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I’m delighted to present a guest blog, written by researcher and author Midi Berry concerning papers relating to the Villiers family found amongst the Graham Archive – thanks Midi for sharing your knowledge, passion and expertise!
I’ve long been researching the story of a family entangled four centuries ago with the ambitious and unscrupulous George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham and lover to King James 1st. When Sir Edward Coke, England’s chief lawyer, fought his way out of a political hole by forcing his teenage daughter Frances to marry Buckingham’s brother John, Viscount Purbeck, a train of events began that would blight the young bride’s life and leave an unhappy Villiers stamp upon generations of descendants.
Portrait of Frances Coke, Viscountess Purbeck (oil on canvas) by Michiel Janszoon van Miereveldt (1567-1641)
Despite a weak constitution, including bouts of manic depression during which he was banished from court, Viscount Purbeck outlived Frances. After her death in 1645, he remarried the widow of a soldier, Elizabeth Fortescue, née Slingsby. This second Purbeck union lasted only a few years before John Villiers died and the Dowager Viscountess secured a match for the daughter of her first marriage, which would enable her to spend the last 35 years of her life as mother-in-law to Sir Richard Graham of Norton Conyers.
Elizabeth Slingsby, Viscountess Purbeck. Copyright : Francis Crick Collection
On learning about the Norton Conyers connection, I hoped North Yorkshire County Record Office’s exciting Graham family archives project might help me answer some questions about Lord Purbeck’s second marriage. I was eager to learn anything new about the relationship between John Villiers, Elizabeth and his ‘son’ Robert Villiers.
I knew that Robert had fought for King Charles as a teenager but changed sides after his mother’s death. Unrelated to Lord Purbeck (his father was Frances’s lover), he was still officially recognized by the Viscount as his son and heir for many years. I also knew that Elizabeth was executrix and sole beneficiary of Purbeck’s will, but that it was actually Robert who inherited the vast English estates and domains that his famous grandmother and grandfather had inherited and amassed. Lord Purbeck was only allowed to ‘quietly enjoy’ their lifetime use, and Elizabeth inherited no property at his death.
Papers have been found in the archives covering the years 1651-1652, relating to Elizabeth, Viscount Purbeck and Robert Villiers. Most are indentures describing a complex series of land exchanges and transactions involving manors and domains in the vast Hatton and Cook estates in Norfolk, Buckinghamshire and Essex. Lord Purbeck, and Robert Villiers cut many deals over these lands with each other and with a succession of men out to profit from the troubled years of land sequestration and reassignment following the Civil War. As a former Royalist, Robert Villiers asked leave to compound for his delinquency in 1646 but did not complete until 1653, when he paid fines of 2,650l (i.e libra = pound).
The Norton Conyers documents give some hint that Robert acted quite flexibly even kindly, in seeking to accommodate Lord Purbeck’s interests, by offering several alternatives and assurances in their dealings. One also may infer some understandable kindness to one who had been ready to accept his wife’s lover’s child as son and heir, from a paper offering evidence on non- and late payment of rents and bonds on the manors of Stoke, Cippenham and Baylis. One witness asked Robert Villiers “that if there should be any slip or mistake by reason of hast if he would consent to amend all rents according to agreement and he did promise he would.” The same witness reported hearing from a third party that, although Villiers had said there was a mistake, “no advantage should be taken.”
Witness testimony. Copyright : North Yorkshire County Record Office
The most interesting and – for me – new evidence shows that Purbeck married Elizabeth much later than 1646, a date offered by some genealogical sources for their nuptials. On 7th October 1652, an indenture between Purbeck, Elizabeth, one John Urline and John and Humphrey Mitchell, recorded that “a marriage is intended to be had between my Lord and Elizabeth Fortescue in consideration whereof my lord hath agreed that 2000l shall be raised for a portion for the said Elizabeth out of the yearly sum of 300l, part of the said yearly rent of 600l, if my lord shall live so long that the sums may be raised. It is covenanted and agreed by all parties and my lord doth appoint John Urline and all other persons interested in the Manors and premises in trust for my lord for so swearing that the said yearly sums of 600l shall from henceforth be possessed and interested therein, that the said Mr. Mitchells shall from henceforth receive yearly out of the same 300l until they shall have raised 2000l as a portion for the said Elizabeth for a future livelihood and as a separate estate for her during jointures wherein my lord shall not nor will intermeddle, and shall make and execute estates to the said Mitchells accordingly”.
Purbeck Fortescue Indenture extract, 1652. Copyright: North Yorkshire County Record Office
A sum of 2000l was generous, but did Elizabeth enjoy her full marriage portion? At best she would have received only 1,500 of the full 2,000l in the years available, since her husband died in February of 1658. Moreover, Chancery records held at the National Archives indicate that Purbeck’s appointment of John Urline may have been misplaced since, in 1653, the Viscount took out a lawsuit against him concerning those very Norfolk manors supposed to provide Elizabeth’s 300l a year.
Just as sad for the tenor of the relationship between Lord Purbeck and his ‘son’ is more Chancery proof, that in the next year Robert Villiers became plaintiff and Viscount Purbeck the defendant in another lawsuit concerning those same manors of Aylsham next Burgh, Little Dunham and Thornham.
Elizabeth Slingsby was not dealt the best of cards in her two marriages. Her first husband died in the Siege of Drogheda only three years after they wed, and she had to fight in the courts for that marriage settlement. Thereafter, she only spent five years married to Lord Purbeck and almost certainly never received her full promised portion, albeit through no fault of the Viscount. All the more valuable then if she found a haven in Norton Conyers for the second half of her life, where she could enjoy gentle domesticity in exploring her culinary interests, as already revealed from her recipes found in the Graham family papers.
I thank Maxine Willett and all at the Attics and Acres project, who have enabled me to piece together more of the Villiers family story through access to their Norton Conyers connection.
Midi Berry is a researcher and author, whose Nights of the Road (2015) tells the story of Frances Cook, her ill-fated marriage to Viscount Purbeck, and her touching love affair with Robert Howard. Her next novel will follow the fortunes and misfortunes of Frances’s son, Robert Villiers | <urn:uuid:31e1b490-9777-41e5-ab79-02f8b60828e9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://atticsandacres.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00077.warc.gz | en | 0.970127 | 1,570 | 1.953125 | 2 |
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Black churches have become centers of political interaction in the 19th century when Black Christians were determined to achieve the full benefits of citizenship in U.S. society, scholar Nicole Myers Turner said at a Baptist History and Heritage Society webinar.
Racial politics is driven “by the need to access the resources deprived of free Black people and a deep sense that Black freedom and equality must be recognized,” he said. “There has been a development of this resistance to being marginalized in the post-emancipation period.”
Myers Turner, an assistant professor of American religious history at Yale University, taught in his 2020 book, Soul Liberty: The Evolution of Black Religious Politics in Posttemancipation Virginia. The presentation marked the third phase of the society’s ongoing project “Making Black History Public History” and was largely led by First Baptist Church in Hampton, Va., And its pastor, Todd C. Davidson.
The address on July 7 includes summaries of case studies from the book detailing the evolution and effectiveness of Black religious political advocacy, the emerging voice of women within the Black church, the rise of the pastor to church leadership, and the influence of Black theological gender education and ministerial development.
“Whenever we think about Black churches, we soon hear about someone like Martin Luther King and the Civil Rights movement. … I want to be annoyed, how did the Black churches become these places? ” explanation by the author.
The answer goes back to the late 1880s, when John Mercer Langston became the first Black Virginian elected to Congress.
Black churches and associations, formerly isolated on political and theological issues, began to work together to address both social and political challenges. By the time Langston ran for the U.S. House of Representatives, he was able to use widespread, cohesive associations for support.
“We are seeing a shift in leadership where Black church networks have become key for political organizing,” Myers Turner said. “This is the coming of the Black church.”
Black churches and associations, formerly isolated on political and theological issues, began to work together to address both social and political challenges.
The use of the term “soul liberty” in the book’s title, he added, refers to that victory and to the Black church’s quest for religious freedom, justice and fairness.
Women are also looking that freedom and it reached a level in the congressional campaign, he said. “Langston includes women in his organizing. They can’t hold office, but they can organize and help Black candidates.
A pivot point for women was also documented in the administration of a congregation in Virginia to an unmarried mother and her late unsuccessful appeal for church restoration in the early 1880s.
Women in the congregation have initiated a series of discussions and committee hearings challenging the traditional practice of restoring men to membership in such cases, but not women.
“We can see that even the presence of this conversation reflects how women’s voices grow stronger. Women started calling out these inequalities and got the church’s attention, ”Myers Turner said. So even though the (woman’s) claim was not successful, what is remarkable in this case is that in church meetings, women’s voices are heard and they are included in this process. Whereas in the past, they were the ones who were disciplined and they had no voice. ”
The case also showed the pastor’s continued rise as the leading authority in Black churches, this time ruling that unmarried mothers were disciplined while men were not, he said. “Because the church then made communal decisions, now the decision rests with the pastor. This is a change that has taken place throughout the 19th century. ”
The ascension of the pastor was also strengthened by the development of theological education for Black ministers during this period, he said.
Myers Turner mentioned Branch Theological Seminary, an institution established by the Virginia Diocese of the Episcopal Church to educate Black ministers and maintain the separation between white and Black churches. “This is one of the places where we’re starting to see theological education and its gender components, the idea that theological education is for men only.”
But even the theological education of Black men was considered dangerous by some because it posed “a real danger to white supremacy that Black men would be trained and raised to ministerial leadership,” he said.
The lack of educational opportunities for Black women is increasingly seen as dangerous by Black church leaders and educators, Myers Turner said. “In the late 1880s, early 1890s, this idea began that education was one of the ways to maintain for Black women a sense of dignity and protection from the violence that could occur if they were working in black women. home of white men.
“So we can start seeing that Black Ministerial leadership is founded on theological education, and it is also becoming a model of protection of Black women. The minister becomes a protective figure to Black women through the argument of education.
In his response to the lecture, Davidson said that the history of Black church activism was alive and well in the churches he served, and he lamented the theological differences that prevented Black churches from working more together. .
But he added that Myers Turner’s book shows the importance of churches diligently preserving congregation histories.
“Churches need talented historians or partner with local academic institutions to narrate this kind of history to the local church,” he said.
Myers Turner, who researched the church and minutes of the convention and archives and history of the local church in his research, he said he has always encouraged congregations to keep records and record members ’experiences for future generations.
“We need to partner more with oral histories and church record keeping. So much history will be recorded by church members and also from the churches that keep the documents. We can’t continue to tell their history without them. ”
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[Here, courtesy of the Yale Law Library Rare Books Blog, is word of a new exhibit. Five items are now viewable on-line. This link will bring up all the posted installments at any given moment.]
How is it that the figure of a woman, draped, holding scales and
sword, has been so widely recognized as a symbol of the law for more
than 500 years?
This question is at the heart of the latest exhibit from the Yale Law
Library's Rare Book Collection: "The Remarkable Run of a Political
Icon: Justice as a Sign of the Law." Using images from books printed
between 1497 and 1788, the exhibit traces the roots of the iconography
of Justice, a remnant of the Renaissance, that remains legible today.
The exhibit features eleven volumes from the Law Library's Rare Book
Collection, along with four emblem books on loan from Yale's Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library.
The shifting attributes of Justice, displayed in the exhibit, reflect
the complex relationships between judgment, sight, knowledge, and
wisdom. In the 1400s and 1500s, a blindfold on Justice signified her
disability; today the blindfold is commonly understood as a sign of
The exhibit is curated by Judith Resnik (Arthur Liman Professor of
Law, Yale Law School), Dennis Curtis (Clinical Professor of Law
Emeritus, Yale Law School), Allison Tait (Gender Equity & Policy
Postdoctoral Associate, Yale Women Faculty Forum), and Mike Widener
(Rare Book Librarian). The exhibit draws heavily on Resnik's &
Curtis' new book, Representing Justice: Invention, Controversy and Rights in City-States and Democratic Courtrooms (Yale University Press, 2011).
The exhibit is on display through December 16, 2011 in the Rare Book
Exhibition Gallery, located on Level L2 of the Lillian Goldman Law
Library, Yale Law School, 127 Wall Street. It is open to the
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Start with a green tee. Mika found an appropriately colored girl’s long sleeved t-shirt at Goodwill. It had a design on the front, but she covered it with a white patch.
The white patch on the frog’s belly is a big piece of fleece that Mika had leftover in her home fabric stash. If you have fabric scraps at home, look there for supplies before you buy new ones.
Mika made a simple hat with attached eyes for her son using fleece she bought, but again you could use scraps if you have them.
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McKIM, ANSON, advertising executive, publisher, and businessman; b. 2 May 1855 in Ernestown Township, Upper Canada, son of John Nelson McKim and Jane Shibley; m. 1 Oct. 1884 Bessie True, daughter of George W. True of Portland, Maine, and they had one daughter; d. 26 Jan. 1917 in an accident at the railway station in Coteau Jonction (Coteau-Station), Que.
Anson McKim grew up on the family farm in Ernestown Township. He must have left school early, since he was on the staff of the Conservative Toronto newspaper, the Mail, when still a young man. His duties there are not known, but he may have had an opportunity to try his hand at journalism, as is sometimes suggested. Perhaps he was assigned various clerical tasks before he became involved in the sale of subscriptions and advertisements. He was employed in that area on 22 May 1879, the day the Mail announced he had just been transferred to its Montreal offices, which were located in the Star building on Rue Saint-Jacques. He was to head its bureau there as the person in charge of advertisements and subscriptions for the daily and weekly editions of the paper. Almost every day, the Mail carried a column entitled “Montreal News,” and later “Montreal Affairs,” which was a sort of society gossip column, with added items about political, commercial, and financial events. The paper also printed excerpts from the Montreal Gazette.
McKim gradually came to realize the commercial potential of newspaper advertising [see Thomas Winning Dyas*]. If he could place the same advertisement in a large number of dailies across Canada, the economic impact would be exponential. And so it occurred to him to follow the American example and compile a collection of information about Canadian newspapers, their titles, place of publication, readership, and rates. It was difficult to accumulate this data, however, since McKim was identified with his own paper and was seen by many as a competitor. In 1884 the Mail published the Canadian newspaper directory in Toronto, but McKim’s role in its compilation is not known. The venture must have proved a failure since the paper abandoned it. The standard reference again became the American newspaper annual and directory, which had been published in Philadelphia by N. W. Ayer and Son since 1868.
In January 1889, after ten years with the Mail in Montreal, McKim founded his own advertising agency, A. McKim and Company. He set out to develop the tools the agency needed for finding out about newspapers and also the markets connected with them. To that end, in 1892 he published The Canadian newspaper directory, which listed more than 1,000 periodicals by province and then by city, town, or village. It provided information about the population, commerce, and industries of these places, and about telephone and telegraph communication, railway transportation, mail service, and customs duties. The desired effect was slow in coming, however, and the second edition of the directory did not appear until seven years later, in 1899. There would be 32 editions before it ceased publication in 1941.
During the first decade of the 20th century, McKim’s advertising agency was recognized as the foremost among the 19 such operations in Montreal. It was a model not only in its standards and working methods, but also in its precision and diligence. McKim now knew how to bring buyers and advertisers together. He had convinced both groups that the trade mark was more important than the product itself. An advertising campaign went through a series of stages which combined a thorough knowledge of the product’s specifics with an understanding of the areas served by the newspapers, their readership, and the buying habits there. At the technical level, the services offered by the firm included graphics, typesetting, proofreading, quality control, and accounting.
In 1905 A. McKim and Company had 150 large corporate clients in Canada and the United States, including the Bank of Montreal, Henry Birks and Sons (Montreal), Chase and Sanborn (Boston), the T. Eaton Company Limited (Toronto), the International Stock Food Company (Minneapolis), Labatt and Company (London, Ottawa, and Montreal), and Henry Morgan and Company (Montreal). In 1907, aware of the competition that was growing year by year, McKim went into partnership with three investors – his brother John Nelson McKim, W. B. Somerset, and Henry Edward Stephenson – to form the A. McKim Advertising Agency Limited and thus increase the firm’s capitalization and maintain its preeminent place in the market. In 1911 the agency had 65 employees in Montreal and about 10 in Toronto, as well as correspondents in New York, Boston, and London, England. Its capital shares increased from $200,000 in 1907 to $500,000 in 1912.
On the morning of 26 Jan. 1917, McKim left his home at 25 McGregor (Avenue du Docteur-Penfield) to get the train for Ottawa. Seating himself in a railway car at Bonaventure Station, he realized once it began rolling that he had taken the train for Toronto by mistake. At Coteau Jonction he rushed out to catch the Ottawa one, but was struck by another train en route for Chicago. Neither the engineer nor the brakeman had seen anyone on the tracks.
A courteous, meticulous, tactful, and hard-working man, Anson McKim belonged to the middle-class business world of Montreal. He was considered a model citizen, with his concerns about economic growth and social development, and was a member of many philanthropic and sports clubs, including the Mount Royal Club, the Montreal Racquet Club, and the Royal Montreal Golf Club. When the Canadian Association of Advertising Agencies was founded in 1915, McKim had been elected its president. In 1916 he had been second vice-president of the Montreal Board of Trade.
Anson McKim took an interest in literature and the arts, and assembled a collection of tales and legends from Ontario’s Johnstown District for eventual publication. This material is preserved in NA, MG 30, C50.
NA, RG 31, C1, 1871, Ernestown Township, Ont., div.3: 22. Globe, 27 Jan. 1917: 4. Mail (Toronto), 22 May 1879–May 1880. Montreal Daily Star, 26 Jan. 1917: 3. Napanee Star (Napanee, Ont.), 6 March 1901. Jean de Bonville, La presse québécoise de 1884 à 1914; genèse d’un média de masse (Quebec, 1988), 317–20. The Canadian newspaper directory (Montreal), 1892, 1899, 1901, 1905, 1907, 1909, 1911, 1915. [This source was consulted for prefaces and selected articles concerning the evolution of the A. McKim and Company advertising agency, esp. 1905: 17–21 (“The system and equipment of the modern newspaper advertising”), and 1909: xxi–xxiii (“A word about ourselves”). a.b.] Encyclopedia Canadiana, ed. K. H. Pearson et al. ([rev. ed.], 10v., Toronto, 1975), 6: 282. Obituaries from Ontario’s “Christian Guardian,” 1861–1870, comp. D. A. McKenzie (Lambertville, N.J., 1988), 239. Printer and Publisher (Montreal), 26 (1917), no.2. Standard dict. of Canadian biog. (Roberts and Tunnnell). H. E. Stephenson and Carlton McNaught, The story of advertising in Canada; a chronicle of fifty years (Toronto, ). The storied province of Quebec: past and present, ed. William Wood et al. (5v., Toronto, 1931–32), 3: 184. Wallace, Macmillan dict. | <urn:uuid:446484e3-8988-4ed7-87e1-7bb8810214da> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/mckim_anson_14E.html?revision_id=8161 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988718278.43/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183838-00241-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967996 | 1,653 | 1.835938 | 2 |
Effects on technical standards development and on electricity sector of the Directive 2013/35/EU on the minimum health and safety requirements regarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from electromagnetic fields which shall be adopted by 1 July 2016.
The Directive 2013/35/UE was published on July 26th, 2013 after a long consultation process among the different stakeholders. It transposes the current scientific knowledge as summarized by International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) in its 2010 Guidelines.
As far as power frequency (50 Hz) electric and magnetic fields are concerned, the Directive defines Exposure Limits Values (ELVs) for health and sensory effects which are limits for electric fields induced in the human body. Moreover, the Directive defines low and high Action Levels (ALs), the magnitude of which are established to ensure by simplified assessment the compliance with relevant ELVs or at which relevant protection or prevention measures must be taken.
In order to fulfill the Directive prescriptions, the European Commission shall publish non-binding practical guides for exposure determination, compliance demonstration and risk assessment. Those guides, which should be published by the end of 2015, will help electricity sector employers to carry out risk evaluation for every worker with reference to the new protection framework. The old risk evaluations shall be updated with reference to the new Directive revising old assessments and/or by new measurements and evaluations. This operation can be done with the help of technical standards developed by European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC).
The relevant European technical standards published by CENELEC (i.e. EN 50499), shall be revised because they were developed with reference to the standardization mandate M351 of the European Commission which derived from the Directive 2004/40/EC that is repealed by the new Directive. New standardization works shall take into account the new limits and the contents of the non-binding guides. Different working groups (WG) in CENELEC CLC/TC106X are working in order to modify relevant standards to the new Directive.
For the electricity sector it is worth mention the WG17 “EMF assessment in the electricity supply industry” that is working to develop a new technical standard for exposure evaluation of electricity industry: production, transmission and distribution that should be circulated as a draft by the mid of 2016. | <urn:uuid:e5b01ff4-7530-4f63-b143-e7df6be7809a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.cesi.it/views/directive-2013-35-eu-in-electricity-sector/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570765.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808031623-20220808061623-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.929528 | 476 | 2.015625 | 2 |
Staying Put in Lower Bucks County is a program designed to help seniors in our area “Age in Place.”
Staying Put in Lower Bucks program permits the elderly to remain in their homes when they no longer can drive or can’t take care of the issues associated with home maintenance. A membership into this program for a year that costs $350 per person or $500 for a couple can save them $5,000 to $8,000 per month in avoided costs of living in an assisted-living facility and improves their quality of life.
According to a recent study, which AARP endorses, nearly all older adults would like to stay in their own homes as they age, i.e., aging in place.
Income from membership dues is needed to pay for the administration of the program, phone and mailing expenses, background checks of all volunteers, expenses associated with social events, and facility expenses. These membership dues are among the lowest in the nation of over 100 such similar programs.
The services offered through the Staying Put program will help area residents avoid a crisis point where they are forced to give up living in their homes and MUST MOVE to an assisted-living facility, which can be emotionally traumatic, more costly than staying in their home and decrease their quality of life.
The primary service offered is transportation to medical and other necessary local appointments, local shopping, pharmacy pickup and to and from local train stations and the Trenton-Mercer Airport.
Other services offered are the following:
- Resource & Referral If the member needs a type of service not provided as part of the Staying Put program, then a suitable service agency or another service provider will be contacted and informed of the member’s need.
- Social Events Ivins staff will coordinate periodic luncheons and teas, as a means to socialize with other members. If there is sufficient interest from members, other social events will be planned so members can socialize and stay connected to the community.
- Medical Appointment Notes Ivins staff will schedule a volunteer to accompany a member to a medical office appointment to take notes on behalf of the member if pre-approved in writing by the member.
- Shopping and Errands Ivins staff will coordinate the local transportation need to members for shopping assistance and hairdressers, as needed, either picking up groceries and prescriptions and running errands for them or accompanying them as they do so themselves.
- Elder Education This is a periodic seminar program coordinated by the Ivins staff geared toward seniors and those caring for seniors. Professionally developed seminars on topics related to aging will be offered.
- Periodic Check-in Upon request, Ivins staff, other members, and volunteers will make periodic, at least weekly, phone calls or quick stop-ins to those members who are shut-ins and live alone to check on their well-being.
- Home Repair and Handyman Services Ivins staff will provide members with the names of at least two qualified, pre-screened home repair and handyman service providers who satisfy Ivins qualifications. Some providers may offer services at reduced rates. Ivins staff will follow up to ensure satisfaction with the work performed. Ivins staff will develop a list of names of home repair and handyman service providers who have good ratings on Angie’s List, and have no serious complaints with the Better Business Bureau. In addition, any contractor who provides home improvements must be registered in Pennsylvania with the Attorney General’s Office.
- Minor Home Assistance Ivins staff will coordinate volunteers for changing light bulbs and batteries for smoke/fire detectors in member’s home.
- Help with Technology The Ivins staff will coordinate volunteer assistance at home for those members who need help using computers and cell phones.
- Home Safety Assessments The Ivins staff will coordinate volunteer home safety assessments.
This program is a member of the Village to Village Network, a national organization that provides guidance, resources, and support to help communities establish and maintain their non-profit, community-based programs. | <urn:uuid:d10b2533-c76e-47f9-8163-9567afce438d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ivinsoutreach.org/home/community-programs/staying-put-in-bucks-county/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.941352 | 832 | 1.625 | 2 |
Scientists are interested in the timing of such biological events and their relationship to climate. In ecological research, understanding phenology is critical to timing seasonal work like plant population monitoring and seed collection, while agricultural scientists and farmers use it to plan everything from planting to pest management to crop harvest.
Since the 1950s, dedicated volunteers across the country have tracked the phenology of lilacs. Partnering with the USA National Phenology Network (USA-NPN), the Gardens monitors the phenology of many of the plants in the lilac garden. We also partner with Project BudBurst (PBB) to monitor 10 other easily recognizable species throughout the Gardens. These organizations support citizen science projects conducted by a network of people across the United States who monitor plants and report their data throughout the year. Partnering with US-NPN, we developed a Phenology Trail which currently includes three sites in Colorado.
Become a citizen scientist and help monitor plant phenology on one of the species the Gardens monitors or any one of the hundreds of species being monitored nationally by contributing your data to our partner organizations (National Phenology Network or Project Budburst). | <urn:uuid:82ce4372-5e42-470c-b25d-f1f44a20e1f1> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.botanicgardens.org/science-research/phenology | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281069.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00273-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940102 | 229 | 3.203125 | 3 |
SPOKANE, Wash. — Wildfire season continues to rage across the Pacific Northwest. The season is already six weeks ahead of schedule, according to the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR). Prepping early in case of emergency can help save some stress.
The last thing you want to think about when trying to escape a fire is "do I have everything?"
Fires have different levels of severity. In both Washington and Idaho, they can be thought of as READY, SET, GO.
LEVEL 1 - READY
This is the getting ready stage. Conditions could get worse, so you want to have your go bag ready.
LEVEL 2 - SET
This is when you are getting set to leave. Be prepared to leave at a moment's notice.
LEVEL 3 - GO
This is when you need to get out and go now. You are in immediate danger and emergency services may not be able to help at this point.
In case of an emergency, the Greater Spokane Emergency Management team has an evacuation list. With these evacuations come different needs. Having a bag ready with the essentials can help.
For Level 3 evacuations, you want to be out in about five minutes.
- Emergency folder
- Passports, IDs, birth certificates
- Wallet with cash, cell phone, charges, keys
- Medications and medical devices, such as a cane
- Pet supplies
- Special items for infants, elderly or disabled family members
For Level 2, you have more time. You want to be out in about 30 minutes:
- All that is listed in Level 3
- First aid kit
- Camping equipment and toolkit
- One change of clothing and shoes per person, one blanket or sleeping bag per person
- A weather or disaster radio
- Extra batteries
- A three-day supply of water and non-perishable foods
- Sanitation supplies, such as hygiene products like wipes and pads
- Smoke or dust masks
- Extra car keys, glasses
- Important memorabilia like journals, photobooks
For Level 1, you want to get out in about an hour:
- All that is listed in 2 and 3
- Comfort items like books, games, toys for kids
- Paper and pencil
For those in Spokane County, another great tool is ALERT Spokane. By signing up online, you ensure emergency alerts are able to reach you. When you register, you have the option of adding multiple addresses and phone numbers. If English is not your first language, you can also choose to sign up and/or receive messages in Spanish, Russian or Chinese. | <urn:uuid:c8306b71-e610-432a-8d1f-092b27bfc004> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.krem.com/article/news/local/wildfire/what-to-bring-when-evacuating-a-wildfire/293-79d9ad3c-343c-4efd-b745-7da5cbc01acb | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571097.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810010059-20220810040059-00275.warc.gz | en | 0.943622 | 547 | 1.75 | 2 |
The Global Warming Backup Plan
It makes no difference whether global warming is or is not a “human-caused” condition, because it is only human-caused action that will mediate its effects. This book shows why wind and solar alone are not enough. To get a handle on this, we need a backup plan, that is, an energy miracle.
This is the book that gives concerned folks an understanding of exactly how to tackle global warming. At the same time, it gives students and scientists the tools to jump-start the search for energy miracles. The politicians and administrators who need a low-cost solution that comes to grips with the coming debacle will be happy to know that this book provides that as well. In this century, over one billion people living in low-lying coastal areas will be inundated by rising seas. It’s time to get moving. Read this book and then pass it on to a friend or an associate. | <urn:uuid:712a78bf-d566-4de9-868d-df18d9352cf3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.transcat.ca/industries/solar-energy | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571246.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811073058-20220811103058-00271.warc.gz | en | 0.932897 | 204 | 1.945313 | 2 |
What Goes Into a Credit Score and How to Raise Yours
A lot is riding on your credit score. Whether or not you get approved for a loan or a credit card, what interest rate you qualify for on your mortgage—maybe even whether or not you get that job you applied for. But many people don’t really know how their credit score is calculated. They just know they want a higher one.
Whatever your credit score is, but especially if you would like to improve it, it’s important to know what exactly goes into a credit score. FICO, formerly called the Fair Isaac Corporation, is one of the most-trusted and often used credit scoring companies. Their method of analyzing consumer credit reports to assign each person with a certain credit score that indicates how reliable a borrower they are has been around since the 1950s, with some changes over the years.
This is what goes into making a FICO credit score these days:
- Payment history – 35%
This is pretty straightforward. If you pay your bills on time, you will have a good payment history and it will reflect well on your credit score. Paying late isn’t good for your credit score—but if you forget once or twice, don’t worry. You need to be at least 60-90 days late on a payment, or pay late consistently, to have it show up on your credit history and affect your credit score.
- Amount owed – 30%
How much you owe versus how much available credit you have has an impact on your credit score. If you owe a lot, that isn’t necessarily bad; but if all your cards are maxed out, that makes you look less than desirable to potential lenders. Try to keep your balances below 30% of your available credit.
- Length of credit history – 15%
If you got your first credit card when you were in college, and your class reunion is coming up, you probably have a good amount of credit history. Creditors want to see that you have been using credit for a number of years and have a pattern of on-time payments and keeping your accounts in good standing. This is one thing you can’t do much about; if you are young, your credit history isn’t going to be that long. What you can do, though, is make sure you keep your old accounts open. If you have a credit card that is paid off and you don’t use it anymore, don’t close the account or you will lose that nice long credit history.
- Types of credit and new credit – 10% each
The things that matter least, but still matter, are how many different kinds of loans you have, and how many new ones you apply for. It looks good if you have more than one kind of credit: an unsecured credit card and a mortgage, or a student loan and a car loan in addition to a credit card. And try not to apply for a lot of new credit cards; each time a card issuer makes an inquiry to the credit bureau about you, it can potentially put a small dent in your credit score. So only apply for the credit you really need.
If you have bad credit and are ready to start repairing it, order a copy of your credit report and take a close look at each item. Make sure all the information is accurate, and make a plan to improve your credit, using your newfound knowledge of what makes the most difference and how a credit score is calculated.
Latest Bad Credit Cards Guides
If you’re separated, divorced, or facing a split in the future, you might know that your relationship is not the only casualty in this scenario.
If your credit score is in the cellar, you may feel like it’s a problem you’ll never be able to solve.
You might think you have good credit—and you could be right. But if you aren’t checking your credit report regularly, you might not know if there is something on your credit report dragging your score down.
If your credit is below the “good credit” benchmark of 700, you might think the only credit cards available to you are “bad credit cards.” But if that’s what you think, there’s good news: there are many great credit cards available for people with no-so-great credit.
Many people worry that a bad credit score is the end of the world. But the truth is, bad credit is common. Everyone gets into trouble sometimes and financial messes are nothing to be ashamed of. | <urn:uuid:57bae960-be01-40df-bc6a-6ea752a14db3> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.bestcreditoffers.com/guides/bad-credit-cards/what-goes-into-a-credit-score-and-how-to-raise-yours-82.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281162.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00538-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964099 | 951 | 2.21875 | 2 |
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Give Our Kids a Break: How Three-Year Degrees Can Cut the Cost of College. Policy Brief
Weinstein, Paul, Jr.
Progressive Policy Institute
The American higher education system is the finest in the world. Students from across the globe continue to flock to American universities, while the competition among U.S. students for slots at these elite schools is tougher than ever. There are cracks in the fiscal foundations of higher education, however, and they are growing wider. The costs of postsecondary education are now higher in the United States than anywhere else in the world, and they are mounting beyond the reach of average American families. A triple whammy exists: (1) out-of-control college costs; (2) record levels of student debt; and (3) declining real earnings for college graduates that have made the higher education financing system unsustainable. Fortunately, there is a two-part policy response that can address all three of these imperatives: the "Three-Year Degree" and the "Simplified Higher Education Grant." This policy brief explains these programs and how they can not only save students money, but will increase access to America's leading colleges and universities.
Descriptors: Higher Education, Postsecondary Education, Costs, Paying for College, Debt (Financial), Outcomes of Education, Educational Finance, Grants, Tuition, Family Income, Fees, Educational Policy, Bachelors Degrees, Time to Degree, Degree Requirements, Student Loan Programs, Access to Education, Federal Government, Federal Aid
Progressive Policy Institute. 600 Pennsylvania Avenue SE Suite 400, Washington, DC 20003. Tel: 202-547-0001; Fax: 202-544-5014; Web site: http://www.ppionline.org
Publication Type: Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Peter Gray’s Free to Learn
‘There is no need for forced lessons, lectures, assignments, tests, grades …’
Picture a generation of children losing their capacity to play. Picture a school system where recess and free time are disappearing. Imagine an educational mindset that tests its students with greater frequency even as students report growing anxiety and stress.
If your imagination fails, it may be because there was no room for imagination in your school day.
Peter Gray offers an alternative in his book Free to Learn and his speaking tour, which brings him to Chesapeake Country on October 5.
“There is no need for forced lessons, lectures, assignments, tests, grades, segregation by age into classrooms or any of the other trappings of our standard, compulsory system of schooling,” Gray writes. “All of these, in fact, interfere with children’s natural way of learning.”
Fewer American children are learning naturally. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention reports an ominous 41 percent rise in attention deficit hyperactivity disorder diagnoses in the past decade, resulting in millions of children taking daily doses of stimulants like Ritalin or Adderall.
A Boston College researcher, Gray has spent his professional life observing children and schools.
Framing his book is the personal experience that shaped his career choice: his son Scott’s education at the Sudbury Valley School in Framingham, Massachusetts. Since 1968, Sudbury Valley School has inspired a worldwide movement toward education based on freedom and responsibility.
“Gradually, as I became convinced that Scott’s self-directed education was going beautifully, my interest turned to children in general and to the human biological underpinnings of education,” Scott writes.
Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Students for Life adds a new voice to the chorus of writer-educators questioning current trends in parenting and education. You may have read Lenore Skezany’s Free Range Kids or Kim John Payne’s Simplicity Parenting: Using the Extraordinary Power of Less to Raise Calmer, Happier and More Secure Kids.
Gray writes in clear, accessible prose and includes chapters on trustful parenting, play in both hunter-gatherer societies and in human social and emotional development and the history of compulsory schooling.
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KIM LAWTON, correspondent: In Jerusalem’s Old City, the Spafford Children’s Center is a welcome oasis from the turbulence that is all too present here. Both Israelis and Palestinians claim Jerusalem as their capital, and the ongoing conflict can take a heavy toll on the city’s children. Located in the Arab section of Jerusalem, the Spafford Children’s Center tries to help Muslim and Christian Palestinian kids deal with the trauma.
DR. JANTIEN DAJANI (Spafford Children’s Center CEO): I always say there is hardly anyone in the Palestinian society that is not traumatized.
LAWTON: The center is run by Dr. Jantien Dajani, a Dutch pediatrician who came here 35 years ago. Back then, the center provided medical services for East Jerusalem’s children, as it had since the 1920’s. But center leaders realized they were dealing with problems that went beyond the physical. David duPlantier, dean of Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral in New Orleans, is on the Spafford Children’s Center board.
REV. DAVID DUPLANTIER (Spafford Children’s Center Board Member): So it was a chance to really strengthen the health of the children, not just in the medical sense, but in the psychological and social sense.
LAWTON: About 400 children up to age 18 come through the center every week for after-school activities and Friday sessions. The center also sponsors summer camps and special cultural programs. The children learn skills to help them in future jobs, things like computer and English. Everything has an educational component, even the most uproarious game. There’s play therapy, art therapy, and drama therapy, all designed to help the children deal with trauma and stress they may not even realize they have. A psychologist comes in several times a week for one-on-one sessions, and there is also group counseling.
Dr. DAJANI: And what we try to do is to create in the center several safe areas, safe rooms where they can say anything, and it will not come back to them.
LAWTON: Dajani’s philosophy is to keep the kids busy with positive activities so they won’t get pulled into drug abuse or violence, common problems among Palestinian youths. She tries to teach them to make the best of their circumstances, no matter how difficult those circumstances are.
Dr. DAJANI: I always say I cannot change for you the situation we are living in. That’s impossible. That needs political solutions from high up. But at least what I can try is to change a bit your perception of the situation.
LAWTON: The center itself has a colorful past, tracing its roots to Horatio and Anna Spafford, an evangelical couple from Chicago. After suffering heavy losses in that city’s Great Fire of 1871, Horatio sent Anna and their four daughters to Europe. While en route their steamship, the Ville du Havre, sank after colliding with another ship.
Rev. DUPLANTIER: Before the Titanic, I think it was the most significant cruise ship disaster, and the daughters all perished.
Rev. DUPLANTIER: He’s heartbroken to find out his daughters have perished, and so he takes a boat over to meet Anna, and when the captain shows him roughly the place where the shipwreck had taken place, he was inspired to write a poem that later became the hymn “It Is Well With My Soul.”
WINTLEY PHIPPS (singing): “When sorrows like sea billows roll…”
LAWTON: “It is Well” remains one of the most popular Christian hymns, sung in churches around the world and recorded by multiple gospel artists.
Mr. PHIPPS (singng): “…it is well with my soul.”
LAWTON: After their tragedies, the Spaffords decided to move to the Holy Land. They believed the end of the world was near and that Jesus would soon come back to Earth on Jerusalem’s Mount of Olives. The Spaffords and a small group of fellow believers called the Overcomers wanted to be close by when that happened. As they waited, they established a commune in East Jerusalem that became known as the American Colony.
Rev. DUPLANTIER: They weren’t there to try to convert people. That was one of the unique things about them. They didn’t proselytize. They said their prayers, they welcomed people, they offered food when they had it. But they were not there to try to convert other people, which was very different than especially evangelical Christianity in that period.
LAWTON: The American Colony eventually moved to the former palace of an Arab pasha. Jews, Christians and Muslims were all welcome there.
Rev. DUPLANTIER: From the absolute beginning they were generous, they were known to share their food. They really were thought to be a place of hospitality and, you know, Christianity at its core, it really is a faith of hospitality.
LAWTON: But there was also controversy. After Horatio died in 1888, Anna took over leadership of the colony. Her style was authoritarian, and she imposed a rigid set of rules.
Rev. DUPLANTIER: She kind of dictated how life would be. Certainly they were unique and different than mainline Christianity of today in how they lived. They were very disciplined. There was a period of time where men and women, even if they were married, apparently lived separately.
LAWTON: DuPlantier says after Anna died in 1923 the religious zeal of the colony changed.
Rev. DUPLANTIER: In any kind of community like that it’s always going to be a challenge to sustain that over a period of time. So I think partly that’s why the religious fervor fell away in the next generation, because you know it was very much based around the personal faith of Anna and Horatio.
LAWTON: But the charitable work of the colony continued. Anna’s daughter Bertha focused on caring for children.
Rev. DUPLANTIER: That began kind of the ministry that evolved, from taking in orphans to helping with health care and, you know, over a period of time turned into a hospital and then evolved over time into the Spafford Center as it is now.
LAWTON: The Spaffords’ compound has become the famous American Colony Hotel, which has been named one of the leading small hotels of the world. The hotel provides key support to the children’s center. The Spafford Children’s Center is just inside the walls of Jerusalem’s Old City near the Damascus Gate. It’s in the house where Horatio and Anna Spafford settled after they arrived here from Chicago in 1881. The house eventually became the headquarters for the Spafford family’s charitable works. Today, the center is not explicitly religious, although it has many faith-based connections. Dr. Dajani says, like their predecessors, they serve people of all faiths, and they try to teach the children religious tolerance.
Dr. DAJANI: We want them to be tolerant for each other and for different opinions. We take them to the mosque, we take them to the Holy Sepulcher and to other holy places. They are always amazed at each other’s beauty.
LAWTON: For duPlantier, the lasting legacy of the colony is the joy he sees in the children who come to the center, a testament of hope, he says, that turmoil and tragedy need not prevail.
Rev. DUPLANTIER: To see the joy that is just prevalent in the folks really has renewed and continues to renew my knowledge that God finds a way. No matter what circumstances we find ourselves in, God finds a way to redeem them if we look.
LAWTON: And that, he says, makes things well with his soul.
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Turn Those Creative Ideas Into Opportunities for Your Student to Create
This year I have made a lightboard, a green screen studio, a two-camera studio (front on and top down cameras), and an iPad tripod mount. I have learnt a tremendous amount along the way and have also developed my creativity and critical thinking as well as my perseverance, grit and agency. I am really pleased but am also struck with the regret of a missed opportunity. There a people that need to develop critical thinking and creativity skills more than me. They are my students. I really should have given these projects to my students.
So, I now have a student designing and building my new lightboard, and another student is designing and building an autocue for me. I also have students making my new video intro music and graphics. This term, I am calling for student volunteers to produce teacher created videos. This will reduce the time and skill burden on the teachers and will hopefully increase the number of teachers flipping.
My year 12 general science class includes a unit where students film and produce videos for a teacher. They also create their own videos of junior science content and skills. These videos can then be used to teach junior science classes.
I had a student design and 3D print gears for a science demonstration, and he also designed and printed headphone holders to keep the class set of headphones in order. He saw a need and took the initiative to make these on his own. I am very confident that his future will be bright.
These are authentic, real world projects where the student has to deal with a client and meet a brief. The students need to use design thinking, critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and communication. These 21st century skills are highly sought after by employers. In 2008, IBM surveyed 1500 CEOs about what skills they value in employees1. They said that adaptable to change, and creativity in generating new ideas were the two priorities.
So next time I need something made, or done, I will firstly try and outsource the job to students because these tasks are rich learning experiences that develop 21st century skills.
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Witness to History: Remembering the Kurdish ‘No-Fly Zone’
Dr. Dlawer Ala’Aldeen has not only witnessed history, he helped create it.
Twenty-three years ago this month, Britain, the United States and France imposed a No-Fly Zone over northern Iraq that put an end to Saddam Hussein’s murderous air attacks on the Kurds. Ala’Aldeen, a former minister of higher education in the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) and now professor of clinical microbiology at Britain’s Nottingham University, mustered all of his charm and persuasive powers to convince former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher to start the process that led to the establishment of the No-Fly Zone in Iraqi Kurdistan in the aftermath of the second Gulf War. That historical moment changed the lives of Iraqi Kurds, and became the cornerstone of the autonomy that the Kurds enjoy to this day. In this interview with Rudaw, Ala’Aldeen shares some of the events and anecdotes from that time.
RUDAW: How was the idea of the no-fly zones conceived?
Dlawer Ala’Aldeen: The idea of the No-Fly Zone came about out of necessity. All those who witnessed the sudden mass exodus of two million civilians concluded there was no alternative but to escort the refugees to their home and protect them from Saddam’s air attacks. We therefore went beyond simply asking for food and blankets and requested full protection from Saddam’s armed forces as well as the repatriation of the displaced.
RUDAW: You were one of the main lobbyists in the United Kingdom. In what capacity?
All those who witnessed the sudden mass exodus of two million civilians concluded there was no alternative but to escort the refugees to their home and protect them from Saddam’s air attacks.
Dlawer Ala’Aldeen: At the time, I was lobbying in the UK as the secretary of the Kurdish Scientific and Medical Association (KSMA). We founded the organization to lobby for Kurdish human rights and provide scientific evidence to substantiate claims the Ba’ath regime was committing human rights abuses. We were not affiliated to any political organization, but often liaised with the Kurdish political leaders. During the crisis of 1991, numerous organizations in different countries were independently engaged in lobbying for the same cause.
RUDAW: You seemed to have been effective, even though you were all volunteers.
Dlawer Ala’Aldeen: Yes, the Kurdish diaspora has always been highly engaged and patriotic. In times of need, every Kurd fought in their own different way. No one stayed at home. Some of us were more focused than others. In my case, I was leading the KSMA and focused my efforts on UK and US decision makers, as they were the ones leading the international coalition for the liberation of Kuwait. I teamed up with a number of British friends (lobbyists) and targeted the British prime minister (Mr John Major) and through him targeted Mr George H.W. Bush, the president of USA, both of whom had retreated to their Easter holidays.
RUDAW: Does that mean the US and UK governments were not helping?
Dlawer Ala’Aldeen: After defeating Iraq’s army during the liberation of Kuwait, both governments decided to keep Saddam in power and prevent Iranian domination. Other European countries, such as France, publicly urged the USA and UK to help the Kurds. However, instead, the USA and UK governments watched these disastrous events unfold. They allowed Saddam to use his military helicopters to suppress the uprising in both southern Iraq as well as Kurdistan. Hundreds of thousands were killed and millions were displaced. The official US and UK lines were that Iraq is a sovereign country, therefore, they would not interfere with its domestic problems. Whereas this was a man-made holocaust that was a direct consequence of the US and UK failed policies in the Middle East, and of their war of liberation in Kuwait.
RUDAW: Can you tell us how you targeted Mr Major and Mr Bush. I understand that you met with Mrs. Thatcher? I know in one of the meetings you had to muster up a Kurdish group, and so you dressed up family, friends and whoever else you could gather.
Dlawer Ala’Aldeen: We used various means of communicating our concerns to these leaders. For example, I wrote to people in their inner circles, including their wives and private secretaries. I had their responses, which reiterated the official lines. I therefore decided to get help from Mrs Thatcher, who was John Major’s boss until November 1990, and was often described as the “backseat driver.”
I therefore decided to get help from Mrs Thatcher, who was John Major’s boss until November 1990, and was often described as the “backseat driver.”
Mrs Thatcher avoided meeting Kurdish politicians to avoid criticism for stepping over Mr Major’s toes. Furthermore, she always adhered to the old British policy and dealt with the Kurds via Baghdad. I assured her that I would be meeting her as the secretary of the KSMA, accompanied by representatives of Kurdish women. I called upon some of my female Kurdish friends and relatives, and asked them to turn up (at 3pm on Wednesday, April 3, 1991) in colourful Kurdish traditional dresses. I took my young nephew (Ranj) and niece (Rejna), who were also dressed in Kurdish attire. We pre-warned the British press and news channels, who were waiting for us when we arrived. We needed to hit the headlines -- and we did.
RUDAW: What did you tell Mrs Thatcher and how did she respond?
Dlawer Ala’Aldeen: I emphasized that (a) the British government must win the moral high ground and help the displaced, even if the US did not. I reminded her that in the forthcoming elections (May, 1991) this issue will come back to haunt the conservative party if they fail to act. (b) Our political leaders had never sought separation from Iraq, but demanded democracy for Iraq and federal autonomy for Kurdistan. (c) The large number of refugees ought to return to their homes under the UK and US protection. (d) The government should provide urgent help, including tents, blankets, food and medicine, and add pressure on Turkey to open the borders. At the time, Ankara had prevented the Kurds from entry to Turkey.
Mrs Thatcher came out, faced the cameras and, famously, urged the British public and government to help the refugees. She then called Mr Major who was in his car, on his way to a football match. Mrs Thatcher then told us that Mr Major pledged £20 million to help, part of it to be dispatched that same night, and promised to liaise with the Europeans and US Governments. He then initiated a cascade that led to the No-Fly Zone.
Mrs Thatcher then called Mr Bush. I later knew that she was very persuasive, and Mr Bush had subsequently sent his secretary of state, Mr James Baker, to visit Turkey and the Iraqi border, to witness the tragedy. Clearly, Mr Turgut Ozal (president of Turkey), other European leaders, NGOs and the international press and media played their major roles in adding to this pressure. That is, of course, over and above the significant roles played by the Kurdish political leaders and party activists in Kurdistan, Europe and the USA.
Mrs Thatcher then called Mr Bush. I later knew that she was very persuasive,
RUDAW: You also met the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Dlawer Ala’Aldeen: Yes, we needed to keep the momentum and add pressure on Mr Major. My wife and I visited the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr George Carey, and urged him to talk privately to Mr Major and publicly appeal to the British public to donate in support of the refugees. He was very sympathetic and responded with clear action.
RUDAW: Can we say that the No-Fly Zone has been one of the most important historical events for the Iraqi Kurds, which has opened the doors to the possibility of a state?
Dlawer Ala’Aldeen: Without a shadow of a doubt. The No-Fly Zone allowed the refugees to return home, led to the withdrawal of Iraq government administrations from three Kurdish governorates and paved the way to the 1992 election of the first Kurdish parliament and government in Iraq. These achievements remained protected to date, despite the subsequent internal and external challenges. It gave us a historic opportunity to work on nation-building -- a foundation for state-building.
RUDAW: Can you tell us some anecdotes behind the political discussions which took place?
Dlawer Ala’Aldeen: During one of my conversations with Mrs Thatcher, she asked me: “Why have the Kurds always fought against Baghdad and sought separation.” I responded: “If you were married to someone who treated you like Saddam treated the Kurds, would you not divorce him?” She concurred, and said “I had never thought about that, but do not let Dennis (her husband) hear this.”
Mrs Thatcher asked me: “Why have the Kurds always fought against Baghdad and sought separation.” I responded: “If you were married to someone who treated you like Saddam treated the Kurds, would you not divorce him?”
Another interesting observation was that in the morning of April 3, I was interviewed on Sky News along with the British foreign minister (Mr Douglas Hogg). He kept a stiff upper lip and reminded us of Iraq’s sovereignty. However, later in the evening, after Mrs Thatcher and Mr Major’s intervention, we faced each other again. This time on BBC’s Newsnight, and he was a completely different person. I did not need to say much, and you could have mistaken him for a Kurd!
RUDAW: Any last words? Can you think of any lessons from this?
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Take the stress out of your little Picasso’s first art experience by following Miss Becca’s 5 steps to consistently positive toddler art projects!
Toddler art projects can seem really daunting. Here’s your little one who makes a huge mess eating yogurt and you’re about to give him paint? It’s totally natural to feel overwhelmed. Don’t be afraid of art — embrace it and hand over the paintbrush. It’s so important for your child’s development. Not only are you working on sensory exposure, but also your child is working the muscles he/she will need to hold a pencil and write his/her name.
Between teaching art and pre-preschool classes at Bubbles Academy, plus hanging out with the little ones in my personal life, I do 10-12 toddler art projects a week. That’s a lot of finger paint! Through trial and error, I’ve discovered five steps that make toddler art projects a success every time.
(1) Spark Their Interest!
They have to WANT to do the project. This is the most important part of any toddler art project. If they aren’t interested, put the project away and try again later. That said, you can entice them with new materials, songs, fun colors, or by doing a project based on something your child loves. I babysit a little lady who is obsessed with kitty cats. When we do art together, we make a cat or we meow while we paint. It’s fun and so much easier than trying to strap her to a chair to use a paintbrush.
A lot of toddlers aren’t interested in art until you dip a car in paint and let them make tracks on the paper. Try to find an “in” with your little artist.
One of the most important parts of development in young people is motivation. You have to want to crawl to crawl, the same is true of fine motor development. You have to want to hold that paintbrush before you pick it up. Find fun ways to motivate your toddler to create!
- Tip: Check out this post on Tinkerlab about no mess art projects you can do at home! Or you can check out our Pinterest board Artsy Experiments for projects that will motivate your child.
(2) Find the Right Place!
To really engage in an activity, your child needs to feel comfortable and create in a space that is distraction free. Just as adults thrive in a de-cluttered office, try to limit distractions in your art environment. The kicker for toddler art projects — it needs to be a space where your little one will stay for the duration of the project. Feel free to think outside of the box. Let your child do a project on the floor if he/she is not feeling the chair today.
- Tip: I love taping paper to the wall and letting little ones stand. Standing allows them to bend and reach for supplies on the ground, which sneaks a little gross motor development in there and satisfies your little one’s wiggles.
(3) Set Your Supplies for Success!
Instead of handing the brush to your toddler, put all the supplies out in your workspace within your toddler’s reach. This encourages little ones to pick which hand they will use to create, which will ultimately benefit them as they develop hand dominance. Because hand dominance isn’t set until age five for some children, you want to give your developing toddler freedom to experiment with both hands.
North Shore Pediatric posted this interesting article about hand dominance on their blog. Putting the supplies out for your young artist to choose supports our next step…
(5) Give Your Child Creative Freedom
Children choose what tools to use! Allowing your child to make the choice to pick up a paintbrush or crayon gives him/her more ownership over the project. I recently read an interesting article about student driven learning by Joshua Davis.
The article sites a study by MIT and the University of Louisville, which observed children that were given various toys. The results:
“The kids were presented with a toy that could squeak, play notes, and reflect images, among other things. For one set of children, a researcher demonstrated a single attribute and then let them play with the toy. Another set of students was given no information about the toy. This group played longer and discovered an average of six attributes of the toy; the group that was told what to do discovered only about four. A similar study at UC Berkeley demonstrated that kids given no instruction were much more likely to come up with novel solutions to a problem.”
Let your child drive the project. Try stepping back and give him or her room to discover.
- Tip: Practice using the word, “Yes!” for all his or her choices (within reason) — “You’re stacking all those stickers on top of each other. I love that!”
(5) Put it on Display and Talk About It!
Put that masterpiece in their room and talk about it before naptime, or place it on your refrigerator and visit it during lunch. Praise the parts you love about their picture. Maybe he/she mixed some colors together to make a new color — talk about that.
Make the process of creating that project a story and tell it often. Share the artwork with a spouse or other caregiver, “Chloe made this beautiful picture today. She picked these colors on her own, and used a Q-tip to paint this part. I really love how she swirled the paint right here.” Not only are you exercising your child’s memory, but also you’re encouraging storytelling, boosting their self-esteem and building up excitement for their next creation.
Have fun creating amazing toddler art projects in your home, art classes and schools.
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Want to get home-grown spices in the middle of winter? Eat fresh vegetables in the spring? Sow in the summer to harvest in the fall?
Lena Israelsson's book, Year-Round Edible Gardening, is a practical guide for those who want to extend their growing season. And double, perhaps triple, their harvest. Growing year-round is possible, and this book can teach you the best methods to do it the right way.
Year-Round Edible Gardening includes inspiring and expert tips on which vegetables, herbs, and spices suit the different seasons. Certain plants can even be harvested in the middle of winter if handled correctly. Others, like microgreens, herbs, and hydroculture, can create the perfect indoor gardens.
This book will teach readers to know the difference between cold and hot weather plants, which growing methods are best suited for different plants, and when to plant and harvest. They’ll learn about sowing; coverage with plastic, glass, or fiber weaves; and fertilization—creating a fruitful and fertile soil is the linchpin of all cultivation and one of the book's most important parts.
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The Turn of the Century Salon, is a monthly literary event where you can share recent posts related to literature or authors from the 1880s-1930s. One of Katherine’s suggestions for this month’s post is to find a work of art or music within the same time-period that reflect the book and share it.
After reading Siegfried Sassoon’s Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man I decided to read more of his works, including his poetry and bought The War Poems of Siegfried Sasson, World War One British Poets: Brooke, Owen, Sassoon, Rosenberg and Others, edited by Candace Ward. I’ve also borrowed Sassoon’s Memoirs of an Infantry Officer and Siegfried Sassoon: a Biography by Max Egremont and am slowly reading through these.
I’m familiar with some of the World War One war poets, such as Rupert Brooke (The Soldier – ‘If I should die, think only this of me: That there’s some corner of a foreign field That is forever England), Wilfred Owen (Dulce et Decorum Est), and Thomas Hardy (Channel Firing) and so on, but I hadn’t read any of Sassoon’s poems.
They are satires condemning the war. Sassoon described his poems such as The One-Legged Man as “satirical drawings”, which he intended to “disturb complacency”. Here is his poem In the Pink
So Davies wrote: ‘ This leaves me in the pink. ‘
Then scrawled his name: ‘ Your loving sweetheart Willie ‘
With crosses for a hug. He’d had a drink
Of rum and tea; and, though the barn was chilly,
For once his blood ram warm; he had pay to spend,
Winter was passing; soon the year would mend.
He couldn’t sleep that night. Stiff in the dark
He groaned and thought of Sundays at the farm,
When he’d go out as cheerful as a lark
In his best suit to wander arm-in-arm
With brown-eyed Gwen, and whisper in her ear
The simple, silly things she liked to hear.
And then he thought: to-morrow night we trudge
Up to the trenches, and my boots are rotten.
Five miles of stodgy clay and freezing sludge,
And everything but wretchedness forgotten.
To-night he’s in the pink; but soon he’ll die.
And still the war goes on; he don’t know why.
Looking for more information about this poem I found this description in Siegfried Sassoon: a Study of the War Poetry by Patrick Campbell (page 94):
‘The first of my outspoken’ war poems. I wrote it one cold morning at Morlancourt, sitting by the fire in the Quartermaster’s billet, while our Machine-Gun Officer shivered in his blankets on the floor. He was suffering from alcoholic poisoning, and cold feet, and shortly afterwards departed for England, never to return. Needless to say, the verses do not refer to him, but to some typical Welshman who probably got killed on the Somme in July, after months and months of a dog’s life and no leave. The Westminster refused the poem, as they thought it might prejudice recruiting!!’
Reading Sassoon’s war poems brings home the horrors of war, the deaths, the devastating injuries and the appalling indifference of the war leaders and the lack of understanding of the people back home.
Similarly some works of art were considered controversial and not suitable for public viewing. Such a painting is Paths of Glory by Christopher Nevinson showing the corpses of two dead British soldiers lying face down in the mud among barbed wire behind the Western Front. Their helmets and rifles lie in the mud next to them.
This painting is held in the Imperial War Museum website. Its description is:
“The title is a quote from ‘Elegy Written In A Country Church-Yard’ by Thomas Gray. ‘The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow’r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e’er gave, Awaits alike th’inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave.‘ Whereas the poet reflects on bodies dead and buried in a church-yard, the so-called ‘Paths of Glory‘ have led these soldiers to death in a wasteland.
‘Paths of Glory‘ was famously censored by the official censor of paintings and drawings in France, Lieutenant – Colonel A N Lee. His concern presumably being the representation of the rotting and bloated British corpses at this stage in the war. The decision was confirmed three months before the opening of his exhibition at the Leicester Galleries in 1918 but Nevinson still included the painting with a brown paper strip across the canvas, blatantly inscribed with the word ‘censored’. As a result, Nevinson was reprimanded for exhibiting a censored image and for the unauthorised use of the word €˜censored’ in a public space. Predictably, the stunt created the publicity Nevinson desired. The painting was purchased by the Museum during the course of the exhibition.”
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How Do I Identify Velvet On My Fish?
The Velvet disease is one of the illnesses that can appear in tropical fish aquariums. Early detection can be the difference between the recovery or the death of the fish of the aquarium, especially at the offspring stage.
The disease is highly contagious and deadly. The first symptom a sick fish shows is a change in its behavior, is therefore important to know which are the normal habits of the fish in the aquarium to be able to detect some abnormality, like aggressiveness, lost of the appetite or irregular swimming.
The first symptom which needs attention is the change in behavior. Like the white spot disease, the fish affected with the velvet disease, scratch or rub against the decorative objects or the rocks of the aquarium. Another of the early symptoms of this disease is that the fins of fish tremble quickly (fin twitching).
As the disease affects mainly the gills of fish, another characteristic symptom is the respiratory failure (rapid breathing).
As the disease progresses spots appear on the body of the fish, but unlike ich, the skin seems to be covered by a fine dust (sprinkled with talc).
The spots in the velvet disease range from 0.1 to 0.2 millimeters of diameter, while the spots in the white spot disease can exceed the millimeter of diameter (5 to 10 times larger).
The presence of this dust on the body of the fish, causes that the skin seems opaque.
Due to the excess of mucosity that the fish generates as a defense mechanism against the parasites, the skin presents a velvet appearance of reddish yellow or grayish white color. If the disease worsens, can also appear ulcers in the skin and necrosis with skin detachment.
Identify and Treat Health Problems such as White Spot, Velvet and Fin Rot in your tropical fish, saving on vet bills and headaches.
The eyes of the fish becomes opaque and may even cause Exophthalmia (one or both eyes protrude from the orbits).
It is also common that the fish stop eating and lose weight very quickly.
If the velvet disease is not treated quickly, can lead to death within a few weeks.
The fish die from asphyxia because the parasite attacks the gills. The disease is spread and it may become epidemic in the aquarium.
Severe attacks cause massive damages to the skin and the gills. The disease is highly infectious and can quickly eliminate the population of an aquarium, especially if it attacks young fish.
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Fall is right here, which implies we’re all about to get into peak pumpkin mode. However past the world of pumpkin spice lattes and carving up pumpkins for Halloween, the long-lasting orange vegetable can be used so as to add a well being increase to your cat’s weight loss program.
After all, you need to all the time ask your veterinarian earlier than giving your cat new meals, together with pumpkin. However after you have the okay from the vet, you may share your fall pumpkin kick together with your finest furry good friend!
Right here’s why you need to combine some seasonal pumpkin into your feline’s feeding routine.
What Are The Well being Advantages Of Feeding Your Cat Pumpkin?
First up, pumpkin is a good supply of fiber on your feline. The truth is, should you’ve ever had a cat scuffling with slightly little bit of constipation, your vet has in all probability advisable that you simply strive feeding them some pumpkin to get issues transferring once more.
Moreover, pumpkin can add a component of bulk to your cat’s weight loss program. This makes it an effective way to complement your feline’s feedings in the event that they’re attempting to lose slightly weight.
What Kind Of Pumpkin Can Cats Eat?
The simplest approach to serve your cat pumpkin is out of a can.
However be warned! Learn the label rigorously as a result of you want to ensure you’re serving 100 % plain pumpkin and never a can of puree that has been spiked with sweeteners or spices.
These cans are for baking up candy pumpkin dishes, to not feed to your cat.
Technically, you might additionally cook dinner after which puree contemporary pumpkin on your cat, however this may occasionally require extra effort and time than you bargained for. When you do go this route, by no means feed your cat the pores and skin or stem of a pumpkin.
A handy approach to feed your cat pumpkin is to look out for pet meals manufacturers that promote smaller sachets of pure pumpkin on your cat.
How A lot Pumpkin Ought to I Feed My Cat?
As a ballpark determine, feeding your kitty round a teaspoon or so of pumpkin daily is ok.
You may additionally dish it up as a snack and even combine it into their moist meals in the event that they’re into that.
After all, your vet may give you extra details about how a lot pumpkin to present your particular person cat. It’s finest to ask them first!
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Paper wax comes in printed wax paper together with regular paper wax. You might have paper wax in your pantry, and you don’t know what to do with it; well, this article is here to give you ideas. You might have gone to the mall wanting to buy parchment instead, and you confused it for paper wax, and don’t know what you will use paper wax for. Paper wax might not be heat-safe, but it has other advantages. In this article, we will talk about the various ways you can use paper wax.
Uses of paper wax
1. Allows your cheese to breath
Paper wax is excellent for wrapping cheese because it prevents harmful bacteria from sneaking inside the wrappings and makes the cheese not dry out quickly. You could also use paper wax to wrap plastic cheddar from the supermarket. In case you end up opening your cheese and you want to use it for another three to four days, make sure you buy paper wax.
2. Line your refrigerator shelves
When you store things in the refrigerator, some end up spilling and creating a whole mess and cleaning it is challenging since you have to empty the entire appliance to reach all the dirt around the refrigerator. If you want to save yourself from all this trouble, you could use sheets of wax paper as a protective cover, and all you need to do is toss the paper wax once it has saturated.
3. Keeps ice cream fresh
When you buy ice cream, you tend to buy the huge one so that any time you crave ice cream, you scoop some and satisfy your craving. It isn’t enjoyable when you open your ice cream and find ice crystals on your once cream. To prevent this from happening, take your paper wax and wrap it around your ice cream, and you shall enjoy it without any ice crystals.
4. Cleans can openers
When you have a can opener, you rarely think about cleaning it because you don’t use it daily. However, it would help if you started cleaning them because they get fragments of food and bits of labels could also get caught between the blades. All you need to do is to take your wax paper and clean your opener with it, and it will be sparkling clean. The sticky wax helps to trap the bits and pieces stuck around the devices and rotating blades.
5. Prevents messy microwave explosions
When microwaves get dirty, it’s usually challenging to wipe off the dirt since it quickly gets stuck. Before you warm something, you could wrap it with wax paper, which will prevent you from cleaning your microwave from time to time since it’s all messy.
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You never know just how much impact documenting your journey could have on others.
For Will Lucas, the phrase, “a life worth living is worth recording,” is one to live by as he believes that when you put in the work to share your own personal experiences, it can be valuable not only to yourself but a host of others that seek encouragement to keep going.
“What too many of us think erroneously is that success is a destination, like one day you’re going to wake up and suddenly be successful,” said Lucas during the latest episode of AfroTech’s Black Tech Green Money podcast. “So, if you wake up, you’re getting after it, every day you are successful. Every week, you squirrel away a hundred dollars to buy your first piece of real estate, you are successful every one of those weeks.”
While goal setting can be both rewarding and tedious, Lucas breaks down why keeping a real track record of all of your wins, both big and small, can be rewarding in the long run.
Keeping Up With Progress
One way that Lucas compares keeping up with your own individual progress is the way in which he documents the way that his children are growing up.
“I have young kids and for the most part, unless I’m traveling, I see my kids every day and since we live in the day of the ever-present cell phones, I have a lot of videos and photos of them since the day they were born,” Lucas shared. “The reason why I bring up how often I see them which, again, is like every day, unless I’m on the road, is because being so close to the situation, being so close to them can make me confused about how much and how fast they’re growing.”
Time Moves Faster Than You Think
He further explains how looking back at the footage he has of them actually gives him more insight into their growth that he might miss by seeing them every day. Something he notes is that it’s much like one might be when they are constantly making moves for a business — it can be hard to track growth that isn’t always as visible.
“It’s really only when I’m out of town for a few days or when I look back at the footage of them where I can actually see how much they’ve grown in so little time and the same goes for you and your journey toward your business success,” he continued. “You can be so close to the daily operation, the struggles, the heartache that goes along with entrepreneurship and running a business that you don’t even see how far you’ve come and this is natural. When you’re doing the thing, you don’t realize the problems that you’re dealing with today, you prayed for, worked for a year ago, five years ago, and so on.”
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The step down transformers used for electric power distribution purpose are referred as distribution transformer. There are several types of transformer used in the distribution system. Such as single phase transformer, three phase transformer, pole mounted transformer, pad mounted transformer, and underground transformer. Distribution transformers are generally small in size and filled with insulating oil. These transformers are available in the market in various sizes and efficiencies. Selection of distribution transformer depends upon the purpose and budget of the end users.
Secondary Terminals of Distribution Transformer
Secondary terminals of distribution transformer deliver electrical power at a utilization voltage level to the consumer end via energy metering system. In case of three phase distribution system three phase four wire secondary systems are adopted. Here, three phases, which means red, yellow and blue phase conductors, come out from three low voltage bushing studs of the transformer. The neutral wire is connected to the fourth bushing which is also referred as a neutral bushing of the transformer.
The neutral point of the distribution transformer is projected from the tie point of 3–phase winding inside the transformer. In case of industrial heavy three phase load, four wire system is directly delivered to the consumer end, but in case of single phase light load, one phase and neutral connection of the three phase distribution transformer, are connected to the consumer’s energy meter.
The secondary terminals of distribution transformer at first is connected to the three phase bus of distribution kiosk, located nearby the transformer. This connection is essentially made via a fuse unit to provide protection from external fault to the transformer. From this three phase bus in the distribution kiosk, different, three phase or single phase service mains or sub distributors are connected.
A typical type of-single phase system is available in United State of America for supplying single phase residential tons. Here, single phase pole mounted transformer is used for supplying single phase residential load. This type pole mounted transformer has total three secondary terminals, one of which is ground and other two are phase terminals. Two phase wires provide 240 volts across them, and the voltage across any of the phase wire and the ground wire is 120 volts. So a consumer can be supplied either of 240 volts or 120 volts supply depending upon his requirement. Actually in this system, the secondary winding of the distribution transformer is center tapped. The center wire is grounded and marked as neutral. The two end conductors of the winding is called hot wire.
Efficiency of Distribution Transformer
The efficiency of distribution transformer is defined as the ratio between output power to input power of the transformer at full load condition, but in case of a distribution transformer, the concept is a little bit different as the possibility of running a distribution transformer at its full load condition is nearly nil. The efficiency of the transformer is maximum at 50% of full load.
A transformer has mainly two types of losses, these are, iron losses and copper losses. Iron loss, which is also referred as core loss, consists of hysteresis loss and eddy current loss. These two losses are constant when the transformer is charged. That means the amount of these losses does not depend upon the condition of secondary load of the transformer. In all loading condition, these are fixed. But the copper loss which is also referred as I2R loss entirely depends upon load I. A distribution transformer cannot be run with constant load throughout 24 hours. At day peak time it’s loading is high, whereas in night lean time its loading may be negligible.
So selecting a transformer depending upon its conventional efficiency is not practical and economical, too. As a solution of these problems, the concept of all day efficiency of distribution transformer came into the picture. So this efficiency is same as the efficiency of distribution transformer.
In this concept, we use the ratio of total energy delivered by the transformer to the total energy fed to the transformer, during a 24 hrs span of time instead of ratio of power output and input of the transformer. Hence, all day efficiency is determined as, total KWh at the secondary to the total KWh at the primary of the transformer for a long specific time period preferably 24 hrs. i.e,
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- President calls 2011 a "challenging year" for the two countries
- Pakistan's parliament will convene Tuesday
- They will debate the recommendations of a special committee
- The committee studied how to engage with the United States
A joint session of Pakistan's parliament will meet Tuesday to discuss new terms of engagement with the United States, a spokesman for the country's prime minister told CNN on Saturday.
The parliament will debate the recommendations of a special commission and will vote whether to accept them or not, spokesman Akram Shaheedi said.
Amid huge domestic and military pressure after NATO airstrikes on the Pakistani-Afghan border killed 24 Pakistani soldiers last November, Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani created the Parliamentary Committee on National Security, a group of 18 members of parliament responsible for reviewing relations with the United States.
The committee forwarded its recommendations to the government about a month ago, and these will be debated Tuesday.
"We kept in mind both the angles, domestic demands and the requirement by the international community, while compiling our recommendations," Hiader Abbas Rizvi, a committee member, told CNN. "We were optimistic, progressive, but of course patriotic Pakistanis at the end while we were compiling the recommendations."
Rizvi expects that the recommendations -- which won't be made public until Tuesday -- will be approved, but not before several days of debate.
President Asif Ali Zardari, in an address to parliament Saturday, described 2011 as a "challenging year" in the "multi-dimensional and important" relationship between his country and the United States.
"We seek to engage meaningfully with the U.S. on the basis of mutual interest and mutual respect," Zardari said. "We are looking forward to your recommendations for re-engaging with the United States," said Zardari, referring to the parliamentary committee.
Zardari's speech mostly focused on domestic issues, including energy and inflation.
Opposition lawmakers shouted during the leader's speech and said, "End the corruption!" and "Stop the lies!"
The president's supporters slapped their desks, a customary sign of support in parliament.
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Thursday, August 28, 2014
by: Tonya Lowentritt
COUNSELING PROGRAM RECEIVES GRANT – Assistant Professor of Counseling Reshelle Marino, center, explains the new software program on one of the university's laptops purchased through a Louisiana Board of Regents grant. The technology will be used in research and student training in the graduate counseling program. Listening intently are Alysse Bulich, left, and Christianne Ricard, both graduate counseling education majors from Baton Rouge.
HAMMOND – Thanks to a Louisiana Board of Regents grant totaling $71,340, Southeastern Louisiana University's graduate counseling program will be the first and only program in the state to use specialized technology in its research and student training.
The play analyzer software program now in use in the Department of Health & Human Sciences will allow faculty supervisors to monitor and record live video sessions of students in practice, said Reshelle Marino, assistant professor of counseling and principal grant investigator.
Master's level students enrolled in the practicum and internship courses for school counseling, clinical mental health, or marriage and family tracks will participate in research. Each student will receive their own laptop, software program, camcorder, tripod, and SD card reader.
"The system will assist our research process by providing more accurate and efficient access to clinical data and video examples, allowing supervisors to provide faster corrective measures for treatment and student training," Marino said. "There are only 12 accredited counseling programs in Louisiana, and we are the first and only program to utilize this technology."
Marino explained that as a requirement for graduation, counseling graduate students must perform 700 hours of supervised field experience in their respective graduate tracks.
"In addition to faculty using the technology to develop training material, utilizing the technology for the required 700 field experience hours will enhance the experience for graduate students and allow them to be highly competitive in today's workforce," she said.
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Saturday, 21 January 2012
Saving Turkey's Birds
Just back from a great day out with Rob and Chris in Teeside, where we went on one of Martin Garner's Gull Days - Iceland Gull, Med Gulls, loads of superb 'argentatus' Herring Gulls, drake Ring necked Duck, Marsh Harrier, Greenland and European White fronted Geese. Loads of good learning too. While there we met Cumbria's Tristan Reid; a self confessed gull junkie and also of www.binocularface.co.uk fame.
Tristan is raising money to try and save some of Turkey's most well known birds and to do this he is having 20 of Turkey's most famous birds tatooed on his arms. The project is called 'Giving my right arm!' If you would like to help Tristan in his quest to raise this money, you can help by visiting - http://www.justgiving.com/givingmyrightarm
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Siri is an amazing step forward in computing technology.
So is Seconds.
Seconds enables customers direct interact and transaction with merchants through the mobile web. When a consumer attaches their payment credentials to their Seconds account, they have effectively transformed their phone into a transactional device. With Seconds, people can send quick messages and easily make transactions with merchants using the service. Even more cool, because Seconds is driven through text messaging, if a person is holding an iPhone 4S they can use Siri to complete the mobile transactions with Seconds by simply saying the keyword.
Here’s how it works when you imagine a scenario such as paying rent, which is something we are set to pilot test in Seconds this month. When rent is due, all you have to do is:
You say: Send a message to landlord “Pay Rent”
Siri says: OK, here’s your message to your landlord: “Pay rent.” Are you ready to send it?
You say: Yes
Siri says: message sent
Two seconds later you receive a text “Your account has been charged $1,200 for your rent. That’s it! Your rent is paid & you can get on with your life.
How did Siri know who to send the message to and how much you should pay your landlord for rent?
Seconds allows merchants to program their account and customize keywords with specific dollar amounts which act as triggers to charge a Seconds user’s mobile payment account. So in this scenario, the landlord was able to simply plug in the amount of money “Pay Rent” would translate with and then told their tenants to just text their number and pay in Seconds next month. This specific tenant was able to tell Siri to pay his rent for him. And because had labeled his Landlord in his phone contacts, Siri was able to do the job quickly and easily.
Seconds and Siri are a perfect match, and we see a future where payments are so seamless we won’t even have to take out our phones (let alone our wallets). In the future, your phone numbers + a pin will be all the payment credentials you will need.
The interesting thing about Seconds is not just the transactional component – which is definitely cool – but the communications aspect as well. Seconds sits directly at the convergence of communications and transactions, and enables each at certain times and both when appropriate. It’s truly a 21st century communications and commerce platform fit for almost any merchant – large or small, corporate or independent.
It’s my belief there will be many different players in the payments space, but merchants and consumers will not tolerate a plethora of options and varying requirements based upon specific merchants. It will be far too confusing and there will need to be some market convergence as time goes on. Consumers will most likely choose the option which is 1) quickest to use, 2) most widely accepted, 3) is not affected by a specific device they are holding, and 4) the easiest to understand.
We like where we sit within the ecosystem and look forward to a great future ahead. It’s only the beginning. If you are not familiar with Seconds, here is a quick video of someone paying for a “wrap” by simply texting the words. Note: this is not a demo, it’s the real Seconds experience happening every day and will soon be in your hands as well! | <urn:uuid:d3df73e8-2c6b-4199-8c06-776def0fade4> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://soentrepreneurial.com/2012/03/10/mobile-payments-siri-hears-your-words-and-pays-your-rent-in-seconds/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280410.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00458-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952332 | 707 | 1.992188 | 2 |
The Bornean orangutan, Pongo pygmaeus, is a species of orangutan native to the island of Borneo. 'Orangutan' is derived from a Malay term meaning 'man of the forest' and aptly describes the southeast Asian great apes native to Sumatra and Borneo. Together with the Sumatran orangutan, it belongs to the only genus of great apes native to Asia. Along with bonobos, chimpanzees, and gorillas, orangutans are remarkably similar to humans in terms of anatomy, physiology, and behavior. Like the other great apes, orangutans are highly intelligent, displaying advanced tool use and distinct cultural patterns in the wild. Orangutans share approximately 97% of their DNA with humans.
The Bornean orangutan has a life span of 35-45 years in the wild; in captivity it can live to be about 60. A survey of wild orangutans found that males weigh on average 75 kilograms (170 lb), ranging from 50–100 kilograms (110–220 lb), and 1.2–1.4 metres (3.9–4.6 ft) long; females average 38.5 kilograms (85 lb), ranging from 30–50 kilograms (66–110 lb), and 1–1.2 metres (3.3–3.9 ft) long.
The Bornean orangutan is an endangered species, with deforestation, oil-palm plantations and killing posing a serious threat to its continued existence.
The Bornean orangutan and the Sumatran orangutan diverged about 400,000 years ago. There has been a continued low level of gene flow between them since then. The two orangutan species were considered merely subspecies until 1996, following sequencing of their mitochondrial DNA.
- Northwest Bornean orangutan P. p. pygmaeus - Sarawak (Malaysia) & northern West Kalimantan (Indonesia)
- Central Bornean orangutan P. p. wurmbii - Southern West Kalimantan & Central Kalimantan (Indonesia)
- Northeast Bornean orangutan P. p. morio - East Kalimantan (Indonesia) & Sabah (Malaysia)
There is some uncertainty about this, however. The population currently listed as P. p. wurmbii may be closer to the Sumatran orangutan (P. abelii) than to the Bornean orangutan. If this is confirmed, abelii would be a subspecies of P. wurmbii (Tiedeman, 1808). In addition, the type locality of pygmaeus has not been established beyond doubt; it may be from the population currently listed as wurmbii (in which case wurmbii would be a junior synonym of pygmaeus, while one of the names currently considered a junior synonym of pygmaeus would take precedence for the taxon in Sarawak and northern West Kalimantan). Bradon-Jones et al considered morio to be a synonym of pygmaeus and the population found in East Kalimantan and Sabah to be a potentially unnamed separate taxon.
The Bornean orangutan has a distinctive body shape with very long arms that may reach up to two metres in length. They have a coarse, shaggy reddish coat and prehensile, grasping hands and feet.
Orangutans are the largest arboreal animals in the world, and spend almost all of their time in the trees including foraging as well as sleeping. This species is highly sexually dimorphic with males much larger than females. Adult males can weigh upwards of 300 pounds, while females often weigh less than half of that. Males can also reach a height of five feet and may have eight foot arm spans. At ages of about 15 to 20, males develop large pads on their cheeks called "flanges" as well as large throat pouches. Flanged males have a long coat of dark hair on their back, a facial disk, flanges and a throat sac used for "long calls." An unflanged male looks like an adult female, lacking the throat sac and large cheek pads.
Their bodies are adapted to arboreal locomotion in which their hands and feet grasp branches as they move from tree to tree. They have highly mobile hip and shoulder joints that allow for easy movement through the canopy. The ligament, ligamentum teres, that binds the top of the femur to the pelvis in humans is much modified. This makes them capable of doing highly flexible body movements similar to yoga.
Habitat and Distribution
The Bornean orangutan lives in tropical and subtropical moist broadleaf forests in the Bornean lowlands as well as mountainous areas 1,500 metres (4,900 ft) above sea level. This species lives throughout the canopy of primary and secondary forests and moves large distances to find trees bearing fruit.
It can be found in the two Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak, and three of the four Indonesian Provinces of Kalimantan. Due to habitat destruction the species distribution is now highly patchy throughout the island, the species has become rare in the south-east of the island, as well as in the forests between the Rejang River in central Sarawak and the Padas River in western Sabah.
Borneo and Sumatra represent only 1.3% of Indonesia's land mass but support 10% of its known plant species, 12.5% of its mammals, and 17% of its other vertebrates (animals with backbones). Borneo alone has around 15,000 species of flowering plants, which is equivalent to the flowering plant diversity of the entire African continent. This habitat is essential to more than just the orangutans.
Behavior and Ecology
In history, orangutans ranged throughout Southeast Asia and into southern China, as well as on the island of Java and in southern Sumatra. Orangutans primarily inhabit peat swamp forests, tropical health forests, and mixed dipterocarp forests.
Bornean orangutans are more solitary its Sumatran relatives. Two or three orangutans that have overlapping territories may interact, but only for short periods of time. Although orangutans are not territorial, adult males will display threatening behaviors upon meeting other males and only socializing with females to mate. Males are considered the most solitary of the orangutans.
The Bornean orangutan travels on the ground more than its Sumatran counterpart. It is theorized this may be in part because there is no need to avoid the large predators which only exist in Sumatra such as the Sumatran Tiger.
Orangutan population density highly correlates with the level of fruit availability. They can be found in large numbers in forests where there is not a high seasonal fruit abundance. "Pongo pygmaeus" prefers peat swamp forests and areas where fruit is abundant year round.
The Bornean orangutan diet is composed of over 400 types of food, including wild figs, durians,leaves, seeds, bird eggs, flowers, honey, insects, to a lesser extent than the Sumatran orangutan, and bark. They have also been known to consume the inner shoots of plants and vines. Durian is the favorite fruit for orangutans. It is the fruit of the Durian tree and has a very strong smell. The taste is similar to sweet, cheesy, garlic custard. Orangutans remove the spiked skin, eat the flesh, and discard the seeds, acting as vital seed dispersers for the fruit. They get the necessary quantities of water from both fruit and from tree holes.
Bornean orangutans have been sighted using spears to catch fish. The species has been observed using tools such as leaves to wipe off fees, a pad of leaves for holding spiny durian fruit, a leafy branch for a bee swatter, a bunch of leafy branches held together as an "umbrella" while traveling in the rain, a single stick as backscratcher, and a branch or tree trunk as a missile." And in other regions, orangutans occasionally eat soil to get minerals that may neutralize the toxins and acids they consume in their primarily vegetarian diet. On rare occasions, orangutans will prey upon other, small primates such as slow lorises.
Males and females generally come together only to mate. Sub-adult males (unflanged) will try to mate with any female and will be successful around half the time. Dominant flanged males will call and advertise their position to receptive females, who prefer mating with flanged males. Adult males will often target females with weaned infants as mating partners because the female is likely to be fertile.
Females reach sexual maturity and experience their first ovulatory cycle between about 6 and 11 years of age, although females with more body fat may experience this at an earlier age. The estrous cycle lasts between 22 and 30 days and menopause has been reported in captive orangutans at about age 48. Females tend to give birth at about 14-15 years of age. Newborn orangutans nurse every three to four hours, and begin to take soft food from their mothers' lips by four months. During the first year of its life, the young clings to its mother's abdomen by entwining its fingers in and gripping her fur. Offspring are weaned at about four years but this could be much longer, and soon after they start their adolescent stage of exploring, but always within site of their mother. During this period they will also actively seek other young orangutans to play with and travel with.
A 2011 study on female orangutans in free-ranging rehabilitation programs found that individuals who were supplemented with food resources had shorter inter-birth intervals as well as a reduced age at first birth.
The Bornean orangutan is more common than the Sumatran, with about 54,500 individuals in the wild; there are only about 6,600 Sumatran orangutans left in the wild. Orangutans are becoming increasingly endangered due to habitat destruction and the bushmeat trade, and young orangutans are captured to be sold as pets, usually entailing the killing of their mothers.
The Bornean orangutan is endangered according to the IUCN Red List of mammals, and is listed on Appendix I of CITES. The total number of Bornean orangutans is estimated to be less than 14 percent of what it was in the recent past (from around 10,000 years ago until the middle of the twentieth century) and this sharp decline has occurred mostly over the past few decades due to human activities and development. Species distribution is now highly patchy throughout Borneo: it is apparently absent or uncommon in the south-east of the island, as well as in the forests between the Rejang River in central Sarawak and the Padas River in western Sabah (including the Sultanate of Brunei). There is a population of around 6,900 in Sabangau National Park, but this environment is at risk. According to an anthropologist at Harvard University, it is expected that in 10 to 20 years orangutans will be extinct in the wild if there is no serious effort to overcome the threats that they are facing.
This view is also supported by the United Nations Environment Programme, which stated in its 2007 report that due to illegal logging, fire and the extensive development of oil palm plantations, orangutans are endangered, and if the current trend continues, they will become extinct.
A November 2011 survey, based on interviews with 6,983 respondents in 687 villages across Kalimantan in 2008 to 2009, gave estimated orangutan killing rates of between 750 and 1800 in the year leading up to April 2008. These killing rates were higher than previously thought and confirm that, the continued existence of the orangutan in Kalimantan, is under serious threat. The survey did not quantify the additional threat to the species of habitat loss due to deforestation and expanding palm-oil plantations. The survey found that 73% of respondents knew that orangutans were protected by Indonesian law.
However the Indonesian government rarely prosecutes or punishes perpetrators. In a rare prosecution in November 2011, two men were arrested for killing at least 20 orangutans and a number of long-nosed proboscis monkeys. They were ordered to conduct the killings by the supervisor of a palm oil plantantion, to protect the crop, with a payment of $100 for a dead orangutan and $22 for a monkey.
Rescue and Rehabilitation Centers
A number of orangutan rescue and rehabilitation projects operate in Borneo.
The Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation (BOS) founded by Dr Willie Smits has rescue and rehabilitation centres at Wanariset and Samboja Lestari in East Kalimantan and Nyaru Menteng, in Central Kalimantan founded and managed by Lone Drøscher Nielsen. BOS also works to conserve and recreate the fast disappearing rainforest habitat of the orangutan, at Samboja Lestari and Mawas.
Orangutan Foundation International, founded by Dr Birutė Galdikas, rescues and rehabilitates orangutans, preparing them for release back into protected areas of the Indonesian rain forest. In addition, OFI promotes the preservation of the rain forest for the orangutans.
This article incorporates text from the ARKive fact-file "Bornean orangutan" under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License and the GFDL.
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For this episode of Western Slope Skies, a look at the moons of Jupiter, and the two Galileos - the man and the machine.
In 1610, Galileo Galilei became the first person to observe another planet, Jupiter, and its 4 largest moons, Callisto, Europa, Ganymede, and Io. For the next 380 years, most scientists believed that those moons were similar to our Moon, that is, rocky spheres without activity or atmosphere.
As technology improved, theories emerged that perhaps the moons of other planets, especially Jupiter and Saturn, were much more interesting than our Moon.
In 1989, NASA launched the Galileo mission to Jupiter to evaluate these theories. Arriving in 1995, Galileo’s observations have changed how we view the moons of other planets.
Images show remarkably different surfaces on the four major moons with striking colors.
Interestingly, the visual camera on Galileo was one of the first astronomical applications of CCD technology. The sensor was 800 pixels by 800 pixels. Today’s smartphones far surpass this in resolution.
Other data captured by Galileo provide strong evidence that:
• Europa has a liquid ocean beneath its icy surface.
• Ganymede and Callisto also have saltwater regions beneath their surfaces.
• Io has VERY active volcanoes, which indicate a partially molten mantle.
• Ganymede has a strong magnetic field, the first for a moon.
• Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto have thin atmospheres.
There are 67 confirmed moons of Jupiter. Most of them ARE dead, inactive rocks.
To avoid possible contamination of the moons, in 2003, Galileo was deliberately navigated into Jupiter’s thick atmosphere at 108,000 mph where it vaporized.
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Nine-time New York City Marathon champion loses her long battle with cancer.
Written by: Mario Fraioli
Grete Waitz, the nine-time New York City Marathon champion and arguably the most renowned female marathoner off all-time, lost her nearly six-year battle with cancer on Tuesday, passing away in her sleep. She was 57 years old.
Most known for her unprecedented nine New York City Marathon titles between 1978 and 1988, Waitz was also a five-time world cross country champion. She won the gold medal in the marathon at the first World Championships of Athletics in Helsinki in 1983 and captured silver at the 1984 Olympic Marathon. She was also a two-time London Marathon champion (1983, 1986), clocking her personal best of 2:24:54 to win the race in 1986.
Diagnosed with cancer in June of 2005, Waitz was as a true ambassador for the sport of distance running, particularly for women.
“Running a marathon is something many people want to do – it is like the ultimate goal for them,” she told Matt Fitzgerald in an interview with Competitor.com last year. “Not everybody can climb Mount Everest or dance on Broadway but most people can complete a marathon. The numbers of first-timers are increasing and that is why some races get bigger and bigger. I am personally happy to see that so many women take on the challenge of 26.2 miles.”
Waitz’s passing is sending shockwaves throughout the running world. Her reach extended well beyond the finish line, as she devoted much of her time and energy to supporting such charitable organizations such as the Cure Foundation and Special Olympics. She was also an ambassador to the JP Morgan Chase Corporate Challenge racing series, helping to encourage health and wellness in the workplace.
“She survived six years which doctors consider miraculous and during that time she took care of Jack, her family and started a foundation-building exercise facilities in cancer hospitals,” said Barbara Paddock, a close friend of Waitz and senior vice president at JP Morgan Chase, on Tuesday. “She will always be a super amazing, beautiful, caring, determined woman.”
“God has a strange way of doing things,” added Tracy Sundlun, senior vice president of events at The Competitor Group, who has known Waitz since the early 1970’s. “Perhaps he was a step ahead of things. For her to pass away, the greatest female athlete our sport has seen, to pass away on the day of the Boston Marathon is fitting. It doesn’t make it any less painful, but it’s fitting.”
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All About STEM NEWS
IT’S OFFICIAL! All About STEM to manage The Big Bang North West to 2020!
For the last three years we have thoroughly enjoyed running the largest STEM event in our region. Every year we have strived to make The Big Bang North West bigger and better and with the help of our amazing sponsors, exhibitors, supporters and fantastic schools, we are excited to continue our efforts to 2020 and beyond!
2017 will be our largest event to date. After the unbelievable success of our 2016 event, we have DOUBLED our floor space at the Exhibition Centre Liverpool and on the 4th of July our arena will be packed with STEM-sational activities, shows and exhibits… have you seen our line up so far? We still have many to reveal!
“This is amazing news for us! We would like to thank EngineeringUK for giving us the opportunity to continue facilitating an event we love and thank our supporters, old and new, who help to make this happen. The Big Bang North West is truly inspirational and you really have to be there to feel the electric atmosphere of thousands of excited young people. We have fantastic exhibitors who engage and inspire and the show stage is always standing room only – the looks on everyone’s faces give us goose bumps. Everyone, young and old, discovering how much fun science can be and when it comes to technology, you can’t move for gadgets and gizmos!”
“We know that with our team, our sponsors and exhibitors and our schools that 2017 will be an absolute triumph! Since we received the news, we are already brainstorming for the next three years!” All About STEM Managing Director, Michelle Dow.
When we say we can’t wait to welcome you all to The Big Bang North West 2017, we really can’t! We hope you all have your tickets as we are close to being FULLY BOOKED.
Don’t miss out, book now!
The Big Bang North West
The Big Bang North West is a STEM celebration for school children and part of a programme led by EngineeringUK. Big Bang events enable young people to discover the exciting and rewarding STEM based careers available in their local area via fun, interactive activities.
Along with all of the amazing stands, shows and exhibits, The Big Bang North West hosts the regional finals of The Big Bang UK Young Scientists & Engineers Competition.
The Big Bang North West 2017 takes place on the 4th of July at the Exhibition Centre Liverpool. BOOK NOW, tickets are FREE!
The Big Bang North West 2017 is sponsored by AstraZeneca.
The Big Bang North West: BOOK NOW for our 2017 event!
Big Bang North West 2017: Headline Sponsor AstraZeneca!
Official Gallery: Thousands of children inspired at The Big Bang North West 2016!
The Big Bang North West 2016: The Movie!
The Big Bang North West 2016: Your Amazing Feedback!
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This year has seen the rise of hackers in the public eye, groups such as Anonymous and Lulz Security (Lulzsec) have breached the security of some of the biggest brands on the planet. Yesterday, Lulzsec announced their retirement from hacking, but encouraged their fans and other groups to continue their work. We have created an info graphic, entitled ‘Hack Attack’ to draw together some vital statistics of hackers and online security on the whole.
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It was difficult to quantify the extent of Lulzsec’s hacks, some have been claimed by the group whilst other remain a mystery.
We have taken a look at their biggest hacks, including their alleged involvement in the Sony Playstation Network hack (PSN) which resulted in 77 million user accounts being taken from Sony. A UK teenager was arrested last week and has been accused of working with Lulzsec to breach the PSN, it has also been revealed that the group comprised of six members – love them or hate them, you can’t deny the impact these six people have had over the past months.
The info-graphic looks at various attacks, including a hack on the CIA website in which Lulzsec gained access to the site to prove a point that it wasn’t secure enough. The top section of our infographic illustrates just four of the hacks Lulzsec where involved in, you must also be aware that they hacked two other Sony services and releasing 3.5 million Sony music coupon codes and 75,000 music codes to the general public.
This section makes for some alarming reading, we discovered that almost one third of people in the US and UK have been a victim of hacking to some extent. This could be a direct hack, or as a result of their details being taken by hackers from a third party. This opened up a whole can of worms as we had to separate out hacking affects with general cyber crime, the statistic showed that 73% of US citizens have been a victim of cybercrime!
We’ve no idea what the recent upscaling in hacking has cost, but in 2008 total losses where $1 trillion. We’d predict 2011 will easily surpass the 2008 mark.
There are a lot of hackers around, we have chosen the ones that either got jailed for a long time (top black hatters) or the ones you wouldn’t necessarily consider hackers in today’s criminal sense (white hat). Interestingly a lot of top hackers, whether imprisoned or not often end up with high paying jobs, both Adrian Lamo and Kevin Mitnik fall into this category – don’t care for either of them? Well, George Hotz, AKA Geohot has just bagged a top end job at Facebook after hacking the PS3 and iPhone.
How strong is your password?
People often pick short passwords that are easy to remember, that makes a lot of sense but isn’t all that safe. Research has shown that a lowercase, 6 letter password can be hacked in 10 minutes! At the other end of the scale, a 9 character password which uses upper/lowercase with a mixture of numbers and symbols would take 44,530 years to hack.
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The Orange County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the purchase of a building, on Tuesday, to be used as a year round shelter for the county’s homeless. The $3 million dollar purchase is located in a commercial section of Fullerton on State College Boulevard. More than a dozen advocates and opponents spoke before the board to express their support and concern for the project, which will replace the use of the Fullerton Armory.
The new shelter will have police, school, church and social agency presence to assist the homeless who utilize the facility. Supervisor Shawn Nelson, an adamant supporter of the facility, said that wherever a shelter is proposed, the response is the same -not in my backyard. Nelson heads a committee that works on homeless issues and found this particular building through a friend in the business. Yes, that friend is likely to receive some benefit from the purchase via commissions but, as Nelson pointed out, that will be between him and the seller’s broker.
What is important here is the impact a facility like this will have on homeless in the county and, in particular, our town Tustin. We have been blessed with the presence of the Orange County Rescue Mission, headed by former councilmember Jim Palmer. Some years ago, OCRM found a new home on the MCAS Base where it created the Village of Hope. The facility houses the headquarters of the Rescue Mission as well as transitional housing and training operations. In the Tustin 2010-2015 Five Year Consolidated Plan, the city says it does not have a significant population of homeless persons or homeless families with children (we would say that any homeless family living in Tustin is significant) and that those who live here on our streets are assisted on an as-needed basis by “making appropriate referrals to organizations or agencies…”. Those oranizations include the Orange Coast Interfaith, Families Forward and Human Options, none of which are located in Tustin itself. Tustin also tends to lump the homeless issue with domestic violence in its response. The report goes on to say that Tustin does recognize that homelessness is a regional issue.
We agree, of course, and this new facility in Fullerton could help those who want help.
The real significance of the proposed facility is that it will be open year around and, although no numbers have been put out, it is assumed that it will handle a considerably higher number of clients than the armory has in the past. The assumption from an Orange County Register article is that those who use the facility will not necessarilly be kicked out in the early morning as is the practice now at both the Fullerton and the closer Santa Ana Armory. But, is it close enough that it will be utilized by Tustin’s small homeless population?
Certainly, a facility closer to the city would have a better chance. Over the past year, much has been made over the use of the former transportation center in Santa Ana. Discussions for the use of that facility wilted in stiff opposition by the city. John Moorlach, who bristles at the thought of having to view the sea of homeless humanity that inhabits the grounds around the Hall of Administration, championed the use of the transit center, saying it was a safe facility for the local homeless population. Santa Ana officials blew off the proposal and, aside from opening the restroom facilities, have only responded with vague counter-offers to “find” a suitable location for the “homeless problem” in an unnamed building in an industrial area. Again, the NIMBY approach to the issue at hand. To date, other than private charities such as Catholic Worker’s Isaiah House, no other facilities have been proposed to replace or augment the Santa Ana Armory.
Has Tustin done it’s part? Certainly, the Orange County Rescue Mission’s decision to obtain base housing when MCAS Tustin closed was a wise one. They have made excellent use of the property and are a regional center for assisting homeless and at-risk families (we tried, but couldn’t reach Jim Palmer for comment). Many of the homeless that I speak to on our streets tell me they prefer to live on the street although many of them use transitional facilities to clean up and for other services. But, I have to wonder if we couldn’t do just a bit more to help those who live in our community. It would be nice to believe the facility planned for Fullerton is just a start. Perhaps the next one will be a little closer to home. | <urn:uuid:5bb341e8-3231-4f7e-bd19-d6d21cb0f5b6> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://ourtowntustin.com/tag/orange-county-rescue-mission/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280221.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00229-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967725 | 934 | 1.523438 | 2 |
The neurological disorder occurs more than twice as often in women as in men; the cause is unknown
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurological disorder that affects the brain and spinal cord. Approximately 2,500,000 people in the world have been diagnosed with it and 400,000 to 500,000 people in the United States are living with MS. Multiple Sclerosis occurs more than twice as often in women as in men. Most MS patients are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50.
The cause of multiple sclerosis is unknown. MS is an autoimmune disease. Normally, the immune system fights foreign invaders such as virus and bacteria. In people with autoimmune disease, something triggers the immune system to attack the body itself. A virus may be the trigger many years before the onset of symptoms.
Multiple sclerosis is not contagious. Once this immune process begins, a white blood cell called a T-cell, crosses from the blood into the brain and causes inflammation of the covering of the nerves called myelin.
The central nervous system is made up of nerves that send signals to one another. Nerve cells are covered with protective covering called myelin. Myelin let signals pass at high speed. MS causes damage to the myelin called demyelination.
The symptoms related to MS depend on where the inflammation occurs. Symptoms can include dizziness, numbness, weakness and blurred vision. The most common symptoms that patients describe are fatigue, stiffness, bowel and bladder problems, visual problems, pain, depression and sexual dysfunction. The course of MS is different in every patient.
TYPES OF MS
Approximately 70 percent of patients have a type of MS called relapsing and remitting multiple sclerosis. It is characterized by attacks of weakness, numbness or loss of vision, which improve over time. Many patients with relapsing and remitting disease will go on to have a form of MS called secondary progressive disease, which is a progressive worsening of the symptoms with or without new attacks.
The diagnosis of multiple sclerosis is made initially by patient history and physical exam and supported by laboratory tests. Laboratory tests include an MRI of the brain, spinal cord and spinal fluid analysis to demonstrate abnormalities in the immune and central nervous system.
March 14 to 20 commemorates Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Week. The Staten Island community has been tremendous in the support for research for MS. The Staten Island Multiple Sclerosis Walk in April, in conjunction with the New York City chapter of the MS Society has been nationally recognized for its efforts for research and support for the patients and families with this disorder.
MS: Just the facts
Multiple sclerosis is an immune system disorder.
It predominantly affects women more than men (3:1).
Symptoms are quite diverse and include blurred vision, dizziness, numbness and bladder problems.
The diagnosis of multiple sclerosis is made in any patient with unexplained numbness, dizziness and blurred vision after a complete neurological exam and testing that includes an MRI.
MS is very difficult to diagnose. If you have the previously mentined symptoms with no clear explanation, MS should be considered as a possibility.
There is no blood test for MS. An MRI is an image of the brain, which determines, using magnetic waves, areas of inflammation of the brain and spinal cord. The most important sequel of MS is the determination of disability. Many patients with remitting and relapsing disease do not completely recover from an attack and the patients with progressive disease accumulate disability. People can go on to have increasing weakness, require a cane, walker or a wheelchair. Approximately 50 percent of the time, patients will have some cognitive impairment from MS.
The treatment of multiple sclerosis is to treat both the underlying process and the symptoms. These are disease-modifying therapies that are used to reduce the inflammation and autoimmune response. The drugs include Copaxone and beta-interferon. In patients with more severe cases, the use of chemotherapeutic agents and monoclonal antibodies, such as Tysabri, may benefit them by making their immune system less active.Symptomatic treatments include medicines for depression, fatigue, bladder problems and sexual problems.
The symptoms of MS are so diverse that it is crucial for patients to clearly describe their symptoms to their physician. As a neurologist, it is clear that it takes a comprehensive team including a nurse, social worker, neurologist, internist and rehabilitative specialist specializing in MS to care for MS patients and their families.
Non-pharmacological interventions such as physical therapy and family support are another vital aspect to the patient’s care in patients with any neurological disorder, particularly multiple sclerosis. Many of our patients are more concerned about their families with regard to MS than their own disability.
Over the last 15 years, nine new medications have become available to MS patients. We are hopeful and optimistic that newer more effective agents will become available in the near future.
In March 2010, the Food and Drug Administration approved two medications for multiple sclerosis. The first was Ampyra, which is a potassium channel blocker. It eases the ability of nerve cells to communicate with each other. This new drug has helped numerous patients with multiple sclerosis walk faster, better and be more stable on their feet. The major side effect of this medicine includes an increased risk of seizures.
The first approved oral disease-modifying therapy was approved in September 2010. Gilenya is a disease-modifying drug that sequesters inflammatory lymphocytes (T and B cells) in the lymph nodes and does not allow them to circulate freely. As mentioned above, these immune cells are hyperactive and attack parts of the body that would not normally be attacked (myelin). Gilenya is given once a day, and in clinical studies has shown significant benefit in reducing disability and attack rate. It also stabilizes the MRI and reduces the number of new inflammatory lesions in patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis.
Since Gilenya is a new drug, we do not know all the side effects that may be involved. At present, there is a slight increased risk of infection and decreased blood counts and abnormal liver function has been noted with Gilenya.
New oral and more powerful disease-modifying agents are being tested in MS centers around the world including the MS Center of Staten Island. If you are interested in being involved in clinical trials, call the borough MS Center at 718-667-3800.
This column is provided by the Richmond County Medical Society. Dr. Allan Perel is a past-president of the Society, and director of Neurology at Richmond University Medical Center. He maintains a practice in New Dorp.
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In 1938 a fictitious radio drama produced by Orson Welles caused a bit of panic in the United States, and people fled their homes fearful of an alien invasion. Seventy-four years later our "spinning fragment of solar driftwood" will be thrown into disarray again, but this time it will be because of 140 characters.
The report said, “Mothers rushed to pull their kids out of school, shopkeepers slammed down their metal gates, and bus drivers radioed one another about streets to avoid after false rumors of shootouts and gunmen traveling in a caravan.”
While these are far more serious rumors than a science fiction alien invasion, this reaction to the tweets represents the faith people have in the reliability of social media. Like radio was in the 1930s, and still is to an extent today, Twitter as a medium is used as a source for breaking news — a source users take very seriously.
This summer, the Twitter world was outraged when a rumor started that the upcoming iPhone would have a price tag starting at $800.
“#800dollarsforaniPhone” and “iPhone 5 $800” were trending on Twitter for hours and it wasn’t long before tech news organizations had to come along to set the record straight.
And a few days ago, Twitter and Facebook users became convinced that Morgan Freeman had died. Tweets flew expressing regret and offering condolences. Don’t worry, the actor is alive and well — as many news organizations have confirmed. Unfortunately, some people still (seriously) think Mr. Freeman is dead, just search Twitter for “Morgan Freeman Dead.”
These are only a couple of the examples of the wild lies that Twitter can twist into fact.
As Twitter becomes a tool through which every news organization publishes information first, it’s completely understandable for users to mistake every tweet for the truth. When Twitter is used as a news medium it — unlike, TV, newspapers or radio — has the added element of users who can create news like journalists.
With the power of mass communication in the hands of everyone, a “War of the Worlds” scare can’t be far away, and would be easier to pull off today than it was for Orson Welles. The funny thing is that Twitter has already tried a “War of the Worlds” hoax, but the social media was too new to be taken seriously.
In 2008, when Twitter was only about a year old, users staged a mass reenactment of “War of the Worlds.” The stunt was greeted with a playful, “awww look at the microbloggers having fun on their new site” kind of attitude. This little joke, lighthearted as it was at the time, serves as an ironic foreshadowing for what the microblogging site would evolve into. | <urn:uuid:164e8c0c-992e-4374-a04e-84516c321dc8> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.forbes.com/sites/mattmiller/2012/09/12/twitter-will-cause-our-generations-war-of-the-worlds/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279410.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00173-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966993 | 617 | 2.234375 | 2 |
You will soon be using a Kinect, even if you don't have an Xbox
In Microsoft's vision of the future, Kinect sensors are everywhere: In your living room, your kitchen, at school, and even in the supermarket, above the fruit display.
And why not? The $150 motion-sensing device provides a cheap way to add gesture and voice controls to any application. Plus it's got a camera and two 3D depth sensors that give computers a tool to map out spaces in three dimensions, recognize people by their faces, identify real-world objects, and create 3D models of those objects.
I spent a day at Microsoft's Redmond campus this week attending TechForum, a small gathering of about a dozen journalists hosted by Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer, Craig Mundie. Part strategy briefing, part new-product showcase, part science fair, TechForum was a chance for us writers to see an array of recent and upcoming technologies that Microsoft's been working on, both in its commercial products as well as in its pure research labs. | <urn:uuid:c5b90c17-64eb-4601-8fda-065a2fbac11b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.gemini.co.il/news-events/posts/2012/march/you-will-soon-be-using-a-kinect-even-if-you-dont-have-an-xbox/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571150.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810070501-20220810100501-00678.warc.gz | en | 0.95114 | 217 | 1.78125 | 2 |
Becoming a Police Officer
Have you considered a career in law enforcement?
Let us tell you about the advantages.
- It is challenging! When you go to work, you never know what you will
be doing that day. It could be taking reports of crimes, counseling
a runaway girl, arresting a wanted person, helping an elderly or lost
person, or any one of a thousand other things. There is certainly no
routine in this job.
- It is rewarding! If you like to help people, this could be the job
for you. Every day, you are called to assist people in a time of crisis.
They turn to you for the help and advice they need. You can make a tremendous
impact on their lives. You can help a young child avoid becoming a victim,
or an offender. You can help people make their neighborhood a safer
place. Every day, you will go home knowing that you have made a difference
in someone's life.
- It is secure! Law enforcement jobs provide a great deal of security
after you pass probation. In addition to job security, the pay is good,
the benefits are usually very good, and there is an excellent pension
and a career ladder.
- It is prestigious! Most people trust and respect the police. As an
officer, you will earn respect as a person who enforces the law while
protecting the freedoms guaranteed by the United State Constitution.
Many agencies post their specific requirements for employment on their
web site. Otherwise, you can call the department and ask to talk to
a recruiter about the eligibility requirements. You may even find a
recruiter from the police department at a job fair hosted by your local
community college or other organization. Some of the more general guidelines
or common requirements are discussed below.
- Education - agencies differ as to the amount of education required.
Some agencies will hire people with only a high school diploma or
GED. Some agencies require either an associates or a bachelor's degree.
Check with agencies where you would like to work and find out about
their requirements. No matter what is required, we encourage you to
get your college degree before you enter law enforcement. A college
degree gives you a broader understanding of the issues we face in
this country. It also gives you the self-confidence that you can talk
to anyone of any education level. It will assist you in getting hired,
and, later on, in getting promoted.
- Physical Ability - most agencies have some type of physical abilities
requirement. You can find out what the exact requirements are. Some
agencies even give you an opportunity to practice before you take
the test. Do not be afraid of these tests. With some effort on your
part to prepare, you will probably pass them. Some of them require
a certain technique. If you are having problems passing the test,
ask the recruiter for assistance. If there is no assistance available,
talk to a gym coach at the high school or college and ask for help
in learning the technique.
- Background - agencies usually have a list of disqualifiers. Things
such as a felony conviction, heavy drug use or extremely poor credit
can disqualify applicants. Check and find out what the disqualifiers
If you want to apply, you can contact the recruiting office or personnel
division at the agency. They will send you a packet of information about
the agency and about the testing process. However, it is better to go
to the agency and meet with a recruiter so that you can get all of your
After you apply, you will be notified of a date and time to report
for the written examination. These are usually not difficult.
They test your skills of reading, writing, memory and logical thinking.
The next step in the process is usually the physical abilities test.
Again, you don't need to be afraid of this test. Find out as much as
you can ahead of time regarding what will be required, and prepare by
training or practicing the special techniques.
The oral interview usually comes next. You will go before a
board of 3-5 people who will have your application. They will ask you
a standard set of questions. You do not have to have law enforcement
knowledge to answer these questions. Some of the typical questions are:
· Why do you want to become a police officer?
· What have you done to prepare for this job?
· If you were in a situation where you had to shoot someone,
could you do it?
There will also be questions that give you a set of facts and ask how
you would respond. For example, "Imagine that you are a police
officer on patrol. You pull a motorist over for speeding. When you ask
for his driver's license, he hands you his license and a $100 bill.
What would you do?" Once you give an answer, they may ask follow-up
questions. Our best advice is to try and remain calm and be yourself.
Answer the questions truthfully. They are looking for skills such as
being able to think under stress, oral communication, reasoning, and
After passing the oral interview, you will be scheduled for a medical
and a psychological examination. These are routine exams to test
your general level of physical and mental health.
You will also be required to pass an extensive background investigation.
You will be asked to provide a great deal of information about your
family, acquaintances, jobs, schooling, and other issues. Family, friends
and acquaintances may even be contacted directly to confirm the information
you provide, so be sure to be truthful.
After you have successfully completed the process and are approved
as a candidate, you will be placed on an eligibility list. This means
that you are ready to be hired. When openings occur, people are hired
from the list. You can ask the recruiter for an estimated date of hire.
Once you are hired, you will be sent to a training academy. In some
states, this is a live-in academy that could even be in a different
city. During your academy training, you will learn all about the laws,
police procedures, self-defense, firearms, and a variety of other issues.
Some classes may be about first aid, responding to domestic violence,
rape investigations, traffic control and many others. You will learn
everything you need to know to function as a law enforcement officer.
The academy may be anywhere from several weeks to several months in
length. After the academy, you will be assigned to an officer coach
who will work with you to help you practice the things you learned in
All newly hired officers are on probation for anywhere from 9-18 months.
This means that you can be terminated during that period without a right
to appeal. But, do not let this scare you. By the time you have finished
the academy, the agency has invested a great deal of money in hiring
and training you. They want to help you become a good officer. If you
work at it, you will succeed!
Choosing an Agency
There are several types of agencies for you to chose from:
- Local police - Most cities have their own police department. They
are sworn to enforce the laws within the city limits. This type of
agency gives you a wide variety of duties to perform.
- Sheriff's Department - Deputy sheriffs are sworn to enforce the
laws within a county. Some deputy sheriffs are assigned to jail duties.
Some sheriff's departments patrol large rural areas and some provide
full police services to small towns that do not have their own police
- State Police - State troopers are sworn to provide police services
throughout the state. State troopers are responsible for traffic enforcement
on all state highways. State police agencies often provide forensic
laboratory services for all agencies in the state. They also provide
computerized database information and criminal history information.
State troopers usually work alone and cover a large geographic area.
They also provide assistance to city and county agencies.
- Federal law enforcement - Federal agents are sworn to provide law
enforcement services nationwide. Agencies have specialties such as
the Drug Enforcement Administration, Secret Service, Central Intelligence
Agency, Alcohol Tobacco & Firearms and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Once you are hired as a federal agent by one agency, you can apply
for transfer to other federal agencies.
- Campus law enforcement - many universities have their own police
departments that are responsible for providing police services on
campus property. These agencies usually work very closely with other
law enforcement agencies.
- Special police - organizations such as major hospitals, transportation
agencies and housing agencies may have their own law enforcement departments.
They provide police services on the agency's property.
In addition to choosing the type of agency, you also need to consider
the size of the agency.
- Small agencies - with under 100 officers. Small agencies usually
do not have very many women. This can be a disadvantage if you are
the only woman or one of the first women to work there. They may not
be used to having women in the workplace and you may face additional
challenges. However, the advantage of working in a small agency is
that you learn to do everything! And, small agencies often have more
opportunity to work in close partnership with the community.
- Medium agencies - with 100-500 officers. This is a nice size of
organization to join. It gives more opportunity to advance and can
provide opportunities to work in specialty units.
- Large agencies - with 500 or more officers. Larger agencies, of
course, provide more opportunities for advancement and more specialty
units to choose from. There is also likely to be a higher percentage
of women already on the department, providing more mentors. The disadvantage
of larger agencies, however, is that they tend to be more impersonal
and they sometimes have less desirable relationships with the community.
Of course, this is not true for all large agencies, but it is one
factor to consider.
You should apply your research skills to choosing an agency. Look on
the internet and carefully review their websites. Do they feature women?
Visit the agency. Most agencies will allow you to ride-along with officers
to get a feel for the types of work they do. Find women in the agency
and talk to them about how they are treated and if they recommend that
you join them.
Women who enter policing today are still pioneers! The average percentage
of women in medium to large agencies is only 13%. We need more women!
Review the rest of our website to learn about the advantages women bring
to policing. We hope you decide to become a law enforcement officer. And
if you do, be sure and join the National Center for Women & Policing!
We are here to help you succeed.
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Next time the FBI needs somebody to break into an iPhone, there's a 10-year-old whiz kid in Finland who might be able to help them out. Jani, a schoolboy who started coding when he was 8, has been awarded $10,000 under Facebook's "bug bounty" scheme after spotting a security hole in Instagram coding that would allow users to delete other people's comments, the Guardian reports. "I tested whether the comments section of Instagram can handle harmful code. Turns out it can't. I noticed that I can delete other people's comments from there," Jani tells Finnish newspaper Iltalehti. "I could have deleted anyone's—like Justin Bieber's, for example—comments." He reported the bug in February and it was fixed in March.
Jani is the youngest person ever to be awarded cash under Facebook's bug-finding program, which has paid $4.3 million to more than 800 people since it was launched in 2011, TNW notes. The previous record-holder was 13. The schoolboy, whose twin brother is also learning how to find security holes, says he taught himself with the help of YouTube videos and his "dream job" would be working in information security. For now, he plans to spend the reward money on a soccer ball and a new bike. (Last fall, a hacker won a $1 million bounty for finding a security hole in Apple's iOS 9.) | <urn:uuid:49a3ddf2-e0fe-4300-9e7c-b9e64ae55403> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.newser.com/story/224567/10-year-old-hacks-instagram-wins-10k.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280761.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00096-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.982884 | 294 | 1.929688 | 2 |
in + accusative
In L&S, immediately after the part of sample sentence space, where "in modum alicujus" (according to the way of, in the way of) appears, there are samples like these.
in hanc formulam omnia judicia legitima sint
(every sentence be lawful according to, in accordance to this formula)
(peace was made according to these laws, terms)pax data in has leges est
As I translated above, I think this means "according to, in accordance to"
But among the samples beside these there are ones obscure to me.
senatus consultum in haec verba factum
(the consultation of the Senate was made "according to" these words ??? / "into", "resulting as" this form of words ??? )
judicium quin acciperet in ea ipsa verba quae Naevius edebat, non recusasse
(that he be not going to take the opinion "in accordance to" ??? these words / "into", "resulting as" ??? these words which Naevius said he had not refused)
<<as to this sentence I don't understand the meaning, too>>
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Short cuts for newcomers at the LHC
It can take weeks to get into the groove of analyzing data from an unfamiliar detector. With a new starter kit, physicists at the Compact Muon Solenoid can cut that time to hours.
By Elizabeth Clements
When Sal Rappoccio, a postdoctoral researcher from Johns Hopkins University, joined the Compact Muon Solenoid experiment in mid-2007, he did what any newcomer would do. He tried to start his analysis.
It did not go well.
“Each group had its own computing tools,” says Rappoccio. “It was daunting for someone unfamiliar with the software. It took a few weeks just to get something working.”
|In Fermilabs Remote Operations Center from left: Liz Sexton- Kennedy, Sal Rappoccio and Eric Vaandering represent a few members of the CMS Starter Kit Team. Photo: Reider Hahn, Fermilab|
Such rough beginnings are not unique to the Compact Muon Solenoid, or CMS, one of two giant experiments at the Large Hadron Collider in Geneva, Switzerland.
Graduate students learn physics in the classroom. When they join an experiment and try to start analyzing data, however, they find themselves in a world of chaos. The early stages of any experiment can be especially overwhelming.
“Nothing works when a new experiment starts, and you need help,” says Boaz Klima, a physicist at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Illinois and member of the US CMS collaboration.
The solution used to be simple: Go down the hall, offer to buy a colleague a cup of coffee, and ask for help. That approach worked well for Rappoccio when he was a Harvard University graduate student on the CDF experiment at Fermilab.
Buying coffee for an experimenter on CMS, however, is not so simple. Coffee is still a valuable commodity, but CMS involves more than 2500 people from all over the world. In fact, many CMS collaborators will work from their home institutions and not actually live at CERN, the European particle physics center where the Large Hadron Collider is scheduled to start up this year.
Recognizing that a basic and consistent instruction manual might be useful, Fermilab's LHC Physics Center worked with other CMS collaborators to develop a set of user-friendly computing tools, or “starter kit.”
Essentially a tool box for physicists, the CMS starter kit provides researchers with a set of simple examples that lets them get started on their analyses right away. “The learning curve is so steep in a large experiment like CMS,” says Dan Green, co-coordinator of the LHC Physics Center. “We felt we had to do better, because speed is essential at a discovery machine.” The idea is to allow a user to create a graphic representation, or plot, of a particle collision in a matter of hours, rather than weeks.
“The main goal is to reduce frustration,” says Rappoccio. “The starter kit makes things simple so that newcomers can get reasonable results right away. It's for someone who is familiar with physics but not familiar with CMS.”
When the LHC starts up, data will pour in from up to 40 million particle collisions that occur each second in the CMS detector. A trigger system, which acts as a sort of spam filter, selects only the most interesting collisions, roughly 100 per second, for further study. Even so, what's left is an overwhelming amount of data. Giant computer farms store this data, and physicists later reassemble it into a form the human brain can grasp and analyze. Piecing the collisions together requires complex software with thousands of lines of code. To discover anything new, physicists must be able to speak a common language–a computing language.
That is where the starter kit comes in.
“If you don't have a simple way of getting people on the road, you lose them,” says Klima, who coleads the LPC Physics Forum, a weekly seminar for young CMS scientists.
Although the starter kit started as a US endeavor, it didn't take long for all of CMS to embrace the idea and make it an official project. In fact, a Physics Analysis Tools group already existed for CMS, and the starter kit project fit right into its charge. The collaboration appointed a starter kit team, including Steven Lowette from the University of California, Santa Barbara; Elizabeth Sexton-Kennedy and Eric Vaandering from Fermilab; and Petar Maksimovic and Rappoccio from Johns Hopkins. Other CMS collaborators helped, too. “A lot of tools already existed,” Rappoccio says. “It was just a question of putting things together in a user-friendly way.”
The starter kit consists of a number of “building blocks” that recognize specific particles–for instance, muons or electrons–coming out of collisions. Like templates for a Web page, they allow the user to plug in information and generate immediate results. Later, researchers can customize the computer code to suit their needs. Each building block comes with the collaboration's guarantee that it will work.
After testing the new tools on a few fellow physicists, the team launched Starter Kit 1.0 at a CMS tutorial workshop for graduate students and postdocs in January. For now, physicists are using the kit to analyze simulated data.
The early reviews are positive.
Malina Kirn, a graduate student at the University of Maryland, says she likes the kit because it's a great way to start an analysis and “not worry about mistakes.”
Kevin Flood, a postdoc at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, describes the starter kit as satisfaction guaranteed: “It gives you a real sense of accomplishment.”
The starter kit builds on a tradition of preparing people to dive into an experiment. At Fermilab, for example, the CDF and DZero collaborations held tutorials for newcomers. Klima recalls recording DZero tutorials on videotape in the early 1990s; some institutions even bought copies of the tapes for their users.
ATLAS, the other gigantic detector at the Large Hadron Collider, also has a set of analysis tools to get members started. Based on a handbook from the BaBar experiment at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, the ATLAS workbook introduces experimenters to the detector's software and describes basic analysis steps. Last year, ATLAS started another workbook dedicated solely to physics analysis.
CMS also has a workbook, modeled on tools that ATLAS developed. Since both ATLAS and CMS have many members who used to work on BaBar, it's natural for them to have similar software tools.
Although the CMS team based parts of its starter kit on the workbook, they say it's fundamentally different because it was designed with the user in mind. And while they originally developed the kit for newcomers, it's intended to become a repository of CMS-certified code that's useful to anyone. A newcomer starts with the building blocks; a more experienced experimenter can use the starter kit to test more complicated scenarios. “If you have an idea, you don't want it to be months later before you find out if it works,” Rappoccio says.
Now that the starter kit is launched, the team serves as the starter kit help desk. In addition to providing user support, they are adding more sophisticated physics tools for expert users. In fact, Kirn, who helped test-drive the kit, is already working on a more advanced set of tools.
With the ever-evolving starter kit providing a common language, physicists will be able to jump into the analysis of their mountains of data right away, leading to quicker scientific results and, ultimately, a faster pace of discovery.
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Do you know how much super you have?
Superannuation is likely to be your main source of retirement income, so it’s important to understand how much you have now and how much you’re likely to have by the time you get to retirement.
If you've kept track of your super, it’s easy to find out how much money you have by either looking at your last super statement or accessing your online account. You can also see how your money is being invested.
Not sure how much you have?
This quick check can help you find out how much you have:
- Do you have more than one super account? If so, how many do you have?
- Do you know where they all are?
- Do you have your latest super statements or do you have online access to your accounts?
It’s easier to get a snapshot of your super future, if you bring all your super accounts together.
Do you have enough to retire?
If you're close to retirement, you probably have an idea of the type of lifestyle you want when you stop working.
The amount you’ll need will depend on two things:
1. when you plan to retire.
2. how long you may live.
Will you have the income you may need in retirement?
Try the My retirement simulator to find out how you’re tracking. You’ll need to know:
- how much super you have
- how it’s invested (conservative, balanced or aggressive)
- what you earn each year (your gross income before tax can be found on your pay slip)
- how much you’ll need for the retirement you want
- ‘one off’ expenses at the start of retirement (debts, new car, home renovation or travel)
- any assets you have outside super.
How can you get there?
The earlier you make the changes that are right for your situation, the easier it will be to achieve your dream retirement lifestyle. To boost your retirement income, you can:
- make additional contributions to super by salary sacrificing, personal after tax contributions or a lump sum
- increase the value of your assets outside super
- change your investment mix.
If you’re close to retirement and you want to increase your retirement funds before you wind up at work, you can still:
- build your assets within super and outside super
- reduce your one-off purchases at retirement
- change your asset mix, but be aware of market fluctuations if your investment timeframe is short
- extend your time until retirement by working longer or working part-time.
Who can help you?
It is never too late to get help from a professional to see what your options are and what can be done to achieve the retirement lifestyle you want.
A financial adviser can explain how the latest tax rules may increase your retirement savings and help you to decide whether transferring non-super assets into your retirement savings is right for you.
How will your health impact your finances in retirement?
When you’re setting your budget for retirement, it’s important to think about how your health can affect your retirement income down the track. Your expenses are unlikely to stay the same throughout retirement and your spending habits are likely to follow a path similar to this one:
- higher spending when you are healthy, active and celebrating finishing up at work
- a consolidation period in the middle when spending slows down a bit
- a spike in spending as health care and aged care costs pick up as you get older.
Healthcare costs can be expensive, especially as you get older, so budgeting for these additional costs can help to make your retirement funds last.
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Your overall health? It’s all in your mind (and body and diet)!
Since 1949, Mental Health America (MHA) has been creating awareness that mental health is at the core of a person’s overall health and well-being.
So much of what we do physically impacts us mentally and it’s important to pay attention to both our physical health and mental health. By being conscious of the relationship and balance between physical and mental help, we achieve overall wellness and remain on the path of recovery from mental illnesses like addiction, depression and anxiety.
Throughout May, Barrington Behavioral Health & Wellness is helping to raise awareness about the connection between physical health and mental health. BBHW is promoting Mental Health America’s program of #4Mind4Body. The 4Mind4Body campaign is meant to educate and inform individuals about how eating healthy foods, gut health, managing stress, exercising, and getting enough sleep can support your overall health.
A healthy lifestyle can help to prevent the onset or worsening of mental health conditions, as well as, heart disease, diabetes, obesity and other chronic health problems. It also plays a major role in promoting recovery from these conditions. Maintaining a healthy body is one of the best ways to help maintain a healthy mind!
Proper exercise and diet and adequate sleep all help in controlling weight, improving our mental health and allowing us to live a longer and happier life. What’s more, recent research reveals the connection between nutrition, gut health and mental health.
Proper diet, rest and participation in stress reducing activities like meditation, yoga or pilates helps to center us mentally and reduce feelings of anxiety, fear and tension.
By maintaining a proper body, mind, nutrition, balance we can have the physical and mental energy to take on daily responsibilities.
Barrington Behavioral Health & Wellness knows that mental illnesses are real and there is a path to recovery. We also know that changing one’s behavior to live a healthier life takes work and BBHW is here to help you along that path.
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By Martin Crutsinger, The Associated Press
WASHINGTON Makers of computer software report that piracy rates, while still high, declined slightly in both China and Russia last year, but that global losses from the use of illegal computer software rose to $34 billion.
The Business Software Alliance said in a new report that 35% of the packaged software installed on personal computers worldwide in 2005 was illegal, the same percentage of pirated software found in 2004.
However, the group said losses from that illegal software rose to $34 billion, an increase of $1.6 billion from 2004, reflecting an expanding level of sales around the world. The new report was being released Tuesday but a copy was obtained early by The Associated Press.
The four countries with the biggest percentage declines in piracy were China, where 86% of all software sold is pirated, down 4 percentage points from the 90% of 2004; Russia, down 4 percentage points to a piracy rate of 83%; Ukraine, down 6 percentage points to a piracy rate of 85%, and Morocco, down 4 percentage points to a piracy rate of 68%.
By contrast, the United States had the lowest piracy rate in the world last year at 21%. However, that amounted to $6.9 billion in losses to software manufacturers, the highest of any country because the U.S. market for computer software is so large.
The lost sales in China totaled $3.9 billion, putting it in second place in dollar losses followed by France with losses put at $3.2 billion and a 47% piracy rate.
The data in the group's third annual report was assembled by IDC, a leading global market research firm for the information technology industry.
The report found that piracy rates fell in 51 of the 97 countries surveyed while increasing in 19.
The fact that the global rate for piracy was unchanged at 35% was attributed to the dominance in software sales in the United States, Western Europe and Japan, countries where piracy rates remained virtually the same.
"The progress made in reducing PC software piracy in several emerging market countries provides some encouragement, however much more needs to be done," said Robert Holleyman, president of the Business Software Alliance.
Holleyman said the fact that one out of every three copies of PC software were obtained illegally last year represented a huge drain on the industry.
The industry has been making a major push to get the Bush administration to take a harder line with regard to China because of its fast-growing economy and high rates of pirated software.
In advance of President Hu Jintao's visit to the White House last month, China announced that it would start requiring that all personal computers be sold in China with the operating software already loaded.
Holleyman credited part of the decline in the piracy rate in China last year to an effort by the Chinese government and multinational companies operating in China to use more legal software.
The study found that the piracy rate dropped by 2 percentage points in India and that the piracy rate declined in 15 of 18 countries surveyed in Central and Eastern Europe.
The countries with the highest piracy rates, according to the study, were Vietnam, 90%; Zimbabwe, 90%, Indonesia, 87%, and China and Pakistan, both at 86%.
The countries with the lowest piracy rates were the United States, 21%; New Zealand, 23%; Austria, 26%, and Finland, 26%.
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The biggest excuse I hear for not implementing change is that entrepreneurs have no time. But when you examine your choices honestly, I’m sure you’ll find you made time for lots of things (lunches, golf, Mansbridge) that prove less important in the long run.
How can entrepreneurs manage their time better? I asked Guelph, Ont. entrepreneur Jim Estill, who founded EMJ Data Systems out of the trunk of his car and grew it to $350 million in sales before selling out to U.S. giant Synnex. Estill is now a partner in Canrock Ventures, an early stage active technology investment fund, and blogs about “time leadership.”
He offers these tips for getting control of your time:
- Make a list of your goals, personal and business alike. Prioritize your top goals; review the list regularly so you know when you’re on track and when you’re off.
- Track your time usage with a time log. Note all your activities every day for a week or so, and then review the list. Keep asking, “Why am I doing this?” Could someone else be doing it instead
- Keep a to-do list, but prioritize it. Highlight the tasks that have to be done today.
- On your to-do list, estimate how much time you think each task will take. That helps you calculate how busy you’ll be over the next few weeks, but also suggests which job to tackle when you get 15 free minutes.
- Keep a don’t-do list to remind you to avoid time-wasting tasks better left to others.
- Do the worst thing first thing. Doing the most difficult or annoying job first every day gets essential things done, whether it’s a tough sales call or personnel issues. Accomplishing these distasteful duties will also strengthen you to handle the innovative tasks that may currently seem daunting: hiring that new manager, exploring new markets or overhauling sales-force compensation. Again.
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While we are getting through the coronavirus, its repercussions on the economy are bound to linger for some time. The UK government’s Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Govt (MHCLG) has taken this into account to announce new funding for jump starting projects. These projects are aimed at helping recover local areas from the impact of COVID-19. Under the funding, £59M (€65.6 million) of projects across Cornwall will share £14.3M (€15.9 million) of Getting Building Fund investment, supporting 1,100 jobs.
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Advanced Teacher Training in Youth & Child Permaculture Education
Date: 9:00am PDT June 24, 2013 - 5:00pm June 29, 2013 Location: Jean’s Urban Farm, Portland OR
Jean’s Urban Farm, Portland OR
This course is designed for parents and teachers of children ranging in age from early childhood to middle school who desire to integrate permaculture principles into the classroom and beyond. Some of the time we will be working together as a large group, and other times we will hold break-out groups focused on early childhood, grade school, and middle school.
Many hands-on and experiential aspects will be integrated into the course, modeling and practicing these and related topics:
- Application of Permaculture Principles to Teaching
- Therapeutic Effects of Nature-Based Activities
- Classroom Management
- Strategic Community Building
- Curriculum & Site Design
- Creating Garden Classrooms
- Forest & Garden-Based Learning
- Education Through Movement & Exploration
Each day will include a morning circle, engaging lectures, activities and workshops. The last day of the course is a ‘Skill Share for Children’ during which we open our site to the public and each student will present an activity as a final project for the course. You will receive instructor and peer evaluations and will be issued a certificate by Learning Gardens Institute. You must have a Permaculture Design Certificate in order to receive the Advanced Teacher Training Certificate. All others will receive a certificate of completion.
Permaculture is the conscious creation of a regenerative system that reflects the inherent balance, stability, and harmony of nature. Education should be the same. This course applies permaculture principles and design to popular and alternative educational models. It offers a wide range of learners and teachers an opportunity to explore new possibilities and practice new skills. It supports the shift towards regenerative learning and living, and the recognition that each are inextricably connected in the practice of life.
Prerequisite: Basic understanding of permaculture design (72-hour permaculture certificate or 12-hour intro course). The pre-requisite course will be offered Saturday-Sunday, June 22-23, 2013. Click here for more information.
Dates: Monday-Saturday, June 24-29, 2013
A course orientation evening and opening ceremony will take place on Sunday, June 23 from 6-8 p.m.
Time: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Instructors: Patty Parks-Wasserman; Matthew Bibeau, M.S.Ed; Kelly Hogan
Course fee: $480, payable to Mother Earth School. Click here for deposit and payment details
Continuing education credit: CEED 866, 2 semester hours, $200, this additional fee is payable to Lewis & Clark
About the Instructors
Patty Parks-Wasserman is a permaculture diplomat, founder and director of the Institute of Permaculture Education for Children (www.permacultureforchildren.org). She has designed permaculture programs for schools and taught permaculture and nature skills to children and youth for 10 years in public, private, homeschooling and non-formal educational environments for toddlers through 12th grade.
Matthew Bibeau, M.S.Ed, is the Development Director of Mother Earth School and has worked in the field of garden-based education since 2005. A graduate of Portland State University’s Leadership in Ecology, Culture & Learning program, Matt’s work has also focused on the development and implementation of school gardens and garden-based learning programs in Portland Public Schools, as well as the development of three urban farm sites, Jean’s Farm, Learning Gardens Laboratory and Tryon Life Community Farm.
Kelly Hogan has focused her life’s work on caregiving in various forms. During her college years studying psychology, she earned her living by caring for adults with severe mental and physical disabilities. She remained in this field for the next 12 years before shifting her focus to the fresh perspective of working with children. She received her Waldorf teaching certificate from the Micha-el Institute in Portland, OR and has been teaching since 2005 and is currently Executive Director of Mother Earth School.
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Gelfand JM, Genrich G, Green AJ, Tihan T, Cree BAC. Encephalitis of Unclear Origin Diagnosed by Brain Biopsy A Diagnostic Challenge. JAMA Neurol. 2015;72(1):66-72. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2014.2376
Brain biopsy specimens that exhibit encephalitis without specific histopathologic features pose a diagnostic challenge to neuropathologists and neurologists. Such cases are generally referred to pathologically as encephalitis, not otherwise specified (ENOS). A systematic approach to diagnostic evaluation in such patients is challenging, and currently there is no generally accepted algorithm.
To examine ultimate diagnostic outcomes in patients with ENOS diagnosed by brain biopsy.
Design, Setting, and Participants
This retrospective case series at the University of California, San Francisco, Medical Center, a tertiary care urban neurosciences center, studied patients with encephalitis diagnosed by brain biopsy from January 1, 1983, through December 31, 2011.
Main Outcomes and Measures
Clinical and neuropathologic diagnosis.
Among 58 patients who met the inclusion criteria for the study, the original pathologic diagnosis was ENOS in 49 patients (84%). The median age was 40 years (interquartile range, 27-53 years), 35 patients were male, and 13 had known human immunodeficiency virus or AIDS. Median time from onset of symptoms to brain biopsy was 66 days (interquartile range, 18-135 days). For the 29 patients in whom material for pathologic analysis was still available, additional neuropathologic review led to a more specific categorization in 10 (34%). Clinical detail and follow-up information was available for 42 patients, and a specific diagnosis was reached with the help of ancillary testing and/or clinical follow-up in 12 patients. Despite a comprehensive neuropathologic review with additional studies and information, 27 patients still had to be classified in the ENOS category at the end of the study.
Conclusions and Relevance
ENOS is the most common initial type of encephalitis diagnosed by brain biopsy. In such patients, it may be worth having the biopsy materials reviewed again in a comprehensive fashion by a neuropathologist because additional review led to a more specific categorization in one-third of our cases. Ancillary testing, clinical correlation, and clinical follow-up establish more specific diagnoses in some patients. ENOS still remains a diagnostic challenge after all these efforts in many cases. Current algorithms are of limited value. More advanced methods and better diagnostic algorithms are needed to characterize these patients.
Encephalitis is a neurologic syndrome characterized by variable neurologic dysfunction that is accompanied by inflammation of the brain parenchyma.1,2Quiz Ref IDEncephalitis can have several potential causes, including infectious, primary inflammatory, neoplastic, and paraneoplastic origins. Despite major advances in the diagnosis of infectious diseases3 and increasing recognition of antibody-associated encephalitic syndromes,4,5 the cause of encephalitis remains unknown in 40% to 70% of cases.6- 9
Although considered the criterion standard for some causes of encephalitis,10- 13 brain biopsy is typically a diagnostic modality of last resort. Quiz Ref IDPrior clinical practice guidelines for encephalitis recommend that a brain biopsy be considered when the diagnosis is unclear or there is rapid clinical deterioration.1,2,14 In neuropathologic practice, brain biopsies that reveal encephalitis but do not yield additional insight into the origin are reported as encephalitis, not otherwise specified (pathologic ENOS). Some patients with ENOS diagnosed by biopsy also have clinical ENOS. Some patients suspected of having other diseases, such as neoplasms or demyelinating or degenerative diseases, are also sometimes diagnosed as having ENOS by brain biopsy. Patients who are pathologically and clinically considered to have ENOS pose a challenge in management. As such, ENOS is a vexing entity for neurologists and pathologists, and a systematic approach to diagnostic evaluation in such patients is needed.
In this retrospective case series from a large urban academic medical center, we performed a systematic review of all patients diagnosed as having ENOS by brain biopsy. The main goal of the study was to examine diagnostic outcomes in these patients to help improve management of future cases.
The University of California, San Francisco, Committee on Human Research approved the study protocol and approved a waiver of informed consent for this retrospective review. The Department of Pathology, University of California, San Francisco, electronic database was searched by 2 of the authors (G.G. and T.T.) for all cases from January 1, 1983, through December 31, 2011, in which the term encephalitis was included in the final pathology report. One of the authors (J.M.G.) reviewed available paper and electronic medical records and abstracted clinical, laboratory, and radiologic details using a standardized data collection form. Two study pathologists (G.G. and T.T.), initially masked to clinical follow-up, again reviewed available slides and original pathologic material, including additional special stains and immunohistochemical stains when necessary.
For statistical analyses, the χ2 test was used to analyze associations between abnormal contrast enhancement on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and final diagnosis and year of biopsy and final diagnosis. P < .05 was considered statistically significant. STATA statistical software, version 12.0 (Stata Corp), was used for these analyses.
From January 1, 1983, through December 31, 2011, we found 128 patients for whom the term encephalitis was identified in the final pathology report (Figure). Of those, 31 autopsy cases were excluded from analysis because the pathologic diagnosis of encephalitis was established only at autopsy. Quiz Ref IDThe causes of encephalitis in the autopsy group included the following: human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), 7 patients; cytomegalovirus, 5 patients; herpes simplex virus, 4 patients; paraneoplastic disease, 3 patients; Aspergillus, 2 patients; tuberculosis, 1 patient; rabies, 1 patient; Pseudallescheria boydii, 1 patient; amebiasis, 1 patient; and West Nile virus, 1 patient. In the remaining 5 patients, the cause could not be determined by autopsy and after review of clinical records, and the diagnosis was ENOS. Among the remaining 97 patients with brain biopsy specimens in which encephalitis was observed, 39 patients receiving outside consultation were excluded because of insufficient tissue and/or clinical information.
Fifty-eight patients met the inclusion criteria and were included in the study. Among the 58 patients (23 females and 35 males) who met inclusion criteria, the median age was 40 years (interquartile range, 23-52 years; range, 0-82 years), and 13 (22%) had known HIV/AIDS.
Thirty-five patients underwent stereotactic biopsy, 11 patients underwent open biopsy, and 10 patients underwent resection. Operative data on the type of surgery were missing for 2 patients. There was no association between biopsy type and identification of a more specific cause of encephalitis on brain biopsy (P = .44). Data about contrast enhancement at the biopsy site were available for 50 patients. The biopsy site revealed contrast enhancement on MRI or computed tomography in 31 (62%) of all 50 biopsies and 26 (76%) of 34 stereotactic biopsies. The biopsy site was contrast enhancing in 22 of 36 patients (61%) who underwent preoperative brain MRI and 10 of 15 patients (67%) who underwent only preoperative head computed tomography.
The initial pathologic diagnosis was ENOS in 49 patients. The remaining 9 patients had specific diagnoses, which included the following: toxoplasmosis, 3 patients; progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, 2 patients; Rasmussen encephalitis, 2 patients; herpes simplex virus encephalitis, 1 patient; and granulomatous encephalitis, 1 patient. Among the 49 patients (22 females and 27 males) with pathologic ENOS, the median age was 40 years (interquartile range, 27-53 years), and 9 (18%) had known HIV/AIDS. The median time from symptom onset to biopsy was 66 days (interquartile range, 18-135 days).
Original pathologic material was available for review for 29 patients (59%) and was unavailable or of insufficient quantity or quality for reanalysis in 20 patients (41%). Subsequent neuropathologic review led to a more specific categorization in 10 of the 29 patients (34%). These diagnoses included the following: demyelinating disease, 1 patient; progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy, 1 patient; diffuse glioma, 2 patients; lymphomatoid granulomatosis, 1 patient; toxoplasmosis, 2 patients; a macrophage-rich lesion compatible with ischemia, 1 patient; mesial temporal sclerosis, 1 patient; and AIDS-associated central nervous system lymphoma, 1 patient. The remaining 19 patients were still classified as having ENOS after additional neuropathologic review. Among the 10 patients whose conditions were reclassified after pathologic review, additional immunohistochemical analyses were useful in reclassifying the diagnosis in 5. In the remaining patients, additional sections from the blocks obtained for review purposes were compatible with the specific diagnoses rather than ENOS, and such features had not been appreciated in the original sections or may not have been present in the original material.
We were not able to demonstrate a statistically significant association between contrast enhancement at the biopsy site and the ability to render a specific cause of encephalitis histopathologically (P = .79), but all 4 stereotactic biopsies that led to a more specific diagnosis had contrast enhancement at the biopsy target.
Clinical records and postbiopsy clinical follow-up information were available for 42 patients with pathologic ENOS at a median of 1 year (range, 0-21 years). Among these patients, 26 (62%) presented with multifocal active lesions on brain imaging, 6 (14%) had a solitary mass lesion, 6 (14%) had focal encephalopathy (of whom 5 had clinical and radiographic features of limbic encephalopathy), 2 (5%) exhibited seizures with unihemispheric abnormalities or atrophy, and 2 (5%) had a global encephalopathy with nonspecific imaging features. Among the 19 patients who still had ENOS after additional neuropathologic review as part of this study, a definite diagnosis was evident in 6 (32%) based on ancillary testing, subsequent clinical information, and clinical follow-up (Table). These diagnoses included the following: primary central nervous system lymphoma, 2 patients; Rasmussen encephalitis, 2 patients; paraneoplastic encephalitis (CV2/CRMP5 and Ma2), 1 patient; and Listeria monocytogenes, 1 patient. Of these 19 patients, 3 were lost to follow-up, and the cause was still not apparent in 10 patients.
Of 20 patients with ENOS in which the original pathologic material was unavailable for review, follow-up clinical information was available for 11 patients (55%). A more specific clinical diagnosis was apparent in 6 of these 11 patients (55%) (Table). The diagnoses included tuberculosis, herpes simplex virus 2, toxoplasmosis, bacterial abscess, and leucine-rich glioma inactivated 1 encephalitis. The sixth patient was subsequently diagnosed as having gliomatosis cerebri on autopsy. The remaining 5 patients were still classified as having ENOS.
In summary, 22 of the 49 patients with an original diagnosis of ENOS could be classified into a more specific disease category that resulted in more informed, and sometimes better, management. The remaining 27 patients (55%) still had the nonspecific diagnosis of ENOS.
There are several lessons from this study of patients with ENOS diagnosed by brain biopsy. First, ENOS was the most common initial histopathologic diagnosis among all types of encephalitis, implying that standard histologic evaluation is unlikely to yield specific causes unless additional analyses are performed. Second, in some patients, it may well be worth having the biopsy materials reviewed again by an expert neuropathologist with the use of currently available special tests because review led to reclassification of some the cases after a more comprehensive neuropathologic analysis. Quiz Ref IDThird, clinical correlation and follow-up coupled with targeted ancillary testing for neoplastic, paraneoplastic, and infectious causes of brain inflammation led to a more specific diagnosis in some patients. This finding suggests that it would be prudent to carefully follow up patients with an initial diagnosis of pathologic ENOS with regular reassessment and use of newly emerging diagnostic tests.
Encephalitis is a rare finding among patients undergoing brain biopsy. In a previous study15 at our institution on the diagnostic utility of brain biopsy in HIV-negative patients, encephalitis was the final diagnosis in 11% of the patients and was the third most common diagnosis among patients with rapidly deteriorating neurologic conditions (after malignant lymphoma and prion disease). However, a specific cause of encephalitis was identified in only a few such patients.15 In a later series that analyzed brain biopsy findings in rapidly progressive neurologic disease, encephalitis was identified in 4% of patients and “mild, nonspecific inflammatory changes” were observed in 20 of 51 patients (39%).16 Earlier series examining brain biopsy specimens for evaluation of multifocal brain lesions reported that presumed viral encephalitis was the final neuropathologic diagnosis in 3% of patients.17 In HIV-positive patients with mass lesions, encephalitis accounted for a few cases, and, although often presumed to be viral, no specific cause could be identified in many published series.18,19 These observations are consistent with our findings that ENOS is the rule rather than the exception for most patients with any type of encephalitis diagnosed by brain biopsy.
There are many potential explanations for the observation that a more specific diagnosis could not be rendered despite additional neuropathologic review and clinical follow-up in more than half of the patients with ENOS diagnosed by brain biopsy: (1) the causative pathologic mechanism could have been transient and the biopsy performed too late; (2) the biopsy may have been performed too early before specific lesions were established; (3) the biopsy may have been insufficient or biased by sampling; (4) the causative agent may not have been detectable using standard pathologic techniques; and/or (5) follow-up was too short or incomplete. In addition, limited assessment in the pathology laboratory may also overlook a specific pathologic process, and an increasing number of more sophisticated analytical techniques may lead to revision of the diagnosis when subsequently reviewed. In our series, additional evaluation using current analytical techniques approximately a decade after most biopsy specimens had been collected led to a more specific or alternate diagnosis in some cases. When coupled with additional clinical information and follow-up, this effort yielded specific information in a substantial proportion of patients (45%).
In our series, a difference was found between the rates of ENOS diagnoses at autopsy (6%) vs brain biopsy (84%). This observation suggests that limited or insufficient sampling may also lead to a diagnosis of ENOS. One such example was the limited sampling in one of our patients who was subsequently diagnosed as having gliomatosis cerebri only at autopsy. Some of the patients with more specific diagnostic features on a representative biopsy specimen subsequently received a diagnosis with the aid of additional testing or clinical information, which also suggests that sampling could be an important problem for cases diagnosed as ENOS.
Evaluation of other organ systems at autopsy may also provide additional diagnostic data not clinically considered during the acute illness (such as discovery of a likely culprit tumor in probable paraneoplastic encephalitis cases). However, this discrepancy may also be explained by a selection bias due to the referral pattern and indication for autopsy and biopsy. For example, in this series, 7 patients with AIDS had evidence of HIV encephalitis at autopsy even though the encephalitis had not been the primary cause of death.
In large North American and European series that examined patients with a clinical presentation of encephalitis, a specific cause is identified in only 30% to 60% despite extensive evaluation. In these series, identified causes of encephalitis consisted almost entirely of infectious and primary inflammatory origins.6- 9 The results from our analysis indicate that malignant tumors, particularly lymphoma and gliomatosis cerebri, should also be diagnostic considerations for pathologic ENOS. The presence of nonspecific inflammatory changes in tissue samples from patients with malignant tumors of the central nervous system may lead to the diagnosis of pathologic ENOS, only to confirm the specific diagnosis with subsequent representative sampling.20
The importance of obtaining representative samples for accurate diagnosis is well known, especially for smaller samples. Neuropathologic and neurosurgical studies21- 24 have attempted to correlate sample location with radiologic abnormality with the site of biopsy, and there is good evidence that more directed sampling can increase diagnostic yield. However, we were not able to demonstrate that biopsy specimens obtained from enhancing sites had a better diagnostic yield than those that did not sample the enhancing lesions. The inability to demonstrate such an association may be related to the number of cases reviewed. Larger studies might demonstrate a better correlation between certain radiologic features and diagnostic yield in patients with encephalitis.
This study has important limitations. First, we identified encephalitis cases using a pathology database search and defined ENOS pathologically. Quiz Ref IDPatients with a clinical presentation of encephalitis who did not undergo brain biopsy were not captured in this data set, and this analysis is not meant to answer the question of diagnostic utility of brain biopsy for suspected encephalitis. Second, the number of cases in which a final diagnosis became apparent may have been underestimated because of missing data or limited clinical follow-up in a subset of cases. Additional reasons for not determining a final diagnosis may include the inability to generate new slides from fresh-frozen specimens or cut new blocks from fixed specimens for advanced immunohistochemistry studies that were not available at the time of biopsy.
This study also surveyed patients during a 30-year period in which many new diagnostic entities were identified, including blood and cerebrospinal fluid testing for antibodies targeting specific neuronal antigens, which may have helped to reveal a final diagnosis in some of the earlier ENOS cases.4 Nonetheless, this study provides a rationale for comprehensive neuropathologic assessment, subsequent follow-up, and period inquiry about newly established tests for patients diagnosed as having ENOS. Prospective studies are needed to more fully characterize long-term clinical outcomes of patients with ENOS, and our results demonstrate the necessity of developing additional and more sophisticated analytical techniques and follow-up strategies to understand the cause of disease in patients who remain in the ENOS category even after comprehensive neuropathologic and laboratory analysis and clinical follow-up.
ENOS is the most common category of encephalitis diagnosed by brain biopsy. Ancillary testing, clinical correlation, and clinical follow-up establish more specific diagnoses in some patients. More advanced methods and better neuropathologic and clinical diagnostic algorithms are needed to characterize these patients.
Accepted for Publication: July 7, 2014.
Corresponding Author: Jeffrey M. Gelfand, MD, MAS, Multiple Sclerosis and Neuroinflammation Center, Department of Neurology, University of California, San Francisco, 675 Nelson Rising Ln, PO Box 3206, San Francisco, CA 94158-3206 (firstname.lastname@example.org).
Published Online: November 3, 2014. doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2014.2376.
Author Contributions: Dr Gelfand had full access to all the data in the study and takes responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis.
Study concept and design: All authors.
Acquisition, analysis, or interpretation of data: Gelfand, Genrich, Tihan, Cree.
Drafting of the manuscript: Gelfand.
Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual content: All authors.
Statistical analysis: Gelfand, Cree.
Administrative, technical, or material support: Genrich, Green.
Study supervision: Green, Tihan, Cree.
Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Gelfand reported receiving compensation for medical legal consulting related to central nervous system inflammatory disease. Dr Green reported providing consulting services for Prana Pharmaceuticals, Novartis, Biogen, Roche, and Acorda Pharmaceuticals. He also reported serving on an end point adjudication committee for a Biogen-sponsored trial and providing expert legal advice for Mylan Pharmaceuticals. Dr Cree reported receiving personal compensation for consulting from Abbvie, Biogen Idec, EMD Serono, Genzyme/sanofi-aventis, MedImmune, Novartis, and Teva Neurosciences and contracted research support (including clinical trials) from Acorda, Avanir, Biogen Idec, EMD Serono, Hoffman La Roche, and Novartis. No other disclosures were reported.
Funding/Support: This study was supported by an American Academy of Neurology Clinical Research Training Fellowship (Dr Gelfand) and National Institutes of Health National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences grant KL2TR000143 (Dr Gelfand).
Role of the Funder/Sponsor: The funding sources had no role in the design and conduct of the study; collection, management, analysis, and interpretation of the data; preparation, review, or approval of the manuscript; and decision to submit the manuscript for publication.
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Trans Teen Films Entire Gender Reassignment Surgery In Groundbreaking Video
In a unprecedented, daring and potentially world-changing move, 17-year-old Emmie Smith had her gender reassignment surgery (aka gender confirmation surgery) filmed by National Geographic.
The entire procedure, which took place on August 30, 2016 and was published by National Geographic on December 29, 2016, was documented, set with commentary from the surgical team and graphic instruction describing how the doctors morph a penis into a functioning vagina.
Emmie and photographer Lynn Johnson wanted to give an unapologetic look into the procedure itself.
“It was stressful and scary at times, but it almost created a mission other than just recovery. We were making something together,” Emmie tells National Geographic.
In the video of the procedure (which, warning, is very graphic), the surgeons give step-by-step commentary of what they’re doing.
“The glans penis becomes the clitoris, the skin of the penis becomes the labia minora and part of the opening of the vagina,” a surgeon explains in detail to the camera.
The surgeon continues,
The scrotal skin is taken off and used as a skin graft. It’s rolled up into a tube, and that’s placed into a space that we make in the base of the scrotum and goes back in between where the bladder sits and the rectum sits. That’s going to be the lining of the vagina.
Refinery29 reports that Emmie hopes the general public will slowly but surely become much more informed on the general topic of transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals, as well as the steps taken in order to make complete a gender confirmation surgery.
She says, “If you’re not living freely, that’s time wasted. And I felt my time was wasted pretending to be a boy. It was the best decision in my life.”
What I personally found tugged at the heartstrings more than anything was the presence of Kate Malin, Emmie’s mother and a reverend in the family’s Episcopal church.
Kate is present at Emmie’s side throughout the entire video, and her love for her daughter radiates through the screen.
“What my husband and I keep remarking on to each other is this just feels so right, it’s so her, it’s so the child we’ve always known and loved,” she says, “even though, a few years ago, we wouldn’t have necessarily anticipated this step.” And what a step it’s been.
While many trans people throughout the world may be forced to deal with issues like this alone, Emmie has a full support system to carry her through post-surgery steps and womanhood.
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The World Health Organization on Thursday announced it would establish an emergency committee of external experts to advise it on the extraordinary Zika virus outbreak “spreading explosively” through the Americas.
Saying the outbreak had reached “alarming proportions,” the agency’s director general, Dr. Margaret Chan, announced the decision during a special session at the WHO’s annual executive board meeting.
“The level of concern is high, as is the level of uncertainty. Questions abound. We need to get some answers quickly,” Chan said.
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Global health experts have been calling on Chan to convene an emergency committee on the Zika virus situation, which is suspected of being responsible for a surge in babies born with abnormally small brains — a condition called microcephaly — reported by Brazil. The country’s health ministry estimates there has been 4,180 cases of microcephaly there since last October.
As well, there are reports of elevated numbers of cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome, a generally temporary paralysis that sometimes follows infections.
Lawrence Gostin of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., is among the experts who has been calling for the WHO to raise the response to the Zika outbreak by naming an emergency committee. He praised the move Thursday, calling it a critical first step.
“If the association between microcephaly and Zika virus is confirmed, there will be an ethical imperative to protect women of childbearing age from contracting the infection. The public will demand well-funded, proactive leadership from the World Health Organization,” Gostin said in a statement.
Gostin said the WHO must now mobilize international resources to curb the virus’s rapid spread. He said efforts need to focus on aggressive mosquito control, active surveillance, accelerated vaccine research, and travel advisories for pregnant women. “It is far better to be over-prepared than to wait until a Zika epidemic spins out of control.”
The expert group, which will meet for the first time on Monday, will be asked for advice on the appropriate level of international concern, Chan said. The committee will also be asked to recommend measures that affected countries should take, and to draw up a list of research priorities. Chan did not say who would be named to the committee.
The power to set up an emergency committee comes from the International Health Regulations, a treaty that binds WHO member states. Emergency committees have the power to advise the WHO director general to declare that a health threat is a public health emergency of international concern, or PHEIC, if it deems the situation severe enough to merit it.
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The basis of Brahmin life is God’s love.
Today, BapDada is looking at His loving, co-operative and easy yogi souls. All of you are yogi souls. It would be said that this is a gathering of yogis. All of you sitting here are yogi souls, that is, souls who are loved by God. Those who are loved by God are loved by the world. Do all of you constantly have the spiritual intoxication, spiritual pride and spiritual self-respect, that you are loved by the Supreme Soul, that you are those who are loved by God and who also become loved by the world? They just want a glimpse or drishti of a second or even half a second; this is what the devotees thirst for and they consider it to be a great thing. However, you have become worthy of God’s love. You are loved by God. This is such great fortune! What does each soul nowadays want from childhood till death? Even a child who doesn’t understand anything wants love in his life. They want money later, but they first want love. If they don’t have love they experience their life to be a life of hopelessness, a life without sweetness. However, all of you souls have received God’s love, you are loved by God. Is there anything greater than this? If there is love, there is the world, there is life. If there is no love, there is no life, there is no world. When you receive love, you receive the world. Do you experience this love to be your elevated fortune? The world is thirsty for this. They are thirsty for one drop of it and you children have received God’s love as your property. You are being sustained with this love from God, that is, you are moving forward in Brahmin life. Do you experience this? Do you remain merged in the Ocean of Love? Or do you just listen to it or know about it? That is, do you just stand on the shore and think about it and continue to observe it? Simply to hear or know about it means to stand on the shore. To accept and to merge into it means to become merged in the Ocean of Love. If, after being loved by God, you don’t experience becoming merged in the Ocean, being absorbed in the Ocean, then you are not those who attain something after belonging to God, but those who remain thirsty. Remaining thirsty, even after coming close – what would you say to that? Just think about who it is who has made you belong to Him! By whom are you loved? By whom are you being sustained? So, what will happen? Because of being constantly merged in love, you cannot be influenced by any problems or any type of upheaval. You will experience yourselves to be constant destroyers of obstacles, embodiments of solutions to all problems and conquerors of Maya.
Some of you children say that you are unable to remember the deep things of knowledge. However, remember the one thing which is that you are loved by God and that you have a right to God’s love. With this one awareness you will become constantly powerful. This is easy, is it not? If you forget even this, then you become trapped in a maze. Just this one thing will make you have a right to all attainments. Therefore, always remember and experience being loved by God and loved by everyone. Do you understand? This is easy, is it not? Achcha. You have now heard a lot; now adopt all of it. To adopt is to become equal. Do you understand?
To all the children who are worthy of God’s love, to all the elevated souls who are merged in love, to all the children who have a right to the sustenance of love, to the elevated souls who have spiritual pride and who stay in spiritual intoxication, BapDada’s love, remembrance and namaste.
Avyakt BapDada meeting groups:
All of you are easy yogi souls, are you not? The remembrance of all relationships makes you an easy yogi. When you have a relationship, everything is easy. The awareness of being an easy yogi soul easily ends all problems because to be an easy yogi means constantly to experience the Father’s company. When you have the company of the Father, the Almighty Authority, when you have all the powers with you, problems are changed into a form of solutions. Whenever there is any problem, leave it to the Father and leave the problem alone! With your right of such a relationship, problems end. What can I do? No! The Father knows about the problem. I am detached and loved by God. Then all the burdens belong to the Father and you become light. When you yourself become light, all things also become light. When there is the slightest thought of them, you become heavy and the things also become heavy. Therefore, think: “I am light and I am detached”, and then everything will also be light. This is the method. You will attain success with this method. Even when past karmic accounts are being settled, you will not experience them to be a burden. If you observe everything as a detached observer, it is as though the past is ending and you are seeing everything as a detached observer with the power of the present. You are accumulating and also settling. With the power of accumulation, you have no burden of settling. Therefore, always remember the present. When one side becomes heavy, the other automatically becomes light. So, if the present is heavy, then the past would become light, would it not? Always keep the attainments of the present in your awareness and everything will become light. The way to make the account of the past light is to make the present powerful. The present is powerful anyway. Keep the attainments of the present in front of you and everything will become easy. The past will change from a crucifix to a thorn. There won’t be the questions: What is this? Why is it like this? No. It is the past. Why should you look at the past? Where there is love, obstacles don’t seem heavy. They seem like a game. Settle all your karmic accounts with the blessings of the happiness of the present and with medicine.
BapDada meeting teachers:
You are those who constantly experience success at every step, are you not? You are experienced souls, are you not? Experience is the greatest authority of all. Those who have the authority of experience are anyway successful at every step and in every task. To receive the chance to be an instrument for service is also a sign of speciality. Whatever chances you receive, continue to move forward with those. You are instruments who constantly move forward and also enable others to do so. The consciousness of being an instrument enables you to attain success. Always keep with you the speciality of being a humble instrument. This speciality will always make you special. The part of being an instrument also gives you a lift. To become an instrument for others means to become complete yourself. Continue to achieve success with determination. Success is guaranteed. When you have this determination, success will automatically go ahead of you.
You have received a golden chance from the moment of birth and so you have become the greatest of all chancellors, have you not? You have come with the fortune of being a server from childhood. You have come having awakened your fortune. You have become instruments to create the elevated fortune of so many souls. Therefore, always remember: Wah, the elevated line of my elevated fortune. You found the Father, you received service, you received a place of service and, together with service, you also found the elevated family of elevated souls. What have you not received? You have received the fortune of the kingdom, you have received everything. Always have this happiness. Constantly continue to make progress by using the right method. With the method of your being instruments, service will continue to grow.
BapDada meeting Kumars:
To be saved in kumar life is the greatest fortune of all. You have been saved from so many complications. “Kumars” means souls who are free from bondage. A kumar life is a life that is free from bondage. However, to remain free in kumar life means to take on a burden. BapDada’s direction for kumars is to do alokik service while living with the lokik family. Lokik service is the way to create contacts. Remain busy in this and you will be able to do alokik service. While living with your family, do alokik service and your intellect will not remain heavy. Do service by sharing your experience with everyone. Do lokik service while considering it to be a means of service, and those lokik facilities will give you many chances for service. Your aim is to do Godly service and those are the means. Do it with this understanding. “Kumars” means those who have courage. You can do whatever you want. This is why BapDada always advises you to attain success using the right method. “Kumars” means constant yogis because the world of kumars is the one Father. When the Father is your whole world, where else would your intellect go except to the world? Since everything is the One, there will be remembrance of the One. It is very easy to remember the One. You have become free from many. Everything is merged in the One. Constantly serve through your every act. In your drishti and your words, there is nothing but service. There is the enthusiasm to reveal the One you love. Let the Father and service remain with you at every step. Achcha.
The way to experience the karmateet and bodiless stage .
1) Become free from the body consciousness of any limited “mine, mine”.
2) Become free from selfish intentions in both lokik (worldly) and alokik (spiritual) actions and relationships.
3) Become free from the karmic accounts of the actions of your past births and from being influenced by any wasteful nature and sanskars due to the weakness of your present efforts.
4) If any adverse situation of service, the gathering or matter makes your original or elevated stage shake then that is not a stage of being free from bondage. Become free from even this bondage.
5) Let no type of illness of your old final body in this old world make your elevated stage fluctuate; become free from even this. It is destined for the illness to come, but for your stage to fluctuate – that is a sign of being trapped in a bondage. Have thoughts of the self, thoughts of knowledge and be a well-wisher. Become free from having thoughts about the illness of the body. This is said to be the karmateet stage.
Be a karma yogi and constantly be detached from any bondage of karma and always be loving to the Father: this is the karmateet and bodiless stage. To be karmateet does not mean to go beyond performing actions. Do not go beyond performing actions, but be detached from being trapped in any bondage of action. No matter how big a task may be, let it not feel like you are working, but as if you are playing a game. No matter what adverse situation arises, no matter if a soul comes in front of you to settle karmic accounts, even if any suffering of karma through the body continues to come in front of you, remain free from any limited desires, for this is the bodiless stage. While you have that body and are playing your part on the field of action with your physical senses, you cannot stay without performing actions for even a second. However, to remain beyond the bondage of action while performing action is the karmateet and bodiless stage. So, come into the relationship of karma through the physical senses, but do not get tied by any bondage of karma. Do not be influenced by any desire for some perishable fruit of karma. “Karmateet” means not be to influenced by karma, but to be a master, to be an authority and to have a relationship with your physical senses and make your physical senses act while you remain detached from temporary desires. You, the soul, the master, must not be dependent on actions, but as the authority, continue to have actions performed. Enable actions to be performed as the one performing actions. This is known as having a relationship of karma. A karmateet soul has a relationship, not a bondage.
“Karmateet” means to be beyond, that is, to be detached from the body, relations of the body, possessions connected with both lokik and alokik relationships and bondages. Though the word “relationship” is used, if there is any dependency in relation to the body or relationships of the body, then that becomes a bondage. In the karmateet stage, because of knowing the secrets of relationship of karma and bondage of karma, you always remain content in every situation. You would never get upset. Such a soul will be free from the bondage of any karmic account of his past births. Even if as a consequence of the karmic accounts of the past births, there is some illness of the body or even if the mind is in conflict with the sanskars of other souls, a karmateet soul would not be influenced by the suffering of karma, but would be a master and enable the account to be settled. To be a karma yogi and to settle the suffering of karma is the sign of becoming karmateet. With yoga, with a smile he would change the suffering of karma from being like a crucifix to a thorn and destroy it, that is, he would finish the suffering of karma. To be able to transform the suffering of karma with your stage of karma yoga is the karmateet stage.
Wasteful thoughts are the subtle strings of some bondage of karma. A karmateet soul would experience goodness even in something bad. Such a soul would say that whatever is happening is good. I am good, the Father is good and the drama is good. This thought works like scissors to cut the bondages. When the bondages are cut away you will become karmateet. In order to experience the bodiless stage, become free from the knowledge of desires. Such a soul who is free from any limited desires will be a kamdhenu, equal to the Father, who fulfils everyone’s desires. Just as all the Father’s treasure-stores are always full with treasures and there is no mention of any attainment that is missing, in the same way, always be full of all treasures like the Father. While playing your part in the world cycle, to remain free from the many spinnings of sorrow is the stage of liberation in life. In order to experience such a stage, be one who has all rights, one who is a master who makes all your physical senses act. Act and as soon as the deed is done, become detached. This is the practice of the bodiless stage. The original and eternal form of the soul is independence. The soul is the king, the master. Let there not be any bondage of the mind. If there is any bondage of the mind then this one bondage will bring many other bondages and so, become a self-sovereign, that is, become a king who is free from bondage. For this, let your brake be powerful. Only see what you want to see, and hear only what you want to hear. When you have such controlling powerthen you will be able to pass with honours in the end, that is, you will come into the first division.
|Blessing:||May you be a worthy of worship soul who easily adopts purity as your original and eternal special virtue.
The special basis for becoming worthy of worship is purity. The more you adopt all types of purity, you accordingly become worthy of worship in every way. Those who adopt purity as a special virtue, originally and eternally with discipline, are also the ones who are worshipped with discipline. Those who are in contact with souls who are gyani and agyani (without knowledge) who fulfil their relationships and connections properly while keeping their pure attitude, vision and vibrations , and whose purity is not broken even in their dreams, are the ones who are worshipped with discipline.
|Slogan:||While living in the gross world, serve as an avyakt angel and the task of world benefit will be accomplished at a fast speed.|
Special effort to become equal to Father Brahma.
If you have love for Father Brahma then become an angel, the same as the father. Let your angelic form of light always be visible in front of you, that you have to become like that. Let your future form also be visible. Now renounce this one and adopt that one. When you have such an experience then understand that you are close to perfection. | <urn:uuid:4a8e9995-1b48-4276-87fd-7ed7b542213f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://bkmurli.com/today-murli-13-january-2019-daily-murli-english/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00274.warc.gz | en | 0.969315 | 3,636 | 1.664063 | 2 |
Project 1: Chemoprevention of Head and Neck Cancer
Julie Bauman, MD, MPH, Co-Leader
Daniel Johnson, PhD, Co-Leader
Thomas Kensler, PhD, Co-Investigator
Long-term success in the treatment of tobacco-related head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is hindered by an alarming rate of second primary tumor (SPT) development following curative treatment. Patients with human papillomavirus (HPV)-negative HNSCC develop a SPT of the upper aerodigestive tract at the rate of 3-6% per year, and are most likely to succumb to these secondary cancers. Although smoking cessation reduces the occurrence of SPTs, moderation of risk is not observed for five years, and is insufficient to return risk to baseline. The availability of a well-tolerated and affordable intervention that prevents SPTs would have a major global impact on mortality and quality of life in patients at risk. Unfortunately, no tolerable and effective chemopreventive agents have been identified for HNSCC. Our broad, long-term goal is the rigorous translational development of a tolerable and effective chemoprevention strategy against HNSCC SPTs.
Reduced risk for HNSCC and SPTs is associated with diets rich in the Brassica family of cruciferous vegetables, including broccoli. Broccoli is rich in glucoraphanin, which is metabolized to the key bioactive component sulforaphane (SF). SF induces the expression of the transcription factor NRF2, which leads to upregulation of NRF2 target genes. A number of NRF2 target genes encode cytoprotective enzymes, which act to detoxify environmental carcinogens including benzene, aldehydes and nitrosamines found in tobacco smoke. The relevance of the NRF2 signaling pathway for oral cancer chemoprevention is highlighted by the enhanced susceptibility of mice lacking the Nrf2 gene to oral cancer induced by the carcinogen 4NQO. We are developing broccoli seed preparations (BSPs) as a chemopreventive agent against carcinogen-induced cancers, and have determined the safety, tolerability, and pharmacokinetics of BSPs in humans. We have also shown that SF induces NRF2 and NRF2 target gene expression in normal oral keratinocytes and in HNSCC cell lines. Moreover, we have provided first-time demonstration that transcripts for NRF2 target genes are upregulated in the oral mucosa of healthy volunteers treated with SF-rich BSP. We hypothesize that NRF2 pathway activation in oral epithelium can be induced by administering BSP to patients curatively treated for a first tobacco-related HNSCC, and that the target level of NRF2 pathway activation for chemopreventive efficacy in humans can be determined in a mouse model of carcinogen-induced HNSCC.
To test this hypothesis, our studies are focused on two Specific Aims:
Aim 1: To investigate the dose-response relationship between sulforaphane (SF) and chemopreventive efficacy in a mouse model of carcinogen-induced HNSCC by:
- Defining pharmacodynamic (PD) responses in the oral mucosa of SF-treated mice to identify robust, reliable biomarkers of NRF2 pathway activation;
- Determining the dose-response relationship between SF-induced NRF2 pathway activation and chemoprevention of oral squamous cell cancers; and
- Investigating alternative, NRF2-independent mechanisms of SF chemopreventive efficacy, including STAT3 dephosphorylation and modulation of host immunity.
Aim 2: To systematically assess the clinical chemopreventive potential of BSP administration to patients with tobacco-related HNSCC at high risk for SPTs by:
- Conducting a Phase 0 clinical trial to evaluate the PD range of NRF2 pathway activation in the oral mucosa of HNSCC patients, in response to three tolerable and bioactive doses of BSP;
- Developing a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)-certified biomarker assay for use in a subsequent dose-adaptive, randomized Phase II/III trial of BSP for the chemoprevention of SPTs; and
- Analyzing specimens from the Phase 0 trial to determine whether BSP induces changes in alternative biomarkers of SF chemopreventive efficacy. | <urn:uuid:6daa4c8e-fc98-4aba-97d6-b9cb93694d46> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://upci.upmc.edu/spore/headneck/proj1.cfm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560285315.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095125-00576-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.911206 | 921 | 2.0625 | 2 |
You have to begin by taking the dimensions of your home, choosing the furnishings that fits your style, and determining on the budget plan. Ted’s Woodworking Plan promises to finish the problems.
Teds Woodworking Plans plan is a excellent option for woodworkers that would certainly wish to attempt distinct tasks on a daily basis. It, for that reason, offers 16,000 different woodworking job plans with organized advice and video clip tutorials to assist you begin. Even more, this guide claims to offer a list of devices you will need to complete each new task. Is it worth purchasing? Is it a scam? We have the answers.
WHAT IS TED’S WOODWORKING PLANS?
Ted’s Woodworking Plans, Created by Ted McGrath, is a collection of over 16,000 woodworking plans as well as projects that you can follow to make your garden chairs, residence furniture, bird feeders, sheds, and several other products without working with a professional. All the plans in this guide are extremely easy as well as simple to adhere to as well as the writer overviews the individuals from the start to finish. You will certainly get the exact dimensions of every furniture piece or structure you intend to construct and all needed materials.
Ted attracts every representation with utmost care as well as concentrates so that the users can identify just how to construct it conveniently. You will certainly discover the building procedure easywhether you are creating a shaking chair, a toy, or a poultry coop due to the fact that the layouts are clear and concise in all facets, as a result, supplying a problem-free experience.
What’s more, the writer gives images from all angles to ensure that individuals can determine points also before starting the structure process. And also due to the fact that this overview provides all information, you do not require to be a specialist to start using it. The author believes that you can be a nonprofessional and still build strikingly beautiful furnishings items. The directions and also the pictures will certainly help you complete every task conveniently and also the 16,000 one-of-a-kind tasks indicate that you will always have something brand-new to try. The guide likewise includes a number of bonuses.
THAT IS TED MCGRATH?
McGrath is a competent woodworker who has dealt with several projects in his life. He made a decision to develop this guide to put his several years of experience into something beneficial as well as to help newbies develop their woodworking skills and also make cash.
Along with this guide, Ted published many other books as well as articles on woodworking to make the work of woodworkers very easy. Ted’s Woodworking guide has several positive reviews and it is helping several woodwork lovers learn and enhance their abilities.
WHAT TO EXPECT IN TED’S WOODWORKING GUIDE?
After buying the Ted’s Woodworking strategies, you will have access to a wide array of projects created by Ted McGrath himself. To supply you with the experience you require, the author offers you the possibility to attempt both little as well as large jobs such as cutting boards as well as structure boxes, barns, and also cabins .
DETAILED WOODWORKING PLANS
The lots of projects vary from beginner-level projects to advanced-level projects to challenge you. They additionally reveal that the author provides styles for every project, from beginner-level to skilled degree.
After getting this course, the very best point to do is begin with the projects implied for newbies before progressing to those indicated for expert-level and also intermediary woodworkers. The beginner-level jobs are very easy to finish, consequently, providing the users with a excellent beginning area. On the other hand, the challenging and also comprehensive ones will aid you brighten and craft up the new skills.
This program will certainly cater to all your yard and also house needs if you are an experienced carpenter. It will certainly help you develop barns, sheds, furniture, decks, and carts. The newbie-level tasks are additionally a good choice for professionals as well as children that would intend to polish up their abilities. Speaking of the expert-level projects, they will assist you equip your entire residence or office.
GUIDELINES HANDBOOK AND ILLUSTRATIONS
The Instructions Handbook and Illustrations is the 2nd point you should anticipate in Ted’s Woodworking Kit. It is an guidelines handbook for the 16,000 tasks expected in this program.
The directions and also illustrations are a lot more like woodworking lessons for the customers. You can read them as you progress with the projects you select to be certain that you are doing the best point. Ted presents these instructions in a user-friendly and also easy-to-understand fashion to make sure that they can offer the role of an expert holding your hand on each step of your journey.
In addition to the easy-to-understand and user-friendly directions, Ted provides thorough pictures for every step. The kinds of pictures to anticipate to consist of 3D illustrations, schematics, close-up illustrations, annotations, and also dimensions . You will see exactly how every task ought to end up prior to starting it, something that removes chances of uncertainty. As you might already understand, precision and also perfection are important in woodworking.
THE PURCHASE GUIDE
Ted McGrath further includes a thorough listing of equipment as well as products you need to buy for every task. Anticipate to discover a in-depth listing of devices and the kind of wood required for every layout.
The details will get rid of uncertainty when it pertains to the selection of materials and also removes the possibilities of overbuying or buying the incorrect products. A lot more, the author includes the specific quantity of every product, consequently, aiding users save cash as well as time throughout the buying component.
The writer more deals woodworking videos for people who appreciate seeing tutorials. Each of them reveals a master woodworker completing a job. This may be all you need to polish up your craft as well as assembled numerous tasks efficiently.
After signing up for this training course, you will certainly get various other goodies as a bonus. They consist of DWG or CAD visitor, which will provide you a premium aesthetic side, for your design work. You will certainly have access to several exceptional woodworking videos from skilled woodworkers made to provide you with even more ideas, strategies, and also ideas .
In addition to leading you on making tasks, Ted will certainly educate you on exactly how to establish a woodworking service. Anticipate to obtain a guidebook on running an enterprise as well as starting together with the tips and also tricks you require to transform your enthusiasm into a profitable service.
IS TED’S WOODWORKING LEGIT?
You are most likely to find throughout people who assert that the woodwork projects are not authentic. Others claim that Ted McGrath is not a real person which the developers of the woodworking tasks have copied information from many sources and place it together to develop the guide. They, as a result, declare that Ted’s Woodworking is a rip-off and also the intention behind it is lucrative.
While Ted might have borrowed some ideas from other resources, the layouts and also designs of every job are original. The evaluations launched just recently show that the Woodworking plans are stuffed and also resourceful with comprehensive overviews and also suggestions.
CONS aS WELL AS pros
Prior to purchasing any kind of product online or registering for an on-line course, you ought to take your time to check out the pros and cons . Here are the benefits and drawbacks of Ted’s Woodworking Guide.
- Provides professional strategies
- Gives lots of projects so that the individuals can select those that match their requirements
- The directions are extremely easy to adhere to
- The writer uses comprehensive illustrations as well as layouts
- The strategies use precise measurements and annotations
- Comes with thorough tutorials and also video clips
- The standard strategy features giveaways
- Provides a listing of devices and products required for every job
- It is low-cost
- A few of the strategies are not like others are
- The bonus videos are not of top quality
- The program is online based and you will therefore require the internet to gain access to it
Unlike numerous various other woodworking programs, Ted’s Woodworking is budget-friendly. It will cost you $67 only.
It includes a corresponding incentive, which contains DWG, DXF, and DWF Plan Viewer worth $97 in addition to 150 Premium Woodworking Videos worth $77. In addition, you will certainly have a overview worth $27 to assist you develop your woodworking company.
Speaking of the money-back guarantee, the author provides a 100 percent safe money-back assurance. For that reason, you can ask to have your cash back if you are not satisfied with what you get.
WHY CHOOSE TED’S WOODWORKING PLANS?
If you pick any kind of various other program, Ted’s Woodworking Plans come with several benefits that you are not likely to take pleasure in. Right here are several of the reasons you should choose this program.
REGULAR MONTHLY AND LIFETIME PLANS
In addition to the life time strategies, you will likewise have accessibility to month-to-month strategies that you can download and install any time. The firm better uses lifetime consumer assistance with its website and also helpline. You can ask for tailored drafts if you realize that something is missing out on in the initial blueprints.
The many plans will provide you with suggestions and inspiration to keep your imagination moving. After managing sufficient projects on your own and also your family, you can make use of the strategies to develop your business. This is a excellent method of transforming your leisure activity into a successful service.
SMOOTH REFUND PROCESS
If you happen to obtain something different from what you anticipated, you can require to have your money back. You simply need to open the official ClickBank website as well as provide your information. Afterwards, consumer assistance will launch the reimbursement procedure.
TASKS FOR EVERYONE
You do not require to be a expert woodworker to gain from the plans. The author offers tasks that are suitable for both experienced and also beginner-level woodworkers. All tasks feature systematic directions and also pictures to ensure that you can finish them without the requirement for professional aid.
Unlike other training authors, Ted presumes that all his trainees have no history in woodworking. He, therefore, makes sure that all guidelines are listed straight.
COMPREHENSIVE PROJECTS WITH VISUALS
In addition to the instructions manuals, you will certainly have accessibility to 3D images, comprehensive sketches, schematics, as well as images to reveal you the full tasks from all angles. The function of the images is to help remove mistakes and also permit the creation of superior styles.
Although you may not like several of the Projects, you will have the choice of combining numerous of them to find up with something you such as. Finishing a lot of the jobs, beginning with the beginner-level ones, will enable you to understand the woodworking craft.
Ted’s Woodworking Plans provides over 16000 woodworking tasks, which is potentially greater than you need to furnish your residence and also start a service. All the strategies are well organized and also complete and they come with in-depth directions. You can make use of the program to find out a new craft or polish up your skills.
Ted’s Woodworking Plans, Created by Ted McGrath, is a collection of over 16,000 woodworking blueprints and also jobs that you can comply with to make your garden chairs, house furniture, bird feeders, sheds, and lots of various other products without working with a expert. The directions and the photos will certainly help you finish every task easily as well as the 16,000 special projects suggest that you will constantly have something brand-new to try. After purchasing the Ted’s Woodworking strategies, you will have access to a vast range of jobs developed by Ted McGrath himself. The several projects vary from beginner-level jobs to advanced-level jobs to test you. Ted’s Woodworking Plans uses over 16000 woodworking tasks, which is possibly more than you require to provide your home and begin a organization. | <urn:uuid:8e9ed08c-0052-4861-b148-6962c3c524a4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.yamamotowoodworker.com/ebay-teds-woodworking/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571210.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810191850-20220810221850-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.957953 | 2,615 | 1.53125 | 2 |
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Forks have played a major role in shaping the format of GP Originals. The specification requirement to use period diameter forks has been a major factor in the success of the series. When previously popular championships allowed later, larger forks to be used in their post-classic classes, riders felt the pinch as their fellow competitors began to replace period components with increasingly modern parts.
As specified in our eligibility, 350 forks must be 35mm-36mm diameter to reflect the original Yamaha part. We allow other fork manufacturer’s items should they fit within the specification and have a period appearance. The GP Originals regulations have always allowed for certain components to be deemed eligible upon accurate research and with due consideration to the effect on the competitive nature of our classes.
↑Clive Horton riding the wheels off the 250 Rotax in 1980 featuring the Spondon forks. Clive was helping Spondon develop their 250 chassis whilst also riding a Cotton in that year.
As the Series grows and progresses, components are brought to our attention and our team then delve into many hours of research – this can take a fair amount of time as we are all volunteers. This gathering of evidence, allows us to consider whether the part falls within our existing rules, not to change them. We expect the rider or team making the enquiry to also work hard to uncover as much substantiated evidence as possible. We check independent facts, ask for written statements from professional riders or engineers and gather date-proven photographs, magazine articles or results sheets.
We received a request about one such component in Autumn 2021. We are all aware that Spondon were prolific engineers during the period and made their own chassis and forks, they achieved a British Grand Prix victory with Martin Wimmer using their frame on the Yamaha in 1982.
The Derbyshire-based firm made their own 38mm fork that was used in two-stroke GP machines during the period. Until this time no one has requested to use them at GP Originals but, within a short space, of time another enquiry was made.
In 1979 Bill Simpson installed them as original fitment on the bike ridden by Stewart Cole in the photographs shown in this article. At the time, Spondon offered the forks to order with their own frames with the option of original Yamaha forks or Spondon’s own 38mm forks.
↑ First image: Stewart Cole lining up to race the 350 using the Spondon forks.
↑ Second image: 250cc Rotax with Spondon forks installed on the machine 1980 © Motorcycle & Road Racing Chassis
↑ Third image: Pete Beale coming in to land on his Spondon forks in 1981
↑ Fourth image: Peter Howarth using the Spondon forks in period © Mike Dowkes
↑ Fifth image: Examples of Spondon forks. Stewart Cole giving them a workout at the MGP Lightweight 1979.
All credits to the photographers (where currently unknown).
Spondon through the 1970s
There were four generations of the 38mm Spondon forks design. The stanchions remained the same but the bottoms were adjusted along the way. In the late 1970s White Power (as WP were known), provided adjustable damping internals, Stuart Tiller of Spondon believes they were the first company to be supplied by WP.
- The earliest incarnation c.1974 featured a large fin with four holes to accomodate 298mm or 320mm disc.
- The second generation were of a similar design but lugs were added to allow a single caliper to be fitted on either side.
- The third design were die cast, longer and slimmer with two lugs and a thin front and back stiffening rib.
- The final design in 1979/1980 simply featured thicker stiffening ribs.
↑ First image: Steve Carthy with his Spondon in February 1976. Purchased directly from Bob Stevenson of Spondon
↑ Second image: The bike is believed to have been originally built in 1974.
In terms of eligibility for GP Originals we feel these original Spondon forks fall within our existing regulations for aftermarket period parts. Therefore, they must be the original item made by Spondon. Replicas or 38mm diameter forks from other machines or manufacturers are not permitted.
Read the 1979 Motorscot article kindly supplied by Stewart Coombie.
I have been asked to confirm the originality of a motorcycle made by Bill Simpson and built by him and assisted in a small way by myself. The bike is a Simpson and was built with Spondon 38mm front forks in 1979, I should know as I spent an enormous amount of time looking after it and preparing it for Stewart Cole who rode it very well all around the UK and IOM.Stewart Coombie
↑Stewart Cole on the BSR 250F in 1979. (Photographer unknown.)
A personal account from Stewart Coombie
I used to work with the same firm as Robbie Allan and of course Robbie and wife Margaret started the Scottish Motor Cycle Show which they grew into a huge success, it was a big risk/gamble to start with but hats of to them they made it great.
Robbie decided to buy a bike for the 1978 MGP and went to Bill who had heaps of contacts and to cut to the chase Bill brought the TZ 250 cantilever chassis back from the 1978 UGP, it was Sam McLements bike but I don’t know which one of them used it at the UGP.
Anyway I got the bike from Bill and the plan was for a long time pal of Robbie’s to use it at the 78 MGP, this was for Derek Allan (no relation) to ride. So I take the bike to bits and find that the frame was broken in lots of places, it took a lot welding/brazing and plating to make it safe. Those riders are very fast men and the bikes take a terrible punishment on the Irish roads where it had done most of it’s racing.
Bike sorted and Davy Silver organised to come to my house at Aberfoyle in those days and take the bike across for me. We met Derek and Rhona for the first time as we came off the ferry, and we have been the best of friends ever since. Victor, who is Derek’s oldest also does the roads in Ireland and good he is too. Back to Derek who earned a Silver Replica in the race on a bike he had not seen before, he thought that the cantilever chassis/suspension was marvellous and gave him a new lease of life.
The new bike was meant for Derek but it did not work out as he was very busy with his growing haulage business and could not spend as much time on the racing as was originally planned. He reluctantly gave up his ride, which was very difficult for all of us as we were all close pals.
Robbie and Maggie said to me “We want the bike to be raced in Scotland and the MGP, it is your bike now, you treat it as yours and put whoever you want on it”. They were both brilliant with me and so to the test day at Knockhill on the 10th June 1979, where I met Stewart Cole who was testing his 350 TZ Simpson. Stewart did thirty laps and liked the bike and I liked what I saw. There began another friendship. Stewart is a very tidy person, a good engineer and everything has to be just right. He was a good fast safe rider and tidy with it, he was what I was looking for and it all worked out good.
First outing was East Fortune for 20 practice laps to get the set up right and more of feel for the bike. Stewart gave me a pile of new spares and as he always did, said “use what you want”.
First race 23/6/79 Beverage Park and a fourth place. Second outing Knockhill first race 1st place, second race 2nd place and overall 250cc winner. Third meeting 14/7/79 Knockhill race one 2nd place, race two 1st place. Race three a handicap race 2nd by 10yards to Bill Robertson who had a 1/2 lap start another lap or less, very pleasing. Next outing 29/7/79 East Fortune 4th in very hot company.
People today don’t appreciate how good and competitive the 250 and 350 racing was back then with everybody on TZ Yamahas and for Stewart to have a 250 and a 350 Simpson, it must be unique. Next Ingliston 5/8/79 a very dangerous (armco lined) and fast circuit. I was pleased we came away from there with a great 3rd place in a very fast race.
Next up the big one. The 1979 MGP and a very good 18th place and a Silver Replica. The result requires a bit of explaining as it was actually much better than it looks, the race was cut to three laps and we did not have a big enough tank and had to refuel. Most, if not all at that time, did not have to refuel, so anyone that knows the IOM just think about it. Hindsight is a great thing. We had two Simpsons, we could have put the big tank from the 350 on. Who knows? But it bothers me, as Stewart was good enough to win on both bikes.
…I can assure that there were only ever three people touched, or were allowed to touch, that bike. Stewart Cole, myself and Bill… the bike was good but it was the jockey that made it good.Stewart Coombie
I do hope that you can make contact with Stewart as he can explain what happened in the newcomers’ race as Geoff Cannel came to me in pit lane to ask on behalf of Peter Kneale if Stewart had pitted for fuel as Rob McElnea had a 15 second lead on him going into the last lap. Stewart had pitted but Rob had not. Oh-oh dear a broken gear pedal, and we had thought about it and fitted a brand new Maxton pedal for the race. Remember the bad bump/jump at schoolhouse corner, he had it won but for that. I went to pick him up after the race and he was not down at all, he was chuffed to bits with his achievement, we both knew that he had won the race but for a bit of bad luck. | <urn:uuid:902f3638-dad4-44c0-80ab-9c59ebf98237> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://gporiginals.co.uk/eligibility/spondon-38mm-forks/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00674.warc.gz | en | 0.98307 | 2,147 | 1.757813 | 2 |
Blood Pressure Drugs Linked To Birth DefectsJun 20, 2006 | www.toronto.fashion-monitor.com ACE inhibitors, drugs commonly used to treat high blood pressure, have been linked to birth defects if taken by the expectant mother during the first trimester of her pregnancy, according to a new study carried out by researchers at Vanderbilt University and Boston University.
Researchers gathered data from the medical records of 29,507 newborns. 209 of their mothers had taken ACE inhibitors during the first trimester of pregnancy. 18 of them were born with birth defects, of which 9 had heart defects.
Of 209 newborns who had been exposed to ACE inhibitors during the first three months of their mothers' pregnancy 18 had birth defects, about 9% of total, of which 9 had heart defects.
Expectant mothers taking ACE inhibitors during their first trimester were 2.7 times as likely to have a baby with a birth defect than mothers who did not take the drug during their first trimester.
In the USA alone, 149 million ACE inhibitor prescriptions are dispensed each year, in total - not just to pregnant mothers. ACE inhibitors have been prescribed to patients for over 25 years. They are the second most popular prescription drugs in the developed world today.
The researchers say that any woman who is pregnant, or planning to start a family should avoid taking ACE inhibitors. It is vital that all women of child-bearing age know about this, as well as their health care providers, so that alternative medications to treat hypertension can be identified.
Here is a list of some commonly used ACE inhibitors:
- captopril (Capoten)
- benazepril (Lotensin)
- enalapril (Vasotec)
- lisinopril (Prinivil, Zestril)
- fosinopril (Monopril)
- ramipril (Altace)
- perindopril (Aceon)
- quinapril (Accupril)
- moexipril (Univasc)
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Committee aims to keep health policy an open wound for Govt
The effect of the proposed $7 co-payment on access to care and the hit to public hospitals from Commonwealth funding cuts will be the focus of a Senate inquiry aimed at ensuring health care remains high on the political agenda.
In its second-last sitting day before an influx of new MPs shifted the balance of power in the Upper House, Labor, Green and independent Senators joined forces to back the formation of a Senate Select Committee on Health to inquire into changes to health policy in the Federal Budget, including the imposition of the co-payment, the disavowal of public hospital funding guarantees to the states, and the abolition of health workforce planning and training agencies.
Among the issues the inquiry will consider is the effect of a $20 billion cut in public hospital funding over the next five years on elective surgery and emergency department waiting times, as well as overall hospital capacity, plus the impact of cuts to preventive health programs, Indigenous health care, and Medicare services.
The Committee is not scheduled to deliver its final report until mid-2016, but has been given scope to issue interim reports “as [it] sees fit” – a provision aimed at ensuring the Budget changes to health remain a running political sore for the Government through to the next election, due to be held in late 2016.
The changes to health funding, particularly the imposition of a $7 co-payment on GP, pathology and radiology services, are shaping as a major point of political vulnerability for the Government.
The co-payment is regularly cited as a major factor contributing to voter disenchantment identified in opinion polls. A survey by Essential Research last month found 61 per cent of those sampled supported attempts by politicians to block the co-payment in Parliament. | <urn:uuid:442b0c47-872e-41c1-b588-cb09b8ba5422> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.doctorportal.com.au/committee-aims-to-keep-health-policy-an-open-wound-for-govt/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279224.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00478-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956134 | 365 | 1.546875 | 2 |
Written for students of the New Cosmology by Thea (Patrizia Norelli-Bachelet) Director, Aeon Centre of Cosmology January 24, 2009.
Something more must be said of the Earth’s axial tilt at 23.20 degrees since it plays a role in the fantasies, if they may be so called, of many new-age groups. If I am not mistaken, even Edgar Cayce spoke of a future re-alignment of this axis at an unspecified time which would cause wide-spread destruction. Over our recorded period of history this 23 degree tilt has been in place – and certainly for an untold number of years before our times. In my view, the construction of the Great Pyramid at Giza reveals that the ancients had the tilt on their minds as well. Continue reading ‘The Question of Alignment and the iconic 2012’ | <urn:uuid:571c0ea4-b828-4c6d-af16-fd6fe02c5634> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://patrizianorellibachelet.com/TNWblog/?m=20090201 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560283008.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095123-00087-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949863 | 181 | 2.0625 | 2 |
Also as to Anti's point plenty of lawyers do start out making 40-60k, but this number goes up drastically in a few years with experience. There are also plenty of people who start out making 80-100k and whether you succeed as a lawyer is going to depend a lot more on you than whatever school you attend.
the mean salary was 78,000 in 2011, which was the worst year for legal employment. In 2009 the mean was 93,000,
The left-hand peaks of the graph reflect salaries of $40,000 to $65,000, which collectively accounted for about 52% of reported salaries. The right-hand peak shows that salaries of $160,000 accounted for about 14% of reported salaries. However, more complete salary coverage for jobs at large law firms heightens this peak and diminishes the left-hand peaks — and shows that the unadjusted mean overstates the average starting salary by just over 6%. Nonetheless, as both the arithmetic mean and the adjusted mean show, relatively few salaries are close to either mean. | <urn:uuid:8f1ec50c-f2b7-446f-b5f8-05cca8683045> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.lawschooldiscussion.org/index.php?topic=4027669.msg5405133 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560283689.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095123-00354-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974765 | 216 | 1.921875 | 2 |
Gon, the Little Fox (written by Nankichi Niimi, illustrated by Genjirou Mita, translated by Mariko Shii Gharbi) has been selected for the 2016 USBBY Outstanding International Books honor list. Gon makes the list for Grades 3-5 along with 8 other outstanding books.
The list has been compiled for more than a decade by the United States Board on Books for Young People (USBBY) — Building Bridges Through Children’s and Young Adult Books. This year 42 books that were published or released in 2015 and chosen by a committee of USBBY members are named on the award list, separated into four age groupings (PreK-2, Grades 3-5, Grades 6-8, Grades 9-12).
Gon, the Little Fox is a Japanese children’s story about the life of a little fox called Gon
In this nuanced retelling of a folktale, Gon finds that even his best intentions can’t prevent what his actions have put into motion when his theft of an eel results in tragedy. | <urn:uuid:0ffc0204-8813-43e7-9c02-222646014519> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.museyon.com/gon-the-little-fox-named-2016-usbby-outstanding-international-book/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.963194 | 227 | 2.34375 | 2 |
ZIMSEC O Level Geography Notes: People and Weather: Accidental Changes
- The smoke from burning fuels and chemical industries rises into the air and mixes with water vapour.
- When the rain falls down it becomes acidic.
- The acid rain is a weak acid made up of sulphuric and nitric acids.
- Over, a long time (years for example), the rain […]
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Surrounded by cotton fields, the capital of Tajikistan is a memorial to a Soviet dream of the ideal big city. Wide prospects are lush with greenery, while the circus resembles a spaceship that has landed in the middle of the park. The communal service buildings look more like palaces, as do some of the traditional tea houses, the ‘chaihanas’. Don't miss the stunning tea-house Rokhat with its carved open gallerias and breezy inner court.
'Dushanbe' means 'Monday'. It was the day for the weekly grand bazaar in the era of the Great Silk Road.
The city is a jewel for a lover of monumental architecture: from columns and mosaics to slick and modernist Le Corbusier-inspired constructions, Dushanbe has it all. Outside the city, the great outdoors of Central Asia awaits! Go hiking to see the cotton in full bloom, camp at Varzob Gorge and don't forget to check Nurek Dam, the second-tallest man-made dam in the world. | <urn:uuid:8112f711-a95d-4be8-becb-227165c58422> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://awd.momondo.co.uk/flights/dyu/flights-to-dushanbe.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280791.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00365-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.931875 | 224 | 1.523438 | 2 |
Youth Power Summit to be Held as Part of Ithaca College Earth Day Activities
ITHACA, NY—Young people from throughout the region are invited to learn how they can take leadership roles in advocating for clean energy, local food and social justice at the Youth Power Summit, being held at Ithaca College on Saturday and Sunday, April 20–21, in conjunction with the annual celebration of Earth Day.
Participation in the summit, which will include lectures, panel presentations and workshops, is free. Activities will take place from 9:30 a.m.–7:30 p.m. on Saturday and 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. on Sunday, in the Park Center for Business and Sustainable Enterprise on the IC campus. Participants are asked to register in advance at http://youthpowersummit2013.wordpress.com.
The summit is a youth-led project intended to create a space where young people, students, faculty, community members and business leaders can converge to explore the intersections of economic, social and climate justice issues and develop the tools, organizing strategies and collective frameworks to actively pursue a vision for a just, sustainable and prosperous community.
The summit will follow four main consecutive tracks: “Putting Justice at the Center,” “Envisioning a Just and Sustainable Future,” “Transforming Vision into Action” and “Transforming Action into Community,” and there will be three Saturday keynote speakers:
• Juliet Schor, the cofounder and director of the Center for the New American Dream and the author of “Plenitude: The New Economics of True Wealth” and “The Overspent American: Why We Want What We Don’t Need”
• Lilian Molina, a youth development expert and community organizer who served as the inaugural director of the Environmental Justice program at the Energy Action Coalition, the hub of the U.S. youth climate justice movement
• Esteban Kelly, a food justice activist who cofounded the national worker co-op AORTA — the Anti-Oppression Resource and Training Alliance
While geared toward young people, those of all ages interested in the program and/or local youth empowerment are encouraged to attend. The summit is part of the Climate Smart & Climate Ready conference, a major regional initiative, in partnership with the New Economics Institute, an organization committed to building a “new economy” that prioritizes the well-being of people and the planet.
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To make health care more responsive to patient needs, insight into patient priorities is needed.
A systematic literature review, using electronic and manual searches, was made of studies on patient priorities with regard to primary health care.
Data-extraction was performed by two researchers, followed by systematic analyses of study features. 57 studies were included.
The aspects of care and methods used showed a wide variation.
Aspects most often included were « informativeness. » humane-ness'and competence/accuracy.
Based on an analysis of 19 studies, the following aspects were seen by patients as most important in more than 50% of the studies that included them : « humaneness, »competence/accuracy, « patients'involvement in decisions, »time for care, « other aspects of availability/accessibility, »informativeness, « exploring patients'needs, »other aspects of relation and communication « and »availability of special services .
Mots-clés Pascal : Pratique professionnelle, Médecin généraliste, Qualité, Soin, Malade, Autoperception, Priorité, Evaluation, Homme, Revue bibliographique, Système santé, Personnel sanitaire, Perception sociale
Mots-clés Pascal anglais : Professional practice, General practitioner, Quality, Care, Patient, Self perception, Priority, Evaluation, Human, Bibliographic review, Health system, Health staff, Social perception
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Inist-CNRS - Institut de l'Information Scientifique et Technique
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A bag of chocolate biscuits aimed at children has been recalled from by Tesco after it was revealed it could be a possible health risk.
Tesco has recalled all of its Mini Monkey Milk Chocolate Biscuits because the presence of peanut protein is not mentioned on the label.
The biscuits are a possible health risk for anyone who has an allergy to peanuts, according to the Food Standards Agency.
The 125g bags are affected across all date codes.
The official product recall notice said: “Through testing we have become aware that peanut protein may be present in Tesco Mini Monkey Milk Chocolate Biscuits.
“The product has a ‘May Contains’ nut warning but peanut is not declared on the product label. This product may be unsafe for consumers who are allergic to or intolerant of peanuts.”
Customers who have purchased the biscuits and have an allergy to peanuts should not eat them.
Instead, return it to the store where it was bought or contact Tesco Customer Relations on 0800 505 555.
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When events occur: general
Events are defined in detail at ITTOIA05/S484 as follows.
Types of chargeable events that can arise
A chargeable event is
- the surrender of all rights under a policy or contract
- the assignment for value in money or money’s worth of all the rights under a policy or contract
- the maturity of a life insurance or capital redemption policy
- a death giving rise to benefits on a life insurance policy, or payment of a capital sum on a life annuity where the annuity was made on or after 10 December 1974
- an ‘excess event’ where ‘periodic calculations’ show gains, see IPTM3560
- a ‘part surrender or assignment event’ where ‘transaction-related calculations’ show gains, see IPTM3580
- a ‘personal portfolio bond event’ where annual personal portfolio bond calculations show gains, see IPTM3600
- for life annuity contracts only, the taking of a capital sum as a complete alternative to the, or further, annuity payments.
The different types of event are explained at IPTM3555.
In certain circumstances, when a loan is made in connection with a life assurance policy it is treated as a partial surrender and so a chargeable event - see IPTM3545.
An assignment not for value (or ‘money or money’s worth’), for instance an assignment by way of gift, is not a chargeable event.
Certain exceptions are set out at IPTM3410, notably in relation to qualifying policies.
Guaranteed income bonds
‘Income payments’ under a guaranteed income bond are treated as part surrenders of rights, unless the payment is the final benefit paid under the contract in which case it is treated as arising from a full surrender. IPTM1420 explains the concept of a guaranteed income bond, and IPTM3550 the types of payments regarded as ‘income payments’.
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Plan could alter housing density outside Loop
Published 8:56 pm, Monday, January 2, 2012
For the first time since 1999, city planners are pushing for changes to regulations that would pave the way for denser development, including townhomes and multi-family properties, through much of Houston.
The proposed changes to the city's development code, known as Chapter 42, would be the first steps toward denser Houston development since a heated battle led to the creation of an inside-the-Loop "urban area" in 1999.
Now, officials want to extend that urban area and its accompanying density cap - allowing a maximum of 27 housing units per acre - from Loop 610 to Beltway 8. The change would come with a series of updates to the existing development code, including community safeguards to make it easier for residents to protect the character of their neighborhoods even as the ordinance would allow developers to subdivide lots for more construction, officials said.
Officials say developers are waiting to build properties that would meet demand for more housing at varying price levels but have hesitated without any density rules in place outside the Loop.
"This city is growing and we are the envy of the nation," said Sue Lovell, who worked to develop the proposed ordinance changes before she finished her final City Council term last month. "But with that comes (the question of) how do we continue development, but at the same time protect the quality of life in our neighborhoods? Chapter 42 provides that."
Population in the Houston area has grown 7.5 percent during the last decade, to nearly 6 million. Homes near the urban core, however, have not provided the flexibility in size and price that many new residents want, said Suzy Hartgrove, a spokeswoman for the city's Department of Planning and Development. Instead, transplants lured to the area by jobs are moving to more affordable areas in Houston suburbs, she said.
"The thought was that you're recognizing that as the city grows and densifies you're just trying to provide an opportunity for more of a variety of housing stock," Planning Director Marlene Gafrick said.
Developers at a City Hall public hearing on the ordinance last month said the proposed changes would allow them to easily develop single-family homes while also giving protections to neighborhoods. However, neighborhood activists were divided on the proposed changes, saying they had not been able to fully review them.
"I think there are some members of the alliance that are suspicious that it affords developers the opportunity to exploit or take advantage of less organized parts of town," said David Robinson, president of the Super Neighborhood Alliance.
Some residents have said the updated code would not require enough guest parking for high-density developments while others have called for requirements for developers to provide more infrastructure improvements to prevent flooding and other "unintended consequences" of such properties, Robinson said.
"Many people don't understand that this is a wonderful provision to help neighborhoods whose deed restrictions are either deficient or nonexistent," said Mary Lou Henry, an urban planner who spoke at the hearing in favor of the updated ordinance.
The proposals were expected to go to the City Council for a vote last month but were delayed and likely will come before council in the coming months, said Michael Schaffer, deputy planning director. Schaffer did not expect substantial changes to the proposals but said the department is considering community feedback.
Aside from the expanded urban area line, the proposed changes would allow neighborhoods of varying sizes to designate a minimum lot size as a measure to protect against high-density construction in their communities.
The proposal also would require that new properties provide one guest parking space for every six units built. Another change would set a minimum width for shared driveways at such properties to help emergency vehicles navigate the sometimes narrow roads within townhome properties, officials said.
New construction would not be allowed within 10 feet of lot lines under the proposed changes, although there would be exceptions for some features, such as roof eaves, bay windows, balconies, chimneys or other decorative features that hang over the buffer area. Stairs and wheelchair ramps would be allowed to cut five feet into the setback line, according to the proposed ordinance.
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Vincennes, Indiana, United States (US)
Vincennes is a beautiful city in Indiana, United States. It is a pearl of the North America, where merged together history and modernity, culture and science. There are important and usefull airports in Vincennes. The most important, modern and largest airports in Vincennes are:
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Airports of Vincennes have international codes of IATA and ICAO. An IATA airport code is a three-letter code designating many airports around the world (including United States), defined by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The characters prominently displayed on baggage tags attached at airport check-in desks are an example of a way these codes are used.
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It is estimated that 50 million people around the world are currently living with dementia, a term given to describe the collection of symptoms caused by an array of different disorders that impact the brain.
There are around 10 million new cases of dementia each year, causing disability and impacting a person and their family physically, psychologically, socially and emotionally. Alzheimer’s disease is currently the most common form of dementia, impacting up to 70 per cent of all people with dementia. Other forms include vascular dementia, lewy body disease and frontotemporal dementia.
Starts at 60 recently spoke to dementia experts about the cognitive condition to educate over-60s about dementia and how they may be able to spot it in a loved one.
While dementia can happen to anybody, it is something that is more common in older people particularly those aged over 65.
“Once over 65, the older you get, the greater the risk of dementia, with the likelihood doubling every five years,” Anthony White, head of Cellular and Molecular Neurodegeneration at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, told Starts at 60.
Still, it’s important to note that while it is more common in the older population, it’s not a normal sign of ageing. For others, particularly those who develop dementia at a younger age, a number of genes have been found to increase the risk of dementia.
“The Apolipoprotein E gene is associated with increased risk of late onset Alzheimer’s disease,” Muireann Irish, Associate Professor of Psychology at the Brain and Mind Centre at the University of Sydney, explained. “The recently discovered C9orf72 repeat expansion has been shown to be significantly associated with an increased risk of developing frontotemporal dementia, a younger-onset form of dementia. While a family history of dementia increases one’s risk of developing dementia, the majority of cases are ‘sporadic’, meaning they do not have a genetic link.”
In some cases, other age-related health issues including high blood pressure, heart disease, high cholesterol, obesity and type 2 diabetes can also increase the risk of dementia.
“It should also be remembered that being ‘at risk’ does not mean you will get dementia, even if you have all the above risk factors,” White said.
Along with confusion, personality changes, a lack of enthusiasm, withdrawal and difficulty completing daily tasks, memory loss can be a sign of dementia. Having said that, there’s a big difference between simply forgetting things and having dementia.
“Many people worry that they may be getting dementia because of simple memory loss that occurs with ageing,” White said. “Forgetting where you placed the car keys or your glasses, or struggling to remember someone’s name that you met once is a normal part of brain ageing. Dementia is very different as you gradually lose the ability to remember how to do things that you may have done all your life.”
For example, someone with dementia may forget how to cook a meal they’ve been making for decades or can’t remember the name of a person who has been in their life for years. Equally, a person with dementia may forget why they’re in the car driving, rather than forgetting where they left the keys. Many memory lapses in older age are actually down to insufficient attention rather than a true memory impairment, but concerns should still be raised with a health professional.
“Wondering whether we turned off the iron most likely reflects a failure to pay sufficient attention when we originally carried out the action,” Irish said. “In contrast, an individual with dementia may leave the iron on, having failed to encode the action of ever using it.”
Because dementia is more that forgetting things, there are an array of different signs family may notice in a loved one with dementia.
“Simply put, dementia is much more than simple memory lapses, and involves cognitive failures that significantly interfere with the everyday functioning of the individual,” Irish explained. “Often it takes a precipitating event that cannot be ignored, such as becoming lost or making an inappropriate financial decision, for family members to seek medical help, only to recognise a host of warning signs with the benefit of hindsight.”
Family members may also notice a change in a loved one’s personality, such as mood swings or becoming more withdrawn. Similarly, a loss of initiative or lack of interest in activities they once loved could be a sign of degenerative changes.
It important to remember this doesn’t always mean a loved one has dementia and a proper diagnosis from a health professional will be required.
Because there are many different types of dementia, it can take several different tests before a proper diagnosis. In most cases, people begin the process when either they or their loved ones notice worrying symptoms that could point to cognitive decline.
A GP is usually the starting point because they can examine a patient to ensure the symptoms aren’t the result of another health problem.
“The process starts with your GP, who will first see if there are other reasons that could be affecting memory, including anxiety, certain medications, or other illnesses,” White explained. “Sometimes the GP may order blood tests to see if there are any other issues.”
During this visit, it’s important to be honest about all symptoms and it’s common to be asked questions about daily life, memory, as well as to complete a series of tests such as a mini-mental state examination.
“That takes about 30 minutes and asks things like repeating a series of words, writing a sentence and identifying the date,” White said. “The score will help the GP to determine if there are significant memory changes.”
If the GP is concerned, the patient may then be referred to a specialist, neurologist or psychiatrist for further testing. In some cases, a scan of the brain may be used to pick up changes.
Unfortunately, there is currently no cure to dementia and no intervention has been proven to halt the process. Having said that, there are lifestyle factors that may be able to buffer against some of the effects of dementia and potentially prolong quality of life.
For example, exercise and physical activity of at least 30 minutes a day may reduce the chance of developing dementia and slowing the loss of memory in those who already have it.
“This is due to many potential reasons but generally exercise seems to cause the neurons in the brain to grow stronger connections, which can improve the ability to recall memories,” White said.
Equally, maintaining a healthy diet is also important and reducing the intake of saturated fat can lower the risk of health issues that can impact dementia including diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity.
“We do not have enough information regarding the possible influence of diet on memory or overall brain health or whether dietary changes may help to ameliorate some of the symptoms of dementia,” Irish said. “What is becoming clear, however, is that many of the factors that we consider good for the heart are also good for the brain and by reducing the risk of cardiovascular risk factors, we may also reduce the risk for dementia.”
Equally, remaining socially connected and intellectually stimulated with hobbies or brain exercises could offer small benefit to those with dementia. Anything that requires the brain to learn something new can also help including puzzles, Sudoku and online brain training exercises. It’s also important for people with dementia to develop new ways of remembering.
“For people with dementia, it can also be more helpful for them to learn new ways of dealing with memory loss, such as writing down names of things, keeping lists, or placing objects in the same place each time,” White added.
Because most risk factors are modifiable, it means simple changes such as maintaining healthy blood glucose and cholesterol levels, quitting smoking, incorporating regular exercise, and getting a good nights sleep can significantly reduce the risk of developing dementia.
A dementia diagnosis can be difficult for all involved, but it’s important to know that there is help and many services available. In addition to resources available from a local GP, each state has Alzheimer’s and dementia organisations that can offer advice and support. They can offer everything from counselling to carer support and more information about the condition.
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Flowers that bloom in July are tough, able to stand up to the hot sun of mid-summer. Gardeners pick from plants that thrive in full sun as well as plants that prefer more shade. The plants take over when the late spring and early summer flowers are ending, keeping the garden alive and bright until the fall blooming flowers are ready to kick in.
Clematis (Clematis recta 'Purpurea') is hardy in U.S. Department of Agriculture Plant Hardiness Zones 3 to 9 and bloom from May through July. The plant grows from 2 to 4 feet tall and the same in width. The plant produces small, white flowers and purple leaves. Plant clematis in full sun and a fertile, moist, well-drained soil.
St. John's Wort
St. John's wort (Hypericum 'Hidcote') is a deciduous shrub that grows from 2 to 4 feet tall and 2 to 4 feet wide. Golden yellow flowers similar to a rose grow up to 3 inches in diameter and bloom from June through September. Dark-green, lance shaped leaves grow from 2 to 3 inches long. Plant St. John's wort in full sun or partial shade and a soil that is moist and well drained.
Baby's breath (Gypsophila paniculata 'Bristol Fairy') likes average, well-drained soil and full sun and is hardy in USDA Zones 3 to 9. The plant grows from 2 to 3 feet tall with an equal spread. White, double, flowers grow in open, loose clusters and bloom from April through August along with lance-shaped leaves that are mostly hidden by the abundant flowers.
Rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium) is also known as button snake-root and grows from 4 to 5 feet tall and 2 to 3 feet wide. Medium-green, sword-shaped leaves grow up to 3 feet forming a rosette pattern at the base of the plant. Small, greenish-white flowers grow in clusters 1 inch in diameter resembling a thistle and bloom from June to September at the top of the stems. Plant rattlesnake master in full sun and a soil that is dry, sandy and well drained. The plant is hardy in USDA Zones 3 to 8.
Oxeye sunflower (Heliopsis helianthoides) grows from 3 to 6 feet tall and 2 to 4 feet wide. Daisy-like flowers with orange-yellow petals and a brown disk center measure 2 to 3 inches in diameter bloom from June through August. Rough-textured, medium-green leaves grow to 5 inches long. Plant oxeye sunflower in full sun and a soil that is dry to moist. The plant is hardy in USDA Zones 3 to 9. | <urn:uuid:90202ef5-9d97-45db-9b49-8bc777634b89> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.gardenguides.com/116451-plants-flower-july.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560285001.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095125-00299-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950203 | 588 | 2.890625 | 3 |
Robert J. Washabau, VMD, PhD, DACVIM
Professor of Medicine and Department Chair, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota
St. Paul, MN, USA
Canine Idiopathic Megaesophagus
Idiopathic megaesophagus is the most common cause of regurgitation in the dog. The disorder is characterized by esophageal hypomotility and dilation, progressive regurgitation, and loss of body condition. Several forms of the syndrome have been described, including congenital idiopathic, acquired secondary, and acquired idiopathic megaesophagus.
Congenital idiopathic megaesophagus is a generalized hypomotility and dilation of the esophagus causing regurgitation and failure to thrive in puppies shortly after weaning. An increased breed incidence has been reported in the Irish setter, Great Dane, German shepherd, Labrador retriever, Chinese Shar-Pei, and Newfoundland breeds, and autosomal dominant inheritance has been demonstrated in the Miniature Schnauzer and Fox terrier breeds. The pathogenesis of the congenital form is incompletely understood, although several studies have pointed to a defect in the vagal afferent innervation of the esophagus. Congenital idiopathic megaesophagus has been reported in several cats, and in one group of cats secondary to pyloric dysfunction. Acquired secondary megaesophagus may develop in association with a number of other conditions. Myasthenia gravis accounts for 25-30% of the secondary cases. In some cases of myasthenia gravis, regurgitation and weight loss may be the only presenting signs of the disease, whereas in most other cases of acquired secondary megaesophagus regurgitation is but one of many clinical signs including peripheral muscle weakness. Acquired secondary megaesophagus has also been associated with hypoadrenocorticism, lead poisoning, lupus myositis, and severe forms of esophagitis. Hypothyroidism has been suggested as a secondary cause of idiopathic megaesophagus but retrospective risk factor analysis has not identified it as an important cause.
Most cases of adult-onset megaesophagus have no known etiology and are referred to as acquired idiopathic megaesophagus. The syndrome occurs spontaneously in adult dogs between 7 to 15 years of age without sex or breed predilection. The disorder has been compared erroneously to esophageal achalasia in humans. Achalasia is a failure of relaxation of the lower esophageal sphincter and ineffective peristalsis of the esophageal body. A similar disorder has never been rigorously documented in the dog. Several important differences between idiopathic megaesophagus in the dog and achalasia in humans have been documented. Although the etiology(ies) has not been identified, some studies have suggested a defect in the afferent neural response to esophageal distension similar to what has been reported in congenital megaesophagus.
Routine hematology, serum biochemistry, and urinalysis should be performed in all cases to investigate possible secondary causes of megaesophagus (e.g., hypoadrenocorticism). Survey radiographs will be diagnostic for most cases of megaesophagus. Contrast radiographs may be necessary in some cases to confirm the diagnosis, evaluate motility, and exclude foreign bodies or obstruction as the cause of the megaesophagus. Endoscopy will confirm the diagnosis and may further reveal esophagitis, a frequent finding in canine idiopathic megaesophagus.
If acquired secondary megaesophagus is suspected, additional diagnostic tests should be considered, for example: serology for nicotinic acetylcholine receptor antibody, ACTH stimulation, serology for antinuclear antibody, serum creatine phosphokinase activity, electromyography and nerve conduction velocity, and muscle and nerve biopsy. Additional medical investigation will be dependent upon the individual case presentation. Hypothyroidism has been cited as an important cause of idiopathic megaesophagus in the dog, although risk factor analysis has not revealed a clear association. Thyroid function testing (e.g., TSH assay, TSH stimulation, free and total thyroid hormones) should be performed in individual suspicious cases.
Animals with secondary acquired megaesophagus should be appropriately differentiated from other esophageal disorders and treated. Dogs affected with myasthenia gravis should be treated with pyridostigmine (1.0-3.0 mg/kg PO BID) and/or corticosteroids (prednisone 1.0-2.0 mg/kg PO or SQ BID), dogs affected with hypothyroidism should be treated with levothyroxine (22 µg/kg PO BID), and dogs affected with polymyositis should be treated with prednisone (1.0-2.0 mg/kg PO BID). If secondary disease can be excluded, therapy for the congenital or acquired idiopathic megaesophagus patient should be directed at nutritional management and treatment of aspiration pneumonia. Affected animals should be fed a high-calorie diet, in small frequent feedings, from an elevated or upright position to take advantage of gravity drainage through a non-peristaltic esophagus. Dietary consistency should be formulated to produce the fewest clinical signs. Some animals handle liquid diets quite well, while others do better with solid meals. Animals that cannot maintain adequate nutritional balance with oral intake should be fed by temporary or permanent tube gastrostomy. Gastrostomy tubes can be placed surgically or percutaneously with endoscopic guidance.
Pulmonary infections should be identified by culture and sensitivity, and an appropriate antibiotic selected for the offending organism(s). This may be accomplished by trans- or endo-tracheal wash or by bronchoalveolar lavage at the time of endoscopy.
Smooth muscle prokinetic (e.g., metoclopramide or cisapride) therapy has been advocated for stimulating esophageal peristalsis in affected animals, however metoclopramide and cisapride will not likely have much of an effect on the striated muscle of the canine esophageal body. Bethanechol has been shown to stimulate esophageal propagating contractions in some affected dogs and is therefore a more appropriate prokinetic agent for the therapy of this disorder. Because of the high incidence of esophagitis in canine idiopathic megaesophagus, affected animals should also be medicated with oral sucralfate suspensions (1 g q8h for large dogs, 0.5 g q 8h for smaller dogs, 0.25 to 0.5 g q8h to q12h for cats).
Animals with congenital idiopathic megaesophagus have a fair prognosis. With adequate attention to caloric needs and episodes of aspiration pneumonia, many animals will develop improved esophageal motility over several months. Pet owners must be committed to months of physical therapy and nutritional support. The morbidity and mortality of acquired idiopathic megaesophagus remain unacceptably high.
Gastric Emptying Disorders
Gastric emptying disorders are fairly common in dogs and cats. They result from disease processes that alter normal gastric functions, i.e., storage of ingesta, mixing and dispersion of food particles, and timely emptying of gastric contents into the small intestine. Disorders of gastric emptying arise from mechanical obstruction, or from defective propulsion. Anatomic lesions (e.g., malignancy, hyperplasia, foreign bodies) cause delayed gastric emptying because of mechanical obstruction. Diagnosis and management of mechanical obstruction is usually straight-forward. Disorders of defective propulsion, on the other hand, cause delayed gastric emptying because of abnormalities in myenteric neuronal or gastric smooth muscle function, or because of abnormalities in antropyloroduodenal coordination. A number of primary conditions have been associated with these functional disorders, including infectious or inflammatory disease, ulcer, and post-surgical gastroparesis. Delayed gastric emptying has also been associated with a number of secondary conditions, including electrolyte disturbances, metabolic disorders, concurrent drug usage (cholinergic antagonists, adrenergic agonists, opioid agonists), acute stress, and acute abdominal inflammation. Recovery from gastric dilation/volvulus is almost always associated with significant myoelectrical and motor abnormalities in the dog. Diagnosis and management of the delayed gastric emptying disorders may not be so straight-forward. Nutritional and medical management, including smooth muscle prokinetic agents (e.g., cisapride, erythromycin, and ranitidine), are important components of therapy.
Small Intestinal Transit Disorders
A number of small intestinal transit disorders have been described in dogs and cats, including enteritis, post-surgical pseudo-obstruction, nematode infection, intestinal sclerosis, and radiation enteritis. Vomiting and diarrhea are the most important clinical signs associated with these disorders. Overgrowth of small intestinal bacteria, a common sequela to disordered motility, contributes to these clinical signs. Transit disorders associated with mechanical obstruction should always be differentiated and treated appropriately. Delayed transit associated with functional disorders should be managed with dietary modification (low fat diets) and prokinetic agents (cisapride, tegaserod, or metoclopramide). Tegaserod, a new 5-HT4 partial agonist, has recently been reported to normalize intestinal transit in opioid-induced bowel dysfunction in dogs.
Colonic Motility Disorders
Constipation, obstipation, and megacolon may be observed in cats of any age, sex, or breed, however, most cases are observed in middle aged (mean = 5.8 years), male cats (70% male, 30% female) of Domestic Shorthair (46%), Domestic Longhair (15%), or Siamese (12%) breeding. Affected cats are usually presented for reduced, absent, or painful defecation for a period of time ranging from days to weeks or months. Some cats are observed making multiple, unproductive attempts to defecate in the litter box, while other cats may sit in the litter box for prolonged periods of time without assuming a defecation posture. Dry, hardened feces are observed inside and outside of the litter box. Occasionally, chronically constipated cats have intermittent episodes of hematochezia or diarrhea due to the mucosal irritant effect of dehydrated feces.
Colonic impaction is a consistent physical examination finding in affected cats. Other findings will depend upon the severity and pathogenesis of constipation. Dehydration, weight loss, debilitation, abdominal pain, and mild to moderate mesenteric lymphadenopathy may be observed in cats with severe idiopathic megacolon. Colonic impaction may be so severe in such cases as to render it difficult to differentiate impaction from colonic, mesenteric, or other abdominal neoplasia. Cats with constipation due to dysautonomia may have other signs of autonomic nervous system failure, such as urinary and fecal incontinence, regurgitation due to megaesophagus, mydriasis, decreased lacrimation, prolapse of the nictitating membrane, and bradycardia. Digital rectal examination should be carefully performed with sedation or anesthesia especially in those cats with recurring bouts of constipation. Pelvic fracture malunion may be detected on rectal examination in cats with pelvic trauma. Rectal examination might also identify other unusual causes of constipation, such as foreign bodies, rectal diverticula, stricture, inflammation, or neoplasia. Chronic tenesmus may be associated with perineal herniation in some cases. A complete neurologic examination with special emphasis on caudal spinal cord function should be performed to identify neurologic causes of constipation, e.g., spinal cord injury, pelvic nerve trauma, and Manx sacral spinal cord deformity.
Several authors have emphasized the importance of considering an extensive list of differential diagnoses (e.g., neuromuscular, mechanical, inflammatory, metabolic/endocrine, pharmacologic, environmental, and behavioral causes) for the obstipated cat. A review of published cases, however, suggests that 96% of cases of obstipation are accounted for by idiopathic megacolon (62%), pelvic canal stenosis (23%), nerve injury (6%), or Manx sacral spinal cord deformity (5%). A smaller number of cases are accounted for by complications of colopexy (1%) and colonic neoplasia (1%); colonic hypo- or aganglionosis was suspected, but not proved, in another 2% of cases. Inflammatory, pharmacologic, and environmental/behavioral causes were not cited as predisposing factors in any of the original case reports. Endocrine factors (obesity, n=5; hypothyroidism, n=1) were cited in several cases, but were not necessarily impugned as part of the pathogenesis of megacolon.
The pathogenesis of idiopathic megacolon has been historically attributed to a primary neurogenic or degenerative neuromuscular disorder. While it seems clear that a small number of cases (11%) result from neurologic disease, the vast majority (>90%) of cases have no evidence of neurologic disease. Some of the idiopathic cases may instead involve disturbances of colonic smooth muscle as suggested by several studies. In vitro isometric stress measurements were performed on colonic smooth muscle segments obtained from cats suffering from idiopathic dilated megacolon. These studies suggested that the disorder of feline idiopathic megacolon is a generalized dysfunction of colonic smooth muscle, and that treatments aimed at stimulating colonic smooth muscle contraction might improve colonic motility.
The specific therapeutic plan will depend upon the severity of constipation and the underlying cause. Medical therapy may not be necessary with first episodes of constipation. First episodes are often transient and resolve without therapy. Affected animals should always be re-hydrated if dehydration has contributed to the onset of clinical signs. Mild to moderate or recurrent episodes of constipation usually require some medical intervention. These cases may be managed, often on an outpatient basis, with dietary modification, water enemas, oral or suppository laxatives, and/or colonic prokinetic agents. Severe cases of constipation usually require brief periods of hospitalization to correct metabolic abnormalities and to evacuate impacted feces using water enemas, manual extraction of retained feces, or both. Followup therapy in such cases is directed at correcting predisposing factors and preventing recurrence. Subtotal colectomy will become necessary in cats suffering from obstipation or idiopathic dilated megacolon. These cats, by definition, are unresponsive to medical therapy. Pelvic osteotomy without colectomy may be sufficient for some cats suffering from pelvic canal stenosis and hypertrophic megacolon.
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN PROKINETIC THERAPY
Cisapride (Janssen Pharmaceutical)
Cisapride was widely used in the management of canine and feline gastric emptying, intestinal transit, and colonic motility disorders throughout most of the 1990's. Cisapride was withdrawn from the North American and certain Western European in July of 2000 following reports of untoward cardiac side effects in human patients. Cisapride causes QT interval prolongation and slowing of cardiac repolarization via blockade of the rapid component of the delayed rectifier potassium channel (IKr). This effect may result in a fatal ventricular arrhythmia referred to as torsades de pointes. Similar effects have been characterized in canine cardiac Purkinje fibers, but in vivo effects have not yet been reported in dogs or cats. The withdrawal of cisapride has created a clear need for new GI prokinetic agents although cisapride continues to be available from compounding pharmacies. Two new prokinetic agents, prucalopride and tegaserod, are in differing stages of drug development and may prove useful in the therapy of GI. motility disorders of several animal (dog, cat, horse) species.
Tegaserod (SDZ HTF 919-Novartis Corporation)
Tegaserod is a potent partial non-benzamide agonist at 5-HT4 receptors and a weak agonist at 5-HT1D receptors. Tegaserod has definite prokinetic effects in the canine colon. Intravenous doses of tegaserod (0.03-0.3 mg/kg) accelerate colonic transit in dogs during the first hour after intravenous administration. The highest doses of tegaserod (0.1 and 0.3 mg/kg) have no greater efficacy than lower doses (0.03 mg/kg), suggesting the possibility that tegaserod may stimulate canine colonic motility through a receptor-independent mechanism, or that tegaserod may act at sites other than 5-HT4 receptors at higher doses.
The motor mechanisms responsible for tegaserod-induced canine colonic propulsion are unclear. High amplitude propagated phasic contractions are thought to be responsible for mass movements, but they were not observed during tegaserod infusion. Contraction, amplitude, and motility indices were not different postprandially among treatment groups, so the mechanism of the tegaserod effect will require more detailed investigation in the dog.
In vitro studies suggest that tegaserod does not prolong the QT interval or delay cardiac repolarization as has been occasionally reported with cisapride.
Clinical efficacy has been demonstrated in human motility disorders, and new drug approval was rewarded by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in September 2002. Tegaserod has been marketed under the trade name of Zelnorm in the United States, and under the trade name of Zelmec in the United Kingdom.
Gastric effects of tegaserod have not been reported in the dog, so this drug may not prove as useful as cisapride in the treatment of delayed gastric emptying disorders. Tegaserod at doses of 3-6 mg/kg PO has been shown to normalize intestinal transit in opioid-induced bowel dysfunction in dogs, and it may be useful in other disorders of intestinal ileus or pseudo-obstruction.
Prucalopride (R093877--Janssen Pharmaceutical)
Prucalopride is a potent partial benzamide agonist at 5-HT4 receptors, but is without effect on other 5-HT receptors or cholinesterase enzyme activity. Prucalopride dose-dependently (0.02-1.25 mg/kg) stimulates giant migrating contractions (GMC's) and defecation in the dog. The prucalopride effect is observed most prominently in the first hour after administration, suggesting that the prucalopride effect is a direct effect on the colon rather than on total gut transit time. Oral and intravenous doses appear to be equipotent again implying a high oral bioavailability. Prucalopride also enhances defecation frequency in healthy cats. Cats treated with prucalopride at a dose of 0.64 mg/kg experience increased defecation within the first hour of administration. Fecal consistency is not altered by prucalopride at this dosage.
Prucalopride also appears to stimulate gastric emptying in the dog. In lidamidine-induced delayed gastric emptying in dogs, prucalopride (0.01-0.16 mg/kg) dose-dependently accelerates gastric emptying of dextrose solutions. The prucalopride effect is equipotent following oral and intravenous administration suggesting that prucalopride may have a high oral bioavailability.
Prucalopride has not yet been marketed in the United States or elsewhere.
Prostaglandin E1 analogues
Misoprostol is a prostaglandin E1 analogue that reduces the incidence of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug-induced gastric injury. The main side effects of misoprostol therapy are abdominal discomfort, cramping, and diarrhea. Dog studies suggest that prostaglandins may initiate a giant migrating complex pattern and increase colonic propulsive activity. In vitro studies of misoprostol show that it stimulates feline and canine colonic smooth muscle contraction. Given its limited toxicity, misoprostol may be useful in dogs and cats with severe refractory constipation.
What Does the Future Hold for Companion Animal Prokinetic Therapy?
The 5-HT4 receptor appears to hold the most interest and promise for future drug development. 5-HT4 receptor activation can cause relaxation or contraction depending on the region, cell type, and animal species. In the dog, the effects of selective 5-HT4 receptor agonists suggest that these receptors are present on jejunal mucosa, ileal mucosa, gastric cholinergic neurons, and circular colonic smooth muscle cells. Increased motor activity following 5-HT4 receptor activation results from increased release of acetylcholine from cholinergic neurons, and relaxation results from 5-HT4 receptors on smooth muscle cells.
Development of 5-HT4 ligands is somewhat constrained by the effects these drugs have on cardiac 5-HT4 receptors and the delayed rectifier potassium channel (IKr). Some, but not all, 5-HT4 agonists prolong the QT interval and delay cardiac repolarization. Molecular biology experiments have revealed differences in the carboxyl terminus of smooth muscle and cardiac muscle 5-HT4 receptors, but these amino acids differences are distant from the receptor binding site. Thus, receptor sub-types may exist but they may not be important from a functional or therapeutic standpoint. | <urn:uuid:5a8ae7a8-1210-44c9-b94e-a959fca1d386> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.vin.com/apputil/content/defaultadv1.aspx?pId=11196&meta=Generic&catId=30751&id=3854163&ind=250&objTypeID=17 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572408.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816151008-20220816181008-00671.warc.gz | en | 0.906463 | 4,648 | 2.296875 | 2 |
In 2019, I decided to take a critical race theory elective at the Sydney Law School. There’s probably nothing that impacted my legal career more than this random choice. It was the kind of subject that split your mind open.
In the very first class, we were assigned an odd reading. It wasn’t by a lawyer, or a judge, or even an academic. It was an excerpt from a poem – about a woman giving a colleague a lift after work.
The lecturer walked to the back of the classroom and handed the book to a student. The student was then told to read a passage or two and then – when they were ready – to hand the book to the next person.
And so, that’s what we did in that first class. Each student read one passage out loud and then passed the book on. Until we reached this part:
He tells you his dean is making him hire a person of colour.
You wish the light would turn red or a police siren would go off so you could slam on the brakes, slam into the car ahead of you, be propelled forward so quickly both your faces would suddenly be exposed to the wind.
As usual you drive straight through the moment.
It is not only that confrontation is headache producing; it is also that you have a destination that doesn’t include acting like this moment isn’t inhabitable, hasn’t happened before, and the before isn’t part of the now….
[The] night darkens and the time shortens
between where we are and
where we are going.
– Citizen by Claudia Rankine
I damn well nearly cried.
The strategy of counter-storytelling first emerged across American law schools in the 1980s during the Critical Race Theory movement. It was used by activists to highlight that legal spaces such as law schools or court rooms or parliament and so forth are places where games of truth are played and regimes of truth are played out.
The foundational text of the counter-storytelling movement is Oppositionists and Others: A Plea for Narrative by Richard Delgado. This piece centres on a Black lawyer who unsuccessfully interviews for a teaching position at a law school. In the piece, Delgado recounts the event through multiple standpoints and when the white employer attempts to characterise their account as objective or true, it becomes clear that it’s actually the white or patriarchal or otherwise normative version of event. It prevails not because it is necessarily ‘true’ but because it is the narrative recognized by the law.
Counter-storytelling reminds us to ask: what kinds of things can be understood by the law and what cannot? What do judges, law schools, parliaments and the criminal justice systems presume and what do they actively guard against?
Ultimately, how can counter-storytelling bring forward marginalised ‘truths’? How can stories help change the material reality in which people live and in which the law functions, so we can better ‘see’ otherwise invisible narratives?
As Delgado writes, ‘an out group creates its own stories, which circulate … as a kind of counter-reality to subvert the dominant group’s reality … reality is not fixed, not a given. Rather, we construct it … through our lives together.’
I spent the rest of the semester in that class researching examples of legal counter-storytelling. I focused on two books of poetry: Don’t Let Me Be Lonely and Citizen, both by Claudia Rankine.
The central theme of Don’t Let Me Be Lonely is institutional abandonment – both legal and biopolitical – of black lives. The book, by Rankine’s own description, aims to ‘draw forward the voices of those who have been abandoned by humanity … compounded by multiple lapses on the part of legal and political institutions.’
Citizen – written in 2014 during the Ferguson riots and after the death of Trayvon Martin – is arguably an even more explicit example of a legal counter-story. The work recounts a series of racist micro aggressions including the passage which, like Delgado’s piece, involved an incidence of workplace discrimination. It was the passage assigned in that first class.
In these ways, both texts functioned to illuminate marginalised perspectives on institutional racism, affirmative action, police brutality, race riots, the carceral state. Perhaps, even more importantly, both texts operated as legal counter-stories because of their innovative formal structure.
Legal counter-stories are often disruptive not only in their content, but also in their form. Claudia Rankine’s poems, for example, reject all the ‘proper’ legal scholarship norms that subjugate lived experience – whether such norms relate to authorial voice, point of view, tone, what counts as research or knowledge. In this way, counter-stories can break free from the suppression, omission, and falsification of authorial voice required by the law and legal writing. See this example from Don’t Let Me Be Lonely:
I forget things too. It makes me sad.
Or it makes me the saddest.
The sadness is not really about George W. or our American optimism; the
sadness lives in the recognition that a life can
This examples highlights that counter-stories have the capacity to disrupt paternalistic, heteronormative and hierarchical notions of what it means to have a voice within law. And by redefining what it means to have a voice, we can in turn redefine what the voice, the capital-L ‘Law’ voice, sounds like in the world.
Counter-storytelling remains a vital strategy for resistance. Storytelling not only reveals the inherent subjectivity of the legal system, but it provides an avenue for recognition and affirmation of experiences that may otherwise by denied in a normative legal system. As Richard Delgado wrote, all the way back in 1993:
in the face of institutional disapproval, an outsider will either conform to the dominant objective mode of discourse or continue telling their stories.
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Friday, January 20, 2017
Abdominal Pain and Unable to Eat or Drink
My sister received the lapband about 3 years ago. She has lost about 80lbs. Recently (within the last three months) she has been experiencing abdominal pain and has visited her doctor who says that nothing is wrong with her. Within the last week, the pains are increasing and she has been unable to eat solid foods and can only eat less than a 1/2 cup of soup. After she eats, the pain intensifies and takes a long time to subside. We have went back to her doctor numerous times but he keeps saying nothing is wrong. Please help!
I suggest you visit a gastroenterologist. It sounds like your sister needs an upper endoscopy.
Annette Kyprianou, MD
Senior Clinical Instructor of Medicine
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Such a prospect is, of course, ludicrous: While they may constitute a source of conflict for liberal societies, this conflict does not arise from liberalism itself so much as from the fact that the liberalism in question is incomplete.
The purpose of this paper is to sketch the background and content of this original analysis and to discuss various points that arise in connection with it.
Abolition of private property. Perhaps this universal symbol will unite us all in one-world government after the destabilization campaigns accomplish their global destruction through economic ruin and the resulting riots.
Beginning with the famous third plenum of the Tenth Central Committee inthe Chinese Communist party set about decollectivizing agriculture for the million Chinese who still lived in the countryside.
This is another distinction blurred by socialists, who refer to "common property," but who propose to put that property under the control of governments, collectives, and majorities. Tawneyfounder of ethical socialism Liberal socialism has exercised influence in British politics, especially in the variant known as ethical socialism.
Starkenburg, January 25,Selected Correspondence, p. A consensus can be engineered at any time using the Delphi technique, which relies on mass psychology to manipulate the group toward a predetermined consensus.
But networks are being established, and protesters are being indoctrinated. But in answering the crucial question of who is to be the electorate, classical liberalism fell victim to ambivalencetorn between the great emancipating tendencies generated by the revolutions with which it was associated and middle-class fears that a wide or universal franchise would undermine private property.
But in retrospect it seems that Hitler represented a diseased bypath in the general course of European development, and since his fiery defeat, the legitimacy of any kind of territorial aggrandizement has been thoroughly discredited.
Its best known propagator was Karl Marx, who believed that the direction of historical development was a purposeful one determined by the interplay of material forces, and would come to an end only with the achievement of a communist utopia that would finally resolve all prior contradictions.
The result of this pretension was that the spirit of industry became a principle more hostile, more of an enemy to civilization, than the spirit of rapine itself. But those who believe that the future must inevitably be socialist tend to be very old, or very marginal to the real political discourse of their societies.
This consciousness may not be explicit and self-aware, as are modern political doctrines, but may rather take the form of religion or simple cultural or moral habits. Left-wing violence in the Trump era As noted above, may liberals are increasingly attempting to limit free speech.
Marx reversed the priority of the real and the ideal completely, relegating the entire realm of consciousness - religion, art, culture, philosophy itself - to a "superstructure" that was determined entirely by the prevailing material mode of production.
The right of property in things produced by labor -- and this is the only true right of property -- springs directly from the right of the individual to himself, or as Locke expresses it, from his "property in his own person.
Beyond these rights are those that preserve large areas of privacy. Intersectionality and Marxist feminism With the emergence of Intersectionality as a widely popular theory of current feminism, Marxist feminists are broadening their focus to include persons that would be at an increased risk for exploitation in a capitalist system while also remaining critical of intersectionality theory for relying on bourgeois identity politics.
But personal interest is no longer a safe criterion, if individual interests are not left to counteract and control each other. At this point, there is a note by Engels: Russell and Russell,pp. In the first place, nationalism is not one single phenomenon but several, ranging from mild cultural nostalgia to the highly organized and elaborately articulated doctrine of National Socialism.
Political comedians like John Oliver are suddenly getting a lot of flak. First of all, the spirit of the free communes of the Middle Ages, which battled the plundering nobility, must be revived; that spirit will inspire men "to oppose the league of civilization to the league of the dominators and the idle.
Value is, therefore, a constant feedback mechanism directing labor toward its most economical applications, and not a result of labor. These rights secure his personal safety and hence his protection from arbitrary arrest and punishment.
While it is impossible to rule out the sudden appearance of new ideologies or previously unrecognized contradictions in liberal societies, then, the present world seems to confirm that the fundamental principles of sociopolitical organization have not advanced terribly far since It is said that unhappiness with strongman Ne Win began when a senior Burmese officer went to Singapore for medical treatment and broke down crying when he saw how far socialist Burma had been left behind by its ASEAN neighbors.
This assertion substituted a notion of collective rights for that of common rights. To the degree that power will lose its actual force and apparent utility, liberty will gain, and free men will draw closer together.
Indeed, according to one academically popular school of international relations theory, conflict inheres in the international system as such, and to understand the prospects for conflict one must look at the shape of the system - for example, whether it is bipolar or multipolar - rather than at the specific character of the nations and regimes that constitute it.
These consultants of revolution have recently developed a series of educational resources for the protesters. The most complete library of Marxism with content in 62 languages and the works of over authors readily accessible by archive, sujbect, or history.
Liberal socialism is a socialist political philosophy that incorporates liberal principles. Liberal socialism does not have the goal of completely abolishing capitalism and replacing it with socialism, but it instead supports a mixed economy that includes both private property and social ownership in capital goods.
How are memes, GIFs, protest boards and impressions used as comic tactics in political crises? Arab Spring? Day of Rage?
Spontaneous uprisings by idealistic youth? “Civil Society?” “What democracy looks like?” The Neo-Marxist Globalist Engineers of ‘Leaderless’ Occupy Wall St. One day in late January, the novelist, n+1 editor, and now self-taught Marxist political economist Benjamin Kunkel left Buenos Aires and flew to gabrielgoulddesign.com’d been living in Argentina more on than.
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Hugh Pickens writes writes: "Canada will become the first country to formally withdraw from Kyoto protocol on climate change dealing a symbolic blow to the troubled global treaty as Canada's Environment Minister Peter Kent says Canada would be subject to enormous financial penalties under the terms of the treaty unless it withdrew. "Kyoto, for Canada, is in the past," says Kent. "We are invoking our legal right to formally withdraw from Kyoto.” Conservative party leader Kent says the Liberals should not have signed up to a treaty they had no intention of respecting and says Ottawa backs a new global deal to cut emissions of greenhouse gases, but insists it has to cover all nations, including China and India, which are not bound by Kyoto’s current targets. Kent adds that meeting Canada's obligations under Kyoto would cost $13.6 Billion: "That's $1,600 from every Canadian family — that's the Kyoto cost to Canadians, that was the legacy of an incompetent liberal government". Kent's announcement came just hours after negotiators in Durban managed to thrash out an agreement at the very last minute — an agreement to begin a new round of talks on a new agreement in the years ahead. "Staying under 2C will require drastic, immediate action — with global emissions peaking in the next five years or so," writes Brad Plummer. "The Durban Platform, by contrast, merely prods countries to come up with a new agreement that will go into effect no later than 2020."" | <urn:uuid:27087f5b-e077-4230-b556-b9696511b981> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | https://hardware.slashdot.org/submission/1878194/canada-first-nation-to-pull-out-of-kyoto-accord | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988720962.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183840-00386-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970572 | 300 | 1.867188 | 2 |
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Oklahoma DPS and Bank Security Exposure
A database misconfiguration by a third-party company has exposed some of the internal security, surveillance, and alarm systems of several Oklahoma Department of Public Safety buildings as well as at least one branch of the Oklahoma-based Midfirst bank.
On Saturday, July 9th, 2016, I called Automation Integrated’s service hotline to report that they may have a database security issue. The answering technician agreed there could be a problem as I described a CouchDB implementation, requiring no username or password to access, that appeared to contain an alarming amount of internal company files.
Among those files were photographs of security mechanisms (e.g. locks, RFID access panels, and controller boards) from within protected Oklahoma DPS buildings. Database entries contained, among other things, details on the make and model, location, warranty coverage, and even whether or not the unit was still functional.
My telephone conversation ended after I was provided an email address to which I could send details and evidence of the exposure. The technician also informed me that the email would be received by a group of company employees, so I might receive a panicked response.
Not entirely sure what to expect, I sent a brief message to the email address along with photograph attachments including images of the inside of an Oklahoma Highway Patrol building, a collection of surveillance camera stills, and one image taken from within a bank vault. A few of these images are viewable along with this post.
Some hours later my phone rang. It was a VP from Automation Integrated calling to thank me for alerting them to the issue. He took personal responsibility for the oversight and couldn’t have been nicer to me. He stated that the issue had been corrected and I verified, while still on the phone with him, that I could no longer access the database.
This is an example of excellent incident response. The guy didn’t try to call me a hacker, he didn’t try to claim that it was a fake database filled with dummy-data, and he didn’t try to deflect responsibility onto another company. What he did do was fix the issue promptly, verify with the original reporter that the issue was fixed, and he appreciated the fact that someone would go out of their way to make sure an issue like this was taken care of.
Sure, in a perfect world the problem would have never existed in the first place. But that’s not reality. Automation Integrated is far from alone. I have a constantly fluctuating list of 50 to 100 similar breaches that need to be reported. This one just happened to involve a security-related company and government buildings, so it got bumped to the top of my list.
Companies make these mistakes all the time. I wish more of them would react as well as Automation Integrated did.
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In 2010, CNNCA was a small organization serving around 50 youth. Since then, we have brought our communities together through giving back and community service.
The region of Central America has been historically prone to high insecurity and inequality contributing to crime, poverty, and low levels of social development. As a result, the region is experiencing a rise in the numbers of children who do not attend school on a consistent basis, family instability, and a lack of basic necessities for youth. There remains a vital need for stable institutions that can provide a safe space for youth development.
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Clubs de Niños y Niñas de Centro América (CNNCA) aims to support youth on an international level. Utilizing interactive programming and culturally relevant relationship building, CNNCA creates an educational, safe, and nurturing environment for youth of all ages. We offer after-school programming centered around various subject matters in an effort to empower the youth of Central America through education.
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This dream started over 14 years ago. I had always known that I wanted to do good and make the world a better place and I had always loved the work that the Boys and Girls Clubs of America did for youth in the United States. As we all know however, children do not only exist in the USA.
Growing up in Guatemala, I saw what hardship really looked like. I was surrounded by a level of poverty that is unthinkable in developed countries. I knew that children in my community had a one in a million chance of getting out of such a difficult situation. I was that one in a million; I was lucky enough to be able to come to the US at 10 years old, to grow up and study at English speaking schools, and to eventually, received advance degrees from a prestigious university.
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On the 16th December, Russian activist Konstantin Kotov was released from a penal colony situated 100 kilometres from Moscow. He had served eighteen months after being convicted for violating the country’s numerous rules that regulate protesting and mass actions. Kotov was first arrested during the anti-Kremlin protests that rocked Moscow in the summer of 2019. At his trial in September 2019, he was prosecuted under Russia’s controversial ‘Dadinskaya Law’, or Article 212.1 of the Russian Criminal Code.
This law criminalises the ‘violation of the established procedure for organizing or holding a meeting, rally, demonstration, procession or picket if this act is committed repeatedly’. Introduced in 2014, the ‘Dadinskaya law’ has been challenged by human rights groups as being incompatible with the right to protest, as guaranteed by Russia’s Constitution. Amnesty International, for example, declared Kotov a prisoner of conscience, demanding his immediate acquittal and release. In fact, Russia’s Constitutional Court even ordered a review of Kotov’s case in January 2020 when Kotov’s legal team stressed his constitutional right to protest. When the review actually came a few months later, however, Moscow City Court decided to uphold Kotov’s conviction, although the sentence was reduced from four years to eighteen months.
The unofficial name of this notorious article in the Criminal Code, the ‘Dadinskaya Law’, comes from the Russian activist Ildar Dadin, the first person ever prosecuted under its name (Kotov was the second). Dadin participated in rallies supporting opposition politician Alexei Navalny and marches in support of the LGBT community, before his arrest in December 2015. He was convicted and sentenced to three years imprisonment by the Basmanny Court in Moscow, a court notorious for high-profile trials against individuals who have fallen out with the state, such as the oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky in 2004.
In fact, the expression ‘басманное правосудие’ (Basmanny justice), coming from the name of this court, now describes the low degree of judicial independence that characterises the Russian judicial system, which is increasingly being used as an instrument of the state’s political repression. The experiences of Ildar Dadin and Konstantin Kotov, arrested and imprisoned solely for using their right to protest, confirm this sobering portrayal of the current state of justice and freedom of expression in modern Russia.
The Russian Constitution guarantees its citizens a range of freedoms, including of conscience, of ideas, and of speech. Time and time again, however, it has been demonstrated that this is not a reality on the ground. Kotov and Dadin are by no means the only people to have ever been detained for protesting. Russia has seen its fair share of protests in Putin’s time, especially in recent years. Anti-Kremlin protests took place across the country in 2017 and 2018, while the large-scale Moscow protests in 2019 were met with solidarity marches in other major Russian cities.
Russia’s Far East has been the site of major protests for much of this year, following the arrest of popular governor Sergei Furgal for trumped-up charges of involvement in multiple accounts of murder. Police brutality and arrests have been a major feature in all of these movements, especially in the Moscow protests of 2019. These increased numbers of protestors appear to suggest an increasingly politicised Russian population, is also leading the Kremlin to seek other measures to limit freedom of expression.
Russia’s ‘foreign agent’ law is another clear indicator of the state’s attempts to expand its existing monopoly on public expression. The state targeting of so-called ‘foreign agents’ began in 2012 when a new law was introduced, initially focused solely on NGOs which received foreign funding. Since then, such ‘foreign agent’ organisations faced reductions in funding and state-backed intimidation of staff.
The law has since then been expanded to target individuals, such as journalists and bloggers, who receive funding from outside Russia. In just November 2020, a bill was introduced before the Russian Parliament, which seeks to further expand the current definition to include any politically active individual with financial links to other countries. The proposed expansion of the ‘foreign agent’ law would also give the authorities the power to ban individuals marked as ‘foreign agents’ from running for office, while also enabling the authorities to dissolve any such organisations.
Amnesty International has described the attempts to expand the scope of the repressive law as a ‘new witch hunt of civil society groups and human rights defenders standing up for justice and dignity’. Indeed, the term ‘foreign agent’ is a loaded one in Russia, especially considering the country’s experience with Soviet-era espionage and repression at the height of the Cold War. The portrayal of organisations that receive funding from other countries as enemies of the Russian nation is a chilling reflection of the state’s attempts to monopolise public opinion and eliminate oppositional influences.
The expansion of the ‘foreign agent’ law will grant the state greater powers to target organisations that it considers a threat to its legitimacy, further undermining the constitutional right that Russian citizens hold to freedom of expression. A sign of what is yet to come is clear from the story of the Anti-Corruption Foundation (FBK), the non-profit organisation founded by Alexei Navalny. The organisation made its name through its investigations, which sought to expose corruption among Russian government individuals, requesting private donations from Russian citizens to help fund this endeavour. Some of the more notorious subjects of the FBK’s investigations have included former Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev, Minister of Finance, Anton Siluanov, and Minister of Defence, Sergey Shoygu. All three have been exposed as owning properties and assets which they have failed to declare.
Considering how senior some of the FBK’s targets are, it is unsurprising that it was declared a ‘foreign agent’ by the Ministry of Justice in October 2019. Navalny’s FBK faced repeated raids by security services, and now finds itself in liquidation after a number of lawsuits for supposed defamation. This includes the lawsuit launched by Yevgenii Prigozhin, a businessman who has been nicknamed ‘Vladimir Putin’s chef’, after his company Concord had previously catered for the Kremlin. The fact that the courts ruled against Navalny, ordering the FBK to pay Prigozhin 88 million rubles (US$1.2 million), underscores the contempt held by organs of the Russian state for freedom of expression that challenges the incumbent regime.
The severe limits on freedom of expression in the real world are being mirrored by increased attempts at censorship online. This was certainly something that impressed itself on me during my stay in St. Petersburg. My colleagues and I were often warned to be careful when using VKontakte (VK), the popular social media service which is the Russian equivalent of Facebook. Of course, concerns over the privacy of our data when using social networking sites are by no means a uniquely Russian phenomenon. Nonetheless, with VK, I was cautioned on numerous occasions that state monitoring of user activity would be a given.
This has largely been the case since control of the network was seized from the site’s founder, Pavel Durov. When anti-Russian Euromaidan protests rocked Ukraine in 2014, the FSB (successor to the KGB), demanded that VK hand over data of users involved in online groups that supported the protests. Durov tried to resist pressure from the state to clamp down on dissenting posts on VK, but found himself ousted from the company that year, leaving him with little choice but to flee Russia. In a VK post from April 2014, Durov wrote that the ownership of VK had transferred to Igor Sechin and Alisher Usmanov. Unsurprisingly, both men are close allies of the Kremlin.
The issue of access to user data has caused problems for other network and its services, with serious implications for their operations within Russia. Another of Durov’s creations, the messaging app Telegram, faced a similar run-in over this issue, causing it to be banned by a Moscow court in April 2018. Difficulties with seeing this ban through led to a government change of tack earlier this year, although official sources maintain that this was a result of Durov’s newfound ‘willingness’ to cooperate with the state.
Linkedin found itself blocked on the Russian web two years prior to Telegram’s blocking for similar reasons, although it is yet to receive a reprieve in the way that Telegram did. Russia’s list of blacklisted internet content has been growing rapidly over the last decade to include oppositional content that the state labels as ‘extremism’. Control over this blacklist lies with the state, rather than with independent NGOs. In 2015, the state fined Google 500,000 rubles (US$6600) for failing to remove search entries that featured blacklisted content. In addition to targeting websites and networks, Russia has clamped down on VPNs and anonymisers. New legislation in 2017 banning these tools represents yet another stage in the state’s attempts to seize control of what its citizens can access online.
Just a few days ago, Russia’s parliament moved again to combat online dissent. Parliament, which is heavily dominated by Putin’s United Russia party, passed a law making it illegal to reveal data concerning members of the state’s security services. This came after Navalny released a stunning video recording of a phone call with an FSB agent, appearing to confirm that the FSB was behind his poisoning earlier this year. During the recording, in which Navalny poses as a senior official, the agent states that FSB operatives applied the nerve agent novichok to his underpants.
Once again, this new law shows an attempt by the state to assume total control over information its citizens can receive online. While the state demands access to the personal data of its citizens, it is vehemently opposed to its citizens having access to data of state personnel. This marks the latest step in a series of moves geared towards the ultimate isolation of the Russian internet from the broader world wide web, allowing Russia to suppress any expression of opposition without having to deal with non-compliant foreign networks and websites.
The creation of an unplugged internet is precisely what the state is aiming for. Towards the end of last year, a new law meant that all computers, smartphones, and smart TVs sold in Russia must have certain apps made by Russian developers pre-downloaded. It has been reported that the Kremlin is also exploring the possibility of creating its own Wikipedia alternative. Russia’s move towards an unplugged internet as an instrument of control, akin to Xi Jinping’s Great Firewall of China, offers a sombre prognosis for freedom of speech in modern-day Russia. Threatened with the loss of Russian hegemony in the post-Soviet sphere, specifically in Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, and the Caucasus, the Kremlin is making bold, and deeply concerning efforts to reassert control at home by targeting Russians’ constitutional right to freedom of expression. | <urn:uuid:6679d153-e722-42f0-8e0a-8bbe2dfa1e47> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://the-scroll.co.uk/2020/12/23/konstantin-kotov-and-the-sorry-state-of-freedom-of-expression-in-todays-russia/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572221.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816060335-20220816090335-00078.warc.gz | en | 0.962553 | 2,348 | 2.6875 | 3 |
All through the pandemic, quite a few experienced and collegiate sporting activities leagues cancelled big activities and seasons, in aspect to sluggish the distribute of COVID-19, but also owing to alarming stories of athletes building a syndrome identified as myocarditis — irritation of the coronary heart muscle — following a COVID-19 infection.
Immediately after two a long time of research, the American Faculty of Cardiology launched steerage Tuesday that states the incidence of coronary heart swelling amid athletes right after COVID-19 is decrease than at first considered, but they nevertheless propose a step-by-stage program to support competitive athletes and weekend warriors alike that will help them properly return to their routines.
“For athletes recovering from COVID-19 with ongoing cardiopulmonary indicators … more evaluation must be performed right before resuming workout,” the ACC Pro Consensus Choice Pathway, which was posted in the Journal of the American College or university of Cardiology, states. “For all others who are asymptomatic or with indications less suggestive of a cardiopulmonary etiology … supplemental cardiac screening is not advised.”
Doctors were being carrying out “really demanding screening exploring for myocarditis” early in the pandemic, Dr. Tamanna Singh, co-director of the Cleveland Clinic Athletics Cardiology Center, who was not concerned in the new assistance, told ABC News, noting that, at the time, they were being anxious that the incidence of myocarditis “was likely to be a lot increased than it truly was.”
Back in September 2020, when substantially was nonetheless mysterious about COVID-19, scientists at Ohio Point out University examined 26 athletes next a moderate COVID-19 an infection that did not call for hospitalization. Myocarditis was found in 15% of the athletes, while 30% experienced developed a scar on their coronary heart, raising a sense of uncertainty bordering the protection of athletes returning to enjoy next an an infection.
“Though the info on cardiomyopathy is preliminary and incomplete, the uncertain risk was unacceptable at this time,” Massive 10 commissioner Kevin Warren wrote in an August 2020 open letter on the choice to terminate the university conference’s 2020-2021 drop sports activities time.
But around time, it was uncovered that the incidence appears to be a great deal decreased than 1st imagined.
“Quite a few conferences, which includes the Huge 10, were being accomplishing cardiac MRIs on every single athlete who recovered from COVID, and what they identified was that the incidence of severe MRI abnormalities was very very low, on the get of 1 to 2%,” mentioned Dr. Nicole Bhave, a cardiologist and echocardiographer at the University of Michigan and a co-chair of the committee that produced this new assistance.
Common premiums for myocarditis involvement in athletes is “quite reduced, with costs normally being about .6 to .7%,” Singh explained.
Even though experts’ comprehending of COVID-19 evolves, it is crystal clear that quite a few patients proceed to have signs or symptoms, evident or delicate, following infection. And when not every athlete with COVID-19 will working experience myocarditis, it’s hazardous sufficient to make doctors consider recognize.
“Myocarditis is a pretty rare but significant complication of COVID,” Bhave claimed. “Sufferers with COVID myocarditis truly really should be managed at a substantial-degree middle [with the proper equipment], since these individuals can go south rapid.”
Advice for athletes
The new ACC steering indicates that it is secure for athletes with no signs and symptoms from COVID-19 to return to workout a few days following self-isolation. For people with gentle signs and symptoms not involving the coronary heart or lungs, it is risk-free to return to exercise once indicators solve.
Athletes suffering from persistent chest agony, palpitations or passing out have to have more cardiac testing. If the findings are about for myocarditis, the ACC suggests abstinence from exercise for 3 to six months.
“We really do not feel that a routine MRI is necessary for anyone who has had COVID ahead of they commence training yet again,” Bhave stated.
If an athlete has persistent signs and symptoms, Bhave claimed, “A person of the recommendations that we’re generating in the document is that folks interact in recumbent exercise, so instead than making an attempt to walk, undertaking something the place they’re truly sitting down, so that orthostatic intolerance [the inability to tolerate quick movements] is not a major deal.”
For athletes who experience prolonged-haul COVID-19 indications, the restoration system can be discouraging.
“You’re in essence observing another person who has had a decade and a fifty percent, possibly even two a long time, of unrestricted sports activities participation and unrestricted physical exercise potential who now has severe limits,” Singh said. “They’re losing not only their bodily relationship to self, but also their social relationship to their neighborhood, which can be really mentally devastating.”
Singh and Bhave each mentioned that re-introduction of exercise subsequent an infection ought to be gradual, starting with smaller quantities and growing frequency, duration and depth as tolerated.
“It’s significant as medical professionals to say, ‘Hey, I’m in this article with you, and I know you’re even now not back again to exactly where you have been. I share your annoyance and I’m not heading to abandon you,'” Bhave reported. “We nevertheless have a great deal to learn, and I assume which is a message that is pretty beneficial to sufferers who are experience discouraged.”
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Have you ever wondered how someone with more responsibilities or demands is able to achieve more than you? No, they are not perfect, alien, or some breed of human meets robot. They are not special. It’s possible that they have just learned how to focus on productivity and efficiency.
Let’s get one thing clear before we move any further: A happy life does not mean a “perfect” life. So, be careful not to strive for a one-sided picture of someone else’s life as your measure of success.
Merriam-Webster and Oxford dictionaries define perfection as:
- “having no mistakes or flaws”
- “completely correct or accurate”
- “having all the qualities you want in that kind of person, situation, etc.”
- “having all the required or desirable elements, qualities, or characteristics; as good as it is possible to be”
- “free from any flaw or defect in condition or quality; faultless”
I don’t know about you, but I’ve never seen anyone that’s flawless and perfect. If this is how you are defining our success, then you are already headed down the wrong path.
Striving for Perfection is Problematic
Although we logically know that no one person is perfect, we still have this idea of perfection planted somewhere in our heads. The idea of perfection alone is not the problem. Rather, the problem lies in what happens to us emotionally when we consider ourselves a failure if we are not attaining perfection.
For the sake of discussion, let’s just hypothetically consider that we have achieved perfection. Yay! Pat yourself on the back. Well, not for too long because as we grow, change, and learn, that personal definition of perfection will change. It is like a never-ending race that can become overwhelming, stressful, discouraging, depressing, and anxiety-producing. And that’s precisely one of the reasons it’s so problematic.
It’s great to have ambitious goals (we should), but it’s problematic to believe we are overall failures if we don’t reach the stars. For most of us, happiness is connected to being as close to perfection as possible. We assume that if we can complete everything on our life’s wish list then life will be complete and happy. But, feeling whole is not based on external perfection or material things and the road to success is never perfect.
In the past, I would get down on myself when I would make long to-do lists only to not get everything done. Before implementing new strategies, I would feel so emotionally defeated at the fact that I was not accomplishing everything, every day, every month as I wanted.
Through some planning and reflection, I figured out a way to minimize that poor cycle of thinking. I started to learn that it’s more important to focus on productivity and efficiency as opposed to having a “perfect” day.
For me, productivity and efficiency is my new idea of success—a slight adjustment that has made a huge mental and emotional difference. It has re-framed how I feel about my days, the intention I set at the beginning of each day, and how I focus on things throughout my day. The good part: It has helped me actually accomplish more than I thought I could.
Here are some questions I now ask myself:
- What will productivity look like today?
- What are the most important things I need to accomplish today?
- Are there things I can do now to set myself up for a productive day?
My goals haven’t changed; however, the approach has.
If you adopt this mindset just know that there will be things that you cannot completely control through a pre-planned list and vision for the day. There are constantly things, such as work, family, friends, life, biological factors (sleep, health, nutrition), and weather, that impact our daily “productivity list” or interfere with our ability to completely focus on the things we have set as priorities. And, that’s OK; it’s life.
If and when these matters arise, we can quickly recalculate how to handle them by determining when and how handling them would be the most efficient and effective. Some matters can wait, so give yourself permission to say no if necessary. Other times, you might need to shift some of your priorities to quickly handle life. Again, that’s OK. Be flexible and adjust.
Every day will never be perfect and accepting that is the first step to being more productive and happy. Say this to yourself: If I am being highly productive, using my time effectively, and placing optimal focus on the steps that bring me closer to my goals, then I am having the perfect day.
Some of us are still holding out hope that a magical unicorn will fall from the sky and reveal the secret to perpetual perfection and happiness. Until that happens, we can all strive for greater productivity. Before you know it each day of action will add up and you will start to see that you’re even closer to your goal(s)!
Questions to ask yourself:
- Am I being as productive as I can with my day?
- To what extent am I focused on actions that bring me closer to my goals versus those that pull me away from them?
- Am I wasting time on things that are not necessary?
- Am I spending too much time on things or people that will not increase my chances of achieving the vision of life I want to live?
- How am I making time to take care of myself as I work towards my goals?
(Note: Productive days should include time to manage stress and take care of your health. A healthy body and mind increases productivity!)
Remember, success comes one deliberate step at a time and one productive day at a time. Ditch perfection, it’s draining your productivity.
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This diagram shows the logical, physical, and recovery-related structures of the database, and the relationships between them. Dotted horizontal lines divide the image into three sections. The top section shows logical structures, the middle section shows physical structures, and the bottom section shows recovery-related structures in the flash recovery area.
The logical structures are all tablespaces. Each tablespace points to a datafile or tempfile, which are physical structures. Other physical structures include a control file, a server parameter file, and a password file.
The flash recovery area contains the following structures: a backup of the server parameter file and control file (stored in an archival format called a backup set); another backup set containing a backup of the datafiles; the online redo log files; and the archived redo log files, which are copies of redo log files after they are filled. | <urn:uuid:c6626d48-c26d-4bab-9a29-404d4472fe9c> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://docs.oracle.com/cd/B25329_01/doc/admin.102/b25107/img_text/xedba006.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560284405.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095124-00041-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.871658 | 179 | 2.265625 | 2 |
Considering Japan is the largest foreign investor in Tennessee, it’s only fitting Consul-General Motohiko Kato kicked off the Sixth Annual Introduction to Asia Conference at UTC on Tuesday, February 25. Kato works to assist Japanese companies in the Volunteer state. He also promotes cultural understanding between the United States and his home country.
During his address “Security through Peace: Postwar Japan’s Role in Fostering Global Peace and Prosperity,” Kato, who is based in Nashville, explained Japan’s 172 companies employ more than 41,000 people in Tennessee.
For those considering a career in engineering, Kato had a keen observation.
“It’s getting harder and harder to find engineers. If you visit Japanese facilities, you will see the big robots working. And you need engineers to fix those,” he said.
A traditional tea ceremony in Japan
After a day of informative speakers at the Asia Conference, the crowd at the UC Auditorium enjoyed learning about a traditional tea ceremony in Japan. Asami Nakano and Tae Maruyama worked together to prepare and serve three guests on stage.
Nakano is The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Japan Outreach Initiative Coordinator (JOI). She visits Chattanooga area schools to promote the art and culture of her native country. Murayama has been performing the Japanese tea ceremony since she was ten years old. She became an instructor of the ceremony in 1992 and a master in 2006.
Tea drinking ceremonies date back to the 16th century in Japan. Historically, the host of a traditional tea ceremony was male, but in modern times more women carry out the duties of host.
A tea scoop and a whisk fashioned from bamboo are used to prepare the tea, while a silk cloth is used to handle the hot tea pot and clean utensils. No music is played during the ceremony, natural sounds are preferred.
Nakano explained in the room where the ceremony occurs, guests crawl through an opening so that no person stands higher than another, all are equal. Hands are washed in the tea garden before beginning.
There are four principles of the tea ceremony:
和(wa)- harmony—Nakano explained a guest should “open your mind and get along with the host and other guests.”
敬(kei)- respect—this includes thanking the host for making the tea and acknowledging the guest at your side.
清(sei)- purity—not only should you wash your hands, you should wash your mind and use this opportunity to slow down and refresh as you enjoy the presence of friends.
寂(jyaku)- tranquility—the tea ceremony is helpful in achieving a stable and well balanced life.
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The Future of the Civil Rights Movement
Our good friend and true SuperSpade Jill Tubman from Jack and Jill Politics put up this awesome piece about the future of the Civil Rights Movement and how technology figures into the equation. I have posted the piece in its entirety and it is a must read.
Monday, April 07, 2008
This Washington Post story Civil Rights Groups Seeing Gradual End of Their Era ends with this sentence though I’d like to start my response with it. It quotes E. Ethelbert Miller:
“What would happen if W.E.B. Du Bois or Marcus Garvey had a laptop?” Du Bois helped found the NAACP in 1909, and Garvey, a rival, started a back-to-Africa movement around the same time.
We are the answer to that question. In the vacuum of black leadership 40 years after Martin Luther King’s death, it’s his spiritual grandchildren that are carrying his mission forward now and not the civil rights groups he might have recognized. From the WaPo piece (emphasis mine):
In New York, the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE), which helped shape the movement’s philosophy after adopting Mohandas K. Gandhi’s doctrine of nonviolent protest, is scarcely known outside Manhattan. CORE conceded that it now has about 10 percent of the 150,000 members it listed in the 1960s.
In Baltimore, the near-century-old NAACP, which tore down racial barriers with deft lawyering in the courts, recently cut a third of its administrative staff because of budget shortfalls. For decades, the NAACP asserted that it was the largest civil rights group, with about half a million dues-paying members, but one of its former presidents recently acknowledged that it has fewer than 300,000.
Charles Steele, president and chief executive of the SCLC, acknowledged that squabbling nearly doomed his organization. But, he said, the SCLC is coming back. The group says it has 150,000 members at more than 70 branches, but a 2004 analysis by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution showed that only 730 members paid the $25 membership dues.
Let me break it down for y’all: Color of Change now has over 400,000 members — 25% more than the NAACP. Over 100,000 unique visitors now read this blog at Jack and Jill Politics each month (and growing fast), putting our audience soon at perhaps 10 times that of CORE. Let’s not even talk about the SCLC.
We — you reading this blog and me writing it — we are Civil Rights 2.0. WaPo (sort of) acknowledges, stating:
Today, radio deejays, Internet groups such as Color of Change.org and organizations such as the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights are orchestrating bus rides, marches and other actions once performed by civil rights groups.
When six black teenagers in Jena, La., were being prosecuted as adults last year in the beating of a white classmate, the local branch of the NAACP played a small role in defending their rights, but it was Color of Change.org that secured their release.
Activist Al Sharpton learned about the Jena incident on the radio long after it started. Radio talk-show host Michael Baisden ranted about Jena throughout his program and helped organize bus tours to the town.
Strangely, the article doesn’t mention the role of black bloggers in aiding Color of Change and in publicizing the Jena case. We kept the story alive and made sure the facts got reported right. A strange oversight indeed since the media covered our involvement pretty extensively at the time, e.g. Chicago Tribune – Blogs Help Drive Jena Protest and NPR – Bloggers A Force Behind Jena Protests.
But shoot, you and I know what time it is. What if Martin Luther King or Stokely Carmichael and the Black Panthers had had laptops and high speed internet access…? And blogs? Hmmm…
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- Addiction Recovery Treatment
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We are committed to achieving positive outcomes through outstanding care for people recovering from substance use disorders, including problems with prescription medications, alcohol, and other drugs.
We offer assessments and a full range of evidence-based therapy options for individuals, groups, couples, and families. Recognizing that substance-related concerns range from milder problems to severe dependence, we provide early intervention and education as well as recovery-oriented addiction therapy, both for the individuals who are struggling as well as their friends and family.
We serve a diverse range of patients who have varying degrees of problems. We specialize in working with adolescents, young adults and college students, health professionals, and dually diagnosed individuals with both mental health and substance use issues.
We approach recovery from multiple perspectives, with the understanding that a fully realized recovery depends on physical, emotional, social, and spiritual wellbeing. Customized treatment plans are based on individual needs, strengths and responsibilities, and the severity of the problem.
Regardless of the level of treatment, each person is engaged in developing a specific plan for recovery. Supportive family members, friends, and others whose lives are affected are encouraged to participate in the process.
We use a multidisciplinary, professional approach to treatment, combining patient care, research, and education in the same setting. Our physicians, nurses, and social work therapists work together to provide individuals with the help they need.
Many patients with substance use disorders also suffer from symptoms of depression and anxiety. As part of the U-M Health System’s Department of Psychiatry, we monitor our patients for symptoms of such co-occurring illnesses and provide on-site psychiatric consultation when needed. For patients already receiving mental health care, we work with their community psychiatrist or therapist to coordinate care for both problems. | <urn:uuid:0d80568e-cd19-425a-bc61-c310f51f8674> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.detox.com/listings/university-of-michigan-addiction-treatment-services-umats/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817001643-20220817031643-00274.warc.gz | en | 0.954792 | 400 | 1.78125 | 2 |
Mobile commerce is just beginning to take off, but certain elements like mobile payments are slow off the mark. How will your business capitalise?
On the 10th of January, Visa Inc. and Visa Europe announced that Near-Field Communication (NFC) enabled smartphones from Samsung, LG and RIM have been certified for Visa’s mobile application for payments at point-of-sale. Now mobile payments won’t even be restricted to making remote purchases. Customers will have the possibility to control their total shopping experience in-store or out.
Mobile technologies have long been regarded as the ‘next step’ for online retail and for shopping in general. While the transition from science fiction to fact has taken longer than anticipated, KPMG’s Consumers and Convergence study shows more consumers now have smartphones, and that they are quickly becoming au fait with how to bank and make purchases on them.
“Consumer’s are clearly open to using their mobile devices to conduct everyday transactions and will steadily move in this direction for years to come,” Mitch Siegel, a Principal in KPMG LLP’s Financial Services practice told Multi Service.
The research shows 33 percent of responding US consumers have used mobile banking (compared to nine percent in 2008). Interestingly, many also responded that they did not feel comfortable with the security and privacy capabilities of their devices. This concern for safety may account for the fact that mobile payments and banking are not yet dominant, as has been predicted previously.
Angela West notes in PCWorld that the spread of mobile payment systems has been hampered by motivation. In the example of mobile wallet networks, these systems simply aren’t yet able to offset the liability that is inherent in card-not-present transactions.
“We’re not at the point where we can pay for just anything with our smartphones yet,” West said. “It may be an entire generation before physical credit and debit cards become extinct.”
John Debrincat of eCorner says that mobile payments would be adopted more readily if users trusted their mobile service providers more.
“Most people distrust their mobile service providers,” Debrincat said. “So to have the phone act as a method for providing a financial transaction there has to be an improvement in the perception of the service provider.”
It is still believed by many that while m-commerce may still be in its infancy, it is on the verge of booming. Portio Research recently released Mobile Payments 2012-2016. In it, they reveal there were 158.1 million mobile payment users worldwide in 2011 and that number is tipped to reach 1 billion in 2016. Mobile payment volumes, which stood at USD $159.3 billion in 2011 are projected to cross the $1 trillion mark in 2016.
It’s clear that there will be a lot of money to be made on the mobile market in the future, whether it be from purchases made remotely or in store. However, this does not mean that businesses should simply look to ‘keep up’ with the changing technology. For companies looking to innovate and thereby differentiate in the m-commerce space, a little extra thought and effort now will go a long way. In that sense, it is a good thing that mobile payments are yet to become the norm. There is still time to carve a niche in this market, as long as businesses understand their customer’s motivations.
As a merchant, it is important to understand as much as you can about what your payment processing company can provide, and to ensure that it suits your business. Security is just as important, and if you demonstrate expertise with both of these elements, there’s no reason why your mobile sales won’t quickly grow ahead of the curve. | <urn:uuid:f38a36f6-174b-4357-b74e-f418239b2ca3> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.powerretail.com.au/multichannel/lacking-trust-hampers-mobile/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281151.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00110-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962487 | 784 | 1.867188 | 2 |
N SCI 311
The science and practice of maritime coastal navigation, including visual fixing, dead reckoning, and piloting methods. Computation of tides and currents and nautical rules of the road. Offered: A.
NSCI 311 is a knowledge and application course. The first focus of NSCI 311 is on the necessary knowledge of Navigation rules and their important application in preventing collision. The course then combines the academic knowledge of charts, instruments, tides/currents, and plotting procedure to the practical application of piloting and voyage planning.
Student learning goals
General method of instruction
Lecture and practical application
Class assignments and grading
The homework assignments will be collected at the beginning of class on the due date. They will be assigned for most of the chapters we cover. The lowest two homework grades will be dropped. A series of quizzes will cover concepts since the last exam or quiz. The Midterm Exam will cover the first half of the course and the Final Exam will cover all course material.
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691. How do you think the country would be different if we were in the middle of a wintry ice age? What are some ways that you and your family would do things differently and why?
692. If there were an ice age afoot, how would the country's economy change? How would it effect agriculture, shipping, and air travel? How do you think we as a nation would adapt to the weather and why?
693. What are some ways in which a town can come together to fight back against a winter storm? Who are some of the people who need to communicate during a storm and why? What is the end result of these people working together?
694. What would happen if these people failed to work together during some harsh winter weather? What problems might your town face and why? What would you do to try to improve the situation and why?
695. You have been tasked with thawing out and starting a car that has been completely frozen over with a thick sheet of ice. What would you do to get it loose? Who would you ask to help and why? Would you be successful? Why or why not?
696. How might your tactics change if you were a rescue worker and there was a very cold person trapped inside the icy vehicle? Describe how you'd get the person out of the car and what you'd do afterward to make sure he or she was alright.
697. If you lived in a consistently cold and icy climate, do you think you'd be drawn to an ice-related sport like ice hockey or figure skating? Why or why not? Would there be any sports you play now that you wouldn't be able to participate in? Why or why not?
698. Imagine that you are the goaltender in an outdoor ice hockey game with over 100,000 people watching you. How do you feel and why? What are some ways that you handle the pressure? Do you think you would win? Why or why not?
699. Who is someone you know who strongly dislikes the winter? What does he or she have such an issue with the season? If you wanted to convince this person that winter was awesome, what would you do and why?700. People living in certain climates have never experienced a cold, snowy, and icy winter. How might they be unprepared for the season if they took a vacation to a wintry place and why? How would you personally help this person and why? | <urn:uuid:be089ea8-c47d-439c-937c-f5d16998df21> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.build-creative-writing-ideas.com/winter-writing-prompts-4.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281574.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00016-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.989277 | 503 | 2.375 | 2 |
(RxWiki News) Not all chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) patients are at the same risk. A recent study has found that COPD patients with reduced lung function are more likely to develop heart disease.
The findings suggest that COPD patients with reduced lung function should receive regular screenings for cardiovascular disease because of their increased risk.
"If you have lingering nasal symptoms, follow up with a doctor."
Dr. Anne Lindberg from the Sunderby Hospital in Sweden said that the discovery sheds light on the links between nasal symptoms and cardiovascular conditions in relation to COPD patients with restrictive lung function. She said that in addition to raising awareness of other conditions that can co-exist with COPD, it will be important to study the effect secondary conditions such as heart disease have on the progression of COPD.
Though it is common for COPD patients to also suffer from heart conditions, they can go unrecognized because many of the symptoms overlap. A diagnosis of COPD can easily remain unsuspected in those with diagnosed heart disease. It is important to diagnose both since it can lead to a worse outcome for patients.
Researchers collected data on nasal symptoms and cardiovascular disease from 993 patients with COPD and 993 without COPD. Patients in the second group were divided into categories including those with normal lung function and those with restricted lung function.
They found that 50 percent of COPD patients had cardiovascular conditions, including heart disease, stroke and hypertension as compared to 41 percent of those with normal lung function.
Nasal symptoms were found to be common in patients with COPD and heart disease as compared to those with those with normal lung function. It was discovered that 53 percent of patients with both COPD and heart disease had nasal symptoms as compared to 36 percent who had normal lung function and heart disease.
Of the patients with both restricted lung function and heart disease, 62 percent had nasal symptoms, demonstrating that the symptom could be a potential marker for identifying an increased risk of COPD and heart disease in those not yet diagnosed with either condition.
Professor Marc Decramer, president of the European Respiratory Society, said that clinicians often forget that people with one chronic condition usually have another illness at the same time, many of which share similar traits such as COPD and heart disease. He called it vital to build on the study and identify additional therapeutic targets.
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Did you see a springtail creeping around your mulch pile? Must be summer in North Carolina.
The heat draws out many unwelcome pests in the outdoor season, some more harmful (or irritating) than others. Springtails and millipedes are just a couple common summer invaders, and there are a few others careful homeowners should keep an eye out for. Here’s a list of the most common pests in North Carolina in the summertime.
COMMON SUMMER PESTS IN NORTH CAROLINA
North Carolina is home to thousands of different kinds of insects, pests, and rodents. But just a few dominate the summer scene. Here are the most common.
Ant can be annoying (those little sugar ants marching around your countertops) or they can even be dangerous (fire ants can pose a serious risk to people with allergies to them). And summer is their time to thrive.
You’ll find ants piled up in mounds outside your home, or plundering your kitchen and home for food and water — especially sweet things. Fire ants in particular can be attracted to the warmth of your outdoor grill. But ants can do some good for your world: they are pollinators (seriously!), aerating the soil and distributing seeds. They also eat other nuisance insects.
However, they can become a problem, and home remedies for fire ants especially can be unsafe (some people use gasoline or boiling water to get rid of them). And because you’re more likely to disrupt a colony than to eliminate it entirely, there’s a good chance the ants will just relocate and become a problem in another place. That’s why coordinated pest control — preferably among your neighbors, too — is the best way to take care of an ant problem.
Finally, it’s important to seal or caulk all cracks and openings under doors, in windows, and anywhere else that ants can creep in.
Here’s a fun fact: springtails — the flea-like pests that crawl around your leaf piles or compost heaps — are not actually insects but animals.
Springtails prefer to stay outside in your mulch, but in very wet — or very dry — conditions, they’ll start to creep inside for shelter. While they won’t bite you or eat your stuff or spread disease (phew), they can become an extreme nuisance and multiply severely — to the point of being able to scoop them up by the handful. And because they’re so tiny — between 1 and 2 millimeters long — you’re likely not to notice a full invasion until you’re deep in it. Prevention is key.
The No. 1 thing to know about millipedes: they stink. Literally, they smell bad.
They’re another pest whose numbers can increase rapidly into the hundreds and thousands. They’re also attracted to mulch and leaves, in addition to wet logs and woodpiles. (So, as always, ensure you’re keeping your firewood and your compost away from the actual structure of your home.)
While millipedes don’t pose too much of a threat (besides the smell), they can secrete a liquid that can cause blisters if it comes in contact with your skin. And, like springtails, they may seek shelter in your house during times of extremely wet or extremely dry weather. Once inside, they may burrow into crawlspaces, make homes in bathrooms and kitchens, and otherwise lurk in damp, dark places. Yuck.
Mosquitos are a big topic.
You know they’re annoying. You know they’re relentless. You know they make you itchy for days after the barbecue. But do you know also that the Zika virus is still a concern for pregnant women?
Mosquitos in North Carolina can also carry other sometimes dangerous diseases, like the West Nile Virus, Eastern equine encephalitis, St. Louis encephalitis and Dengue Chikungunya. So, like all pests, they’re not just annoying. They can be harmful.
So here’s the deal with mosquitos in North Carolina.
North Carolina most commonly sees two types of mosquitoes: the Asian tiger mosquito and the eastern tree hole mosquito. Asian tiger mosquitos:
- Have black bodies with visible white stripes
- Have a distinctive single white stripe running the length of the back.
- Are about a ¼ of an inch long
You probably know by now that mosquitoes breed in still or standing water. In some swampy parts of North Carolina, mosquitoes are especially bad, but anyone with puddles in the yard after a storm knows you don’t need to be in a swamp to have a mosquito problem.
Eliminating standing water is an important step to reducing mosquito volume in your yard. And don’t just stop at the ground. Tarps, where water easily pools, can be a culprit, too, as well as the tops of air conditioners, sheds, your roof, and birdbaths.
(Check out more about mosquitoes in our pest library.)
You may encounter snakes — especially copperheads — along greenways or trails and wooded areas when the weather is warm. They are not aggressive, but they are venomous and if threatened (or stepped on), they may bite you. If you are bitten by a copperhead snake, you should seek treatment immediately to reduce infection and pain.
So in other words, stay out of their way and they’ll stay out of yours.
Ticks are a known — and growing — threat in the United States. They spread Lyme disease, yes, but they can also spread other diseases.
The four most common ticks in North Carolina are:
- American dog ticks
- Brown dog ticks
- Blacklegged ticks
- Lone Star ticks
And, according to the CDC, ticks can carry pathogens for many other viruses and bacteria besides Lyme:
- Anaplasmosis (transmitted to humans by tick bites primarily from the blacklegged tick)
- Babesiosis is caused by microscopic parasites that infect red blood cells. Most human cases of babesiosis in the U.S. are caused by Babesia microti. Babesia microti is transmitted by the blacklegged tick.
- Borrelia mayonii infection has recently been described as a cause of illness and has been found in blacklegged ticks.
- Borrelia miyamotoi infection (transmitted by the blacklegged tick) has a range similar to that of Lyme disease.
- Bourbon virus infection has been identified in a limited number of patients in the Midwest and southern United States.
- Ehrlichiosis is transmitted to humans by the Lone Star tick.
- Heartland virus cases have been identified in the Midwestern and southern United States. Studies suggest that Lone Star ticks can transmit the virus.
- Lyme disease is transmitted by the blacklegged tick.
- Powassan disease is transmitted by the blacklegged tick and the groundhog tick.
- Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF) is transmitted by the American dog tick, Rocky Mountain wood tick, and the brown dog tick in the U.S.
- STARI (Southern tick-associated rash illness) is transmitted via bites from the Lone Star tick.
- Tickborne relapsing fever (TBRF) is transmitted to humans through the bite of infected soft ticks.
- Tularemia is transmitted to humans by the dog tick, the wood tick, and the Lone Star tick.
There are a few things that you can do to avoid ticks in your yard.
- Clear up yard clutter. Piles of leaves, brush, and tall grass are the perfect hiding places for ticks, so clearing those out will give them fewer appealing places on your property.
- Ticks make their way onto properties by riding in on the bodies of their animal hosts. If you have a garden, try to limit the number of plants that attract wildlife, and keep your property well maintained to keep animals away.
- Equip your pets with tick protection. Outdoor pets are the most likely member of a household to carry ticks indoors because they are not usually shy about rustling about in areas where ticks are common. Use tick collars and/or tick sprays as your veterinarian sees fit.
- Regularly check around your property for areas that ticks like to hide.
- Contact a professional tick control company. Even the most careful precautions might not be enough to eliminate a tick presence, and that’s where we come into the picture.
(Read more about ticks in our pest library.)
SMOKY BROWN COCKROACHES
Cockroaches are another pest that enjoys staying underground cover like leaves and mulch and compost. They’re attracted to light so you may see them on your porch or driveway at night when your outside lights are on. And they’ll stalk your kitchen sink for water. But they’re different from classic German cockroaches, which are the ones associated with major pantry and other house infestations. Still, most of us prefer the number of roaches in our kitchens to be zero.
All the yellow jackets come out in summer — particularly in the later summer months of August and September. Like snakes, they’re best left alone. But also like snakes, sometimes you have an unfortunate accidental encounter with them. It’s not uncommon for people to accidentally stumble on them while mowing their yards or weed whacking, so prevention and routine pest control are your best defense. They tend to like sugary stuff like sodas and beer, so if you’re drinking from a can it’s a good idea to use a cup instead so a yellow jacket doesn’t sneak in and sting you.
FINDING PEST CONTROL AROUND CHARLOTTE, NC
Now that we’ve recapped some of the common pests around North Carolina, your next question might naturally be, “What can I do to get rid of pests in my home?” That’s where City Wide Exterminating comes in. Our Residential Pest Plan offers solutions designed to eliminate nearly any pest problem you may have, from common household pests like spiders, ants, and mosquitos, to bed bugs and wildlife. Several of our plans include multiple services, making our treatments as affordable as possible for our customers. If you’re looking for reliable and affordable pest prevention, your search ends here. | <urn:uuid:8ae002d0-f846-4377-bb22-3db2356e7e20> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.citywideexterm.com/blog/2021/september/a-guide-to-summer-north-carolina-pests/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571692.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812105810-20220812135810-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.938487 | 2,218 | 2.328125 | 2 |
Heliotis, G. and Stavrinou, P.N. and Bradley, D.D.C. and Gu, E. and Griffin, C. and Jeon, C.W. and Dawson, M.D. (2005) Spectral conversion of InGaN ultraviolet microarray light-emitting diodes using fluorene-based red-, green-, blue-, and white-light emitting polymer overlayer films. Applied Physics Letters, 87 (103505). ISSN 0003-6951Full text not available in this repository. (Request a copy from the Strathclyde author)
We report the fabrication of hybrid organic/inorganic semiconductor light-emitting devices that operate across the entire visible spectrum. The devices are based on a series of blue-, green-, and red-light-emitting polyfluorene materials that convert the emission from an array of micron-sized ultraviolet InGaN light-emitting diodes. We also demonstrate white-light-emitting versions of these hybrid devices by employing single films of carefully adjusted polyfluorene blends in which cascade energy transfer occurs between the constituent materials. The spectral and operating characteristics of the devices are described in detail. Such organic emission layer/inorganic light-emitting diode (LED) array based devices may provide a promising route to the fabrication of low-cost full-color microdisplays and other instrumentation devices.
|Keywords:||indium compounds, gallium compounds, semiconductors, light emitting diodes, polymer blends, microdisplays, photonics, Optics. Light, Physics and Astronomy (miscellaneous)|
|Subjects:||Science > Physics > Optics. Light|
|Department:||Faculty of Science > Physics > Institute of Photonics|
|Depositing user:||Strathprints Administrator|
|Date Deposited:||31 Jan 2008|
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A battery is responsible for providing power to all the onboard electrical systems on a car. In motorsport applications there are, typically, less auxiliary systems which draw on the battery. However, the majority of race prepared engines require a larger amount of cranking force due to having a higher compression ratio. As a result, motorsport batteries differ from their road going equivalents in the form of higher cranking power as well as being lighter in weight.
To reduce the possibility of a spillage as well as improve the reliability of the battery, motorsport batteries tend to be either AGM (Absorbed Glass Mat) or Lithium Ion batteries. In the case of the AGM style batteries, a greater discharge capability is achieved due to being able to pack more glass matting inside the battery in place of heavier lead plates. Further benefits of a motorsport battery include a higher resistance to shocks and vibrations which can occur within a motorsport environment and a maintenance free, sealed construction. This sealed construction also allows the battery to be mounted in any orientation, however, if mounted inside the cockpit of the car, it will need to be installed inside a battery box.
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Masks will be needed to bring covid back under control in the UK, an expert has said.
Professor Peter Openshaw, a member of the New and Emerging Respiratory Virus Threats Advisory Group (Nervtag), told BBC Breakfast he is pleased that the UK can currently avoid the measures being introduced in Europe.
“The situation appears to have really been destabilised in some parts of Europe because of misinformation, particularly about vaccines,” he said.
“I think, in the UK, we had a very successful early vaccination campaign and we got very high vaccination rates, particularly amongst those who are vulnerable, but obviously that means that many people have now been vaccinated some time ago and they do need the boosters in order to raise their level of immunity back up again and make sure that, as we go into the winter season and towards Christmas, that we have very high levels of immunity again within society.”
He added: “I am concerned that we do have really quite high levels of transmission in the UK. My personal preference would be that we should really try to get these rates down – we know that masks do work… because there are people who are unvaccinated for various reasons, and we do need to try and reduce the level of circulation of the virus, as well as getting up vaccination rates.
“No single measure by itself is going to be successful; we need the combination of measures, which includes re-vaccination, third doses, but also wearing masks and being very careful not to transmit the virus.”
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About the Project
Led by Associate Professor of History Greg O’Malley, Final Passages: The Intra American Slave Trade Database aims to document and make publicly accessible evidence on slave voyages within the Americas through an online database. This project grew out of the successful seven-year operation of Voyages: The Transatlantic Slave Trade Database, which documents transatlantic slave voyages. The Final Passages project builds on Voyages by adding intra-American slave voyages (e.g. from Jamaica to South Carolina) to the existing Voyages website. This addition offers researchers a more complete picture of the slave trade to the Americas since many societies that exploited slave labor acquired captives indirectly rather than straight from Africa.
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Beef stew (Tocana de carne de vaca)
Cut the meat in bite sized pieces, fry a little in lard, add the chopped onion, let it fry a little, add a little water and then let it boil covered at slow heat. Add water from time to time until the meat is tender. Add the tomato paste or peeled and seeded tomatoes (in small chunks), salt and pepper. Cover the pot and let boil at slow heat until the liquid evaporates almost entirely. Serve with polenta.
Cottage cheese with dill (Urda cu marar)
Mix the cheese with the butter and salt until it becomes a paste. Add the minced dill and mix well. Use this to fill sandwiches. You can also serve with green onions.
Tomatoes stuffed with eggplant (Rosii umplute cu vinete)
Bake the eggplant, let it drain well, and chop with a wooden or glass chopper. Set in a bowl and mix with the oil poured little by little. Add finely chopped onion, salt and pepper. Choose small and firm tomatoes and remove the inside with all the seeds. Fill with the eggplant mixture, then place all stuffed tomatoes on a platter and decorate them with a sprig of parsley for each tomato. You can also use stuffing peppers instead of tomatoes.
Mosaic bread (Piine mozaic)
Grind the sardines, 1/3 of the ham and an egg-sized piece of crustless bread, soaked in milk and squeezed dry. Mix everything with the butter until creamy and homogeneous. Cut the rest of the ham, Swiss cheese, olives and pickled pepper in small cubes and mix with the prepared paste. Refrigerate. During this time, cut the heels of the baguette and take the soft bread inside out, leaving about half an inch of bread below the crust. Then fill with the refrigerated paste. Refrigerate. Cut with a very sharp knife in thin slices about half an inch thick. It is better when prepared one day in advance.
Mushrooms on French toast (Ciuperci pe friganele)
For French toast:
Wash and chop the mushrooms. Melt some butter in a pan and then fry them with the dill and salt. When ready, take off the heat and add a beaten egg. Mix well. Prepare the French toast and place a thick layer of mushrooms on top of them, smoothing with a knife. Then bake the pancakes for 10 minutes. Serve hot.
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As we prepare for another Thanksgiving, it’s time to turn our attention to the simple things in life. Thanksgiving gives us a moment to strengthen our bonds with family and show our thanks for all the blessings we normally take for granted. In the face of continued financial hardship, it’s also a reminder to make the most of what we have. Instead of focusing on what we lack, let’s examine ways to build upon our blessings. Below are a few important financial lessons we can learn from Thanksgiving:
The Joys of a Home-Cooked Meal: Thanksgiving reminds us that a big home-cooked meal can turn any dinner into a special ritual. Taking the time to cook a big meal instead of going to a restaurant is cheaper, healthier and allows families to show off their creativity and skills while spending quality time together in the kitchen. Eating out daily adds up quickly. Down the road, those expenditures may leave you vulnerable and ill-prepared to deal with an unexpected cost or emergency.
The Best Things in Life Are Free (or Inexpensive): Thanksgiving also reminds us that our happiest memories don’t have to be tied to expensive vacations or fancy outings. Having a good time can be as inexpensive and easy as inviting friends over for a potluck dinner, renting a movie or playing board games with family. If your entertainment spending is putting you in a financial bind, it may be time to reassess your priorities and simplify your outlook. Tying too much of your happiness to expensive brands and gadgets guarantees that you’ll remain discontent no matter how much you spend. Focus on cultivating the inner resources you’ll always have in abundance, like personal talents, friendship and compassion.
Giving Is Its Own Reward: the holidays are a popular time for food drives and gift banks, but even during this season many of us fixate on our own have-nots because we’re constantly bombarded by consumerist ads and images. Helping the less fortunate can clear our minds of these distractions and bring our core priorities and values back into focus. Enrich your life and extend the spirit of giving beyond the holidays by taking advantage of year-round volunteer opportunities at charities, animal shelters or other organizations that give back to the community. These volunteer experiences are not only good for the soul but good for the resume.
Celebrate Your True Wealth: finally, Thanksgiving reaffirms the central importance of our relationships with loved ones. Our prosperity and well-being as individuals depend directly on the strength of our personal support network and our community at large. Without their help, none of us would be able to achieve true wealth. Rejoice in your interdependence with others, especially your family and friends — they’re the most important asset you’ll ever have.
Dedrick Muhammad is the senior director of the NAACP Economic Programs. To learn more about preventing foreclosure and personal finance, check out the NAACP Financial Freedom Center Facebook Page or on Twitter @naacpecon.
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PID and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
Several herbs and acupuncture points are particularly helpful in the treatment of Pelvic Inflammatory Disease (PID). In a recent HealthCMi online acupuncture CEU webinar, we covered several herbs that invigorate blood circulation and clear heat & toxins. Three standout herbs are Bai Jiang Cao, Hong Teng and Lu Lu Tong. They have the ability to address the infectious lingering pathogenic factors associated with PID as well as the concomitant Qi and Blood stasis. Let's take a look...
Pelvic Inflammatory Disease is the inflammation of the female pelvic organs or tissues. Often this is due to an ascending intravaginal infection, however, it may also be caused by endogenous factors such as Liver Qi stagnation transforming into Fire and Heat in the Blood. External pernicious influences include gonorrhea, chlamydia and a variety of other infectious microorganism infections. In Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), PID is the invasion of damp-heat and toxins causing Blood stasis in the lower jiao (burner). Chronic cases are complicated by a complex mix of cold and deficiency syndromes such as Spleen Qi deficiency, Kidney Yang deficiency and cold stagnation in the Liver Channel. Common presentations of PID are cervicitis, endometritis, salpingitis, oophoritis and broad ligament infections.
PID often causes inflammation of the fallopian tubes (salpingitis) and ovarian obstructions and adhesions. This is often due to congealed exudate lingering from the acute phase of the infectious aspect of PID. The predominant symptoms for all cases of PID are lower abdominal pain and leukorrhea. The acute stage often presents as a clinical emergency requiring hospitalization, however, some cases are completely asymptomatic in the initial acute stage. Chlamydia infections, for example, may be completely asymptomatic.
The chronic stage involves less severe symptoms such as the Yangming or Qi level heat often occurring in the acute stage. Often, there is lingering Ying level heat or Taiyin stage involvement. Blood stasis in the form of scar tissue from PID may lead to infertility and ectopic pregnancies. Over 750,000 women suffer from PID every year in the USA and approximately 150 women die every year in the USA due to either PID or its complications.
Biomedical tests include cultures, smear, ultrasonography and laparoscopy. Biomedical treatments include antibiotics, surgical drainage of abscesses and surgical removal of affected tissues. Chronic repeated episodes of PID are often treated with multiple exploratory surgical procedures.
In the acupuncture clinic, we often distinguish chronic PID from endometriosis by the character of the pain. Often, PID presents with severe pain in the acute stage followed by a lower level of pain in the chronic stage. Endometriosis pain worsens over time and worsens towards the end of each menstrual cycle. Leukorrhea is more common in PID and PID pain flare-ups may precede the menstrual cycle whereas this is less common with endometriosis.
The Daimai (Dai Vessel, Belt Channel, Girdling Channel), Chong (Penetrating Vessel) and Ren (Conception Vessel) are always disturbed in cases of PID. Also, local channels are involved, particularly the Liver and Stomach channels. Let’s take a look at three herbs that treat both the Damp-Heat and toxins and the Blood stasis involved in PID. To learn more beyond this blog, take the PID anytime courses or live webinars at HealthCMi.
Herbs that clear heat and toxins, regulate Qi and invigorate Blood address the central disharmonies found in PID. Bai Jiang Cao is a standout because it clears heat & toxins, drains pus & abscesses and removes Blood stasis. Bai Jiang Cao’s ability to move the Blood helps to relieve the pain caused by PID. This is why Bai Jiang Cao is also valuable in the treatment of appendicitis, peritonitis, post-partum abdominal pain, dysmenorrhea and inflammation of the intestines. Bai Jiang Cao enters the Large Intestine, Liver and Stomach channels and is cold, pungent and bitter.
Lu Lu Tong, translated as all roads open, is an important herb for the treatment of PID because it moves Qi and Blood in the channels and collaterals. Lu Lu Tong is also helpful because it promotes urination to drain the dampness and expels wind. One caveat, Lu Lu Tong should not be used for pregnant women due to its Blood invigorating properties. Lu Lu Tong is neutral, bitter and enters the Liver and Stomach channels. Lu Lu Tong helps to relieve lower abdominal pain and back pain due to PID from its ability to move Qi and Blood. Its ability to move Qi and Blood and to promote urination makes Lu Lu Tong an excellent choice for treating fallopian tube blockages and pelvic region adhesions due to damp stagnation and Blood stagnation. Lu Lu Tong is appropriate for use in both acute and chronic PID. Lu Lu Tong also treats joint pain and traumatic injuries. Lu Lu Tong has a general anti-inflammatory effect and expels wind. As a result, Lu Lu Tong treats skin and nasal allergies. Lu Lu Tong moves the Qi and Blood and enters the Liver and Stomach channels making this herb also helpful in resolving post-surgical adhesions and for the treatment of endometriosis in addition to its ability to treat PID.
Hong Teng, translated as red vine, also goes by the name of Da Xue Teng. It also clears heat & toxins and dispels Blood stasis. It is a very valuable herb in the treatment of multiple presentations of PID. Hong Teng is neutral and bitter and enters the Large Intestine and Liver channels. Hong Teng relieves Blood stasis related pain and is an important herb for the treatment of intestinal abscesses and abscesses due to PID because it clears heat & toxins and invigorates blood. Hong Teng is also valuable in the treatment of appendicitis, injuries, joint pain and dysmenorrhea.
Menorrhagia and other forms of abnormal uterine bleeding are common complications resulting from PID. Leukorrhea is the most common symptom along with lower abdominal pain. As a result, it is appropriate to go ahead and mention one more very important herb. The presence of leukorrhea is why Chun Gen Pi (Chun Pi) is an important herb for the treatment of PID. Chun Pi is cold, bitter and astringent and enters the Large Intestine, Stomach and Liver Channels. Chun Pi is an astringent category herb that clears heat and dries dampness. Chun Pi also stops bleeding. Chun Pi is an excellent choice for the treatment of red, yellow and white belt leukorrhea because it clears heat and dries dampness while at the same time it exerts an astringent function. Chun Pi is therefore applicable for the treatment of many types of uterine bleeding both for excess and deficiency including Yin deficiency and Damp-Heat as causative factors. Another reason why Chun Pi is an excellent choice for the treatment of PID is that it has an anti-fungal and anti-parasitic function. This addresses the polymicrobial nature of some forms of PID. Chun Pi is also commonly used for the treatment of dysentery and chronic diarrhea.
To learn more about acupuncture points, channel theory, differential diagnostics, lab tests, factors of susceptibility and herbal formulas for the treatment of PID, take a look at HealthCMi acupuncture CEU courses. HealthCMi features both anytime CEU courses for immediate download and live webinars on the topic. Simply purchase and download the course materials, take the online quiz and download your certificate of completion for acupuncture CEU credit. Courses are in both video and eBook formats. Take a look at a sample video course below.
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Australian Chemical Introduction Scheme Goes into Effect & Other Top International News in Chemical Policy and Regulation
As AICIS Takes Effect, Australia Publishes Extra Guidance Documents: The Australian Industrial Chemicals Introduction Scheme (AICIS) took effect on July 1, 2020. Under AICIS, companies that import or manufacture (including introduce) industrial chemicals, or products that release industrial chemicals, into Australia for commercial purposes should first check whether the industrial chemical is listed on the Inventory. If the chemical is on the Inventory and the introduction meets the terms of Inventory listing, the introduction is automatically categorized as a “listed” introduction. If the chemical is not listed, it must be categorized into one of four categories: exempted introduction; reported introduction; assessed introduction; or commercial evaluation. Australia has published the following additional guidance documents for certain industrial chemicals or products that release industrial chemicals:
AICIS Registration Renewal Deadline Is August 31: Businesses that were registered under the National Industrial Chemicals Notification and Assessment Scheme (NICNAS) were automatically registered with AICIS on July 1, 2020, with the same registration ID. These registrations will expire on August 31, 2020. All businesses (including sole traders and individuals) who introduce (import or manufacture) industrial chemicals, or certain products that release industrial chemicals, for commercial purposes that will continue introducing industrial chemicals after August 31, 2020, must renew their registrations online through AICIS Business Services by September 1, 2020.
Brazil Extends Compliance Deadline For Plastic Food Contact Materials (FCM): On May 26, 2020, the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (ANVISA) published Resolution RDC No. 391, amending RDC No. 326, which was published on December 3, 2019. RDC No. 326 establishes a positive list of additives intended for use in plastic materials and polymeric coatings in contact with food. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, ANVISA is extending the compliance deadline from June 4, 2020, to June 3, 2021.
HC Posts Summary Of Comments Submitted On Integrated Strategy To Protect Canadians From Exposure To Chemicals: Health Canada (HC) has posted a summary of the comments it received on its integrated strategy for the protection of Canadian workers from exposure to chemicals. According to HC, many stakeholders welcomed its proposed efforts to enhance the protection of Canadian workers from exposure to chemicals through expanded activities and partnerships with other federal programs and Provincial and Territorial governments. HC was encouraged to:
Share a gap analysis that clearly articulates the issue(s) to address;
Conduct cost-benefit and impact analyses of the proposed actions;
Collaborate with federal, provincial, and territorial governments;
Leverage existing processes and experience (for example, national and international work, existing committees, and existing processes for prioritization); and
Involve all stakeholder groups, including other government departments, industry, workers, occupational health and safety professionals, and academia.
According to the summary, HC “will continue to consult and inform stakeholders as progress is made in determining the Government’s role in the possible development of an integrated strategy to protect Canadian workers from chemicals.”
China Publishes Draft Guidance For Environmental Management Registration Of New Chemical Substances: The Chinese Ministry of Ecology and Environment (MEE), formerly the Ministry of Environmental Protection (MEP), issued the “Measures on the Environmental Management of New Chemical Substances” (MEE Order No. 12) on April 29, 2020, which will replace the current MEP Order No. 7 on January 1, 2021. To implement MEE Order No. 12, the MEE released the “Guidance for Environmental Management Registration of New Chemical Substances (Draft for Consultation)” (Draft Guidance) on August 17, 2020, to replace the current “Guidance for New Chemical Substances Notification and Registration” in effect under MEP Order No. 7 since October 15, 2010. As reported in our May 8, 2020, memorandum, “China Publishes Long-Awaited Revised MEP Order No. 7,” MEE Order No. 12 introduced some concepts similar to those under the U.S. TSCA and put emphasis on the management of new chemical substances with persistent (P), bioaccumulative (B), and toxic (T) potential. The Draft Guidance provides some details about the new chemical substance notification and registration under MEE Order No. 12. The deadline to submit comments to MEE regarding the Draft Guidance is September 6, 2020. More information is available in our August 20, 2020, memorandum.
Colombia Publishes Draft Decree Establishing Inventory Of Existing Industrial Chemicals: Colombia has published a July 13, 2020, draft decree on sound chemicals management that would establish an inventory of existing industrial chemicals. Under the draft decree, companies would be required to report basic information on all substances imported or produced in Colombia in quantities greater than 100 kilograms (kg) per year. The required information would also include the hazard classification according to the sixth edition of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labeling of Chemicals (GHS). Once an inventory is established, there would be a prioritization and registration stage, during which more detailed information would be collected on high-priority chemicals. The draft decree includes a one-year implementation period.
Peru Begins Public Comment Period On Draft Regulation On Hazardous Chemical Products: Peru has begun a 90-day comment period on a new draft regulation on hazardous chemical products. The draft regulation would establish registration requirements for disinfectants, cleaners, and pesticides used in industrial or domestic settings. It would not address agricultural pesticides. The draft regulation also sets out import requirements under the Rotterdam Convention, lists of prohibited substances, and requirements for labeling and packaging.
South Korea Notifies WTO Of Draft Amendments To K-BPR Enforcement Decree And Rules: On July 31, 2020, the Ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Energy notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of draft partial amendments to the enforcement decree and enforcement rules of the Consumer Chemical Products and Biocides Safety Act (K-BPR). According to the notification, the enforcement decree would be amended to add substances and products exempted from compliance check, notification, or approval; methods to apply for notification and approval changes in an already-notified or approved consumer chemical product subject to safety check; more elements of similarity criteria that are applied to imported treated articles; reasons to allow repeated vertebrate tests; the minimum period of work experience required for technicians of testing institutes to be designated; work that can be done by a representative assigned by overseas manufacturer; and information that the representative must provide importers. The notification states that the enforcement rules would be amended to provide the procedure to confirm whether a substance or product is exempt from compliance check, notification, or approval; changes to be notified or approved regarding an already-notified or approved consumer chemical product subject to safety check and relevant application forms; information on consumer chemical products subject to safety check that must be disclosed to the public; the joint submission procedure for approval and relevant data requirements; a method to allow temporary exemption from approval at a time of emergency; a ban on packaging and advertising claims different from those notified to or approved by the competent authorities; the qualification of a representative to be assigned by overseas manufacturer, and a procedure for notifying the competent authorities of the assignment or dismissal. The proposed date of adoption is November 1, 2020, and the proposed date of entry into force is January 1, 2021.
Thailand Launches Final Inventory Of Existing Chemicals: The Department of Industrial Works (DIW) has launched an inventory of existing chemicals. The inventory, which includes over 11,000 chemicals that are manufactured, processed, or imported in Thailand, can be searched by chemical name, molecular formula, hazardous substance category, chemical type, and CAS RN. As reported in Acta’s August 26, 2016, Global Regulatory Update, in summer 2016, DIW published a preliminary inventory of existing chemicals created by combining Thailand’s hazardous substance list; the most recent hazardous chemical notification list; chemicals listed in DIW's consultation database; and the national single window list from the Customs Department.
UNITED NATIONS (UN)
UNEP Announces Global Industry Standard On Tailings Management: The UN Environment Program (UNEP) announced on August 5, 2020, the launch of a Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management (the Standard), establishing “the first global standard on tailings management that can be applied to existing and future tailings facilities, wherever they are and whoever operates them.” The Standard covers the entire tailings facility lifecycle, from site selection, design, and construction, through management and monitoring, to closure and post-closure. UNEP states that the Standard “significantly raises the bar for the industry to achieve strong social, environmental and technical outcomes.” The Standard elevates accountability to the “highest organisational levels,” adds new requirements for independent oversight, and establishes clear expectations around global transparency and disclosure requirements.
The Standard was developed through the Global Tailings Review (GTR), an independent process co-convened in March 2019 by UNEP, the Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI), and the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM). The co-conveners have each endorsed it and call for its broad and effective implementation across the industry:
UNEP will support governments that wish to incorporate and build upon this Standard into their national or state legislation and policies;
PRI, representing $103.4 trillion (USD) in assets under management, will be developing investor expectations to support all mining companies in implementing the Standard; and
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By Rich Kozlovich
In 1996 when the Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA) was passed whole categories of pesticides were lost to the consumer and to professional applicators. It was perfectly obvious to those who hadn’t been drinking the Kool-Aid that things were going to change for the worse. And they did! We now have a nation that is being plagued by bed bugs; a pest that had been largely eradicated since around 1946.
When the boys came back from WWII they brought back stories about the effectiveness of DDT. That was the beginning of the elimination of bed bugs in the U.S. and much of the developed world. Throughout the entire history of mankind this had never before happened. By the 1950’s they were gone, in spite of the fact that they were becoming resistant to DDT. By this time carbamates and organophosphate pesticides had been developed and that finished them. DDT went nine rounds with bed bugs and Malathion knocked out what was left in the tenth!
I did my first bed bug job in the early 1980’s and since there weren’t any around any longer, I didn’t have a clue what to do. Foreign travelers brought their bed bugs with them to their hotel room, unfortunately they didn’t take them with them when they left. I treated the room with a carbamate category pesticide called Ficam (bendiocarb) one time and the problem was gone. So why are they so hard to kill now?
Because of FQPA we lost carbamate and organophosphate pesticides. We were then stuck with pyrethroids. The problem with pyrethroids is that they draw the same kind of immune response in bed bugs as did DDT. It is called cross resistance. So it wasn’t long before they were so resistant to pyrethroids that for all practical purposes some species may as well have been immune. All pyrethroids aren’t all alike. They all have slightly different modes of action that can make them more or less resistant and more or less effective.
Today, this article appeared, Bed bug insecticide resistance mechanisms identified. It states that “a research team at Virginia Tech has discovered some of the genetic mechanisms for the bed bug's resistance to two of the most popular pyrethroids -- deltamethrin and beta-cyfluthrin.” They believe in the importance of understanding the “biochemical basis for insecticide resistance in bed bugs” as this will provide “molecular markers for surveillance “. They go on to say; "Different bed bug populations within the U.S. and throughout the world may differ in their levels of resistance and resistance strategies, so there is the need for continuous surveillance”. They note that; "Deep sequencing of pyrethroid-resistant bed bugs reveals multiple mechanisms of resistance within a single population".
They studied two populations of bed bugs – “a robust, resistant population that had come from Richmond, Va., in 2008, and a non-resistant population that had been collected from Ft. Dix, N.J., and raised in a lab since 1973.” The resistant population required “5,200 times more deltamethrin or 111 times more beta-cyfulthrin to kill the [resistant] bed bugs than the lab bugs during a 24-hour test.” OK, but isn’t that why bed bugs are now a plague….did some think that we didn’t notice that before? After all….it was the pest control professionals who told everyone resistance was becoming a major problem in the first place. Make no mistake about this. It was the pest control professionals who let many of the academics (there were some notable exceptions) know what was happening, how to inspect for them and how they needed to be treated…..not the other way around. We have dealt with this from the beginning because that is what we do. Academics deal with it when there is grant money.
Some of these lab specimens, which have been kept sequestered for years, are so susceptible I could spit on them and kill them. Although I am not aware of any incidence of resistance to organophosphates, and there is only soft evidence of resistance to carbamates, we already know that resistance will eventually develop in pests to all pesticides. That is the pattern in nature! So what is their goal is this study?
I have no problem with these kinds of studies because this enhances our knowledge on pest resistance; but what products are being developed from this work? I sincerely hope that I am wrong; but there is none as far as I can tell! The reality is that many of the people doing this kind of research are opposed to utilizing the products that already have been developed but lost to FQPA. We attempted to get propoxur (better known as Baygon) labeled for bed bugs use. There were people like Dini Miller (part of this research group) that were opposed because they claimed it would hasten resistance and that we needed to rid ourselves of the “silver bullet” mentality. Ridiculous! What would we be saving it for? Would we stop using life saving antibiotics because resistance is occurring in patients? No…that would be insane. Why is this different?
After identifying the specific genes responsible for creating these layers of resistance they went on to “conclude that highly-resistant bed bug populations can have multiple genetic mechanisms conferring resistance to pyrethroid and possibly other insecticides. It is reasonable to suggest that the genes responsible for both acquired insensitivity to these neurotoxicants and their enhanced detoxification have been selected for in populations that have been subjected to long-term insecticide pressure." So, other than identifying the specific genes, what part of this conclusion didn’t we already know?
DuPont has come out with a new termiticide. A pesticide that requires no signal word! All pesticides have a signal word that is related the level of toxicity. Danger (Skull and Cross Bones), Warning, Caution and Caution again. This pesticide requires no signal word, and says so on the label, because it kills termite….just termites. I has no effect on anything else…..nothing except termites. That is how biologically specific it is. Is that where this research is leading? I don’t seem to get that understanding. So unless this research is utilized in the development of new products that will be inexpensive, easy to use and available to the public ….it is money wasted.
We need something that works NOW! Fine…. do the research; but in the meanwhile bring back those silver bullet organophosphates like Dursban and carbamates such as Ficam and Baygon. We need silver bullets! We have had silver bullets! We deserve silver bullets. And most importantly, silver bullets exist! Everything else is misdirection. Any claims to the contrary is blatantly false! | <urn:uuid:810c3c64-41f1-4e6c-be74-aa1d849d034a> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://paradigmsanddemographics.blogspot.com/2011/10/research-is-dandy-but-silver-bullets.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280791.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00365-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973656 | 1,448 | 3.046875 | 3 |
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