer) and the upper sandstone deposits (sandstone aquifer). Most private wells in the vicinity draw water from bedrock aquifers beneath the upper sandstone aquifer, according to well logs at ODNR's Division of Groundwater.
The Kent Water Department obtains its water supplies from three wells located about 1 mile south and downgradient of the site. These wells, which supply most of Kent's 30,000 residents, draw water from the unconsolidated aquifer and are screened between 80 and 110 feet below ground surface. An estimated 51,000 people utilize the groundwater within a 4-mile radius of the site. The nearest drinking water wells are residential wells within 100 feet of the site.
Ohio EPA began the current investigation of the Old Kent City Dump in March 2002. Samples were collected from soil, sediment, and both on-site and off-site groundwater. Samples were analyzed for volatile organic compounds (VOCs), semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs), pesticides, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and metals.
For the purpose of this health consultation, HAS was asked to review the results of samples collected from residential wells adjacent to the Old Kent City Dump property (Figure 2). Fourteen residential wells were sampled during the investigation. The majority of the wells were located on the southwest side of the landfill. All of the wells appear to be downgradient of the site because groundwater has been shown to flow radially from the site (Ohio EPA 2002).
Arsenic was detected in one residential well at a level of 11.2 parts per billion (ppb), which is slightly above the federal maximum contaminant level (MCL) of 10 ppb. Arsenic is a naturally occurring metal in groundwater in Ohio that is often present at levels that are sometimes much higher than the current MCL. However, the MCL is only enforceable for public water systems and does not become enforceable until 2006. While this level is not enforceable for private wells, HAS does use this level as guidance. It is unlikely that adverse health effects would occur when consuming water at the current level of 11.2 ppb; however, some people might be more sensitive than others and might wish to seek an alternate source of drinking water to avoid drinking water contaminated with arsenic.
Lead was detected in a second residential well at 33.5 ppb, which is above the EPA removal action level of 15 ppb. This sample was collected before it passed through any treatment system. The water was retested at a later date after passing through the home's water softener, and no lead was detected. Because the water softener appears to be removing the lead from the drinking water, there is no cause for concern when consuming the well water.
No contaminants were detected at levels in the other 12 wells sampled that would be expected to cause adverse health effects.
HAS and ATSDR recognize that children are often at a greater risk for environmental exposure than adults. Children with rapidly developing bodies might also be more susceptible to adverse health effects resulting from exposures to toxic material in their environment. For this reason, this document uses public health guidelines that are protective of children.
Arsenic was detected in one of the residential wells sampled at 11.2 ppb, which is above the maximum contaminant level of 10 ppb established for public water supplies. There are no studies that indicate adverse health effects would occur at this level of exposure. In addition, this residence is currently a rental property and it is unlikely that residents would be living in the property for more than a limited number of years. The residential wells sampled in association with the Old Kent City Dump investigation currently pose "no apparent health hazard" to the residents living in the homes. None of the other residential wells contained contaminants that would be expected to cause adverse health effects.
If the residents in the home with slightly elevated arsenic have concerns about their drinking water, they might wish to seek an alternate source of drinking water such as bottled water or the installation of a water treatment system.
No further actions are planned at this time. The Health Assessment Section of the Ohio Department of Health is willing to review future data concerning this site as needed.
Eric R. Yates, environmental specialist
Robert Frey, PhD, principal investigator
Ohio Department of Health. Old Kent City Dump health consultation. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio Department of Health; 1994.
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency. Expanded site inspection Old City of Kent Dump. Columbus, Ohio: Ohio Environmental Protection Agency; 2002.
PRC Inc. Screening site inspection report. 1992.
The Ohio Department of Health prepared this public health consultation under a cooperative agreement with the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). The document is in accordance with approved methodology and procedures existing at the time the public health consultation was initiated.
Alan W. Yarbrough
Technical Project Officer, SPS, SSAB, DHAC, ATSDR
The Division of Health Assessment and Consultation, ATSDR, has reviewed this public health consultation and concurs with its findings.
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When it comes to raising children, men and women have different perspectives on the division of household labor—from cooking meals to offering emotional support—according to a new poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and the Harris School of Public Policy at the University of Chicago.
The new study also reveals important differences in how men and women perceive the impact of having a child on job security and workplace success. Mothers are more likely to say they perform more of the household responsibilities, while fathers are more likely to say they share the responsibilities equally with their partner.
In fact, 35% of mothers reported doing more than their partner for each of the eight household responsibilities asked about on the survey, compared to just 3% of fathers who reported the same.
“Although the gap between what mothers and fathers report is significant, it is not what either anticipates before they have children—and that’s what is so interesting,” said Yana Gallen, an assistant professor at the Harris School of Public Policy who studies the gender pay gap. “Prior to becoming parents, most men and women expect that they will share the division of labor equally across all household activities, but their views on whether that is actually the case diverge after they have a child.”
The perceived impacts of having a child are also relevant to the workplace, where half of adults who have been employed say having a child is an obstacle to employee advancement, and about 4 in 10 say the same regarding job security and the opportunity for a raise.
Americans’ perspectives on children in the workplace are tied to gender as well, with 47% of women saying that having a child is an obstacle for job security compared to 36% of men. Similarly, adults making less than $50,000 a year are more likely than higher income adults to say having a child is an obstacle for job security (50% vs 35%) and job advancement (55% vs 46%).
“Women and lower-income Americans are especially likely to feel they are paying a penalty at work for becoming a parent,” said David Sterrett, senior research scientist with the AP-NORC Center. “Whether it comes in the form of limited job choices because of the need for a schedule that accommodates parenting or having less job security, these groups feel they are missing out on career opportunities compared to their co-workers without children.”
The poll also finds that in order to manage their work and personal lives, two-thirds of adults have chosen a job with a schedule that allows them to manage their other responsibilities and 68% get support from friends or family.
And when thinking about whether to have a child, more than 8 in 10 Americans say having a stable partner and having a secure job are important factors that they consider.
Among the key findings from the report:
• Forty-three percent of adults without a college degree say having a child is an obstacle to getting a raise, while 32% of adults with a college degree say the same.
• Parents are more likely than non-parents to have chosen a job with a schedule such that they can manage their personal responsibilities, spent less time at their job to focus on friends or family, and to have made sure they had support of friends or family.
• Women are more likely than men to have chosen a job with a schedule such that they can manage their personal responsibilities (70% vs 61%) and made sure they had the support of friends or family (73% vs 64%).
• Nearly three-quarters of Americans without children (74%) say having enough savings is an important factor when thinking about their decision whether or not to have children, compared to 59% of parents who said it was important.
• Women are more likely than men to say flexibility at work is important when thinking about whether or not to have a child (74% vs 66%).
This study was conducted by the University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy and the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research with funding from NORC at the University of Chicago.
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If you can’t manage to enhance your PC will nonetheless remain in a position to run video games on lower settings. There are once again numerous techniques to turn off your COMPUTER, however, I have actually covered the two chief ones. When you have picked to acquire a PC, it’s still real that you have to select between a standard computer or a customized PC. Create a Start-up disk to make sure that it is possible to start your COMPUTER as soon as the challenging drive system data are erased or corrupted. pc tips COMPUTER could be running sluggish due to a tremendous collection of start-up programs (apps that start along with the system). Rather than choosing to consider a pretty picture when it is idle, allow the screen to go to rest. Building your own PC is an awesome method to have a deeper comprehension of how computer systems do the work.
Your PC may experience issues. Computers have to be maintained present as well as it’s your duty to produce that happen. The COMPUTER may supply you advising indications it is strained and also you will certainly require to ensure you stay informed concerning the signs that are made. You don’t have to surf the entire COMPUTER and records to get specific documents.
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ceMMent Design is a design studio in the Old City of Jaffa, Israel featuring contemporary household objects, home decor and modern Judaica. Designed by Marit Meisler the objects are handmade from concrete, bringing an architectural quality to household objects. Normally perceived as mundane, this ancient material is used to create everyday objects as well as holy artifacts. Used primarily in architecture on a large scale, concrete is introduced into the home as a small, intimate object. Although concrete is often thought of as a cold and industrial material, the ceMMent designs are warm and tactile. | <urn:uuid:35bb68a9-c701-48d8-9b2d-75bb83017c53> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://moderntribe.com/collections/created-cemment-design | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571210.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810191850-20220810221850-00478.warc.gz | en | 0.966313 | 117 | 1.507813 | 2 |
With his choices of top aides in the areas of economics and national security, President-elect Barack Obama veered toward the center of the Democratic Party, appointing mostly people who initially supported the misbegotten Iraq war (and keeping nominal Republican Robert Gates on at the Pentagon) to national security posts and people with Clinton-era experience to positions dealing with economic issues. In fact, certain elements of the "netroots" and the markedly leftist wing of the party were showing a certain amount of restiveness.
With his choices in the energy and environmental fields, however, he should put such discontent to rest. As the ever-so-green Web site Forecast Earth put it, these choices "suggest Barack Obama is going to be progressive where it really counts."
Stephen Chu, director of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, former chair of the physics department at Stanford and the 1997 Nobel Prize winner in physics, certainly seems qualified to be secretary of energy (if there should be such a position). He heads a laboratory that is part of the Department of Energy, so he is likely to know some of the ropes already.
It should concern taxpayers, however, that, in addition to having developed a keen concern about climate change in the past few years, Mr. Chu is an enthusiastic advocate of aggressively developing nonpetroleum alternative fuels. Besides funding research, that is likely to include major taxpayer subsidies.
As Myron Ebell, director of energy and global warming policy at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, reminded us, however, the government has been subsidizing alternative and renewable energy for 30 years, and progress has been minimal. "I think we would have been further ahead on renewables without government subsidies," he said. "The companies that get these subsidies are seldom competitive or entrepreneurial, focusing on pleasing politicians more than bringing products to market."
Carol Browner, head of the Environmental Protection Agency for eight years under Clinton, will fill a new White House post overseeing and coordinating energy, environmental and climate-change policies. She was brought into the Clinton administration by Al Gore. Does she share his extreme views on the need to get rid of petroleum-based energy within 10 years?
Lisa Jackson, now chief of staff to New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine, is slated to head the EPA. Nancy Sutley, a Los Angeles deputy mayor for environmental affairs, will chair the White House Council on Environmental Quality. Their experience suggests their skills are more political than scientific.
The financial crisis suggests modesty in expanding programs and regulations that increase the cost of doing business. Mr. Obama's choices in energy and environmental affairs suggest a more aggressive, expensive and probably ineffective approach.
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California’s legislature now has 2 “potty parity” bills under review in the state assembly. The bills, (already passed by the senate) would ensure that both men and women have equal access to public restroom changing tables.
Los Angeles father-of-two Doyin Richards (seen below) told Today:
That is basically straight up saying only women change diapers — men don’t change diapers.That’s just not acceptable in 2014 and beyond. It’s just not. Dads like me who are really involved with their children and want to actively be with them and help their kids are very frustrated by this.
According to a government study, Richards isn’t alone. 90% of dads who live with their babies, bathe, diaper or dress them everyday or several times a week.
At this time, there are no state or federal laws that protect a man’s right to diaper duty. However, many businesses do voluntarily provide changing facilities for men.
Additionally, there are places where potty parity is already in practice.
For example, Miami Dade County equires certain new and remodeled businesses – including movie theaters, sports arenas and large restaurants — to have baby changing stations accessible to men and women.
There is a similar law in Pittsburgh. And in San Francisco changing stations for dads has become part of the civil code.
Daddy blogger, Greg Allen began compiling a list of men’s rooms with changing tables in New York City when his first child was born 10 years ago. According to Allen:
Changing tables generally, and in men’s rooms specifically, are now seen as normal; they’re not just for toy stores anymore. Dads will be just as likely as anyone to expect a changing table in the restroom.
He points out that it has gotten easier for dads over the years with changing tables no longer limited to speciality toy stores. He also points to the good standard at airports and Ikea.
Richards highlights that the issue is not about establishments that just cater to adults (i.e. those with no changing rooms at all) – it’s about access to mothers while ignoring fathers completely. While women have been understanding in the past, he shouldn’t have to go into the female bathroom to change his baby. He adds:
If it’s cold outside or it’s rainy outside or whatever is happening, it’s really tough. Do we want to change our children on a grimy public bathroom floor? That’s an option that I see dads do.
Richards hopes that the movement gains momentum and that social media picks up on the cause. He says:
My youngest daughter is 11 months old so I have maybe a year or so left of diapers and then my time is done. But I want to fight for the new dads, the dads who are coming up.
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9 Online Educational Games That Teach Problem Solving Skills to Kids
We all want our kids to be skilled problem solvers. After all, the world is full of it.
Parenting is tougher than most people would expect—at least, 54% of parents agree. But you can reduce that burden a notch.
That's why we compiled these nine online games that teach kids problem-solving skills.
Apart from exploring online games that challenge kids to think strategically, we'll cover
- Escape rooms,
- Adventure gameplay
We'll also get into subject-specific games that keep kids connected to school lessons, including math and language skills.
Moreover, you might worry that they won’t access the right educational games for their ages. Left on their own, kids will stumble on content that's not age-appropriate.
But we don’t want that to happen.
So, we hand-picked the best online games your kids will love learning from even if they hate figuring things out on their own.
Take a look:
9 Best Online Educational Games To Teach Kids Problem Solving Skills
Fun games you’ll find in this list include:
- General adventure gameplays to teach kids strategy,
- Subject-specific games to help kids build math, language, or geography skills,
- Team-building activities that require them to work in groups, and
- Puzzles for learning critical thinking.
Let’s get right to it.
#1 Code Breaker
Age Rating: EC (3 - 8)
This interactive game from Odd Squad will help your kids learn how to count and identify numbers, shapes, and patterns. Players can generate a number or shape following given rules and identify certain features that aren’t explicit in the rules.
Code Breaker is an extension of the PBS show, Odd Squad, which is the perfect mix of action and science fiction.
Throw in some educational bits and you’ve got an awesome after-school activity for your child. Gamified learning content like this allows your kids to become skilled problem solvers.
#2 Interactive Math Games
Age Rating: EC (3 - 14)
Most kids (adults too) find math either boring or challenging. It’s easy to zone out while the math teacher drones on about algebras and equations in the classroom.
Thankfully, technology has made math fun. Your child can subtract integers and match equivalent fractions while squashing fruits.
The sound effects in the game are also fascinating for younger kids. You can find problems from early math to pre-algebra in interactive game forms suitable for children in pre-k to the eighth grade. These games allow kids to develop important age-appropriate math skills.
#3 Sorting Box
Age Rating: EC (3 - 6)
Sid the Science Kid is another category of interactive games for children by PBS. It educates them on various topics and useful life skills. The game, Sorting Box, teaches your kid to sort items by colors, traits, and features while placing them into different columns.
The character Sid, also offers useful tips and advice to players who get confused, making it easy for your child to have fun and learn effectively. Encourage your preschoolers’ curiosity about the world and how it works with this fun game.
Age Rating: E (7+)
Now, this is a game everyone in the family can enjoy. If you have younger children who prefer group activities you could play Sudoku for kids. The rules are the same as traditional Sudoku puzzles except that the grids are easier and may substitute the numbers for letters or shapes.
Where the game is concerned, more is fun, so be sure to include your kids’ friends. Allow them to improve their decision-making skills and the art of compromise.
Stay connected with your buddies from school and friends from the neighborhood, solve puzzles as a team, and have loads more excitement with stable internet from GVTC.
#5 Oddstacle Course
Age Rating: EC (4+)
This entry from Odd Squad is an obstacle course game that allows players to cruise around different continents in a van, collecting trophies and points. The game plot involves fixing the oddness around the world caused by villains. Your kids get to defeat giant snowmen, enormous jelly beans, gargantuan babies, and more while building their geography skills.
With the help of the Odd Squad, they travel the world, gather clues to reveal the villain, and solve various problems. Oddstacle course provides both fun and critical thinking for kids.
#6 Room Recess
Age Rating: E (7 - 12)
The more enjoyable a task is, the more kids engage with it. Reading games are no exception. As a parent, it’s important to get your child to enjoy reading since its success depends on how long they spend on the task.
That’s where reading games come in handy. Interactive options like Reading Ninja and Sir Readalot teach kids all about conclusions, figurative language, context clues, syllables, fact, and opinion. Elementary students can focus on specific educational standards by learning new skills that challenge their comprehension levels.
#7 Crossword Puzzles
Age Rating: E (7+)
Puzzles are another fantastic means of occupying your child’s time since they allow them to practice spelling and expand their vocabulary. Kids develop positive self-esteem through the game when they complete a crossword puzzle - especially when they require little to no help from parental figures. You can find puzzles covering various genres, topics, and children’s stories for the family to enjoy.
Pro tip — Create a custom crossword puzzle game for everyone to enjoy at family game nights, or for kids’ sleepovers at Crossword Labs.
#8 Brain Den
Age Rating: E10+
Brain Den features all kinds of puzzles and fun brain teasers from Logic Riddles, Alphametics, to Paradoxes. Test your child’s logic and problem-solving skills with a collection of puzzles of varying difficulty levels. Encourage their creativity by allowing them to come up with new riddles.
You can pull up puzzles from this category and use them during game nights and other fun family activities.
#9 Push-Pull Puzzles
Age Rating: EC (4 - 8)
This game was created by PBS to improve STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) culture in children from underserved communities.
The Push-Pull Puzzles teach kids basic physics concepts by navigating characters through whimsical obstacle courses. The game follows the Scientific Method of breaking levels into two major stages - planning and testing.
In the first phase, the player observes a problem before them, develops a hypothesis, before testing it by pushing and pulling objects around. Help your kids practice critical thinking skills as they solve fun puzzles and explore science techniques.
Safe Educational Online Gaming for Your Kids
Now that you know all the educational games that teach kids different logical and problem-solving skills, you can rest easy. Thanks to the entries listed here, your children can continue learning even when school isn’t in session. And now they can enjoy themselves while developing new skills.
Are you uncomfortable with your kids spending all their free time on social media or playing games with adult ratings? Now’s the time for some educational games.
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NUR-649E Topic 5 Distance Education Learning
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Describe an issue that impacts distance-education learning. The selected issue can be a faculty issue, student issue, or administrative issue. Examine the issue and its significance to distance education.
Assume that you are in a leadership position for the development of either nursing or patient education. Propose strategies on how your organization can meet challenges posed by the issue you selected in order to continue providing quality distance-education learning. Support your proposal by incorporating evidence-based literature and relevant professional standards.
This assignment may be completed in one of the formats (with quantitative criteria) listed below (Note: You must select a format different than the format you submitted for the Topic 3 assignment):
- APA-formatted paper (1,000-1,250 words)
- PowerPoint presentation with comprehensive speakers' notes (12-15 slides)
- Podcast (10-15 minutes)
- Blog or Web page (1,000-1,250 words)
- Any other technology application as approved by the instructor
In addition to the course materials, you are required to use a minimum of three current scholarly, evidence-based, peer-reviewed resources (less than 5 years old).
APA format is required for essays only. Solid academic writing is always expected. For all assignment delivery options, documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
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Over the past decade, the country has been battling a public health crisis that has devastated so many families. Thousands of Americans have died due to a mixture of street drugs and synthetic opioids that have flooded the streets, from overseas.
However, despite the previous numbers, drug overdose deaths in the United States have decreased only slightly between 2017 and 2018. These claims come from preliminary government data released Wednesday, marking the first time since 1990 that there has been such decline.
During 2017, more than 70,000 drug overdose deaths occurred in the U.S. yet new provisional reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention claims that 68,557 people died from drug overdoses in the U.S. in 2018,-announcing a 5% decline.
Andrew Kolodny, the co-director of opioid policy research at Brandeis University explained the results in a New York Times interview saying, “It looks like there’s light at the end of the tunnel”, Yet he added, “there’s nothing to celebrate because the death toll is still very high.”
A finalized overdose report is expected to surface at the end of the year. The current report total is only based on finished death investigation.
Regardless of the slight decrease, the projected number of fatal drug overdoses for 2018 still beats the peak deaths related to HIV in 1995, deaths involving guns in 2017 and total car crashed in the year 1972. Year after year, the decline of the nation is attributable to the aggressive approach to eliminate the overprescribing of opioid painkillers. The data currently shows the numbers for overdose deaths involving opioids like fentanyl; however, stimulants like methamphetamine and cocaine have increased over the last few years.
“America’s united efforts to curb opioid use disorder and addiction are working,” Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar stated in a statement. Other threats should not be pushed to the side, like the total number of cocaine and methamphetamine-related overdoses.
“While the declining trend of overdose deaths is an encouraging sign, by no means have we declared victory against the epidemic of addiction in general,” Azar added. “This crisis developed over two decades, and it will not be solved overnight.”
The last time the CDC was able to announce an overdose death decline was in 1990.
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Many adult organs contain stem cells, which are pluripotent and are involved in organ maintenance and repair after injury. In situ, these cells often have a low cycling rate and locate in specialized regions (niches). To detect such cells in the kidney, we administered a pulse of the nucleotide bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) to rat and mouse pups and, after a long (more than 2-month) chase, examined whether the kidney contained a population of low-cycling cells. We found that in the adult kidney, BrdU-retaining cells were very sparse except in the renal papilla, where they were numerous. During the repair phase of transient renal ischemia, these cells entered the cell cycle and the BrdU signal quickly disappeared from the papilla, despite the absence of apoptosis in this part of the kidney. In vitro isolation of renal papillary cells showed them to have a plastic phenotype that could be modulated by oxygen tension and that when injected into the renal cortex, they incorporated into the renal parenchyma. In addition, like other stem cells, papillary cells spontaneously formed spheres. Single-cell clones of these cells coexpressed mesenchymal and epithelial proteins and gave rise to myofibroblasts, cells expressing neuronal markers, and cells of uncharacterized phenotype. These data indicate that the renal papilla is a niche for adult kidney stem cells.
Juan A. Oliver, Omar Maarouf, Faisal H. Cheema, Timothy P. Martens, Qais Al-Awqati
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As a young man, Lamartine’s first literary attempts were in the area of the epic and the drama. In 1848, after the Revolution of that year, Lamartine was made head of the provisional government of France. His liberal sympathies were known throughout the nation, and he was immensely popular. Yet it is neither as an epic poet, nor as a dramatist, nor still less as a politician that Lamartine is best known. His lasting fame has depended principally on his POETICAL MEDITATIONS, lyrical elegies about love and nature, life and God.
The French public had no doubts about the originality of the POETICAL MEDITATIONS when they first appeared in 1820. They had a resounding success; added to by Lamartine, they later ran into many editions. It is worth recalling that at this time, with the extension of public education, first by the men of the Revolution, then by Napoleon, it was possible to reach a much wider public than had ever before been the case. This factor needs to be cited in a consideration of the literature of the period. To a public living with the memory of Napoleonic splendor, yet tired of wars; with a great appetite for literature, while scarcely intellectual, Lamartine’s idealistic poetry of spirituality and sensibility appealed greatly.
By his dates, Lamartine may be situated among the French Romantics. In fact, his themes are the eternal themes of poetry, the prerogative of no single school. Moreover, the form of his poetry does not, at first sight, offer any noticeable break with the past. Yet by its lyrical qualities—its musicality and its intimate expression of deep, personal feelings—this verse must situate its creator in the vanguard of the French poets generally held to be Romantic.
The reputation of Lamartine has not remained constant. Toward the end of his life, poor and neglected, he wrote to make money and considered himself a galley slave of writing. One of the reasons for this neglect was the vogue, under Napoleon III, of the Parnassians, to the exclusion of others. In part, the Parnassians may be viewed as reacting against Lamartine, or at least against his example. Poetry, wrote Lamartine, is “the incarnation of that which is most intimate in man’s heart, and most divine in his thought.” This and many similar pronouncements must be held partly responsible for the chaos that marks the attempts at finding a Romantic doctrine in France. The best of Lamartine has been highly esteemed by many critics, granted grudging praise by others. Even that element often considered the greatest attribute of Lamartine’s poetry, its insubstantial, ethereal quality, has been deplored by those who long for high relief, color, precision, solidity.
The most famous of the Meditations is “The Lake.” It was originally entitled “Ode to the Bourget Lake.” This finest of love elegies seems to owe much, directly and indirectly, to Jean Jacques Rousseau. The theme of a return alone to a place filled with memories of love and happiness recalls THE NEW HELOISE by the eighteenth century writer. The direct inspiration for the poem, as for many in the collection, is Mme. Charles, the “Elvire” of the POETICAL MEDITATIONS. Lamartine had met her at Aix-les-Bains and immediately formed a very deep attachment for her. A proposed reunion between them did not take place because of her illness and death. “The Lake” was written before her death in December, 1817, when her illness prevented her from coming to meet the poet.
In this piece the writer has returned alone to the lake. He feels forlorn at the thought that his happiness, which had been of short duration, is already threatened. He cannot help expressing his anguish at the rapid flight of time:
Jealous time, can it be that these mo-ments of intoxicationWhen love pours happiness for us inlong draughts,Fly far from us with the same speedAs days of misfortune?
He wishes his love to be preserved at least as a memory. Aware of the transitory nature of all of man’s life, the poet implores the...
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New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez is drawing criticism from a liberal group for vetoing legislation that would have required the state to expedite the occupational and professional licenses of domestic partners of gay military service members.
The Republican governor signed into law a nearly identical measure but it applies to spouses of military members — not domestic partners in a same-sex relationship.
A spokesman for the governor said Monday that Martinez would have signed the proposal had it included a definition of domestic partner that met guidelines established by the Defense Department. The vetoed proposal contained no definition of a domestic partner.
Liberal advocacy group Progress New Mexico said there's no excuse for the veto when gays and lesbians can openly serve in the military.
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North Carolina Fund
The North Carolina Fund, a statewide antipoverty program for rural and urban communities, operated from 1963 to 1968. In those five years, the fund received and spent more than $13 million in what director George Esser described as a "quest for new ways to enable the poor to become productive citizens, to encourage self-reliance, and to foster institutional, political, economic, and social change designed to strengthen the functioning of democratic society." Inspired by Governor Terry Sanford and his assistant, John Ehle, the Ford Foundation provided initial funds for a demonstration program that would be dissolved after five years. Additional money from North Carolina foundations and the federal government enabled the fund to expand its support for education, community action, manpower development, research and planning, training and leadership development, and other efforts to fight poverty.
The largest of the fund's worker development programs was Manpower Improvement through Community Effort, which established field offices in eastern North Carolina to assist unemployed workers and their families using local resources. Mobility, the other major manpower effort, recruited unemployed rural people, developed jobs in industrial areas, and helped families to move and adapt to new jobs and homes.
Other programs sponsored by the North Carolina Fund included a summer volunteer project for college students, training for community leaders and workers, training for members of the federal VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America), and internships and curriculum development programs in colleges. Some organizations and programs established by the North Carolina Fund continued after the fund's termination, including the Learning Institute of North Carolina to improve public education, the Foundation for Community Development to facilitate economic development and leadership training, and the Low-Income Housing Development Corporation to assist communities in developing private, low-income housing and explore home ownership for low-income citizens.
Grade 8: Poor Power: The North Carolina Fund & the Battle to End Poverty & Inequality in 1960s America. North Carolina Civic Education Consortium. http://civics.sites.unc.edu/files/2012/04/NCFund.pdf
North Carolina Fund, This Day In NC History, UNC: http://www.lib.unc.edu/ncc/ref/nchistory/jul2005/index.html
Governor Terry Sanford's and the North Carolina Fund: http://www.unctv.org/60s/nc_fund.html
The North Carolina Fund Records, 1962-1971, UNC-CH Libraries: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/n/North_Carolina_Fund.html
Picturing the North Carolina Fund, iBiblio: http://www.ibiblio.org/ncfund/fundframes.html
To right these wrongs : the North Carolina Fund and the battle to end poverty and inequality in 1960s America. By Robert Rodgers Korstad; James L Leloudis; Billy E Barnes; Video Dialog Inc: https://www.worldcat.org/title/to-right-these-wrongs-the-north-carolina-fund-and-the-battle-to-end-poverty-and-inequality-in-1960s-america/oclc/441211796
§ 143B‑437.71. One North Carolina Fund established as a special revenue fund, NC General Assembly: https://www.ncleg.net/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_143B/GS_143B-437.71.html
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The tiny Swiss ski town of Tenna recently put itself on the map with the world’s first solar wing-powered chair lift! While solar-powered lifts arepopping up in ski resorts all over the world, this is the only one with a string of photovoltaic “wings” that float on a string above the lift chairs all the way up the mountain. The little lift is quite popular – it shuttles 800 skiers an hour – and its solar wings dot the white slops with their unique shape, bringing new meaning to the term “black diamond.”
When the small town of Tenna, population 112, needed to restore their rickety old chair lift two years ago, city planners decided to go solar. Since the lift’s main station had a roof too small to accommodate the number of solar panels needed, a suspension bridge was designed to hold the panels above ground. The 50 yard system of wires holds 82 wings that rotate to follow the sun and can tilt to remove excess snow. The panels also offer skiers a heated seat for their ride up the slopes.
Opened to the public only two months ago, the lift is expected to produce over 90,000 kilowatt hours of energy each year. On a sunny day, the lift already produces twice as much power as it consumes, making it an ideal green power plant during Tenna’s off seasons.
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Welcome to Part V of Roll Call! In this ten part series I'll be focusing on the identification and execution of rolls in the five styles of music we play. Today we'll be concentrating on the jig style. The jig style is written in 6/8 (a compound time signature). Compound time signatures are based on groups of three as opposed to the march and round reel styles that are based predominantly on groups of two and four. The rolls most commonly found in the jig style are as follows:
- Four Stroke Rolls
- Five Stroke Rolls
- Six Stroke Rolls
- Seven Stroke Rolls
- Eight Stroke Rolls
- Nine Stroke Rolls
- Sixteen Stroke Rolls
- Seventeen Stroke Rolls
Let's begin with fours and fives...
Four and Five Stroke Rolls
Both four and five stroke rolls begin with an eighth note. The first three examples below demonstrate how a four stroke roll appears when it begins on the first, second and third note of the triplet. Example #4 shows how the appearance of the four changes slightly when it begins on a single eighth note not physically connected to a triplet. The second row of examples are all five stroke rolls that differ from the fours slightly in that they begin with a buzz stroke and not a tap. This is indicated by the lack of an accent on the first note of the roll.
Six and Seven Stroke Rolls
Sixes and sevens can be recognized easily as they almost always start with a quarter note. In lower grade scores this is almost always the case as in examples #1 and #2. In example #3, which happens occasionally in upper grade scores, the sixes and sevens can begin on the third note of a triplet (an eighth note) and contain a "hidden" roll note. It should be noted that the first eighth note, when combined with the "hidden" eighth note, equal a quarter note. As with fours and fives, sixes have an accent on the first note and sevens do not.
Eight and Nine Stroke Rolls
Eight and nine stroke rolls are exactly one beat long (they are worth three eighth notes or, more commonly, a dotted quarter note). In lower grades nine stroke rolls are most commonly played on the beat as in example #1. In higher grade scores eights and nines can be played on either the second note of the triplet as in example #2 or the third note of the triplet as in example #3. Note that in examples #2 and #3 the starting note plus the "hidden" note add up to a dotted quarter note.
Sixteen and Seventeen Stroke Rolls
This is the first appearance of sixteen stroke rolls on this website. They are very rare and only appear occasionally in the jig and strathspey styles. The same holds true for seventeen stroke rolls. However, just because they are rare doesn't mean they don't pop up every once in a while. When you do see either a sixteen or seventeen it can be identified by the fact that it starts on either a dotted half note, as in example #1, or a dotted quarter note (used if the roll doesn't begin on the first beat of the bar).
In example #2 above, the sixteen begins on the second beat of the bar on a dotted quarter note but uses a "hidden" roll note. In example #3 the sixteen is written differently. It is played the same way as in example #1 but uses two dotted quarter notes tied together to show the number of beat involved. Older pipe band drum scores, and classical snare drum music, use this way of notating rolls. "Hidden" roll notes are found only in pipe band drumming notation. Example #4 shows the older way of writing example #2. Either way of writing these longer rolls is acceptable.
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'Smart People': Theater Review
Mahershala Ali, Joshua Jackson, Anne Son and Tessa Thompson play multi-culti Harvard intellectuals tripping up on racial and sexual politics in Lydia R. Diamond's topical comedy.
If Lydia R. Diamond's Smart People hadn't premiered in Boston in 2014, it would be natural to assume it was tailored to this specific moment, when Hollywood is squirming over its spotty record of diversity representation, and one of the leading candidates for the Republican presidential ticket is running on a xenophobia platform. Seldom do contemporary American plays tap so directly into the cultural conversation as it's happening. That pinpoint convergence energizes Kenny Leon's jazzy production and his sizzling four-person cast, making stimulating entertainment out of a play whose narrative momentum occasionally falls short of its thematic perspicacity.
Leon (who recently earned plaudits for directing The Wiz Live! on NBC) last collaborated with Diamond on Broadway in 2011 on Stick Fly, which dug into race, class and gender politics in the context of a quarrelsome upper middle class African American family. (The play is being developed as a series by HBO.) This sharper follow-up work touches on some of the same subjects but moves away from the domestic structure to frame its arguments within a liberal professional orbit. The result is both a provocative dialectic and a lively comedy, with prickly characters that push back against one another's preconceptions, often questioning their own in the process.
Unfolding in 2008, the year leading up to Barack Obama's inauguration, the play takes well-aimed shots at the illusion of a post-racial America, using its timing in recent history to make us consider what, if anything, has changed in the eight years since the nation elected its first black president. All four characters are connected to Harvard, so it's not ignorant bigotry that Diamond is putting under her microscope but the subtle strains of prejudice that inform the views and behavior of even the most educated self-identified liberals.
Posed with playful seriousness, the key question is this: Is a negative response to racial difference hardwired into our brains? The answer appears to be yes, according to a controversial study in patterns and perceptions of racial identity by the tellingly named Brian White (Joshua Jackson), a professor in neuroscience. He's doing penance teaching thankless undergrad courses after his op-ed pieces and NPR appearances kicked up a firestorm by exposing Harvard's "aggressive passivity" on race and discrimination.
Brian's study is also making African Americans nervous, among them his basketball buddy Jackson Moore (Mahershala Ali), a surgical intern at a Boston teaching hospital who also runs a clinic for low-income patients in Chinatown. While he's skilled and dedicated, he's also a hothead with no filter, which gets him into trouble whenever his white supervisors start second-guessing his decisions.
Jackson meets Valerie Johnston (Tessa Thompson) in the emergency room, and their chemistry is apparent from their first date. But even between these two black characters, ingrained attitudes of racism, sexism and classism get in the way, from Jackson's side in particular. He seems pleased when her taste for hot sauce shows that she's "down," but when she points out the absurdity of that assumption he calls her "saddity," using the black slang for a stuck-up woman.
Valerie is a recent acting MFA graduate. Her scenes of professional discrimination are hilarious, from a reporter's patronizing questions about her "color-blind casting" in Julius Caesar to a priceless audition in which she arrives expecting to read for the social worker, only to learn she's up for the "ghetto" role. To make rent, Valerie does housecleaning gigs (viewed by Jackson as setting herself back to the type of work that was their mothers' and grandmothers' only option) and signs up as Brian's office assistant. She also campaigns for Obama.
The many scenes in which we see and hear only one side of (usually tense) two-way conversations — whether it's Valerie with a casting director, Jackson with senior hospital staff or Brian with a disgruntled Harvard dean — are charged with electricity. That applies to Diamond's writing, Leon's driving direction and to the terrific performances. Some of the funniest of those scenes involve the fourth character, Ginny Yang (Anne Son), a brittle psychology professor of mixed Chinese-Japanese origin, who gets her control kicks in compulsive shopping, turning each transaction into a combative standoff.
Ginny is studying patterns of self-limiting behavior in Asian American women, which leads her to Jackson's clinic looking for interview subjects. However, even in one-on-one sessions with a troubled psych patient, she observes rather than empathizes. "I'm uncomfortable celebrating my marginalization with other disgruntled marginalized people," she unapologetically admits. Ginny meets Brian on a Harvard panel for "minority matriculation, retention and recruitment," which both of them approach with an undisguised eye roll, and while she doesn't really do the girlfriend thing, they fall into a kind of a relationship.
The occasional scene doesn't entirely ring true, such as when Ginny services Brian like a docile geisha in the sack, in order to prove the point that despite all his posturing he's still "a white male patriarchal asshole," to use his own chastened words. And the play at times feels less like a developing narrative then a succession of whip-smart scenes illustrating variations on a theme. Paradoxically, for a work written by a woman, the male characters have a more robust arc than their female counterparts, who have learned and lost much less by the end. But it's hard to quibble with a play that remains so consistently intelligent, scathingly funny and even affecting in its understated way.
It also seems fitting, given the racially motivated discord still festering across the country, that the ending should attempt no tidy resolutions. But Diamond does tie it up with an effective dinner-party scene, during which all four characters come together for the first time, acknowledging their differences in ways ranging from bitterness through amusement to resignation.
Leon drives the action along at a brisk pace, conducting overlapping scenes on Riccardo Hernandez's spare institutional set, with sometimes as many as four parallel conversations happening at once. If that causes a momentary loss of clarity here and there, it doesn't diminish the nonstop volley of talking points, for the most part deftly integrated into the characters' interactions. This is a play with a lot on its mind, and yet it never veers into the didactic.
All four actors are making impressive New York stage debuts after coming up primarily in film and television, and there's not a weak link in the bunch. Jackson strikes just the right balance between arrogance and sincerity in Brian, his cockiness slowly deflating as he slides from Harvard golden boy to pariah. While his role involves some repetition that could benefit from trimming, his final reckoning packs the most weight as he blurts out wounded statements that expose the deep-rooted sense of white privilege he tries to deny.
He's superbly matched with Son, whose needling character lets no questionable racial or sexual slight go unremarked. Ginny's aggressive edges are played for spiky humor, but she also suggests a softer side when she reveals the pressures and insecurities that come with a MacArthur "genius" grant. Ginny also makes the astute point that race in America is literally such a black and white conversation that Asians and everyone else tend to get bundled under the all-inclusive "other" heading and then ignored.
Thompson, who turned heads onscreen in another edgy satire of racial identity, Dear White People, nails both the sardonic manner and the gnawing dissatisfaction of a character that wants both professional fulfillment and romantic connection but is unwilling to compromise who she is to get either.
The cast's major revelation though is Ali. Familiar as the shrewd lobbyist-turned-White House Chief of Staff on House of Cards, he proves himself here to be a natural-born stage animal with charisma to burn. A towering specimen of sculpted masculinity, he responds to Brian's earnest question as to whether Jackson let him win at basketball with a pitying look that says is all. But just for good measure, he deadpans: "Look at me." Watching Valerie and Jackson circle one another with wary attraction is agonizing since they seem predestined to be together if they could just get some perspective on their differences. But then, that seems to be everybody’s trouble.
Venue: Second Stage Theatre, New York
Cast: Mahershala Ali, Joshua Jackson, Anne Son, Tessa Thompson
Director: Kenny Leon
Playwright: Lydia R. Diamond
Set designer: Riccardo Hernandez
Costume designer: Paul Tazewell
Lighting designer: Jason Lyons
Music: Zane Mark
Sound designer: Nevin Steinberg
Projection designer: Zachary G. Borovay
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As with the symptoms of cancer, the treatment plan for your pet’s cancer will depend on the type of cancer, the stage of cancer, and the location of the cancer. Because cancer is such a major diagnosis, it might make sense to get a second opinion from another veterinarian so that you can determine the treatment plan that makes the most sense for your pet, your family, and yourself. A veterinary oncologist is a good choice for a second opinion, as they can perform diagnostic tests such as an abdominal ultrasound, and can perform biopsies.
In order to diagnose your pet with cancer, the vet will generally need to do a thorough physical and take a medical history. Be sure to tell your vet about any symptoms you have noticed from your cat or dog, like unexpected weight loss or lethargy. Any personality change or adjustment to habits is worth noting at this point. As well as the physical, your vet may take blood in order to do a complete blood count. Blood tests may reveal signs of some cancers, such as feline leukemia. X-rays and other scans can be used to find signs of tumors inside your pet, such as in the lungs. If your pet has a lump, the vet may take a biopsy to reveal if the tumor is malignant or not.
Major Treatment Options
Many times, several treatment methods will be used in conjunction in order to best attack the cancer in your pet. The basic options for treatment are:
The goal of surgery is to remove the cancerous growth from your pet. This is most effective if the cancer has not metastasized, and is often used in conjunction with chemotherapy and radiology.
Chemotherapy drugs are more helpful in humans than they are in pets; in cats, the drugs are used to put cats in remission (and not to cure them). With dogs, chemotherapy is also not generally used as a curative either; rather, vets use chemotherapy on dogs as a mode of controlling the disease’s progress.
Cryotherapy and Hyperthermy
Both of these treatments can be used to remove tumors from pets. Cryotherapy uses cold temperatures to freeze off growths, and hyperthermy does the reverse, using heat to burn growths off pets.
This technique aims to use the body’s immune system response to fight the cancerous cells within your pet’s body.
For tumors that are in locations that aren’t reachable by surgery, cryotherapy, or hypertherapy, radiation can be used to access the tumor and eradicate it. This method needs to be done in a medical center or hospital with the appropriate equipment available.
The prognosis for a cat or dog’s diagnosis with cancer depends on many things -- the stage of the cancer, the location of any tumor, and the type of cancer. In many cases, going after a cure isn’t possible, and the goal of treatment is primarily your pet’s comfort, or a brief remission. Cancer treatments can extend your pet’s life by weeks, months, or years depending on the diagnosis and treatment options available.
More on Types of Cancer
Mast Cell Cancer in Pets
Bone Cancer in Pets
Lymphoma in Cats and Dogs
Histiocytosis in Pets
This information is for informational purposes only and is not meant as a substitute for the professional advice of, or diagnosis or treatment by, your veterinarian with respect to your pet. It has, however, been verified by a licensed veterinarian for accuracy. | <urn:uuid:e29bc07c-ae63-44ad-b5d7-cc2f511b40ed> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.petcarerx.com/article/treatments-for-cancer-in-dogs-and-cats/679 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282926.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00391-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932631 | 719 | 2.421875 | 2 |
The Gray’s Creek Water and Sewer District was created in 2009 as part of the masterplan for developing a countywide water system. After a failed bond referendum in 2011 to bring public water to the Gray’s Creek district, the County did not move forward with developing a water system.
In 2017, GenX and other emerging per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) were identified in drinking water wells in Cumberland County near the Chemours facility. A Consent Order signed in 2019 between the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Cape Fear River Watch and Chemours requires Chemours to sample private wells for GenX and PFAS and to provide alternate drinking water to residents whose water tests above the health advisory level.
In response to the contamination, Cumberland County is moving forward with Phase 1 of a water expansion project for the Gray’s Creek District. The first phase includes getting public potable water to Alderman Road and Gray’s Creek Elementary Schools and to allow connections from residents along the route.
The Board of Commissioners has allocated $21 million for the project and the County is seeking additional funding from State and Federal grants to complete the project. As the County moves forward with this project staff plan to engage the community to discuss early sign-ups, reduced tap fees and to receive the public’s participation in the water system. | <urn:uuid:37944c82-d25e-4038-a13b-05d985b8c26b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.co.cumberland.nc.us/departments/engineering-group/engineering/public-utilities/gray's-creek | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570741.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808001418-20220808031418-00070.warc.gz | en | 0.952621 | 280 | 2.546875 | 3 |
When - after a long period of inactivity because of lack of time - I finally decided to put things back in working order, I found I had interferences from two sources:
Pagers An extremely strong signal, just above the weather satellite band, blocked the TDA7000 and desensitized it noticeably. As these were pulse transmissions, random horizontal lineas appeared on the images.
OrbComm On alternating lines, very regularly, new interference lines appeared. The alternating lines suggested 1 Hz signals. Through the internet, I found out that this interference was due to a new satellite constellation, dedicated to vehicle communications, from a firm called OrbComm. For unfatomable reasons, their frequencies are distributed right in the middle of the satellite band.
According to some texts (excuses?), the frequencies were carefully selected to not interfere with the NOAAs, but, honestly, one would need a professional receiver to distinguish two signals so closely spaced. Who has a budget to buy such a receiver? And I'm not really talking about amateur reception only...
To promote security (I'm guessing here), the OrbComm satellites regularly change frequencies. The standard transmission is at a quite low baud rate, but there is also a satellite (also variable) which actually transmits at a high rate, continuously, and this produces interference over the entire width of the image.
Audio amplifier: Inherited from the original receiver.
It's just a simple 5W amplifier with a TDA2002 amplifier and provides
ample audio level.
As usual, these modification projects initiate during the summer, when
component accesibility dwindles to a minimum due to the holidays.
The main problem was thus to make do with whatever came out of the
Input converter: This converter takes the 137 MHz signal, amplifies it somewhat, and then mixes it with a crystal oscillator signal, down to 12 MHz. This converter is also an inheritance from the original receiver.
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Course explores methods and content for teaching music and art in the early childhood and elementary classrooms, allowing for exploration of self-expression. Students will examine research on integrating music and art into core subject areas to enhance teaching units and encourage creativity and exploration. Students will create lesson plans using music and art to encourage self-expression, build community, and ignite joy in learning. Attention will be given to state and national standards governing these areas. | <urn:uuid:66692c8a-6e4e-4e13-838e-ab178c49da6b> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.multnomah.edu/academics/courses/?c=EDU525&s=01&y=2014&sem=SPRG | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281450.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00179-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.886152 | 91 | 3.234375 | 3 |
Mogadishu, 21 December 2016 – A new contribution of US$2.2 million from the Government of Sweden to the Somalia Humanitarian Fund (SHF) has immediately been allocated by the Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Mr. Peter de Clercq, to support humanitarian response to drought affected families. “Sweden’s timely contribution to the Somalia Humanitarian Fund is greatly appreciated as it will help us boost response at a critical time to assist the most vulnerable communities affected by the prolonged drought conditions,” said Mr. de Clercq.
Nairobi, 2 December 2016 — The Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Peter de Clercq, today made an urgent appeal for humanitarian assistance amid worsening drought conditions that have left hundreds of thousands of Somalis facing severe food and water shortages. He made the call during a briefing with the international community in Nairobi, highlighting the urgency of responding to the drought situation in Somalia. “Drought in Puntland and Somaliland has deepened and spread to southern and central regions of the country as well.
Mogadishu, 20 September 2016 — Five million Somalis – more than 40 per cent of the country’s population – do not have sufficient food, according to a new assessment report released today in Mogadishu. This includes over 300,000 children under five who are acutely malnourished, including more than 50,000 children who are severely malnourished and more vulnerable than any other group.
Mogadishu, 9 September 2016 — The Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia, Peter de Clercq, released US$7 million on 26 August from the multi-donor Somalia Humanitarian Fund to scale up lifesaving and life sustaining assistance to strengthen protection services to internally displaced persons in Mogadishu.
The Gu rains from April to June 2016 provided some relief and reduced the impact of the drought in parts of Puntland and Somaliland. According to the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) managed Somalia Water and Land Information Management (SWALIM) Awdal, Woqooyi Galbeed and Toghdeer regions received near average to above average rainfall compared to the long term mean for the period. Recovery from the drought nevertheless remains very slow. The remaining parts of Somaliland, and most areas in Puntland recorded below average rains that were sporadic and ended prematurely. | <urn:uuid:90e686ae-0bda-44c1-8571-0712f44007b8> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://reliefweb.int/organization/un-rchc-somalia | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560285315.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095125-00573-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.936303 | 492 | 1.710938 | 2 |
Is growing weed sustainable? The answer is complicated.
One serving of cannabis likely has a higher greenhouse gas footprint than a beer or cigarette.
In March, New York legalized cannabis, making it one of a handful of states that have decided to legalize recreational marijuana just this year. Cannabis, including medicinal and recreational, is legal in more states than illegal now, which means more state-regulated grow operations are popping up around the country.
Researchers across the country, including at the University of California Berkeley’s Cannabis Research Center, are interested in examining how cannabis cultivation impacts the land and environment. Ariani Wartenberg, a postdoctoral fellow at UC Berkeley, is an author of a recent article that reviewed all studies that have looked at the environmental impacts of cannabis. “I was surprised, actually, at how few I found. I expected there would be more,” Wartenberg says of the studies they were able to include in the review paper.
[Related: Can you overdose on weed?]
The reasons that the impact of cannabis cultivation on the environment hasn’t been studied much is likely twofold, Wartenberg says. Looking into federally illegal substances is tricky, even when it comes to things like their impacts on mental health. The stigma against these substances means that empirical studies of the environmental impact of cannabis didn’t become mainstream until about a decade ago.
Studying cannabis is important because it isn’t lumped in with traditional agriculture as far as regulations go, says Van Butsic, study author and Cannabis Research Center co-director. “One of the reasons why we do research on cannabis is because it has a sort of unique and separate social and cultural history than other agricultural crops,” he says.
While the environmental impact of cannabis cultivation is a new area of research, early studies show that sustainability needs to be an important consideration of cannabis cultivation. Research from Colorado State University shows that one serving of THC has a much higher greenhouse gas footprint than a serving of beer, wine, or cigarettes. One of the biggest reasons for this disparity—energy-intensive indoor growing.
In Wartenberg’s review paper, the researchers identified six major areas to look at to assess the environmental impacts of cannabis: air pollution, pesticide use, water use, energy use, land cover change, and water pollution.
Some of these impact areas, the researchers say, apply to any sort of crops, such as water use and land use. But because cannabis is easy to grow almost anywhere, it is often grown indoors. Eighty percent of Colorado’s one million pounds of cannabis grown annually comes from indoor farming. When farmers grow plants without natural sunlight, they can expect more of a strain on energy use than outdoor or mixed-light methods.
One primary concern with indoor growing is energy use for lighting and air circulation. A recent study shows that indoor cannabis cultivation is on its way to becoming a significant greenhouse gas producer in the US. Colorado’s weed industry accounts for 1.3 percent of the state’s total greenhouse gas production. That’s about the same emissions from coal mining in the state, according to the study authors. The same study found greenhouse gas emissions from cannabis cultivation vary based on the region of the US, with the highest amount coming from cannabis grown in the Mountain West, Midwest, Alaska, and Hawaii. Meanwhile, southern California and coastal regions make for less demanding growth regions thanks to mild climates.
Other studies have shown that growing cannabis can also impact air quality. Cannabis plants, like all plants, emit gasses called biogenic volatile organic compounds, or BVOCs. A 2019 study in Colorado measured how much BVOCs are produced by cannabis cultivated indoors. These gases are a precursor to ozone formation, and further research showed that in Colorado, indoor cannabis cultivation could increase ozone pollution. Ground-level ozone is a pollutant that causes coughing and airway inflammation, so more research is needed to determine if indoor cannabis cultivation poses unique air quality risks.
Quantifying the overall environmental impact of cannabis cultivation is difficult because of illegal or trespass farming done without state permits. It is difficult to quantify how many illegal farms there are in any state. Still, in northern California, Butsic says, it is a lot. “In northern California, where we’ve done the finest grain research and the most research, over two-thirds of the farms are not permitted,” he says.
An illegal grow operation isn’t necessarily bad for the environment, Butsic says. Many growers have been operating for decades and simply don’t have the money to spend on the permitting process. But on the other hand, an illegal grow operation doesn’t undergo the same testing for pesticides as a permitted site in California. How rigorously states measure pesticides in legal medicinal or recreational cannabis varies a lot from state to state and is far from consistent. There are instances where dangerous rodenticides have been found in animals near trespass cultivation sites. There also isn’t much research about how pesticides applied to cannabis may impact human health because those chemicals could directly impact the lungs when smoked.
The group at Berkeley and other nonprofits such as the Cannabis Certification Council are trying to bring sustainability and environmental impacts to the forefront when they talk with policymakers. The Cannabis Certification Council has a #Whatsinmyweed campaign that urges consumers to care more about how their cannabis is produced and distributed. The group also provides a list of existing third-party environmental certifications consumers can look out for.
But with cannabis regulations left to individual states, and a large number of illegal grow operations, the energy, pesticide and water use of grow operations as a whole will likely remain nebulous—at least for now. | <urn:uuid:5c36a248-aeb4-42f2-9c7f-148f5def0bb9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.popsci.com/environment/sustainable-cannabis-farming/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570765.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808031623-20220808061623-00270.warc.gz | en | 0.950787 | 1,173 | 3.15625 | 3 |
The family of a young girl in Virginia claims that the private Christian school she attended discriminated against her--all because of the way she looks.
Sunnie Kahle, 8, has short hair and, according to her grandparents, a huge heart. Doris and Carroll Thompson adopted and raised Sunnie, and eventually enrolled her in Timberlake Christian School; a kindergarten through 8th grade private institution.
All seemed well until one day when her grandparents received a letter from the principle. The letter stated that students have been confused over whether Sunnie was a boy or a girl, and specifies that administrators can refuse enrollment for condoning sexual immorality, practicing a homosexual lifestyle, or alternative gender identity. The letter even referenced specific verses out of the Bible to assert these beliefs.
"We believe that unless Sunnie as well as her family clearly understand that God has made her female and her dress and behavior need to follow suit with her God-ordained identity, that TCS is not the best place for her future education," the letter read.
An administrator from Timberlake Christian refused to go on-camera, but said that although Sunnie is a good student, the problem with her goes "far beyond her hair length" and instead involves "things" that "disturbed the classroom environment."
"How do you tell a child when she wants to wear pants and a shirt, and go out and play in the mud and so forth -- how do you tell her, 'No you can't, you've got to wear a pink bow in your hair, and you've got to let your hair grow out long.' How do you do that? I can't do that," her grandmother said.
The family took Sunnie out of Timberlake Christian after receiving the letter. They said that they have no desire to re-enroll Sunnie at the school. | <urn:uuid:8fc098ff-a1a5-4da4-b205-78103e270514> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://abc7amarillo.com/news/local/little-girl-discriminated-against-by-private-school?id=1023617 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988720737.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183840-00220-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976297 | 378 | 1.703125 | 2 |
Restatements of three Indian Laws– on Legislative Privilege, Contempt of Court and Public Interest Litigation– were released by Chief Justice of India Sarosh Homi Kapadia this evening.
The restatements were put together by a Supreme Court Project Committee on Restatement of Indian Law which is chaired by Justice R V Raveendran.
As Justice Raveendran put it, a restatement does not amend a law but authoritatively documents it as per provisions of the Act and Supreme Court decisions and interpretation over years.
‘It is a continuous exercise’ intended to offer guidance to the legal community on what a Law and Justice Ministry statement dubbed ‘the march of Indian law in the last six decades through judicial pronouncements, legislations and their amendments, rules, regulations and other policy measures.’ The process of Restatement of Laws was initiated as early as 1923 in the United States.
An e-legal dictionary defines restatements as ‘sources of secondary authority to be cited in the support or defence of a particular claim made in a lawsuit.’ Restatements of Laws are not binding authority themselves, but they are highly persuasive because they are formulated over several years with extensive input from law professors, practising attorneys, and judges.
‘Although not legally binding upon the courts, restatements are effective in persuading a court to accept an argument advanced in an action.’ As American Judge Benjamin N Cardozo foresaw in 1923, such restatements ‘will be invested with unique authority, not to command, but to persuade. It will embody a composite thought and speak a composite voice.
‘Universities and bench and bar will have had a part in its creation. I have great faith in the power of such a restatement to unify our law.’ | <urn:uuid:0577259c-3481-4874-9f6c-13a3f4787fd0> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.legalindia.com/news/chief-justice-kapadia-releases-restatement-of-law | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560284405.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095124-00032-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961678 | 381 | 2.6875 | 3 |
Theatre and Performance
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Editorial Notes: "Calls for Social Action in Black Theatre" - Sandra G. Shannon
Casting Stones: The Men of Lynn Nottage's Ruined
In discussions of Lynn Nottage's Ruined (2009), one reoccurring issue among theatre scholars is the work that the play does as a performance about war and women. In his review "Mama Nadi and Her Women" in American Theatre, Randy Gener explains that Nottage creates "a humanist exposé" about women's ravaged bodies in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). While Sharon Friedman acknowledges Ruined's negotiation of the war's effects on women, she maintains that the play fails to address the issues of the civil war taking place in DRC effectively (2010). Further, Barbara Ozieblo questions in "'Pornography of Violence'" the ways violence is spectacularized and thereby made pleasurable compared to other plays that deal with violence, but she maintains that Ruined "ends with a glimmer of hope" (2011, 75). Moreover, in his New York Times review in February 2009, Ben Brantley identifies moments in the play as overly sentimental and unnecessarily longwinded, thereby taking away some of the import of the war awareness effort, and in The New Yorker's March 2009 issue,Hilton Als claims the "speeches...are too self-consciously purposeful not to be corny. Still, we believe them, if only because Nottage does." . . ..
"Still Playin Wid Dem Barbie Dolls? Never Mind, Don't Answer That": Tyler Perry's Stage as a Lonely Place for Black Queers
Timothy S. Lyle
Though scholars have only started to measure Tyler Perry's import as a cultural figure, an industry expert, and a political mouthpiece, his early work as a dramatist matters immensely in mediating on dynamics of blackness and queerness on the black American stage in the twenty-first century. In an earlier project,I probed the politics of Perry's performative drag acts to ask complicated questions about his ostensible feminist stance (Lyle 2011), but with this current rumination, I hope to extend my scope to address Perry's sexual politics and his oppressive tendencies towards black queers. If careful readers of Perry's work recognize and interrogate the fact that Perry is in drag for much of his dramatic corpus —an act so heavily centralized in affirmative queer subcultures—we might ask complex questions about Perry's conflicted admixture of homoeroticism and heterosexism in some of his earliest plays to the current moment. Though Perry often centralizes and engages in homoerotic moments onstage as Madea sexualizes hypermasculine, shirtless young men on stage, he still manages to insert moments of oppressive dialogue and to privilege taken-for-granted heteronormativity in thematics of his fictive world... . . .
Neoliberalism, Gentrification, and Black Theatre in San Francisco and St. Paul
As the organization and makeup of American cities have changed, so too have the place of African American theatres in contemporary urban arts ecologies. As institutions that engage a diverse range of artists and patrons at the intersection of racial politics, city planning, and aesthetic production, these organizations foster civic engagement within a multi-ethnic public sphere. They also articulate the cultural specificities, socio-political realities, and histories of African Americans.
Today, many cities operate within a neoliberal framework that sees art as part of "the creative economy" and a tool for urban renewal and gentrification (Howkins 2002; Clark 2011). At the same time, urban theorists such George Ritzer (2009; 2012), Michael Sorkin (1992), and Sharon Zukin (1991; 1996; 2011) have lamented the increasing privatization of public urban spaces. They point to the popularity of gated communities, the shifting of universities towards what has been termed "edu-tainment," the decline of main street, and the rise of big box stores as evidence of this phenomenon. This restructuring of urban space has transformed arenas formerly understood as civic and public into areas that are increasingly experienced as private and consumptive. In the essay "Neoliberal Urbanism: Cities and the Rule of Markets" Nik Theodore, Jamie Peck, and Neil Brenner describe the process of American urban neolibralization as the "destruction of the 'liberal city' in which all inhabitants are entitled to basic civil liberties, social services, and political rights," and the "'rolling forward' of new networked forms of local governance based upon public-private partnerships and the 'new public management' "(2011, 22-23). . .
Celebrating the "Historical" Community through Different Voices: Ping Chong and Talvin Wilks's "Women of the Hill"
The above self-introductions are from the opening section of "Women of the Hill," the 2009 installment of Ping Chong & Company's oral history series Undesirable Elements. Co-created and directed by Ping Chong along with playwright and director Talvin Wilks and Sara Zatz—who has worked with Chong on Undesirable Elements for over a decade—Women of the Hill chronicles several decades in the lives of six women and their family members who live or have lived in Pittsburgh's Hill District.
Chong, who has been known for his innovative scenography since his first theatre piece staged in New York City in the 1970s, used his training in visual arts and film at the Pratt Institute and at the School of Visual Arts and in dance with Meredith Monk to create an unconventional type of theatre that integrated different art forms—dance, film, puppetry. He has explored and developed eclecticism in his art for the last four decades, staging multimedia and movement-based theatrical pieces on a wide range of subjects from his early abstract conceptual theatre work to more recent story-based work. . . .
Honky by Greg Kallares. Performed at Black Box Theatre at the Nadine Maguire Theatre Pavilion. University of Florida March 18-26. Directed by Mikell Pinkney. Photograph by Suzanna Mars. | <urn:uuid:2492c2d5-a219-4a89-a16b-bae04bc6c468> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://continuumjournal.org/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280730.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00253-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946998 | 1,265 | 1.921875 | 2 |
“The youth is the hope of our future,” wrote the Filipino essayist Jose Rizal. This is no less true in the aging field, where today’s youth will become tomorrow’s researchers and gerontologists. A youth movement that started in California aims to influence that future by promoting awareness of Alzheimer’s disease and elder issues among high school and college students, as well as encouraging young people to go into AD research. Their organization, Universal Gerontology and Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness (UGADA, pronounced U-Gotta), also hosts an annual aging conference, volunteers at senior centers, and raises funds for the Alzheimer’s Association. Next on their agenda is to expand their organization across the U.S.
Founding member Shadee Giurgius told ARF, “We want to be a nationwide, virtual youth movement that will connect all the little clubs on the different campuses across the U.S. so that they have some form of communication.” His dream is to see an aging-related group at every college, Giurgius said, filling up the UGADA map.
Giurgius and fellow student Yeva Delband started UGADA in 2005 while they were undergraduates at the University of California, Los Angeles. Giurgius credits his father, a geriatric psychiatrist, with giving him a passion for helping the elderly. Noticing there were no UCLA student organizations focused on aging or AD, Giurgius and Delband formed UGADA with support from campus organizations such as the School of Public Affairs and the Longevity Center, which conducts aging research, runs programs for seniors, and does community outreach. UGADA has several faculty advisors, including Gary Small, Fernando Torres-Gil, Karen Miller, and Isaac Yang at UCLA, and Jeffrey Cummings at the Cleveland Clinic Lou Ruvo Center for Brain Health, Las Vegas, Nevada. UGADA also gets input from Melissa Goldman at the California Southland Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association.
Their initial goal, Giurgius told ARF, was to make young people more aware of the issues facing the elderly, in particular, the AD epidemic that is approaching as the Baby Boomer population ages. “We are all going to know someone with AD,” co-founder Shweta Balakrishnan tells young people. “It affects everyone.” The organization maintains Facebook and Twitter pages. The UCLA Chapter now includes about 30-50 people, Balakrishnan told ARF, and the movement has recruited chapters around California, in Mississippi, and in New York. Balakrishnan, who did AD-related research in Gal Bitan’s lab at UCLA, said UGADA hopes to add a chapter in every state over the next two years.
“We know there are organizations already out there working toward this cause,” Balakrishnan said. “We want to pull them all together and make one big force.” UGADA also plans to expand internationally, she added.
One of the movement’s goals is to get more young people interested in studying gerontology and doing Alzheimer’s research, and to this end, members often speak to high school classes. “Right now, there is a huge lack of gerontologists and doctors specializing in the elderly. So by facilitating the interest early on, we hope more people will become professionals in this field,” Balakrishnan told ARF. UGADA also helps connect undergraduates interested in aging research with appropriate labs, and has matched several dozen students over the years, Balakrishnan said.
Since 2006, UGADA has annually hosted the largest student-run aging and Alzheimer's conference in the country. Held in Los Angeles and drawing up to 500 attendees, the conference includes talks from researchers, aging experts, and AD advocates, as well as student poster sessions. Invited guests have ranged from Bill Nye the Science Guy to people coping with dementia and those who care for them. The next conference is planned for this fall. Giurgius notes, however, that the conference has struggled for funding in the current financial climate.
Fundraising for AD research is another priority for the group. They hosted a musical rocking chair marathon, Rock Out 4 Alzheimer’s, to raise money for research, and they plan similar events. Members also help out at the Alzheimer’s Association’s Walk to End Alzheimer’s.
One of the most meaningful activities for many members, Balakrishnan said, is their work at senior centers. Once a week she takes volunteers to Optimistic People in a Caring Atmosphere (OPICA), a daycare center for seniors with dementia in Los Angeles. The students engage in activities such as chair volleyball, art, and singing with seniors, as well as simply sitting down and talking. “I think it’s refreshing for people with dementia to talk to someone who is interested in their past,” Balakrishnan said. “You can tell it stimulates their memories.” Getting to know these seniors has changed his life, Giurgius said. He teaches UGADA members to talk to people with dementia as equals, and never to use baby talk. In a speech to graduating high school students, he told them, “Older people are not a different species. They are younger people from the past. When you talk to them, look into their eyes, and see the youth in them. See the you in them.”—Madolyn Bowman Rogers.
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A term deposit is a deposit scheme in which you can invest a lump sum amount for a fixed period during which the deposited amount earns interest at a fixed rate. Term deposits which are also referred to as fixed deposits are provided by banks and NBFCs. You can also invest in a post office FD plan for receiving similar benefits.
It is obvious that with a higher FD interest rate, you can earn more interest at maturity. Therefore, the rate of interest at which an FD is offered is of prime importance. However, you must also keep these 5 things in mind while applying for an FD:
Account opening process
- For opening an FD account, you will have to visit the branch office of the respective bank. However, some banks and finance companies also provide an online account procedure for the same.
- For instance, you will find an online FD form on the portal of Bajaj Finance. This helps you to complete the account opening formalities from the comfort of your home.
Cumulative & Non-cumulative FDs
- Cumulative and non-cumulative FDs are the two FD types that you can choose to invest in. A cumulative FD provides the total interest and principal amount only at maturity. Therefore, you can re-invest the principal amount along with the interest earned at the end of tenor and gain from the compounding of interest.
- A non-cumulative FD credits the interest earnings directly to your bank account after every month, quarter, six-months or a year. Therefore, it is suitable for retirees who need some amount every month to cover their regular expenses.
- You can check the interest rates applicable on both cumulative and non-cumulative FDs by using the FD calculator monthly interest that is provided on the website of respective bank or NBFC. This tool will also give you an exact estimate of the periodic interest payouts.
- The FD tenor can range between 12 and 60 months depending on the bank or finance firm in which you are planning to open a fixed deposit account. Some banks also allow you to lock-in the principal amount up to 10 years.
- Longer tenors might take away the opportunity of investing at a higher interest rate whenever an opportunity arises in the future. Instead, you can divide your funds in FDs of different tenors and types to ladder your deposits. This means that you can break one or more FDs during financial emergencies instead of breaking the entire investment.
- Bajaj Finance allows you to open multiple fixed deposit accounts with a single cheque. The tenor, principal amount, and FD type can be different for each of these FDs. You get a 0.10% additional interest rate on renewing an FD and the option of auto-renewal of fixed deposits is also provided.
Withdrawing an FD prematurely
- If you withdraw an FD before maturity, a deduction of 1-2% in the interest rate can be charged as a penalty depending on the bank in which you have deposited your savings. Therefore, you need to choose an FD plan that deducts the lowest percentage as a penalty.
- NBFCs like Bajaj Finance provide collateral-free loans on your fixed deposit. Therefore, you do not have to break an FD prematurely.
Safety of deposits
- Company FDs provide higher interest rates than bank FDs but not all of them are as safe as bank FDs. Therefore, you should only invest in those company FDs that assure the safety of your deposited amount.
For example, credit rating organizations like ICRA and CRISIL have rated Bajaj Finance FDs highly for their safety and stability. Also, interest rates up to 7.85% and the flexibility of choosing a tenor up to 60 months make it an ideal investment option. Moreover, senior citizens get 0.25% additional interest rates on booking an FD.
A term deposit is an investment option that provides fixed returns once you deposit your savings for a fixed period. Since the interest rate is also fixed, you can predict the actual returns on your invested amount before investing by using an FD calculator monthly interest. Apart from the interest rate, you must also check the tenor, FD types, liquidity options, the safety of FDs, and account opening methods that are offered by various banks and finance companies these days. Bajaj Finance provides interest rates up to 7.85% on their FD plans and they also provide the option of investing in an SDP plan that offers FD interest rate prevailing on the deposit date. | <urn:uuid:3acfaeeb-4aa9-46b4-a1b3-9687c72581ae> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://todayevery.com/term-deposit-fd-5-important-things-to-keep-in-mind-when-you-apply/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00677.warc.gz | en | 0.956205 | 930 | 2 | 2 |
Should the FDA allow HFCS to be renamed “corn sugar”? I vote no.
A colleague pointed out to me today that I am listed nine times on the Corn Refiners Association website as supporting its petition to the FDA to change the name of High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) to corn sugar.
When the idea first came up, I didn’t think it mattered much. But as I had to add more and more postscripts to my post on the issue, and as I read the comments on it, I was persuaded otherwise. On balance, the arguments against changing the name outweigh the idea that it doesn’t matter (it matters to the Corn Refiners of course).
The FDA is collecting comments on the name change on its website. I filed this comment today:
The FDA should deny the Corn Refiners petition to change the name of High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) to corn sugar.
I understand that the Corn Refiners Association uses my comments on its website to support its position. The website quotes comments I have made to the effect that HFCS is biochemically equivalent to sucrose. It is. But I do not believe that biochemical equivalence is a good reason for the FDA to agree to a name change at this point.
It is highly unlikely that public misunderstanding of nutritional biochemistry and the differential physiological effects of glucose vs. fructose will be addressed and corrected by changing the name of HFCS to corn sugar.
Therefore, the name change is not in the public interest. Its only purpose is to further the commercial interests of members of the Corn Refiners, and that is not one the FDA should be concerned about.
If you have thoughts about the petition, nothing could be easier than telling the FDA what you think:
1. Click on this link.
2. Look on the left side of the page “Results,” “Corn Refiners Association – Citizens Petition,” and on the right side a link that says “Submit a Comment.”
3. Click on “Submit a Comment.” Fill out the form with your name and affiliation. Type in your comment. If a box comes up saying that you are taking too long, click OK and it will give you more time.
My understanding is that there is no particular deadline but rumors are that the FDA will consider all comments submitted by the end of this week. | <urn:uuid:a5147fc4-6288-48ee-9412-529fddb46ca0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.foodpolitics.com/2011/02/should-the-fda-allow-hfcs-to-be-renamed-corn-sugar-i-vote-no/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571056.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809155137-20220809185137-00671.warc.gz | en | 0.951407 | 506 | 1.765625 | 2 |
The researchers have revealed in the new study that the shape of the structure, its unique elements and tool marks preserved on its surface confirm a sophisticated carpentry skill.
Researchers have discovered what is now considered the oldest known wooden construction on the planet’s surface, an ancient well thought to have been crafted more than 7,000 years ago.
An old Neolithic trenching well, discovered during the construction of a road in the Czech Republic, has proved to be the oldest wooden structure ever discovered on the planet’s surface. The ancient wooden construction is believed to be at least 7,000 years old.
The wooden well was found during the construction of a motorway near Ostrov’s town in the Czech Republic. Archaeologists excavated a wooden structure with a square base area of 80 centimeters by 80 centimeters, with a height of 1.4 meters.
The wooden structure was found to be surprisingly well preserved, built out of oak timbers.
Thanks to its preservation, scientists were able to date the structure with relatively good precision.
According to analysis, the trees were felled around 5,255 BC, making the well the oldest dendrochronologically dated archaeological wooden construction discovered on the planet’s surface.
“According to our findings, based particularly on dendro-chronological data, we can say that the tree trunks for the wood used were felled in the years 5255 and 5256 BC. The rings on the trunks enable us to give a precise estimate, give and take one year, as to when the trees were felled,” revealed Jaroslav Peška, co-author of the study.
The discovery is somewhat unsurprising as it is the third well dating back from the Early Neolithic that archeologists have discovered in the Czech Republic in the last four years.
According to an analysis of the wooden structure, its design consists of grooved corner posts with several inserted planks. This type of construction, the researchers explained, reveals advanced technical know-how, and until now, is the only known type of structure dating back from that period.
Interestingly, the researchers have revealed in the new study that the shape of the structure, its unique elements, and tool marks preserved on its surface confirm a sophisticated carpentry skill.
The construction of the well was unique and built using construction techniques widespread during the Bronze and Iron ages and even the Roman Age.
“We had no idea that the first farmers, who only had tools made of stone, bones, horns, or wood, were able to process the surface of felled trunks with such precision,” said Peška.
The findings, which have been published in the journal PLoS ONE, give new insight into prehistoric technology, indicating that already more than 7,000 years ago, ancient cultures were well-though in different craftsmanship.
The researchers further note that this is the only known style or type dating back from the fifth millennium BC. Besides, experts believe that the construction was an isolated one and may have even served various “settlements” that existed probably not far from the well.
Although the wooden structure dates back more than 7,000 years, it was excellently preserved, mostly because it had remained underwater for several centuries.
Letting the wood dry would have caused the structure to disintegrate, which is why experts had to develop a plan on how to preserve the structure. As it turns out, the used a common conservation agent, sugar, and successfully avoided damaging the ancient well.
“That is why we will gradually replace the water with a new preservative that each of us knows and uses. It is saccharose. So we will increase the concentration of the sugar solution,” explained Karol Bayer, Vice-Dean of the Faculty of Restoration, University of Pardubice, in a statement.
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August 3, 2009 --Canadian researchers have found another reason to avoid heavy drinking. They've determined that people who drink a lot of beer and spirits face a much higher risk of developing cancer than others. Their risk of developing esophageal cancer increased sevenfold. Their risk of colon cancer increased by 80 percent and their risk of lung cancer rose 50 percent.
Cancer risk did not increase significantly for people who drink less than once a day or stick to wine.
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Russian blockchain start-up BitCAD has announced the launch of its new encrypted smart-platform and decentralized ‘Tectum’ trade engine. The blockchain-backed unified operating system aims to streamline businesses and maximize efficiency by integrating various business processes on a single platform. The platform is designed to suit a variety of business processes, and it is capable of managing currencies, digital assets, smart contracts, DAOs, etc. BitCAD’s offering also includes a mobile application for convenience and efficiency. Its month-long ICO will start on May 4th, 2017.
The encrypted smart-platform channels various business processes through Tectum — the decentralized trade engine. The Tectum trade engine, with multiple API integrations interfaces with the banking systems, insurance, trade platforms, exchanges, CRM systems, taxation, governance, and customs to provide a single window for managing, designing and analysing businesses on the blockchain.
BitCAD’s decentralized governance model places individuals, industries, non-commercial interests and government on an equal level. The multi-stakeholder approach used by BitCAD allows for community-based, consensus-driven policy making. Its purpose is to ensure compliance with all business conditions without restrictions, accessible by all levels of users. It also eliminates the role of financial and legal intermediaries by implementing smart contracts to efficiently reduce the time and resources involved throughout the decision-making and execution processes.
The BitCAD smart-platform will include smart contract templates to facilitate the management of the complete lifecycle of ‘smart’ legal contracts which helps create a reliable, trustworthy partnership between counterparties. Other benefits of BitCAD smart contracts includes automated contract execution, dispute resolution, and arbitration services. The dispute resolution department on BitCAD implements a three-stage automated process, involving electronic and story based arbitration or an independent impartial hired person with competence to resolve problems and complaints regarding the decisions, actions or omissions of BitCAD and the organization’s management, as well as unfair treatment of the participant communities from employees, board or representatives.
Smart Oracles on BitCAD provide a flexible way to implement smart contracts, which encode business logic, laws, and other agreed-upon rules. Smart Oracles build on the idea of oracles, or entities that provide smart contracts with information about the state of the outside world and combine information gathering with contract code execution. In such a system, rules can be written in any programming language and contracts can interact with any service that accepts cryptographically signed commands. It includes, but is not limited to cryptocurrency networks.
The company also provides an all-in-one mobile application for all business processes. The app comes with a fingerprint or facial recognition authentication system. This new system scans the user’s fingerprints and facial features to prove ID. The app also comes with international digital language capabilities for users to create and finalize deals and agreements automatically. It also makes the ICO process more transparent to increase confidence among investors.
The total number of available bitcad (BCD) tokens is 100,000,000, out of which the platform has assigned 51% for the upcoming crowdsale. Another 20 percent will be distributed among the founders, early backers, and the development team. Out of the remaining tokens, 2 percent will be allocated for post-ICO bounties, and the rest 27 percent of BCD will go towards marketing, promotional activities, community initiatives and more. | <urn:uuid:d60b710c-21f4-41cf-a6b8-4711464c38f6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://blockchain-finance.com/2017/05/03/ico-for-encrypted-smart-platform-with-decentralized-trade-engine/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570692.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807181008-20220807211008-00675.warc.gz | en | 0.925466 | 704 | 1.6875 | 2 |
Flea beetles. Seed treatments are an effective integrated pest management strategy for flea beetles. But in situation where the crop establishes slowly and conditions are well suited to high flea beetle activity (warm and dry), in-crop foliar applications may be required to protect the crop from profit loss. The key is to know the thresholds, scout closely and make the right economic decision for each field.
The Canola Encyclopedia has good information on thresholds and the eight steps to help agronomists and canola farmers decide whether a foliar spray is needed.
Cutworms. Cutworm feeding results in notched, wilted, dead or cut-off plants. Patches of missing plants could also be cutworms. Include cutworms on the scouting checklist for the first one to three weeks after emergence. Scout late in the day or extremely early in the morning to look for above-ground feeding cutworms. During the day, cutworms usually go back underground. If cutworms are suspected but scouting is a challenge, consider going out in the evening with the backpack sprayer and proper protective equipment to spray a small area around the border of the patch. Check back in the morning to look for cutworms on the soil surface.
The Canola Encyclopedia has scouting techniques for cutworms.
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The metropolitan garden compost stemless glass is without a doubt one of the very best methods to make compost. Even more and even more people are purchasing the compost stemless glass in an effort to boost their soil and make their plants and veggie expand quicker and larger. Permit’s take a look at the numerous benefits of this amazing little gadget.
The tumbler makes compost quick. It is only a concern of weeks and you will certainly have very excellent quality garden compost that will improve your soil no end. This is without a doubt the most essential factor why you need to make use of one. Contributed to this is the fact that it is extremely clean. There is simply no mess. All the rotting matter is safely enclosed in the container making it secure to be around. Open compost containers could draw in rodents and various other animals in to the garden. This is not so with a tumbler. All the contents are consisted of so there is no destination to vermin.
The stemless glass is additionally a pleasurable piece of garden furnishings. It does not need to be hidden away like a typical compost pile does. The designs available make them very kindlying to the eye and for that reason you do not need to stress over them being positioned in less than excellent spots just due to the fact that they look bad.
None of the reasons why the tumbler is so good beats the fact that they make compost so quickly. They are really simple to utilize and with a basic turn of a handle you have a great means of conveniently making quality compost at residence. This actually is the main benefit of the city garden compost stemless glass. | <urn:uuid:a0bb3085-8d62-4e89-848e-ac82230b1764> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.valeriehartphotography.com/grow-your-own/best-compost-for-trees/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570871.10/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808183040-20220808213040-00270.warc.gz | en | 0.961694 | 336 | 1.765625 | 2 |
Plutocrats aimed another weapon at the nation’s poor and at small and midsized farmers, this time through the 2012 agriculture appropriations bill, H.R. 2112, which the House passed on June 16. The 82-page bill returns some federal spending to 2006 levels and others to 2008 levels.
Now being reviewed by the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, the final version of HR 2112 will lay the terrain on which the 2012 Farm Bill will be crafted. The House Agriculture Committee began preparatory hearings on the 2012 Farm Bill this week, reports NSAC.
Key sections provide deep cuts to domestic food programs, threatening food banks, low-income seniors, women and children, and farmers’ markets supported by WIC vouchers issued thru the Women, Infants and Children program.
HR 2112 also made deep cuts to rural development, conservation and eco-remediation programs, and to local and regional food system development programs. This can be seen as nothing other than a punitive response to the growing local food sovereignty movement.
Earlier this year, Maine and Vermont enacted home rule ordinances to protect small farms from the overreaching hyper-regulation of the Food Safety Modernization Act (FMSA), which became law in January. On June 10, the State of Maine passed a Joint Resolution in support of local food sovereignty.
One positive provision in HR 2112 prohibits the Food and Drug Administration from spending any funds to authorize genetically modified salmon. Contrary to some media reports, Congress did not “ban GM salmon,” nor did the House “pass a law” thru HR 2112. A federal law is enacted only after Congress (both the Senate and the House of Representatives) passes it and the US President signs it.
GIPSA Rules Defunded
By far, though, the most controversial cut in HR 2112 relates to “GIPSA Rules,” which would begin ending unfair trade practices in the meat industry. Everyone who eats animal products should understand how this works, because these rules not only benefit small operators, but also product quality, food security and the environment.
HR 2112 prohibits GIPSA – the Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration – from using funds to finalize antitrust rules in the meat industry.
This overturns a key provision in the 2008 Farm Bill, which required the USDA to develop those rules.
“Some question whether the Appropriations Committee can overturn national legislation,” said National Farmers Union president Roger Johnson in a press conference today.
Speaking for a coalition of cattle and hog producers and poultry growers, Johnson demanded that President Obama keep his campaign promise to reform livestock and poultry markets.
“The GIPSA Rule reinstates the USDA’s long-held interpretation of the Packers and Stockyards Act that was overturned by 2005 and 2006 court cases,” he said.
In both those cases, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the lower court’s rejection of the jury verdict. In the 2005 case, London v. Fieldale Farms, the jury awarded London $164,000. In the 2006 case, Pickett v. Tyson, the jury awarded $1.28 billion to Pickett for eight years of price fixing by Tyson.
Substantively, the London court held that an operator must show harm to the entire industry, not just the plaintiff.
Under the GIPSA rules, “Farmers and ranchers no longer have to prove unfair practices harm the entire industry, only that the abuses damaged plaintiff,” said Johnson.
This is the usual standard in tort law. Can you imagine being hit by a car and having to prove the defendant’s action was harmful to all drivers? Of course not. The court ruling flies in the face of common sense and entrenches monopolistic power.
In Pickett, U.S. District Court Judge Lyle Strom absurdly reasoned that price manipulation is allowed if the perpetrator has a business interest in doing so. By this logic, companies can do whatever they want to improve profits, despite laws against such actions.
Judicial corruption aside, the USDA’s failure to fully enforce the Packers & Stockyards Act of 1921 and other anti-corporate farming laws has resulted in the loss of nearly a million operators in the beef, pork, poultry and specialty meat market over the past 30 years.
This chart shows figures just for the pork industry, from info derived from the National Pork Board’s 2010 Quick Facts. Ninety percent of family hog operations and 95% of midsized operations have folded in the past 34 years.
When Congress passed the Packers & Stockyards Act of 1921 (PSA), it sought to bust the monopoly of the Big 5: Armour, Swift, Wilson, Morris, and Cudahy, which then controlled 75% of the meat packer market.
Today, four firms control 85% of the market: Tyson (IBP), Cargill (Excel), ConAgra (Monfort), and Farmland National Beef.
Clearly, PSA enforcers have not done their job.
Though mandated over three years ago, the USDA still has not formalized the GIPSA rules. At today’s meat coalition press conference, speakers urged the USDA to finalize the rules.
Defunding the GIPSA Rules clarifies federal priority to protect the rich at the expense of the rest of us.
The Farm and Ranch Freedom Alliance (FARFA) explains that these firms use their monopoly power to “manipulate markets, deny or severely restrict market access to independent livestock producers, and use unfair practices like confidentiality clauses to the detriment of both contract producers and independent producers.”
Mike Callicrate of R-CALF USA calls it “predatory pricing.”
The big packers, so called, stand between hundreds of thousands of producers on one hand and millions of consumers on the other. They have their fingers on the pulse of both the producing and consuming markets and are in such a position of strategic advantage they have unrestrained power to manipulate both markets to their own advantage and to the disadvantage of over 99 percent of the people of the country.
So spoke Wyoming Senator John Kendrick in 1921, on the floor of the U.S. Senate, arguing the need for the Packers and Stockyard Act.
Market concentration is even worse today.
Food, Bombs and Wall Street
While lawmakers claim the need to cut government spending, they won’t touch the military’s outrageous budget for domestic surveillance and illegal resource wars. Instead, cuts apply to the US social safety net thru HR 2112.
There’s the $1.2 trillion US military budget that could use substantial reduction. And, the Obama Administration reported to Congress last week that the Libya invasion alone will cost $1.1 billion by September.
Certainly, food not bombs is a more sane policy after Wall Street collapsed the global economy with its criminal trading schemes.
Instead of arresting anyone from Wall Street, authorities instead continue to arrest Food Not Bombs members, who refuse to obey a law against feeding hungry people in Florida.
Just last month, the FDA cited the Food Safety Modernization Act for authority in declaring it no longer needs credible evidence to seize food that may be contaminated, entirely ignoring the Fourth Amendment. Given the increasing frequency of the FDA’s illegal raids on small ops not involved in interstate commerce and whose product sickened no one, we can expect more small producers to be shut down.
In HR 2112, efforts to control trading in futures by the Dodd-Frank Act are stymied by funding cuts. In commenting on the bill, Congressmen Sam Farr and Norman Dicks describe the cut this way:
The bill provides $171.93 million for Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), a reduction of $136 million (44%) below the request (which proposed an increase for the implementation of the landmark Dodd-Frank financial reform legislation) and $30 million (15%) below 2011. At a time of volatile commodity prices, including oil and energy, and only three years after the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, inadequate funding of CFTC is an unacceptable risk to the markets on which our economy depends.
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App Developers Bank on Smartphone Photography12/8/2010 9:00PM
More and more smartphone consumers are using the devices as their primary camera. And as Dow Jones Newswires's Roger Cheng reports, app developers are getting in on the trend. He gives you his take on some of the mobile photo editing tools and sharing programs that have been cropping up.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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Teen Tips: How to Be Taken Seriously in Work and Life
Written by Valley of the Sun United Way
Published on Jun 24, 2014
As a classroom mentor for junior high students with Valley of the Sun United Way’s Destination Graduation program, I learned as much as I taught.
One common theme among the students is they all want to be taken more seriously by adults. From experience, here are my favorite tips for succeeding in life.
Share these helpful hints for getting ahead with teens and young adults:
Behavior. Your actions speak louder than words. If you fool around at school or work, people may think you can't be trusted or that you’re always looking for attention; even at the expense of your dignity. Act responsibly, to be taken seriously.
Words. What you say is important. If you make up stories all of the time, no one will believe what you say and eventually people will see through you. Be truthful to improve your credibility.
Attitude. Your attitude (how you see things) can determine your altitude (how far you go) in life. Hanging around people who never have anything positive to say can bring you down as birds of a feather really do flock together. Surround yourself with positive people. Be optimistic to see and take advantage of opportunities.
Confidence. People like and follow capable people who are confident. Being accountable for your words and actions helps you achieve your goals and become more confident. Follow through on what you say you will do to gain the trust of others.
Humility. No one likes a show off. Modesty and confidence work exceptionally well together in the battle against arrogance. Share the spotlight by recognizing others who have helped you. Limit blame but be generous with praise to help build relationships.
Remember what it was like being “brushed off” by adults when you were young? You can help our youth to find their voice. Become a Destination Graduation mentor and transform serious dreams into reality.
Travis Hardin is a classroom mentor in Destination Graduation, a program combining early intervention and mentoring to ensure students in grades 6-9 are on the path to high school graduation, college and career. A native of Columbia, Tennessee, Travis is a Communications Consultant for Wells Fargo. Rather than sitting back and counting his blessings, he shares them. | <urn:uuid:7904e5eb-5847-4792-8e5f-e57b3d83f804> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://vsuw.org/blog/teen-tips-how-to-be-taken-seriously-in-work-and-life | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572063.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814173832-20220814203832-00674.warc.gz | en | 0.96736 | 491 | 2.109375 | 2 |
Well, that didn't take long. The day after Microsoft released Internet Explorer 7.0 for Windows XP, Secunia published a bulletin describing a "vulnerability ... in Internet Explorer, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information."
And the gloating and "I told you so's" began almost immediately.
Australia's ITWire headlined the story "Serious flaw revealed in one-day old IE7," despite the fact that Secunia's rating for this vulnerability was "Less Critical." On its 1-to-5 scale, where 5 is most serious, this one ranks only a 2, and its graphical indicator is green, not yellow or red.
Slashdot's entry included the snarky comment: "So much for the 'you wanted it easier and more secure' slogan found on Microsoft's IE Website."
Well, maybe breathing into a paper bag a few times will help everyone stop hyperventilating. A few comments:
- Microsoft says the vulnerability is actually in Outlook Express, not IE.
- BetaNews reports that this is an old IE6 vulnerability that went unpatched in IE7. And sure enough, even the Secunia article references this six-month-old report. Hmmm. Is Secunia trying to piggyback on the IE7 publicity by reviving this report now?
- Visiting Secunia's test page with IE7 running on a release candidate of Windows Vista results in a message that reads: "Your browser does not appear to vulnerable [sic] to this particular exploit."
And finally, a question: What should the criteria be for evaluating whether a product is secure? If your standard is that even a single patch means the product has failed, then you might as well unplug your computer and get busy sharpening your quill pen. No modern operating system or moderately complex connected application can pass that test. | <urn:uuid:1705b38c-409e-46d3-91c0-ba6fad4da09a> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.zdnet.com/article/internet-explorer-security-fud/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560285289.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095125-00149-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943637 | 388 | 1.71875 | 2 |
The 31st Meeting of the World Tourism Network on Child Protection, held on the occasion of ITB Berlin, focused on the role and initiatives of the private sector to fight Child Exploitation in tourism. Awareness raising, training of staff and the implementation of measures along the whole value chain of tourism were pointed out as critical.
“We need to unite to fight child exploitation and the commitment of the private sector is key” said UNWTO Secretary-General opening the meeting.
Carol Bellamy, Chair of the Network, recalled the role of the Network as a platform to share research and good practices in the fight against the exploitation of children in tourism.
At the meeting, the Chair of the High Level Global Task Force to End Sexual Exploitation of Children in Travel and Tourism, Najat Maalla M’jid, shared the first findings of the Global Study carried out by the Task Force. Lack of reporting, weak legislation and the anonymity of the Internet were pointed out as some of the main challenges in child protection from sexual exploitation in the sector. The report aims to also address the chronic lack of robust evidence and comparable data on this issue.
The Association of British Travel Agents (ABTA) stressed the importance of providing training to the staff on how to identify possible situation of child exploitation as well as dealing with new emerging trends in the sector such as ‘voluntourism’ while the TUI Group shared their initiative ‘A collective NO to sexual exploitation of children in holiday destinations initiatives to promote the inclusion of measures to prevent and fight the exploitation of children within the whole tourism value chain including actions on training, awareness raising among host communities
Other initiatives presented included a project from the Network of Strategic and International Studies which evaluates best practices from around the world and work of the Airline Ambassadors International which focus on training airline professionals to flight human trafficking.
The World Tourism Network on Child Protection is an open-ended network facilitated by UNWTO featuring the multi-stakeholder participation of a range of tourism stakeholders – governments, international organisations, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), tourism industry groups and media associations. Its mandate is to prevent all forms of youth exploitation in the tourism sector (i.e. sexual exploitation, child labour and child trafficking). The Network’s meetings, held annually at the worlds’ foremost Travel and Tourism Fairs, serve as a platform to exchange experiences and best practices, present awareness-raising materials and capacity building tools, and promote the adoption of professional codes of conduct or other responsible practices in line with the UNWTO Global Code of Ethics for Tourism. | <urn:uuid:8c168443-eed7-4e64-a45a-7b68f7a674c8> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au/private-sector-committed-to-fight-child-exploitation-in-tourism/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719843.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00293-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.922875 | 533 | 1.828125 | 2 |
A major design issue in content-based image retrieval system is the selection of the feature set. This study attacks the problem of finding a discriminative feature for each class, which is optimal in some sense. The class-dependent feature is, then, used to calculate the membership value of each object class for content-based fuzzy image retrieval systems. The Best Representative Feature (BRF) for each class is identified in a training stage. Then, using the BRF of each object class, the segment groups in the images are labeled by the membership values of each object class. The segment groups are obtained in a greedy algorithm by minimizing the distance between each training object and the segment groups, using the BRF. This minimum distance is taken as the membership value of the training object for that particular segment group. Finally, the query object is matched to each segment group in a fuzzy database using the membership values of segment groups. The BRF is selected among the MPEG-7 descriptors. The proposed scheme yields substantially better retrieval rates compared to the available fixed feature content-based image retrieval systems. | <urn:uuid:428e2954-b2be-45f3-95b1-5140af9c39ac> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://avesis.metu.edu.tr/yayin/33c430f1-fa0d-48da-98aa-0cba41e3e2da/selection-of-the-best-representative-feature-and-membership-assignment-for-content-based-fuzzy-image-database | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572221.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816060335-20220816090335-00066.warc.gz | en | 0.911194 | 219 | 1.578125 | 2 |
A second project in the Marin lab involves the regulation of numbers of specific types of neurons by hormonal signals, linking environmental conditions including nutrition to plasticity of neuronal composition. We focus on a particular structure in the fruit fly brain, the mushroom body, which is used in olfactory learning and memory and is composed of thousands of cells belonging to just a few main subtypes. We have found that levels of an important insect hormone known as juvenile hormone (mimicked by many synthetic insecticides) appears to control the number of one mushroom body neuron subtype during development. After adding an analogue of this hormone to the animals' diet or ablating the gland that generates the hormone, we can compare the numbers of total neurons as well as those of neurons belonging to a particular subtype. (A) The protein Dachshund (green) is a nuclear marker for all mushroom body neurons. (B) The protein Ecdysone Receptor B1 (magenta) is a nuclear marker for the earliest born subtype of mushroom body neurons. These images are single optical slices at comparable positions from two different samples belonging to the same genotype, sex, and treatment group.
The following links are virtual breadcrumbs marking the 27 most recent pages you have visited in Bucknell.edu. If you want to remember a specific page forever click the pin in the top right corner and we will be sure not to replace it. Close this message. | <urn:uuid:2fc6f6dc-cd06-4e4b-9ee9-9a1f5e6e84c7> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | https://www.bucknell.edu/arts-and-sciences-college-of/academic-departments/biology/facilities-and-resources/imaging-center/sp5-photos-page-1/sp5-photos-page-5.html | 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 | 0.929882 | 292 | 2.671875 | 3 |
Rodents are burrowing creatures. They prefer to live outside of homes and seek shelter in damp and dark places. Don't be surprised to find rodents in your home! Major pests include rats and mice, while other rodents like squirrels can be found in gardens and backyards.
Rats, compared to other rodents, are more dangerous for the inmates of the home. They can ruin food and destroy fabrics, as well as contaminating the house with germs.
You can take preventative measures to keep rodents away and eliminate their burrows. For this, you should contact a professional rodent control company who can take care of your problem safely.
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The Rodent Exclusion Program is the best way to eliminate these pests. Servicemen would inspect the home and surrounding areas for rodent entry points.
Rodents such as rats and mice can enter through small cracks in the wooden wall or through the basement.
They will then seek refuge in dark corners, garages, attics, and even storerooms. Professional servicemen will recommend that these entry points be repaired once they are identified.
An efficient rodent control company will seal any entry points with the appropriate sealers to stop rodents from entering your rooms. It is important to verify the credentials of any company offering rodent control. | <urn:uuid:986a5381-d6b5-4bd3-96ce-bf7a041c4d3a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://guerrerosmelendi.com/tag/rodent-removal/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572408.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816151008-20220816181008-00677.warc.gz | en | 0.943456 | 264 | 2.375 | 2 |
Board authorizes Nov. 3 ballot question to increase mill levy by $1.90 per year per assessed $100,000 of residential value
Glenwood Springs, CO — The Colorado River District’s board of directors adopted a resolution Tuesday, July 21, 2020, to ask voters in November to support a property tax increase to protect water security in Western Colorado while funding projects to improve water use and healthy streams.
River District General Manager Andy Mueller said the board’s resolution asks for taxpayer support for the River District work directed at:
- Fighting to keep water on the West Slope;
- Protecting adequate water supplies for West Slope farmers and ranchers;
- Protecting sustainable drinking water supplies for West Slope communities; and
- Protecting fish, wildlife, and recreation by maintaining river levels and water
The resolution also approves a Fiscal Implementation Plan that spells out how the added money would be invested across the district. Included in the plan is an explicit direction that the “district is committed to coordinating and consulting local elected officials in any and all relevant counties prior to committing funds to any specific project or activity pursued by the district.”
If voters agree, the median residential property tax increase in the district’s 15-county region would be $7.03 per year. The question will go on the Nov. 3, 2020, ballot in Grand, Summit, Eagle, Pitkin, Garfield, Routt, Moffat, Rio Blanco, Mesa, Delta, Ouray, Gunnison, and parts of Montrose, Saguache and Hinsdale counties.
The resolution references the mission of the Colorado River Water Conservation District to lead in the protection, conservation, use and development of the water resources of the Colorado River Basin for the welfare of the District and to safeguard for Colorado all waters of the Colorado River to which the state is entitled.
According to the resolution, in these increasingly contentious times of long-term drought and external pressure on water, Western Colorado needs “a strong and effective advocate.” Meanwhile, the district budget is “projected to continue to be negatively impacted due to declining revenues from the energy sector, the impacts of the Gallagher Amendment and the revenue limitations of the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (known commonly as TABOR).”
According to the Fiscal Implementation Plan, the new mill levy would raise about $4.9 million more annually for the River District throughout its 15-county boundaries. About $4.2 million would be dedicated to partnership projects across the District in one or more of the following five categories laid out in the plan: productive agriculture, infrastructure, healthy rivers, watershed health and water quality, conservation and efficiency. The rest would address budgetary reductions caused by the Gallagher and TABOR amendments. No new staff positions would be created with the new funds. | <urn:uuid:ee69c72e-fc50-4211-ba10-39349502763a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.coloradoriverdistrict.org/colorado-river-district-to-ask-voters-for-money-to-bolster-protection-of-west-slope-water/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571538.36/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812014923-20220812044923-00474.warc.gz | en | 0.93564 | 584 | 1.625 | 2 |
Husqvarna has unveiled its Automower(R) Colour Collection, robotic lawmowers in 4 metallic colors — white, brown, blue and orange.
The company says the colors represent the Earth's four elements: orange (fire), brown (earth), white (air) and blue (water) — and symbolize Husqvarna's commitment to sustainable product development and design. The colors also cater to the increasing individualism of consumers.
"Automower(R) Color Collection sets a new standard for lawnmowers. Not only do they deliver a perfect lawn without emissions and noise, they also add style to the garden, responding to homeowners' aspiration to individualize their homes and gardens," says Towe Ressman, head of Husqvarna Global Design Center.
In 2009, Husqvarna counted more than 100,000 Automower units sold since the start in 1995. The Automower Color Collection was officially unveiled at the annual garden fair Rum & Tradgard in Stockholm.
The new colours will be available for purchase at Husqvarna retailers in March 2010. The colored bodies are sold separately and are compatible with the two most popular models: Husqvarna Automower(R) 220 AC and Husqvarna Automower(R) 230 ACX. | <urn:uuid:b7032afb-2e3b-4335-b162-7a7111cd2061> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.rurallifestyledealer.com/articles/274-husqvarna-launches-automowerr-color-collection | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00471.warc.gz | en | 0.873628 | 258 | 1.726563 | 2 |
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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia otherwise simply called Saudi Arabia is a monarchy- the monarch or king is both the head of state and head of government. In other words the king is also the Prime Minister. Saudi Arabia has its capital city in Riyadh and it became a republic on 23 September 1932.The country is governed by the Islamic law which forms the basic law which was publicized in 1992…
Basically, every government is made up of the executive, the legislature and the judiciary. This is also the case with Saudi Arabia. The executive is made up of the King who is also the prime minister and other two deputy prime ministers together with the cabinet which is appointed by the king and is composed mainly of members of the royal family. The legislature is simply made up of the Consultative Council which is150 member committee which is headed by a chairman chosen by the king himself. All the other members are also selected by the king but in 2003, it was announced that there were plans to hold elections for half of the membership of the committee as a way of enhancing democracy. The judiciary is represented by the Supreme Council of Justice which makes sure that the law is implemented (Metz, 2004: pp48-53). This paper seeks to analyze Saudi Arabia with special emphasis on the media in general. The paper will describe the role of the media, its freedom, its regulation and many other issues surrounding the Saudi media in general.
Saudi Arabia has evolved over time from being the most pious and inward-looking underdeveloped desert kingdom to become one of the richest countries in the world thanks to the fast oil resource. ...
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1 Deck. Easy (95%). Mostly Luck.
To discard all the cards.
|•||16 piles - the top card is available for play. Discard sets of cards that have that add to 15. Tens, Jacks, Queens, and Kings are discarded as a set (10-J-Q-K). Spaces are automatically filled from the . To discard a set of cards, move each card to the reserve pile in the lower left. When a 10-J-Q-K set is formed, or when cards of 9 or under add to 15, the cards are automatically discarded to the pile. Any number of cards of 9 or under can be used to make a set that adds to 15. As a shortcut, pairs of cards that add to 15 (9-6, 8-7) can be discarded by dropping one on the other. At the start of the game 1 card is dealt face up to each pile.|
|•|| (face down, left) - fills spaces in the .|
|•|| (far right) - Where paired cards go out of play.|
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|•||10-Jack-Queen-King, any number of cards of 9 or less that add to 15|
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Mississippi City Bans Drive-in Church Services
That violates the Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration Act, and probably the freedom of assembly and association.
The Governor of Mississippi hasn't required shutdown of in-person church services (though on its face his shelter-in-place order lack such an exception). The mayor of Greenville, however, has issued an Executive Order "that orders all church buildings closed for in person and drive in church services." Greenville has reportedly been fining people for attending a drive-in service, including where "Everyone was in their cars with the windows up listening to pastor Arthur Scott preached on the radio."
That, I think, is inconsistent with the Mississippi Religious Freedom Restoration Act, which provides that "Government shall not substantially burden a person's exercise of religion even if the burden results from a rule of general applicability," unless the government "demonstrates that application of … [i]s the least restrictive means of furthering [a] compelling governmental interest." A shutdown of ordinary in-person church services may well be the least restrictive means of furthering a compelling government interest in preventing the spread of coronavirus. But a shutdown that includes drive-in services is not the "least restrictive means": Limiting the shutdown to in-person services would be a less restrictive means that would still adequately protect public health. (About 30 states have RFRA-like laws, or similar legal rules developed by state courts under the state constitutions' religious freedom provisions.)
I take it that the strongest counterargument would be, to quote the Mississippi Governor who was discouraging but not banning such services, "It's just hard to overcome our natural tendency to get out and say hello." But that doesn't seem obviously so to me—when people show up to a drive-in event precisely because it's a drive-in event, it seems to me quite natural for the people to stay in their cars. And while one can imagine the government showing the contrary, the burden would be on the government to "demonstrate" that.
Even in the absence of the Mississippi RFRA, I think the restriction would violate the the Assembly Clause and the right to associate. (The First Amendment speaks of "the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances," but the Court has read assembly/association rights as extending to action related to "political, economic, religious or cultural matters" and not just assembly and association for purposes of petitioning the Government.)
A ban on all gatherings of more than 10 people, including in their cars, may be content-neutral, but I doubt that it leaves open ample alternative channels for peaceable assembly. And even if the ban just had to be substantially related to an important government interest—the test applicable to content-neutral restrictions that do leave open ample alternative channels—I think it would still fail when applied to people gathering in their cars and being communicated to via radio (or cell phones or some such). | <urn:uuid:56c1182d-04f6-457f-9a27-2810390a4aff> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://reason.com/volokh/2020/04/10/mississippi-city-bans-drive-in-church-services/printer/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573172.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818063910-20220818093910-00276.warc.gz | en | 0.969118 | 611 | 1.570313 | 2 |
Hanukkah , also known as the Festival of Lights, is an eight-day Jewish holiday commemorating the rededication of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt of the 2nd century BCE. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights, starting on the 25th day of Kislev according to the Hebrew calendar, and may occur from late November to late December on the Gregorian calendar.
The festival is observed by the kindling of the lights of a special candelabrum, the nine-branched Menorah or Hanukiah, one light on each night of the holiday, progressing to eight on the final night. An extra light called a shamash (Hebrew: “guard” or “servant”) is also lit each night, and is given a distinct location, usually higher or lower than the others. The purpose of the extra light is to adhere to the prohibition, specified in the Talmud (Tracate Shabbat 21b–23a), against using the Hanukkah lights for anything other than publicizing and meditating on the Hanukkah story. (The shamash is used to light the other lights.) As such, if one were to read from the lights—something prohibited—then it is not clear whether the light one is reading from was from the Hanukkah lights or the shamash light. So the shamash acts as a safeguard from accidental transgression.
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View the latest research on boys' emotional development.
Katherine Weinberger, Ph.D., a researcher featured in the PBS documentary Raising Cain, suggests that boys are more vulnerable and less resilient than girls in the first few months of life.
"Weinberg found that a higher proportion of girls could calm themselves when their mother's face displayed a 'stony expression' (as opposed to a warm one) — but that the boys could not. More boys would get easily distressed, they cried more frequently, and were unable to calm themselves. While we somehow expect boys to be 'tough,' this evidence shows them to actually be extremely vulnerable. This proves what we've known for years — that boys feel a full range of emotions — even those considered 'not masculine' like fear, shame, humiliation, and uncertainty. If everyone understood (as research now shows) that boys possess some emotional vulnerabilities that girls do not, would they raise them differently?"
Michael Thompson, Ph.D.
Co-Author, Raising Cain; Host, PBS documentary, RAISING CAIN
How do we help our boys express their feelings and grow up to be unafraid of them? How do we help them understand that they can be masculine — and have feelings too? How do we help them survive the tests of masculinity intact and on their own terms? In the book Raising Cain, co-authors Michael Thompson, Ph.D. and Dan Kindlon, Ph.D. present the following strategies, designed to help parents nurture and protect the emotional lives of their boys, to respect their interests and needs, and help them grow up to be caring, intelligent, successful men.
An excerpt from the book, Raising Cain: Protecting the Emotional Life of Boys, by Dan Kindlon, Ph.D. and Michael Thompson, Ph.D.
Give boys permission to have an internal life, approval for the full range of human emotions, and help in developing an emotional vocabulary so that they may better understand themselves and communicate more effectively with others. "The simple idea here is that you consciously speak to a boy's internal life all the time, whether he is aware of it or not. You respect it, you take it into account, you make reference to it, you share your own. There is something of the prophecy fulfilled here. That is, if you act as if your son has an internal life — if you assume that he does, along with every other human being — then soon he will take it into account."
Recognize and accept the high activity level of boys and give them safe boy places to express it. "Many parents of boys do embrace the physicality of boys… some do not. Most teachers of boys also love boys; some, unfortunately, do not. Boys are tremendously sensitive to adults who do not have a reasonable tolerance level for boy energy, and when they do sense that a person has a low threshold of boy tolerance, they usually respond to it as a challenge...Boys need to learn how to manage their physicality to do no harm, but they need not be shamed for exuberance."
Talk to boys in their language — in a way that honors their pride and their masculinity. Be direct with them; use them as consultants and problem solvers. "Because boys are miseducated to fear excessive feeling and vulnerability, it is important to communicate with them in a way that honors their wish for strength and does not shame them… Is communicating with boys sometimes difficult? Yes, it often is. Is it impossible? Almost never. Only with the most angry, contemptuous, and suspicious boys is conversation impossible. If you are willing to ask consultative questions, put your emotional cards on the table, and not be disappointed by brief answers, you can communicate with boys. "
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Having your browser set to “autofill” or “autocomplete password forms” can cause you to see the wrong shared account information, or worse, overwriting the shared information with the browser autofill when you edit an account.
If you decide to use password autofilling with your browser, don’t forget to prevent your browser from autofilling TeamPassword. Of course, we always recommend not storing passwords in your browser for security and collaboration reasons.
How to disable password autofilling by browser:
Delete saved passwords for TeamPassword
Turn off "Offer to save your web passwords"
Add TeamPassword to the exceptions list
Uncheck "Remember logins for sites"
Remove TeamPassword from the autofill list
Disable "Autofill Web Forms" / "User names and passwords"
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Our horse’s have such amazing and complex bodies and we are all trying to support their needs as much as we can. Flair Equine Nasal Strips posted a message and photo that was a huge eye opener to many equestrians. They posted,
“Do you really understand how big your horse’s lungs are? This picture is a horse’s lungs fully inflated…amazing when you think they are enclosed in a horse’s body! Did you know a horse takes in 2x 5-Gallon buckets of air ever second? Think of how much that really is. So, do the best you can to help your horse breathe!”
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Your ability to successfully navigate your way through life, in a physical sense, largely depends on the functional capabilities of your feet, and whether or not your feet can connect with the ground in a way that produces efficient, pain-free motion and movement. In order to realize the inherent potential of your feet to serve this important role, it’s crucial that you train them effectively, in a manner that optimizes and celebrates their natural form and function (something that’s frequently lost over time through the use of conventional footwear). This is where the BlackBoard Basic foot training system comes into play, especially when you use it in combination with BlackBoard MobilizationBars—a BlackBoard extension kit that helps accelerate functional foot gains.
BlackBoard MobilizationBars Training Goals
BlackBoard MobilizationBars are designed to help you restore your foot’s original motor skills, and they do so by increasing the sensitivity, flexibility, and joint range of motion in your feet. These tall, rounded bars create a larger tilting angle, which heightens the degree of mobilization possible throughout your various foot and toe joints, with the long-term goal of improving your overall foot function and reducing your chances of lower leg injuries. Use BlackBoard MobilizationBars to help you accomplish the following goals:
Mobilization of your heel and forefoot
Restoration of big toe range of motion
Relaxation and activation of key foot muscles
Enhancement of foot sensitivity, flexibility, and circulation
Improvement in joint range of motion throughout your foot
Now that you have a good sense of the many potential benefits associated with using BlackBoard MobilizationBars in combination with your BlackBoard, let’s take a closer look at the specific exercises you can perform to achieve these goals and build a more adaptable and responsive foot. The exercises you’ll find below have all been thoughtfully developed by the creators of the BlackBoard device, and they are suitable to perform practically anywhere, due to the lightweight, minimalist design and great portability of the BlackBoard itself.
Five Key Exercises for Long-Term Success
What appears below are the five basic exercises that constitute the core BlackBoard MobilizationBars training routine. The manufacturer of the MobilizationBars recommends that you do these exercises 2-3 times per week for optimal results. The overall aim of these helpful and novel exercises is to train your feet to become more capable, so that you can enjoy higher-quality footfalls and effective, pain-free movement throughout your lower body. In addition to the videos depicting each of these exercises, you’ll find below some additional tips and pointers on how to perform them successfully. We suggest watching the videos (ideally, several times) before performing the exercises to ensure that you execute them as intended.
In terms of duration and reps, the manufacturer recommends the following for each of these exercises:
3-5 repetitions on each side
Every set of BlackBoard MobilizationBars comes with a detailed user’s manual that includes descriptions of and QR codes for all the exercises that appear below, as well as depictions of how to arrange the MobilizationBars for each individual exercise.
Note: Don’t worry if you can’t tilt the BlackBoard all the way to the side in the beginning. After a few sessions, you’ll already notice that you have a wider range of motion.
For this exercise, position the long MobilizationBar beneath the FootBoard, right down the middle of it. The HeelBoard will sit firmly on the ground, thanks to the placement of the short MobilizationBars on both sides of it. Start this exercise off by tilting your forefoot to the left and then to the right. Continue rhythmically tilting the FootBoard from side to side, trying to get each edge as close to the floor as you can. The movement should be happening in your foot while your knee faces forward, to the greatest extent possible.
Exercise 2: Mobilizing the Heel
To work on mobilizing your heel, place one of the short MobilizationBars beneath the HeelBoard, right down the middle of it. The FootBoard will sit firmly on the ground for this exercise, thanks to the crosswise placement of the other MobilizationBars underneath it. Tilt the HeelBoard inward and outward, trying to bring the edges of the HeelBoard as close to the floor as possible. Continue rhythmically tilting the HeelBoard from side to side, focusing on controlled movement in order to optimize your heel mobility. Your forefoot should not raise the inner or outer edges of the FootBoard during this exercise.
Exercise 3: Foot Inversion (Untwisting the Foot)
This exercise helps relax and mobilize a tight foot (a common occurrence in those who have worn conventional footwear for many years). To get started with this exercise, position the long MobilizationBar beneath the FootBoard, along the inner edge. Then, position one of the short MobilizationBars beneath the HeelBoard, along the outer edge. Place your foot on the BlackBoard and divide your weight evenly between your forefoot and heel. Now move your knee straight ahead, out of neutral position, toward your second toe. This movement shifts your weight forward slightly, toward your forefoot. Your heel should remain in contact with the HeelBoard during this exercise.
Exercise 4: Inward Rotation of the Foot (Foot Spring)
This exercise also helps relax and mobilize a tight foot. To get rolling with this exercise, position the long MobilizationBar crosswise beneath the FootBoard, under your toes. Then, position one of the short MobilizationBars crosswise beneath the HeelBoard, under your heel. The BlackBoard device should form a “V” position when viewed from the side. As with exercise No. 3, move your knee straight ahead, out of neutral position, toward your second toe. This movement shifts your weight forward slightly, toward your forefoot. When performing this exercise, the arch of your foot should flatten toward the floor, and your foot should extend, or elongate, a little.
Exercise 5: Extension in the Big Toe
This exercise helps restore mobility in your big toe (as well as in your other toes) and activate the muscles in the sole of your foot. Place one of the short MobilizationBars crosswise beneath the HeelBoard, at the end of the board. Position your big toe on the board in such a way that your foot can extend in as straight a line as possible down the inner side of the board. Keep your big toe in this position while actively peeling your heel off the board. Lift your heel up as far as possible without changing the position of your big toe. The goal of this exercise is to reach an angle of 60 degrees while your big toe remains in straight alignment.
BlackBoard MobilizationBars: A Constructive Way to Enhance Foot Function
BlackBoard MobilizationBars provide you with the chance to improve key foot and toe joint ranges of motion, enhance the stability and resiliency of your foot and ankle, and develop a foot that’s more adept at handling the great variety of terrain you encounter in your daily life. The biggest benefit associated with using these thoughtfully crafted bars, however, is the confidence you get in knowing your feet will deliver you, in a proficient and fluid manner, wherever you choose to go. Almost all of us can benefit from training our feet to become more robust and injury-resistant, and doing so has never been more accessible, thanks to the creation of the BlackBoard device. Join the ever-growing number of people who are using BlackBoard MobilizationBars to improve foot form and function!
Dr. Marty Hughes is a chiropractic physician, or DC. He received his doctoral degree from Western States Chiropractic College (WSCC), now known as the University of Western States (UWS). Dr. Marty has always been interested in foot health, due to the connection between the feet and the spine. He has worked as a freelance writer for LiveStrong.com, for whom he contributed over 2,200 health-and-fitness articles. He is a co-founder of Natural Footgear and an ardent supporter of natural foot care approaches. Dr. Marty enjoys road cycling, trail running, hiking, canoeing, and cross-country skiing as well as exploring the mountains of Western North Carolina.
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While President Obama’s May 23 speech did not signal a major change in the War on Terror, in addressing concerns about human rights for the first time, the speech demonstrated the antiwar movement’s growing power.
This article originally appeared at Waging Nonviolence.
A presidential war speech often doubles as a gauge of the antiwar movement’s weakness or strength. This was borne out again last week when President Obama delivered what the administration billed as a major address on the wars over which he is presiding. In his May 23 presentation at the National Defense University, the president proclaimed a fundamental shift in the wars since 9/11. In reality, it was a carefully nuanced message that said as much about the growing opposition to two aspects of his wars — drones and the remaining prisoners at Guantánamo Bay — as the prospect of an eventual end to “endless war.”
For years the Obama administration did not see fit to comment publicly on the growing drone fleet and its targeted killing program, which independent research demonstrates has led to thousands of deaths. But the anti-drones movement has grown over the past year, with more nonviolent action, civil disobedience, networking, and even a 13-hour filibuster by Sen. Rand Paul. This growing awareness and opposition has increasingly compelled the United States government to shed some light on this policy and to begin a public relations campaign to win hearts and minds for the emerging drones culture.
At the same time, the renewed public focus on Guantánamo — unexpectedly sparked by an ongoing hunger strike being carried out by over 100 inmates — has pushed the administration to again grapple with President Obama’s as-yet-unmet 2008 commitment to close the facility. As details have emerged about the practice of force-feeding and the strike has stretched past the 100-day milestone, solidarity fasts and nonviolent actions across the United States have stoked this growing movement. It is not a coincidence that both of these matters were key features of the president’s presentation.
These policies were embedded in the larger focus of the speech — a suggested end to the multi-pronged war that the United States has been prosecuting since 2001. In a sharp rhetorical divergence from both the Bush administration and his own, President Obama laid out the conviction that this war, like all wars, must end. But instead of truly finishing this conflict, he proposed indefinitely carrying on military operations, especially drone attacks, designed to concentrate on what he termed the reduced but continuing terrorist threat.
It is no accident that President Obama floated a vision of terminating this conflict. After a dozen years of combat, public support for unending war has waned, and the antiwar movement has steadily percolated. But this termination Obama alluded to is illusory.
Relying incessantly on drone strikes and other means to kill whomever the U.S. government decides are terrorists and their “associated forces” is endless war by other means. The president’s speech was less about a real shift and more about indefinitely extended hostilities framed in a way that normalizes and institutionalizes them. Winning and consolidating public support for this strategy is crucial for its success, which is why the speech raised, and then blithely knocked down, the critic’s arguments. Drone attacks, the president insisted, are effective, legal and subject to accountability. Here he referred, with no sheepish irony, to a presidential document he had signed just the day before — a text that has not been made public so that the rest of us can assess how much accountability there will, in fact, be.
While briefly acknowledging that drone attacks kills civilians (“for me and those in my chain of command, those deaths will haunt us as long as we live”), the president claimed that this is the least lethal option and that, in effect, U.S. lives are ultimately more important than non-U.S. ones. He conceded in passing that drone attacks risk creating new enemies and that the secrecy in which they are shrouded could lead to authoritarian abuse by policymakers. But as with most of these concerns, he briskly waved them away. “Doing nothing is not an option,” he said at one point with simple finality.
He is right, of course — doing nothing is not an option. But “targeted killing” or “doing nothing” are not our only alternatives. There are many more effective and enduring solutions, but taking them on would require giving up one’s faith in the power of dominating force and the narrow, dualistic view of the world in which that faith is rooted.
For example, a RAND corporation study that analyzed hundreds of terrorist groups found that 43 percent of them “reached a peaceful political accommodation with their government.” In another study, University of Chicago professor Robert Pape examined every suicide bombing from 1980 to 2004 and concluded that 95 percent of which were motivated by a desire to compel the withdrawal of military forces from land the attackers saw as their homeland.
On May 23 the president said, “America is at a crossroads. We must define the nature and scope of this struggle, or else it will define us.” He is speaking operationally — we have a choice of tactics — but a deeper meaning lurks here. We stand at a crossroads, but it does not simply represent a choice between the weapons we will wield. There is a qualitative choice between fundamentally different paths: controlling the world through fear, surveillance and the illusion of superiority, or risking another course of nonviolent options and peacebuilding.
This is ultimately less about convincing policymakers directly than it is about building movements that illuminate the options that exist. This is the point that I made in 2009 in reflecting on President Obama being awarded the Nobel peace prize. This is why presidential speeches are a barometer of the movement. When movements are strong, it is more likely that just and peaceful alternatives will be entertained — and can even make their way into a president’s vision. For example, John Kennedy’s sudden decision in 1963 to back the Partial Test Ban Treaty was influenced by the peace movement, while Lyndon Johnson’s swung his support behind the landmark voting right’s bill in 1965 after the Civil Rights movement’s march from Selma to Montgomery.
These are high stakes. We are being asked to sign on to an increasingly militarized world that, like the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, will likely result in a tsunami of unintended consequences. But we have another choice: nonviolent alternatives. In this regard we have no better example than Medea Benjamin who sought to engage the president on both Guantánamo and drones during his May 23 speech.
Not only did Benjamin raise salient facts left out of or muted in the president’s presentation, such as the fact that as commander-in-chief he does not have to wait for congressional action to close Guantánamo or that one of his drones strikes had killed a 16-year-old U.S. citizen. Then, only a few hours later, she was part of a national strategy conference call plotting nonviolent action in support of the Guantánamo hunger strikers. They began to organize a June civil disobedience action featuring people in orange jumpsuits and black hoods representing the 86 prisoners who have been cleared for release but are still being held, a delegation to Guantánamo and an effort to meet with the president about closing Guantánamo immediately.
Nonviolent actions, campaigns and movements open space and possibilities that previously seemed far-fetched and unlikely. The president’s speech may represent a tactical change, but the real turning point will come as a result of the growing momentum of a movement that dramatically pools its people-power for both clear skies and human rights. | <urn:uuid:b4c26b24-1fa1-4daf-93c9-d13ee55c360f> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.utne.com/politics/obamas-speech-antiwar-movement | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280364.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00035-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966981 | 1,595 | 2.265625 | 2 |
Ever think about going back to college? Even if the answer is no, maybe a Cat Ed curriculum would be of interest to you. The Cat Channel is offering nine courses in Cat Care and Behavior, and the class valedictorian will win a year’s supply of Eukanuba Cat Food.
Here are the details:
Cat College is a three-month curriculum of nine courses that will give you the foundation for understanding and caring for your cats.
Each month from Dec. 1 through Feb. 28, we will offer three courses 1 core class and two cat-lectives.
Cat Club members will earn 1,000 points just for enrolling and an additional 250 points for completing each quiz, in addition to 25 points for logging on each day.
To graduate, you are required to complete all three core classes, three of the six cat-lectives and receive a passing score, which is 60 percent or higher on each quiz.
To receive top honors, you must take all nine courses and score 90 percent or higher on each quiz.
The core classes are Nutrition, Biology and Physical Education.
The cat-lectives are Genetics, Art History, Sociology, Language, Psychology and Zoology.
For a course description, see the Cat College Catalog. Each course includes a video lecture, reading material and quiz.
All Cat College graduates will be able to download and personalize a 2010 Cat College diploma. All Top Honors graduates will be able to download and personalize a 2010 Cat College Magna Felis Laude diploma.
The Cat College 2010 Valedictorian will win a years worth of Eukanuba cat food from PetCo Bottomless Bowl and receive 5,000 points.
To be considered for Valedictorian, you must take all classes, score the highest on each test and then take the final exam and score the highest.
Each prospective valedictorian must write a 500-word-or-less commencement speech for Cat College. A copy of the speech will be published on CatChannel and read at graduation
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Full Opportunity Program
The Full Opportunity Program is a Fredonia-based program for students who fall slightly shy of our traditional admissions criteria. In selecting students for the program, Admissions looks holistically at each applicant to determine his or her potential for success. Admissions decisions are based on a student’s ability to be academically successful in a rigorous college setting.
FOP is a vibrant support program designed to assist students in navigating their way through the college experience. Flexible, individualized and compassionate support from professional staff and peer mentors provides guidance for students as they develop a strong foundation for success.
Because we are committed to your success, the Full Opportunity Program offers a wide range of programs, services and support to help you have the most fulfilling experience during your time at Fredonia. Students will have the opportunity to take advantage of:
guided study sessions
enroll in ENGL 100 (Craft of Writing) your first semester
FOP Mentoring for Success Program
Academic enrichment experiences and opportunities to connect with other students in the program will set you on your way toward an academically successful experience.
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While creating a drive partition on a hard disk via the Diskpart utility, some users have experienced The service failed to initialize error. The error usually points to a failed service or corrupt system file, which is causing the service to stop. If you see the same error messages on the Disk Management console or the Diskpart, the solutions described in this post may help you fix the problem.
Why The service failed to initialize in Windows?
Apart from service issues, there can be other problems causing virtual disk errors. The list includes damaged system files, damaged hard disks, and connection issues. If you are trying this on a remote PC and getting this, make sure to check you are not blocked by the firewall.
Diskpart Virtual Disk Service Error The service failed to initialize
If you face this issue we suggest you undertake the following two steps:
- Autostart Virtual Disk Service (VDS)
- Check Registry permission for Application Packages
Make sure that your account has an administrator account and that you have a clear idea of what you plan to do.
1] Autostart Virtual Disk Service (VDS)
VDS service is set to manual start, i.e., it is only started when another program requests it. It can be Windows or any other program connected with virtual services. It is possible that when you are trying the Diskpart tool, the service did not start, and hence you get the error— The service failed to initialize.
To start the service, follow these steps:
- Open Run prompt using Win + R
- Type services.msc and press the Enter key
- Locate Virtual Disk Service in the services management console and check the status
- If it’s not running, right-click and click on the Start option
- Make sure that its Startup type is set to Manual. which is the default Windows setting.
- Apply the changes, and click on the OK button to close it.
Restart your Windows PC and check if the service errors are not there anymore.
You can also quickly start the VDS service by running the command
net start vds from an elevated Windows Terminal.
2] Check Registry permission for Application Packages
One of the suggestions by a user in the forum, based on his experience, was to make sure one of the registry components related to VDS has read permissions. If that is not so, the error will show up.
- Type registry in the Start menu, and click on the Registry Editor listing in the search result
- If prompted by UAC, click on the Yes button
- Next, navigate to the following path
- Right-click on the VDS folder and click on the Permissions option
- Select each group or user name and ensure all have Read permission or the Special permissions.
If the permission is missing, you need to add your account and add permissions to it. It will ensure that when you execute the command the problem doesn’t occur.
Apart from the above two methods, you can also run SFC, and DISM commands to rule out the possibility of system file corruption.
Can I restart the Virtual disk service?
Your computer’s Services app can be used to start the Virtual disk service if it is not running. Locate the Virtual Disk service in the Services Manager. Upon finding it, right-click on it and choose Start (if it is stopped), or Restart (if it is already running).
- Diskpart Virtual Disk Service error, The operation timed out
- Diskpart Virtual Disk Service error. Delete is not allowed on the current boot, system, pagefile, crashdump or hibernation volume
- Diskpart Virtual Disk Service error, The operation is not supported by the object
- Diskpart Virtual Disk Service Error, The volume size is too big
- Diskpart Virtual Disk Service error, The specified disk is not convertible
- Diskpart Virtual Disk Service Error, Clean is not allowed
- Diskpart Virtual Disk Service error, There is not enough usable space
- Diskpart Virtual Disk Service Error, The service failed to initialize.
Will Disk Cleanup delete my files?
Disk Cleanup improves your computer’s performance by freeing up disk space. When you run Disk Cleanup, your disk is searched for temporary files, Internet caches, and program files the computer no longer needs, and you can safely delete them. All or some of those files can be deleted using Disk Cleanup. | <urn:uuid:a05457de-7338-4b13-b1a0-3a13ac676056> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.thewindowsclub.com/diskpart-virtual-disk-service-error-the-service-failed-to-initialize | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572163.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815085006-20220815115006-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.869714 | 935 | 1.78125 | 2 |
Google’s Gmail service had yet another widespread outage on Tuesday at 12:30 PM which lasted more than 3 hours between 100 minutes (according to Google) to 2 ½ hours (according to PC World). News of the outage quickly spread like a wildfire on social media networks, where it quickly earned the epitaph of Gfail. A great day for Twitter and Facebook! Even by Google’s own account, it was a “big deal”.
Google’s Ben Treynor, VP Engineering and Site Reliability Czar, apologized for the outage in a blog post on the Gmail blog, and explained the technical details of what caused it. I like his well-crafted response for most part, and although he calls it as it is (“Gmail’s web interface had a widespread outage…”), when your web interface is the primary or only interface used by most customers to access your service, for customers the service is down.
With each outage, I’ve reminded myself that in spite of the best efforts of system and service architects to build as much high availability and quick recovery mechanisms in place, outages do occur— just as they do in your on-premise systems and services, and that there’s nothing to be alarmed about unless it forms a pattern.
The latest outage, and the reported reason for it— a capacity miscalculation according to News.com’s Tom Krazit, makes me a little uncomfortable. I use Gmail (there, I said it… just as I use Hotmail/Live, Yahoo!, several flavors of Exchange Server, and other POP/IMAP-based messaging systems), but using it as the primary email system for business, even for free, would be a difficult decision.
As organizations consider the move to the cloud, high availability is one of the many factors that must be carefully considered, and the potential of widespread loss of productivity must be factored in when calculating the cost savings. Additionally, if you rely on a cloud-based e-mail service, an outage like this also brings to a standstill the frantic e-mail and collaboration activity that goes on inside an organization that’s dependent on e-mail. What adds to further loss of productivity is the fact that most users using a web-based e-mail service do not have a local copy of their data. Gmail, and other web-based e-mail providers do provide access to e-mail accounts using POP/IMAP e-mail clients, which allows you to download messages to your computer. But when was the last time you used a POP/IMAP client to access your web-based e-mail service?
To make the situation worse, if you depend on the same cloud-based service for your productivity apps such as word processing, spreadsheets, etc., you may as well have taken the day (or at least the few hours) off. Nik Curilovic reports in Gmail Now Really Down – Can I Get My Email Back Please (Update: Its Back) on TechCrunch.com:
I use Apps For Domain for everything – my contacts, my email, my todo list, my chat, my documents and more recently, my phone. As soon as it went down, I noticed in less than a second. I am now completely stuck, after a few months of being impressed by how I was able to run my entire life on Google.
Gmail is covered by the Google Apps SLA, which promises an uptime of 99.9%. Going by the proverbial “Nines of High Availability” calculation you’ve no doubt heard many times over in high availability presentations, three nines (or 99.9% up time) allows approximately 8.76 hours of unplanned down-time in a year. Yesterday’s outage consumed more than one third of that.
Gmail’s Site Reliability Manager, Acacio Cruz, says in a Current Gmail Outage post on the official Google blog:
Obviously we’re never happy when outages occur, but we would like to stress that this is an unusual occurrence.
PC World’s JR Raphael notes:
While “frequent” would probably be an exaggeration when it comes to describing Gmail outages, “unusual” might be missing the mark by a hair, too.
Raphael chronicles Gmail outages in Gmail Outage Marks Sixth Downtime in Eight Months.
The total downtime, as stated by Raphael in the above article, is approximately 71 hours or more! The three longest outages lasted 30 hours, 24 hours, and 15 hours respectively. Yesterday’s outage was world-wide.
To Gmail’s defense, with the highly distributed nature of web-based services that have a global reach and are likely spread over many data centers in different parts of the world, a single user wouldn’t have been affected by all outages. But it’s an alarming number nevertheless. If you were affected by all the outages, it would translate to less than 99% availability (99.97% availability allows you little over one day of downtime), a figure most organizations wouldn’t be comfortable with. On the flip side, Google would’ve rewarded you with 7 days of free service, “at no charge to customer” according to the Google Apps SLA— if you notify Google within 30 days from the time you become eligible for the credit.
If your organization require a higher SLA for its messaging system, and you’ve deployed high availability configurations to achieve higher uptime, this cloud clearly isn’t for you.
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Anuj C. Desai (University of Wisconsin Law School) has posted "What a History of Tax Withholding Tells Us About the Relationship between Statutes and Constitutional Law," Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 108, No. 3 (2014). Here's the abstract:
In this Article, I explain what a seemingly obscure statute, the Current Tax Payment Act of 1943, can tell us about the relationship between statutes and constitutional law. I use William Eskridge and John Ferejohn’s notion of a “superstatute” as a lens through which to view this relationship. A “superstatute,” in Eskridge and Ferejohn’s conception, is a statute that has small “c” constitutional emanations, emanations that both affect interpretations of the large “C” Constitution and are entrenched against subsequent legislative change. To better understand the precise contours of the notion of a superstatute, I look at the Current Tax Payment Act of 1943, which instituted the system of federal tax withholding for wage income. I describe the history of federal income tax withholding leading up to the passage of that Act, explaining in turn how that history sheds light on the underlying notion of a superstatute.Full text is available here.
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The Walrus Says
The spirits of the builders and soldiers who occupied Fort Adams through its long history await you within the structure's cold, bleak walls this Halloween season.
The Fort Adams Trust will present its third annual Fortress of Nightmares the weekends of Oct. 19 to 21 and 26 to 28, starting at 7 p.m. The historic fort will unleash its restless spirits of the past during special haunted tours.
Because of its eerie intensity, children under 12 will not be admitted.
According to an announcement from Jamestown native Robert J. McCormack, director of visitor and membership services, guides will lead the way through spooky areas of the fort not usually seen on regular tours. "Visitors will encounter the resident 'spirits' and hear tales of the fort's long history and legends, from those who lived, but more importantly, died there.
Meet the laborers who built the fort, the soldiers and families who lived there, and learn the secrets hidden within the fort's ancient walls.
Unlike other haunted attractions, the Fortress of Nightmares utilizes the history, legends and folklore that surround Fort Adams to heighten the creepy atmosphere that is Fort Adams after dark.
Admission is $10 per person with a $1 discount for those with a Haunted Newport RIP Pass.
Tours are weather dependant. Ticket sales begin at 6:30 p.m. and end at 9 each evening. Sturdy footwear is required.
All proceeds benefit the Fort Adams Trust whose mission is to direct and support the stabilization, restoration, maintenance and operation of Fort Adams as a public historic site.
Questions? Visit www.fortadams. org or call 841-0707.
This is 10-year-old Julia Hirsh's first play but she sounds like an old trouper.
She plays Gretel in the Jamestown Community Theatre's production of Steven Sondheim's musical "Into the Woods" to be staged in November at the community center.
The Jamestown school sixth grader also participates with others as a dancing princess. What delights her most though, is having her own solo in the song "One Midnight Gone." It's one line and it goes, "The harder to get, the better to have. Agreed?" She also has one word in Second Midnight and some stage business with Hansel (Damien Beecroft).
"It's going to be real good," she proclaimed.
Julia is not the only Hirsh involved with the JCT production. Her dad, Bennet, is an understudy for the Mysterious Man role, and mom, Dori, is co-chair of costume design.
Julia's siblings, Madeleine, 8, and Abigail, 6, are waiting in the wings for the next JCT offering.
Starting to compile Christmas gifts for your children or grandchildren? Here's the perfect stocking stuffer.
The Beavertail Lighthouse Museum has its own coloring book. For $5 you can color in facts about the Newport Light House, as the first tower was called when it was built on the southern tip of Conanicut Island in 1749.
The book, which comes with a 4-pack of crayons, was written and designed by Dorrie Linn, with illustrations by Sarah Litchfield.
To purchase the coloring book, call Dorrie at 423-9871.
John Longo and "Hatcher" go hunting in Connecticut for pheasants and partridge in Saturday morning's edition of "Kettlebottom Outdoor Pursuits," on Cox 3 at 10:30 a.m.
Then, Robb Roach heads to the marshes of Galilee with his kids and a few friends and shows how easy clamming can be. He heads home with the catch and prepares a batch of Clams Casino.
The program is produced by Robb's Kettlebottom Outfitters.
Barbara-Ann MacIntosh is in with the lyrics to Open the Door Richard, and Bob Kinder elaborated on last weeks lyrics, "All or nothing at all, half a love never appealed to me. If your heart, it never could yield to me, then I'd rather have nothing at all. Old Frank Sinatra tune."
And, how he could do it! Thanks, guys.
*** Who was Fang?
The most interesting garage on the north end must be the one at 665 North Main Rd.
We first noticed it on the way to the dump some time ago when, with red paint on its door, it was announcing someone's 50th birthday.
This past weekend we saw that it had been decorated in a Halloween motif with appropriate seasonal fare.
We assume the house behind the garage, high on a hill and not easily seen from the road, owns the garage and takes advantage of the location right on North Road to share the various holidays with other islanders.
Kudos to the artists.
Beware of what you give Fluffy says Dr. Joshua Hatch of the Jamestown Animal Clinic in his Pet Tip of the Week.
"Although there are many biological similarities between humans and our pets, there are enough differences that not all things which are good for us are good for them.
"Most people know that chocolate can be bad for pets. Besides the sugar content which can upset stomachs, the actual reason is that the caffeine in the chocolate is metabolized differently and can make those pets tremor and shake after eating it.
"Similarly, dogs can usually tolerate plain buffered aspirin if they are in pain due to muscle pain or arthritis. But ibuprofen, Tylenol, Advil, and Alleve are not aspirin, and although people can use aspirin and ibuprofen basically interchangeably, for our pets the nonaspirin pain killers can actually make them very sick. "So, please do some research, ideally by talking with your veterinarian, or in a pinch by checking reliable internet sources before giving your pet any medications, because what is good for you may not be so good for our four-legged furry friends."
*** The Jamestown Press has a new front door.
Walkin' Jim Stoltz will perform three shows at the Jamestown school tomorrow and give a free concert at the community center Saturday night at 7 p.m.
The entertainer is a one-of-akind environmentalist who has walked all over America, 27,000 miles and counting.
Sponsored by the Conanicut Island Land Trust, Walkin' Jim brings his message of preservation and conservation through his original songs, stories and fabulous photos of America' wild places.
Trust member Mike Swistak said, "The Land Trust is bringing Jim to Jamestown to continue the message of local preservation and to say thanks for all the support it receives from islanders and friends."
Bongo, bongo, bongo, I don't want to leave............
Kudos to 14-year-old Clayton Robertson who hauled in a 30- pound striper while fishing with his uncle, Mark Robertson, off Newport. The North Kingstown High School freshman brought the beauty to the boat on 10-pound test line.
The Canada geese are heading south. Well, some of them anyway. However, no one can convince me that the Monarchs will ever get as far as the state border by Christmas. They're just having too much fun getting there.
To this column's Newport readers: The last people we need to send to the General Assembly are recycled pols who have been there and are the reason for many of today's problems.
We need young, innovative, new people who want to turn this state around.
The fascinating beginnings and detailed history of the aircraft carrier will be outlined by Maj. Mike Coletta, USMC, a native Rhode Islander, at the Jamestown Library next Thursday, the 18th, at 7 p.m.
A student at the Naval War College in Newport, Major Coletta has extensive experience flying F/A-18s from carriers in day, night and combat situations. Highly decorated, the major will speak of how ships and airplanes have come together in such a special way.
The program is free and open to the public. Questions? Call 423- 7280.
Another moment of mirth from Beth: When my grandson asked me how old I was, I teasingly replied, "I'm not sure."
"Look in your underwear, Grandma," he advised. "Mine says I'm 4 to 6."
*** Be true!
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The train was packed beyond capacity at the time of the accident.
Horrifying pictures circulating on social media show that the derailed train had overturned near the tracks.
According to local media, the accident occured in Eseka on the line between the country’s main cities, Douala and the capital, Yaounde.
Dead bodies and injured people were pictured at the scene of the accident.
The state owned CRTV showed people giving injured persons first aid.
"There are many injured.
"We are still in the phase of evaluating the situation. We cannot give even a provisional toll,” said an official for national rail company Camrail.
The collapse of a bridge along the main highway between the capital and Douala had prompted increased numbers of passengers to undertake the journey by rail.
Many train tracks in Western Africa have a reputation for poor quality – and derailments are common.
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Admire the sculpted shrubbery in this whimsical garden.
In Portsmouth, Rhode Island, visitors young and old will enjoy the living sculptures in the Green Animals Topiary Gardens. Thomas Brayton (1844 - 1939) was the Treasurer of the Union Cotton Manufacturing Company in Fall River, Massachusetts. He bought the estate in 1872 with 7 acres of land, a white clapboard summer home, some outbuildings, a pasture, and a vegetable garden. Thomas Brayton hired a Portuguese gardener named Joseph Carreiro to begin creating the topiary garden. Along with his son-in-law, George Mendonca, they spent a combined 75 years managing the grounds on the estate.
The topiaries were created using gardening traditions from Portuguese and New England. They are sculpted from California privet, yew, and English boxwood. Some of the topiaries are a century old. There are more than 80 topiaries throughout the grounds overlooking Narragansett Bay. Keep your eye out for the giant teddy bear, elephant, giraffe, camel, and unicorn. Thomas Brayton's daughter Alice gave the estate its name, "Green Animals," and made the home her permanent residence in 1939. When she died in 1972, at the age of 94, Alice Brayton left the entire estate to The Preservation Society of Newport County. Today, visitors can enjoy the topiaries, vegetable gardens, herb gardens, orchards, and the beautiful Victorian house. The home has the original Brayton family furnishings and is a sight to see. Visitors are welcome to bring a picnic to enjoy on the grounds. | <urn:uuid:23b31535-5396-4f66-9f8c-ef3792145d96> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://gowandering.com/places/green-animals-topiary-gardens | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572221.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816060335-20220816090335-00065.warc.gz | en | 0.948818 | 332 | 2.203125 | 2 |
The staffing of the American news media has never fully reflected the diversity of the nation. For most of the country’s history, Latino and non-white journalists were not welcomed in white-run newsrooms and, through their own news outlets, produced content which shed light on issues the white press was ignoring. In the 1890s, journalist Ida B. Wells covered lynchings the mainstream news outlets would not. In the 1950s and 1960s, newspapers and television networks struggled to cover the Civil Rights era with only a rare few black journalists in their newsrooms. The National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, popularly known as the Kerner Commission, was convened by President Lyndon B. Johnson against the backdrop of cities burning in what were then called “race riots.” Among the 1968 report’s broader findings, key sections criticized news coverage of race and politics, pointing out the lack of diversity in America’s newsrooms.
Half a century later, in a year filled with prominent Civil Rights era commemorations including the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., questions persist about newsroom staffing. The American Society of News Editors’ stated goal in 1978 to steadily bring newsroom diversity numbers to parity with national averages has not materialized, despite the large demographic shift in America’s racial and ethnic makeup. The ASNE’s annual newsroom diversity survey shows that Latino and non-whites made up 12 percent of newspaper editorial staff in 2000, and by 2016, that had edged up to only 17 percent. The United States population is currently 38 percent Latino or non-white, more than double the percentage of newsroom representation. In 2016, women were 51 percent of the U.S. population, but made up only 38 percent of newspaper editorial staff. The Women’s Media Center found that, “at 20 of the nation’s top news outlets [in 2017], men produced 62.3 percent of news reports analyzed while women produced 37.7 percent of news reports.”
Teri Hayt, ASNE’s executive director (and the first woman to hold the position in the organization’s 90-plus year history) said the numbers “have not moved that much” in recent years. As for why publishers and editors should care about diversity, she stated simply, “You should care because you’re losing audience share [if you don’t].” Melissa Harris-Perry, the Maya Angelou Presidential Chair at Wake Forest University, who is also the founder of the Anna Julia Cooper Center and the former host of the Melissa Harris Perry show on MSNBC, sees the issue as one of equity and balance. “The very idea of having to answer the question, ‘Why does it matter for them [i.e., journalists of color] to be there?’ means all the space should be owned by white men. People who live in bodies that are marginalized don’t have to bring anything other than their excellence or mediocrity to the table, because that’s what white people do.”
This paper begins with a focus on the Kerner and Civil Rights era; progresses into research on the diversity of 2016 political news teams; and ends by exploring what might be done to create more diverse newsrooms. How have newsrooms changed, or failed to change? How prepared, willing and able are newsrooms to learn from their own behavior in a politically turbulent time? And what does this all mean for media equity, now and in the future?
The Kerner Commission: Lessons and Legacy
This is our basic conclusion: Our nation is moving toward two societies, one black, one white—separate and unequal.
Discrimination and segregation have long permeated much of American life; they now threaten the future of every American.
This deepening racial division is not inevitable. The movement apart can be reversed. Choice is still possible. Our principal task is to define that choice and to press for a national resolution.
Those are the words of the Kerner Commission, which was chaired by Illinois Governor Otto Kerner, Jr. and tasked with exploring why black urban neighborhoods were imploding in 1967, most prominently in Newark and Detroit. The document outlined the role of the federal government in creating and maintaining the economic segregation of predominantly black urban areas (described in the Kerner report as “the ghetto”). And it noted the failures of the American media to provide the newsroom diversity and type of coverage that might be part of a constructive response.
Newsroom diversity can contribute to the thoroughness of coverage, just as a lack of diversity can create massive blind spots.
The Kerner Commission report pointed out failures in equitable and thorough news coverage, not just in newsroom staffing. “Our second and fundamental criticism,” it reads, “is that the news media have failed to analyze and report adequately on racial problems in the United States, and, as a related matter, to meet the Negro’s legitimate expectations in journalism.” Of particular note was the idea that all citizens have a right to “legitimate expectations” that communities (including but not limited to racial groups and geographic regions) will be covered thoroughly and fairly.
Newsroom diversity can contribute to the thoroughness of coverage, just as a lack of diversity can create massive blind spots. In 2009, journalist Kai Wright penned a piece for the American Prospect detailing how his parents lost their home after failing to find a way to refinance their sub-prime loan to avoid balloon payments. As he points out:
In 2006, African American borrowers at all income levels were three times as likely to be sold sub-prime loans than were their white counterparts, even those with comparable credit scores. The Pew Hispanic Center reports that 17.5 percent of whites took out sub-prime loans but that 44.9 percent of Hispanics and 52.5 percent of African Americans took out sub-prime loans. Blacks like my mom, who could qualify for conventional loans, were targeted for sub-prime ones, which generated higher fees for the lender and higher costs and risks for the borrower.
Wright subsequently described how the sub-prime mortgage crisis hit black and brown homeowners first, and how, if newsrooms had been expansive in their coverage of mortgage lending in communities of color, they might have more quickly spotted the looming, nationwide sub-prime crisis. Did Wright cover the sub-prime crisis because of his parents, or because he is black and aware of the banks’ impact on black communities, or because he is an enterprising reporter? Although it’s impossible to say for sure, Wright’s reporting illustrates the potential power of diversity in improving news coverage and reporting. As we look back at the “legitimate expectations” for equitable news coverage in the Kerner Commission report, it’s hard to imagine meeting those expectations without the greater presence of women and people of color in newsrooms.
In “Not an Anomaly,” British data journalist Asama Day writes:
Homogeneity is a huge issue in an industry which aims to inform an increasingly diverse society…Diversity is more than skin colour or religion and should emulate society by incorporating gender, age, social background, sexual orientation and disability. Newsrooms should aim to reflect the world they report about and the audiences they serve—while still retaining the values of hiring the best person for the job.
At the same time, Day notes that it’s important that reporters of all backgrounds develop competencies in covering a multi-ethnic world: “While issues relating to race and discrimination are important and must be reported on, data journalists of all races, ethnicities, religions and backgrounds should be able to report on them and shed a light on them.”
Richard Prince, a longtime journalist who writes a media and diversity column titled “Journal-isms,” echoed the notion that every reporter can contribute to equitable news coverage. “I’m seeing more people who are not people of color writing about racial issues,” he said. He cites the 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning story by reporter Sarah Ryley, who is white, about police evictions of New Yorkers in minority neighborhoods who haven’t committed crimes. “What the Kerner Commission was saying was that the general population was not finding out what was going on in the black community,” Prince added, which not only was, “frustrating to black people,” but also harmful to civil society generally.
Following the publication of the Kerner Commission report, journalists of color seized upon the findings and founded new organizations including the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) to help expand newsroom opportunities. In an article for the Columbia Journalism Review, NABJ co-founder Paul Delaney stated that, following the Kerner era:
A group of us formed the National Association of Black Journalists in 1976, with the aim of prodding our profession to thoroughly integrate its newsrooms as soon as possible. At the time, our enthusiasm was extremely high, we felt that we were onto something big and good, that we were on the right side of history…We were so naively optimistic back then.
Their optimism was misplaced. Delaney noted that, “Several veteran reporters, when requested, refused to assist us and act as teachers and mentors to young minority hires and trainees.” Nevertheless, he said, “My career at The New York Times switched from reporting and editing to helping the company to become less white and more inclusive. And it worked. For a while.” His conclusion, though, was pessimistic. “To say that I’m disappointed today by the entire situation, not only at The New York Times, but in my chosen profession, is an understatement. However, truth be told, I’m not surprised at all. It’s still a racial and racist thing the nation cannot seem to take hold of nor shake, after all these centuries.”
At the on-the-record Unity Journalists for Diversity gathering in April 2017, attendees included representatives of major news outlets including The New York Times, those from organizations including ASNE and the National Association of Black Journalists, and academics working on diversity in journalism. Much of what emerged in conversation considered the heightened risks in covering politics during an era of internet trolls and harassment. There is pain being inflicted outside the newsroom, from harassment by interview subjects and hostile news consumers; conflict and sometimes harassment in newsrooms; and a recognition that covering race in and of itself can be traumatic. Jesse Holland, who covers race and ethnicity for the Associated Press, spoke about how covering racially-motivated killings time and again takes an emotional toll. There’s also the question of what different people, again, both inside and outside of the newsroom, expect from reporters of color. Holland and Simon Moya-Smith, an independent Native American journalist, addressed the special burden borne by journalists of color. They are sometimes seen as double agents, working both for their ethnic communities and for journalism broadly—sometimes pleasing neither.
Discussions at the conference questioned whether the comfort and safety of white reporters was placed above that of reporters of color. Nicki Mayo of the National Association of Black Journalists spent the 2008 election based in Appalachia. While completing a mix of political and general-interest reporting, she found herself forcibly dragged into a men’s bathroom during NASCAR races in Bristol, Tenn. She also spoke of interning for an outlet in her hometown of Baltimore and being asked to accompany a young white reporter into a black neighborhood. She pointed out that no one had given her an escort when she covered white working-class communities in Appalachia. It should be noted that during the conversation, several female reporters, including a Muslim woman wearing a headscarf, stated emphatically they did not want to be barred from taking high-risk assignments by their editors.
The risks of reporters being targeted for their identities rose during the 2016 election cycle. Carolyn Ryan supervised the New York Times’ political coverage during the election and in February of that year was promoted to assistant editor in charge of journalist recruitment. “Anyone believed to be Jewish was attacked on Twitter,” she said, citing the harassment of reporter Jonathan Weisman. Twitter “blew us off,” she said of the Times’ initial attempts to incite the platform to intervene. Another Times reporter was doxed after writing a piece about Senator Marco Rubio’s finances. He was harassed for being gay, and information about his husband and his apartment were made public. Elsewhere, after an Indian-immigrant engineer in Kansas was killed by a gunman who yelled, “Get out of my country,” Rhonda LeValdo, a Kansas City broadcast host and producer, decided to heed an anonymous threat she received by mail. “We’re living in a different time and I should not let this go,” she explained at the Unity gathering.
Mizell Stewart is the head of news talent and partnerships at Gannett and USA Today Network, is the former president of American Society of News Editors, and is now the president of the ASNE Foundation. In the current environment, Stewart said, journalists need to turn to each other. “We have an administration that is playing asymmetrical warfare against the press, and it’s incumbent among us as journalists to band together to a degree we are not usually comfortable with. How do we as journalists—dare I say, as patriots—work more collaboratively to push back against this idea that we have somehow become the enemy of the American people?” For the reporters who covered and continue to cover politics, the hostility toward the press and the targeting of personal identity is taking its toll.
Related to this is the question of whether the news media’s incessant replay of Trump’s xenophobic attacks incited racial and ethnic bias in white voters. A Gallup study found that racial resentment, which had dropped during the latter years of the Obama presidency, rose during and after the 2016 election. The belief that Latinos and non-whites are given special privileges in everything from employment to social service systems like Medicare was a major predictor of Trump support during the GOP primaries. Political scientist Thomas Wood of Ohio State University analyzed data from the 2016 American National Election Study and found, that since 1988 there hasn’t been such a clear correspondence between vote choice and racial perceptions.
In the aftermath of the election, some reporters have written or spoken publicly about the issue of race/gender/and otherness on the campaign trail. The Washington Post’s Robert Samuels, a national political reporter who is black, described a time he was mistaken for a protester at a Trump rally: “As the police pushed me out of that rally, people started calling me ‘monkey,’ a person tried to trip me, they shouted, ‘all lives matter,’ at me. It was one of the most frightening experiences that I’ve ever had as a reporter,” he said. Candace Smith of ABC wrote about being “the only black reporter who covered Trump in the field (except for the last week of the election),” a beat she was assigned after Jeb Bush dropped out of the race in February 2016. She and fellow journalists—especially those perceived to be Jewish, she noted—were targeted by protesters at rallies. She was harassed on the basis of both race and gender, adding, “On Twitter, I’ve been called a ‘n—–,’ a ‘c—‘ and, at times, a combination of the two.” Her family feared for her safety. “Confederate flags seemed omnipresent. I saw them in Pittsburgh, in North Carolina, in San Diego and in Florida,” she continued. “When I noted the flags, people on Twitter would ask why I was so obsessed with race. But race—as a black woman in America—is something so many of us are acutely aware of. It is the lens through which everything is filtered.” In newsrooms across the country, Latino and non-white reporters brought the increasingly hostile racial environment on the campaign trail to the attention of their editors, but based on both published reports and interviews offered on background for this paper, their warnings were largely ignored.
Press Diversity and the 2016 Election
The 2016 election season demanded much of journalists, including a deep knowledge of this nation’s diverse communities and constituents—by race, gender, class, region and religion, among other factors. Most major news outlets and news teams failed to anticipate the unusual nature of the election, which does not at its base invalidate their work. However, post-election assessments have not included systematic analyses of who was chosen to cover the campaign.
I contacted 15 major news outlets for information about their political press corps, expecting they would readily provide it. That was not the case. Despite repeated inquires, fewer than half—only USA Today, The New York Times, NPR and The Washington Post—provided the requested data. PBS NewsHour and the Los Angeles Times provided numbers for their entire editorial staff, but not political reporters. NBC provided numbers for parent company Comcast, without a breakdown of newsroom staff. Other outlets declined to provide data—or even respond.
It was even difficult to get reporters and editors to talk about the issue. Often, they would do so only if they were on background or off the record, which is curious given journalists champion transparency when it comes to other institutions. That raises the question of whether journalists are afraid of retaliation if they speak on the record about the race and gender dynamics of their reporting teams. The #MeToo era has certainly shown that what goes on inside the newsroom is not always apparent from the outside.
That said, a few newsrooms were quick to respond to my query, and also to comment in depth. Within half an hour of my request, USA Today Washington Bureau Chief Susan Page responded with their data. USA Today’s 2016 campaign coverage staff had 10 women and eight men, and, among those, two Latino and one African-American reporter. Page offered an interview with Lee Horwich, the managing editor for government and politics, to discuss their approach to both staff diversity and regional representation. Said Horwich, “Since we’re all over the country we have communities we need to serve that are very different from each other: the Detroit Free Press, the Des Moines Register, the Arizona Republic.” He stated that this regional diversity gives the network eyes and ears on the ground and “allows us to present a level of understanding that can reflect the issues that are important now and in 2020.”
Horwich added that USA Today’s staffers experienced the same harassment during the 2016 election that other reporters did, and they addressed questions like how to keep reporters safe without constraining assignments on the basis of gender or race. “We had reporters out with candidates, in particular the Trump campaign, who were harassed for being reporters, for being women, for any number of reasons,” he said. “It was a very difficult and almost unprecedented situation.”
“I think that 2020 is going to pose a huge challenge for political journalists,” Horwich said. “I think that it is vital that we have an understanding of the diversity of staff that we need to approach these problems. But not just that, regardless of race/gender/ethnicity of journalists, we need to be reflective of the diversity of the electorate and of the country as a whole, and explain and understand what those people are saying and demanding.” USA Today began assessing its 2020 staffing and editorial needs right after the election. “Four years seems like a long time. It isn’t.”
Looking for Solutions
Newsrooms often operate under the assumption that major civic organizations—government, nonprofits, business—should be transparent. Yet journalism does not always hold itself to the same standard.
Both news industry staff diversity and media equity require more study, but particularly, more action. Dedicated individuals both within and outside of the news industry have pursued a variety of mechanisms to align newsrooms with the needs of a demographically changing America. But newsroom management, as illustrated by NABJ co-founder Paul Delaney’s example, has not always welcomed change…or a significant influx of reporters of color.
Greater transparency would help. This is particularly true of newsrooms, who could offer metrics about their own staffing patterns and the decisions behind them. Newsrooms often operate under the assumption that major civic organizations—government, nonprofits, business—should be transparent. Yet journalism does not always hold itself to the same standard. Foundation funding only directly affects a limited number of newsrooms, though some foundations fund for-profit institutions as well as nonprofit ones. When philanthropic organizations become involved, they have the power to demand transparency. Transparency, however, doesn’t mean simply offering metrics to funders, but also revealing them publicly to researchers and general audiences online, in print and in annual reports.
There are steps that could be taken to improve transparency. For instance, the Pulitzer, duPont and other major news prizes could require public disclosure of diversity metrics as a qualification for acceptance of the prize. This would broadly affect both the for-profit and the non-profit media outlets that compete for these awards.
Journalists themselves can also work to change the industry. In 2016, award-winning New York Times investigative reporter Nikole Hannah-Jones co-founded the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting. Its mission is to increase the hiring and retention of investigative reporters and editors of color, and to educate news organizations about the ways diversity can increase the efficacy and impact of investigative reporting. Hannah-Jones and the other co-founders found the investigative reporting conferences they attended to be lacking in diversity. In an email interview, she stated:
Investigative reporting is the most important work that journalists do in a democracy, yet these premier and critical jobs are still almost uniformly filled by white journalists. That’s because newsrooms reflect the same racial hierarchies as the rest of society. The more prestigious a job is, the more skills it requires, the less likely people of color are to get the mentoring, training and opportunities to take on those jobs. Why does this glaring whiteness in investigative reporting matter? Because it means that stories of abuse, neglect and wrongdoing that impact millions of Americans are simply not getting covered. Diversity matters not for some politically correct, feel-good reason, but because diverse newsrooms unearth more stories and have access to more communities.
Hannah-Jones noted that in the first month of the Ida B. Wells Society’s work, more than 600 journalists signed up to be members. “We intend to provide the type of high-quality mentoring and training that will make it impossible for newsrooms to say they cannot find qualified applicants. Within a few years, we hope to have a cohort of journalists that will allow us to call out these excuses because we will know there are qualified applicants—because we will have trained them ourselves,” she said.
Further, journalists might also follow the money. Newsroom discrimination settlements requiring nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) are an opportunity for investigative reporters to examine the fiscal and ethical practices of newsrooms. The work of New York Times reporter Emily Steel helped end the Fox News career of Bill O’Reilly, and reshaped Fox News after revealing it had paid tens of millions of dollars in settlements to women in his case and that of network chief Roger Ailes. Still, there has not yet been a major journalistic examination of payments by news outlets to settle cases involving race, ethnicity, age and sexual orientation. An effort by ProPublica to crowdsource NDAs may provide further information.
In retrospect, the Kerner Commission report seems almost hopeful. Although it outlines a grim problem, it presents its issues clearly and with the expectation that the rallying cry will produce action. Today, the lack of urgency, resolve or both to address issues of journalistic diversity and equity means newsrooms must be prodded into action. The words of the Kerner Commission remind us why action is necessary. To re-frame their sentiments for our industry and our times: Our newsrooms are moving towards two different ethical and functional frameworks: one which views the lack of racial and gender equity as inconsequential, and one which realizes the American news industry is not a functional meritocracy. Work remains to be done. This deepening division is not inevitable. The movement apart can be reversed. Choice is still possible. Our principal task as journalists is to define that choice and press for accountability, remedy and resolution in our newsrooms and industry.
I would like to give my deepest thanks to the Shorenstein Center and its staff, particularly Director Nicco Mele, Professor Thomas Patterson, Nancy Palmer and Nilagia McCoy. In addition, great thanks go to researcher Emily Moore, editor Kelsey Kudak, and Ella Koeze, who designed the graphics.
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Mathematics is a very comprehensive subject. There are so many kinds of math that are taught at practically every level of education, from pre-school where students add and subtract wooden blocks on a table to graduate school where students work with complex equations that would make the average person’s head spin. In most cases, students use math textbooks to help them learn everything from multiplication to statistics. According to Top10textbooks.com, the following textbooks are considered the top 10 college textbooks in the subject of mathematics. These books were all published in the last few years and are frequently used at colleges and universities around the country:
1) Calculus (Seventh Edition) by James Stewart (2011 – Brooks Cole)
2) Calculus: Early Transcendentals (Seventh Edition) by James Stewart (2010 – Brooks Cole)
3) Linear Algebra and Its Applications (Fourth Edition) by David C. Lay (2011 – Addison Wesley)
4) Elementary Statistics Technology Update (Eleventh Edition) by Mario F. Triola (2011 – Addison Wesley)
5) Using and Understanding Mathematics: A Quantitative Reasoning Approach (Fifth Edition) by Jeffrey O. Bennett and William L. Briggs (2010 – Addison Wesley)
6) Discrete Mathematics with Applications (Fourth Edition) by Susanna S. Epp (2010 – Brooks Cole)
7) Single Variable Calculus: Early Transcendentals (Seventh Edition) by James Stewart (2011 – Brooks Cole)
8) Discrete Mathematics and Its Applications (Seventh Edition) by Kenneth Rosen (2011 – McGraw Hill)
9) Elementary Statistics: A Step By Step Approach (Eighth Edition) by Allan Bluman (2011 – McGraw Hill)
10) Calculus (Ninth Edition) by Ron Larson and Bruce H. Edwards (2009 – Brooks Cole)
As you can see, most of these textbooks are used in higher-level math classes, such as linear algebra, calculus, and discrete math. One common thread among the books is that most of them have been revised numerous times and are in their later editions. When a textbook has upwards of 10 different editions, there is a good chance that it is one of the best books in its subject area. When a new edition of a textbook is released, the book will be updated and will contain more relevant or important information than its previous editions. That is why all of these books are considered some of the best math books currently available. They have been revised so much that all potential flaws have been eliminated from them, and they are essentially as perfect as possible. Math professors will likely choose these books for their classes if they are teaching courses in these specific areas of mathematics.
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If you’ve been waiting for the next-gen of Samsung Galaxy S smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy S3 will be on its way in May, which comes in a much slimmer form factor, measuring 7mm in thickness while compared to 8.49mm of the Samsung Galaxy S2.
Samsung has managed to shrink printed circuit board (PCB), connector parts, chips down to 10 to 20 percent thinner than the conventional parts, thus allowing it to produce the Samsung Galaxy S III as thin as 7mm only.
However, the Galaxy S3 can’t be the world’s thinnest smartphone, as there were two smartphones ahead, the Huawei Ascend P1 S and the Fujitsu Arrows WCDMA that have been reportedly measuring around 6.7mm in thickness.
The source also says that the Galaxy S III will pack an HDMI port, a quad core processor LTE and comes running Android 4.0 ICS. It’ll also have a camera that’s capable of 3D and an HD SUPER-AMOLED display which is expected to have higher ppi. (The above pictures show the comparison between HD Super AMOLED display and iPhone 4’s IPS display.) Samsung has the goal to sell 30 million devices this year. | <urn:uuid:7a282af9-0f62-484a-8f95-a754413e613b> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.techchee.com/2012/02/06/samsung-galaxy-s3-to-release-in-may-with-hd-super-amoled-display-and-7mm-thickness/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280891.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00153-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.928886 | 262 | 1.703125 | 2 |
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As towns across Switzerland struggle with floodwater, swissinfo waded to lakeside Thun where residents were braced for the worst.This content was published on August 22, 2005 - 17:43
Thun was put on high alert on Monday as the lake approached the record level of 1999, when flooding caused about SFr60 million ($47 million) in damage.
The flooding that year led to moves to build a pipeline to redirect excess water around the town. However, construction has yet to begin.
"The water level has been rising at an unusually rapid rate – between four and five centimetres an hour," Jürg Alder, spokesman for the town council, told swissinfo on Monday.
Alder said if the water continued to rise "about 500 residents could be directly affected by flooding".
It had already passed the critical mark of 558.30 metres above sea level by the start of the day – only 87cm below the 1999 record. (It reached 559.10 at 7 o'clock on Tuesday morning - only seven centimetres below the 1999 level.)
By 9am, the authorities opened emergency depots around the town where people could pick up sandbags and plastic sheeting. Civil-protection forces went from door to door distributing leaflets advising residents to remove valuables from their cellars and to seal drains.
Within two hours, one of the depots had been cleaned out of sandbags. "Even if it stops raining, the level will continue to rise because of the amount of water from the mountains still running into the lake," said Marcel Sievers of Thun's emergency task force.
The weather service, Meteotest, poetically described the heavy rain as being dropped from "clouds pressed against the mountains where they were squeezed like lemons".
Lake Thun is Switzerland's smallest body of water in relation to the size of its catchment area.
"Most people have remained calm and if they don't, it's our job to calm them," Sievers said while manning a temporary information booth close to the lakeshore.
Several people gathered to watch men from the civil-protection service pile sandbags around a garden, which sits above an underground garage.
"We're standing here wondering how long we should wait before removing everything from our cellars," said resident Renate Looff, chatting nervously with neighbours beneath colourful umbrellas.
"When it rains like this, we expect our cellars to flood," said René Schmutz. "We had SFr20,000 ($16,000) in damage to our garage and garden in 1999."
"Six years ago, it wasn't just our cellar that flooded but our living room as well," Looff added.
"There's no point getting sandbags, because they won't help if the water reaches our house," said Beat Schneeberger, surveying the rising waters. His cellar flooded in 1999, even though his house lies a couple of hundred metres from the lakeshore.
Prone to flooding
Thun has been prone to flooding since the early 18th century when a mountain river, the Kander, was redirected into the lake.
However, the 1999 flood was the worst on record. In May that year the snowmelt brought up to 700 cubic metres of water a second into the lake from the rivers Kander, Aare and Simme alone.
Around 350 buildings were affected and many residents had to be evacuated from their homes by boat.
The flood of the century put the local and cantonal authorities under pressure to prevent a repeat.
They finally put forward a plan to build an underground pipeline which would take water from the lake when levels are high and redirect it around Thun and into the Aare downstream from the town.
"It's thought that the pipeline would ensure we avoid a repeat of a flood the size of the one in 1999," said Alder.
But even if the project manages to overcome the last few bureaucratic hurdles, construction will not begin before next spring and it will not be completed until the end of 2007.
swissinfo, Dale Bechtel in Thun
The Lake Thun water level rose to a record 559.12 metres above sea level in May 1999.
About 350 buildings were flooded, with damage estimated at around SFr60 million.
The town council and cantonal authorities plan to build a pipeline under Thun, to relieve the town when the water rises to dangerously high levels.
The SFr31 million project is not expected to be completed before the end of 2007.
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|CAP-XX stop-start system architecture. The company says that the cost of a 14V, 6-cell supercapacitor module for stop-start would be around US$60. Source: CAP-XX. Click to enlarge.|
Australia-based CAP-XX Limited, a developer of thin, prismatic supercapacitors, has developed a supercapacitor module which supplies the cranking current to start the engine in Stop-Start vehicles (also known as start-stop, idle-stop, or micro-hybrid vehicles), reducing wear on the battery and eliminating the need for larger, more expensive ones.
Stop-Start technology, which turns the engine off when stopped in traffic and restarts it when the driver releases the brake or engages the gears, is gaining momentum worldwide as a means to save fuel and reduce emissions. The downside is the increased number of starts over a Stop-Start vehicle’s life—potentially more than 100 per day—which means a standard car battery may last less than 18 months, the company notes.
CAP-XX’s prototype Stop-Start supercapacitor module supports the battery by supplying the peak current (up to 300A) needed for each engine start. Containing six of the company’s thin supercapacitors, the module is about the size of 6 DVD cases , enabling easy integration into a vehicle’s floorpan, engine bay, or other tight spots. With 150F at 14V, and an ESR of 4.5 milliohms, the CAP-XX module offers the best power density available today, the company claims, and the energy necessary to support frequent start cycles in all weather and traffic conditions. It includes the control electronics to manage Stop-Start functions, balance the voltage across each supercapacitor cell, and limit the battery current during each restart.
With the supercapacitor module installed, the vehicle battery only needs to support continuous power functions such as air conditioning, navigation and lights, enabling longer battery life or smaller batteries. The battery also charges the supercapacitors for their first start, but once driving, the alternator keeps them charged.
Additionally, the supercapacitor module will start the engine in low temperatures (cold cranking) where a battery would falter, and can store energy in vehicles with regenerative braking systems (also known as Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems or KERS).
In testing under the New European Drive Cycle (NEDC) standard, the CAP-XX supercapacitor module completed more than 110,000 Stop-Start cycles at room temperature, successfully maintaining the battery voltage above 11.8 volts.
|NEDC testing: battery alone. Click to enlarge.||NEDC testing: battery plus supercaps. Click to enlarge.|
CAP-XX identifies the battery as having failed when voltage falls below 10 volts because, based on input from a leading European automaker, batteries at this state of charge can no longer operate vehicle electrical systems reliably.
Comparative tests of a battery-only system, also at room temperature, saw the battery fail after 44,000 cycles.
CAP-XX aims to partner with Tier 1 automobile parts suppliers to manufacture the modules, and will design and prototype the control electronics and modules to suit their requirements. CAP-XX estimates its module would cost approximately US$60 in mass production, and is already in negotiations with a leading Chinese automotive component company to commercialize the technology in China.
Anthony Kongats, CEO of CAP-XX, is scheduled to speak on the use of supercapacitors in Stop-Start systems at the EV Battery Forum in Barcelona, Spain, 21 - 22 March.
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While underground water tables will get a boost from all this rain, reservoirs statewide are still low and trying to recover from last year's drought. The Association of California Water Agencies worries people will stop conserving when in fact, mandatory and voluntary cutbacks are still in effect.
"It would be short-sighted of those local agencies to get rid of those protections that are based on long-term concerns just because of a temporary change of hydrology," said Quinn.
What really counts towards the state's water supply is snowfall in the Sierra Nevada, which sort of acts like a reservoir. When the snow melts in the spring, the water flows down to the Delta to bring drinking and irrigation water to the rest of the thirsty state.
This year's first snow survey measured less than 60 percent of normal for the season.
"The snowpack is very, very important. It's everything to your water supply," said Arthur Hinojosa of the California Department of Water Resources.
Some farmers in the lush Sacramento Valley are well aware of the state's water needs. They're thinking of not planting crops this year to sell their irrigation water on the possibly more lucrative open market.
As Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, R-California, and Democrats disagree over how to solve the state water crisis, some look at this week's rainfall and wish more could be saved and stored.
"It needs to be captured so when we have a drought, that we have enough water available," said Gov. Schwarzenegger. "Right now, we don't have enough water. Right now, we are in a situation where they're raising the prices, where we have problems delivering enough water to the people."
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Sometime last year I went on the radio – the BBC World Service no less – to explain that astrologically speaking there is something wrong with the date that Wills and Kate have chosen for their wedding. The main concern I identified was that on April 29th 2011, Saturn – the planet of Death, delays and restrictions – was opposed to Venus, the planet of Love. It so happened that on the same radio programme there was an astrologer from India who claimed that Saturn was not important in Jyotisa, and that rather the day itself was “75% auspicious.”
Some time later I related this incident to an Indian astrologer I met at a swanky dinner party – he looked non-plussed. “Of course Saturn’s important!” he said. “What the hell was this guy talking about?”
Anyway, that is by the by. In the news today I read that a bunch of anarchists are planning to “curse” Wills and Kate’s big day, because they object to such an ostentatious display of extravagance at a time when there are widespread cuts in public expenditure. Yesterday there were protests in central London: today the ringleader revealed his “cunning plan” to the Daily Express:
The anarchists behind yesterday’s riot are also preparing to “curse” next month’s wedding with a bizarre plot in the shape of a giant occult symbol.
They aim to occupy five destinations to represent a five-pointed star or pentacle, a symbol revered by Satanists;* the Hilton Hotel in Park Lane, Piccadilly Circus, Trafalgar Square, Westminster Abbey and Buckingham Palace, in a bid to stretch police lines and throw William and Kate’s big day into chaos.
They hope to get the ceremony abandoned or at least moved. Yesterday was said to be “phase one” of the plot.
* My emphasis.
Ok we should bear in mind that this is the Daily Express not the Daily Mail, so I am prepared to allow them some lee-way in the standards of their reporting. I have explained about the Pentagram before. Before we get concerned about the ceremony being moved, we should bear in mind that this would not be a complete disaster in itself. In another blog post I have explained that there is in fact one date later in 2011 which is actually far better than April 29th, astrologically speaking. If the Royal Wedding were postponed until Friday October 7th, this would actually work out as being far more auspicious for Wills and Kate. However: let us assume that the Royal couple intend to press ahead with April 29th, and that these anarchists also intend to press ahead with their bizarre “Satanic” plot. Are the Satanists likely to succeed?
Looking at the situation from the point of view of a magician, I would have to say, “almost certainly not.” Even if the date does get moved, the Satanists would be in no position to take credit for it. The first and most obvious point is that the ringleader has blabbed all to the national press! There is a reason why Silence is one of the four powers of the Sphinx – it is one of the sources of a magician’s own power. By opening his big mouth he can now be assured that the combined will-power of millions of well-wishers who want the wedding to go successfully will be directed against them.
Secondly, this whole business of going to such extravagant lengths is far too histrionic. I can just about imagine how a Pentagram might be used in a magical ritual to disrupt the wedding, although a ritual conducted in private somewhere would be far simpler and just as likely to succeed as trying to deploy ones minions across central London. Also there is the question of just how much depth of thought they have put into the preparation for this bizarre pentagram working. If they think that deploying themselves in a pentagram-arrangement across the capital is just going to work all by itself, then of course they are prey to the worst kind of superstitious rubbish.
As I noted above with regards to the Saturn-opposition on April 29th, Wills and Kate are likely to have a tough time of it that day without a bunch of Satanists trying to shove their oar in. If there is any disruption on the day it will ultimately be due to a prior disposition of the planets, not a bunch of unwashed agitators pretending to be great and mighty sorcerors.
Yet it is the knowledge of the astrological situation on April 29th which conversely provides the key to a way out for the happy couple from their troubles. The essence of the Hermetic tradition is that by raising ones consciousness to a sufficient degree one can transcend the crossed-conditions of Fate, for which the planets of astrology are their outward symbols. The methods of overcoming the planets are nothing less than the rituals of e.g. the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn. Hence: we know that Saturn is badly placed on April 29th, thus one way to overcome this would be to cast the Supreme Banishing Hexagram of Saturn ritual, in order to counter-act that planet’s effects.
In conclusion therefore: I, Alex Sumner, volunteer to use my occult powers to ward off the effects of these anarcho-satanists and thus ensure that the 29th goes well for the Royal couple. 🙂 | <urn:uuid:1e78b24a-9a31-4948-8362-ba3fbe2f0b82> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://solascendans.com/tag/chris-knight/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281450.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00181-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966944 | 1,143 | 1.539063 | 2 |
Three drivers were stopped by Saanich police for violations on the first night of Operation Impact 2020 – a national enforcement campaign targeting unsafe driving over the Thanksgiving long weekend.
From Oct. 9 to 11, police departments across Canada are increasing enforcement of road safety and promoting responsible driving behaviour to prevent incidents that may result in injuries or loss of life, explained Const. Markus Anastasiades, public information officer for the Saanich Police Department.
Apparently we tweeted this too soon… add a Criminal Code Impaired arrest to that total. 😣
— Saanich Police Traffic Safety Unit (@SPD_Traffic) October 10, 2020
By 3 a.m. on Saturday (Oct. 10), Saanich police had issued two three-day immediate roadside prohibitions (IRP) and arrested one impaired driver under the criminal code.
One of the drivers who received an IRP was already prohibited from driving but told officers that he’d opted to drive because he didn’t want to walk in the rain.
“Finding an alternative way home would have been much safer and cheaper,” said Saanich police in a social media post about the incident.
Anastasiades emphasized that drivers in Saanich and across Canada can expect to see an increased number of officers out enforcing road safety over the rest of the long weekend as police crack down on unsafe behaviour – from distracted and impaired driving to forgotten seat belts and speeding. | <urn:uuid:42ac4f79-17ce-4ceb-a207-270d7ba2aae6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.saanichnews.com/news/three-drivers-stopped-for-violations-as-saanich-police-kick-off-thanksgiving-road-safety-campaign/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00475.warc.gz | en | 0.963366 | 298 | 1.820313 | 2 |
Margaret D. Brown had no trouble envisioning a sign for her neighborhood. It had to be aqua blue, like the waters of Marley Creek used tobe. It had to be stylish, so passers-by would notice the oft-forgotten Marley community.
The only question was what date to engrave onthe sign.
Brown wanted to announce that Marley was an old Anne Arundel community, dating back at least to 1831. But Shirley Kanus, a resident who is writing a book on the area's history, discovered that a black church existed in Marley as early as 1808.
Members of the Marley Area Improvement Association are researching their community's history to settle on a date before they order the $2,280 sign. Designed to reflect Marley's ties to the creek, the 4-foot-wide and 6-foot-high signwill feature a nautical theme and lettering in 23-karat gold.
"It's not a cheapie," said Brown, president of the civic association, who has pushed for installing a neighborhood sign since the group was founded in April 1989.
"We wanted to have a handsome sign, because we thought it would be uplifting for the area. This area has been neglected for too long by bureaucrats and politicians."
Jordan LumberCo. agreed to donate land at Baltimore-Annapolis Boulevard and Furnace Branch Road for the sign and a landscaped setting. The sign will be trimmed with nautical rope and surrounded by marsh grasses to heighten the nautical look, Brown said.
Civic association members are selling $1 raffle tickets to raise money to buy the sign. A drawing for a $500 prize will be held March 26 at Marley Middle School.
The association also applied for a matching grant from the county's beautification program. If the county agrees to participate, Marley residents would need only to raise $1,100, Brown said.
Brown said she hopes the scenic sign advertising Marley will signal the rebirth of a waterfront community. Homeowners who live on the banks of Marley Creekhave been fighting for years to dredge the fouled waterway. The county plans to resubmit a permit application in the next month to finally clean out smelly muck from the creek bottom.
Three months ago, shocked and angry residents learned the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers would not approve dredging the creek solely for environmental reasons. County officials then pitched dredging the creek for recreational boating as an alternative.
Nearly 20 homeowners have submitted permit applications to dredge private channels from their homes, said Robert B. Regan, a civil engineer with the Public Works Department's watershed management division.
The county has negotiated a 10-acre dump site, donated by CSX Realty, a Howard County company planning to build a 2,272-unit community on Marley Creek. The only hitch is whether the corps will approve dredging the creek for boating, Regan said. | <urn:uuid:e3e9318a-1c0a-4d3a-b81a-7f5cabbf3e31> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1991-02-06/news/9113001283_1_marley-dredging-creek | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719468.5/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00530-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955295 | 618 | 2.03125 | 2 |
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