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Can't sew? You can reuse old socks to make these! Cut out the middle of a sock and use it as a coffee sleeve. Make sure the socks are rather thick though. Thermal ones are good! You can even dye the sock a cool colour and iron on patches to make it more interesting. You can also crochet or knit these coffee sleeves too!
Source: These are my own directions for making a coffee sleeve. The idea was taken from several places on the internet.
By Lisa from Halifax, NS
If you want to use socks you could use one sock inside another by cutting the tops off and stitching the raw edges around the bottom. It would give more thickness. (12/07/2007)
What a great idea. They would make great, inexpensive stocking stuffers! (12/07/2007)
That's a great idea, I also when I get a drink carrier I use it to hold my avocados and other fruits and veggies that can become easily bruised. (12/08/2007)
Here's a link to a picture of a knitted one. It looks very cute and personal.
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Angel Carromero, driver in the suspicious crash that killed legendary Cuban dissident Oswaldo Payá, to address UN Human Rights Council
Angel Carromero (inset) survived the crash that killed Cuban dissident Oswaldo Payá
only to be accused by the Cuban government of vehicular homicide.
GENEVA, June 16, 2014 – As world figures continue to call for an independent investigation into the July 2012 car crash that killed Cuban dissident Oswaldo Payá, Geneva-based human rights group UN Watch is bringing Angel Carromero — the Spanish politician who drove the car that many allege was targeted by Cuban security agents — to testify before diplomats, rights activists and journalists at the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.
Carromero’s first-ever presentation at the UN will take place tomorrow, Tuesday, June 17th, on a panel that will also featuring Cuban poet and former political prisoner Regis Iglesias.
UN Watch is organizing the event as part of a coalition of human rights groups that include the German NGO International Society for Human Rights, Iniciativa por Venezuela, Human Rights Foundation, Humano y Libre, and Directorio.
Last year, the U.S. government joined calls for an international investigation into the car crash in eastern Cuba that killed Payá and Harold Cepero, a fellow activist in the Christian Liberation Movement.
After the crash, Cuba blamed Carromero, claiming he accidentally slammed the car into a tree killing the two passengers. In a one-day trial, a Cuban court sentenced Carromero to four years in prison for vehicular homicide.
In December 2012, Carromero returned to his native Spain, where he was allowed to serve the remainder of his sentence, which has since been relaxed to allow his freedom of movement with an ankle monitor.
Carromero will testify how Cuban security forces coerced him into recording a video confession—and will instead reveal what really happened.
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“The Situation of Human Rights in Cuba—And What Really Happened to Oswaldo Payá”
Tuesday, 17 June 2014, UN Human Rights Council, Palais des Nations, Geneva
- Ángel Francisco Carromero Barrios, Spanish politician, driver of the car in deadly accident of Cuban democracy leader Oswaldo Payá
- Regis Iglesias, Cuban poet, arrested with 74 other dissidents during the notorious 2003 Black Spring crackdown, Amnesty International prisoner of conscience. Exiled to Spain in 2010, he is spokesman for the Christian Liberation Movement
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Final report of the Senate Select Committee on Wind Turbines
SPEECH - 13 August 2015
Senator BACK (Western Australia) (18:11): History will record that Senator Urquhart's words will come back home to haunt her in the future, as indeed will many of those who have so derisively commented adversely on the outcomes of this report. Let me put on the record that I am very much in favour of aspects of renewable energy. I proudly ordered and had constructed the largest number of small-scale solar units, hot water systems—some 240—ever in Western Australia. I also had responsibility for the first wind turbine in Western Australia. It failed; in fact, the first four all failed. That is history.
I also want to place on the record my strong support for hydroelectricity in your state, Senator Urquhart, and in the Snowy Mountains. When you can generate in the high peak periods and when you can use off-peak periods to pump water back up to generate again the next time it is needed surely has to be the ultimate value of renewable energy. I do not think wind turbines are a renewable energy source. I reflected on this driving back from Sydney on Sunday. I happened to be looking at the wind turbines just out of Canberra and thought to myself that I want to look at this in both environmental terms and economic terms. I said to myself, 'What is the environmental benefit of wind turbines?' Of course, the benefit would be greenhouse gases forgiven during the generation process. I said, 'That's good.' So that is a positive benefit. What are the negatives? What do you have to take off that greenhouse gas forgiven? Firstly, you have to take off the massive cost of greenhouse gases, the carbon dioxide, used in the construction—the original iron ore, the steel, the transportation and the tens of thousands of tonnes of concrete that go into each of these.
The committee had evidence—and Senator Urquhart did not like it much—from Mr Hamish Cumming, whom I found to be a very credible witness, that about 16 years of the use of a wind turbine would be necessary before you would actually get back to the cost-benefit of the greenhouse gases forgiven as a result of the construction.
Secondly, what do you take off that greenhouse gas benefit?
You take off the cost of the baseload generated electricity, the carbon dioxide, required when you need coal, gas or whatever other form of baseload generation you need in reserve, because when the wind does not blow and the ship does not go you do need another form of baseload power. Then something that will have a profound effect on people who are hosting wind turbines—and local governments around this country—will be the environmental cost of decommissioning these wind turbines at the end. So I suspect there is very little, if any, actual environmental benefit.
I then looked at economic benefits. The benefit from wind turbines would be the value of the power generated, but from that what do you deduct? You have got to deduct the huge costs of the renewable energy certificates that are quaintly absorbed and the burden on consumers. Funnily enough, consumers are also taxpayers—isn't that amazing? This is not a tax, the renewable energy certificate; it is a 'cost to the consumer'. Somehow or other I do not think they are different people. Again, in an equation you must take away the dollar value of the baseload power that is sitting there doing nothing in case the wind blows or does not blow. In the future I hope we see effective, valuable battery storage. Whether we do or not, nevertheless it still comes at a cost. If you want to look at the economic benefits of these wind turbines, then it is one of the costs. And again you have the dollar value of the decommissioning process.
I admire that Senator Urquhart and indeed, in Cairns, Deputy President Senator Marshall attended each one of the hearings. That is to their credit. I have got to say that unfortunately the Greens political party—despite the fact that Senator Siewert chaired the inquiry in 2009—chose not to participate at all in this inquiry. I do not think that is to their credit.
Senator Urquhart mentioned the Canadian study, which has been put out there as a very credible study—until you get some advice from other credible Canadian scientists, who told us that when the data was collated, this mass of Canadian data, they just happened to reject, with no reasons given, the majority of the data that was captured and collated. They decided to ignore it—no reasons given. The other interesting thing is that they also decided to eliminate all people under the age of 18 and older than 79 years. No reason was given; they just dropped them off. Under 18 and over 79—they do not count. In the days when I was around as a scientist if without explanation somebody were to produce international results and ask for them to be credited I would expect them to give some explanation as to why they would wipe out a significant proportion of the population and indeed a significant amount of the dataset.
Our dear friend Professor Chapman speaks of the nocebo effect. This is the effect that you think you are going to get sick from wind turbines, or you think you are going to get sick going out in a boat, so you do. Initially Professor Chapman would always say, 'I've never ever heard of a host who, if he or she is making money out of these, got sick.' The first ones, unfortunately for dear old Professor Chapman, were Mr and Mrs Mortimer. Mr Mortimer is a retired naval officer whose sphere of influence happened to be the movement of waves through solids, liquids and gases, so he knew a little bit about this. Mortimer was the first person to stand up and say, 'Despite the fact that the income we are getting from these couple of turbines is enormously important to our retirement income, we can't live on our farm.' Funnily enough, they could not see the turbines but they knew when they were on. When they went away from their home for a week or so, strangely enough the nocebo effect seemed to disappear. The other interesting case was that of a Mr and Mrs Gare, who appeared before us in Adelaide. Mr and Mrs Gare make $200,000 a year from hosting wind turbines. Mr and Mrs Garesaid to us, 'If we could have our time over again, if we could get rid of these wind turbines and get rid of the $200,000 so that we could go back to living on our farm and working on our farm, we would do it tomorrow.' I do not know where the nocebo effect came in there, Professor Chapman.
In the time available left to me, all I will do is ask this question. I ask it of Senator Urquhart and I ask it of others who spoke before us. Why do these people carry on the way they do? The case down at Cape Bridgewater—five generations of the family have lived on their farm, so what is in it for them to walk away from their community? People say that they are not really sick at all, that it is just in their heads. It is in their heads. You are quite right. Nausea, anxiety, annoyance and sleeplessness are sure as hell in your head. The question is: why would that family walk away? Why would their children not be able to go to school? Do they get compensation like in the old RSI days? No, they do not; there is no compensation out there. There is no hope of any reward for carrying on like this. They lose their friends in their communities. We know that in many rural communities it tears communities apart. I have said before in this place that we have circumstances now in my home state of Western Australia where bushfire brigade members do not turn out if there happens to be a fire on the farm of someone they are opposed to on this. CWA members—and they are the two pillars of rural communities: bushfire brigades and CWAs. People are not going. They are not shopping in the towns. Why is that? Is it that they all of a sudden woke up one day and, as Senator Urquhart said, they are not sick at all? The value of their properties—we learnt all over Australia that their properties are effectively worthless. They have not just gone down significantly. People who moved into the Barossa Valley for their change of lifestyle, the tree change, are now in a situation where they have had to walk away. So what is in it for them? Generally there has got to be a motivator if you are going to change your whole lifestyle, if you are going to walk away from your friends—you bet your life. Do not worry about Senator Urquhart going on about English speaking—Germany, Finland. Why did the Prime Minister of the UK go into the election saying he is going to stop subsidising on-land turbines and win the election? There is a long way to go in this story. I assure you it is not finished.Senate Hansard fragment | <urn:uuid:b402da99-e490-452f-99ac-111c423df29c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://fr.friends-against-wind.org/news/senator-chris-back-s-speech | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573699.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819131019-20220819161019-00273.warc.gz | en | 0.977176 | 1,887 | 1.578125 | 2 |
Culturelle Lactobacillus GG, The Scientifically Proven Probiotic That Will Kill Your Yeast, Build Your Immune System, and Help Restore Your Health to Normal
In 1905 Dr. Elie Metchinikoff conducted original research that led to the discovery of the lactobacillus strains of good bacteria. During his research he suggested that consuming lactobacillus rich yogurt could alter the aging process. Consequently, he was responsible for the introduction of L. bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus in yogurt throughout the world.
While his discovery did aid in the treatment of many intestinal disorders including candida yeast infections, it did not achieve the degree of benefit he had thought it would. The reason for this is l. bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus do not repopulate the human intestine since they are not normally found there. However, the study of probiotics and good bacteria for human health was born.
Fast forward to 1985 when Professors Sherwood Gorbach and Barry Goldin from Boston were doing research into lactobacillus species and the human digestive system. They were looking for the ideal probiotic candidate that would satisfy Dr. Metchinikoff’s vision. The criteria they set consisted of:
Through their research they discovered and isolated a lactobacillus strain that was later named Lactobacillus G.G ATCC 53103 that naturally occurs in the digestive tract. Since then Lactobacillus G.G has been the most studied strain of good bacteria in the world.
The Scientific Research Behind Culturelle®
Lactobacillus GG (LGG) has shown promising results in treating diarrhea caused by viruses and bacteria in both adults and children. Measurements of intestinal microflora show that LGG adheres to the intestinal wall during healthy periods as well as during episodes of diarrhea. In addition, LGG improves microflora balance, and normalizes fecal enzyme and short-chain fatty acid levels.
In a study performed on 2000 individuals, many of them children, for preventing and treating acute diarrhea and intestinal infections the results are clear. No harmful effects were observed but LGG did stabilize the mucosal lining of the intestine, prevent diarrhea, and reduced antibiotic caused diarrhea and intestinal lining inflammation in infants and adults.
Childhood diarrhea is very common in developed countries, but more so in developing countries, and often results in death. LGG was effective and recorded in studies from Pakistan, Thailand, Estonia, and Italy for the treatment of childhood diarrhea.
Another study involved two groups of participants that were given 400mg of Erythromycin 3 times a day for 7 days. One group received regular yogurt, the other yogurt containing LGG. The number of bowel movements, diarrhea, frequency of stomach pain, and nausea was less frequent in the group receiving the LGG. 75% of those people also had detectable levels of LGG in their stool proving LGG survived antibiotic attack.
A study in Peru proved that LGG does repopulate the intestine. A rare feat for any conventionally manufactured probiotic.
April 2005 issue of Allergy published a study on 230 infants with atopic eczema/dermatitis and a suspected cows milk allergy. They formed 3 groups and gave each one either LGG, a mixture of four other probiotic strains or a placebo for four weeks. They also eliminated dairy from there diets. At the end of the four weeks they reintroduced cows milk proving 120 of the infants were allergic to cows milk. The researchers concluded, “Treatment with LGG may alleviate atopic eczema/dermatitis syndrome symptoms in IgE-sensitized infants but not in non-IgE-sensitized infants.” In an earlier study of infants with atopic eczema/dermatitis and allergies, the same researchers concluded that LGG treatment might alleviate intestinal inflammation in infants with atopic eczema/dermatitis syndrome and cow’s milk allergy.
Researchers in Italy measured a marker of intestinal inflammation in 30 children with cystic fibrosis. They also measured the marker in 15 children with active inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and in 30 healthy controls. Ten of the children with cystic fibrosis received LGG and then the inflammatory marker was measured again four weeks later. According to the researchers, “Intestinal inflammation is a major feature of cystic fibrosis and is reduced by probiotics. The latter finding suggests that intestinal microflora play a major role in intestinal inflammation in cystic fibrosis children.”
An animal study suggested that LGG increased the effectiveness of Glutathione S-transferases (GSTs) to protect the body against harmful compounds and environmental toxins.
A study was done on rats with rheumatoid arthritis. They divided the animals into six groups and fed them either heat-killed Lactobacillus GG, live LGG, sterilized milk, plain yogurt, yogurt-containing LGG, or sterilized water. The researchers concluded, “Our observation of the remarkable preventive and curative effect on arthritis using commercial yogurts containing lactobacilli, especially LGG, suggests the need for investigation of these agents in arthritic patients.”
Many in vitro studies have shown that various types of the lactobacilli friendly bacteria inhibit or kill H. pylori and prevent its adhesion to cells. In vivo models have demonstrated that pre-treatment with a probiotic can prevent H. pylori infections. Studies also have shown that administration of probiotics markedly reduces an existing infection. The study also showed that patients given LGG while taking modern prescription drugs for h pylori tolerated the drugs much better than those that don’t.
Japanese researchers explored another possible effect of Lactobacillus GG. They induced diabetes in rats, then fed the animals LGG or a control diet from nine to 18 weeks of age. Lactobacillus GG not only lowered levels of glycosylated hemoglobin, it also improved glucose tolerance in the animals.
Probiotics such as Lactobacillus GG, Bifidobacterium, and Lactobacillus acidophilus significantly reduce the amount of pathogenic bacteria that inhabit the nasal passages, according to a recent study. According to the researchers, the results indicate that regular intake of probiotics can reduce potentially pathogenic bacteria in the upper respiratory tract. The results also indicate a linkage of the lymphoid tissue between the gut and the upper respiratory tract.
According to a new study, consuming a dietary supplement containing probiotic bacteria plus vitamins and minerals for at least three months may reduce the incidence and the severity of common cold and flu symptoms. According to the researchers, “These data indicate that the intake of a dietary supplement containing probiotic bacteria plus vitamins and minerals during a period of at least three months in winter/spring may reduce the incidence and the severity of symptoms in common cold infections in otherwise healthy adults. This may be due to stimulated cellular immunity.”
Researchers in Finland have discovered that giving probiotics to pregnant and lactating mothers increased the immunoprotective potential of breast milk and protected the infants against atopic eczema during the first 2 years of life.
The fact that it survives antibiotic attack also is a blessing for every woman on the planet that has ever, or will ever, take an antibiotic for anything again. This would be a great probiotic to take with an antibiotic and after so you didn’t get a yeast infection to start with.
The suggested dose would be 3 capsules a day for one week. For the second week take 2 capsules 2 x a day. The third week take 3 capsules 3 x a day for 30 days. After this protocol you could take 1 or 2 capsules a day for maintenance and long term prevention of relapse.
Lactobacillus GG has one drawback. The product does not contain any bifidobacterium species, the most prevalent strain of bacteria in the human intestine. None-the-less, the research and proven benefits of Lactobacillus GG are impressive.
Any questions about Culturelle® Lactobacillus GG? Feel free to contact me from the contact page.
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Viljanen M, Kuitunen M, Haahtela T, Juntunen-Backman K, Korpela R, Savilahti E. Probiotic effects on faecal inflammatory markers and on faecal IgA in food allergic atopic eczema/dermatitis syndrome infants. Pediatr Allergy Immunol 2005, Feb;16(1):65-71.
Bruzzese E, Raia V, Gaudiello G, Polito G, Buccigrossi V, Formicola V, Guarino A. Intestinal inflammation is a frequent feature of cystic fibrosis and is reduced by probiotic administration. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2004, Oct 1;20(7):813-9.
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Baharav E, Mor F, Halpern M, Weinberger A. Lactobacillus GG bacteria ameliorate arthritis in Lewis rats. J Nutr 2004, Aug;134(8):1964-9.
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Welcome to the homepage of the Celtic Experience Trail. The 6 km long path includes nine information stations and leads you through the late Celtic oppdium Heidengraben with the help of a free multimedia app. Experience the fascination of a breathtaking cultural landscape and immerse yourself in the world of the Celts 2000 years ago.
If you are planning a visit, please download the app to your mobilephone or tablet before you visit the site.
The stations of the Celtic Experience Trail and the corresponding app offer numerous possibilities. By means of modern media technology, the path leads through more than 3000 years of human history and allows fascinating insights into times long past. Digital 360-degree reconstructions, aerial photographs, exciting audio plays and video animations, together with virtual 3D representations, bring the past of the Heidengraben back to life.
The multimedia app for the Celtic Experience Trail is available as free download in German and English from the Google Play Store and Apple App Store. In order to use the app’s content and media it must be activated on site (!) at the starting point of the Celtic Experience Trail, the information pavilion at the “Burrenhof”. Only then the app is functional and usable.
The individual stations are wheelchair accessible and barrier-free. Visitors with impaired vision are provided with tactile models at several stations. Short texts in Braille are also available at all stations. As an additional service the three communities of the Heidengraben region offer guided tours for disabled on request.
For guests without a mobile device there also is a printed guide available (Download Flyer).
The Heidengraben With an overall size of nearly 18 square kilometers, the Heidengraben is the largest Celtic settlement on the European continent. The Celtic city (lat. oppidum) was built around 130 BC.
Early Celtic burial ground During the early Celtic period (800–450 BC) approximately 40 burial mounds were erected in the area of the Burrenhof. Inside of these tumuli cremation and inhumation graves with pottery, jewellery and weapons were found.
Water on the Swabian Alb Water is vital for human beings and animals. The natural scarcity of water on the Swabian Alb was handled already in prehistoric times by using so called “Hülen” and probably also artificial wells.
Agriculture and animal husbandry Agriculture was already highly developed during the late Celtic period, around 100 BC. Grain, legumes and livestock kept in stables secured the survival of the inhabitants of the Heidengraben.
Settlement and farmstead During the late Celtic period (130–90 BC), people lived in open settlements, fortified cities (like the Heidengraben), small farmsteads and manor-like estates where the landowning aristocrats resided.
Entrance to town The center of the Heidengraben was the „Elsachstadt” which was separately fortified by a wall and a double ditch system. The “Elsachstadt” had four gates and was more densely build up than the rest of the oppidum
Trade and Crafts The „Elsachstadt“ was the economic and the craft center of the “Heidengraben”. Here lived the majority of people surrounded by workshops, marketplaces, dwellings and pens for livestock.
The way to the East The route to the East led through gate B of the „Elsachstadt“ onto the Swabian Alb and further to the Danube. From there travelers and traders with their goods could move to the Black Sea and back again.
Walls and Gates The outer fortifications of the Heidengraben consisted of post-slot walls with a protective ditch in front. Three monumental gates near Grabenstetten, Erkenbrechtsweiler and south of the “Burrenhof” secured the access.
Barrier-free access The “Seelenau” parking lot offers barrier-free access to the contents of stations 4, 5 and 7, as well as a low-barrier route to station 6.
By car Visitors of the Celtic Experience Trail should use the parking lot “Hochholz / Astropfad”. Possible travel routes by car: from the Autobahn A8, via Erkenbrechtsweiler (K 1262); from Reutlingen or Metzingen via Bad Urach and Hülben (L 250); from Ulm via Grabenstetten (K 6759) or from Neuffen in the direction of Grabenstetten (L1250).
Parking lot: “Hochholz / Astropfad” (approach)
From here, a short, signposted footpath leads on to the starting point of the Celtic Experience Trail.
By bus There are daily bus connections from Bad Urach, Owen (Teck) and Neuffen to Hülben, Grabenstetten and Erkenbrechtsweiler. On Sundays and holidays, between March 29 and November 1, the “Blaue Mauer” bicycle and hiking bus (line 191) runs from Owen (Teck) and Neuffen directly to the “Hochholz / Astropfad” parking lot. Bicycle transport is free of charge. Buses are equipped for wheelchair transport.
By train There are daily train connections from Stuttgart or Ulm via Plochingen to Neuffen and Owen (Teck) and from Tübingen to Bad Urach. At the final stops there are connections to regular bus services as well as to bicycle and hiking bus services (see “Getting there by bus”).
Texts Gerd Stegmaier (Region am Heidengraben)
Overall design studio klv (Berlin)
Programming Heindl Internet AG Tübingen
Illustrations Dieter Hagmann (3dmuseum.eu)State Office for Cultural Heritage (RP Stuttgart)State Museum Württemberg (Stuttgart)Eberhard Karls University (Tübingen)
The planning and implementation of the Celtic Experience Trail were realized with funding from the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Swabian Alb and LEADER Mittlere Alb.
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The roots of the settlement history in the region around the Heidengraben date back to the Bronze Age, around 1.500 BC. This is evidenced by settlements and grave finds discovered in various places. So in the area of the burial ground near the “Burrenhof”, the starting point of the Celtic Experience Trail where people were buried for the first time as early as 1.200 BC, during the so-called Urnfield Culture.
Early Celtic burial ground
With the early Celtic period the Iron Age begins north of the Alps. It is the era of large tumulus fields, “princely seats” and burials with extraordinary rich grave goods as they are known from the Heuneburg on the upper Danube or from Eberdingen-Hochdorf near Ludwigsburg. At the “Burrenhof” also rich graves were discovered equipped with artistically designed daggers, gold earrings, amber jewelry or a four-wheeled wagon.
Water on the Swabian Alb
The late Celts were excellent well builders. This is proven by numerous well shafts with wooden formwork, up to 20 m deep, which are known from various sites in BadenWuerttemberg. In order to bring the water to the dwelling places and into the houses, they used ceramic vessels, tubes made of animal skin or barrels made of wood which are a Celtic invention.
Agriculture and animal husbandry
In late Celtic times the arable soils were worked with an iron-reinforced hook plough. The main crop was barley. The Celts cut cereals and grass with iron sickles and scythes. Mowing the grass enabled the feeding of animals with hay in winter and thus made livestock housing possible. Cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, horses, dogs and chickens were kept as domestic and farm animals.
Settlement and farmstead
In addition to the city-like oppida and the unfortified settlements, there were also fortified manors in the countryside, so-called “Viereckschanzen”. These square enclosures were surrounded by a ditch and a rampart. The upper social class of the Heidengraben probably also lived in representative manor houses, which, however, were not fortified with a ditch and a rampart, but were only fenced in or surrounded by a palisade.
Entrance to town
Station 5 of the Celtic Experience Trail is located directly in front of Gate A of the “Elsachstadt”. The once probably up to five meter high walls and the enormous gate must have been impressive in Celtic times. Through Gate A trade goods arrived in the “Elsachstadt” which were delivered from the west via the rivers Rhine and Neckar. These included for example amphorae from Italy or rotary mills from the Odenwald.
Trade and crafts
As an important economic and trade center, the Heidengraben was a transshipment point for numerous local and long-distance trading goods. Wine from the Mediterranean region was sold here as well as local and regional products or livestock. Celtic coins made of bronze and silver served as payment, but bartering was also common. Remains of craftsmanship bear witness to metalworking and textile production within the settlement.
The way to the east
Located between the two major river systems of Central Europe, the Rhine and the Danube, the Heidengraben played an important role in the long-distance trade network of the late Celtic period. Raw glass and graphite clay which makes ceramics heat-resistant reached the Heidengraben from the east. There are also close connections to the area of today’s Bohemia, where the Boii tribe lived in late Celtic times.
Walls and gates
The fortifications of the Heidengraben were once almost 11 km long and had eight gates (A-H). Gate F, south of the “Burrenhof”, was a typical pincer gate of the late Celtic period. The 35 m long gate lane ended at a two-story gate building and was oriented towards the early Celtic burial mounds inside of the settlement. The impressive tumuli served the founders of the Heidengraben as an important place for ancestor worship.
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There are a lot of escape sequences offered by the Bash shell for insertion in the prompt. From the Bash 2.04 man page:
When executing interactively, bash displays the primary prompt PS1 when it is ready to read a command, and the secondary prompt PS2 when it needs more input to complete a command. Bash allows these prompt strings to be cus tomized by inserting a number of backslash-escaped special characters that are decoded as follows: \a an ASCII bell character (07) \d the date in "Weekday Month Date" format (e.g., "Tue May 26") \e an ASCII escape character (033) \h the hostname up to the first `.' \H the hostname \j the number of jobs currently managed by the shell \l the basename of the shell's terminal device name \n newline \r carriage return \s the name of the shell, the basename of $0 (the portion following the final slash) \t the current time in 24-hour HH:MM:SS format \T the current time in 12-hour HH:MM:SS format \@ the current time in 12-hour am/pm format \u the username of the current user \v the version of bash (e.g., 2.00) \V the release of bash, version + patchlevel (e.g., 2.00.0) \w the current working directory \W the basename of the current working direc tory \! the history number of this command \# the command number of this command \$ if the effective UID is 0, a #, otherwise a $ \nnn the character corresponding to the octal number nnn \\ a backslash \[ begin a sequence of non-printing characters, which could be used to embed a terminal con trol sequence into the prompt \] end a sequence of non-printing characters
For long-time users, note the new \j and \l sequences: these are new in 2.03 or 2.04.
Continuing where we left off:
[giles@nikola giles]$ PS1="\u@\h \W> " giles@nikola giles> ls bin mail giles@nikola giles>
This is similar to the default on most Linux distributions. I wanted a slightly different appearance, so I changed this to:
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as the Elders of the Universe are members of these early
civilizations who have achieved for themselves a near infinite
life span in a variety of ways and the technology that allowed
them to leave their homeworld. The Elders are the last survivors
of not only their race, but also of their galaxies.
Over their vast lifespans, each of the Elders have dedicated
themselves to a particular pursuit, becoming an expert in that
field or discipline. This expertise often times becomes interchangable
with their identities, as the Elders become known by these names.
Because of the similarities in their backgrounds, the Elders have
taken to considering each other kindred, sometimes referring
to each other as "brother," though no actual blood relation exists
The Elders have become involved in the affairs of humanity and the
cosmos of recent years, both individually and collectively. One
of the Elders known as the Collector believed that the threat of
the future being Korvac would cause a cosmic disaster and began
to kidnap members of the Avengers to protect him from this threat.
Korvac ultimately killed the Collector, showing that the
Elders, though extremely old are not immortal.
Later, another Elder, the Grandmaster kidnapped all the heroes
of Earth and held a contest of champions against Death in hopes
of having the Collector returned to life. The Grandmaster won
only to discover that a life force was needed for the resurrection
and sacrificed himself.
Other members of the Elders have come into conflict with others of
Earth's heroes. The Gardener has clashed with the Incredible Hulk,
the Contemplator with Captain America, and the Champion
challenged all of the heroes with super-strength to an unarmed battle
to determine who was the greatest. He was ultimately defeated by
More recently, the Elders of the Universe have been denied death
by the incarnation of Death, which they believed to be a beneficial
situation. They then decided to destroy the world-eater Galactus
in a plot to destroy the universe and bring about a new Big Bang
so that they would be able to control all reality. They met
defeat at the hands of the Silver Surfer, with help from Galactus's
then Herald Nova and the Fantastic Four.
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The German Convention Bureau (GCB) recently presented the results of a new piece of in-depth research, conducted over 18 months.
The ‘Business Events of the Future’ study comes from a Future Meeting Space initiative which the GCB set up in 2015, to develop a vision of how the future of events will look. It was presented live at Messe Frankfurt, as well as being streamed as an online event.
The study found that events will play an increasingly important role in how large companies communicate with their customers, and digital events will be a cornerstone of this communication. At the same time, however, it found that the desire for physical locations and authentic experiences has grown strongly. The role of events as a hub of international relations cannot yet be replicated in virtual spaces.
The study stipulates that online events need to be “perfectly staged, infused with emotion and smartly connected” in order to hold the attention of a discerning audience. On top of this, they need be more than just one-off occurrences, but part of a year-round communications strategy. Events will serve as a point of contact for customers 365 days a year, and provide constant visibility for brands.
GCB’s managing director Matthias Schultze commented: “With the results of the study we offer all stakeholders involved in events recommendations for how they can – depending on their objectives – successfully use business events as a communication tool in the future.
“Being authentic is the basis for emotional and unique experiences, thus establishing close, long-term connections with the participants – whether they are actually on site or digitally integrated into events.”
‘Business Events of the Future’ also found a number of changes on the horizon for those who work within the events industry. It expects that events roles in large companies will merge with ‘community manager’-type roles. Greater technical knowledge will be required from all on the organiser side, too. A fluency in virtual platforms and hybrid meetings will be an essential skill moving forwards.
Dr Stefan Rief, institute director at Fraunhofer IAO, commented: “When we started our third research phase in summer 2019, the pandemic was still far away and face-to-face events were everyday business. Only a few months later, virtual and hybrid formats experienced a quantum leap and this development was, of course, also an immensely exciting phase for our research. Our study results now aim at providing everyone involved in business events of the future with orientation and inspiration for their own work in these very special times.”
A catalogue of innovation
The ‘Business Events of the Future’ study is not the only forward-facing piece of research the German Convention Bureau has put together under its Future Meeting Space initiative. It also publishes an ‘innovation catalogue’, which ranges over the latest technology and how it can impact the business events sector.
The 4.0 version of the innovation catalogue was published towards the end of last year. It examined virtual reality, augmented reality, cloud computing, data analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, the Internet of Things (IoT), 5G, quantum computing and more.
One idea the catalogue explored was that of “avatar conferencing” – something CMW delves into further in this issue on pages 48-50, where we speak to the creators of new avatar-based virtual event platform enso.
Avatars allow delegates to move around inside a virtual space – in enso’s case a Peruvian mountainside for its World Indigenous Forum – and interact with one another. The GCB’s research found that avatar conferences benefitted from higher engagement levels, holding attention for longer than video calls while keeping travel expenses at a minimum. The use of new technologies to attend meetings in one virtual room also allows for interactions that previously would not have been possible.
Immersive learning is another option explored in the innovation catalogue. Training courses can be conducted in VR and AR in order to increase the level of engagement. One example of this is a company called 3spin Dream, which provides immersive training courses for staff inside virtual reality environments.
Heike Mahmoud, from marketing conglomeration the Seven Centers of Germany, commented: “Digitalisation processes and new technology options will have a huge impact on our future daily business. Therefore, it is imperative to get a general overview of the new technological tools and top innovations in this fast-growing market.”
Kati Rittberger, of organiser Xing Events GmbH, added: “The coronavirus has sparked a multitude of discussions on how we can shape events in the future. As a software company, one trend that we see as having a lasting impact on event analysis is AI. Predicting the success of an event can help us make the right decisions at the right time.”
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Fatehpur Sikri is a city in Uttar Pradesh developed by the Mughal emperor Akbar, 40 kilometers away from Agra. It is a UNESCO world heritage site. As a Fatehpur Sikri travel guide will tell you, the place is an architectural marvel that takes us back to the 15th century when the Indian architectural style was evolving with all its might like a ducking becoming a beautiful swan. The first mentions of FatehpurSikri can be found in Mahabharta where it is called ‘Saik’. It has been continuously inhabited since prehistoric times and traces of this are found in inscriptions around this famous archaeological site.
Babur visited this site and built a Jal Mahal and a garden surrounding the Lake. He has mentioned ‘Sikri’ as being a beautiful site in his memoirs. Babur’s grandson Akbar was the one who shifted the Mughal capital to Fatehpur Sikri for 13 years. His intention of moving the capital was that he wanted to be closer to Sufi Saint Salim Chisti who lived here. Akbar loved the saint and revered him.
Jama masjid, Buland-Darwaza and the Tomb of Sheikh Salim Chishti; Khass Mahal, Shahi-Bazar, Mina-Bazar, the Panch-Mahal, Khwabgah, Diwan-i-Khas, Anup-Talao, Chaupar and Diwan-I-Aam are Fatehpur Sikri attractions that were parts of this first Mughal planned city. The city was not only connected by terraces, it also had an excellent drainage system and water supply which showed the thought put behind the town planning by the construction engineers at that time.
Fatehpur Sikri is a classic example of Indian architecture. With Indo-Islamic influences and local impressions, it is a fusion of different sensibilities. Apart from Architecture, many artisans had settled here during the Mughal period and various arts flourished in the area.
A fraction of the earlier city has been studied and preserved. The old wall that protected the town still exists of three sides of the monument, although it makes the monuments look incomplete rather than protected. The town now is one of the fifteen blocks in the Agra district and a Loksabha constituency. The population has shifted to a modern settlement nearby and hardly anybody lives in the old area.
Fatehpur Sikri tourism is a jump into the glorious past of India, of prosperity and grandeur. History lovers and archaeology buffs can spend days here without getting bored. Plus, if you add the nearby Bharatpur bird sanctuary to your list, it will complete your exotic experience.
If you decide to visit Delhi or Agra, a trip to Fatehpur sikri is certainly in the cards. The ‘City of Victory’ is not only a treat to your eyes, but just like the old days, you might find beautiful hand woven cloth or traditional handicrafts in the markets nearby. | <urn:uuid:4b53b0b5-1c3a-411d-a061-44c3ca29219c> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.triphobo.com/places/fatehpur-sikri-india | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280292.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00343-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964508 | 639 | 2.828125 | 3 |
Though doctors generally advise eating your calories rather than drinking them, there's nothing quite like a cup of hot cocoa on a cold winter's day. There's nothing wrong with having the occasional treat and Science Daily even suggests that a cup of hot cocoa can contain more antioxidants than drinks like green tea. Still, some commercial hot cocoa mixes are full of sugar and little else. Do your best to make hot cocoa that is healthy as well as delicious.
Using Cocoa Packets
Stores stock several different brands of hot cocoa from which to choose. Most of them allow you to mix with water or milk. Carefully read the nutrition labels before you make a purchase, paying attention to the calorie count and the amount of sugar that's in each serving. When preparing the cocoa, use milk rather than water, as this allows your child to get extra nutrition along with the cocoa.
Homemade Hot Cocoa
Preparing your hot cocoa from scratch may be your best bet, as it allows you to control everything that goes into it. Cocoa powder is also readily available, but it's unsweetened, so you'll have to add your own sweetener. Heat up milk in a pan and add the cocoa and sweetener. Sugar works well, but you can experiment with other types of sweeteners, such as maple syrup.
You don't need to limit the occasional treat, but if you're serving hot cocoa every day, you may want to watch calories. A single packet of hot cocoa mix can come in at over 100 calories when only made with water. Using milk adds more nutrition, but also more calories. Some children actually need the extra calories, but if you are concerned about your child's weight, you should pay attention to calories. Use a cocoa brand that has low calories and -- assuming your toddler is over 2 years old -- substitute skim milk for whole milk. Watch portion sizes as well. Some mugs for hot drinks are quite large and can contain more than one serving, which means more calories than you bargained for.
Though some versions of hot cocoa are little more than warm sugar water, others do contain an extra boost of nutrition. Look for brands that add vitamins and minerals into the mix to optimize your child's nutrition.
Always test the temperature of the hot cocoa before you give it to your child. If it's too hot, an ice cube can cool it down quickly.
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2008 Pixar robot — WEDNESDAY, Sep. 30 2009 — Monopoly avenue in light-blue group / Bull on glue bottles / Copacabana locale
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Constructor: Kevin G. Der
Relative difficulty: Easy
THEME: 19th-century writers from CONCORD, MA — theme answers are four 19th-century American writers. "Note" on the puzzle explains: "When the puzzle is done, the circled letters will spell, from top to bottom, the name of the town where all the people in this puzzle's theme once lived."
Word of the Day: Arthur Godfrey (16A: Arthur Godfrey's instrument, informally => UKE) — Arthur Morton Leo Godfrey (August 31, 1903 – March 16, 1983) was an American radio and television broadcaster and entertainer who was sometimes introduced by his nickname, The Old Redhead. No television personality of the 1950s enjoyed more clout or fame than Godfrey until an on-camera incident undermined his folksy image and triggered a gradual decline; the then-ubiquitous Godfrey helmed two CBS-TV weekly series and a daily 90-minute television mid-morning show through most of the decade but by the early 1960s found himself reduced to hosting an occasional TV special. Arguably the most prominent of the medium's early master commercial pitchmen, he was strongly identified with one of his many sponsors, Lipton Tea. (wikipedia)
Circling arbitrary letters? Can I connect them and make a picture? A picture of Massachusetts? Why one "C" and on the other? The one in "ICILY" and not the one in "OCTAD?" I guess that since the circled letter bit really isn't intrinsic to the solving of the puzzle, I shouldn't judge it too harshly, but finding the letters, C, O, N, C, O, R, D, M, A from top to bottom in any given grid is not going to be hard. I can find all of them, in order, in just the top half of yesterday's grid, for instance. The base theme of four authors whose names fit neatly and symmetrically inside the grid is otherwise just OK. The CONCORD, MA trivia does make it hang together much more nicely than the simple fact of their all being 19th-century writers alone would have. But the circled letters sloppily strewn about the grid are aesthetically unappealing.
- 1A: With 6- and 22-Across, noted 19th-century writer (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
- 24A: With 53-Across, noted 19th-century writer (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
- 39A: Noted 19th-century writer (Louisa May Alcott)
- 70A: With 71- and 55-Across, noted 19th-century writer (Henry David Thoreau)
I'm not a 19th-century literature expert by any means, but the very familiar (and long) author names made the puzzle pretty easy to zip through. I tripped a bit in the middle putting up OCEANIA instead of EURASIA (28D: Superstate in Orwell's "1984"), and for some (ironic?) reason, couldn't find the end of WHINY to save my life (for a few moments, anyway). Clue on RYE (69A: Alternative to white) was deceptive enough that I had to stop tearing through the puzzle and think for a minute — a not unwelcome event on a Wednesday (litotes!). Not a fan of two partials in the same grid both beginning with indefinite article "A" (A PAIR, A LIE). And YEOW, that's some spelling on YEOW (41D: "That hurts!"). Seen it before, but still not sure how it differs in sound / meaning from "YOW." Maybe you hold the "E" sound longer.
Speaking of OCEANIA, which I was, my thoughts and good wishes go out to the people of Samoa who were devastated by the tsunami that apparently struck while I was sleeping. Lots of Samoans in my wife's native New Zealand and in Los Angeles and other American communities. News of the tsunami was how NPR decided to wake me up this morning.
- 27D: Bullet point (item) — ceci n'est pas un bullet point.
- 32A: The Bakkers' old ministry, for short (PTL) — had the -TL and was ready to drop "S" or "A" in there before ever looking at the clue. This is why you look at clues.
- 35A: Subject of a Debussy piece (mer) — as in "LA Mer." Heard some beautiful Debussy etudes on "Performance Today" yesterday. This is the guy who was playing:
- 62A: 2008 Pixar robot (Wall-E) — ... said the constructor who works for Pixar. Product placement!
- 59A: Bull on glue bottles (Elmer) — his weirdly proud mug is familiar in this house, as daughter is constantly doing "projects" that involve cutting, gluing, etc.
- 1D: Copacabana locale (Rio) — Why did I always imagine that the story in the song took place in the U.S.? "North of Havana!" There must be more than one.
- 7D: TV's Kwik-E-Mart clerk (Apu) — I would also have accepted Sanjay, Homer, or James Woods.
- 10D: Monopoly avenue in the light-blue group (Oriental) — Either VERMONT or CONNECTICUT would have fit the Northeastern theme better.
Signed, Rex Parker, King of CrossWorld
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PS Celebrity crossword enthusiast and breast cancer survivor Christina Applegate is the 2009 Ambassador for Lee National Denim Day (this Friday, Oct. 2, 2009), a day to raise awareness about breast cancer issues as well as raise money for the Women's Cancer Programs of the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF), including Christina's own foundation, Right Action For Women. They're asking for $5 donations. I'm giving a little more. Go here to donate. Thanks. | <urn:uuid:fca12ac6-ca2d-49e7-a8f2-8c4ea116148f> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/2009_09_01_archive.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280504.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00135-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957188 | 1,311 | 1.734375 | 2 |
The executive chef of Parish Hall in Williamsburg, Even Hanczor is more than aware of where his produce comes from. That’s because restaurant owner George Weld has a 6-acre farm upstate, where Hanczor frequently goes to help harvest the squash, beets, beans and lettuces that will eventually constitute the evening’s meal.
Of course, in his own life, Hanczor has to make due with the constraints of city living, which means culling his dinner from a tiny community plot, instead of the lush, expansive pastures of Goatfell Farm. So whether you’re fortunate enough to have a backyard or patio, or are merely making do with a windowbox or fire escape, Hanczor has a few helpful tips for the at-home urban gardener.
Getting Started: You’d be surprised how similar urban gardening is from growing things traditionally, in raised beds. Either way, you have to plan well. And in extra small spaces, it’s particularly important to maximize productivity while minimizing waste, which means, only grow what you want to eat. Also, you’ll want to practice succession planting, which means putting down seeds or plants a couple of weeks apart, so you have things ripening continuously. If everything comes up all at once, it’s difficult to make sure that everything gets used.
Basic Plant Care: Start with good quality, aerated soil, seeds and plants from reliable suppliers. Otherwise, you risk breeding diseases right into your produce. Make sure to be thoughtful about where to place your plants. Some require more sun and some less, so plan accordingly based on the sun exposure patterns of your windowsill or plot. Water each morning or evening, once the sun is low (wet leaves scorch, otherwise). Weed often…plants need all the precious space and nutrients they can get in windowboxes and pots.
Seeds vs. Plants: We’ve had better success with herbs when using starters, but have been totally fine with vegetables from seed. Since the season can be kind of short here, it’s helpful to start things like tomatoes, peppers, chard, etc. indoors while it’s still a little too cool outside, and then move them out to your windowsill/pots/garden plot as soon as the weather allows!
What to Grow Indoors: Plants that seem to do well are mainly herbs, like basil, mint, parsley, oregano, chervil or thyme, as long as you have them near a window that gets some sun.
What to Grow Outdoors: Most vegetables do better outside, in a raised bed in a community garden, or a large pot on a stoop or patio, because they’ll have the space and nutrient availability to stretch out. Tomatoes, peppers, kale, chard, cucumber and peas all seem to work well in our garden. A great herb called lovage has taken solid root in our plot and produces like crazy! Skip zucchini, squashes or pumpkins, which need a lot of room to expand along the ground.
Handling Herbs: Herbs are generally easy to grow in small places in the city (especially hardy herbs like sage, parsley, mint, chives), but be careful, or they can take over your plot! To harvest, either pick a couple leaves off for a small quantity, or snip off branches where there is other new growth, to allow the new growth to continue while you use the fully-grown portions of the plant.
How to Harvest: The basic rule for harvesting is, if it looks ready (and is easy to pull off the plant), it is ready. Remember, we’re hardwired to notice ripe fruits and vegetables, so trust your instinct! Better to harvest a little too soon than let something get overripe and rot. Besides, I’ve learned from experience that there’s a good chance I won’t get to cooking or eating a vegetable I pick on the same day, so if something’s a little underripe when I pick it, a couple days in the fridge or on the counter may give it time to fully ripen. Of course, picking the “perfect” tomato is always ideal!
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Initiate a new GMT modern mode session
gmt begin [prefix] [formats] [options] [ -V[level] ]
Note: No space is allowed between the option flag and the associated arguments.
The begin module instructs GMT to begin a new modern mode session. If your script only makes a single plot then this is the most opportune time to specify the name and format(s) of your plot. However, if you want to create multiple illustrations within this session, you will instead use figure to name the figure(s) you wish to make. The session keeps track of all default and history settings and isolates them from any other session that may run concurrently. Thus, unlike classic mode, you can run multiple modern sessions simultaneously without having destructive interference in updating the history of common options. In addition to prefix and formats, you can supply a comma-separated series of psconvert options (without their leading hyphens) that will override the default settings provided via PS_CONVERT [A]. The only other available options control the verbosity.
- Name-stem used to construct the single final figure name [gmtsession]. The extension is appended automatically from your formats selection(s). If your script only performs calculations or needs to make several figures then you will not use this argument. While not recommended, if your prefix has spaces in it then you must enclose your prefix in single or double quotes.
- Give one or more comma-separated graphics extensions from the list of allowable graphics formats (default format is configurable via setting GMT_GRAPHICS_FORMAT [pdf]).
- Sets one or more comma-separated options (and possibly arguments) that can be passed to psconvert when preparing a session figure [A]. The valid subset of options are A[args],Cargs,Ddir,Edpi,Hfactor,Margs,Qargs,S. Note that the leading hyphens should not be given. See the psconvert documentation for details on these options.
- -V[level] (more …)
- Select verbosity level [c].
- -^ or just -
- Print a short message about the syntax of the command, then exits (NOTE: on Windows just use -).
- -+ or just +
- Print an extensive usage (help) message, including the explanation of any module-specific option (but not the GMT common options), then exits.
- -? or no arguments
- Print a complete usage (help) message, including the explanation of all options, then exits.
Supported Graphic Formats¶
|bmp||Microsoft Bit Map|
|jpg||Joint Photographic Experts Group Format|
|Portable Document Format [Default]|
|png||Portable Network Graphics|
|PNG||Portable Network Graphics (with transparency layer)|
|ppm||Portable Pixel Map|
|tif||Tagged Image Format File|
To initiate a new modern session that will produce a single map called Figure_2 saved as both a PDF vector graphics file and an opaque PNG raster image, we would start our script thus:
gmt begin Figure_2 pdf,png
If the modern session is only used for computations and no illustrations are produced then we do not need to give any further arguments:
Should we give such a command and still produce a plot then it will automatically be called gmtsession.pdf (assuming GMT_GRAPHICS_FORMAT is pdf).
To set up proceedings for a jpg figure with 0.5c white margin, we would run:
gmt begin 'My Figure4' jpg A+m0.5c
Note on PostScript¶
If the user selects ps as one of the formats, then please be aware that it is recommended you first set the desired paper size. With ps, GMT needs to work with a fixed paper size since, unlike the eps format, there will be no cropping to BoundingBox. If no paper size is specified via PS_MEDIA then GMT will default to A4 and issue a warning; GMT is unable to determine if that size is adequate for your plot but if the canvas width exceeds A4 paper width we will switch page orientation to landscape. For all other formats the final dimension will be determined automatically.
Note on UNIX shells¶
Modern mode works by communicating across gmt modules via the shell script’s (or terminal’s) process ID, which is the common parent process ID (PPID) for each module. This number is used to create the unique session directories where gmt keeps its book-keeping records. However, inconsistencies across various UNIX shells and other differences in their implementations may occasionally lead to problems for gmt to properly determine the unique PPID. The most common situation is related to a shell spawning sub-shells when you are linking two or more processes via UNIX pipes. Each sub-shell will then have its own process ID and gmt modules started by the sub-shell will then have that ID as PPID and it will differ from the one determined by gmt begin. If you are using pipes in your modern mode script and you get strange errors about not finding gmt6.##### then you can add this command to the top of your script to make the issue go away (in Bourne shell):
or in C shell:
setenv GMT_SESSION_NAME $$
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Mans a Man for a that.
Ye see yon birkie cad a lord,
Wha struts an stares, an a that?
Tho hundreds worship at his word,
Hes but a cuif for a that.
For a that, an a that,
His riband, star, an a that,
The man o independent mind,
He looks an laughs at a that.
Robert Burns - A Mans A Man For A' That
The term radical
literally means from the root, and describes exactly
the kind of political reform that the Radical movement was seeking
towards the end of the 18th century. One of the most famous radical
sympathisers in Scottish history was the poet Robert Burns. This
is shown in what is considered by many to be Burns' most famous
song, A mans a man for a that, which encapsulates
in song the radical ideas of Tom Paine, the author of The Rights
of Man. Burns notion of the independent mind, like many
others, was influenced by two very important international events
at the time: The American and French Revolutions.
The progress of the American Revolution, 1776-83, was closely
followed by a Scottish public with a growing interest in international
events. Newspaper circulation boomed as news-hungry readers followed
the disastrous progress of the war and the British Governments
increasing incompetence. Many
Scots, whose livelihoods depended on the Atlantic trade, patriotically
desired the revolution crushed, but with defeat in 1783 they became
increasingly critical of their noble leaders. With the establishment
of the United States reformers now had a concrete example of how
a more socially progressive society could be constructed.
The advent of the French Revolution in 1789 seemed to herald a
new age of Enlightenment across Europe. As the French embraced
an enlightened constitution, Radicals in Scotland began to demand
the same. The Revolution was an inspiring example for Scotlands
developing middle and working classes; it demonstrated that they
too could participate in the governance of the country, that the
status quo could be changed, and that constitutions werent
handed down from God but were made by men.
Liberty trees, a French revolutionary symbol, were planted around
Scotland on market crosses, and ideas of political reform were
being publicly debated. At Edinburgh, in what became known as
the Kings Birthday Riots, thousands protested for three
days from the 4th of June, 1792. They burnt effigies of the Home
Secretary, Robert Dundas, and attempted to burn down the Lord
Advocates house. Only an army-command to open fire on the
mob managed to suppress the riot eventually, and the authorities
worried that riot might turn to revolution.
1792 a democratic organisation called the Friends
of the People was created out of numerous Reform
Societies which had emerged across Scotland. They
demanded moderate change, to bring the mercantile
middle classes into the governance of the country;
however, change was not forthcoming, and as Henry
Dundas said: It would be easier to reform
Hell. When events in France turned into
The Terror of 1793, with the widespread
public execution of nobles and priests, the British
Government set out to quash the Radicalism in
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Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination.
Estádio Municipal de Paredes in Mouriz, Portugal by Spaceworkers
August 17th, 2011 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Spaceworkers
Countering a trend of the current stadium, enclosing its green area inside, was what motivated us in finding this solution. The idea of “giving back” an acre of green space to the town was the main motto for this project. A solid block, which levitates into the landscape. A building which you can see and lets those who pass by see it, too. An open space to the city where football is the main entertaining agent.
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If you are following the trends in exercise and fitness, you have probably heard the phrase "core strength."
Core strength refers to developing the abdomial (stomach) muscles, and the back muscles to increase their ability to support your spine, shoulders and keep your body stable and balanced. Strong core muscles are important to have if you are athletic or just active because strong core muscles can help you move your limbs easier and with more power and a strong core can help prevent injury while you are being active.
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The GSMA today unveiled an update to its 2009 landmark report “Mobile’s Green Manifesto” which outlines the positive impact of operator initiatives in the areas of energy and carbon management.
Analysis of 34 mobile networks worldwide(1) shows that, despite considerable growth in mobile connections and traffic, total network energy consumption increased only slightly from 2009 to 2010. The analysis also shows that the total energy per unit traffic declined by approximately 20 percent and energy per connection declined by five percent over this period, indicating that the industry is making strong progress towards its goal of reducing its total global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per connection by 40 percent by 2020.
“This is the first ever detailed global estimate of mobile network energy consumption and carbon dioxide equivalent (CO(2)e) emissions and it shows that the mobile industry is making progress in reducing its own emissions and energy costs, as well as those in other industry sectors,” said Gabriel Solomon, Head of Regulatory Policy, GSMA.
“Mobile can enable savings through a range of smart applications and can contribute to a reduction of total emissions that is at least four to five times its own carbon footprint.”
The report used data and analysis from the GSMA’s Mobile Energy Efficiency Benchmarking (MEE) service to calculate both the energy costs and the CO(2)e emissions that result from the electricity and diesel consumption of mobile networks(2) globally. The MEE Benchmarking analysis shows that if all networks with above average energy consumption are improved to the industry average, there is a potential energy cost saving for mobile operators of $1 billion per annum at 2010 prices; improving to the top quartile could save over $2 billion annually.
Smartphones, tablets, consumer electronics and machine-to-machine (M2M) devices are beginning to connect everything from cars to health services and even entire cities, which will have a positive impact on many industries. Through these and other developments, the mobile industry today is enabling significant reductions in GHG emissions and energy costs across a range of sectors of the economy, and the opportunity exists for mobile to enable even further savings. Approximately 26 million mobile M2M connections worldwide(3) are enabling GHG emissions savings estimated to be about 3 million tonnes (Mt) of CO(2)e annually. On a regional basis:
- The US and Canada together comprise 50 per cent of mobile M2M connections and 38 per cent of global GHG emissions savings;
- Asia Pacific accounts for 23 per cent of M2M connections and 30 per cent of emissions savings;
- Western Europe represents 17 per cent of connections and 23 per cent of GHG savings.
Future savings come from smart applications, often as a result of M2M communications, particularly in applications such as smart grids and meters, as well as smart transportation and logistics. The mobile industry has the potential to contribute to an abatement of man-made GHG emissions. In the future, there is a significant environmental and commercial opportunity for mobile operators to help companies in other sectors and industries to both reduce their GHG emissions and cut energy costs, for example:
- Global mobile M2M connections in smart grids, smart meters and fleet management are forecast to grow strongly, at 30 to 40 per cent per annum, reaching approximately 100 million mobile M2M connections(4) worldwide by 2015. This would result in possible GHG savings of 18 Mt CO(2)e, the equivalent of taking over 4 million cars off the road(5)
- Mobile has the potential to enable much greater emissions savings of at least 900 Mt CO(2)e in 2020, which is 1.7 per cent of the global 2020 GHG emissions forecast by the International Energy Agency (IEA) in its “business-as-usual” scenario(6);
- Emissions savings in 2020 will result from the use of 3.5 billion mobile M2M connections(7) and also from mobile dematerialisation applications, where travel, products and processes are substituted by virtual alternatives.
As more operators join the GSMA’s MEE benchmarking service, the accuracy of the estimations of total mobile network energy consumption, energy cost and CO(2)e emissions can be improved and the results used to track industry performance over time. The GSMA will continue to work with regulators and standards bodies to ensure the MEE Benchmarking methodology, already included in a global standard by the International Telecommunication Union, fits with other methodologies developed by the global ICT industry. Future development may include life cycle assessment of energy and carbon emissions based on an approach agreed by operators and manufacturers.
(2) Mobile networks are defined as the Radio Access Network plus the mobile elements of the Core Network. Energy consumed by IT systems (including data centres) and overheads is excluded as it is much smaller and also harder to benchmark.
(3) Source: Machina Research.
(4) Sources: GSMA analysis based on Yankee Group and Machina Research forecasts.
(5) Assuming annual emissions per car of 4 tonnes of CO(2)e.
(6) The IEA publishes biennial forecasts of global CO(2) emissions following the G8’s request for advice in 2005.
(7) Source: GSMA analysis extrapolating from Vodafone’s “Carbon Connections” report.
About the GSMA
The GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide. Spanning more than 220 countries, the GSMA unites nearly 800 of the world’s mobile operators, as well as more than 200 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem, including handset makers, software companies, equipment providers, Internet companies, and media and entertainment organisations. The GSMA also produces industry-leading events such as the Mobile World Congress and Mobile Asia Expo. For more information, please visit the GSMA corporate website at www.gsma.com or Mobile World Live, the online portal for the mobile communications industry, at www.mobileworldlive.com. | <urn:uuid:a79812ea-0bef-4f45-9a31-6a87a016b4c3> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://iotbusinessnews.com/2012/06/20/54987-gsma-green-manifesto-shows-network-efficiency-can-lead-to-potential-annual-energy-savings-of-2bn-usd/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719843.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00292-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.92613 | 1,248 | 2.328125 | 2 |
Moonlit river ride entices students’ sense of adventure
Canoeing and kayaking are typically considered events for warm, sunny days, but on Fridays and Saturdays during a full moon, USF Outdoor Recreation sends students out on the water under the stars.
The event has been a Riverfront Park tradition for over a decade, and while some people are just now discovering it, others return on a
Despite the 39-degree weather during last month’s excursion, there was still a regular show of about 100 people renting kayaks and canoes.
“The cold really doesn’t stop people,” Samantha Hillard, a junior majoring in environmental science and Outdoor Rec employee, said. “Usually people just choose to rent canoes instead of kayaks to avoid
Many first-timers go out with
different expectations: Some don’t expect it to be any different than during the day and may be nervous about getting on the water when visibility may become an issue.
“It’s kind of fun to see people scared to go out and come back
saying it was so fun,” Cindy Reilly, a manager at Riverfront Park, said.
Even with the help of the bright stars and moon, navigating the waters at night is not an easy task for most students. Even though the canoes and kayaks aren’t long enough to be required by law to have a light at night, all boats have a glow stick attached to the front so that it easier to spot them in the water and avoid collisions.
Roberto Infante, a junior
majoring in chemical engineering, said the extra challenges make it an adventure with his group of friends.
“When you, don’t know where you’re going its really tricky,” Infante said. “We each went in single kayaks so when one person crashed, the rest of us could laugh and know not to go that way.”
Some students said they found the challenge of navigating at night the most thrilling part.
“Trying to figure out where
everything is in the dark was really the best part,” Isnael Diaz, a senior majoring in biomedical science, said. “This was my first time and I thought it was very peaceful.”
Those who said they were
intimidated because they couldn’t see clearly still found it to be a worthwhile experience.
“It was kind of scary because we’d hear something in the trees or something splashing,” Kaylin Martin, a sophomore majoring in biomedical science, said. “But it was really so pretty. There were so many stars and they were so bright.”
The late night boat rides have the possibility to turn into a
romantic night for two, making it a great Valentine’s Day option for students on a budget. After the previous chilly adventure on the water, students were able to warm up around the fire pit next to the boathouse provided by the employees.
“It’s nice to sit around the fire when it’s cold,” Jo-Anne Burgess, a senior majoring in animal science and an Outdoor Rec employee said. “On Friday night, we had a big circle around the fire and got to roast
marshmallows. It was a really nice experience”
Burgess, who always works the moonlight canoeing shifts, recommends students come to the second time slot at 9 p.m. because the moon is very big in the sky.
The employees running the moonlight canoeing and kayaking event said they have noticed these events are what really bring students into Riverfront Park and makes them aware of the adventure trips Outdoor Recreation organizes and makes open to everyone.
More information about Outdoor Recreation events and Adventure Trips can be found on the Outdoor Recreation website: usfweb2.usf.edu/CampusRec/outdoor/index.html
The next moonlight canoeing event will be Friday and Saturday, costing $5 per person. Four tickets may be bought per USF student with a valid ID.
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Nuclear proliferation in the Middle East remains an issue of concern. Saudi Arabia's actions will largely rest on Iran's decisions, and discussions and preparations within Saudi Arabia would suggest that it is ready to react to potential shifts in the region's nuclear powers.
Saudi Arabia and Nuclear Weapons uses an "inside out" approach that emphasises the Saudis' own national interests in relation to the nuclear threat, and their understanding of the role of nuclear weapons in defense, foreign policy and the concept of deterrence. It is the first study with comprehensive use of the local Arabic language military and civilian media to provide this understanding of official thinking and policy. The Saudi case study is contextualised against the prevailing proliferation models, to conclude that the Saudi case shares both commonalities and elements of uniqueness with other proliferation cases, implying the need for a 'multi-causal' approach. Its comparative analysis also suggests potential implications applicable more broadly to the issue of nuclear proliferation.
A comprehensive study of Saudi Arabia's attitude to nuclear weapons, this book offers an exploration of nuclear proliferation that would interest students, scholars and policymakers working in Middle East studies, as well as Military and nuclear proliferation studies.
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The repercussions from closing persistently failing schools are about to be felt by tiny Premont, Texas, which is located about 150 miles south of San Antonio. The town of 2,700 is bracing for the shuttering of the Premont Independent School District by the Texas Education Agency because of poor academics and a high truancy rate (“Texas district cancels sports in hopes of improving grades,” Fox News, Jan. 21).
In a last ditch attempt to avoid what seems to be inevitable, officials are eliminating sports this spring and next fall to save enough money to keep the district’s schools open. Although school districts across Texas are dealing with about $4 billion in state-aid cuts, rural districts are particularly vulnerable because they have limited local tax bases. That’s why the situation in Premont serves as an invaluable case study.
Like so many rural school districts, Premont’s enrollment is shrinking. It presently has 570 students compared with about 800 five years ago. Poverty is rampant, and truancy is high. The average daily attendance is 88 percent versus a statewide average of 96 percent. Parents are not sufficiently involved in their children’s education. The plant is outdated and in disrepair.
All of the above factors combine to make the PISD a prime candidate for closure in the eyes of reformers. They argue that students are not receiving the education they deserve. Therefore, the district should be annexed into another district because there’s no sense in continuing to fund a district that has been unable to turn itself around despite repeated warnings. (Five other school districts in Texas have been closed in the past 15 years.)
I understand the appeal of this argument. But it’s important to follow it through to its logical conclusion. In Premont, as in so many other small districts, the school is the centerpiece of the community. That will mean little to residents elsewhere, but it cannot be minimized. As Linda Darling-Hammond correctly noted, school closings are severely disruptive. Students are forced to travel long distances to other schools if, in fact, they are accepted at all. Others simply drop out (“Why Is Congress Redlining Our Schools?” The Nation, Jan. 10). A school in a small town is also a major employer. When it closes, jobs are lost.
Further, there’s the question of whether school closures deliver what their proponents promise. I wrote about this issue before (“Closing Failing Schools,” Dec. 7, 2011). Based on the experience in Chicago, New York and the District of Columbia, the answer is no. Supporters of closing failing schools will maintain that it’s too soon to draw any definitive conclusions because the practice is too new. Fair enough. But I think that even after the strategy is given a longer trial, it will prove to be a disappointment.
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Solar Panels are power production items that produce consistent power when exposed directly to sunlight. Power outputs vary depending on which solar device is being used and the planet that it is being used on.
Small Solar Panels are crafted in your backpack's printer, using Copper. These panels can be placed on any item slot, but if placed in the backpack they will only produce power when in a widget slot. Like most other Tier 1 power items, Small Solar Panels may be placed on the ground as if it were its own platform with its own set of cables.
When exposed to sunlight, the panel will orient itself automatically toward the sun (if possible) and produce 1.0 U/s of power, or enough to fill one bar on a Small Battery in 4 seconds. If the panel is not exposed to the sun, it will point up relative to whatever it is attached to.
Medium Solar Panels are crafted using the Small Printer, using 1 Copper and 1 Glass. They can be placed on any Tier-2 slot. When not exposed to sunlight, the two halves of the panel will fold inward, and will unfold when exposed to the sun.
Medium Solar Panels produce power at 4.0 U/s, four times as much as a Small Solar Panel.
The Large Solar Panel are crafted with the Medium Printer, and must be placed in a Tier 3 slot. When exposed to sunlight, it produces 8.0 U/s of power. While not exposed to sunlight, 4 of the 5 panels will fold inwards, and will unfold when exposure is regained.
The Solar Array is the largest craftable solar panel, being made in the large printer. They can be crafted using 1 Copper, 1 Glass, 1 Graphene, and 1 Aluminum Alloy. Solar Arrays do not require a platform to function, instead coming with built-in ground anchors and power cables, much like the Small Solar Panel.
When exposed to sunlight, the Solar Array produces 14.0 U/s of power, which is fourteen times more than a Small Solar Panel and 3.5 times more than a Medium Solar Panel.
The Wrecked Solar Array is the only non-craftable solar panel, found naturally as debris on all planets. When plugged in and exposed to sunlight, the Wrecked Solar Array provides 64 U/s of power. They only have panels on one side, and must be placed with the connection point facing upwards to work.
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never、hardly…when、scarcely、no sooner…than、rarely、nowhere、little、seldom、not +副词
by no means、in no case、in no way、at no time、in no sense、on no account、under no circumstances
1、No sooner_______ got to the station than it began to rain heavily.
A. had I B. have I C. I had D. I have
2、No sooner had we sat down _______ we found it was time to go.
A. than B. when C. as D. while
3、No sooner had they got off the train_______it started moving.
A. when B. than C. then D. after
4、No sooner had they got the good covered up _______it started raining hard.
A. When B. than C. then D. after
5、No sooner had she entered the house _______ the telephone rang.
A. when B. than C. as D. while
6、Not until I came to China _______ what kind of a country she is.
A. I knew B. I didn't know C. I did know D. did I know
7、Not until I reminded him for the third time _______working and looked up.
A. that he stopped B. does he stopped
C. did he stop D. that he stopped
8、Not until most of the people had left the airport _______ his sister was there.
A. that he saw B. had he seen C. did he see D. that he had seen
9、Not until Columbus discovered America ??????_______ to Europe.
A. bananas were brought B. bananas brought
C. are bananas brought D. were bananas brought
10、_______ the importance of wearing seat belts while driving.
A. Little they realize B. They little do realize
C. Little realize do they D. Little do they realize
11、So little _______ about stock exchange that the lecture was completely beyond me.
A. did I know B. I had known C. I knew D. was I known
12、Not once _______ your sentence correctly.
A. You have copied B. did you have copied
C. have you copied D. have you been copied
13、Nowhere else in the world _______ more attractive scenery than in Switzerland.
A. you can find B. is found C. can you find D. has been found
14、Not always _______ they want to.
A. people can do what B. People cannot do what
C. can people do what D. can’t people do what
15、By no means _______ our mistakes.
A. we ought ignore B. we ought to ignore
C. ought we ignore D. ought we to ignore
16、In no case _______ the students from exploring new ideas.
A. we should prevent B. we could prevent
C. should we prevent D. shouldn’t prevent
17、_______ the first to use nuclear weapons.
A. At no time China will be B. Never China will be
C. Will China never be D. At no time will China be
18、By no means _______ to move to a new place far away from her workplace, because it isn't convenient for her family and herself.
A. Jane will agree B. will Jane agree
C. Jane will disagree D. will Jane disagree
19、By no means__________to her parents.
A. this is the first time has she lied B. this is the first time does she tell a lie
C. is this the first time She has lied D. is this the first time she was lying
1、Not until the game had begun _______ at the sports ground.
A had he arrived B would he have arrived
C did he arrive D should he have arrived
2、Not until the early years of the 19th century _______ what heat is.
A. man did know B. man knew
C. didn't man know D. did man know
3、Not until I began to work _______ how much time I had wasted.
A. didn't I realize B. did I realize C. I didn't realize D. I realized
4、Not until all the fish died in the river _______ how serious the pollution was .
A. did the villagers realize B. the villagers realized
C. the villagers did realize D. didn't the villagers realize
5、I finally got the job I dreamed about. Never in all my life _______ so happy!
A. did I feel B. I felt C. I had felt D. had I felt
6、The old couple have been married for 40 years and never once _______ with each other.
A. they had quarreled B. they have quarreled
C. have they quarreled D. had they quarreled
7、Never in my wildest dreams _______ these people are living in such poor conditions.
A. I could imagine B. could I imagine
C. I couldn't imagine D. couldn't I imagine
8、_______ got into the room, _______ the telephone rang.
A. He hardly had, then B. Hardly had he, when
C. He had not, than D. Not had he, when
9、—Did Linda see the traffic accident?
—No, no sooner _______ than it happened.
A. had she gone B. she had gone C. has she gone D. she has gone
10、Maybe you have been to many countries , but nowhere else _______ such a beautiful palace .
A. can you find B. you could find C. you can find D. could you find
11、Little _______ that we were watching his every move, so he seemed to be going his own way in this business.
A. he realized B. he didn't realize C. didn't he realize D. did he realize
12、I have been living in the United States for twenty years, but seldom _______ so lonely as now.
A. have I felt B. I had felt C. I have felt D. Had I felt
13、Not a single song _______ at yesterday's party.
A. she sang B. sang she C. did she sing D. she did sing
14、Never before _______ in greater need of modern public transport than it is today.
A. has this city been B. this city has been
C. was this city D. this city was
15、—How was the televised debate last night?
—Super! Rarely _______ so much media attention.
A. a debate attracted B. did a debate attract
C. a debate did attract D. attracted
16、We have been told that under no circumstances _______ the telephone in the office for personal affairs.
A. may we use B. we may use C. we could use D. did we use
only+介词短语：in this way、by doing、at that time
1、Only recently _______ to deal with the environmental problems.
A. something has done B. has something done
C. has something been done D. something has been done
1、I failed in the final examination last term and only then _______ the importance of studies.
A. I realized B. I had realized C. had I realized D. did I realize
2、Only then _______ how much damage had been caused.
A. she realized B. she had realized
C. had she realized D. did she realize
3、Only in this way _______ progress in your English.
you make B. can you make
C. you be able to make D. will you able to make
4、Only under special circumstances _______ to take make-up tests.
A. permitted are freshmen B. freshmen are permitted
C. are freshmen permitted D. are permitted freshmen
5、Only when the war was over _______ to his hometown?
A. did the young soldier return B. the young soldier did return
C. returned the young soldier D. the young soldier returned
6、Only when your identity has been checked _______.
A. you are allowed in B. you will be allowed in
C. will you allow in D. will you be allowed in
1、Our society has changed and _______ in it.
A. so the people have B. the people have so
C. so have the people D. have the people so
2、Parking is a big problem _______.
A. the traffic is so B. is so the traffic
C. so the traffic is D. so is the traffic
3、I couldn’t find peter, _______ did I know where he had gone.
A. never B. either C. nor D. as
4、If you go to the movie tonight, so _______ I .
A. will B. do C. am D. can
5、James doesn't like pop music, ____does his sister.
A. so B. also C. either D. neither
1、—Do you know Jim quarrelled with his brother?
—I don't know, _______.
A. nor don't I care B. nor do I care
C. I don't care neither D. I don't care also
2、Of the making of good books there is no end; neither _______ any end to their influence on man’s lives.
A. there is B. there are C. is there D. are there
3、—I would never ever come to this restaurant again. The food is terrible!
A. Nor am I B. Neither would I C. Same with me D. So do I
4、If Joe’s wife won’t go to the party, _______.
A. he will either B. neither will he C. he neither will D. either he will
5、Mary never does any reading in the evening, _______.
A. so does John B. John does too
C. John doesn’t too D. nor does John
6、She never laughed , _______ lose her tempt.
A. or she ever did B. nor did she ever C. with which D. nor she ever did
7、The engineer is not happy with the project, and _______ is her boss.
A. neither B. so C. either D. as
1、Young _______ he is, he knows what is the right thing to do.
A. that B. as C. although D. however
2、_______ at Harvard, he began again to write his essay.
A. Busy was as he B. Busy as was he
C. Busy as he was D. As was he busy
3、_______, he felt tired out after the long journey for eight hours.
A. Strong as he is B. The stronger he is
C. Strong man that he is D. For he is strong
1、_______ as it was at such a time , his work attracted much attention.
A. Being published B. Published
C. Publishing D. To be published
2、_______ , he does get annoyed with her sometimes.
A. Although much he likes her B. Much although he likes her
C. As he likes her much D. Much as he likes her
3、_______ I admire David as a poet, I do not like him as a man.
A. Much as B. Only if C. If only D. As much??
4、_______, I have never seen anyone who is as capable as John.
A. As long as I have traveled B. Now that I have traveled so much
C. Much as I have traveled D. As I have traveled so much
1、Factory workers had to work very hard before, sohad farmers.
A B C D
2、"NeverI have heard such a thing in my life!" said the old man.
A B C D
3、Only when it started to rain he noticed that he had left his raincoat somewhere.
A B C D
4、At no time and under no circumstances China will be the first to use nuclear weapons.
A B C D
5、I could not speak the language, neitherhad I friends nor acquaintances in the town.
A B C D
6、So absorbed she was in her work that she didn't realize it was time that she picked up her daughter.
A B C D
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IMPORTANT: The Dual-Screen Tablet P (SGPT211USS) is currently only available for sale in the United States.
This error is caused by a mismatch in the time or time zone the Reader application or Reader Store expects to see and the actual time and time zone setting on the tablet. For instance, if you have the time set as 4:00PM but have not selected a time zone, since Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) is the default, the time set for the tablet will be detected as 4:00PM GMT when in actuality it is 4:00PM Eastern Standard time. This will be detected as a mismatch and display the error.
To resolve the issue, follow this procedure to make sure the time and time zone settings are correct.
- On the desktop, tap the Home icon.
- In the upper-right corner of the desktop home screen, tap the Apps icon.
- In the Apps screen, tap the Settings icon.
- In the Settings screen, tap to select Date & time.
- In the Date & time screen, tap Select time zone to change the displayed time.
- Once the time zone has been set, tap Set time to change the displayed time.
- Tap the arrows above and below the current time (H/M) to change the values. Once all desired changes have been made, tap Set.
- If you are connected to a Wi-Fi network , you can also tap to select Automatic date & time to have the displayed time and date automatically set and checked ever time the tablet is connected to the network.
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Lyon, Charles. (2001) "Institutions and politics in the European Union: The design of the European medicinal evaluation agency". In: UNSPECIFIED, Madison, Wisconsin. (Unpublished)
Institutions are constructed in institutional environments, which partially structure the process of institutional design, and ultimately help determine the shape of these institutions. The recently created European Medicinal Evaluation Agency (EMEA) in the European Union is an excellent example of this process, and as such, will be the subject of this study. Of specific empirical interest is how European-level pharmaceutical policy evolved from the first European legislation on medicinal drugs in the 1960s to the formation of a European pharmaceutical agency in the 1990s ... the choices that led to the EMEA will be analyzed as one of many potential rational solutions to the problems encountered in the realm of pharmaceutical policy. This agency was a solution that was only partially constructed through intentional behavior, since it was equally a product of the historical evolution and institutional context of the EU. This paper will relate the story of the EMEA in a manner that demonstrates not only how member state and EU institutions interacted to create the agency, but also how rational decisions were constrained by the evolutionary processes of European integration.
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Before we start to explain the meaning of conceit, the damage it causes, its characteristics and how this contemptible case is treated, we ought to pave the way for all of that with some citations from the Qur'ān and the traditions of Ahl al-Bayt, peace be with them all.
Suffices to identify the significance of conceit and the calamity this contemptible case brings about, in the view of the Qur'ān, to read verses 103 – 105 of the blessed Chapter "The Cave", Al-Kahf, where Allāh, Praised is He, says,
"Say: 'Shall we tell you of those who lose the most with regard to their deeds, those whose efforts have been wasted in this life, while they thought that they were acquiring good by their deeds? They are those who deny their Lord's Signs and the fact that they shall meet Him (in the hereafter): Their deeds will be in vain, nor shall We grant them any weight on the Day of Judgment" (Qur'ān, 18:103–105).
We derive from these sacred verses many interesting points on which we are not going to elaborate, but we would only like to point out that conceit, according to these verses, becomes a cause for many good endeavors in this life to go to waste; it leads to disbelieving the Signs of Allāh and in meeting Him, a cause for voiding the good deeds; so, conceit spares no good deed whereby salvation is anticipated. For these reasons, the good deeds of the conceited ones will have no weight on the Judgment Day. This suffices as the destruction caused by this case that brings loss.
As regarding conceit according to traditions, the revered Al-Kāfi traces to Ali ibn Suwaid asking the father of Imām al-Hassan (ع) about conceit which ruins good deeds. The Imām (ع) said, "Conceit is of many levels. One of them is that the bad deed of a servant of Allāh is decorated for him, so he sees it as good and he likes it, thinking he is doing something good. Another level is when a servant believes in his Lord, so he thinks he has done Allāh Almighty a favor while Allāh is the one who bestowed His favor on him."
The Imām (ع) is also cited as having said, "One who is absorbed by conceit perishes." Also he is cited as having said, "Someone sins then regrets. He does a good deed whereby he is pleased, so he relaxes his condition. It would have been better for him to maintain his first status rather than enter into that." The Imām (ع) is also quoted as having said, "A scholar came to a worshipper and asked him about his prayers. The worshipper said, 'Should someone like me be asked about his prayers while I have been worshipping Allāh since such-and-such?!'
He asked him about his tears. The man said to him, 'I cry till my tears pout out.' The scholar then said to him, 'Your laughter while being afraid is better than your weeping while you are thus bragging about it. Nothing of the good deed of a braggart is ever raised.'"
The Messenger of Allāh (ص) has said, "Three things are lethal: an obeyed miserliness, an illicit desire that is followed, and one who is proud of himself." He (ص) has also said, "Had you not sinned, I would have feared for you what is greater than sinning: conceit, conceit."
Ibn Mas`ūd has said, "Perishing is brought about in two situations: despondency and conceit. It is when one loses hope for the mercy of Allāh, desponds from salvation, loses hope from self reform."
Ibn Mas`ūd has combined both of these because one's happiness is pawned by his endeavor and serious effort in seeking it. The Almighty has said,
"… man can have nothing but what he strives for" (Qur'ān, 53:39).
Unless one energetically seeks his objective and original goal, he will never attain the sought happiness. Each of these two characteristics, despondency and conceit, plays a role in slowing down an effort towards one's goal, prohibiting one from seeking it as he ought to. As regarding despondency, the morale of the despondent person is not prepared to pursue his objective. One who desponds from reforming himself, so he is not energetic in order to save it, he may do something that is faster in causing his perdition.
One who desponds from reforming himself does not mind committing any wrongdoing; therefore, despondency from the broad mercy of Allāh is considered as one of the greatest sins. As for conceit, since the conceited person thinks he achieved his happiness and won his objective and goal, he, too, stops his good endeavor and pursuit.
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Sense of Place Detroit: Author Steve Miller Talks His Oral History Detroit Rock City
October 21, 2013 - How did Detroit become Detroit Rock City as author Steve Miller says in his Uncensored History of Rock 'n' Roll in America's Loudest City? The book is an oral history with everyone from Mitch Ryder to Iggy Pop to Jack White included. Miller tells his story about seeing the legendary MC5 rehearse at age 12 and getting hooked. We talk about Detroit Rock from punk in the 70’s through the garage revival in the 90’s. It’s Detroit Rock 101 with Professor Miller today on Sense of Place Detroit. | <urn:uuid:89c551c6-0d26-41a0-b6e6-ca204ce71d1f> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.xpn.org/world-cafe/guests/itemlist/tag/Steve%20Miller%20(Author) | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280835.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00475-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948407 | 132 | 2.0625 | 2 |
Hi, I am an obstetrician from the USA.
I went through medical school without seriously questioning anything I was taught. Students who question the system tend to fail.
My job is to deliver babies as clearly women can't do it on their own.
Pregnancy is a 9 month illness and needs to be treated as such.
I test the amniotic fluid to see if the child is Downs syndrome. There is about 4% chance that this will cause a miscarriage which will mean the woman will not have to undergo the terrible ordeal that is birth.
My predecessors used to give a lot of x-rays to pregnant women as recently as the 1970s but eventually realized it was giving kids leukemia.
Back in the 1960s we used to prescribe Thalidomide for morning sickness, but after about a decade eventually worked out it was causing some babies to be born without limbs.
Then there was DES pill that I prescribed that causes cancer in the daughters of pregnant women.
I am very happy the c-section rate is so high and getting higher every day.
It would be best if the c-section was 100%.
C-sections are very lucrative for us obs buts thats not the only reason we like them.
Giving a c-section means that we don't have to make any decisions or have to think. The feeling of power of performing unneeded major surgery on somebody is awesome.
An uncomplicated birth is extremely boring and makes us obs feel about as useful as boobs to a bull.
Its great if women ask for an elective c-section. Perhaps they believe stories like the one that the cord will get wrapped around the kids neck and the the kid will die. That way we can blame the rising c-section rate on women.
When I do a c-section it become "my delivery" and I become the star of the show. After all the baby would have died without me. We have a whole bag on tricks to increase chances of a c-section.
Its best to induce the birth. Its convenient for me and the increases the chances of a c-section.
I like to put all mothers on an IV drip without even asking. This softens them up for all the drugs they will be pressured to receive.
I like to shave the pubic hair as it aids in making the woman feel helpless.
It is best for us that the women gives birth flat on her back. It reduces opening by the pelvis by a massive 30%. This is painful and hopefully will get her asking for a epidural. It also decreases oxygen flow to the baby.
Epidurals are great because they increase the chances of a c-section. Feet in stirrups is a bonus.
I love drugs of any kind as they all increase the chances of a c-section.
I love fetal monitoring because it can always be used to support a claim that a c-section is needed. Baby's heart too fast, too slow, bleeps on the machine misread, anything can be used to claim an emergency.
Also obs never get sued for performing c-sections, even if the baby gets cut.
If its not the first child, I always say "that once a c-section, always a c-section".
If a women successfully has a natural birth after a c-section it looks really bad for the ob. It either means the c-section was unnecessary or the need for it was manufactured.
I never have a conscience about performing a c-section. I'm not really interested in long-term effects or that the abdominal muscles and appearance will never be the same again.
If the c-section leads to post natal depression that can be fixed with a dose of good old shock treatment. I certainly have no interest in any longterm effect on the child.
If I can't declare the need for a c-section in time I generally do an episiotomy just in the off chance the mother will tear and create an injury almost as bad as the epistiotomy.
If I can't do surgery I am always looking for other ways to interfere such as using forceps, cutting the cord straight away etc. etc.
If the baby is a boy, I very much enjoy cutting off his foreskin. I now take it in turns with the paediatrician as we used to fight over who would get the fee.
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Illustrated by Sydney Hass.
“There just aren’t enough hours in the day.”
“I’m crazy busy.”
“My to-do list is a mile long.”
If you’re like most Americans, you likely say one (or all) of the above statements on a regular basis.
A few years ago Brigid Schulte, a journalist for The Washington Post and a mother of two, did too. “I kept waking up in a panic at 4 a.m. worrying — not only about all of the stuff on my to-do list that I hadn’t done that day, and how much more there was to do,” Schulte says, “but also whether I was missing my life even as I was living it.”
And, then she started to wonder why she — and so many people she knew — was living this way. So, like any good journalist, she started doing some research, which led her to write what she calls an “accidental" book, Overwhelmed: Work, Love and Play When No One Has the Time.
“It’s a journey to understand what happened to leisure in America — why I, like so many, felt so compelled to unthinkingly overwork and overparent and overdo,” she says. “And, how I could begin to create time for what philosophers and psychologists say are the three great arenas that make for a good life: work, love and play.”
Since this balance is what everyone is seemingly searching for these days, we sat down with Schulte to find out more about trying to live a less overwhelmed life.
I think that a lot of people today can relate to your book. How did we get to this point? Are we really more over-scheduled and overwhelmed than our parents’ generation?
Brigid Schulte: Yes! A generation ago people knew the difference between hard work and overwork — the latter of which has become our reality. Work hours began to rise in the 1980s. Now Americans put in among the most extreme hours of workers anywhere in the world. Why? Because of what’s changed and what hasn’t.
What’s changed: the world, technology, the economy, gender roles. What hasn’t: cultural attitudes and expectations and unconscious bias. I think the writer Katrina Alcorn [author of Maxed Out: American Moms on the Brink] said it best: Our society expects people to work as if they didn’t have families or lives, and to have families as if we didn’t work. And, that’s just not the reality for the vast majority of Americans.
About 40% of all children under 18 are being raised by a sole breadwinning mother or mom who outearns her spouse. But, you would never know that by looking at our workplace cultures, policies and laws.
At the same time, the standards for what it takes to be a good mother have continued to ratchet up. Social scientists now say that the gap between what we consider the ideal and what we’re realistically capable of doing has never been wider. Since so much hasn’t changed as the world has, we’ve created an impossible bind for most people — not just mothers.
Illustrated by Sydney Hass.
You heavily researched this book. So, what was the most surprising thing that you uncovered in the process?
I hate to admit this, but it was how ignorant I was of the forces that had shaped my own thoughts, actions and life. For example, I had never heard of family responsibilities discrimination [employment discrimination based on needing to care for family], nor that pregnancy discrimination was so real and so rampant —even though a federal law banning it was passed in 1978.
I also didn’t know that we have virtually no family policy in the U.S., unlike every other advanced nation on earth. And, that all meaningful conversation on the topic stopped in the 1970s. Nor did I realize how ambivalent this country is about working mothers, although it explains a lot of the guilt I always felt, and why we don’t have fully flexible workplaces or supportive policies or cultural attitudes that see mothers and fathers doing excellent work and preserving sacred time for family—or any worker, really, who wants to work and have a full life.
What are the consequences of living in this pressure cooker?
The health consequences are huge. The National Institutes of Health is involved in a multimillion-dollar multiyear study and has found that overwork, the squeeze between work and life, and managers who value face time and long hours, is associated with higher stress levels, poorer health, poorer sleep patterns, more anxiety and absenteeism.
And, the Yale Stress Center has reported that constant stress — the body was built for short bursts of stress, followed by a return to calm — is not only bathing the organs in the stress hormone cortisol (it’s been linked to higher rates of heart disease, high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes and cancer), but it may also shrink the prefrontal cortex of the brain. That’s the “thinking” part of the brain that governs executive functions like thinking, learning, remembering, planning and decision-making.
Aside from preventing these health issues, why is leisure time so important? In today’s culture, it seems looked down upon.
I have to be honest that there were times when I was embarrassed to tell people that I was writing a book about leisure. It seemed so silly and trivial. We clearly have lost all sense of its value as we’ve gotten wrapped up in busyness and the feeling that we always have to be “productive” and “doing” something.
But, then I began to read more and understand that without leisure time, we wouldn’t have civilization. It’s exactly when we take our nose off the grindstone and have time outside of work — outside the routine of survival—that our thoughts wander and wonder, that we make new connections, figure out how to solve old problems in new ways, and have the kind of insights that come in “aha!” moments. In leisure, all of civilization, in essence, has been created — art, philosophy, history, science, discoveries, innovations — and all in long periods of uninterrupted leisure.
So, what can people do to find leisure time in their hectic lives?
The first thing is to stop and recognize how strong the pressure is to overwork, overparent, overschedule, and be busy. Then, when it comes to your to-do list, do a brain dump to get everything out of your head and clear mental space. Then give yourself permission to not do any of it.
And, give yourself permission to designate joy, fun, play, reflection and idleness or quiet time as top priorities — and schedule them in until it becomes routine. You really don’t have to earn leisure by getting to the end of the to-do list. You never will. So, flip the list. Put joy first.
Finally, what’s the one thing you hope people take away from your book?
That the way we’re living is unsustainable — we’re not doing our best work, giving our best to our most important relationships, or living our best lives. We need to completely rethink the way we work, unstall the stalled gender revolution and our automatic assumptions about who should do what, and recapture the value of play —it’s what makes us human, and rewires our brains in creative and positive ways.
In researching the book, I found so many bright spots. I’m hoping not only to spark a national conversation about changing the way we work and live, but to show that, in many places, in many ways large and small, it’s already starting to change. And, I find that really exciting. | <urn:uuid:2b40a54c-d03e-41bd-aaae-a4eb312cb1c2> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.refinery29.com/learn-vest/39 | 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 | 0.963293 | 1,683 | 2 | 2 |
Connecticut legislators should be paying close attention to several interesting legal developments on the West Coast, which could have significant implications here in the Nutmeg State.
The first came Sept. 5, when the state Supreme Court in Washington ruled 6-3 that charter schools don’t qualify as “common” schools under the state’s constitution, and therefore can’t receive public funding intended for traditional public schools.
“Our inquiry is not concerned with the merits or demerits of charter schools,” Chief Justice Barbara Madsen wrote in the majority opinion. “Whether charter schools would enhance our state’s public school system or appropriately address perceived shortcomings of that system are issues for the legislature and the voters. The issue for this court is what are the requirements of the constitution.”
Charter schools have always tried to play the public/private issue both ways. The acts of calling themselves “public” when it comes to claiming funds from the public purse, yet immediately claiming to be private entities the minute accountability and FOIA matters are raised, have created several interesting conundrums, as we have observed right here in our own backyard. (See FUSE, ConnCAN)
In the Washington State case this play it both ways strategy finally went pear-shaped:
“The words ‘common school’ must measure up to every requirement of the constitution . . . and whenever by any subterfuge it is sought to qualify or enlarge their meaning beyond the intent and spirit of the constitution, the attempt must fail . . . Bryan established the rule that a common school, within the meaning of our constitution, is one that is common to all children of proper age and capacity, free, and subject to and under the control of the qualified voters of the school district. The complete control of the schools is a most important feature, for it carries with it the right of the voters, through their chosen agents, to select qualified teachers, with powers to discharge them if they are incompetent.”
The court listed all the ways charters fail to meet these qualifications. Namely, they are:
1) “governed by a charter school board,” which is “appointed or selected . . . to manage and operate the charter school.”
2) The charter school board has the power to hire and discharge charter school employees and may contract with nonprofit organizations to manage the charter school.
3) They are “free from many regulations” that govern other schools.
4) Charter schools are “exempt from all school district policies,” as well as “all . . . state statutes and rules applicable to school districts” except those listed in I-1240 section 204(2) and those made applicable in the school’s charter contract.
In other words the Washington state court finally issued a ruling confirming what many of us here in Connecticut have been saying for years: charters are siphoning off taxpayer money from the public school system without sufficient (if any) accountability. Calling them “public schools” is merely convenient political fiction.
Friends and contributors of Dannel P. Malloy beware: your jig might soon be up.
Another ruling to watch out for is on the appeal of Vergara v. State of California.
Reflecting just how disastrous education policy has been under the Obama administration, Education Secretary Arne Duncan hailed the Vergara decision as a “mandate” toward a “collaborative process in California that is fair, thoughtful, practical and swift.” With Democrats like Arne, who needs Republicans?
Students Matter, the “nonprofit” behind the Vergara suit, was founded by Silicon Valley billionaire David Welch, and is supported by many of the same names familiar to us in Connecticut: Students First, Democrats for Education Reform, and the New Schools Venture Fund (whose board includes Connecticut Democrat contributor Jonathan Sackler, founder of ConnCAN and Trustee of the Achievement First Charter Management Organization.)
In July, Students Matter filed yet another lawsuit to compel all California districts to use test scores to evaluate teachers. This lawsuit was filed despite a lengthy warning from the American Statistical Association in April 2014 that said “VAMs typically measure correlation, not causation: Effects — positive or negative — attributed to a teacher may actually be caused by other factors that are not captured in the model” and further: “Ranking teachers by their VAM scores can have unintended consequences that reduce quality.”
After all, billionaires know everything better than experts, right? (Just ask Donald Trump!) In a post-Citizen’s United world, using one’s tax-free foundation for lobbying is just another way of doing business.
One can only hope that reason, justice, and a growing populist sentiment might prevail. Maybe, just maybe, we are still a nation of laws based on research and precedent.
In that hope, a series of Amicus briefs were filed in the Vergara case Sept. 16 as it moves to the appeal stage.
A brief filed by Education Deans, Professors and Scholarscites the American Statistical Association statement above, as well as a host of other studies.
The appeal also is supported by briefs from award-winning and distinguished teachers, the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Korematsu Center for Law & Equality, the American Association of University Professors Committee for Civil Rights of the San Francisco Bay Area, the Education Law Center, the Equal Justice Society, the Southern Poverty Law Center, and Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Los Angeles, and trustees and board members of school districts as well as unions. It is a broad coalition of people who believe public education is fundamental to our democracy versus billionaire “philanthropists” who claim it’s “for the kids” but take money from the public purse while refusing proper accountability.
Sarah Darer Littman is an award-winning columnist and novelist of books for teens. A former securities analyst, she’s now an adjunct in the MFA program at WCSU, and enjoys helping young people discover the power of finding their voice as an instructor at the Writopia Lab.
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VAWS: HRRR-AK: Status and Future of a High-Resolution Forecast Model for Alaska
August 23, 2017 @ 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm AKDT
Speakers: Trevor Alcott (NOAA) and Jiang Zhu (GINA/UAF)
The High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) Alaska model (HRRR-AK) is a new weather forecast model that uses a specially configured version of the Advanced Research WRF (ARW) model to predict atmospheric and surface conditions over all of Alaska, at 3-km grid spacing, out to 36 hours.
HRRR-AK is cycled every 3 hours at NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL), assimilating many novel and conventional observations to produce a “best” initial atmospheric state, and benefiting from recent improvements to the existing contiguous-US HRRR physics suite. However, Alaska lies at the functional fringe of geostationary satellite coverage and is notorious for a scarcity of conventional surface observations.
To address this issue, ESRL has partnered with the Geographic Information Network of Alaska (GINA) group at University of Alaska Fairbanks to explore the effective use of polar orbiting satellite data.
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Chennai: Small businesses
in the state are grappling with teething trouble as GST
, the month old tax regime requires a slew of registrations and compliance measures.
For some, tax slabs have risen, and for others its an increase in compliance cost, resulting in SMEs scaling down production
and grappling with tech issues.Firecracker units
in Sivakasi have halved their production post GST.K Mariyappan
, a fireworks factory owner from Sivakasi, said, “Barring 50 of the 800 odd factories in Tamil Nadu most producers had to pay a VAT of 14.5% . Under the new regime this has gone up to 28%, affecting them. They have reduced production, which in inturn will lead to a price hike,” he said.
While firecracker units see an increase in tax as a deterrant, workers from the sector having a turnover of less than Rs 20 lakh say that they are seeing their biggest clients pass on orders to registered players.
“We have not seen any units shutting down, but have seen a 50% dip in orders. Tiny industries, which supply ancilliary products attracts an 18% service tax at each elevel of production. However bigger companies which offer end-to-end solution are preferred,” said Kathiresan G
, proprietor, AKK industries which supplies parts to the defence sector.
Talking about the workers where digital illiteracy seems to be a hurdle for GST registration, CK Mohan
, secretary, TANSTIA
(Tamilnadu Small and Tiny Industries Association), said that economically underprivileged workers need a year’s time to settle into the new system.
“This could be one of the reasons for an insignificant increase in the number of registrations,” he added. Weavers on the other hand have seen many units being shutdown. Prakash Radhakrishnan, a Kanchipuram weaver says that of the 45,000 looms in the area, almost 30,000 have shut shop. These workers with intricate skills have inturn taken up low-paying jobs as cooks or porters, he said. Demonetisation
, sharp increase in silver prices and fear of GST led to a drop in sales. “We have now started buying new material for weaving and prices have gone up by at least 10%. Sales in July dipped 20%. We expect saree prices to go up by a few thousands,” he added.
Tax consultants say there is still a lot of ambiguity and lack of understanding of GST procedures which is impacting small businesses.
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Nurse conference will be at Victoria College
Aug. 5, 2012 at 3:05 a.m.
Victoria College will host this week the 17th Annual Texas School Nurse Conference.
The deadline to register is Tuesday. The event is from 8:20 a.m. to 3:40 p.m. Thursday in the VC Health Sciences Center, Room 130.
Sponsored by VC's Workforce and Continuing Education Department, Region III Service Center and the VISD School Health Services, the conference is for registered nurses who work in schools. Licensed vocational nurses or other school or pediatric health professionals may also be interested in attending.
Conference topics are associated with some of the most important guiding principles of the Texas School Health Advisory Committee.
"This year's conference is focused on the accommodations school systems must make for children with special needs or who have food allergies," said Marilyn Powell, coordinator of Allied Health Workforce and Continuing Education at VC.
Allergy specialist Dr. Robert Harvey will speak about identifying allergies or special needs in children.
Anita Wheeler, school nurse consultant from the Texas Department of State Health Services, will update participants on new policies such as the Texas Legislature's Food Allergy Policy.
Brenda O'Bannion, director of student support at Region III Education Service Center, will discuss addressing medical health plans and how that intersects with Section 504 of the Americans with Disabilities Act, along with how these requirements will impact the role of the school nurse.
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"Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967" by Dominic Molon and others (Yale University Press, $50).
Art and rock have been cross-pollinating since at least the time that Andy Warhol was promoting The Velvet Underground, and other artists began to create album covers and later videos. This book, issued in conjunction with an exhibition at MOCA Chicago, offers ample evidence of this synergistic relationship, in both a number of essays and works by artists from Richard Hamilton (the iconic newspaper image of Mick Jagger being busted) to Yoshitomo Nara.
"The Last Photographic Heroes: American Photographers of the Sixties and Seventies" by Gilles Mora (Abrams, $50). Covering roughly the same period as the Molon book, but cutting off at the end of the '70s, this is an idiosyncratic selection of "heroic" photographers, defined by the author as having "devoted body and soul to his cause." This encompasses dramatic images by such brilliant colorists as William Eggleston, William Christenberry and Joel Meyerowitz, the suburban scenes of Bill Owens, the experimental works of Robert Heinecken and the street photography of Garry Winogrand and Lee Friedlander, not to mention the extreme works of Nan Goldin and Larry Clark, all of it set against the context of the exploding interest in photography by museums, galleries and collectors at that point in time.
"Travel Italia: The Golden Age of Italian Travel Posters" by Lorenzo Ottaviani (Abrams, $35). Vibrantly colored examples from the golden age of poster graphics, which lured the traveler to visit the scenic wonders of Venezia, Roma, Ravenna, Capri, Parma and Pompeii - as well as less-trodden spots like Bellagio, Ascoli Piceno, Nervi and Salsomaggiore - through striking visual images alone. Produced from the 1920s to the 1960s, and originally commissioned by the Italian National Tourism Agency and the Italian State Railways, the more than 150 examples shown feature work by the top Italian commercial artists of their day (brief bios are included) and presents a dazzling time capsule of a more serene time.
Two books of interest for jewelry collectors: "Yard: The Life and Magnificent Jewelry of Raymond C. Yard" by Natasha Kuzmanovic (Vendome, $65) and "Calder Jewelry" (Yale University Press, $65). The first focuses on a master jeweler who, encouraged by John D. Rockefeller, Jr., established his company in 1922, one that is still catering to an elite clientele today. The book spotlights these society figures and film stars, from the Woolworths and DuPonts to Joan Crawford, as well as the pieces themselves - deco brooches encrusted with rubies and diamonds, bracelets embellished with Kashmir sapphires and Burmese rubies, and such oddities as brooches in the forms of rabbit golf caddies and waiters.
At the other end of the simplicity/splendiferous spectrum are the unembellished, linear forms of sculptor and mobile creator Alexander Calder, who began making jewelry in 1906 for his sister's dolls. Crafted primarily of gold, brass, silver, copper and steel wire, their presentation here emphasizes their sculptural form, many pieces exhibited full page against dark backgrounds.
DVDS AND CDS
These days gifts to collecting friends need not be limited to books, with more and more available in more advanced forms, including three put out by leading publishers in their fields. Comic Buyer's Guide has been around since 1971, reviewing more than 2,000 comics a year. Their DVD offers users instant access to more than two dozen issues of the print guide, including covers, articles and even ads. "Sports Collectors Digest's" DVD presents its standard catalog of baseball cards, with current pricing for every card made from 1981 to the present, plus thousands of photos.
"Goldmine Beatles" presents 10 years of Beatles coverage, including in-depth interviews with Paul, Ringo, Yoko, Sean Lennon and others, detailed discographies and collecting info, and a complete Beatles pricing guide.
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HOW TO REMOVE LOW BEAM LIGHT BULB ON 2002 JAGUAR S-TYPE
Open the plastic cap, and disconnect the wire from the bulb, and then there's a clip you need to remove. You need to push the clip towards the front, then move it off the lock. Once removed you will be able to pull the bulb out.
Great Advice. However, the front is not the literal front it is actually towards the back of the car as you stand facing the car.
CANNOT REMOVE THE BULB SEEMS STUCK
You have to remove the front bumper from the S-type to pull the light assembley out, then from there you can get to the low beam light alot easier. Unscrew the plastic cap at the back of the light and twist the igniter off to get to the bulb thats held on by 2 clips. can be a pain twisting it back together when you reassemble it but it can definetely be done.
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Community Involvement and Partnerships
Each and every day we are reminded of the important role local communities and our partners play in the sanctuary system's success. Throughout the National Marine Sanctuary Program, the efforts of aquaria, local businesses, university researchers, government agencies, boaters, citizen activists, educators, volunteers and countless others make our national marine sanctuaries a jewel in the crown of conservation, education, science and management.
Volunteering and partnership are two words that describe how the program achieves just about every accomplishment in this report. Unfortunately, space is limited here so we are not able to list most who have assisted us in our endeavors. Thank you to all who have helped us in 2005. Below are several examples how citizens and our partners help us in our day-to-day activities.
Volunteers Lead The Way In Ocean Stewardship
Volunteerism shows it's warm face in many ways. All across the nation people give of themselves so a hungry child can eat, homes are built for low-income people and so that the homeless are served food in shelters. For many, that sense of giving something back to the community or environment also extends into the national marine sanctuaries where volunteers help sanctuary staff nationwide carry out their work.
In the Florida Keys, volunteer divers played a key role in the newly launched Bleach Watch, an innovative effort to provide early warning and quick response to mass coral bleaching. Partnering with Mote Marine Laboratory, sanctuary staff integrated scientific and public input, while the divers contributed to the effort by gauging reef susceptibility to bleaching. These volunteer divers are trained to monitor bleaching events and compiled a database available online.
For the fourth year in a row, the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary's Annual Celebration attracted the largest single-day fish count in the nation. One hundred scuba divers submitted 137 fish identification forms to the Reef Environmental Education Foundation. The divers spotted some 44 different species at dive sites around Cape Ann, an area just north of the sanctuary.
Three Sanctuary Advisory Councils Established
Establishing advisory councils is another way the sanctuary program reaches into the community to broaden its active constituent base. A sanctuary advisory council is a community-based advisory body consisting of representatives from various conservation, fishing and tourism organizations, local businesses, government agencies, scientists, educators and the public-at-large. Council members provide advice to the sanctuary manager on a sanctuary's science, education, management or other activities that are important to the site and local communities. This year saw the formation of three new councils at Fagatele Bay, Flower Garden Banks and the Monitor sanctuaries. Now, all 14 sites in the sanctuary system have an established advisory council. These nearly 400 sanctuary ambassadors will ensure all sites have community input into the operation of their local sanctuary.
Fishermen Provide Expert Knowledge On Sanctuary Issues
Community involvement however, doesn't begin and end with volunteer efforts. Sanctuary-wide, partnerships with numerous constituent groups and organizations are key to the survival of each and every sanctuary. From the United States Navy to tiny Alpena, Mich., we see many examples of how partners help manage sanctuary resources.
The fishing community is an important constituent group for the sanctuary program. They spend a lot of time at sea and are an excellent source of first-hand knowledge of the marine environment. Sanctuary staff are working closely with fishermen at several sites to support science needs and education programs. These efforts range from working with regional fishery management councils to implementing ecosystem-based management measures to education programs that bring the exciting lives and history of commercial and recreational fishermen into local communities and the classroom.
For example, staff with our sanctuaries in California are working with the Pacific Fishery Management Council to prohibit the harvesting of krill, which is an important food source for many marine mammals and seabirds, as well as fish caught by commercial and recreational fishermen. Staff are also working with the fishery council to prohibit fishing in waters below 3,000 feet over Davidson Seamount, an area being considered for inclusion in the Monterey Bay sanctuary. In addition, sanctuary staff are coordinating with the State of California in their development of marine protected areas within state waters. Our site in Monterey Bay also supports fishermen to travel to local schools to educate students in the role fishing plays in Monterey Bay's cultural history.
Sanctuary Foundation Key Partner In Increasing Public Awareness
The National Marine Sanctuary Foundation is the non-profit partner that helps to connect the public and decision-makers to the importance of sanctuaries through its marine conservation education, conservation, legislative, public awareness and outreach initiatives. The foundation also leverages private contributions for the National Marine Sanctuary Program. A signature event of the foundation is the annual Capitol Hill Oceans Week, which is held in Washington, D.C. each June. The symposium brings together various ocean constituents to inform our nation’s leaders about significant ocean and coastal issues. The foundation also supported major public education events as part of the anniversary celebrations at Channel Islands, Thunder Bay, Monitor and Florida Keys sanctuaries. To learn about the foundation’s work and how you can help, please visit: http://nmsfocean.org. | <urn:uuid:4d0c990a-f13d-429b-9526-4a3905b39650> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/sos05/community.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280221.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00234-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941394 | 1,060 | 2.234375 | 2 |
I am not embarrassed to admit that I am a bit of a history nerd. And one of my all-time favourites is Queen Elizabeth I, who not only survived but went onto thrive as one of the greatest leaders of all time.
One of the remarkable things about Queen Elizabeth I are the many lessons she can teach us about leadership in the business sense. These lessons apply just as much today at work as they did back in the 1500s.
A former colleague in the US, without knowing my admiration of Elizabeth, once kindly gifted me a book “Elizabeth I CEO” by Alan Axelrod. This book is filled to the brim with stories of her leadership style, and it explores how we can take strategic lessons from her reign and apply these at work today. I have read it many times since gratefully receiving it.
There are countless sources of information available about Queen Elizabeth, as she continues to provide inspiration even today in the 21st century. After much consideration and ongoing research into her reign, I have compiled my top ten lessons for us to heed as leaders at work.
But first, here is a mega quick overview of her life before she became Queen, for those who don’t share my passion for history.
A quick history lesson to get you up to speed
Elizabeth was the only living child born to King Henry VIII and his second wife, Queen Anne Boleyn. King Henry is famous for having 6 wives, two of whom he had beheaded. One of those was Anne Boleyn for alleged crimes of treason and incest, but really it boiled down to her failure to provide a son for the King. Historically, the union between Henry and Anne was incredibly impactful, as it marked the start of the English reformation.
Elizabeth grew up with two half siblings – Princess Mary (daughter of Catherine of Aragon, Henry’s first wife) and Prince Edward (son of Jane Seymour, Henry’s third wife). Following King Henry’s death, Edward became king at the tender age of 9. He died at the age of 15 and for an exceedingly brief time (9 days to be exact), Lady Jane Grey ascended the throne. She was sadly a victim of politics and was executed on the order of Princess Mary, so that she could become the monarch.
Let’s face it, that is pretty full on for even the most robust of children! However, throughout all of this turmoil, Princess Elizabeth survived. She was held prisoner for much of her childhood, held to account for the “crimes” of her mother and often referred to as a bastard child. Not an easy start.
Upon Queen Mary’s death, Princess Elizabeth became queen. What she inherited was not what she left behind. When she was crowned in 1558, England was riddled with debt and crippled by politics and opposing religious views. It was a victim of itself and was considered to be at the bottom rung of European nations at that point. It was known as “this unhappy realm”. From a business perspective, it was a failing business in danger of a hostile takeover.
Under Elizabeth’s 45-year reign, England became one of the richest and most powerful nations in Europe and was on its way to becoming one of the greatest empires the world would ever know. So, how did she do it? What are some of the lessons we can learn from her approach to leadership?
1. Create a compelling vision
Elizabeth knew how to create a vision, communicate that effectively and then realise it. When she took the crown, most of her subjects were wary of another woman ruler, after bloody Mary’s disastrous reign.
Elizabeth deftly used statement and symbolic gestures to her people to make it very clear that she had a vision – she would return England to the path of both Protestant reformation, but also to greatness amongst its European peers.
She didn’t make any rash decisions. She worked with decisive patience and implemented change, whilst retaining enough of the past to ensure that her people felt comfortable.
2. Build an excellent team
Although Elizabeth was intelligent and well educated, she understood the power of perspectives and data. She carefully built a team around her to provide her with wise counsel. She kept the best people from the reigns of her predecessors (including some Catholics), but then added the best and brightest political and economic minds in England. This nicely engaged both Catholics and Protestants and helped to create inclusivity.
As a result, she was very well informed about the political, religious and economic landscape around her. Most importantly, she actually listened to these experts. There is absolutely no point in hiring experts to your team and then fail to utilise their skills and experience.
3. Be decisive and accountable
This was one of her greatest qualities in my view. There is nothing more frustrating than working for a leader who cannot make a decision – a lack of decisiveness is crippling. An even worse scenario is when you work for a leader who finally makes a decision and then backflips. Or blames others if it goes badly.
Elizabeth would consider the input from her team and then make decisive commands. She was bold and held herself accountable for those decisions. The buck stopped with her. Everyone knew it and respected her for it.
4. The power of image
The Protestant reformation was lacking a critical figure that was pivotal in Catholicism – the Blessed Virgin. Elizabeth deliberately chose to fill this void and presented herself as a blend of both Queen and the Blessed Virgin. Hence, she became known as “The Virgin Queen”.
This powerful image not only filled a void for her people, but also helped her to navigate the pressure to marry and produce an heir. It is quite remarkable that she managed to change her image with her subjects from bastard child to virgin queen.
Elizabeth understood that she was a powerful symbol and that she needed to send an unambiguous message. No leader of a business can afford to ignore their image and how they present themselves. The image of the leader becomes synonymous with the culture of the business.
5. Share the danger with your people
On the eve of the anticipated invasion by the troops of the Spanish Armada in 1588, Elizabeth appeared to speak to her troops, wearing the body armour of a cavalry officer. She did not talk about herself, her courage or her sense of duty. She spoke about her absolute trust in her people. This is significant and creates respect and loyalty.
Too often staff in an organisation watch the blood letting when things go wrong, and yet the leader continues on unscathed. Elizabeth was very clear to let her troops know that would not be the case and that she would share their fate that day. That is powerful stuff.
6. Communicate beyond words
Elizabeth was a powerful communicator, but not just with her well chosen words. She also understood the impact of her body language. She was very deliberate with how she engaged with her people and was very attentive to anyone that she was speaking to. She always conveyed the impression that anyone that she came into contact with was important to her.
She was well known for making and maintaining eye contact and for her attentive listening style. She would pay attention to all of her people, not just those at court. She made sure to travel and spend time with her subjects regularly, in a time when travel was less than comfortable or easy. She was known to make regular “progresses” for the hearts and allegiances of her subjects at least once a year. No sitting in the corner office for Elizabeth – she was out there meeting her people.
7. Moderation and a spirit of compromise
More than most leaders at that time in history, Elizabeth was motivated by moderation and compromise. She managed to skilfully navigate her way through the theological debate that she inherited and spent time building consensus. Consensus building leaders spend energy emphasising the areas of agreement rather than those of disagreement. To do this effectively, the leader needs to show how the areas of agreement vastly outweigh the areas of disagreement. In other words, focus and proportion.
8. Attack the problem not the person
Elizabeth was excellent at keeping her team focused on the issue at hand, rather than attacking individuals. There was no brow beating, no name calling, no raised voices. Instead, she would give a straightforward summary of the issue at hand, an explanation of the consequences of that issue and a specific and dramatic example. So, no threats but a firm and clear understanding of the consequences of failure. When Elizabeth would then issue orders, they would be executed effectively by her team.
9. Exclude no-one
Too many organisations freeze into an inner circle of decision makers who are defensive against the outer circle of the rest of the organisation. At best, this is a waste of resources. At worst, there is conflict between the inner and outer circles, which creates resentment and distrust.
Elizabeth had an inner circle of advisers, which was very deliberate in size. It was large enough to provide expert opinions on important issues, but small enough for her to manage debate. She had a very clear process around who was promoted into the inner circle, which she communicated effectively. However, she was also careful to not alienate the outer circle, providing they behave as “good and loving subjects”.
Elizabeth also made it her business to know everyone of power, influence or talent in her realm. She did not rely on hearsay but forged her own personal relationships.
10. Work on yourself
Elizabeth never stopped learning, even as Queen. She understood that knowledge is power and was focused on being able to speak with anyone on any intellectual topic, particularly political events. As a result, she spent three hours a day reading.
But her self-care went beyond the thirst for knowledge. Elizabeth was fit and especially loved horse riding, hunting, dancing and long, brisk walks. She was known to sometimes leave tense negotiations to go for a walk to calm her mind. Elizabeth seemed to understand that leadership is not about just the mind – it is also about your physical presence.
It was exceedingly difficult to curate a list of only 10 lessons, as I could easily write another 10 just about her courage, political nous, crisis management and attention to managing the financials. Without doubt, there is a reason that the world continues to have great fascination with her reign – she was an exceptional leader.
Ps. The image used is of Cate Blanchett, an Australian actress, from the 2007 film, “Elizabeth: The Golden Age”. This followed the 1998 film “Elizabeth”, which also starred Blanchett.Image credit: Cate Blanchett as Elizabeth I, IMDb 2007
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The payments sector in Russia has over recent years been at the forefront of innovation. When I first visited the country with CGAP colleagues in 2007, the main innovations in the payment arena were unmanned payment terminals (only providing cash-in services) and web-based e-money operators (see the diagnostic report from 2008 as updated in 2010) with the formers’ presence being very visible (at least in Moscow), while the latter were only operating in the virtual reality of the internet and without an enabling legal environment (one of them had to go back as a far as to a 1929 Russian decree as the legal basis for its operations).
Photo Credit: Stefan Staschen
Much has changed since. When I came back in 2012, the number of terminals had grown almost threefold (according to some estimates there are now 300,000 of them). While these terminals and a smaller number of cashier-based services at agent outlets still play an important role in providing basic cash-in services, the focus of attention has been shifting elsewhere. The most important innovations originate from new products and channels breaking down the walls between the virtual world of e-money and the physical world of card-based services. For example:
- E-money operators have linked their e-wallets to plastic cards so that they can also be used in the physical world for paying at merchants or transacting at ATMs;
- Companies like QIWI best known for their wide network of terminals have launched their own e-wallets;
- Mobile network operators have started collaborating with money remittance operators and now also offer domestic (mostly) and international (in at least one case) remittances directly sent from mobile wallets. At the same time, they work with banks offering contactless plastic cards and virtual prepaid cards.
The hope is that these and similar developments will ultimately lead to an easily accessible and interoperable payment system that combines the advantages of various channels. That there is still a long way to go can be seen using the example of many users still using ATMs to withdraw cash only to deposit it at cash-in terminal located right next to them (pictured above).
Another major difference to 2007 is that the legal environment has radically changed with the introduction of the National Payment System Law in 2011 (which has only recently become fully operational as of the end of 2012). This law not only recognizes various types of operators offering money transfer services (including those involved in the booming business of international remittances), but also defines for the first time specialized e-money operators and provides a legal framework for mobile network operators offering financial services on the mobile phone. It is still too early to say what the impact of this law on the sector will be, but what is already clear is that the Central Bank of Russia has substantially widened its supervisory reach by bringing all money transfer operators and e-money operators under its purview.
What does all this mean for financial inclusion? Innovations in the payment sector have certainly brought important benefits to their users in the form of low commissions and efficient and easily accessible services even in more remote, sparsely populated areas. But does our proverbial babushka in a remote community in eastern Siberia really benefit? As my colleague Olga Tomilova described in an earlier blog, there are still substantial gaps in the reach of formal financial services. Very little research has been conducted on the issue of customer adoption of these new products and channels. There is some evidence (referred to in more detail in the report) that, as far as e-money is concerned, the typical customer tends to be young, male, an advanced internet user and either a student or professional. Our babushka certainly does not fall into any of these categories.
Another way to assess the likely impact of innovations in the payment sector on financial inclusion is to look at the composition of payments. While agents (terminals and cashier-based services) are still in the majority used for mobile top ups and payments for other communication services, the share of such payments has been coming down (from 95 percent of all transactions in 2011 down to 86 percent in 2012). At the same time, the number of other transactions conducted at agents with a higher financial inclusion potential such as deposits into personal bank accounts, loan repayments, and person-to-person transfers has been experiencing strong growth rates. It is hoped that this trend continues and will eventually lead to a more compelling value proposition for our Siberian babushka.
For more on financial inclusion in Russia, see CGAP's 2013 Landscaping Report.
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“Character develops in the stream of life.” Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Study how water flows in a valley streams, smoothly and freely between the rocks. Also learn from holy books and wise people. Everything – even mountains, rivers, plants and trees – should be your teacher.” Morihei Ueshiba
When we moved to Upstate New York, it was to the very beginning of a development in what had been farmland. We were the third house on he street. All around the cleared lots and partially built houses were woods and open fields. I was about to start First Grade.
The woods became my magic place. Other kids cut through them as a shortcut to school. I would wander, exploring overcome by wonder. The first summer we moved there, after finding my way through a thorn-filled, damp section, I found an area of particularly tall trees which stretched away from me as far as I could see. Beneath them, every inch was filled with violet plants, the heart-shaped leaves soft and inviting.
I couldn’t wait for spring. I think it took one or two to figure out exactly when the violets would bloom, but most years found us stooped beneath dappled sunlight picking violets. The slender, fragile, almost translucent stems were carefully cradled at first. Ultimately, we picked so many we jammed them in until we couldn’t close our hands. The sweet airy smell was ephemeral, yet magnified by their abundance. What most amazed me was that not only were there purple and white flowers, but occasionally tiny, delicate, yellow flowers and more rare, green ones as well. Not as abundant, but there if you looked hard enough.
Spring was also the time to bring home pussy willows branches, the first indication that winter was finally over. Upstate New York specializes in winter! When the trees limbs were covered with the icing sugar snow of winter, they looked especially magical…and I can actually remember walking through them singing “Winter Wonderland” wondering why the snowman was “parse and brown.” Then one day, when the sticks of sear winter-barren weeds poked through patches of yellowed grass, we would run to check the pussy willow grove and see that the buds had finally swollen and popped open. We knew spring had arrived.
In the summer, there was a field where we played ball, and moss to lie in and tickle our toes with, and a berry patch at the edge of an abandoned farm where we picked buckets full of blackberries. Fall brought brightly colored leaves that we collected and waxed. Our woods really were a fairy tale come to life…but as I got older, I wanted to push the limits, go farther. I knew every inch of the nearby woods, but at the end of the fields that would ultimately define the very end of our street when I reached high school, there were more trees and a different kind of magic.
First, on the edge of the fields was an embankment. The ancient trees on its edge held hanging ropes, thicker than my wrists, aged vines of wild grapevine, black and fibrous. We would hold on to them and leap over the edge making Tarzan yells, then swing down to the lower forest floor on the natural ropes. There some of the vines formed swings created by their gigantic loops, and we each could swing to our heart’s content kicking our feet against the ferns that carpeted the forest floor. But better even than these wonders, the next path led to “The Creek.”‘
No matter what the season of the year, there was something to discover at the “Crick.” I called it that with the southern accent I had grown up with and learned from our “housekeeper,” Jessie who was from Kentucky. (She was my favorite “nanny” until Ms. Hassett…but that is another story.)
At the crick, spring started with rivulets tricking in the snow, then growing faster, whirling dangerously. As the melting water grew, it twisted and turned in narrow, rocky spaces and flowed beneath the ice of wider, smoother pools where only weeks before we skated. Spring at the crick was frigid, as the fast, furious water filled every bit of space.
In summer, the crick was a magnet to me, filled with treasure. There was a small cache of clay in a depression at the edge of the big pool where we waded. We could sit on the banks in the cool grass and make pinch pots to take home to paint once they dried in the sun. Mushrooms and bugs and butterflies invited and enticed at every twist, around every bend.
But it was the Crick, itself, that captured me. Where did it come from? Where was it going to? The older I got the more I wondered.
So, one late summer day, as I teetered at the edge of childhood, I got everyone to agree to the great Crick Adventure. We would be Columbus, or Champlain, or Magellan. We would discover the source of the water…and still be back in time for dinner.With lunches packed we set off early, fearless explorers ready for anything!
Hours later, the sun low on the horizon, hungry, scraped and scratched, with a bruised ego, I led us out through unknown fields, that led to a friend’s housing development. In real world “space” we had traveled a bit more than two miles. I called my parents from her house.
I never tried it again. The Crick 1, Jo 0. Oh, it wasn’t because of the spanking I got for taking my sister into danger. The reason was the magic had gotten lost somewhere. The exploration was endless and dirty and hard. My sister cried and was scared. And I wasn’t sure if we should keep going forward or try to go back. Worst of all, the adventure, with all its sacrifice, got us nowhere. We had twisted and turned and gone in loops and somewhere along our way, while we were doing that, I grew up.
Before the Great Crick Adventure, I was excited by the idea that in stories at the edge of maps on the border of the unknown. it simply said, “There be dragons.” Now, I knew, I could deal with dragons, but I had to know what the dragons looked like and even what they wanted for lunch before I would risk them. I had to actually be completely prepared.
The magic of my childhood had taught me to dream….the Great Creek Adventure taught me I had to plan, that it must be well thought through, safe for any I would lead. Ah, back to many posts on balance. I guess.
One thing I am sure of….the woods, the creek, the magic in my childhood have been great teachers. They are a part of who I am and who I will be…even if they now only live in my imagination. Since then, life has been the adventure….sometimes twisting and turning. Time after time, the lessons from my childhood have kept me on the right path. | <urn:uuid:542b1c51-49d3-482a-a6a2-c96eaacc9fbe> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://joanneeddy.com/2016/02/17/the-great-creek-adventure/?replytocom=2325 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00267.warc.gz | en | 0.983676 | 1,503 | 1.765625 | 2 |
Wisconsin weather: Measurable snowfall to affect Friday morning commute
Brace yourselves. The first significant snowfall of the season is set to hit Wisconsin tonight and last through Friday morning.
Get ready for a wet, slippery and possibly white-knuckled commute in the morning, especially since motorists will be getting re-acquainted with winter driving (sighs).
The National Weather Service in Green Bay put out a special weather statement Thursday that is forecasting parts of northeast and central Wisconsin to receive 1 to 2 inches of snow overnight and into Friday.
Meanwhile, the Door County area and parts of northern Wisconsin could receive up to 4 inches of snow, according to the weather service.
Southeastern lakefront areas around Milwaukee are forecast for between a half an inch to 3 inches, according to a report from the National Weather Service in Milwaukee.
A cold weather front moving into the Midwest Thursday is what is bringing forth the early snowfall.
"We're getting a trough of low pressure, which brings cooler air from Canada. That's bringing this push of cooler air and it will stick around for the next several days," said Sarah Marquardt, a National Weather Service meteorologist based in Sullivan.
With the cold front also comes windy conditions, which the weather service said could gust up to 33 mph Friday.
Temperatures throughout most of the state aren't expected to get any higher than the low 30s with lows expected to bottom out at about 20 degrees, according to the weather service.
According to a hazardous weather outlook from the weather service, the Friday morning commute could be tricky.
"Hazardous travel is possible at times Friday into early Saturday, including for the Friday morning commute," the outlook said.
November snowfall, however, should just be expected by now. According to monthly weather service climate averages from 1981 to 2010, the Green Bay area normally sees an average snowfall of 4 inches during the month.
Get those shovels out.
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Newborn – 6 years old
Listen and move. Play and grow. Kindermusik®, the most trusted music and movement program for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and young children, is about kids, parents, and teachers—coming together and having a great time! It’s about helping you grow closer to your child. Enriching their environment and development. Giving them a lifelong love of music and a foundation for learning.
6 months – talking
Parents learn the research-proven methods shown to speed language development in hearing children, ease frustration, and enhance long-term learning abilities. Through songs, toys, and loving playtime between you and your child, Kat’s Musik’s Sign & Sing shows you more than 50 signs your child can use to communicate with you.
7 years to adult
Simply Music is a revolutionary, Australian-developed piano learning method that offers a breakthrough in music education. This remarkable approach has students of all ages playing great-sounding contemporary, classical, gospel, blues and accompaniment pieces-immediately-from their very first lessons. | <urn:uuid:94469234-87cb-4ebf-b465-7a9a59f8263d> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://katsmusik.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281746.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00280-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937127 | 223 | 1.890625 | 2 |
Anguidine, muconomycin A, T-2 toxin, crotocin and trichodermin, a group of 12,13-epoxytrichothecenes, inhibit protein synthesis in HeLa cells and in rabbit reticulocyte lysates. These five mycotoxins can be divided into two groups on the basis of the reversibility of their effects in HeLa cells, and kinetics of inhibition and effects on polyribosome structure in rabbit reticulocyte lysates. Anguidine, muconomycin A and T-2 toxin are irreversible inhibitors of protein synthesis; crotocin and trichodermin are reversible inhibitors of protein synthesis. After addition of low concentrations (1 μM) of anguidine, muconomycin A or T-2 toxin to rabbit reticulocyte lysates, polyribosomes are broken down to monosomes. At higher concentrations, 1 mM, these drugs begin to freeze the polyribosomes. Crotocin and trichodermin freeze the polyribosomes at a concentration of 10 μM. We conclude that anguidine, muconomycin A and T-2 toxin act primarily as inhibitors of initiation of protein synthesis, whereas crotocin and trichodermin inhibit the process of chain elongation.
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The paper presents a detailed industry-level productivity analysis (52 industries) for the effects of industry structure on TFP growth for Germany from 1971 until 2000. The analysis builds on a theory by Acemoglu et al. (2003) relating industry structure and productivity growth of an industry. The analysis reveals positive effects of vertically disintegrated industries with respect to TFP growth during a convergence period. After the convergence period, there remains only a positive effect for industries which use a higher share of imported intermediate inputs, especially in manufacturing industries, providing evidence for beneficial effects of higher levels of international cooperation on TFP growth. The database of the analysis is the recently collected productivity database for Germany. The Ifo Productivity Database, which is unique due to its high data quality, offers industry- and asset-specific capital data and also for the first time data on domestic and international intermediates input over such a long period. The database allows to allocate productivity growth according to the gross output growth accounting method following Jorgenson and Stiroh (2000).
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ADDISABABA is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 13 times.
- East African capital
- Where the African Union is headquartered
- City at the foot of Mount Entoto
- Capital of Ethiopia
- Ethiopia's capital
- African Union's capital
- African capital whose name means "new flower"
- Capital city in Africa
- Capital at the foot of Mount Entoto
- City known as the political capital of Africa
- Amharic for "new flower"
- African Union Commission headquarters
- Its airport is in the subcity of Bole
Last Seen In:
- Netword - January 15, 2017
- USA Today - April 03, 2015
- LA Times - October 18, 2014
- LA Times - August 02, 2014
- Universal - January 19, 2013
- Post Puzzler - October 30, 2011
- LA Times - August 18, 2011
- LA Times - May 06, 2011
- Universal - October 10, 2010
- Washington Post - October 03, 2010
- Netword - February 13, 2009
- New York Times - January 30, 2009
- Netword - July 20, 2008
- New York Times - August 11, 2007
- Washington Post - July 17, 2000
- New York Times - December 22, 1998
Seen a clue for the answer addisababa that we don't have? Then please submit it to us so we can make the clue database even better! | <urn:uuid:a679605a-b76b-4e9a-93e6-b43bc7ab6fcc> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://crosswordheaven.com/words/addisababa | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282140.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00134-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.907426 | 306 | 1.671875 | 2 |
Working on a piece of cotton sheeting, I randomly painted brush strokes on the fabric and was amazed that the ink did not bleed no matter how much water I added to it. The colors are saturated and vibrant straight out of the bottle.
While shading this sphere, I kept adding darker greens making the fabric very wet, when it dried, it had beautiful mottled texture with just the tiniest amount of bleeding on the side where I added the most ink.
I kept adding water to the ink to see how light the color would get before bleeding on the fabric, it didn’t! You can still see the brush strokes on the right side, as though it were painted on paper.
Ok, now here’s one of the best parts, it doesn’t make the fabric stiff! When the inks are painted full strength (and layered up), the fabric is no stiffer than when fabric has been painted with transparent based textile paints, which I have mentioned before leaves your fabric with the best hand of all the different types of textile paint.
Even though this is acrylic, the dry ink color did pick up a little on my pallet when it got wet, so I would recommend heat setting with a hot iron. And if you are someone who washes your work you might want to do a test before using this on something that you might intend to wash.
I love the saturated color and painterly look that can be achieved, with out stiffness. All the color on my newest quilt is painted with the FW inks and white and black textile paint. If you like metallics, the inks also come in pearlescents. | <urn:uuid:5d625543-ab47-4d27-8c31-6773ce967ed0> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.judycoatesperez.com/you-have-got-to-try-these/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280504.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00139-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962194 | 343 | 1.671875 | 2 |
It is thought that the Dutch name Speculaas comes from the latin 'speculum' that means mirror.
Traditionally speculaas biscuits are the mirror image of the carved wooden moulds they are baked in.
Windmill shaped speculaas biscuits are known throughout the whole world, as are male or female speculaas figurines.
These days speculaas biscuits can take any shape or form. But you can do so much more with speculaas spice than just making biscuits.
Find out more about the delicious recipes you can make using vandotsch speculaas spice mix.
vandotsch Speculaas Spice Cake Recipes
vandotsch speculaas cake "gevulde speculaas koek"
- Put all the ingredients (except the almond paste) in a bowl, reserving half of the whisked egg to use later as a glaze. Cut the butter in small pieces and put in the bowl. Knead until smooth
- Insert the dough in clingfoil or a food rate plastic bag and put in the refrigirator for at least one hour
- Preheat the oven to 175°C
- Divide the dough in two parts. Insert the first part in a baking tray. Spread the almond paste on the dough
- Insert the other half over the almond paste and make the edges closed
- Spread some almond nuts over the top and cover the cake with remaining egg wash
- Place the baking tray in the oven for about 50 to 55 minutes at 175°C
- Take the speculaas cake out of the oven, allow to cool, cut into pieces, grab a coffee or a hot chocolate and enjoy!
Taste best one or two days after baking "very moist and more-ish on day 2" according to one of our customers.
How to make vandotsch speculaas cake
How to make
Other Cake Recipes
Makes approximately 30 pieces
- 400 grams almond paste
- 250 grams all purpose plain flour
- 10 grams (2 teaspoons) baking powder
- 150 grams unsalted butter
- 125 grams sugar
- 25 grams (5 tea spoons) of vandotsch speculaas spice mix
- 60 ml milk
- a pinch of salt
- 1 egg
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Australia's Great Barrier Reef opens to the public in a very different way today. Google has partnered with the University of Queensland and insurance firm Catlin Group to produce a Street View version of Australia's famous reef, for web users to venture around. A number of samples have been taken and the results are available to see at seaview.org, offering a glimpse at parts of the world's largest coral reef system.
The project will kick off fully in September, when three surveys at 20 points of the Great Barrier Reef will take place. Footage from the surveys will be uploaded to the Seaview site, giving web users an even closer look at the underwater world. For now, there are eight different points of interest to browse around on Seaview. The project is made possible thanks to a 360-degree camera (developed by Catlin) on a motorized underwater scooter, providing similar imagery to Google's Street View service for roads. It is an interesting, if limited, look at the beauty that lies beneath our shores, and an indicator of how Google's Street View influence is pushing the technology into other areas of the planet. | <urn:uuid:5a40b510-9748-4931-9f5a-4f977f237a58> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.theverge.com/2012/2/23/2818599/google-seaview-great-barrier-reef | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00266.warc.gz | en | 0.936618 | 231 | 2.359375 | 2 |
The Friendly Corner Bakeshop is cooked if the province has its way, according to the non-for-profit organization that runs it.
The bakery, which is cherished in Grandview and the surrounding area, is designed to integrate people with intellectual disabilities into the community.
Carolyn Crossley, executive director of Grandview Gateways Inc. which cares for 18 adults with intellectual disabilities and runs the day-program bakery, said the organization is losing money due to the poor funding model of the provincial government.
"We don’t have much time left," Crossley said, adding that she expects GGI to be approximately $100,000 in debt by the end of the year.
In 2012, GGI’s board of directors voted to increase wages to attract and retain staff. The $2 increase meant they could offer competitive wages in the community compared to the $12 per hour they are provided by provincial funding.
Prior to the increase, job postings would go months without a single applicant.
"It just happens that some of the other major employers in the community are the personal care home, hospital and the school and they can afford to pay their aides much better than we can," Crossley said. "We train the people and then they defect."
While the decision was difficult, Crossley said it was important to ensure the quality of care the province demands. It also netted results with better and more consistent staff being hired.
Quality of care increased but the organization was forced to take out a line of credit in order to pay its 40 employees.
With a growing deficit, Crossley said the organization will be in trouble within months as the 11-person board is personally liable for any losses accrued.
The province told the group one area they could shave some costs is by cutting back staffing levels at the bakery, Crossley said. The bakery, which is open Monday to Friday for eight hours per day, is staffed by 6.3 positions.
Any money generated from selling cakes, pies, cinnamon buns or from lunch specials, which feature soup and sandwiches and often see the 16-table bakery fill up, are deposited directly back into the operating budget.
Crossley said revenue covers inputs, some utility costs on the building and approximately two staff members’ salaries.
While it doesn’t break even, the bakery is invaluable to the community, helping form everlasting friendships that have benefited patrons and workers at the shop.
"For the bakeshop not to be operational would be a big loss to the community," Crossley said."The success of the program is related to the fact we have such a strong connection with the community."
Other agencies providing similar care have also voiced displeasure with the province’s funding model.
Earlier this month, Southwest Community Options, which runs nine group homes in Killarney, Ninette and Baldur, said it will terminate its service agreement if it doesn’t receive an injection of money.
Beth Clark, chair of SCO’s board of directors, said they’ve met with the province and are awaiting a response after addressing their concerns.
Crossley is watching how that situation unfolds carefully and hopes neither organization falls into provincial hands.
"It’s a little unnerving to feel so vulnerable that if this does play through to a nasty end what’s going to happen to people that have been making their home here in Grandview since 1987?" Crossley said. "There won’t be the same programs offered if the province takes over and the board doesn’t want that."
A provincial spokesperson said the funding model for day and residential services is currently under review, with one of the goals to ensure long-term stability of the services.
"The province has increased funding to care for adults with an intellectual disability by 400 per cent since 1999," the spokesman said, adding that SCO’s funding has increased by 11 per cent since 2008.
However, a source with knowledge of the funding structure said most of those increases are due to additional clients coming into the system, and that the province has still failed to address the systematic problem of underfunding the agencies tasked with caring for people with intellectual disabilities.
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How To Play Pokemon Go Without Using Data?
- 1 Can you play Pokémon Go without data?
- 2 Does Pokémon Go need cellular data?
- 3 How do I use less data on Pokémon Go?
- 4 Can’t play Pokémon Go on WiFi?
- 5 Is Pokemon Go banned in India?
- 6 Does Pokemon Go take a lot of data?
- 7 How much data does Pokemon go use 2021?
- 8 How much mobile data does TikTok use?
- 9 How long can you play Pokemon with 1 GB?
- 10 Why does Pokemon Go take so much data?
- 11 How do I clear my Pokemon cache?
- 12 Why is my Pokémon GO GPS not working?
- 13 How do you keep Pokemon running in the background?
Can you play Pokémon Go without data?
Since Pokémon Go uses Google Maps API, players can simply download the maps from Google and use them offline. Even with the maps being offline, players will still have full access to the game through their data. Players should also notice a decrease in the amount of data needed to run the game.
Does Pokémon Go need cellular data?
“Pokémon GO” doesn’t do anything that uses up much data at all. It’s not downloading photos, it’s not pre-loading stories, and it’s not auto-playing videos, which are things that social media apps often do and are considered culprits of data overage fees.
How do I use less data on Pokémon Go?
Check out the following tips for ways you can reduce your data usage while playing “Pokemon Go,” and remember to have fun out there!
- Connect To WiFi Whenever You Can.
- Turn Off Push Notifications.
- Turn Off Background Applications.
- Download Local Maps.
- Avoid Streaming Media.
Can’t play Pokémon Go on WiFi?
Pokemon Go Not Working On WiFi
- 1) Login Servers. Believe it or not, if Pokémon Go is not working on Wi-Fi, there are chances that the login servers of the game might be down.
- 2) Cache. In some cases, Pokémon Go won’t connect with the wireless connection if the app has an excessive cache.
- 3) Internet Connection.
Is Pokemon Go banned in India?
Pokemon Go went viral in no time when it was launched in India but the craze over this AR-based game dulled over time. Although the official entry of this AR-based game was a little late in comparison with the global launch, that never stopped Indian players from playing the game.
Does Pokemon Go take a lot of data?
The more you play, the more data you will consume. According to Business Insider, on average Pokémon Go eats up about 25 megabytes in an eight-hour period. This works out at about 3 MB per hour.
How much data does Pokemon go use 2021?
Your phone will also need to meet certain requirements. Pokemon Go can average anywhere from 2MB – 8MB+ of data per hour, dependent on a variety of gameplay factors (Eg. Battling, Capturing, Walking).
How much mobile data does TikTok use?
There are a lot of variables that impact how much TikTok is using, but a good comparison is 1GB of cellular data per 1 hour of video. If you watch TikTok videos for one hour today, you’ve used 1GB of your internet allotment provided by your cellular carrier.
How long can you play Pokemon with 1 GB?
Pokemon GO common issues, and how to fix them That’s not a lot, even if you only have 1GB of data a month (there are 1000MBs in 1GB). That means it would take you 50 hours of Pokemon GO action to reach your data cap.
Why does Pokemon Go take so much data?
Since Pokemon Go requires your phone to constantly transmit your location through GPS and you need to move around a lot, you will be using your cellular data rather than a Wi-Fi connection. Below are some few tips that can help your reduce your mobile data usage. Make sure you don’t use mobile data to update the app.
How do I clear my Pokemon cache?
Clear Pokémon GO app data and cache
- Open the Settings app on your device.
- Tap Storage > Games.
- Select the Pokémon GO app.
- Tap Clear cache.
Why is my Pokémon GO GPS not working?
If you are receiving the “failed to detect location” error, there may be a setting called “mock locations” that is preventing you from playing Pokémon GO. To turn off this setting, visit Settings > System > Advanced > Developer options and make sure that “Select mock location app” is disabled.
How do you keep Pokemon running in the background?
Android – “App Run in Background Option”
- Open the SETTINGS app. You will find the settings app on the home screen or apps tray.
- Scroll down and click on DEVICE CARE.
- Click on BATTERY options.
- Click on APP POWER MANAGEMENT.
- Click on PUT UNUSED APPS TO SLEEP in advanced settings.
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Nlview™ Widgets -
Automatic Schematic Generation
Concept Engineering's Nlview™ engine
provides automatic generation of
schematic diagrams for different levels of electronic circuits,
including gate-level, RTL and block-level. Optional engines are
available for the system-level (S-engine) and for the transistor-level
The schematic layout can be modified and controlled by human intervention
and always optimized by algorithms.
A fine granularity of user preferences can be mixed with machine computed
"beauty" to get the best human readable diagrams.
Interactive circuit exploration is supported by incremental schematic
Nlview provides a set of APIs and interfaces with a certain
Please see also the Nlview Widgets
datasheet (PDF file).
The examples below show Nlview-generated schematic diagrams with
The left side shows a cropped pictures, clicking on them will display the
This simple schematic diagram shows
a circuit on operator level with bused connectivity.
The connectivity may come e.g. from elaborated Verilog.
One way for doing that is using the third-party
Verific parser and the
that gives Nlview access to the Verific netlist database.
The VVDI-link is part of Concept Engineering's Nlview software package.
This schematic diagram
shows two highlighted paths and some timing values - as text labels -
and some markers
(that may have been computed by a third-party tool, e.g. a static
Text labels, markers and highlighting can quickly change without
the schematic layout. However, Nlview can optionally adjust the
schematic layout to avoid text overlapping or reuse free space
whenever the text labels change in length.
For this simple example the loading of the netlist and the
generation of the schematic diagram takes about 8ms
of CPU time on an old Intel Xeon and the Nlview data-base
consumes about 100kB.
This schematic diagram
shows two bused muxes with some non-trivial bus
connectivity. The rippers are automatically created.
The circuit (netlist) given for this example is defined
on single-bit level
with Nlview performing automatic net bundling from the
connectivity (however, the
IO port buses and the bus pins of the muxes are given to Nlview).
generated schematic diagram shows only a part
of the whole circuit: the dashed wires indicate nets or buses
that connect more than what is currently displayed.
In addition, this example uses a Nlview feature that displays constant
values as labels at the pins (here with yellow background)
rather than routing power/ground nets to those pins.
This example comes from elaborated Verilog, actually
from the OpenCores project
This schematic diagram shows two signal paths thru
a hierarchical circuit.
The different hierarchy blocks are colored differently illustrating
some rendering features that Nlview provides, including
drop shadow and a sandwich-style stacked appearance.
The plus and minus buttons can be used to unfold and fold
Nlview can also provide incremental schematic navigation starting
with the given diagram.
For this example, the loading of the netlist and the
generation of the schematic diagram takes about 15ms
of CPU time and the Nlview data-base consumes about 80kB.
This schematic diagram is the data-path of the
CPU. This example needs about 55ms for loading the netlist thru
and about 220ms for the generation of the schematic diagram
(on an old Intel Xeon).
The Nlview data-base consumes about 2000kB.
A Family of Nlview Widgets
Nlview interfaces with a certain GUI environment.
Each GUI environment requires a different member of the Nlview
Widget Family like e.g. NlviewQT for the Qt development environment.
Each "family member" is available as a separate product
in a separate distribution package.
However, they all share exactly the same algorithms
and identical APIs and only differ in the way they are tailored for
a certain GUI system.
Each Nlview product is a software component
(available as linkable binary and header files)
that is intended to be used as a GUI building block
for the customer's application. The Nlview Family consists of:
- NlviewQT is a component for the Qt
cross-platform application and user interface framework
(today owned by Digia Plc, former by Nokia and Trolltech).
It is implemented as a class derived from QWidget and provides a
qmake-based build flow.
It is available on most UNIX and
Microsoft Windows platforms
- NlviewTK is a Tcl/Tk
component available as a loadable
object on most UNIX and Microsoft Windows platforms.
It is implemented as a standard Tcl extension for Tcl/Tk 8.1
- NlviewJA is a component for the Java
platform and is available as a
Swing-based component or alternativly as an AWT-based component.
It is implemented as a class derived from JComponent and Component,
NlviewJA is bundled as a Java Bean and supports JDK 1.4 or later.
It can be added to HTML pages for server/client based web applications
(e.g. using AJAX). NlviewJS uses HTML5 canvas objects for rendering.
It is bundled as a .js file and comes with some usage examples.
- NlviewMFC is a Microsoft Windows "control" based on the
Microsoft Foundation Class Library
NlviewMFC is a MFC extension DLL and is implemented as a class derived from
CWnd. It supports MFC version 4.2 or later.
- NlviewWIN is a Microsoft "window" using the Microsoft
native Win32 interface
(internally based on the Microsoft Foundation Class Library).
NlviewWIN is available as a DLL.
- NlviewWX is a component for the
wxWidgets cross-platform GUI Library.
It supports wxWidgets on GTK version 2.4.2 or later.
- NlviewPTK is a Perl package using the Tk module;
Perl is available on most UNIX platforms and on Microsoft Windows.
- NlviewCORE is a GUI-less component for building headless programs
that may e.g. output graphic files like SVG, PostScript or PDF in batch mode.
||Tcl/Tk ≥ 8.1
||MFC ≥ 4.2
||Qt 3, 4 or 5
||wx > 2.4.2
||coreLib & sources
||commands with string arguments
||PDF, PS, EPS, SVG
||PDF, PS, EPS, SVG
The Nlview schematic engines give software teams unparalleled reliability,
flexibility and performance,
so that they can realize GUIs for EDA applications with shorter design cycles,
lower development and maintenance cost and with higher quality.
Build or Buy ?
Automatic schematic generation and display capabilities are
typically integrated into EDA applications such as
logic synthesis, simulation, verification, emulation, test automation
and physical design. Developing high quality and high performance schematic
diagram generation and viewing technology for one of these applications
is tedious and time-consuming.
The EDA tool developers' leverage comes from focusing on
their core competency, not from spending their
precious resources developing schematic technology.
Concept Engineering is totally focused on schematic
generation and viewing technology. The resources required
by commercial and in-house CAD tool developers
schematic technology of equal speed, quality, and
capability are sufficiently high so that these
companies welcome the opportunity to purchase ready-made
With the Nlview Widgets software components,
software teams can begin focusing on the important
issue of their project - the application.
An Industry Standard
Today the Nlview Widgets family is the most
robust and flexible schematic
generation and viewing technology on the market.
component-based solutions ensure that applications work reliably and that
integrators get the highest level of control and customizability.
With tens of thousands of installed EDA applications making use of
Nlview Widgets, Concept Engineering clearly sets the
industry standard for schematic generation and viewing.
Integrate Nlview into Customer Application
The production-proven API (Application Programming Interface) provides
a simple set of commands,
callbacks and configuration properties and makes it easy to
exchange data and information with the application.
Nlview Widget components are available for the most common GUI development
environments and easily fit into most software development flows.
Simple and robust API
Ensures easy integration and reliable applications
Production-proven software components
Performance and quality of application is very high
Highly customizable component
Widget and application fit together
Tcl/Tk, Java, Windows, Qt, Perl/Tk and wxWidgets
Easily fits into your existing software development flow
Result in easy-to-read schematics and short response times
On-the-fly schematic creation
Results in very high speed and capacity
Bi-directional communication between
widget and application
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The olive is an ancient, venerable tree long valued for its fruit and the oil pressed from it. The olive can be a beautiful addition to your garden, but after an initial growth spurt, it grows quite slowly. Fortunately, there are ways to mitigate this.
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The European variety of the olive tree, Olea europaea, has been a fixture on the Mediterranean coastline for centuries. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, the inhabitants of the island of Crete have been cultivating olive trees since at least 3,500 B.C. Ancient books, including the Bible, mention the olive tree many times. Immigrants have since carried the olive tree with them to such diverse and far-flung locales as Greece, western Europe, Central America, California and Australia.
Olive trees are subtropical evergreens that grow to between 10 and 40 feet tall. They are astonishingly tough---the wood is rot-resistant, and if the top of the trees dies out, a new trunk can grow up from the roots. They will not flourish, however, in places where the wintertime temperature drops below -9.44 degrees C.
In proper growing conditions, olive trees can live a long time---recently on Crete, scientists have been documenting that some olive trees there are as much 1,000 years old. Olive trees in the Garden of Gethsemane, on the Mount of Olives near Jerusalem, may be older than that, though it's doubtful that they date from the time of Christ.
One drawback of olive trees, however, is that they grow to full maturity quite slowly. During the first few years of its life, an olive tree will grow rather quickly, but growth slows thereafter. If your main interest in growing olives is to harvest the fruit, you can speed the growth somewhat by carefully pruning the tree during its first five years, to create a strong, straight central trunk. People who are more interested in the ornamental value of the olive tree may prefer to let the tree grow naturally, so that it will achieve the gnarly, wizened profile so characteristic of the trees growing in Greece and the Middle East.
For the ultimate quick fix, Pieter Severynen reports in the Los Angeles Times that if you want what he calls an "instant historic garden," you can transplant very old, large olive trees with good results.
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In a little over a week, it will be Burns Night and, throughout the world, people will be celebrating the life of Robert Burns with poems, whisky and haggis.
While Burns’ Address to a Haggis pretty much nailed down the idea that haggis is Scotland’s national dish, variations on the meal have long existed in most corners of the world.
Haggis predates Scotland
Haggis and Scotland may now be permanently intertwined but haggis has a history that pre-dates Scotland as a nation state and is as old as hunting itself.
Over the years, the 5pm Dining blog has had numerous reasons to turn our attention to the haggis.
Last year, we looked at a haggis-themed play at the Fringe and, the year before, we told readers about the launch of the excellent Haggis Bible, written by Jo Macsween of the well-known haggis makers Macsweens.
Seven haggis facts
In honour of the great chieftain o’ the pudding race, here are seven facts about haggis that you may not have known:
1) Haggis is traditionally made with the pluck of an animal. The pluck is the lungs, liver and heart. These organs deteriorate rapidly after death so, in early hunting cultures, these needed to be preserved or eaten quickly. Finely chopping and mixing them with salt before boiling the ingredients is one way of extending the period in which they are safe to eat.
2) Haggis is traditionally cooked in a sheep’s large stomach. Artificial casings are more commonly used to day.
3) The ancient Romans and the ancient Greeks both ate haggis-like dishes. The Greek playwright Aristophanes mentioned a very similar dish to haggis in his work The Clouds, written around 400BC.
4) The oldest known recipe for haggis is in a 1430 book from Lancashire called Liber Cure Cocorum.
5) Macsweens sells more haggis to customers based in England than in Scotland.
6) Burns may have reckoned that the haggis was a dish for hard-working, honest ‘rustics’ but it also has a place in some of Scotland’s most sophisticated restaurants. Not least in Martin Wishart at Loch Lomond where haggis bon bons have been known to feature as an amuse bouche.
7) Fittingly for a dish which has roots all over the world, haggis lends itself to being combined with other culinary traditions.
Sue Lawrence has one for haggis lasagne here but it would be remiss of us to write about haggis fusion dishes without mentioning the haggis pakora.
Many reckon that Glasgow was the home of the haggis pakora but we are not brave, or daft, enough to hazard a guess as to which restaurant created them.
Mr Singh’s India has long run haggis-pakora master classes and we’re sure that haggis pakora featured on the menu at Murphy’s Pakora Bar in the Nineties.
We’re also sure that the haggis pakora has been around a lot longer than that.
If you want to see how to do them yourself, take a look at the clip below we shot last year in the Ashoka West End.
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Corinthian – £25 for 3 courses on Burns menu
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Cranston’s – £24.95 for 2 Courses on the Burns Supper Menu
Den – £25 for 3 courses on Burns Supper menu + dram
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Proper Session/DbContext lifecycle management
Most “heavy” object-relational mappers (ORMs) have an interface that provides more than just easy querying of the database. They also are implementations of two key patterns:
For NHibernate, this is the ISession interface, and for Entity Framework, this is the DbContext class. Because these two classes are implementations of the Unit of Work pattern, we need to consider this as we design the lifecycle of these ORM interfaces. Reviewing a Unit of Work, it:
Maintains a list of objects affected by a business transaction and coordinates the writing out of changes and the resolution of concurrency problems.
99% of the problems I see with bad session management is not understanding the Unit of Work pattern. Unit of Work is all about defining a “business transaction” and from there tailoring your session management accordingly. I’ll refer to both the ISession and DbContext objects as a “session” to make it easier.
Most of the time, a “business transaction” should be the same as a “database transaction”, and I usually make these one and the same. From an user interaction of view, there’s an expectation of transaction around operations. Click a button, hit “save” are all expectations that an operation succeeds or fails, but not both. In short, our session and transaction boundaries should be:
- For web applications, use a session per request
- For thick-client applications, use session per operation/command
In fact, this is exactly what both NHibernate and Microsoft recommend in the documentation. Pretty simple, no? In a web application, a common way of achieving this is to scope a session to an HttpContext instance. You can use filters in MVC or Application events (BeginRequest/EndRequest) to begin/commit transactions. The key though is all code using a session needs to be using the same instance. This is why I typically use the container to control lifecycle – it’s far too easy to screw this up yourself, and far easier to test when your business logic is unconcerned with transactions.
Sessions and repositories
If you’re using a repository, you shouldn’t be opening or closing sessions/transactions. Business transaction boundaries are a concern of the application, not low-level services. Don’t do this:
Consumers of your repository don’t know that you’re opening and closing sessions, nor should they. It’s completely non-obvious and potentially nasty behavior. If a user calls “Save” twice and then “Delete” in the context of one business operation, “Delete” could fail but the two “Save” calls succeed! Very nasty behavior, indeed! Even if we merely open/close sessions for reads (I’ve seen this done to prevent lazy-loading), it’s still not obvious and prevents us from using the Unit of Work and Identity Map functionality. Again, not a good idea.
Instead, our repository should merely consume a session:
Control of the business transaction is restored back to the application.
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I am anything but objective when it comes to Red Sox baseball. A long-suffering fan since the days of Ted Williams, I rejoiced in the 2004 miracle comeback, the 2007 Series sweep, and, now, the thrilling 2013 turnaround.
Notwithstanding these unapologetic biases, however, I believe this most recent Rex Sox triumph holds profound implications for American Jewry, especially in light of the widely-cited Pew portrait of the Jewish community. The reason is Craig Breslow, star reliever whose pitching heroics were critical to the team’s success throughout the season and the post-season playoffs.
Breslow is certainly wealthier than most, but otherwise he resembles closely the Jews portrayed in the Pew study. He attended Hebrew school, even taking courses in Yiddish and Jewish comedy. A Jewish mother’s dream, he attended Yale, majored in biochemistry, and was admitted to NYU Medical College.
Moreover, Breslow is candidly ambivalent about expectations for his personal Jewish future. He prefers not to play on Yom Kippur, a la Sandy Koufax, but confesses he has done so. Breslow recently married. I do not know whether his bride is Jewish. In an interview in American Jews and America’s Game (University of Nebraska Press, 2013), he noted that he hoped to marry a Jewish woman and raise Jewish children but acknowledged that he is as likely to marry out. If he is unable to raise children as Jews, however, he prefers to raise them without religious identification — what Pew refers to as “nones.” In the interview, he noted, “The more generations you go back, the more stringent the religion appears.”
This ambivalence is reflective of the larger American Jewish narrative. For Sandy Koufax, hero to so many Jews of my generation, playing professional baseball on Yom Kippur, even in a World Series game, was simply non-negotiable. For the latter-day Craig Breslow, it is a painful but, in his view, necessary reality. Other professional Jewish athletes largely agree.
But an even more important barometer of American Jewry’s current temperature is Breslow’s stated preferences for a Jewish spouse and Jewish children, coupled with the candid acknowledgement that he may well fail to realize those aspirations. Most Jews, in fact, retain preferences for Jewish marriage and family. Yet, as the Pew study indicates, American Jewry is at risk of further erosion due to diminished commitment, assimilation, and mixed marriage.
By contrast, a recent New York Times op-ed departs sharply from Breslow’s expressed ambivalence, extolling the virtues of raising children in two faiths, an increasingly widespread trend, as reported by Pew. The author, Susan Katz Miller, concedes that most Jewish leaders reject her choice to give her children the best of both faiths, but maintains that dual-faith parenting works for the family and “even for Judaism.”
Miller’s choice reflects the “American way” — two faiths are better than one, and experiencing both in many ways constitutes a true multiculturalism.
Jewish leaders disagree. First, raising children as both Jewish and Christian crosses the theological boundary between the faiths and insults the integrity of each. Second, Miller’s hope that children raised in both faiths in the majority Christian culture of America will choose Judaism appears hopelessly naive. The low rate of conversion to Judaism within mixed marriages itself testifies to the difficulty of abjuring the majority faith of Christianity, even when one’s spouse is Jewish, let alone when one has been raised as partly Jewish and partly Christian. The far more likely outcome for dual-faith parenting is a large number of “persons of Jewish background” or other tenuous Jewish connection. As the Pew study reports, such individuals are most unlikely to participate in Jewish life beyond an occasional reference to a Jewish culinary taste or other tangential association.
But most problematical is Miller’s implicit advocacy for a transformed normative Jewish culture. Historically, the Jewish voice articulated the value of endogamy. In recent decades, Reform Judaism, to its credit, restored conversion to Judaism as an expressed communal goal. In the absence of conversion of the non-Jewish spouste, Jewish leaders underscore the importance of raising children exclusively as Jews. Pioneers of outreach to mixed marrieds, Rabbi Rachel Cowan and her late husband Paul, of blessed memory, consistently counseled the need to raise children in one faith rather than two. The American Jewish Committee, repeatedly over the past three decades, has adopted policy statements advocating a multi-track approach — underscoring preference for endogamy, welcoming the participation of mixed marrieds in Jewish communal life, securing the conversion of the non-Jewish spouse as the single best outcome to a mixed marriage, and, in the absence of conversion, the need to raise children exclusively as Jews.
By contrast, Pew reports that a plurality of children of mixed marriages are being raised partly as Jews, partly as something else, with, frankly, only the most minimal involvement and participation in Jewish communal life. Nonetheless, Ms. Miller embraces a theologically incomprehensible approach, arguing that its adoption will enable Judaism not only to survive but even prosper.
Truth to tell, had Craig Breslow emulated Koufax and declined to play on Yom Kippur, he would have made a resoundingly positive statement about Jewish identity in America, and garnered great respect for his commitment to his tradition. Nonetheless, Breslow’s expressed ambivalence does, at least, uphold historical Jewish norms with respect to marriage and parenting. By contrast, Susan Miller advocates fundamental change in those norms, placing at risk future Jewish continuity and distinctiveness.
As a fervently devout Red Sox fan, I admit my biases. But Craig Breslow’s personal narrative — realizing American success accompanied by Jewish ambivalence — illustrates Pew’s portrait of American Jews, which urgently challenges communal leadership to reconsider direction and recalibrate priorities if it is to realize the aspirations that Breslow embraces.
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Part of what I enjoy about making soap is the simple natural chemistry of it all. To make soap you add lye (originally the lye was derived from wood ash from a fire), water and fat together in very precise amounts which combines to create a new molecule we call soap and another called glycerine. The new soap molecule helps attract dirt and with the addition of running water (your shower) will wash the dirt off the body. Glycerine is another byproduct that acts as a humectant (ie. retains moisture on the skin). Many commercial soap companies extract the glycerine from their soap and either put some back in the soap or sell it for use in other products for many different industries. Hand made soap retains all of the glycerine produced plus most handmade soap makers, including myself, add a little extra fat in their soap that help replenish any natural oils lost in the washing process.
Detergents are a different kind of product all together. Some commercial mass produced soaps would be considered detergents. If you want to know the difference just look at the labels of the products you buy (if they list them). To make a long story short detergents were created in 1916 as a result of the lack of fats for soap making and the need for a cleaning substance that would work better for washing in water that was mineral rich. So, without getting into too much detail, just know that there is a difference between soap and detergents and your skin can react differently to both. If you are interested in the history of soap there is lots of information on the internet. But I found this very simple and easy to read article on the history of soap from the cleaning institute.org link below:
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Therefore, abandonment is a theme in “The Veldt”. However, there is other evidence to support the theme of people dislike change. Such as, the children lie and harm others to stop their lives from changing. “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury is a story with multiple themes, but the main theme is that people are scared of change.
It is a sad situation that is happening because the divorce of parents greatly harms the child 's relationships with people, school life, and their economic financial. Usually, the better the parents adjust to these losses, the better the children will adjust, and the fewer problems that will come
Children can be in a really bad situation that harms their health, education, anger, and depression. Their behavioral problem can rise at school as result of depression and anger. Immigration should stop deporting immigrant parents should stop because it affects children behavior, school performance and increase the number of children in foster care. Immigration deporting immigrant parents should stop because it affects children 's behavior.
Arising from this scenario child ends up being hurt when they finally discover the real reason affecting their family from mostly third parties for example from school or their neighborhood. Information that reaches the children from third parties devastates the children since it mostly is exaggerated or it is just said in a way that shocks the child, which leads the child to a state of dilemma. The child is exposed to intimate details of their parent’s relationship that may be mostly mislead, hence affects the child negatively in the long
and he/she doesn’t like him. Ericsson explains instead of further investigate why the child felt that way, parents just went ahead and told the child not to say that and that person is a nice person. Letting the child down and telling the child to feel differently by lie to themselves that the person the child does not like is a nice
Chris Crutcher , wrote this book for teens to open up more to their parents to speak out when they’re feeling a certain way. Not bottle up their emotions and become stressed and depressed over the situations they’re put in. He also wrote this for parents who ride they kids to the point where they’d rather die than play sports. Sports are supposed to be fun and entertaining. But if you as a parent put your child down and make them feel bad for doing something wrong is where you mess up.
The additional cause is having poor emotions. Akan Usakli’s research (2013) found that the most common problems seen in single parent families’ children are depression, stress, loneliness, aggression, compliance, smoke, alcohol, narcotics. For example, the stress single parent children risk to fight other people and after then they will grow up by being aggressive. The sensitive emotion of the single parent children can lead them to wrong
It was there morbidity. This was the real issue between us as it had been between her and my father,”(45). James’s mother is desperate to cure her son of his lies, so much as she doesn’t realize that she is hurting him. James’s mother is distraught and is upset with the fact that he is an outsider and unlike his other siblings. Because his mother does not understand his problem James is yearning to get away from her and find out who he can be without being under the influence of her.
There are many ways to punish a child when they don’t follow the rules. Some parents punish in the act where the punishment fits the crime, but some parents often just ground their kids from “life” for a certain amount of time. Grounding a child is not an effective or efficient punishment. Grounding might actually make future situations become much worse.
When parents deal with tough financial situations, it can cause stress and anger within them. Some parents feel the need to take that stress and anger out on their children because they may feel their children are the reason they are in that financial situation, so the only way to get rid of that anger and frustration is to abuse that child. The effects of child neglect and abuse include: losing their parents, being moved into a foster care or a different facility, they may never feel the love of a parent, and many other effects come with neglecting and abusing a child. Both on the child and the parents. Every day, children bare the abuse physically, mentally, and sexually from their relatives, people they are close to, or even in some cases strangers off the street.
A third reason this argument is you will create resentment from your kids to you. As a teen i would know this better than any adult would. My friend liked this boy and he kinda broke her heart and her parents knew and they told her that her that she can 't talk to him or hangout with him. My friend got her phone taken away because she talked back to her parents which made even worse resentment towards her parents. By her parents doing this it made a whole new outlook on her parents.
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An acquisition of $7 million worth of farmland by the Nashville-based closed-end private equity firm LandFund is a stark recent example of why those concerned with responsible stewardship of the land need to act soon to preserve our agricultural lands.
An article in The Tennessean breaks down the reasons why investing in farmland is so profitable. Like any other real estate, farmland has become a way to make money, but not for the farmer.
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Steve Rotheram has said that the North West and UK must secure a green legacy from COP26 to give hope to future generations.
The Metro Mayor of Liverpool City Region says that a decade of action and investment must follow the international climate conference to deliver social, economic and environmental wins for our communities in the short term.
He addressed the crowd at an official COP26 North West event in Manchester this morning (9 Nov), before heading north by train to represent the region on the global stage at Glasgow.
He joined regional leaders including Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham, members of youth parliament and climate activists for a landmark discussion in the Glasgow green zone. The session – ‘Talking About My Generation’ – tackled the issue of translating climate talk to action to ensure the North West becomes the first net zero region by 2040.
Metro Mayor of Liverpool City Region, Steve Rotherham, said:
“COP26 is an internationally important event, a rare chance where the eyes of the world will be on the UK. We have a responsibility to lead international efforts to cut our carbon emissions, rapidly decarbonise and, ultimately, to save our planet. I believe that the North West will be the (clean) engine that drives that national effort, and that my region should be at the heart of that.
“I want the Liverpool City Region to be at the forefront of the green industrial revolution, leading the charge towards net zero, and taking advantage of the myriad of jobs, investment and opportunities that it will provide. From our existing strengths in wind and solar power, to revolutionary new projects like HyNet and our Mersey Tidal Power scheme, our region has the potential to be Britain’s Renewable Energy Coast – with local people benefiting from the employment and training opportunities that go with it.
“We have heard loud and clear from young people that the time for talk is over. In the Liverpool City Region we are already taking action to tackle the climate emergency and we will untiringly continue to do all in our power. We owe it to our young people’s futures.”
Major green projects in the Liverpool City Region continue to be profiled during COP26, as part of the Metro Mayor’s mission to double the number of green jobs in the City Region and unlock investment to become net zero at least ten years ahead of the national target.
Events both in the North West and in Glasgow have showcased the progress made on initiatives such as retrofitting homes and supporting grassroots projects through the Community Environment Fund. The region has also been profiling major energy projects and investment opportunities such as Mersey Tidal Power – harnessing renewable power from the Mersey – and HyNet, a pioneering project to replace methane with hydrogen to supply’s the region’s grid and energy-intensive industries by 2035.
It’s all part of a drive for the City Region to play a leading role in the international push towards achieving zero carbon, with natural assets and skills in renewable energy putting the North West in a prime position to deliver a Green Industrial Revolution.
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Final report on the safety of Ontario"s nuclear reactors
Ontario. Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on Ontario Hydro Affairs.
|Other titles||The safety of Ontario"s nuclear reactors.|
|Statement||Select Committee on Ontario Hydro Affairs.|
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On Thursday, , the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) was notified by NB Power that its Point Lepreau Generating Station is temporarily offline to facilitate testing and analysis of the turbine system. This work has no impact on nuclear safety. REGDOC, Design of Reactor Facilities: Nuclear Power Plants, sets out requirements and guidance for new licence applications for water-cooled nuclear power plants (NPPs or plants). It establishes a set of comprehensive design requirements and guidance that are risk-informed and align with accepted international codes and practices.
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Legislative Assembly. Select Committee on Ontario Hydro Affairs; MACDONALD, D.C. Publication date Topics. Nuclear power reactors generate electricity.
Research reactors are used for scientific research and produce nuclear substances for medical and industrial use. The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) regulates and licenses both types of reactors in order to protect the health, safety and security of Canadians and the environment. This document represents the final report of a study initiated and financed by the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission.
It deals with the study of the impacts of past and future climate changes on Ontario's sedimentary rocks with respect to deep geologic disposal of nuclear waste (low- and intermediate-level radioactive waste). on Nuclear Reactor Safety; That the papers and evidence received and taken on the subject of Nuclear Reactor Safety during the Second Session of the Thirty-sixth Parliament be referred to the Committee; and That the Committee report to the Senate no later than Decem The question being put on the motion, it was adopted.
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Ontario reactors safe, robust: agency review. the wake of Japan's nuclear crisis. The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission asked OPG to review its nuclear reactors after a massive earthquake and.
Nuclear power in Canada is provided by 19 commercial reactors with a net capacity of Gigawatts (GWe), producing a total of Terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity, which accounted for % of the country's total electric energy generation in All but one of these reactors are located in Ontario, where they produced 61% of that province's electricity in ( TWh).
The Government of Ontario made an immediate effort to address public unease by establishing the Select Committee on Ontario Hydro Nuclear Affairs. The report of the Select Committee concluded that the nuclear reactors were being operated safely, but made 39 recommendations for improvements -- five of which were directed at the federal regulator.
However, the reactors were never fully commissioned, and their development was halted in Both reactors are in safe storage, awaiting final decommissioning.
The Gentilly-1 nuclear generating station in Bécancour, QC, operated Final report on the safety of Ontarios nuclear reactors book from to A decommissioning program was initiated in to bring the facility to a safe. The number of safety analyses performed by both corporate engineering and the station Nuclear Safety Departments is overwhelming, and appears inconsistent with the maturity of both the CANDU technology and the stations.
The safe operating envelope limits are being challenged and. These assertions are contained in the official Safety Reports submitted to the AECB for the licensing of the various reactors.
In the case of the NPD reactor, the Final Safety Report is referred to as the Final Hazards Report. (Since then, it seems that the nuclear industry has decided to avoid using words such as "hazards" in official documents.). Ontario Power Generation says the risk of the province's three nuclear power plants being damaged by an earthquake is remote, but one energy consultant says power outages pose a.
The Canadian nuclear industry is proud of its safety record and is a leader in the industry worldwide. Public and employee safety are the top priorities of Canada’s nuclear facilities.
In Canada, no member of the public has ever been harmed as a result of nuclear power plant operations. Nuclear workers haven’t been exposed to dangerous levels of radiation sincewhen the NRX reactor.
TORONTO (October 8, ) – Nuclear energy outperforms wind and natural gas in slowing the advance of climate change, the Canadian Nuclear Association said today. The nuclear association released an independent study by the engineering firm Hatch, which compared greenhouse gas (GHG) and other emissions from nuclear power plants, wind farms, natural gas plants, and wind farms backed by.
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President and Prime Minister: We are pleased to submit the Final Report of the U.S.-Canada Power System Outage. Shut-down reactors. Canada has a variety of research and prototype power reactors that are no longer in use and have been shut down.
These reactors are in a safe storage state and awaiting final decommissioning. The WR-1 organically cooled research reactor located at Whiteshell Laboratories near Pinawa, MB, operated from until The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) is an independent federal government agency that regulates the use of nuclear energy and material to protect health, safety, security and the environment and to respect Canada&rsquo:s international commitments on the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
The World Nuclear Industry Status Report (WNISR) provides a comprehensive overview of nuclear power plant data, including information on operation, production and construction.
The WNISR assesses the status of new-build programs in current nuclear countries as well as in potential newcomer countries. Previously, the CNSC published annually, a regulatory oversight report (ROR) for Canadian nuclear power plants.
Infor the first time, the CNSC assessed the safety performance not only of Canada’s nuclear power plants, but also of adjacent waste management facilities in Darlington Nuclear Generating Stations.
Image source: Ontario Power Generation Under the contracts, Triumph’s facility in Toronto will supply end fittings and shield plugs for the nuclear pressure vessels for all four of the Darlington nuclear generating stations reactors, located on the north shore of Lake Ontario.
The components, in support of the Ontario Darlington Retube & Feeder. Bruce Nuclear Generating Station is a nuclear power station located on the eastern shore of Lake Huron in occupies ha ( acres) of land. The facility derives its name from Bruce County in which it is located, in the former Bruce is the world's largest fully operational nuclear generating station by total reactor count and the number of currently operational Location: Kincardine, Bruce County, Ontario.
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What We Heard Report: DIS PDF: DIS Report a Nuclear Incident Emergency Phone (toll free in Canada and the U.S) orthe CNSC Duty Officer emergency telephone line in the event of an emergency involving a nuclear facility or radioactive materials, including.
The commission will present a report on Canada’s nuclear power plants in August, which includes status updates on each facility. Point Lepreau is planning a. The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) is an independent federal government agency that regulates the use of nuclear energy and material to protect health, safety, security and the environment and to respect Canada&rsquo:s international commitments on the peaceful use of.
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Please visit licensees' websites for complete listing of their events and incidents, and to view their public disclosure protocols. Preface. Guidance document GD, Guidance for Nuclear Criticality Safety provides information on how the requirements set out in regulatory document RD, Nuclear Criticality Safety may be met, including the minimum physical constraints and limits on fissionable materials to ensure nuclear criticality safety.
This guidance document provides information for the prevention of criticality. It generates virtually no carbon emissions, is fuelled by an abundant resource and powers half of Ontario.
And its waste products emit radiation for a million years. Nuclear power held out the. New nuclear reactors not in Ontario's future Ontario's Liberal government on Thursday abandoned plans to spend billions of dollars to build two new nuclear reactors, saying the province doesn't.
Status Report on Power Reactors With reference to CMD M23, the Status Report on Power Reactors, CNSC staff informed the Commission about the status of nuclear power reactors at Canadian NGS. CNSC staff noted that, although CMD M23 stated that a licensing decision for the Gentilly-2 NGS was pending, a power reactor decommissioning.
Under the Nuclear Safety and Control Act (NSCA), the Commission has implemented regulations and by-laws with the approval of the Governor in Council.
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He has transformed the former corporate culture of Ontario Hydro to a profitable business model, has driven its. The nuclear plant disaster in Japan has focused the spotlight on Ontario's nuclear program in recent days, as it should.
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Ontario nuclear safety videos and latest news articles; your source for the latest news on Ontario nuclear safety. TORONTO, Oct. 27, /CNW/ - The Canadian Nuclear Workers Council (CNWC) is pleased with the central role nuclear energy plays in the Ontario Government's Long-Term Energy Plan (LTEP).
The. SECTION I: OVERVIEW Message from the President. I am pleased to submit to Parliament the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission’s (CNSC) – Departmental Performance Report. The nuclear sector is experiencing significant growth as a result of the continuing rise in global demand for energy and the need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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New tool predicts earthquakes induced by effects of pumping wastewater from oil and gas operations
A team of geophysicists has developed a new tool by which they can predict earthquakes that take place due to the effects of pumping wastewater from oil and gas operations deep underground. Japanese Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS)’s interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) is an important addition to predict such human-caused events.
Study’s lead researcher ManoochehrShirzaei, a geophysicist at Arizona State University, said that along with the team they have assessed monthly InSAR data from May 2007 to November 2010. The researchers were able to see the land near Timpson, Texas to be rising three millimeters per year above wastewater wells around two kilometers apart.
The data was entered into their model of pore pressure. Increased pore pressure can result into an earthquake. Shirzaei said that it is the first study that has directly measured the ground uplift from wastewater injection.
“We know that when you inject fluid into the ground it causes surface deformation, but we’d never seen it. For this Timpson study area we got lucky and could see the deformation”, mentioned Shirzaei.
The current research model is dependent on a number of factors, including stiffness of the rocks, wastewater injection depth and volume to calculate the pore pressure in a region. Justin Rubinstein, a geophysicist at the US Geological Survey said that in certain cases, lack of deformation could also signal higher pressures deep underground.
One more thing being revealed by the study was earthquakes are happening after wastewater injection rates are on decline. Shirzaei mentioned that if injections are stopped today then there is a possibility that the earthquake activity will go on for the next decade or so. The researchers are hoping to expand the model to other areas in the central US, where a sharp rise has been seen in earthquakes.
A report published in Scientific American informed, "The study is the first that the authors are aware of to directly measure the ground uplift from wastewater injection. “We know that when you inject fluid into the ground it causes surface deformation, but we’d never seen it,” Shirzaei says. “For this Timpson study area we got lucky and could see the deformation.” Shirzaei hopes the data will allow the team to answer questions like why some injection wells may generate earthquakes and others don’t."
Those two wells injected their wastewater much deeper than the wells situated below the uplift. Many underground features can influence earthquakes. Shirzaei’s model relies on factors such as the stiffness of the rocks, along with wastewater injection depth and volume to calculate the pore pressure in a region. In some places a lack of deformation might even signal higher pressures deep underground, if operators are injecting fluids into less pliable rocks, notes Justin Rubinstein, a geophysicist at the U. S. Geological Survey who also was not involved in this study.
Shirzaei hopes to expand the model to other areas in the central U. S. that have seen a sharp increase in earthquakes and are near oil and gas development, but he is limited by the amount of obtainable data. ALOS is not the only satellite that has InSAR capabilities, and space agencies typically offer the corresponding information for free. If Shirzaei pulled from multiple satellites, the data would be available every few days.
According to a report in Sciencemag by Sid Perkins, "During the past decade or so the oil and gas industry has injected wastewater into deep rocks in eastern Texas, causing Earth’s surface to bulge ever so slightly—and likely triggering a series of tremors there in 2012, a new study suggests. Scientists say the work offers hope that similar analyses of the landscape in other oil- and gas-producing regions could help identify areas at risk of human-caused earthquakes."
According to data provided by the companies that owned the wells, between 2007 and mid-2012 the two injection wells nearest the quakes and another two wells fewer than 10 kilometers away pumped, on average, about 890,000 cubic meters of water into the ground each year. (Or, put another way, that’s about one Olympic swimming pool worth of wastewater pumped underground each day.)
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Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota is a place of poverty and social dysfunction. In the 1970s, it was also plagued by murder and mayhem of almost daily frequency. There were frequent violent clashes between groups of vicious thugs and members of the American Indian Movement (AIM), an organization that advocates for the preservation of traditional Native culture and the rights of Indians. On June 26, 1975, FBI agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams drove into this toxic stew of a broken society. They were looking for a man called Jimmy Eagle who was wanted in connection with an assault and robbery.
Miscarriage of Justice
Leonard Peltier is a Native American who has spent 37 years, and counting, in prison for a crime he almost certainly did not commit
Shoot-out at Pine Ridge
Details of killing disputed
What exactly happened to Agents Coler and Williams has never been definitively established. They were near a ranch when they came under fire, but their service revolvers were useless against the high-powered rifle fire that was coming at them.
One hundred and twenty-five rounds were fired at the agents' cars (Williams's vehicle is shown at left).
Both agents died. According to the FBI they were executed after being wounded.
The FBI says the agents' weapons were later found, one of them in a vehicle Leonard Peltier was driving along with two AIM members. The vehicle had been stopped in Oregon by a state trooper and, after a brief gun battle, Peltier escaped. He made his way to Canada where he took refuge in a friend’s cabin in Alberta.
By December 1975, Leonard Peltier was on the FBI’s Ten Most Wanted List.
Extradition and Trial
Peltier returned to the U.S. to face charges
A woman called Myrtle Poor Bear told the FBI she was Leonard Peltier’s girlfriend and that she had seen the murders. She gave a sworn affidavit in which she said “I saw Leonard Peltier shoot the agents.”
Based on Poor Bear’s testimony, Canada’s Solicitor General at the time, Warren Allmand, agreed have Mr. Peltier arrested (right) and sent back to America in June 1976.
Three others who had been indicted in the murders had already been tried and found not guilty. Leonard Peltier returned to the U.S. too late to be tried with the other three; he would face trial on his own. Prosecutors needed someone to convict and they decided Leonard Peltier was going play that role.
After a trial that was highly prejudicial to the defence, an all-white jury had no trouble finding Mr. Peltier guilty of murder and he was sentenced to two life terms to be served consecutively.
Leonard Peltier does not deny that he was present at the Pine Ridge incident. He does deny that he killed the FBI agents.
Incident at Oglala: The Leonard Peltier Story
Leonard Peltier was railroaded
Of the witnesses who testified at Peltier’s trial many have since retracted their statements.
Myrtle Poor Bear wanted to testify but Federal Judge Paul Benson kept her out the proceedings on the grounds of “mental incompetence” and that what she might say “could be highly prejudicial to the government.”
She later stated that she had never seen Leonard Peltier in her life before and was intimidated by the FBI into giving her incriminating evidence. Other “witnesses” told similar stories of being tied to chairs and threatened until they agreed to give testimony that Mr. Peltier was the killer.
The prosecution kept 140,000 pages of the FBI investigation from the defence, because some of them pointed to his innocence.
An FBI ballistics expert gave testimony that a bullet casing found near the bodies of the dead agents came from Mr. Peltier’s gun. However, another ballistics test proved the casing was not connected to Leonard Peltier. This vital piece of information was concealed.
It also turned out that the FBI tampered with evidence.
Aftermath and Appeals
Despite rulings in his favour Leonard Peltier is still in prison
As more and more of the prosecution’s shenanigans have surfaced, Leonard Peltier’s supporters have tried to get him released.
Canada's Solicitor General Warren Allmand has said that if he had known the true nature of the U.S. Justice Department's corrupted evidence he never would have agreed to Mr. Peltier's extradition.
An appeal in 1986 ruled that “We recognize that there is some evidence in this record of improper conduct on the part of some FBI agents, but we are reluctant to impute even further improprieties to them.” Appeal denied.
Five years later, the judge who presided over that appeal, Gerald Heaney, wrote to Senator Daniel Inouye, Chair of the Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs. In his letter he said “Although our Court decided that these actions were not grounds for reversals, they are, in my view, factors that merit consideration in any petition for leniency filed.” Still no luck.
Parole hearings end the same way every time on the grounds that Leonard Peltier does not accept criminal responsibility for murdering the FBI agents.
The U.S. Parole Commission has even acknowledged that “the prosecution has conceded the lack of any direct evidence that you personally participated in the executions of two FBI agents.” Still, no parole. Next hearing in 2024.
As President Bill Clinton’s term in office came to a close there was a big campaign to persuade him to grant Mr. Peltier a presidential pardon. The FBI closed ranks and applied pressure on Mr. Clinton not to release Mr. Peltier; their protest included a large rally outside the White House. The FBI tactics worked.
George W. Bush was very unlikely to grant clemency and he didn’t. Now, supporters are petitioning Barack Obama for a pardon.
Leonard Peltier 2012 Interview
Organizations and celebrities support Leonard Peltier
The list of organizations campaigning for Mr. Peltier (shown in 1992) is long and growing: The Innocence Project, Amnesty International, AIM, The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, The European Parliament, The Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights, among others.
Individual supporters include the late Nelson Mandela, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Dalai Lama, and filmmaker Robert Redford, who narrated the 1992 documentary Incident at Oglala: The Leonard Peltier Story, which gives evidence that his treatment was unjust and politically motivated.
Now 69 years old and in not very good health, he sits in his cell in Coleman, Florida and waits, hoping that one day the wheels of justice will turn in his favour.
As of this writing, Leonard Peltier has been behind bars for 13,942 days.
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“Robert Redford Renews Fight to Release Jailed AIM Activist Leonard Peltier.” Michael Enright, CBC Sunday Edition, April 6, 2014.
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Americans are living longer. We hear that claim often from politicians worried about entitlement spending, policymakers urging us to postpone retirement – even insurance companies pitching annuities.
And it’s true: Average life expectancy in the United States rose by almost eight years from 1978 to 2011, to 78.7 years, according to a new report by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. But here’s something you’ll hear less often: Longevity is rising much more slowly in the United States than in other major industrialized nations. In fact, the average life expectancy among member nations of the OECD is now higher, at 80.1 years, than the U.S. average. (The OECD comprises most of the world’s major economic powers, including the United States.)
And the world’s leading economies leave us in the dust. Consider just the OECD data on female longevity, since women are the star performers when it comes to longevity. An American woman who turned 65 in 2011 gained 4.6 years of average life expectancy compared with someone who turned 65 in 1960. But if that woman had been Japanese, she would have gained 9.6 years. A French woman gained 8.2 years; for an Italian, it was 7.3 years.
It’s no coincidence that all the longevity leaders have universal health insurance coverage – and the United States does not. In fact, almost every OECD member country has universal coverage, and most deliver better primary care to far more of their citizens than the United States.
Even after all the bloodletting from the launch of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is over, we still won’t have universal coverage. With many states opting out of the law’s Medicaid expansion, 8 million people who could have been covered are likely to continue getting their care triage-style in emergency rooms. That will be expensive for hospitals, and it means those patients won’t be getting the basic follow-up care that can help them recover and stay healthy. That will continue to drag down the U.S. performance on longevity in the years ahead.
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Croatian schools are about to break up for the summer holidays. In Ban Jelačić Square in the centre of Zagreb, a large stage has been built on which little girls with green ribbons in their hair are singing children's songs. Older students are proudly presenting their fashion designs: stylish clothes made from CDs or buttons. Others execute complicated dance routines to the old hit Gangstas Paradise by Coolio. Parents take photographs, teachers offer around drinks; the atmosphere is a relaxed one. But what next for the youths who will leave school in just a few days?
Factory line Croatians
With seven national universities, thirteen polytechnics and twenty-eight private technical colleges, there is a myriad of possibilities for further study in this country of 4.3 million people. Since the Croatian government signed the Bologna accords in 2001, the country has had to implement far-reaching reforms of its higher education sector in order to bring it in line with EU-wide standards. Since then, the Croatian institute for higher education has been responsible for the quality of higher education, the transparency of HE establishments and equal access to education, as well as for generous scholarship programmes.
Yet is this good for young Croatians? ‘Croatian universities produce highly-skilled young workers as though they were products on an assembly-line, but few are able to get a job afterwards,’ reports 25-year old Matija, a long-locked information sciences student. The problem is that too many universities and scholarship programmes plus low or non-existent tuition fees equals too many graduates for too few skilled positions. According to the Croatian employment service (HZZ), youth unemployment reached 45% in 2011. As a result, 47% of all Croatian graduates are initially forced to get a job within a different industry. Despite this, Matija has a laid-back attitude towards his future job prospects. ’I don't believe my future will be so bleak; we'll see what happens,’ he says, lighting another cigarette. He has just landed a part-time job as a librarian, through which he is able to gather professional experience in his area of expertise.
Professional experience + vitamin B = work?
Professional experience is a magic term that peppers virtually all conversations about the job market in Croatia. Here, too, there is a problem - or rather, a vicious circle – with which to contend: no professional experience, no job; no job, no professional experience. In fact, young workers all over Europe must overcome this hurdle, typically through poorly paid internships. In Croatia, personal contacts can help.
'Some employers will only employ people they know; neighbours, school friends, family members,’ complains Klara, 28. 'Often, it is not your qualifications and skills, but the degrees of separation between you and your boss that are decisive.’ The translator has found a paid internship at the European court of auditors (ECA) in Luxembourg. On top of this, she is studying for an MSc in economics, which will add a further string to her bow. Klara believes her best chance of finding work lies abroad. As a French-to-Croatian translator, she has a good chance of getting a job within the European institutions, particularly with Croatia's full membership of the EU just around the corner. She believes it is entirely fair that she has to sit an anonymous entrance exam, alongside other applicants, in order to secure a job at the ECA after her internship. Furthermore, she believes that Croatian employers do not want to take on strangers because mutual trust between citizens was seriously undermined during the Yugoslav wars.
Well-meaning political measures not adapted to resolving situation
It is a theory that cannot be proven scientifically, but a sentiment that resurfaces again and again in conversation with Croatians. The lively Margita, sporting long purple-blue nails, also complains about this loss of trust that is impacting the job market. The 35-year-old has given up all hope of ever working in her chosen field as a health technician; she graduated in 2000 and has since worked as a sales assistant, a stewardess on an American cruise ship and for an insurance company. ’I've fought so long now, and I'm tired,’ she says. ‘I'm not married and I don't have children, because I had no time, space or money to have a family.’ The struggle for work and a secure and happy future in life has left its scars.’ Sometimes I get the feeling that I’ve got more, that I could give more, but I just can't let it out.’ Margita has friends who became members of political parties just to make professional contacts. For her, though, that is out of the question.
In the meantime, the Croatian government has finally understood that young, highly-skilled Croatians can't get work. The Croatian minister for labour, Mirando Mrsic, put forward a proposal in April 2012 for a jobs programme designed to help young graduates get work experience. Under the scheme, graduates would be able to find work in public administrative bodies, as well as in private firms, and social security contributions would be covered by the government. However, at 220 euros (176 pounds) per month, the pay offered to interns through the scheme would seem a pittance, especially considering that the Croatian bureau of statistics (CBS) estimates the average net monthly income to be 5, 499 HRK (917 euros or 733.5 pounds in March 2012). The proposal has thus provoked outrage within the Croatian media. ‘It's a joke,’ writes journalist Ana, 27, about the programme. It is claimed that graduates will be employed as interns, but won't - as is hoped - be employed afterwards; instead, they will be replaced with the next cohort of cheap graduates after a year or so.
'Who can guarantee that Croatia won't become another Greece?'
Can Croatia's accession to the EU in July 2013 do something to change this difficult situation? On the university campus, where students from elsewhere are also able to get lunch at the weekends, scepticism reigns: ‘The EU won't save us,’ says Matija. ’We are a young country, having only become a democracy twenty years ago, and we are still too occupied with ourselves and our country,’ adds Petra. ‘Croatia fought so long for its independence. We don't now want to surrender once again to political and economic dependence.’ Ana is more assertive: 'Confidence in the stability of the European union has been considerably eroded in the wake of the financial crisis. Who can guarantee that Croatia won't become another Greece? On the other hand, we need economic investment and greater mobility to travel and study. Without the European union we'll collapse like a house of cards.’
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Rosalind E. Krauss
November 30, 1941 |
|Occupation||Art historian, professor, art critic|
Rosalind Epstein Krauss (born November 30, 1941) is an American art critic, art theorist and a professor at Columbia University in New York City. Krauss is known for her scholarship in 20th-century painting, sculpture and photography. As a critic and theorist she has published steadily since 1965 in Artforum, Art International and Art in America. She was associate editor of Artforum from 1971 to 1974 and has been editor of October, a journal of contemporary arts criticism and theory that she co-founded in 1976.
- 1 Early life
- 2 Founding October
- 3 Academic career
- 4 Critical approach
- 5 Curator
- 6 Bibliography
- 6.1 Selected books by Krauss
- 6.2 Selected essays and articles by Krauss
- 6.3 Book reviews by Krauss
- 6.4 About Krauss
- 6.5 Reviews of Krauss's work
- 6.6 General material about Krauss
- 7 References
Krauss was born to Matthew M. Epstein and Bertha Luber in Washington D.C. and grew up in the area, visiting art museums with her father. After graduating from Wellesley in 1962, she attended Harvard, whose Department of Fine Arts (now Department of History of Art and Architecture) had a strong tradition of the intensive analysis of actual art objects under the aegis of the Fogg Museum.
In the late-1960s and early-1970s Krauss began to contribute articles to art journals such as Art International and Artforum — which, under the editorship of Philip Leider, was relocated from California to New York. She began by writing the "Boston Letter" for Art International, but soon published well-received articles on Jasper Johns (Lugano Review, 1965) and Donald Judd (Allusion and Illusion in Donald Judd, Artforum, May 1966). Her commitment to the emerging minimal art in particular set her apart from Michael Fried, who was oriented toward the continuation of modernist abstraction in Jules Olitski, Kenneth Noland and Anthony Caro. Krauss's article A View of Modernism (Artforum, September 1972), was one signal of this break.
Krauss became dissatisfied with Artforum when in its November 1974 issue it published a full-page advertisement by featuring the artist Lynda Benglis aggressively posed with a large latex dildo and wearing only a pair of sunglasses promoting an upcoming exhibition of hers at the Paula Cooper Gallery. Although Benglis' image is now popularly cited as important example of gender performativity in contemporary art, it provoked mixed responses when it first appeared. Krauss and other Artforum personnel attacked Benglis' work in the following month's issue of Artforum, describing the advertisement as exploitative and brutalizing, and soon left the magazine to co-found October in 1976.
October was formed as a politically-charged journal that introduced American readers to the ideas of French post-structuralism, made popular by Michel Foucault and Roland Barthes. Krauss used October as a way to publish essays on post-structuralist art theory, Deconstructionist theory, psychoanalysis, postmodernism and feminism.
The founders included Krauss, Annette Michelson and the artist Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe. Krauss was appointed as its founding editor. Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe withdrew after only a few issues, and by the spring of 1977, Douglas Crimp joined the editorial team. In 1990, after Crimp left the journal, Krauss and Michelson were joined by Yve-Alain Bois, Hal Foster, Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Denis Hollier, and John Rajchman.
Krauss taught at Wellesley, MIT and Princeton before joining the faculty at Hunter College in 1974. She was promoted to professor in 1977 at Hunter and was also appointed professor at the Graduate Center of CUNY. She held the title of Distinguished Professor at Hunter until she left to join the Columbia University faculty in 1992. In 1985, a monograph of essays by Krauss, titled The Originality of the Avant-Garde and Other Modernist Myths was published by The MIT Press.
Previously Meyer Schapiro Professor of Modern Art and Theory at Columbia, in 2005 Rosalind Krauss was promoted to the highest faculty rank of University Professor. She has received fellowships from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts and has been a fellow of the Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts and of the Institute for Advanced Study. She received the Frank Jewett Mather Award for criticism from the College Art Association in 1973. She has been a fellow of the New York Institute for the Humanities since 1992 and was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1994. She recently received an honorary doctorate from the University of London.
Krauss's attempts to understand the phenomenon of modernist art, in its historical, theoretical, and formal dimensions, have led her in various directions. She has, for example, been interested in the development of photography, whose history – running parallel to that of modernist painting and sculpture – makes visible certain previously overlooked phenomena in the "high arts", such as the role of the indexical mark, or the function of the archive. She has also investigated certain concepts, such as "formlessness", "the optical unconscious", or "pastiche", which organize modernist practice in relation to different explanatory grids from those of progressive modernism, or the avant-garde.
Like many, Krauss had been drawn to the criticism of Clement Greenberg, as a counterweight to the highly subjective, poetic approach of Harold Rosenberg. The poet-critic model proved long-lasting in the New York scene, with products from Frank O'Hara to Kynaston McShine to Peter Schjeldahl, but for Krauss and others, its basis in subjective expression was fatally unable to account for how a particular artwork's objective structure gives rise to its associated subjective effects.
Greenberg's way of assessing how an art object works, or how it is put together, became for Krauss a fruitful resource; even if she and fellow "Greenberger", Michael Fried, would break first with the older critic, and then with each other, at particular moments of judgment, the commitment to formal analysis as the necessary if not sufficient ground of serious criticism would still remain for both of them. Decades after her first engagement with Greenberg, Krauss still used his ideas about an artwork's 'medium' as a jumping-off point for her strongest effort to come to terms with post-1980 art in the person of William Kentridge. Krauss would formulate this formalist commitment in strong terms, against attempts to account for powerful artworks in terms of residual ideas about an artist's individual genius, for instance in the essays "The Originality of the Avant-Garde: A Postmodernist Repetition" and "Photography's Discursive Spaces." For Krauss, and for the school of critics who developed under her influence, the Greenbergian legacy offers at its best a way of accounting for works of art using public and hence verifiable criteria.
Translating ephemeralities into prose
Whether about (Cubist collage, Surrealist photography, early Giacometti sculpture, Rodin, Brâncuși, Pollock) or about art contemporaneous to her own writing (Robert Morris, Sol LeWitt, Richard Serra, Cindy Sherman), Krauss translates the ephemeralities of visual and bodily experience into precise, vivid English, which has solidified her prestige as a critic. Her usual practice is to make this experience intelligible by using categories translated from the work of a thinker outside the study of art, such as Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Ferdinand de Saussure, Jacques Lacan, Jean-François Lyotard, Jacques Derrida, Georges Bataille, or Roland Barthes. Indeed, she participated in the translation of Lacan's key text "Television" which was published in October and later reissued in book form by Norton. Her work has helped establish the position of these writers within the study of art, even at the cost of provoking anxiety about threats to the discipline's autonomy. She is currently preparing a second volume of collected essays as a sequel to The Originality of the Avant Garde and Other Modernist Myths (1986).
In many cases, Krauss is credited as a leader in bringing these concepts to bear on the study of modern art. For instance, her Passages in Modern Sculpture (1977) makes important use of Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology (as she had come to understand it in thinking about minimal art) for viewing modern sculpture in general. In her study of Surrealist photography, she rejected William Rubin's efforts at formal categorization as insufficient, instead advocating the psychoanalytic categories of "dream" and "automatism", as well as Jacques Derrida's "grammatological" idea of "spacing." See "The Photographic Conditions of Surrealism" (October, winter 1981).
Concerning Cubist art, she took Picasso's collage breakthrough to be explicable in terms of Saussure's ideas about the differential relations and non-referentiality of language, rejecting efforts by other scholars to tie the pasted newspaper clippings to social history. Similarly, she held Picasso's stylistic developments in Cubist portraiture to be products of theoretical problems internal to art, rather than outcomes of the artist's love life. Later, she explained Picasso's participation in the rappel à l'ordre or return to order of the 1920s in similar structuralist terms. See "In the Name of Picasso" (October, spring 1981), "The Motivation of the Sign" (in Lynn Zelevansky, ed., Picasso and Braque: A Symposium, 1992), and The Picasso Papers (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1998).
From the 1980s, she became increasingly concerned with using a psychoanalytic understanding of drives and the unconscious, owing less to the Freudianism of an André Breton or a Salvador Dalí, and much more to the structuralist Lacan and the "dissident surrealist" Bataille. See "No More Play", her 1984 essay on Giacometti, as well as "Corpus Delicti", written for the 1985 exhibition L'Amour Fou: Photography and Surrealism, Cindy Sherman: 1975–1993 and The Optical Unconscious (both 1993) and Formless: A User's Guide with Yve-Alain Bois, catalog to the exhibition L'Informe: Mode d'emploi (Paris: Centre Pompidou, 1996).
Years after her time at Artforum in the 1960s, Krauss also returned to the drip painting of Jackson Pollock as both a culmination of modernist work within the format of the "easel picture", and a breakthrough that opened the way for several important developments in later art, from Allan Kaprow's happenings to Richard Serra's lead-flinging process art to Andy Warhol's oxidation (i.e. urination) paintings. For reference, see the Pollock chapter in The Optical Unconscious, several entries in the Formless catalog, and "Beyond the Easel Picture", her contribution to the MoMA symposium accompanying the 1998 Pollock retrospective (Jackson Pollock: New Approaches). This direction provided intellectual validation for the explosive Pollock markets; but it exacerbated already tense relations between herself and more radical currents in visual/cultural studies, the latter growing steadily impatient with the traditional western art-historical canon.
In addition to writing focused studies about individual artists, Krauss also produced broader, synthetic studies that helped gather together and define the limits of particular fields of practice. Examples of this include "Sense and Sensibility: Reflections on Post '60s Sculpture" (Artforum, Nov. 1973), "Video: The Aesthetics of Narcissism" (October, spring 1976), "Notes on the Index: Seventies Art in America", in two parts, October spring and fall 1977), "Grids, You Say", In Grids: Format and Image in 20th Century Art (exh. cat.: Pace Gallery, 1978), and "Sculpture in the Expanded Field" (October, spring 1979). Some of these essays are collected in her book The Originality of the Avant-Garde and Other Modernist Myths.
Krauss has been curator of many art exhibitions at leading museums, among them exhibitions on Joan Miró at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (1970–73), on surrealism and photography at the Corcoran Museum of Art (1982–85), on Richard Serra at the Museum of Modern Art (1985–86), and on Robert Morris at the Guggenheim (1992–94). She prepared an exhibition for the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris called "Formlessness: Modernism Against the Grain" in 1996.
Selected books by Krauss
- Terminal Iron Works: The Sculpture of David Smith. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1971.
- The Sculpture of David Smith: A Catalogue Raisonné. Garland Reference Library of the Humanities, 73. New York: Garland, 1977.
- Passages in Modern Sculpture. Cambridge Mass: The MIT Press, 1977.
- The Originality of the Avant-Garde and Other Modernist Myths. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 1985.
- L'Amour fou: Photography & Surrealism. London: Arts Council, 1986. Exhibition at the Hayward Gallery, London, July to September 1986.
- Le Photographique : Pour une théorie des écarts. Translated by Marc Bloch and Jean Kempf. Paris: Macula, 1990.
- The Optical Unconscious (1993)
- Formless: A User's Guide (with Yve-Alain Bois) (1997)
- The Picasso Papers (1999)
- A Voyage on the North Sea: Art in the Age of the Post-Medium Condition (1999)
- Bachelors (2000)
- Perpetual Inventory (2010)
- Under Blue Cup. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 2011.
Selected essays and articles by Krauss
- MIT Press: selected articles by Rosalind Krauss
- "Contemporary Criticism." Markham, Ont.: Audio Archives of Canada, 1979. 1 sound cassette: 1 7/8 ips.
- Critical Perspectives in American Art, pp. 25–27. Introduction by Hugh M. Davies. Amherst: Fine Arts Center Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1976. Rosalind Krauss' text is followed by illustrations of works by Donald Judd, Robert Artschwager and Joel Shapiro. An Exhibition selected by Rosalind Krauss, Sam Hunter and Marcia Tucker. Fine Arts Center Gallery, University of Massachusetts/Amherst, April 10, 1976 – May 9, 1976, American Pavilion, Venice Biennale, summer 1976.
- "Death of a Hermeneutic Phantom: Materialization of the Sign in the Work of Peter Eisenman." In Peter Eisenman's Houses of Cards, pp. 166–184. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987.
Book reviews by Krauss
- "Man in a Mold." Review of James Lord, Giacometti: A Biography. In The New Republic, Dec. 16, 1985, pp. 24–29.
- "Post-History on Parade." Review of three books by Arthur Danto. In The New Republic, May 25, 1987, pp. 27–30.
- "Only Project." Review of Richard Wollheim, Painting as an Art. In The New Republic, September 12 & 19, 1988, pp. 33–38.
- David Carrier. Rosalind Krauss and American philosophical art criticism. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2002. ISBN 0-275-97520-7, ISBN 978-0-275-97520-3
- "Rosalind Krauss." In Judy K. Collischan Van Wagner, Women Shaping Art: Profiles of Power, pp. 149–164. New York: Praeger, 1984
- Janet Malcolm, "A Girl of the Zeitgeist", Part II, The New Yorker, October 27, 1986.
- Scott Rothkopf, "Krauss and the Art of Cultural Controversy," The Harvard Crimson, May 16, 1997.
- Anna C. Chave, "Minimalism and Biography," Art Bulletin March 2000.
- David Raskin, "The Shiny Illusionism of Krauss and Judd", Art Journal Spring 2006.
- Eddie Yeghiayan: Articles About Rosalind Krauss
- Yve-Alain Bois. "Rosalind Krauss with Yve-Alain Bois".The Brooklyn Rail, 2012
Reviews of Krauss's work
The Originality of the Avant-Garde and Other Modernist Myths
- Bois, Yve-Alain. Art Journal (Winter 1985), pp. 369ff.
- Carrier, David. Burlington Magazine (November 1985), 127(992): 817.
- Owens, Craig. "Analysis Logical and Ideological." Art in America (May 1985), pp. 25–31. Reprinted in Beyond Recognition: Representation, Power, and Culture, pp. 268–283. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992.
- List of reviews of The Originality of the Avant-Garde
The Optical Unconscious
- Roger Kimball, "Feeling Sorry for Rosalind Krauss," New Criterion 1993
- Reviews of The Optical Unconscious
The Picasso Papers
- Marilyn McCully, "The Fallen Angel?" review of The Picasso Papers in New York Review of Books, April 8, 1999.
- Harry Cooper and Marilyn McCully, "The Picasso Papers: An Exchange," New York Review of Books, October 7, 1999.
Art Since 1900
- Claire Bishop, Artforum.com, Apr. 9, 2005
- Matthew Collings, The Guardian May 14, 2005
- Martin Gayford, arts.telegraph Apr. 24, 2005
- Eric Gibson, OpinionJournal.com Mar. 11, 2005
- Barry Gewen, New York Times Dec. 11, 2005
- Dan Hopewell, Iconoduel Apr. 9, 2005
- Pepe Karmel, review of Art Since 1900, in Art in America, Nov. 2005, pp. 61–63.
- Barry Schwabsky, The Nation Dec. 8, 2005
- Frank Whitford, Times Online (UK) Mar. 20, 2005
General material about Krauss
- David Cohen, review of Challenging Art in Art Bulletin, Sept. 2002
- Columbia University: Rosalind Krauss
- MIT Press: Rosalind Krauss
- Robert Storr, letter to the editor, Artforum Nov. 2002
- Columbia Faculty directory
- Rosalind E. Krauss biography
- "Rosalind Krauss". The Art Story. The Art Story Foundation. Retrieved October 5, 2012.
- The Real Thing: An Interview with Rosalind E. Krauss by David Plante at: http://www.artcritical.com/
- Chilvers, Ian & Glaves-Smith, John eds., Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art , Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. p. 384
- Cohen, David; Newman, Amy (September 2002). "Challenging Art: Artforum 1962–1974". The Art Bulletin. 84 (3): 535–538. doi:10.2307/3177317. JSTOR 3177317.
- Doss, Erika (2002). "Feminist Art and Black Art". Twentieth-Century American Art. Oxford History of Art. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 184. ISBN 0-19-284239-0.
- Richmond, Susan. "" "Sizing Up the Dildo: Lynda Benglis' Artforum Advertisement as a Feminist Icon", n.paradoxa 15 (January 2005): 24-34.
- Chilvers, Ian & Glaves-Smith, John eds., Dictionary of Modern and Contemporary Art, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. p. 384
- "Mathias Danbolt, Front Room – Back Room: An Interview with Douglas Crimp". Trikster – Nordic Queer Journal #2, 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-26.
- "Awards". The College Art Association. Retrieved 11 October 2010.
- Hughes, Robert (21 October 1993). "The Medium Inquisitor". The New York Review of Books. 40 (17). Retrieved 4 June 2013.
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Subsidised health insurance – encourages employees to seek medical attention from the outset increasing recovery times;
Employee Assistance Programmes – provide a counselling service as an outlet for stress or other personal issues.
Yet despite these simple measures, it seems that 4 out of 5 New Zealand businesses still do not have policies in place that deal with absenteeism. Whether you are trying to reduce absence rates, encourage a healthier working environment, or wanting to deal with repeat offenders (those that tend to take regular undocumented sick leave) clear, well drafted policies are a great way of managing absenteeism.
In some cases, a repeated absence can lead the employer to initiate disciplinary measures when in fact there is an underlying issue that really needs addressing. By having a policy in place, an employee will know what standards are to be expected and the potential repercussions of taking advantage of those expectations. Similarly, the employer will know what action to take when confronted with either genuine absenteeism or repeat offenders. The starting point will always be the policy.
If you are one of those employers that do not yet have any policies in place and your business is suffering at the hands of absenteeism, please feel free to give me a call. | <urn:uuid:c8956221-4646-4176-96e4-0ea3d9240ae8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.monsellierlaw.com/absent-employees-costing-money/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572089.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814234405-20220815024405-00074.warc.gz | en | 0.965678 | 874 | 2.171875 | 2 |
'There are some castes that grab power, then pass on the benefits to those who belong to their own caste.'
'Society still does not accept women leaders unless they are thrust upon people from the top.'
P Sivakami plays many roles -- writer, former IAS officer and now a political leader all set to give voice to the Dalits of Tamil Nadu.
After 29 years in the civil service, she took voluntary retirement so that she could be active in politics. She joined the Bahujan Samaj Party and contested the 2014 Lok Sabha election from Kanyakumari, but lost.
She has now founded a political party, the Samuga Samathuva Padai.
Unmaikku Munnum Pinnum, her latest book, is the fictional account of the life of a Dalit IAS officer, Neela. It has been described as the first Tamil work on a bureaucrat's life.
Her earlier novels, Grips Of Change and The Taming Of Women, were translated into English and much appreciated.
Sivakami spoke to Shobha Warrier/Rediff.com about her journey and her future plans.
A woman Dalit police officer, Vishnu Priya, committed suicide some weeks ago, reportedly because of the harassment she faced from her superiors. The protagonist in your book is a Dalit IAS officer. You have described how her superiors made her life difficult. Do you feel the Indian bureaucracy is Brahminical?
I would use the word casteist.
Being Brahminical is different from casteism. There are some castes that grab power and then try and pass on the benefits to those who belong to their own caste. That is what is happening (today).
Of course, Brahminism helps them justify their stand.
In Vishnu Priya's case, we will know the truth only after a proper enquiry.
In my novel, Neela faces much more harassment than Vishnu Priya.
Is Neela a fictional character or is she autobiographical?
The book has 90 per cent of my experiences, but I had to leave out certain things. A novel need not be completely true. My book is a fictional story about Neela, a Dalit IAS officer. It is not an autobiography.
Neela was given a lot of memos and she ran from pillar to post trying to justify her actions. I have written just about Neela. In reality, every officer belonging to the Dalit community faces similar atrocities.
More than the officers who are in the public eye, it is the others who go through more stress as they are suspended, victimised and ignored when it comes to promotions. At times, they even have to report to subordinates.
All this does happen when you don't toe the politicians' line as well, but it happens largely to Dalit officers.
Is being a Dalit woman a double disadvantage?
There is a disadvantage. It was only after MGR (Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran, Tamil movie superstar and founder of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazagham, the AIADMK party) became the chief minister (in 1977) that lady officers were posted as collectors.
For many years, women were not posted as home secretaries or to any such important portfolios. Later, they did get an opportunity. The number of women in the civil service also was less.
When I joined in 1980, only 15, 20 of my 120-strong batch were women. There is a marginal increase in that percentage now.
However, it is still true that, compared to men, women hold comparatively less important positions.
When you joined the civil service, what were your dreams? Did you expect the kind of discrimination you faced?
To be frank, I had no idea what to expect.
As a student, I wrote many exams, including the civil service exam.
My father was an MLA and he had seen the power that collectors had. That is why he wanted to make me an IAS officer.
I was a good student. After I finished my post graduation, I started looking for a job and thought joining the IAS was a good option.
So you realised your father's dream?
The civil service exam is a challenge for a good student. I looked at writing and passing the exam as a challenge. I didn't dream of becoming a collector or enjoying the power associated with it, I only had the exam in my mind.
When I joined the service, I saw a lot of discrimination. Most people had godfathers, I didn't.
Had your father warned you about the discrimination?
(P Sivakami, left) He didn't know about it as he was not a very educated person.
Was it a shock for you?
No, it was not a shock. By then, I knew our society was full of differences.
I thought if you were meritorious, you would ultimately be rewarded. I worked hard for whatever I got. Even as a collector, I was transferred because I didn't listen to politicians.
It was when I became secretary, Adi Dravida Tribal Welfare, that I realised something else worked behind the government machinery. I was not aware of that earlier.
Earlier, I headed the tourism department for eight long years and I was posted in Tokyo for three years. But as the secretary of Adi Dravida Tribal Welfare, I was serving the poorest of the poor.
Did your superiors treat you on par with the others? Was there any difference because you were a woman and a Dalit?
You can't express it, but you feel (the difference). I have described it in the novel.
It is so minute that only those who are sensitive will feel it. It is like going to a wedding, but not finding anyone you can talk to. You can't say it is harassment, but you don't feel alright. You feel isolated and not part of the crowd.
This is the kind of feeling the service gives you, that you are not part of them.
A group may be discussing an issue, but when you express your opinion, nobody listens and they turn to another person. They don't even realise you want to say something. You are ignored.
I can't say it is because of one's caste, but you are made to feel ignored. You are made to feel that you do not have the capacity to make people listen to you. On the other hand, if you are occupying an important chair, irrespective of the caste, people listen to you and recognise you.
Which is difficult to overcome: Caste identity or gender identity?
I will talk about how Neela dealt with it. She understood her happiness lay elsewhere, unlike her colleagues who saw the job as a way to get more powerful posts. Other than that, she found they had no social commitment.
Neela was an idealist so she could not ignore the way her colleagues insulted her.
While her feelings were permanent, my feelings as a living human being are temporary. You go through ups and downs and, with that, your feelings also change.
Neela withstood everything and found happiness elsewhere. The book is not completely autobiographical that way.
Did you dream of becoming Neela?
I wanted to be more than Neela.
How much of your dreams could you achieve?
The novel ends with the chief minister punishing Neela with an unimportant post, but she didn't want to get punished. She had already found happiness in writing and in working for the Dalits.
We see a lot of similarity between Neela and you...
Of course, there is a lot of similarity.
She didn't leave the service, but I left to work for the Dalits. In fact, Neela argues with the chief secretary when he asks why she didn't resign to do social service. She replies saying she prefers the Neela model.
Why did you resign?
I was trying to understand my role, my aspirations. I felt my services were needed elsewhere and not in the government.
In the political arena, there are many competitors, but no examinations. The only test is your ability to mobilise people. The real challenge is getting the acceptance of people. You may think you are doing wonderfully well, but it is only if you are accepted that you can do well.
Compared to the challenges faced by a leader, the challenges of an IAS officer are nothing. I use the word 'leader', not 'politician'.
Society still does not accept women leaders unless they are thrust upon people from the top.
How tough has it been to get the acceptance of people?
Very, very tough. When you start a political party, it has to be different.
You first joined the BSP and later chose to start your own party. Why?
The BSP is very Uttar Pradesh-centric. They mobilise resources from here and use it there.
I left a very important service to be in politics, but I soon found that my energy was not utilised properly. I felt I would vegetate if I continued there (in the BSP). That's why I decided to start my own party.
Without being in power, how long can you run a political party and be of service to the people?
The lowest strata of society, irrespective of caste, faces a lot of difficulties. They long to have a leader who will help them fight corruption, rising prices, etc. But you have to make them realise that you are the one who can deliver. If you target the group correctly, you can increase your strength.
In the case of Dalits, they still are dependant on Hindus for their living. They decide the Dalit votes, that's why Dalits vote for either the AIADMK or the DMK.
My duty is to show them there is a way out.
The Left parties also have succumbed to power politics, their sole aim is to capture a few seats.
Thirumalvalavan is trying to bring the Dalits under his umbrella...
Thirumalvalavan (Dalit activist, MP and president, Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi party) has not been able to develop a strong cadre yet. It is a typical Dalit situation. His party has already fallen in line with the other Dravidian parties.
We have to create a different model. You need political and ideological commitment. You need to spend your own money to build your party.
As an individual, will you be able to do this?
I am not just an individual. When I left the service, I was an individual. Now, I have a political party, the Samuga Samathuva Padai, and a strong cadre. We work in 12 districts in Tamil Nadu.
Wherever I go, I am accepted.
Yes, my cadre is very poor, they are daily wage earners. My challenge is to make a cadre of the very poor, voiceless, people. You have to be alive, kicking and talking continuously as a political party.
(BSP President) Mayawati had (the late) Kanshi Ram as the leader who did all the ground work. She only took over. In your case, you had to start from scratch. How tough was it?
It was very tough. When I was in service, I ran a movement. That helped me initially. After I floated the political party, most of them accepted me, but few had doubts about accepting a woman as the leader.
But if you have time, you can withstand all these problems.
How much time have you given yourself?
Twenty years. I just completed six years of my political career.
At any point, did you regret leaving the civil service and starting a political career?
In fact, I am happier. I only regret not starting down this path 10 years earlier. I should have done this when I was a collector. At that time, the field was vacant as Thirumalvalavan had just entered.
If I had taken the decision to enter politics then, I would have had a better innings.
Is this the toughest job you have taken up?
Yes, the toughest. When in service, you can depute others. You get guidance. Here, you have to struggle by yourself. If you take a wrong decision, it will be very difficult to set it right. It is like taking an examination everyday.
It is said that with, literacy and education, caste differences should disappear, but if you go to a village in a literate state like Tamil Nadu, you see that Dalits are still kept outside the village. Why is it so?
Dalit habitats are kept a little away from the village. Neither the Tamil Nadu government or the Indian government has done anything to bring them together.
The government is not helping by clubbing a Dalit village and the other parts together. The caste Hindu will always be the Panchayat president. In the name of unity, they grab power from the Dalits.
When the World Bank drinking water project came, I said there should be a separate project for the Dalit habitation, but they refused saying the government would not allow it.
All the drinking water facilities are inside the caste villages. I know Dalits are not allowed inside the village to make use of the facility.
Sixty years have passed (since Independence). Has reservation served its purpose and benefitted many people? The criticism is that the beneficiaries are continuing to get the benefits of reservation and denying (it to) those who really need it.
It takes three generations for a family to come out of reservation. I have taken the decision of opting out of reservation for my children.
But even today, many are not getting the full benefit of the existing quota of reservation. They should also talk about that. It is only when you implement reservation everywhere that you will be able to say how long you need it.
As long as the caste system continues, we may need to continue with reservation. The poor can come up only if reservation is implemented in the private sector as well.
Look at who is making use of the rivers even now. The caste Hindus. Dalits are not even allowed to bathe in them. Who has all the fertile lands?
Do you hope to see a change in your lifetime?
It will happen, but not in my lifetime. If Dalits are educated and organised well and are able to share political power, a change will take place in their lives too.
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Us parents of children with special needs can worry a lot about what others think of their childrens' unusual mannerisms and behaviors .
Over time, we develop our coping mechanisms-
We build defences to cope with what we think people are thinking.
Here is how I learned to stop worrying.
Two years ago we were at a friends house for Thanksgiving
One of the guests was a teacher who is a retired Special Needs teacher.
She had worked a lot with Autistic children over the years
We were having a great time at the party and we had brought along our Macbook
R was on the Playhouse Disney Site looking at an " Ooh and Aaah" game
I and the hostess were standing around the kitchen island .
The retired teacher looked at what R was doing and said" he is liking the screen because of all the shaking and the moving images.. Autistic children love things that move"
I looked at her - taken aback
She had just relegated what R is doing to a state of mindlessness
( and he is ever mindful )
I looked at what R was doing and replied
"not at all .. he is playing a game - if you click on the instruments you can make the monkey characters play that instrument .. and you can keep adding different instruments till it turns into an orchestra .. he loves music.. you see "
She looks again at what R is doing and then nods her head- seeing him in a new light
It was an important developmental leap for me to trust our own eyes the most
A friend of mine - Deb - gave me some great advice a little while ago
I was expressing anxiety about going to India
This was 2009- 2 years ago - and the first time we were going to see our family after Autism.
I was worried about having to explain Autism to everybody
But this friend said that the important thing is to look at your child through your own eyes and not as others see him
I have been chewing over this profound thought
And that Thanksgiving I got to put it into practice.
This shift in perspective simply dissipated my anxiety
This perspective is very different than learning how to cope with people's reactions to our kiddos not looking like other kiddos
I knew that always
Followed the principle of - if R was not bothering anyone or hurting himself - he was fine to do what he wanted
Even if that thing was to coo at all aisle numbers, sit down in the birthday aisle, gasping with wonder at all the birthday cards around him that said you are 1 .. you are 4 and so on and so forth
This perspective is about not letting just anybody else's impression of your child influence your opinion of your child
Its about using your own eyes to look at your child and look at your life
Its about being selective about the perspectives and the advice we special needs parents get
It is NOT about about steeling oneself ... learning not to mind .. training oneself to not always be in the mode of correcting your child ( for things that are not even wrong )
This is about not minding at all
I am Floortime Lite Mama and I blog about my life and my amazing autistic son here . This is one of my old favorite posts as the perspective I talked about here has had a big impact on my life. | <urn:uuid:43d876d6-f657-4080-86a2-8efdfa956d03> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.hopefulparents.org/2011/12/how-not-to-worry-about-looking_05.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281226.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00383-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.985053 | 680 | 2.203125 | 2 |
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Accomplish Spaced Learning with eLearning
By Shelley A. Gable
Most of us know that cramming isn't a very effective learning strategy. At least not for long-term recall. Some of us figured it out on our own in school, and some of us were warned about the perils of cramming by our parents or teachers.
So why do we sometimes design our training to be like cram sessions?
Think full-day (even multi-day) workshops crammed with more product information, or sales skills, or whatever, than anyone could possibly absorb in that amount of time.
Hermann Ebbinghaus could've also warned us about cramming back in the late 1800s. Ebbinghaus was among the earliest researchers to contribute to our understanding of learning and memory. And although his work is over 100 years old, the findings related to cramming -- or rather, spaced learning -- are still relevant.
The concept of spaced learning is pretty intuitive, really. It suggests that we retain newly learned knowledge longer when taught repeatedly over a period of time. But simply repeating the exact same learning activity several times isn't the way to go. After all, even an attentive learner may accidentally zone out when listening to a lecture or reading a passage for a second (or third, or fourth) time. So, the trick is to ensure there are variations. In an educational setting, this can be an advantage of study groups. Even if the group gets together a few times to review the same material, the conversation is likely to differ somewhat during each meeting. This not only helps maintain learners' attention, but it can also help plant the knowledge more firmly into long-term memory and create more triggers to assist with recall later.
The flexibility eLearning offers makes it a practical way to accomplish spaced learning within a training design.
With instructor-led training, a single-day workshop may offer the most logistically convenient and seemingly cost-effective approach. With the flexibility of time and geography that eLearning offers, reinforcing content repeatedly over time becomes more feasible.
How might this work?
Imagine a course on troubleshooting equipment failures. An initial course (taught by an instructor or via eLearning) might introduce some problem-solving principles, perhaps teach learners how to use available job aids or other performance support tools, and then provide practice opportunities with basic and intermediate scenarios. The next week, you might prompt learners to complete an eLearning exercise of more basic and intermediate scenarios. The following week, learners complete another eLearning exercise of scenarios, this time moving toward more advanced problems. With multiple sessions building learners' skills over time, they may be more likely to have truly mastered the material in a way they can recall later...as opposed to simply reflecting on a whirlwind workshop that seemed good at the time, but seems quite fuzzy later.
Have you tried this approach?
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Past Matters brings together a group of largely Australian and New Zealand academics who in a series of case studies consider how planning concepts were adopted, adjusted, adapted and extended in a Pacific Rim setting. The early chapters explore the interplay between British and American planning models and local circumstances in Australia, Japan, and New Zealand. The main body of chapters recount difficulties faced by indigenous peoples with respect to housing needs and more generally re-asserting themselves in what began as colonial urban areas as well as others that look at community meanings, liberalism and exclusion on the street, and the power of sectional interests. The latter chapters also pose questions about urban heritage in terms of what and whose interests are at stake in these debates. The volume concludes with two convergent chapters that outline some practices by which 'heritage' of a more day to day suburban sort can be protected within a planning system. The collection centres on Australia and New Zealand but extends to include chapters on Canada and Japan. The viewpoints offered serve as a gentle reminder of the limitations of 'Metropolitian Theory'. | <urn:uuid:3e749bb0-f61f-4ffc-a817-82ed449ff5f6> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.buchhandel.de/buch/Past-Matters-9781443807197 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280242.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00072-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964933 | 213 | 2.421875 | 2 |
Macdonald Hotels is investing £700,000 and creating 30 new jobs by launching a new education and training centre in Scotland.
Based at the Macdonald Aviemore Highland Resort, the Centre of Applied Tourism and Hospitality Management aims to help combat the growing skills shortage within the hospitality industry.
There are currently more than 20,000 tourism vacancies waiting to be filled in the UK, and this situation is set to worsen as the industry grows, and the country continues to attract major events such as the 2012 Olympics.
The centre will initially cater for 24 students, but within three years, up to 120 national and international students will be studying at the centre. It will be run by Craig Thompson, who has trained many of the world’s upcoming hospitality managers.
Thompson said: “Hospitality and tourism is crucial to the UK economy, employing nearly two million people – and generating more than £70bn annually, but still many students choose it as a last resort.”
David Guile, deputy chief executive of Macdonald Hotels and Resorts, said: “As a leader in the market, we can offer students a wealth of knowledge and expertise and, just as importantly, the chance to gain hands-on skills through working in hotels across the country.” | <urn:uuid:78dc56e0-552c-461c-84c4-4d43ee91bbba> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.personneltoday.com/hr/macdonald-hotels-launches-training-academy-in-scotland/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00068.warc.gz | en | 0.95651 | 264 | 1.59375 | 2 |
String (that is text) values are placed in quotes or double quotes.
Numbers, including both integers and decimals are not placed in quotes.
If two number variables are created then mathematical operators can be used on them.
var age = 21; var increaseAge = 4; console.info(age + increaseAge);
You should see the value '25' output in the console window. Notice we could have produced the same output with this:
var age = 21; var increaseAge = 4; var newAge = age + increaseAge; console.info(newAge);
Spot the difference? There is a third variable this time called newAge that is assigned the sum of the other two variables.
Try changing the code to:
var age = "21"; var increaseAge = 4; var newAge = age + increaseAge; console.info(newAge);
Warning: Be careful with the quotes. If you want something treated as a number then don't use quotes. If it is text then use quotes.
There are times when of course you would like to concatenate string variables.
var firstName = "Martin"; var surname = "Cooper"; var fullname = firstName + " " + surname; console.info(fullname);
Notice that in the above example we are actually concatenating three strings. They are "Martin", then a whitespace and then "Cooper". If we didn't concatenate in a whitespace then the console would read MartinCooper with no space.
Booleans are simple true / false flags. To create a boolean variable we would use:
var staff = true;
Note that with a boolean only the values
false can be used and that these are not placed in quotes.
null vs undefined
There is a subtle difference between
undefined data types. A
null data type is assigned to a variable that has been defined but not assigned a value ie:
var myWeight; console.info(myWeight); // output undefined
The null data type is used when you deliberately want to set a value to
null as opposed to leaving it
var myIQ = null; console.info(myIQ); // output null
Lots of Variables at Once
We can also declare lots of variables in one go ie:
// declare var firstName, surname, age;
and then initialize them.
// declare var firstName, surname, age; // initialize firstName = "Martin"; surname = "Cooper"; age = 21;
Its Got to be a loose fit
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Today is World Okapi Day, and I believe there’s no better way to celebrate this magnificent animal than announcing the birth of one more!
Disney’s Animal Kingdom Lodge is celebrating the birth of a rare okapi, who was born on Oct. 1 to mom Zelda. Weighing in at 54 pounds, the calf was up and mobile within the first hour of his birth. He has been nursing and bonding with his mom. The pair will remain in a backstage habitat for the next few months before joining the animals on the savanna.
The calf’s parents – mom Zelda and dad Mandazi – were chosen to breed through the Species Survival Plan (SSP), which is overseen by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) and ensures responsible breeding of threatened and endangered species.
When I visited the okapi care team recently, keeper Kim Thomson expressed how excited she was to care for a new calf and how it changes the dynamics of her team’s routine.
“We will spend a lot of time conducting observations on mom and calf making sure the calf is bonding well with mom, nursing well and basically hitting all of the milestones we would expect of a growing okapi,” Kim said.
Okapis are an endangered species found in rainforests of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Known as the ghosts of the forest, okapis are shy, reclusive and rarely encountered in the wild. In fact, they weren’t even discovered until 1901. There are an estimated 20,000 okapi in the world, and their population continues to decline due to poaching and habitat loss from commercial logging and mining.
Through the Disney Conservation Fund and our involvement in the AZA’s Species Survival Plan, I’m proud to say Disney has been at the forefront of okapi conservation for many years. We have a long-standing relationship with the Okapi Conservation Project in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In fact, the AZA recently recognized Disney’s Animal Kingdom for its contributions to the Okapi Conservation Project.
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Small N Numbers
We’ve seen them on nearly all of the warbirds around the country — those two-inch or three-inch N numbers under the horizontal stabilizer. Why does one get to apply those smaller registration numbers to an aircraft when most other aircraft are required to have twelve-inch numbers?
Quite simply, it was the result of meetings between the FAA, EAA and the Confederate Air Force in 1987 and 1988 to reiterate the ability of warbird aircraft to continue to carry the smaller numbers. Here’s some background. Prior to 1981, warbird aircraft, and most other light aircraft with maximum cruise speeds of 180 knots TAS, were permitted to have 3 inch registration numbers. In 1981, Part 45 was amended by the FAA to require 12-inch registration numbers located either on the fuselage between the trailing edge of the wing and the leading edge of the horizontal stabilizer or on the vertical tail. This rule excluded “small (less than 12,500 pounds maximum certificated takeoff gross weight) antique (built over 30 years ago) aircraft, and aircraft with antique configurations for which an experimental certificate has been issued for operation as an exhibition or amateur-built aircraft.”
Because of some misinterpretations in the field, the EAA, EAA Warbirds of America and the Confederate Air Force met with the FAA to establish a definitive exemption for warbird aircraft, particularly those over the 12,500 pound maximum gross takeoff weight. One of the chief purposes was to preserve authentic military paint schemes without having 12-inch numbers appear like billboards on the fuselage. We petitioned for the ability to apply 2-inch N numbers to be located underneath the horizontal stabilizer, provided all other criteria was met. The group asked for the exemption, and got it. It is exemption number 5019.
If your warbird meets the following criteria, it is included in the exemption and you need not do anything to apply the two-inch N numbers:
- Aircraft must be at least 30 years old,
- Aircraft must be under 12,500 pounds certificated gross takeoff weight, and
- Aircraft must be painted in authentic era military paint scheme for the particular aircraft.
If your warbird does not meet any of the above criteria (such as greater than 12,500 pound gross takeoff weight), you can still apply for an exemption. Please fill out this form to petition for exemption. In your petition for exemption, include the aircraft owner’s name, address, the aircraft type, registration number and three identical photos of the entire aircraft in its “authentic” military paint scheme, with the N number, in a contrasting color, visible. Mail this request to:
Warbird 2-inch Number Exemption
EAA Warbirds of America
P.O. Box 3086
Oshkosh, WI 54903-3086
Following approval of the exemption for your warbird, you will receive a letter to include with the aircraft documents verifying the right to use the smaller numbers. Every three years the exemption is renewed by the EAA and each recipient of an exemption from the organization will receive an updated copy to be included with the airplane’s papers.
If you have questions regarding this exemption, you may call the EAA Warbirds of America office at 920-426-4826. | <urn:uuid:0d4a384a-e4a3-42a6-b3e3-d35f31ccda71> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.warbirds-eaa.org/programs/small-n-numbers/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571234.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811042804-20220811072804-00066.warc.gz | en | 0.938267 | 681 | 1.921875 | 2 |
The Vitreoretinal Fellowship at the New England Eye Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, is a two-year clinical and research fellowship that offers comprehensive training in the surgical and medical management of vitroretinal diseases. The fellow is supervised by staff surgeons in the evaluation of patients, and actively participates in laser photocoagulation and vitreoretinal surgery. An introduction to electrophysiology and retinal degenerations is provided as well. The fellow is expected to develop independent judgement and technical skills in an environment devoted to excellence in patient care. The fellow also works closely with residents and medical students with ample opportunity for teaching.
The fellow is directly involved in the pre-operative evaluation, intra-operative decision making, and post-operative management of all surgical patients. The case mix includes both scleral buckling and vitrectomy techniques such as membrane peeling with delamination and segmentation, air/fluid exchange, retinotomy and retinectomy, endolaser, and the use of gas, silicone oil and perffuorocarbon liquid tamponade. It is anticipated that the fellow will gain proficiency in the management of retinal detachments, proliferative diabetic retinopathy, proliferative vitreoretinopathy, intraocular foreign bodies, giant retinal tears, macular disorders, intraocular tumors, epiretinal membranes, endophthalmitis, IOL-related posterior segment complications, retinopathy of prematurity, and AIDS-related disorders.
The fellow will gain an in-depth exposure to both diagnostic and therapeutic approaches to all types of medical retinal problems including retinal vascular disorders, macular degeneration, posterior uveitis, intraocular tumors, and inherited retinal degenerations. This will include the comprehensive evaluation of patients as well as the review of ancillary tests, such as angiography, ultrasonography and electrophysiology.
Extensive experience with both conventional and digital angiography systems is provided. Standard fluorescein as well as indocyanine green (ICG) angiograms are routinely performed. With staff supervision, the fellow will interpret and assist in the reporting of all angiograms. He/she will teach residents assigned to the retina rotation, and help organize the biweekly fluorescein conference.
Fellows will be introduced to the basics of electroretinography and related diagnostic techniques and gain experience with both adult and pediatric patients. Interested fellows will have the opportunity for a more extensive exposure to both clinical and research applications of ERG.
Rich opportunities exist for research projects in a variety of basic science and clinical areas. These include exPerimental and clinical studies of new laser technology, the use of exogenous chromophores (dyes) for selective ablation of blood vessels, and exPerimental investigations of pharmacologic inhibitors of neovascularization. On-going clinical projects include studies in age related macular degeneration, endophthalmitis, HIV-related retinopathies, and nutritional aspects of eye disease.
The bulk of the experience is at the New England Eye Center which is a private practice setting for subspecialty referral ophthalmologic care within the Tufts Medical Center. Additionally, the fellow is responsible for examining premature infants at the Floating Hospital for Infants and Children, which is in the Tufts Medical Center complex.
S. Duker, MD
Dr. Duker is the Director of the New England Eye Center. He completed both his residency and fellowship training at Wills Eye Hospital.
Dr. Baumal completed her residency at the University of Toronto, as well as a fellowship in Vitreoretinal Surgery at Wills Eye Hospital and a fellowship in Medical Retina and Laser at the New England Eye Center.
Arnold J. Kroll, MD
Dr. Kroll completed his residency at the Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary and his fellowship at Bascom-Palmer Eye Institute.
Dr. McCabe completed his residency with New England Eye Center and his fellowship at Wills Eye Hospital.
Dr. Reichel is the Director of Vitreoretinal Services as well as Electroretinography Service. He completed his residency at the Massachusetts Eye & Ear Infirmary and his fellowship at the New England Eye Center.
H. Rogers, MD
Dr. Rogers completed his residency at Boston University School of Medicine and his fellowship at the New England Eye Center.
Dr. Robinson completed his residency at the University of Iowa College of Medicine and fellowship training at Tufts Medical Center.
Dr. Seddon is director of the Ophthalmic Epidemiology & Genetics Service. She completed her residency at the New England Eye Center and fellowships at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary and the Harvard School of Public Health.
Dr. Waheed completed residency and fellowships at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary.
Dr. Witkin completed his residency at New England Eye Center and fellowships at Wills Eye Institute and New England Eye Center.
Please click here to see our program profile on the San Francisco Match Web site – www.sfmatch.org To register with the San Francisco Ophthalmology Matching Program (OMP), please contact them at 415-447-0350 or by email at email@example.com. All letters of recommendation and additional materials should be sent to the OMP.
The July 2016 – June 2017 position has been filled;
we will be accepting applications for the July 2017 – June 2018 position beginning July 2016
Send the following (before Sept. 1):
to: Elizabeth Cook
NEEC Medical Retina Fellowship
800 Washington St. #450
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||15 October 1921
Gul Mahomed was one of the small band of cricketers who have represented two countries in Tests. He played eight times for India and once for Pakistan. He was born in Lahore and died there on May 8, 1992, aged 70, after a long illness. Gul Mahomed was a diminutive, dashing left-handed batsman who could bowl steady left-arm seamers at medium pace. Above all, he was an outstandingly brilliant fielder in the cover area; he could gather left-handed and return at great speed at a time when Indian fielding was often very unathletic. It was once said that a fish could not slither out of his hands. As a youth, he played for Islamia College, the nursery of many Test cricketers from Punjab, and made his début in the Ranji Trophy in 1938-39 for Northern India when he was 17. He soon announced his class by hitting 95 for Muslims against Hindus in the Northern India Triangular Tournament. He made real progress in 1942 and scored a forceful hundred for the Rest of India against Western India, facing an attack of Test standard. Meanwhile, the Bombay Pentangular Tournament had provided him with the chance of making two more hundreds and he and Hazare - batsmen of contrasting styles - shared a stand of 302 for a Bengal Cyclone XI against a Bijapur Famine XI in the Brabourne Stadium in Bombay. This was a foretaste of what came later.
Gul Mahomed did well enough in trials to secure a place on the trip to England in 1946 but, in an interview many years later, he was sharply critical of the Nawab of Pataudi's captaincy, maintaining that no one apart from Merchant was given a proper chance to run into consistent form. He played without success at Lord's in the First Test. Back in India, however, he and Hazare shared what remains the largest stand for any wicket in first-class cricket. It was in the final of the Ranji Trophy between Baroda and Holkar. Gul Mahomed came in with the score at 91 for three. When he was out for 319, eight hours 53 minutes later, they had put on 577 for the fourth wicket, part of a total of 784.
Gul was a member of the post-Independence team which toured Australia as pioneers in 1947-48, captained by Lala Amarnath. The team failed dismally and he made only 130 runs in five Tests but fielded brilliantly throughout. He represented India against the newcomers Pakistan in their first two Tests in 1952-53. But he then migrated to Pakistan and in 1956-57 he was chosen for his new country against Ian Johnson's Australians at Karachi, and made the winning hit. Earlier, he had been a great success as a professional in the Lancashire League with Ramsbottom. | <urn:uuid:52e912d9-cbee-4f07-b806-24de6c14e32c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://cricketpakistan.com.pk/en/player/profile/gul-mohammad | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573029.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817153027-20220817183027-00274.warc.gz | en | 0.980675 | 683 | 1.84375 | 2 |
Yusra Mardini has an amazing story to tell. In the meantime, she’s is in Rio representing a team of 10 refugee Olympic athletes.
According to the Independent, she and her sister are responsible for helping to save the lives of 20 people, including their own, after jumping off their sinking raft into the Aegean Sea and pushing their boat to dry land.
Mardini, who now lives in Berlin, is competing in the women’s 100-metre butterfly and freestyle heats this Saturday and Wednesday. Her coming appearance is one of the most looked forward to of the Games.
From the Independent:
Mardini was a talented swimmer in war-torn Damascus and professionally backed by the Syrian Olympic Committee. As unrest in the besieged country escalated, she would often find herself training in pools where roofs had been blown open by bombings. “Sometimes we couldn’t train because of the war,” she said. “And sometimes you would be swimming in pools where the roofs were [blown open] in three or four places.”
Damascus became increasingly unstable and Mardini and her sister Sarah eventually left Syria, travelling through Lebanon and Turkey before trying to reach Greece.
“We were the only four who knew how to swim,” she said of the experience. “I had one hand with the rope attached to the boat as I moved my two legs and one arm. It was three and half-hours in cold water. Your body is almost like … done. I don’t know if I can describe that.”
I remember that without swimming I would never be alive maybe because of the story of this boat. It’s a positive memory for me.”
“I want everyone to think refugees are normal people who had their homelands and lost them not because they wanted to run away and be refugees, but because they have dreams in their lives and they had to go,” she said at a press conference announcing her place on the team.
“Everything is about trying to get a new and better life and by entering the stadium we are encouraging everyone to pursue their dreams.”
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Long-distance migratory birds are in decline, especially species breeding in agricultural landscapes. The intensification of agriculture has been shown to be the main cause of the dramatic decline of farmland birds in Europe. However, species that depend on agricultural landscapes also during their overwintering stay in Africa are in double jeopardy because rapid and dramatic land use changes degrade and destroy their wintering habitats. In this thesis, I describe the annual movements and habitat use of Montagu’s Harriers tracked with GPS-trackers. Harriers winter in the Sahel where they apparently lead an easy life compared to the breeding season: they spend less time in flight compared to other annual cycle phases. However, at the end of the winter, harriers work harder to sustain themselves and prepare for migration. Our fieldwork in Africa showed that their main food becomes scarce at the end of the winter. Individuals wintering under harsh conditions depart later for spring migration, with possible knock-on effects for reproduction. In addition, more direct effects of adverse wintering conditions may exist, since mortality at the end of the winter and during spring migration has increased in recent years. In the Dutch breeding areas, Montagu’s Harriers seem to be food-limited and have to work hard to raise their young in the intensified agricultural landscape. Fortunately, our results indicate that increasing high-quality foraging habitat by implementing agri-environment schemes such as Birdfields, might help harriers.
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Advantages of Cross Docking in Supply Chain Management
With cross docking, a business can become more competitive through a variety of ways. One is the reduction of square footage necessary in a warehouse. Because products are not stored for long periods of time, all costs associated with storage are also reduced or eliminated. Additionally, cross docking makes for a simpler shipping relationship because fewer parties are involved.
One significant benefit to cross docking is cost savings—and not only by avoiding long-term storage costs. Because the product is not stored for lengthy periods or passing through numerous hands, there is lower risk for the product to become damaged and require replacement.
Decreased Shipping Times
Saving money isn’t the only benefit to using cross docking in supply chain management. Shipping times are dramatically reduced. Your company can work more efficiently by eliminating the need for multiple business relationships. And just one team can handle the warehousing and expedited shipping.
Improved Efficiency Through Better Inventory Management
With cross docking, the risk of inventory surplus is reduced. Stock is picked and shipped directly to customers, thus decreasing the time to ship items. You don’t have to keep excess inventory on hand to meet fulfillment expectations because shipping time is reduced. Employees can also assess damage quickly during the unloading process to improve product quality.
Which Is Right for You?
There are several situations where cross docking is better than standard warehousing:
- Shipping temperature-sensitive products
- Early or late delivery
- Mixed freight on a trailer with varying priorities
- Intermodal transport
- Goods arriving on a container
- Product coming from multiple vendors
While these are the most common reasons for cross docking in supply chain management, they are not the only ones.
Are you an expert warehouse material handler? Learn how to handle your materials properly to maximize warehouse space and capacity in this guide.
What’s the role of transportation in supply chain management? Learn about transportation management in your supply chain with this guide from Prologis.
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Earlier this month, a group of Knesset members from parties across the political spectrum proposed or supported introducing an estate tax in Israel.
That proposal arises essentially out of the country-wide consciousness for “social justice” often equated with “take from the rich and give to the poor.” It is thought that taxing the wealthy will provide significant additional tax to the government coffers and make it possible to reduce taxation of those earning less and provide cheaper housing and cure all ills and social injustices.
America has had an estate tax for close to 75 years and has over the last decade reduced the tax rate from a top rate of 45% to today’s top tax rate of 35% and reduced the estate tax base by increasing the exemption amount from $600,000 up to where it stands today at $5,000,000.
In today’s depressed economic state in the United States combined with a major election year, Congress is considering lowering that exemption level to $3.5 million. Israel is not about to be out done by America (and most western countries) and is considering introducing an estate tax of 5%-12.5% with an exemption for the first 15,000,000NIS (about $4million).
Israel had an estate tax some 30 years ago that was short lived. In fact, it was revoked before it could be implemented. There was such an uproar at the time that the estate tax law did not last a year.
Now, however, the socio-political atmosphere in Israel is such that taxing the rich is fashionable (encouraged by people like Warren Buffet) so much so that this time, there is a strong possibility that an estate tax will be passed and outlive its predecessor.
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Marriage is one of the most sacred relationships that a person can get into. Marriage is a relationship of commitment, dedication, and unending support for each other through the thick and thin and the highs and lows. The most important thing to understand about marriage is that it isn’t only a relation between two individuals but it is also the coming together of two families and the start of another. It is often believed that people who offer divorce mediation services tend to want the couples to get divorced and encourage it.
Reality, however, is far from the perception. Most genuine Orange County divorce mediators and mediation services wants married couples to have a healthy and happy married life and avoid divorce. In this regard, this blog outlines a few tips for spouses to use in making sure their marriage lasts the distance.
· Nurture Yourself
The institution of marriage stands upon the principle of giving, yet this principle, if over worked, can lead to difficulties. While marriage is about giving, giving too much is likely to make you seem weak and dependant on the other spouses. This is never a good situation to be in, since individuality of each of the spouses is one of the most important ingredients of a successful married life, and it needs to be maintained throughout. Make sure you give yourself importance in the relationship and allow your partner to realize your importance in this relationship.
· Express The Complex Issues In 3 Sentences
There are often things that a couple needs to talk about which can be misinterpreted by either of the spouses if too little or too many words are used. The 3 sentence rule is what protects this from occurring. Have a rule in your marriage that both of you will express the complex marital issues in 3 sentences to not only sound convincing but to avoid coming of as assertive or aggressive. This is an important issue, since misconceptions have been regarded as one of the leading reasons couple go into a divorce.
· Do It To Renew It
By it, we mean sex. It is no secret that intimacy, romance, and the feel good factor are all important branches that lead to eventual sex. Sometimes though, couples need to simply get on with it and let the rest of these aspects fall into place. Sex is one of the best communicators of feelings of joy, and is an almost instantaneous means of connectivity. Sex between couples is known to not only bring back the missing spark in the relationship, but also gives the spouses a sense of security and togetherness.
· Remind Yourself Of The Reason You Got Married
A long marriage can sometimes become boring with the couples becoming more like roommates than anything else. In this regard, it is important for the spouses to continue to remind themselves of the reasons that they go married.
Gerald A. Maggio is a trained Orange County divorce mediator who has amicably resolved cases many cases out of court, as well as an experienced divorce and family law attorney. Mr. Maggio founded California Divorce Mediators in 2012 with the belief that although “not every marriage can be saved, every family can” and a mission to save families from the financial and emotional distress associated with traditional divorce litigation. California Divorce Mediators is located in Irvine, California, and serves the Orange County area and other counties in California offering divorce mediation, child custody mediation and mediation of other family law matters. | <urn:uuid:7c19a703-a54d-46e9-9f9a-bb30fc3c4fd7> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.kazor.com/2015/06/tips-to-keep-your-marriage-going-strong-and-hot/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719286.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00497-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970944 | 682 | 1.96875 | 2 |
Hector’s and Maui’s dolphins are found only in New Zealand waters and their numbers have declined dramatically in recent years. Hector dolphins have dropped from an estimated population of 26,000 in the 1970s to under 7,000 today.
The situation for the Maui's dolphin, a subspecies of the Hector’s dolphin classified as Critically Endangered in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals, is even worse: 90% of these animals have died in fishing nets and the latest survey indicated a population of only 111.
Most of the bycatch occurs in gill and trawl nets. These fishing methods have pushed the two dolphin populations to the brink of extinction. Chris Howe, executive director of WWF's New Zealand branch, said that current fishing controls are failing to protect endangered dolphins. "All fishing with set nets and trawl nets should be banned throughout the range of Hector's and Maui's dolphins," Howe said. "That's the only way to ensure a slow-breeding, rare species can recover."
New Zealand is now being urged by conservationists to do more to protect these animals. They claim that only complete protection against fishing-related mortality will save these dolphins from extinction. A decision on the level of protection for Hector's and Maui's dolphins is currently under review by the New Zealand government.
Image: WWF New Zealand
For more information:
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The Community Development Officer, Lagos State, Ministry of Local Government and Community Affairs, Mrs. Oladapo Bukola, has admonished students to embrace the opportunities available in Information and Communications Technology.
She made this statement recently in Lagos, while addressing 58 graduating pupils of Akindoye Akinyemi Foundation (Computer Training Institute), describing ICT as trending in recent years.
According to the officer, it has become increasingly necessary for young people to start embracing ICT because the world itself has become a digitised world, just as the introduction of ICT has increased human productivity.
Speaking in the same vein, President of the AAF, Mr. Akindoye Akinyemi, said, “There are many reasons why people across (the globe) are embracing ICT and these include the fact that we are living in a digitised world; its usage brings about increased productivity, improved quality and accuracy, higher speed of execution, customer-facing system, internal enterprise system, among other advantages.’’
Akinyemi described the two-month programme, organised for the students as an effort to develop and empower youths so that they will not have to depend on the government.
He also urged the graduating pupils to put the skills they have acquired into use by changing the world around them, which he said would enable them to become employers of labour.
The school’s president also urged parents to encourage their children to make good use of the devices available to them like the mobile telephones and laptops.
He added that parents play a major role in the future development of their children and that their best gift to their wards is education and proper upbringing.
He said, “Whether you want to go into partnership or start your own business, you need character that will generate goodwill for you among the people you live and interact with. You must be trustworthy. It is only someone who trusts you that will be willing to work with you.”.
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What is the name given to the positions of prayers in Islam?
Sitting or kneeling (Arabic: جِلسة and قعدة, also جلوس and قعود) is an integral part of salah, or Islamic prayer, along with bowing (ruku’ and sujud).
In which position we should pray?
“The most effective prayer position is lying prostrate, face down on the floor.” The repairman could contain himself no longer. “Hey, fellas,” he interrupted, “the best prayin’ I ever did was hangin’ upside down from a telephone pole.”
Can I pray while lying in bed Islam?
Islam allows flexibility in the positions of prayer during illness. As Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) said, “Pray while standing and if you can’t, pray while sitting and if you cannot do even that, then pray lying on your side”. (Al-Bukhari 2:20, 218).
Can you pray standing up Islam?
Islam allows flexibility in the positions of prayer during illness. As Prophet Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him) said, “Pray while standing and if you can’t, pray while sitting and if you cannot do even that, then pray lying on your side”.
Can I pray Fajr laying down?
So a person may pray the sunnah of fajr, then lie down on his right side, and fall fast asleep until the sun rises. The lying down is not for the purpose of sleeping, and Bilaal used to come and tell the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) when it was time to pray.
Can you pray while standing?
You must pray in faith, believing. The Bible speaks of bowing in prayer, kneeling on one’s face before God, standing, sitting and walking. The most important thing isn’t the position of the body but the condition of the soul. If the heart is attuned to God, one can pray in any posture imaginable.
How do Muslims perform the daily prayers?
Proper Procedure for Islamic Daily Prayers Make sure your body and place of prayer are clean. While standing, raise your hands up in the air and say “Allahu Akbar” (God is Most Great). While still standing, fold your hands over the chest and recite the first chapter of the Quran in Arabic. Raise your hands up again and say “Allahu Akbar” once more.
What is the Muslim prayer position?
Posture. In Islam , one prays in using various positions including bending their heads toward the ground (by this we mean bending at the waist and having one’s face looking toward the ground). Muslims pray a ritualistic prayer called salah or salat in Arabic, facing the Kaaba in Mecca, five times a day.
How many prayers in Islam?
For Muslims, the five daily prayer times (called salat) are among the most important obligations of the Islamic faith. Prayers remind the faithful of God and the many opportunities to seek His guidance and forgiveness.
What are the types of prayers in Islam?
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A Journal on Anesthesiology, Resuscitation, Analgesia and Intensive Care
Minerva Anestesiologica 2012 March;78(3):322-9
Assessing sedation in a pediatric intensive care unit using Comfort Behavioural Scale and Bispectral Index: these tools are different
Amigoni A. 1, Mozzo E. 1, Brugnaro L. 2, Gentilomo C. 3, Stritoni V. 1, Michelin E. 4, Pettenazzo A. 1 ✉
1 Department of Pediatrics, University of Padua, Padua, Italy;
2 Department of Cardiology, University of Padua, Padua, Italy;
3 Department of Pediatrics, dell’Angelo Hospital, Mestre, Italy;
4 Department of Pediatrics, S. Maria della Misericordia Hospital, Rovigo, Italy
BACKGROUND:The aim of this paper was to monitor comfort in pediatric critical ill patients which is necessary to adequate analgesic and sedative therapy. The primary objective of this prospective observational study was to measure the level of sedation in a Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) of a tertiary care Hospital, using Comfort Behavioural Scale (CBS) and Bispectral Index (BIS), evaluating the agreement between these tools; secondly we analyzed the correlation of an adequate level of sedation and patient’s outcome.
METHODS: We enrolled 46 patients, mechanically ventilated for almost 12 hours, monitored at a basal level and during a stimulus (tracheal suctioning). As outcome variables we analyzed: length of ventilation and PICU stay, duration of sedative therapy and weaning, time between beginning of sedative administration and start of weaning, presence of infection.
RESULTS: Twenty-six percent (doctor CBS score), 34.8% (nurse CBS score) and 73.9% (BIS) of our population were found adequately sedated; none state of undersedation was reported. During the stimulus the percentage of adequately sedated patients according to CBS became 78.2%. CBS level of agreement versus BIS was weak. No significative difference was found between doctor and nurse CBS score.
Length of PICU stay and duration of sedative administered were significant shorter in patients adequately sedated at Bispectral Index monitoring; no outcome variable resulted significant looking at CBS score.
CONCLUSION: Our data support the risk of oversedation in critically ill patients and the difference between CBS and BIS, especially in evaluating light oversedation state. The presence of an excessive level of sedation evaluated by BIS was associated with duration of hospitalization and sedative administration. | <urn:uuid:6ef333a2-3c7e-44c8-8b45-acd597a7c2d9> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.minervamedica.it/en/journals/minerva-anestesiologica/article.php?cod=R02Y2012N03A0322 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280835.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00053-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.900083 | 575 | 1.734375 | 2 |
hello, for me a few ways i find helpful in relieving stress is too clean the house while listening to loud music helps to drown everything else out, reading a good book, walking with friends, writing poetry or just in general. hope these can be of some help to you. hope your having a blessed day
As a nurse we do have lot of thing that cause too much stress. But one thing that can relieve at least my stress is to play with those little lovely kids because I do love kids a lot especially the fat and cuttie one
I have this CD that has this calming music (I usually hate those CDs - but NOT this one for whatever reason) and I turn it on and immediately my stress goes away - it has worked for over 5 years... same CD
When you have a stress, its very important to know and feel your body. sOME common symptoms is your shoulder. are you tensing your shoulder without realizing it? how about headache? do you have a shallow breathing? how about your neck or lower neck is it raw or a muscle pain when you somebody press it gently? if your answer is yes to all these or even just few of them. then, you have in the verge of having a severe stress that may lead to anxiety. Stress symptoms sometimes will manifest it physically by feeling those aches. Some techniques that i know of that i would like to share;
1. RELAX - but how? how about sit on a comfortable place and try to loosen all your muscles, starts from head, shoulder hand, fingers torso, legs down to feet make sure you count 1..2.. 3. This is a "LET GO TECHNIQUE"
2. Focus you mind to something positive something you want to do. 3. Be one with nature. Feel the goodness of sorrounding. 4. No one can beat relaxation massage. tub bath also works. make sure put salt to remove toxins form skin. 5. supplements helps like omega 3 Calm. 6. BREATHING is very important. breath slowly make sure you breath from you abdomen not from your chest. Some people have hard time doing it and they are the people who have higher rate of severe stress. Do this breathing when you are lying down.
7. listen to relaxation music. 8 MOST important thing be with the people with a positive atitude or outlook in life. 9.Avoid eating or drinking that can make you hyper eg. coffee.. 10. Avoid having a negative conversation if you are tempted silence is the best defense. 11. If you are Christian always pray all the time
Agree - long, hot bath with lots of bubbles. I like the MOR Marshmallow range, Innoxa's bubble baths (there's candied rose scent - I think it's called something 'Love') and anything from Lush (but especially the Creamy Candy bubble bar).
Wow, lots of comments! I guess that means that there are many components and different things work for everyone. Keep a routine. Knowing what your day looks like can keep you from feeling overwhelmed and sneaking in exercise. Luck!
Here is a list of stress relievers that can help you feel less affected by stress in your life. Meditation,Yoga,Laughter,Take a Walk,Listen To Music,Eat a Balanced Diet,Drink Green Tea.you can take a supplement which include The natural superfoods,source of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and amino acids.like Optimal Essentials Boost http://www.optimalessentials.com/products/
There are many ways people try to work on to reduse stress.. But they find the stress returning again and again...
I try to analyse the cause of stress then identify if it is due to external factor or some defect in me... Then once i find the cause if lies with me, I try to go thro my personality defects those aggravate my stress and then work on it. I give auto suggestions to reduce that defect and then re-assess... Most of the times, I have found we are stressed due to our own defects. Why is it so that another person is able to handle the same situation with ease and I am not ? After analysing I got some of the solutions that I tried out and mentioned above.
I have found this very effective and am sure many of those who are stressed and thus are ruining their lives can be benifited by this workout...
To reduce the stress is not to run away from it .. but to make ourself resistant to fight and not flight..
I stand like a tree......seriously, it's a Chi Gung exercise!! You don't need to stand though, the principals can be practiced sitting or lying down. The tension just drains from my body, it's great, although the last couple of posts do seem like more fun. Well done stormryder!! | <urn:uuid:1967d734-c77e-4f00-b7de-47263b39d6c3> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://hubpages.com/health/forum/32121/to-stress-reduce | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721141.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00417-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961839 | 995 | 1.992188 | 2 |
7.3 Design and Development
ISO 9001 includes requirements for ensuring control over design and development activities. Companies involved in such activities are recommended to follow the requirements of ISO 9001. Full GMP is not always applicable during the design and development of new excipients and/or manufacturing processes. However, development batches of excipients that are intended for use in drug products should be manufactured in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Guide.
Excipient manufacturers should have a system for selecting and approving suppliers of quality-critical materials and services (for example subcontract manufacturers and laboratories). Supplier approval by the quality unit should require an evaluation of the supplier’s quality management system, including adequate evidence that they can consistently meet agreed requirements. This may require periodic audits of the supplier’s manufacturing facility. Records of these activities should be maintained.
Materials should be purchased against an agreed specification from approved suppliers.
Purchasing Information Purchasing agreements should describe the material or service ordered including, where critical to excipient quality, the following:
the name, type, class, style, grade, item code number or other precise identification traceable to the raw material and packaging specifications,
drawings, process requirements, inspection instructions and other relevant technical data, including requirements for approval or qualification of product, procedures, process equipment and personnel,
adherence to the appropriate sections of this Guide for relevant contract manufacturers or laboratories,
a statement to notify the excipient manufacturer of significant changes in quality- critical raw materials.
Verification of Purchased Product There should be procedures for the approval and release of quality-critical material.
Upon receipt, quality-critical materials should be placed in quarantine and should not be used prior to acceptance. Effective quarantine can be established with suitable identifying labels, signs and/or other manual documentation systems. When quarantine and stock control are managed with computer systems in lieu of a physical stock control, then system controls should prevent the use of unreleased material.
Quarantine may not be feasible for materials supplied via pipelines. In these cases the excipient manufacturer should establish an agreement with the supplier so that they are notified of material that does not meet specification.
Sampling activities should be conducted under defined conditions, in accordance with a defined sampling method and using procedures designed to prevent contamination and cross-contamination.
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Conflicts in the workplace and personal relationships are inevitable. Whether the conflict involves a personal relationship with a neighbor that plays loud music or a problem between departments in the workplace, disputes arise and often require management to be successfully resolved. This paper will identify conflict management approaches used in my organization. In addition, it will compare the approach used in my workplace with my personal conflict management style. This discussion will demonstrate that my approach to conflict management is primarily based on maintaining happiness, while my workplace approaches conflict management from a business and productivity perspective. Both personal and organizational approaches have the ultimate goal of survival, in cases where extreme conflict management is required.
Conflict Management in the Workplace
There are many approaches to conflict management in the workplace, including an open door policy, peer review, ombudsman, union-management model, employer-run dispute resolution procedures, mediation, and fact-finding. In my organization, a combination of tools is sometimes employed to manage informal conflicts, including an open door policy, fact-finding, and punitive measures. For example, supervisors are available to hear the complaints and recommendations of employees, but this is discouraged and viewed as unsatisfactory workplace behavior, by many supervisors.
However, if a conflict is serious, those involved are typically asked to attend a meeting with their supervisor, in which steps are taken to resolve the problem. This dispute mediation begins when employees bring a formal complaint to management, including a written synopsis of the problem. If a fair solution cannot be reached in a procedural conflict involving departmental concerns, then management may change procedures. If the conflict involves personal relationships in the workplace, and then employees may be transferred other departments, suspended or terminated. Like most organizations, my employer's conflict management approach is based on productivity. | <urn:uuid:1ce125a0-b4dc-4f31-9278-08e77922c192> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.papermasters.com/conflict-management.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279933.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00123-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952635 | 352 | 2.203125 | 2 |
ORANGEBURG, S.C. >> A white man who was the police chief in a small South Carolina town was charged with murder Wednesday in the shooting death of an unarmed black man nearly four years ago.
Richard Combs worked in Eutawville — population 300 and one-third black — when Bernard Bailey came to Town Hall to argue about his daughter’s broken-taillight ticket in May 2011. Combs tried to arrest Bailey on an obstruction of justice charge, prosecutors said. Bailey marched back outside to his truck, and Combs tried to get inside. The two briefly fought, and then the police chief shot Bailey, 54, twice in the chest in his pickup. | <urn:uuid:4e520caf-8502-4abb-9177-7a9e60063ce9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.middletownpress.com/nationworld/article/Ex-police-chief-in-South-Carolina-charged-with-11811015.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570765.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808031623-20220808061623-00277.warc.gz | en | 0.973265 | 142 | 1.507813 | 2 |
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Dictionary of Coptic Orthodox Church Terms and Terminology
* An elevated pulpit where the bishop or priest are used to stand on and preach the people. The Greek word "omobolvely" means "to ascend as in."
* The ambo (Arabic, anbil أنبيل) stands at the northeastern side of the nave. It is built of white or colored marble, stone, or wood, supported on pillars, and is reached by a staircase. It is sometimes carved with crosses and flowers, finely sculptured and filled with rich designs.
* See: Pulpit.
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born in Tennessee, educated at Fisk (A.B., 1967), is best known for her poetry, the early work often militantly black and socially conscious, the later, more personal and mellow. It has been published in Black Feeling, Black Talk (1968), Black Judgement (1968), Re: Creation (1970), Poem of Angela Yvonne Davis (1970), My House (1972), The Women and the Men (1975), Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day (1978), and Those Who Ride the Night Winds (1983). Her poems for younger readers appear in Spin a Soft Black Song (1971) and Ego Tripping (1973). Gemini (1971) collects essays, many autobiographical and others socially revolutionary or literary criticism. A Dialogue (1972) transcribes a tape-recorded talk with James Baldwin on racial and literary subjects, and A Poetic Equation (1974) is a similar dialogue with Alice Walker. | <urn:uuid:e04e5147-afb2-4f8e-a31e-4fbea9c7304d> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803095853224 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280221.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00231-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.883693 | 190 | 1.820313 | 2 |
Petition For More Research, Awareness, Training For Med School Students & Doctors For Chronic Pelvic Pain Frequently Caused By Pudendal Neuralgia/PNE
Chronic Pelvic Pain can be caused by Pudendal Neuralgia (PN).
This is a factual statement, backed by the internationally accepted, diagnostic paper 'The Nantes Criteria' published in 2007. Yet, many people worldwide are still suffering unduly from this debilitating condition. Many are wrongly diagnosed and therefore remain in pain without hope of targeted treatment.
Please, think about this. Patients with bladder problems, urinary frequency, bowel dysfunction and genital pain, men with erectile dysfunction, penile pain and prostatitis, women with endometriosis, dyspareunia, interstitial cystitis, and fibromyalgia who have been unresponsive to treatments typical to these more universally diagnosed problems, may have Pudendal Neuropathy.
The pudendal nerve and its branches take a tortuous path through the pelvis and can be compromised at any point, just like any other peripheral nerve. However, many doctors are unaware that the condition exists, while other peripheral nerve entrapments, such as carpel and tarsal tunnel syndromes are eminently accepted pathologies.
Because of this medical neglect, PN patients find that it takes 1-15 years to get a correct diagnosis with an average of 4 years. This is of course, before any positive treatment can be prescribed and then undertaken.
These unfortunate circumstances result in compounding medical and social difficulties for the sufferer, including depression, hopelessness and an often huge personal financial burden, not to mention a severe drain on government budgets due to any subsequent benefit hand-outs.
Misdiagnosis can also lead to wasteful, expensive treatements, unnecessary surgeries, and prolonged nerve trauma. Worryingly, the longer any nerve is compromised, the less likely a good outcome.
One of the reasons Pudendal Neuralgia has been over looked is the lack of a medial specialty and its exclusion from medical school curriculum.
The pelvic area also has a conflicting overlap of medical specialties because of its anatomical location. For instance, a neurosurgeon would not usually examine gynaecologically, while a gynaecologist would not always happily treat nerve problems; so the PN patient falls neglected between many medical modalities and a correct diagnosis remains elusive.
Thankfully, some neurosurgeons, urologists, hip surgeons, gynaecologists, pain consultants and plastic surgeons have taken a personal interest in the problem in an attempt to alleviate their patients' suffering.
Currently, there is no standard of care for patients with Pudendal Neuralgia. Patients typically must become their own advocate and often travel exceptional distances to find a diagnosis and hopefully treatment, resulting in further financial constraints. Treatments however, can be as simple as pelvic physical therapy with a knowledgeable PN aware practitioner, although those resistant to conventional treatments may require decompression surgery.
The enigma is, as recently reported, PN can be easily diagnosed!
We, the undersigned, ask that more attention and research be given to pelvic nerve entrapments including the Pudendal Nerve which affects many vital sensory and motor functions of the pelvis. We especially request that Peripheral Nerve surgeons in America and worldwide sense the urgent problem that Pudendal Nerve entrapment entails, and develop appropriate and timely diagnostic testing and treatment. We implore all Medical Schools, and Medical Associations to communicate the problem of Pudendal Neuralgia to every student. It deserves their attention and yours.
We also ask that you try to bring as much general awareness to this condition as possible through medical conferences, meetings, speeches, and publications. Although Pudendal means shame, we are not ashamed to spread the word, and hope you will help us.
There are only a mere handful of surgeons in the world who are offering treatment and surgical decompression of the Pudendal Nerve and its branches. We thank them for the compassion they have shown and their research into PN which has been beyond their own (varied) specialties but has proven so necessary.
The majority of patients suffer silently and terribly, with an extremely poor quality of life because of the sexual, physical, financial, and social limitations that this disease causes.
On behalf of all PNE sufferers, we are eternally grateful for your help. Thank you so much.
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- 1 What meat does the Bible say not to eat?
- 2 Does the Bible say it’s OK to eat meat?
- 3 What type of meat is a sin to eat?
- 4 How did Jesus eat?
- 5 Can Christians eat pork?
- 6 What types of meat did Jesus eat?
- 7 Is it a sin to eat meat in Christianity?
- 8 What did Jesus say about eating pork?
- 9 Can Christians swear?
- 10 Can Christians drink alcohol?
- 11 Does Bible say not to eat pork?
- 12 What was Jesus favorite color?
- 13 What was Jesus’s favorite food?
- 14 What was Jesus favorite fruit?
What meat does the Bible say not to eat?
Prohibited foods that may not be consumed in any form include all animals—and the products of animals—that do not chew the cud and do not have cloven hoofs (e.g., pigs and horses); fish without fins and scales; the blood of any animal; shellfish (e.g., clams, oysters, shrimp, crabs) and all other living creatures that
Does the Bible say it’s OK to eat meat?
” Every moving thing that liveth shall be meat for you; even as the green herb have I given you all things. But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. Eating meat also makes us comfortable around blood, and blood is life.
What type of meat is a sin to eat?
In Leviticus 11, the Lord speaks to Moses and Aaron and sets out which animals can be eaten and which cannot: “You may eat any animal that has a divided hoof and that chews the cud. There are some that only chew the cud or only have a divided hoof, but you must not eat them.
How did Jesus eat?
Based on the Bible and historical records, Jesus most likely ate a diet similar to the Mediterranean diet, which includes foods like kale, pine nuts, dates, olive oil, lentils and soups. They also baked fish.
Can Christians eat pork?
Although Christianity is also an Abrahamic religion, most of its adherents do not follow these aspects of Mosaic law and are permitted to consume pork. However, Seventh-day Adventists consider pork taboo, along with other foods forbidden by Jewish law.
What types of meat did Jesus eat?
Jesus probably ate lamb (lamb is an important part of the Passover Feast), and olives and olive oil (the “sop” used to dip the bread in during the Last Supper probably contained olive oil).
Is it a sin to eat meat in Christianity?
Yes. Christians can eat meat because the Lord says all meat is clean and consuming it will not be a sin.
What did Jesus say about eating pork?
In Leviticus 11:27, God forbids Moses and his followers to eat swine “because it parts the hoof but does not chew the cud.” Furthermore, the prohibition goes, “Of their flesh you shall not eat, and their carcasses you shall not touch; they are unclean to you.” That message is later reinforced in Deuteronomy.
Can Christians swear?
While the Bible does not lay out a list of explicit words to steer clear from, it is clear that Christians are to stay away from “filthy language,” “unwholesome talk,” and “crude joking.” Christians are instructed to keep from being polluted by the world and to reflect the image of God, therefore Christians should not
Can Christians drink alcohol?
They held that both the Bible and Christian tradition taught that alcohol is a gift from God that makes life more joyous, but that over-indulgence leading to drunkenness is sinful.
Does Bible say not to eat pork?
Bible Gateway Leviticus 11:: NIV. You may eat any animal that has a split hoof completely divided and that chews the cud. And the pig, though it has a split hoof completely divided, does not chew the cud; it is unclean for you. You must not eat their meat or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.
What was Jesus favorite color?
Blue: God’s Favorite Color.
What was Jesus’s favorite food?
“And he had the Passover with his disciples sharing the bread, which was the symbol of his body. That was the last food he ate before he died on the cross to save us from our sins.” Several times Jesus compared himself to bread: “I am the bread of life.
What was Jesus favorite fruit?
Jesus ate figs, which we know from the fact that on his way to Jerusalem, he reached for a fig tree but it was not the season for figs. At the Last Supper in John’s Gospel, Jesus gives Judas a morsel dipped in a dish, which almost certainly was a dish of olive oil. | <urn:uuid:2ce7f536-dddd-47c1-b618-c5832f23b413> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://calocabible.com/according-to-the-bible/quick-answer-what-meat-should-not-be-eaten-according-to-the-bible.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571472.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811133823-20220811163823-00677.warc.gz | en | 0.975459 | 1,071 | 2.25 | 2 |
By trading 12 orders of magnitude in electron energy for roughly the same factor in experimental precision, atomic measurements of some deuteron quantities can compete with accelerator measurements. The deuteron matter radius, for example, is most accurately determined by the isotope shift in the 1S-2S level splittings of H and D. The precision of this determination is adequate to provide a window on small relativistic corrections and meson-exchange currents in the deuteron, which is unattainable in accelerator measurements. The theory of QED corrections for hyperfine structure in hydrogenic atoms has recently advanced to the point that differences with experiment can be interpreted as nuclear corrections, which are known to at least three significant figures for the H, D, T and 3He+ atoms. The leading-order nuclear mechanism contributing to hyperfine structure is a charge-magnetic correlation that was sketched by Bohr and derived by Low. Detailed calculations based on this mechanism provide a good description of the nuclear corrections.
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(Decree; Flyer; Letter; Publication; Public announcement; Record; Scroll; Write; Writing) Holding a book or a letter in one’s hand in a dream signifies power.
A book or a letter in a dream also signifies fame or public knowledge.
If one sees himself carrying a sealed letter in a dream, then it means that he will receive confidential news or a report.
If a book or a letter is carried by a child in a dream, it means glad tidings.
If it is carried by a servant or a housekeeper, then it means glad tidings and good news.
If a letter is carried by a woman, then one could expect a quick relief from his trouble.
If the letter which the woman is carrying in the dream is an open letter, and if the woman is wearing a veil, it means that the news she is bringing must be treated carefully.
If the woman is wearing perfume, then one could expect good news and a commendation for his work.
If one sees himself holding a closed book in a dream, it means the end of his life in this world.
If one sees a flyer or a public announcement in display by the authorities in a dream, it means that he will gain leadership, happiness and income.
If one sends a sealed letter to someone, which is returned to him unopened in the dream, it means losing a war to one’s enemy.
Ifhe is a merchant, it means that he will suffer losses in his business.
If he is seeking marriage, it means the denial of his request.
If one sees himself carrying a book, a record, or a letter in his right hand in a dream, and ifhe had an argument, or a confusing deal, or doubt about something, it means that he will bring clarity to that problem.
Ifhe is incarcerated or ifhe is sufferingfrom persecution, it means that he will bring proof of his innocence and escape from his difficulties.
If he is depressed, it means that he will be able to dispel his worries.
If he is travelling in a foreign country, it means that he will find a way back to his mother land, where he will find happiness again. Carrying a book or a letter in one’s left hand in a dream means that he has done something bad, or something which he will regret. Carrying a book in the right hand denotes a prosperous year.
If a stranger takes one’s book away from him in the dream, it means that someone will take away from him his most precious and endeared thing.
Tearing a book into pieces in a dream means getting rid of one’s trouble or becoming free from trials or evil encounters and receiving benefits. Holding to a sealed book, decree, or a letter in a dream also signifies abidingby the rules of one’s superior. Holding a sealed book in one’s dream also signifies success, leadership and honor.
Ifone is seeking marriage and sees a sealed book in his hand in a dream, it means that his betrothal to someone will end in marriage.
Seeing or receiving a blank letter or a book from someone in a dream means absence of his news, or not knowing where he lives.
If one sees a book descending to him from the heavens and if he thinks in the dream that he understood the contents, then whatever good or bad news it brings, it will be the same in wakefulness.
A book in a dream also represents one’s companion, or an intimate friend.
Seeing a book in a dream also could signify recovering from an illness.
A hardcover book if the content is unknown represents dishonesty, deceit, a cheap product or selling a sealed package with undisclosed contents, or it could represent an old woman. Bringing books into one’s home in a dream signify hearing news about an honest and a pious person, learning happy stories from a reporter or becoming acquainted with religious thoughts.
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PCB Design, Technical Characteristics, Cooling System
The NX8500GT uses a reference PCB as is indicated by the Nvidia mark, but the card is obviously assembled on MSI’s own facilities because it employs a red solder mask.
The G86 consuming even less power than the G84, the power circuit is very simple here. An additional power connector is missing as the load capacity of the PCI Express slot is going to be more than enough for this graphics card. The wiring of the PCB is rather sophisticated, though, due to the use of DDR2 memory.
Hynix HY5PS56162A chips are organized as 16Mx16 and have a capacity of 256Mb each. Eight such chips provide a total of 256MB of graphics memory accessed across a 128-bit memory bus. The chips work at 1.8V voltage and have a rated frequency of 400 (800) MHz. This is the frequency the chips are indeed clocked at by the card, in compliance with Nvidia’s official specifications.
The die area of the G86 chip is considerably smaller in comparison with the G84 as you can expect considering the smaller amount of transistors, 210 and 289 million, respectively. There is no protective frame around the die, just like on G84-based cards. Our graphics card carries a revision 300-A2 G86 chip dated the 4th week of 2007. The GPU contains 16 unified shader processors, 1 TMU with 8 address and 8 filter units, and 8 raster operators. The official GPU clock rates of the GeForce 8500 GT model are 450MHz and 900MHz for the main and shader domain, respectively, but the real frequencies are 459MHz and 918MHz due to the specifics of the clock generator.
Like the reference GeForce 8500 GT, the MSI NX8500GT lacks a MIO connector, but supports SLI technology, even though we doubt many people will use this opportunity. The two cards communicate via the PCI Express bus in SLI mode.
The card has one DVI-I port and one D-Sub port. It also offers a 7-pin mini-DIN connector for display devices with analog video inputs (S-Video, RCA or YPbPr).
The GPU is cooled by a simple round cooler with circular ribbing.
Its “copper” color shouldn’t deceive you: the cooler was milled out of a chunk of aluminum and then painted. The heatsink is blown at by a small translucent fan with a 2-pin connection. It is almost silent because the G86 doesn’t need much cooling. The cooler is secured on the PCB with two plastic spring-loaded clips. | <urn:uuid:a0bf7ac4-adeb-4411-818c-9e395f7e54fc> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/graphics/display/geforce8-roundup_7.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279650.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00436-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930841 | 556 | 2.140625 | 2 |
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SL.CCS.1/2/3/4 Grades 6-12: An essay of a current news event is provided for discussion to encourage participation, but also inspire the use of evidence to support logical claims using the main ideas of the article. Students must analyze background information provided about a current event within the news, draw out the main ideas and key details, and review different opinions on the issue. Then, students should present their own claims using facts and analysis for support.
Online videos draw more eyes as content keeps expanding -- and making news
Many newspaper web sites have staff videos or links to videos on news topics. Find one of interest and discuss its value in supplementing written coverage.
Look at TV reports in the Entertainment section for several days and discuss how well they cover shows you like.
Make a list of ways that newspaper websites and print editions could reflect the popularity of online videos by helping readers find selected clips.
It's hard to recall life before YouTube, which was born April 23, 2005. That's four years in real time, but just a few blinks at Internet speed. The video-sharing site clicked open sweeping changes in pop culture, politics, news delivery and business. It spawned other services such as Hulu, Google Videos, Yahoo! Videos, filmmaker sites and more -- including a video-only channel launched last week by PBS, the public TV network.
These are the latest evolutionary changes in how we watch TV -- a shift that began in the late 1970s when video cassette recorders (VCRs to your teachers and parents) became common in homes. Cable services later introduced video-on-demand channels. Next, consumers bought DVD recorders and this decade began watching online videos. Broadcast and cable networks now support that migration by posting full episodes of shows on their own sites or at Hulu.com, owned by the parent company of CBS. Next up: iPhone applications.
It's not all about entertainment, sports or home videos. Educational sites show university lectures, a Periodic Table of Videos (periodicvideos.com) with short clips on each chemical element, and more than 200 speakers in the popular TED lecture series about Technology, Entertainment, Design (ted.com). The presentation below by a Los Angeles technology executive begins with two students telling him why they prefer videos to TV.
YouTube is hustling to keep pace by vastly expanding its library of full-length movies and TV shows. A dozen new content partners include film studios and Universal Music Group. (Warner Brothers and Sony BMG came aboard earlier to share music videos.)
And this month, it's virtually impossible to miss YouTube's digital fingerprints all over the news. Tens of millions of people have watched Susan Boyle, the Scottish singing sensation on "Britain's Got Talent." The president of Domino's Pizza posted an apology for a prank video put up by two ex-employees. Music critics across the country weighed in on the debut of the YouTube Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in New York.
YouTube says: "A couple of guys with a dream pulled together and created a site that is brilliant in its simplicity -- all you want to do is watch clips. From there, it became this global phenomenon." -- Chris Dale, company spokesman
Cable executive says: "All channels delivered by cable, satellite and telecom should be available on demand on your television set and they should be available on demand on your PC and your mobile-broadband device." -- Jeff Bewkes, Time Warner chairman/CEO
Blogger says: "These [video] technologies are game-changers. They are drastically and inevitably changing the shape and dynamics of our world and lives. . . . When you think of YouTube, remember that there's a lot more than cute kitties involved." -- Lauren Weinstein, Los Angeles blogger and Wired News columnist
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