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Newport News, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)
Vietnam War Monument
Plaza dedication 8/1/92
The Vietnam War Monument
was created to honor the
"living, missing and dead"
from the Vietnam War.
The monument itself is to help
heal America's wounds from
this war, honoring those who
served. The flame symbolizes
a hope for the return of the
missing and a wish for peace
to those who died. The plaza
enables us all to join together
to share a tribute to Vietnam
veterans and their families.
Erected 1992 by Vietnam War Monument Foundation, Inc.
Location. 37° 1.218′ N, 76° 27.254′ W. Marker is in Newport News, Virginia. Marker is on Kawana Circle 0.1 miles west of Biggins Circle, on the right when traveling west. Click for map. This monument is located adjacent to the Virginia War Museum in Huntington Park. Marker is at or near this postal address: 9285 Warwick Boulevard, Newport News VA 23607, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. U.S.S. Scorpion SSN 589 (within shouting distance of this marker); Four Heroic Chaplains (within shouting distance of this marker); Pearl Harbor Survivors WW II U.S. Submarine Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Virginia War Museum (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); A Behemoth in the Field (about 500 feet away); Ferguson Park (about 600 feet away); a different marker also named Ferguson Park (about 700 feet away). Click for a list of all markers in Newport News.
More about this marker. The memorial plaza contains a large granite obelisk in the center with a POW/MIA logo etched on each side. At the south end of the plaza, an Eternal Flame rest on a dedication pillar which also displays the names of foundation contributors.
Also see . . . Virginia War Museum. (Submitted on August 4, 2010, by Bernard Fisher of Mechanicsville, Virginia.)
Categories. • War, Vietnam •
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From the Nominator
The #MadeAtUCL podcasts, made centrally by UCL’s Communications and Marketing department, showcase the breadth and impact of UCL’s research in engaging and entertaining ways. Each 30-minute episode ties together three research findings from totally different disciplines under a common theme, such as "Repurposing" or "Appearances." The episodes utilise radio documentary-style storytelling to highlight UCL’s most disruptive breakthrough research, resulting in a lively and entertaining listen that gets to the heart of why academics do what they do, where their passions lie, and how their research impacts society. The aim of the podcast series is to bring stories to life in a way that enabled the public to understand the impact of our research and to provide a human voice to academics. The podcast has so far reached over 4,400 listeners worldwide. Stories include a lizard helping to cure Parkinson's, discovering fossils that teach us about life in space, and turning coffee into fuel for our cars.
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It has a lovely mix of both interview and storytelling. The use of music and sound effects really propel the story. Each episode uses experts associated with UCL to illuminate the topic. The host is wonderful. She’s obviously interested in her subjects and each topic, is well-researched, and is incredibly engaging. Her contributions to the episode—various interjections to drive the story—does a great job at lending diversity of audio. | <urn:uuid:4abbb205-1199-4908-95cb-e467bd9e5491> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.case.org/awards/circle-excellence/2020/disruptive-discoveries-madeatucl-podcast-series | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573744.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819161440-20220819191440-00470.warc.gz | en | 0.948233 | 303 | 1.648438 | 2 |
Air France-KLM could set up a “low-cost” domestic carrier in a bid to win back market share in France from budget rivals, according to sources within the company.
The new carrier, dubbed “Air France Express”, could start service as early as next year from a series of bases across southern France, reports the news agency AFP. The main hurdle would be reaching an agreement with the unions.
The airline declined to comment but an unnamed source told AFP: “Studies are underway to find some way to fight off the ‘low-cost’ airlines. Among ideas being considered, is setting up a new entity within Air France-KLM,” one of the sources said, asking not to be named.
“The idea would be to base some pilots in Marseille, Nice and Toulouse and to do like easyJet – avoid having aircraft overnighting away from their operating base,” the source added.
This model could mirror the likes of easyJet and Ryanair that operate from many bases rather than just one or two, which allows them to setting up more efficient regional hubs and thereby keep down costs.
Air France-KLM could achieve greater flexibility by moving some services outside of its main hub at Roissy-Charles de Gaulle, Paris.
Pilots would work the same number of days but would be in the air for more of their working day, getting paid more but not quite as much more as would be saved in costs, the source added.
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In 1908, over a bowl of seaweed soup, Japanese scientist Kikunae Ikeda asked a question that would change the food industry forever: what gave dashi, a ubiquitous Japanese soup base, its meaty flavor? In Japanese cuisine, dashi, a fermented base made from boiled seaweed and dried fish, was widely used by chefs to add extra oomph to meals–pairing well with other savory, but meatless foods like vegetables and soy. For some reason that was generally accepted but inexplicable, dashi made these meatless foods meaty–and Ikeda was determined to find out why.
Ikeda was able to isolate the main substance of dashi–the seaweed Laminaria japonica. He then took the seaweed and ran it through a series of chemical experiments, using evaporation to isolate a specific compound within the seaweed. After days of evaporating and treating the seaweed, he saw the development of a crystalline form. When he tasted the crystals, he recognized the distinct savory taste that dashi lent to other foods, a taste that he deemed umami, from the Japanese umai (delicious.) It was a breakthrough that challenged a cornerstone of culinary thinking: instead of four tastes—sweet, salty, bitter and sour—there were now five. A new frontier of taste had been discovered, and Ikeda wasted no time monopolizing on his discovery.
He determined the molecular formula of the crystals: C5H9NO4, the same as glutamic acid, an amino acid designated as non-essential because the human body, as well as a large smattering of other plants and animals is able to produce it on its own. In the body, glutamic acid is often found as glutamate, a different compound that has one less hydrogen atom. Glutamate is one of the most abundant excitatory neurotransmitters in brain, playing a crucial role in memory and learning. The FDA estimates that the average adult consumes 13 grams of it a day from the protein in food. Non-meat food sources like tomatoes and Parmesan cheese have high levels of glutamic acid.
In 1909, Ikeda began mass-producing Ajinomoto (meaning “essence of taste”), an additive that came out of his creation of the first method of industrially producing glutamate by way of fermented vegetable proteins. The resulting sodium salt form of glutamic acid (the acid with just a single sodium molecule) became famous for its ability to imbue a meaty flavor into dishes, or just naturally enhance the flavor of food. It was touted as a nutritional wonder, helping bland but nutritious food become delicious. A growing number of Japanese housewives used the product, and by the 1930s, recipes included Ajinomoto use in their directions. The sodium salt of glutamic acid remains prevalent today–anyone who has eaten KFC or Doritos has ingested it; it’s just known by a different name: monosodium glutamate, or MSG.
Few letters have the power to stop conversation in its tracks more than MSG, one of the most infamous additives in the food industry. The three little letters carry so much negative weight that they’re often whispered sheepishly or, more often, decidedly preceded by the modifier “NO” that seems to make everyone breathe a collective sigh of relief when they go out to eat. Nobody wants MSG in their food—the protest goes—it causes headaches, stomachaches, dizziness and general malaise. It’s unhealthy and, maybe even worse, unsexy, used by lazy chefs as an excuse for flavor, not an enhancement.
On the other side of the spectrum lies umami: few foodie buzzwords pop off the lips with such entertaining ease. Enterprising young chefs like David Chang (of Momofuku fame) and Adam Fleischman, of the LA-based chain Umami Burger, have built their culinary careers on the basis of the fifth taste, revitalizing an interest in the meaty-depth of umami. It’s difficult to watch the Food Network or Travel Channel or any food-based program without hearing mention of the taste wunderkind, a host or chef cooing over the deep umami flavors of a Portobello mushroom. Where MSG is scary, umami is exciting.
What few people understand is that the hated MSG and the adored umami are chemically related: umami is tasted by the very receptors that MSG targets. At a MAD Symposium in Denmark, a TED-like conference for the food industry, Chang spoke about MSG and umami: “For me, the way that I’m looking at umami, it’s the same way I look at MSG. It’s one in the same.” But if chefs like Chang (neither inept nor lazy when it comes to flavor, as his Michelin stars would attest to) are down with MSG, why does the additive retain such a bad reputation?
After gaining a foothold in Japanese cooking columns, MSG spread throughout Asia, becoming especially popular in Chinese cooking for enhancing both stocks and vegetarian dishes. Everyone knows this connection, and probably associates MSG use in America most heavily with Chinese restaurants–thanks in large part to the absurdly racist name for MSG sensitivity “Chinese Restaurant Syndrome.” But MSG’s foray into American cuisine came from more than Chinese dishes; MSG became popular in the United States during World War II thanks in large part to the country’s increasing military-industrial complex. The military thought that they had found in MSG an answer to the flavorless rations allotted to soldiers, and when the war ended, the troops came home and so did the industrialization of food production. From canned vegetables to frozen dinners, industrially created food was met with wonder in the United States.
That all changed in the 1960s, when trust in industrial food began to wane. In 1962, Rachel Carson published Silent Spring, a manifesto against pesticides that kicked off the environmental movement. As pesticides quickly fell from grace, faith in the industry of yesteryear–of the chemicals and additives born from the war—declined as well. In 1968, MSG’s death knell rang in the form of a letter written to the New England Journal of Medicine by Robert Ho Man Kwok, a Chinese-American doctor from Maryland. Kwok claimed that after eating at Chinese restaurants, he often came down with certain unpleasant symptoms, namely “numbness at the back of the neck, gradually radiating to both arms and the back” and “general weakness and palpitation.” After Kwok’s letter ran, the journal received a deluge of letters from other readers, all claiming to suffer from the same affliction, deemed “Chinese Restaurant Syndrome” by editors. Some readers presented the same symptoms as Kwok, but most were extremely varied, ranging from cold sweats to extreme dizziness. In response, the Journal offered up MSG as the likely culprit for their reader’s unpleasant symptoms.
Public interest spurred a number of scientific inquiries into the potential danger of MSG. According to food historian Ian Mosby’s exploration of MSG in “That Won-Ton Soup Headache” these inquiries went one of two ways: they either sought to prove the harmful short-term effects of MSG (and Chinese Restaurant Syndrome) or they looked to identify more long-term damage caused by the additive. Initially, researchers had success proving both the short-term and long-term dangers of MSG: mice injected with the additive showed signs of brain lesions, and humans fed 3 grams of MSG per 200 ml of soup presented symptoms congruent with “Chinese Restaurant Syndrome.” Subsequent studies, however, provided mixed results: some confirmed findings of brain lesions in animals or symptoms in humans, but other studies were unable to replicate the results. Double-blind studies often showed little correlation between MSG and adverse symptoms. Parties on both sides of the debate slung accusations at the other, with the anti-MSG researchers claiming that studies were being funded by MSG producers, and pro-MSG researchers accusing the other side of fear-mongering.
From the FDA to the United Nations to various governments (Australia, Britain and Japan) the public bodies that have investigated MSG have deemed it a safe food additive. The FDA states on their website:
FDA considers the addition of MSG to foods to be “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS). Although many people identify themselves as sensitive to MSG, in studies with such individuals given MSG or a placebo, scientists have not been able to consistently trigger reactions.
Scientific interest in its deleterious effects seems to be waning: one of the last studies to gain public attention was published in 2011. The authors of that study claimed to have found a link between MSG and obesity, though those results have been questioned. While the general scientific consensus seems to be that only in large doses and on an empty stomach can MSG temporarily affect a small subset of the population, MSG’s reputation is still maligned in the public eye.
On the other hand, MSG’s glutamic cousin umami suffers no public scorn: in 2010, umami was deemed one of the most delicious food trends to watch. When Adam Fleischman’s Umami Burger (a burger chain devoted to all things umami) opened a New York outpost, the wait for a meaty bite stretched on for three-hours. In addition to piling natural glutamates onto their burger to ensure the most umami flavor, Umami Burger enhances the burger with their “umami dust,” a blend of dried mushrooms and seaweed, and umami sauce, which includes soy and Marmite. Altogether, an original Umami Burger contains 2,185 mg of glutamate.
“Most people don’t know the connection between umami and MSG. They know about it from the fifth taste, and the fifth taste was always called umami and not MSG,” Fleischman explains. “We didn’t feel that using MSG was creative enough. We wanted to do it ourselves. By doing it ourselves, we could create a flavor that was umami without the stigma of MSG. MSG, whether you like it or not, has been marketed so poorly, it sounds like this horrible thing.”
By harnessing natural glutamates for their burgers, Umami Burger avoids negative connotations associated with MSG. But the “natural” glutamates in an Umami Burger aren’t chemically any different from glutamtes in MSG.
“The short answer is that there is no difference: glutamate is glutamate is glutamate,” says Richard Amasino, professor of biochemistry at University of Wisconsin-Madison. “It would be identical unless different things created a different rate of uptake.”
Glutamtes that occur naturally in food come intertwined with different chemicals or fiber, which the body is naturally inclined to regulate, explains Amy Cheng Vollmer, professor of biology at Swarthmore College. MSG, however, comes without the natural components of food that help the body regulate glutamic levels. It’s like taking an iron supplement versus obtaining iron from spinach or red meat: the iron supplement creates an expressway between the iron and your bloodstream that you wouldn’t find in natural iron sources.
“The bottom line here is context is everything,” Vollmer adds.
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A needle to cure disease. Cupping to clear a cold. A section of moxa to stimulate the blood. A bowl of Chinese medicine passed down for thousands of years — these are some of the topics covered in a short video on traditional Chinese medicine.
Jinyun New Media Group in Tianjin has produced a short video on TCM's scientific approaches and secrets for treating diseases, highlighting its positive effects during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The video introduces traditional Chinese medicine's role in the worldwide fight against the virus. It also highlights TCM's cultural inheritance, anti-epidemic achievements, scientific and technological innovations and its efforts to safeguard human health and protect people's lives.
In the video, a British TV host interviews experts, including the Zhang Boli, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and president of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, foreign researchers on the TCM.
A patient who had COVID-19 tells a story of how she was cured through TCM at a makeshift hospital in Wuhan earlier this year.
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Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso de Especialização
A educação ambiental como variável no uso dos combustíveis para veículos automotores e suas implicações sobre o meio ambiente
Barreto, Paulo Leitão
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No tails wagging when you arrived home? About one in every three pets will get lost once in their lives. This includes our precious pooch. In fact, around 10 million dogs and cats are going missing or stolen every year in the U.S. Of this number, 15% easily get reunited with their owners due to tags, microchips, and GPS locators. This just proves that dog tracking chip GPS plays a vital role in the safety of your dog. Remember, the risk of injuries and harm escalates as the dog stays missing. You need to act fast to locate the dog.
Remember, every hour is critical when you’re searching for a missing dog. Without any device to track its path, you’ll have to cover a larger ground. Who knows, it could be the whole neighborhood or the vast woods. It’s mind-racking and a total dilemma for helpless owners.
Why dogs get lost
There are a lot of reasons why dogs get lost. Each pooch will have its story: some will land on shelters, others on vet clinics, while others remain lost. Here are some of the common and frightening reasons why your pooch goes missing:
Many dog breeds are master escapists. In addition, canines are built to roam and they will explore the surroundings with every chance they get. If you leave them alone at home, the anxiety and boredom can trigger digging under the fence or chewing on the gate.
Some dogs won’t even have to do this. For instance, very low fences, jumping platforms, picking simple locks, and the likes will give them the freedom to wander.
Dogs that have strong noses and instinct to hunt will go after a rabbit, squirrel or just about anything that moves. This prey drive can send them running into the woods or around the neighborhood. And when they got too far, some dogs will lose their way back home. It may take days before they can make it back or for some, they just continuously roam until someone finds them.
Many herding breeds are born to move. In other words, if you keep the pooches trapped in your yard without enough exercise and playtime, they will find ways to be entertained. They can chew through the fence, window nets, and thin cages.
If your dog exhibits this behavior, make sure that you walk the pooch before you go to work. Leave the canine with toys and other sources of entertainment.
Doggos hate firecrackers, thunder, and any loud sounds. As an effort to escape these, they will run away. And like chasing a moving object, they will lose their path back to their owners. In fact, there’s a 60% increase in lost pets every year from July 4th to 6th.
The loud fireworks, big crowds, and flickering lights can confuse a dog. And in the midst of the celebration, a dog owner can easily lose track of his or her pet. With this, it’s important to create a safe zone for your dog when you anticipate such disturbing situations.
In a nutshell, here are the reasons why dogs run away:
Searching for a lost dog
Your chance of finding your lost dog is 90% in the first 24 hours. However, this will spiral down to 60% in the succeeding periods. Searching for a lost dog becomes harder in rural settings with vast woodlands and large gaps between neighborhoods.
What do the statistics say about missing dogs? Similarly, here’s what the First National Lost Pet Survey found out:
14% of domesticated dogs are getting lost
6% of lost dogs are found on animal shelters
93% of reported cases of lost dogs are reunited with their owners
15% of lost dogs get reunited to their owners through tags, collars, microchips, or dog tracking chip GPS.
However, dog owners can be spared from the emotional distress of searching for lost dogs if they utilize devices that will help identify and locate their pet.
How a dog GPS tracker chip works
Dog trackers are external devices that you can mount on your pet’s collar. To track the dog, it contains a GPS chip that will transmit the location of the pooch to the smartphone or handheld device of the owner. Usually, these trackers utilize cellular GPS technology to locate the dog wherever in the country.
A GPS dog tracker chip is the most common nowadays as it tends to cheaper, long-lasting, and durable. Most GPS trackers use waterproof containers together with the battery and other parts.
Since this is a battery-powered device, owners have to keep track of its charge. The good thing is that most GPS trackers nowadays can last for days, say a week, in continuous operation.
If ever your dog got lost and the tracker went off, you can still use the last direction as the starting point for the search. This will slash the time you’ll waste on figuring out the path of your pooch.
However, take note that pet GPS isn’t the same with microchips. Unlike GPS trackers, microchips are implants beneath the skin of your doggo. This is a chip as small as a grain of rice which contains your contact information and other details that will help identify your dog.
Benefits of using a dog tracker chip
The leading benefit of pet GPS devices is it allows you to track your dog’s whereabouts if you’re at work, in vacation, or running errands. In addition, here are more of the wonderful benefits of investing in this device:
It can save your pet’s life. Your dog is a curious being. Sometimes, its wanderlust can bring him to harmful places. By tracking your dog’s activities and path, you can check if there’s possible harm that can get on its way.
Setting safe zones. Too busy to keep an eye on the radar? Most dog tracking chip GPS devices nowadays will allow you to set up safe zones using a Wi-Fi connection. When your dog gets past this, you will receive an email or SMS notification.
Finding your dog. If ever your doggo got lost, you can easily track its location using the GPS device. However, it’s important to remember that this device requires an open sky view to accurately project your pet’s location. Nevertheless, it limits the area where you’re going to search.
Peace of mind. You can now let your dog wander on the yard or a farm knowing that you have a way to find him. Still, practicing caution will make the device more effective.
Should you buy one for your dog?
If you want to increase the security of your pet, there’s no reason why you shouldn’t buy one. Besides, it’s an external device that’s 100% harmless. All you have to do is charge it, mount it on your dog’s collar, and monitor the transmission through the phone app. Some trackers come with a handheld device where you can monitor multiple dogs.
You might be asking, when is the best time to use a dog tracker chip? Well, it’s definitely not after you lost your pet. Use a GPS tracker if…
Your dog has a history of escaping and running away
Your dog has been stolen before
You let your dog roam in the yard
There will be fireworks and thunderstorms
You live in a large neighborhood where dogs have been lost
Even if you don’t fall to any of these, nothing beats the peace of mind GPS trackers could bring. I’ve used it to my pooches and I can go to work peacefully knowing that I have an eye on them.
What to look for a dog GPS tracker
There are many pet GPS trackers available in the market nowadays. However, not all of them are diamonds. I suggest that you look for a device that uses cellular service as this offers a countrywide coverage. Some would even work abroad once you updated your network provider.
These are the staples you should look for:
The right size. A dog tracking chip GPS comes in different sizes so make sure that you purchase one that suits your pet. Don’t purchase a large unit for small dogs as this can impede their head movement.
Wide coverage. Most GPS trackers with monthly fees will have a country-wide coverage. This way, you can still track your dog even if it got transported as long as the pooch is wearing the device.
Battery life. Topnotch units can last for up to seven days of continuous use. It’s best to look for a device with removable batteries so you won’t have to unmount the entire device from the collar.
Durability. Always look for a waterproof and weatherproof casing. Your dog will be exposed to different outdoor elements which can put the GPS tracker to the test.
Real-time tracking. You may want to opt for a device that transmits the real-time location of your pet. Also, invest in a unit that allows you to set safe zones and perimeter limits.
Top 2 Dog GPS Trackers – Reviewed!
Looking for the best GPS trackers for your pooch? Here are two options that earned my thumbs up:
Whistle 3 GPS Pet Tracker
Whistle is one of the most recognizable brands in the dog tracker chip industry. They currently offer the Whistle 3, a GPS locator and activity tracker that works in AT&T’s cellular technology. With a monthly fee starting at $6.95, you can now monitor your dog’s activities through your smartphone.
Since this works in AT&T, you can count on nationwide coverage. So regardless if you’re in a different state, you can check your dog’s location in real time.
You can set safe zones using Whistle 3 where you will receive SMS, email, or app notifications when the pooch gets out of the perimeter. With this, you need a Wi-Fi connection to set the safe zones. You can review your pet’s trips in the past 24 hours by using the app connected to the collar tracker.
Aside from keeping your dog on the grid, you can also use the Whistle 3 to set health goals for your pooch. You can track their rest periods, calories burned, and distance covered.
Moreover, Whistle has a battery life of up to 7 days but it will be affected by the cellular coverage and Wi-Fi usage. Charging will only take 2 hours.
✔️Waterproof and long-lasting build
✔️Long battery life
✔️Ability to set goals for your dog
❌Expensive monthly fee
❌Requires open sky view for optimal tracking
❌Best for large dog breeds only
Tractive 3G Dog GPS Tracker
If you find the Whistle 3 expensive, you can try the Tractive 3G dog tracker chip. Like the Whistle, it’s a subscription-based tracker but with a cheaper fee starting at $5 per month. Basically, it works just the same with Whistle with real-time monitoring, safe zones, and 24-hour trip reviews.
But the biggest benefit to the Tractive 3G is its worldwide coverage. Moreover, this tracker works in over 150 countries. You just call the Tractive customer support and they will set up the connection. The brand will contact your network provider to integrate the GPS technology on your mobile phone.
To add, Tractive doesn’t have any range limit which is a big plus for me who constantly travels. However, since Tractive uses cellular towers of different networks, they will charge a small annual fee. This is just a small thing for convenience.
The Tractive 3G has a maximum battery life of five days for every two-hour charge. Also, you can mount the device on the collar of your dog. This dog tracking chip GPS is best for nine-pound dogs since the case tends to run larger on smaller breeds.
✔️Worldwide coverage in over 150 countries
✔️Works across cellular networks
✔️A virtual fence that serve as safe zones
✔️More affordable monthly fees
✔️Tractive arranges the network connection for you
❌Too large for small breeds
❌It takes time to navigate around the app
❌May underperform on areas with very thick vegetation
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No matter what industry you’re in, expanding or renovating your business often means purchasing a commercial property. Keep reading to learn more about commercial real estate loans, from a basic definition to the different types of loans you have at your disposal.
What Is a Commercial Real Estate Loan?
If what you want is a commercial loan to purchase a property, then you need a commercial real estate loan.
Simply put, a commercial real estate loan is a commercial loan you take out to acquire a new or existing commercial property such as:
- Office space
- Strip malls
- Retail stores or shopping centers
- Industrial facilities
These loans are important because commercial properties can be very expensive and purchasing them upfront is out of the question for most businesses.
A commercial real estate loan helps you get the capital you need to grow your business without having to pay all the money at once.
What You Need To Know
There are some basic factors you need to compare as you shop around for a commercial real estate loan. Here’s what you need to keep in mind.
- Repayment terms. Just like mortgages, commercial real estate loans are repaid over a set amount of time. The repayment terms for commercial real estate loans range from five to 20 years.
- Interest rates. This is basically the amount a lender charges you for lending you money. Your interest rate will be determined by things like your type of business and the creditworthiness of your company.
- Fees. You know what they say: always read the fine print. Make sure to ask what fees you are expected to pay as well as their amount.
Now, not all commercial real estate loans are the same. The type of loan you choose will depend upon the size of your business and the amount of money you need.
- SBA 7(a) loans. One of the best alternatives when you purchase a business and the operation includes real estate. Learn more.
- SBA 504 loans. You can use this type of loan to purchase the acquisition or construction of commercial real estate. Learn more.
- Bridge loans. A form of temporary financing you can use while you secure a long-term solution. Learn more.
- Conventional loans. If you have a solid credit history and are looking for a loan with flexible terms, this is probably the option that works for you. Learn more.
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If you need a commercial real estate loan in California, or anywhere in the United States, Gellyfish Commercial is here to help you.
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WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. House of Representatives today approved H.R. 1343, authored by Rep. Charles Bass (R-NH), which improves accountability and transparency for broadband stimulus spending, by unanimous consent. The 2009 stimulus program allocated approximately $7 billion in taxpayer dollars to two broadband-related grant and loan programs administered by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration and the Rural Utility Service. H.R. 1343 requires both agencies to terminate an award and return the funds to the U.S. Treasury if they find waste, fraud, or insufficient performance.
“The recent Solyndra scandal highlights the need to provide oversight and accountability for the stimulus program. Earlier this year, two inspectors general and the Government Accountability Office expressed concerns over these programs. This legislation improves oversight of the awards and clarifies ambiguities regarding what happens to returned or reclaimed funds. For example, if an inspector general flags a potential problem with a project, the NTIA or RUS must determine what action to take within 30 days and tell Congress what it has done. With such large sums of money, it is wise to provide proper oversight and protect the American taxpayers from more wasteful and fraudulent spending,” said Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Fred Upton (R-MI).
Congressman Bass said, “This legislation is a taxpayer protection measure and will ensure that our law is definitive and quick to reclaim funds if there is reason to terminate an award for reasons of waste, fraud or insufficient performance. It only makes sense that Congress requires an accounting of how these funds are being spent and what the American taxpayer is getting for them. Our efforts should be centered on ensuring taxpayer dollars are spent wisely and on maximizing the potential for economic growth and job creation.”
Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden (R-OR) said, “With the bad taste of Solyndra still lingering, when Congress uses billions of taxpayer dollars to subsidize broadband in competition with the private sector—especially when 95 percent of the country already has access—taxpayers deserve accountability from their government.” | <urn:uuid:5713c4ae-bd21-4ec3-a4d7-30028724e957> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://archives.republicans.energycommerce.house.gov/News/PRArticle.aspx?NewsID=8983 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280504.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00136-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924395 | 424 | 1.710938 | 2 |
What is 190T taffeta?
190T Polyester Taffeta Fabric, Plain / Solids
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|Fabric Content||100% Polyester|
Is 190T polyester taffeta waterproof?
190T Polyester Taffeta Waterproof Fabric.
What is 190T fabric?
190T means a total of 190 threads. A higher thread count represents a greater density and tighter weave in the fabric. For this reason you will often find lower Denier fabrics (with a ‘thinner’ thread) have a higher thread count.
Is taffeta material waterproof?
70 Denier Heat Sealable Nylon super lightweight, strong and waterproof. Waterproof taffeta fabric is useful for applications where weight is a factor, but a high degree of water resistance is necessary.
What is nylon taffeta fabric?
Nylon taffeta is a taffeta fabric made out of synthetic nylon fibers. Due to the thick nature of taffeta and nylon’s weather-resistant and tear-resistant properties, nylon taffeta is particularly strong and useful for outdoor applications. It can even be used as a temporary tarp during harsh weather conditions.
What is poly oxford fabric?
Polycotton. Polycotton means the yarn, used to make the product, is a mix of polyester and cotton. Most tents and shelters today that are labelled as canvas are actually a polycotton canvas, meaning they are a blend of polyester and cotton.
What is 210T nylon?
A very lightweight outer fabric with a fine Ripstop texture and pleasantly soft to the touch. PU-coated on the inside, it has a water column of 2 000 mm.
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Taffeta is a crisp, plain-woven fabric made most often from silk, but it can also be woven with polyester, nylon, acetate, or other synthetic fibers. Taffeta fabric typically has a lustrous, shiny appearance.
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How to build a resume?
Looking for a work is not really usually easy, specifically when it is the very first in your life. In those moments, we never understand how to submit our resumes and how to create them so they are more attractive and persuading for that recipient who can assess our behaviour for the tournament. Because of this, we could require a lot of emergency aid to compose our programs overview.
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Need for the resume builder.
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Palliative Care Considerations For Patients With Cardiovascular Disease Under COVID-19
COVID-19 has dramatically altered our world, health care systems and supply chains. Older adults with cardiovascular disease especially those over 80 years suffer disproportionately.
This pandemic has stressed the capacity of the hospital infrastructure, ICU beds and ventilatory support, post-acute and community care resources, hospital personnel and personal protection equipment. Risk stratification based on clinical and laboratory data may assist in the process of prognostication and shared decision-making.
When governing authorities declare a crisis, triage of resources is necessary. Life-sustaining medical treatments may be withheld or withdrawn from patients with COVID-19 and others who would ordinarily be given them.1,2
Palliative care can guide, educate, comfort and aid in complex medical decision-making prior to disease presentation and during clinical setbacks, as well as at end of life. This paper suggests opportunities to accelerate palliative care to ease suffering and provide comfort to patients and families during the COVID-19 epidemic.
In China 80% of the deaths from COVID-19 occurred in those 60 years of age or older, and in the United States half of hospitalizations and intensive care unit (ICU) admissions, and 80% of deaths were among those 65 years and older.
COVID-19 mortality is highest in those 85 years and older (10-27%) followed by those 65-84 years (3-11%).3 More than half of those hospitalized in the initial epicenter of Washington state had cardiac disease.4 Adults with multimorbidity, polypharmacy and frailty are at high risk for morbidity and mortality with COVID-19.5
Aging is also associated with immunosenesce, resulting in decreased ability of immune cells to respond to a foreign pathogen.6 Specific COVID-19 cardiac complications include acute cardiac injury (7.2%), shock (8.7%), and arrhythmias (16.7%).7
Palliative care should be integrated with cardiovascular care for those with COVID-19 illness or known cardiovascular disease.
Role of Palliative Care
There are multiple roles for palliative care in the cardiovascular treatment of patients with and at risk for COVID-19. Health care decision-making and advance directives may need to be re-addressed in light of this pandemic.
Advance care planning by primary care and outpatient cardiology providers assists in identifying what matters most and planning care in the event of infection.
Palliative care is also indicated when patients experience cardiogenic shock or end-stage heart failure, consideration of candidacy for advanced therapies, immunosuppression related to transplantation, and acute myocardial infarction especially ST elevation myocardial infarction.
Palliative care is especially important at the end of life, as the dying process has changed with COVID-19; ill patients are isolated from family and friends, and thus dying alone.
Pre-hospital Advance Care Planning
Advance care planning performed by cardiovascular clinicians will achieve the goals of documenting patient values and preferences, ensuring designated health care decision makers, and reducing unwanted hospitalizations.
In addition to discussing hospitalization and options for care in the community, preferences for care at the end of life in the face of COVID-19 should be addressed. Many of these discussions can happen via telehealth visits. The discussion should be revisited for patients with diagnosed or suspected COVID-19.
Previously completed advance directives, POLST (physician orders for life sustaining treatments), MOLST (medical orders for life sustaining treatments) and other state-approved portable orders for medical care should be reviewed in the context of this pandemic. As portable documents, POLST can be applied in any setting.
POLST is voluntary and intended for patients at high risk of dying within 12 months. In the COVID-19 crisis, POLST can be complete especially for those patients who prefer to not be hospitalized or not receive an attempt at resuscitation.
Patients might choose to avoid hospitalization given current needs to prevent transmissions of COVID-19, and because hospitalization means the patient will be isolated from family and friends. POLST can be revised or rescinded by the patient at any time.
Advance care planning should also address decision-making about interventions. Hospitals are not performing elective procedures for the foreseeable future.
Decisions about the optimal timing of interventions, as well as whether interventions offer substantial benefit in the setting of multiple chronic conditions or frailty, may involve clinicians with a palliative care perspective and/or local protocols that guide whether such procedures can be performed or not.
Patients with severe disease and their clinicians may find themselves in difficult positions trying to diagnose the cause of symptoms and ameliorate suffering that would otherwise be addressed by diagnostic testing and procedures that are now postponed as directed by hospital-specific protocols.
Early goals of care discussions are critical as data from China suggest that patients can rapidly decompensate. Two percent of COVID-19 cases in the United States have led to death, however 15% to 22% of those over 80 years with suspected or confirmed infection died worldwide.8 Up to 10% of COVID-19 patients are admitted to ICU.9
Even in the absence of COVID-19, among people older than 66 years of age in the ICU for 14 or more days on mechanical ventilation, only 19% were discharged home directly from hospital with 40% of these dying within 12 months of discharge from the ICU, and those who survived having severe functional dependency and cognitive impairment.10
Palliative care services can alleviate suffering and may prolong life for patients with serious illness.11 Patients and families can be given several options for the course of care for any acute illness, depending on availability of services in each healthcare community.
After considering the patient values and the long duration of isolation for both patient and families associated with hospitalization options may include:
- Home with palliative care or hospice for symptom management
- Skilled nursing facility admission for symptom management and skilled care
- Hospital for symptom management if available without ICU, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), or ventilator support
- Hospital for all appropriate life-prolonging measures
These discussions require clinicians to understand hospital resources as well as the services available in the patient's community, including skilled nursing and rehabilitation facilities, home health and hospice services.
Amidst this crisis, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has waived the "three-midnight" requirement for skilled nursing facility admission, but increasingly visits by health care providers in skilled nursing facilities, and under home health and hospice may be provided by telehealth or telephone. Social work staff or the palliative care team can assist in identifying resources.
Care for Inpatients
In hospital and skilled nursing settings, palliative care specialists may be able to provide virtual support (telehealth or telephone) for patients who are kept in strict isolation, without family visitors and with decreased visits by staff seeking to conserve personal protective equipment (PPE).
Palliative care specialists can provide direct consultation to the primary clinician managing care. Interdisciplinary palliative care teams can support family members who are not allowed to visit.
Visitation restrictions cause emotional burden to patients with serious cardiovascular disease who are accustomed to support from loved ones while in the hospital, as well as to those loved ones.
Video and telephone connection with family and friends, or notes or photographs may mitigate the isolation.
In the hospital and skilled nursing settings, efforts to conserve PPE amidst this pandemic mean that often a single physician examines and interacts with the patient who is infected. Cardiovascular practitioners in the hospital setting may be these primary clinicians but more often will be consulted to provide clinical care and procedures.
Cardiovascular practitioners should understand each patient's overall clinical trajectory, and will play an important role in planning the course of a patients care. They may provide input to goals of care discussions and decision-making about interventions and management of patients whose interventions will be postponed.
All clinicians should be familiar with symptom management and should call upon palliative care specialists for additional help with management. The first step is assuring that appropriate therapies for the underlying cardiovascular issue have been maximized.
Recommendations for managing the most common symptoms experienced by people with significant cardiovascular disease are outlined in Table 1. It is important to note that morphine is not the opioid of choice for patients with cardiovascular disease or renal impairment, due to renally-excreted metabolites that cause delirium, myoclonus and other adverse effects.12
Table 1: Domains of Palliative Care for the Cardiovascular Clinician
|Advance care planning||
|Symptom Management||Interventions to be considered in a step-wise fashion|
|Dyspnea||Fan on face → CBT & Mindfulness →hydromorphone 0.5 mg-1mg orally every 3 hours titrated very slowly up to 15 mg every 3 hours or IV at 0.5 mg-1 mg every 2 hours titrated to 2 mg every 2 hours (if opioids prescribed, order Senna or bisacodyl daily)|
|Pain||Acetaminophen 500 mg every 6 hours or topical agents: 4% or 5% lidocaine, or 1% diclofenac gel → hydromorphone (dosing as above) → fentanyl patch 12 mcg/hour every 72 hours (NOT for opioid naïve people) (Goodlin, 2009).|
|Dry mouth or thirst||Ice chips or sips of water; artificial saliva (Carboxymethylcellulose) q 2 hours prn|
|Anorexia||High calorie snacks or supplements; Consider mirtazepine 7.5 -15 mg at HS|
|Agitation & Delirium||Haloperidol 0.25 mg po or SL every 15 minutes until calm up to 2 mg maximum → # lorazepam liquid 0.25 mg titrated to 2 mg orally until calm+|
|Nausea, Vomiting||Metoclopramide 5-10 mg every 6 hours po prn vomiting or ondansetron 4 mg every 8 hours po titrated to 8 mg every 8 hours. ~|
|Constipation||Polyethylene glycol → Bisacodyl suppository → warm tap water enema.|
|Anxiety & Depression||Sertraline 25 mg daily is a safe option as it does not prolong the QTc interval. It can be titrated to a maximum dose of 200 mg|
|Resources||Conversations and decision-making|
CBT=cognitive behavioral therapy; IV=intravenous; po=by mouth; SL=sublingually
+ People with Parkinsonism, Lewy body disease or pre-existing cogwheel rigidity, for whom haloperidol is contraindicated, quetiapine 12.5-25 mg orally up to 4 times daily can be given.
# It is important to be cognizant that lorazepam can cause paradoxical agitation.
~ These agents have potential adverse effects: metoclopramide can cause tardive dyskinesia and parkinsonism, and ondansetron can prolong QTc.
Care of the Dying
At the end of life, interdisciplinary care is important both for the patient and the family. Patients with confirmed or suspected COVID-19 will be isolated and are unlikely to die with loved ones at their side, unless they are at home.
Telephone and video via tablets and smart phones should be utilized to allow family and friends to be present with the patient and to say goodbye. Video and phone are also means of spiritual and psychosocial support. Simple interventions such as playing music the patient likes can also be supportive.
As patients approach the end of life, monitoring equipment can be discontinued with the main focus being management of symptoms. Opioids are the most potent therapy for dyspnea, and should be administered continuously or around the clock. All clinicians should be provided with protocols to withdraw invasive support and manage terminal dyspnea or other symptoms.
Death at home may be attended by a limited number of caregivers. Hospices are required by CMS to provide care in disasters, and most hospices' staff are making face to face visits.
Death at home requires the family or care provider to notify the physician managing care or the mortuary of time the death. Mortuary response systems are being organized to respond to the surge in deaths in most communities.
Bereavement support and acknowledgement of both our loss as clinicians, and the family's loss should be routine after a death.
The cardiovascular care team is immersed on the front lines preparing for the surge of COVID-19 patients or already deeply engaged depending on location. Usual stress and long hours have been superseded by novel adversaries.
Clinicians work lacking PPE in a new environment, with risks of COVID-19 illness and mortality for themselves and their families. Usual approaches to diagnosis and care are altered. The complex triaging and long hours are physically and emotional draining.
When these stresses add to the existing burnout in medical personnel, the physical and mental health of our providers is clearly at risk. We all must work together with employers and healthcare systems to provide mental health and medical support for ourselves, as well as for family at home.
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in significant consequences for patients who require complex medical decisions in a resource scarce health care environment. Palliative care provides assistance to providers to integrate planning and comfort into care.
Telehealth can advance palliative care initiatives especially prior to hospitalization.
By providing support to our most vulnerable adult patients, we can minimize pain and suffering and promote dignity.
This article was authored by John Mulrow, MD, FACC, FSCAI, Cardiology Clinic of San Antonio, San Antonio TX; Caroline L Doherty, AGACNP-BC, AACC, Teaching Faculty University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing; Gwen Bernacki, MD, MHSA, Palliative Care Research Fellow, University of Washington Medical Center; James Kirkpatrick, MD, FACC, FASE, Professor of Medicine, Cardiology and Bioethics and Humanities (adjunct), and Chair, Ethics Committee, University of Washington Medical Center; Michael W. Rich, MD, FACC, Professor of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO; Karen P. Alexander, MD, FACC, Professor, Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC; and Sarah Goodlin, MD, FACC, FAAHPM, Professor, Oregon Health & Sciences University and VA Portland Health Care System and President, Patient-Centered Education and Research, Portland, OR and Sandy, Utah.
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A Manchester-based photographer spends hours in the studio bringing you well-known cities -- but as you've never seen them before.
When Andrew Brooks learned the skills needed to manouvre the high-end post-production equipment used in advertising photography, his creativity and eye for detail lead him to completely new worlds.
These panoramic and mystical images have been created from hundreds, and in some cases, thousands, of detailed photographs of urban scenes that have been meticulously spliced together. Speaking to Wired.co.uk, Brooks explained his work process: "They are all composite images, made of at least 40, if not hundreds of, individual photos. I don't try to capture the image in one go, but prefer to gain as much detail as possible and then piece it together in Photoshop and post-production."
Brooks insists that, despite the amount of images he processes, his is not a mathematical process and boycotts the tripod when he's out shooting: "It's not about having the camera in one position. I shot the image of Pudong from ten different points in the tower.
Afterwards, I build it how I want."
This "jigsawing" of multiple shots often produces staggering results. But sometimes a stunning view alone is inspiration enough: "I know when I'm in front of a view that's really interesting," says Brooks. "In these cases, I need to catch as much information as possible and then try to go back and try to define what it was that made that scene interesting; whether it was the detail or the light, for example."
Detail is still incredibly important to Brooks, despite the huge area his photographs cover, and he encourages viewers to explore the hi-res images of downtown New York and the fantasy scene of Sealand on his website. The latter image is made up of pictures of a pier in Holland, oil refineries and industry in Liverpool and tower blocks in Manchester and explores the story behind Sealand, a fort off the Essex coast which has been deemed its own country.
Similarly, while the New York image may seem familiar, Brooks has worked his magic on some major landmarks. "You hardly ever see a picture where you can capture the real geography of Manhattan," he explains, "but as I put it together I made downtown 30 percent larger than it is in real life and increased the size of the Statue of Liberty by 50 percent."
Although he arguably makes it look rather different, the world's scenery remains Brooks' inspiration: "I love using my photography as a way of travelling. It's almost a framework for how I see the world."
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At the heart of this good news is the fact that wind turbine technology is improving. New technology means not only lower costs to produce wind turbines but also increased turbine productivity. The results of these improvements are seen in the comprehensive data collection of wind power costs in reports by Lazard, the Department of Energy, the Energy Information Administration, and comments made by top utility executives from around the country.
Here are the top 5 reasons we know wind is the becoming the most affordable choice for America:
1) New Lazard report shows impressive decline.
Released just last week, a new report by the financial services firm Lazard found wind’s costs have declined more than 50 percent over the past four years.
“Wind costs continue to decline; we estimate that the LCOE of leading technologies has fallen by more than 50% in the last four years. While many had anticipated significant declines in the cost of utility-scale solar PV, few anticipated these sorts of cost declines for wind technology.”
2) Electric utility leaders from around the country agree–wind power is affordable.
As wind energy prices decline, and electricity consumers and utilities are faced with choices about new electricity generation, wind energy is increasingly a competitive choice. With improving technology and siting techniques, wind energy is becoming one of the most affordable forms of electricity today.
Here's what electric utility representatives are saying:
July 16, 2013 – “Wind prices are extremely competitive right now, offering lower costs than other possible resources, like natural gas plants.” – David Sparby, president & CEO of Xcel Energy’s Northern States Power, announcing 600 MW of new wind power contracts.
July 22, 2013 – "Low-cost wind energy provides [Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp.] with a hedge against fluctuating natural gas energy prices … We will continue to pursue energy options that allow AECC’s member cooperatives to provide reliable electricity at the lowest possible cost.” – Duane Highley, president & CEO of Arkansas Electric Cooperative Corp., after signing a 150-MW wind contract
August 12, 2013 – “The expansion is planned to be built at no net cost to the company’s customers and will help stabilize electric rates over the long term by providing a rate reduction totaling $10 million per year by 2017, commencing with a $3.3 million reduction in 2015.” – MidAmerican Energy Co. press release after a recent Iowa Utilities Board decision to allow the utility to build 1,050 additional megawatts of wind generation in Iowa.
3) Actual contract prices and capital costs have dropped, as documented by the United States Department of Energy.
With this month’s release of the Department of Energy’s Wind Technologies Market Report 2012 came news that wind power costs are even lower than last year.
The report found capital cost to develop wind power continues to drop, the average cost to purchase electricity provided by wind is falling (see chart below), the capacity to draw more electricity powered by wind continues to increase, and domestic content of new wind turbines installed in the U.S. continues to weigh in at (approximately) a healthy 70 percent American made.
EIA reported recently that wind energy is one of the most affordable options for new electricity generation, alongside new natural gas units.
The EIA data is consistent with an earlier report from investment analysis firm Lazard, prepared for the Midwest regional utility system operator, similarly demonstrating wind power’s cost competitiveness. EIA's data and analysis also squares with scores of real-world examples where utilities publicly praise wind power for lowering consumer costs.
Below is a chart using data from EIA that illustrates wind’s costs compared to other energy options:
5) Newspapers and trade media are catching on to the new reality of wind power's increasing competitiveness.
“Study finds price of wind energy in the U.S. near all-time low”
– Research & Development Magazine
“US Wind Power Prices Down To $0.04 Per kWh”
– Clean Technica
“Wind energy a wise investment”
– Kansas City Star editorial
“New study finds that the price of wind energy in the U.S. is near an all-time low”
– WindPower Engineering & Development
”Wind Power Growing, Becoming Less Costly”
– Earth Techling
“Go green to save green”– Amarillo Globe-News (TX) editorial
Across country, editorials spread good news on wind power, August 26, 2013
U.S. Department of Energy report: Wind power costs near record low, August 6, 2013
Wall Street Journal highlights cost competitiveness of new wind projects, August 1, 2013
Citing low costs, Xcel Energy plans 'significant increase' in wind purchases, July 11, 2013
DNV KEMA: Accuracy of wind farm energy assessments improving, July 9, 2013
President's speech highlights wind power's benefits for both 'red' and 'blue' states, July 5, 2013
Wind tax credits a no-cost way to avoid greenhouse gas emissions, June 20, 2013
Fact check: Exelon's faulty math (and logic) on wind's consumer benefits, June 11, 2013
Mid-American Energy announces $1.9-billion investment in additional wind generation capacity, May 8, 2013
WINDPOWER 2013 Update: Analysts see future market of 4-8 GW/year in U.S., May 7, 2013
Georgia Power to acquire 250 MW of wind; utility underscores strategy of portfolio diversity, April 29, 2013
Buffalo Dunes Wind Project: A lesson in export, affordability, and transmission, April 23, 2013
Fact check: Attack by Locke Foundation's Sanders on N.C. RPS relies on flawed data, April 3, 2013
Fact check: Tang Energy's Jenevein off target with swipes at wind power, April 2, 2013
LBNL report: Low natural gas prices haven't detracted from wind's hedge appeal, March 11, 2013
[Press release] U.S. electric utilities flock to lower-priced wind power, February 20, 2013
Fact check: Pacific Research Institute report by Benjamin Zycher filled with inaccuracies, January 28, 2013
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By Alex Gangitano
The period of economic turmoil since the financial crisis has actually coincided with an increase in people's wellbeing, an official study has found.
Figures released by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) in the first annual report on 'Life in the UK' showed a spike in happiness in 2009, when GDP was at its weakest point and the banks were being bailed out.
Between 2007 and 2008, there was a decrease of 0.17 points in average life satisfaction.
But between 2008 and 2009, as the banks wobbled on the edge of a precipice, there was an increase of 0.4 points in average life satisfaction.
The World Database of Happiness attributed the fall in life satisfaction in 2007 to people's initial reaction to the recession.
The spike in 2008 was attributed to the period when an individual's income was not immediately affected and people felt better.
Happiness was assessed in regards to the economy, people and the environment.
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Press “Ctrl-A” to select all highlighted text from all cells, right-click one of the cells in the Excel document and select “Clear Contents” from the context menu to delete the highlighted text.
Is there a way to delete all highlighted cells in Excel?
Scroll to a cell with highlighted text. Right-click the cell. Select “Clear Contents.” This deletes the text that was highlighted, but does not remove actual cell shading/highlighting.
How do you remove highlighted data in Excel?
Remove cell shading Select the cells that contain a fill color or fill pattern. For more information on selecting cells in a worksheet, see Select cells, ranges, rows, or columns on a worksheet. On the Home tab, in the Font group, click the arrow next to Fill Color, and then click No Fill.
How do I delete all non highlighted cells?
Remove non-highlighted rows with Filter Select the data range including column headers, and click Data > Filter. Click on one of the filter icons, and click Filter by Color > No Fill. Click OK. Select the cells, press Delete key to remove the rows’ contents.
How do I remove filtered values in Excel?
For this, select your work area and click on the Filter button. Select the arrow next to the header of the temporary column and uncheck the checkbox next to ‘0’. Select all these rows, right-click and select “Delete”. Once again remove the filters by clicking on the Filter button.
How do I get rid of duplicate highlights in Excel?
Remove duplicate values Select the range of cells that has duplicate values you want to remove. Tip: Remove any outlines or subtotals from your data before trying to remove duplicates. Click Data > Remove Duplicates, and then Under Columns, check or uncheck the columns where you want to remove the duplicates. Click OK.
How do you select all highlighted cells in Excel?
Click the Find All button in the Find and Replace dialog box. And it will filter all cells which have the same color as the selected cell. And then press Ctrl + A to select all cells.
How do I delete visible cells?
Delete visible values only with Go To Special command Select the range that you want to delete the visible data. Click Home > Find & Select > Go To Special, see screenshot: In the Go To Special dialog box, select Visible cells only, see screenshot:.
How do I remove duplicates from a list?
Approach: Get the ArrayList with duplicate values. Create a LinkedHashSet from this ArrayList. This will remove the duplicates. Convert this LinkedHashSet back to Arraylist. The second ArrayList contains the elements with duplicates removed.
How do you remove duplicates but keep rest of the row values in Excel?
Click Data > Filter to disable Filter, and remove the formulas as you need. You can see all duplicates have been removed and the rest of values are kept in the row.
How do I delete empty rows in Excel?
Easy Ways to Remove Blank or Empty Rows in Excel Select the row. Click its heading or select a cell in the row and press Shift + spacebar. Right-click the selected row heading. A drop-down menu appears. Select Delete.
How do I select only certain values in Excel?
On the Home tab, click Find & Select > Go To (in the Editing group). Keyboard shortcut: Press CTRL+G. Click Special.
How do you select all cells with certain values?
How to select cells with specific text in Excel? Click Home > Find & Select > Find, and a Find and Replace dialog box will pop out. Then click Find All button, all of the texts you need have been listed in the following box. And then press Ctrl + A to select all of the values in the box.
What is the shortcut to select only highlighted cells in Excel?
Like a lot of useful actions in Excel, there is a keyboard shortcut for this. After highlighting the entire range, press ALT + ; and only the visible cells will be selected.
How do you remove duplicate values from an array?
Algorithm to delete the duplicate elements from sorted array Define the size of elements of the array. Read the array elements from the user. Repeat from i = 1 to num. if (arr[i] != arr [i + 1] temp [j++] = arr[i] temp [j++] = arr[n- 1] Repeat from i = 1 to j. arr[i] = temp[i] Print unique elements of the array.
Does linked list allow duplicates?
4) ArrayList and LinkedList also allow duplicates and null, unlike any other List implementation e.g. Vector.
How do you avoid duplicates in ArrayList?
How to avoid duplicate elements in ArrayList Avoid duplicate into List by converting List into Set. Using Set’s addAll() method. Defining custom logic(using for loop). Remove duplicate elements for user-defined object list type. Remove duplicates elements from list Using Java 8.
What tool removes duplicate records?
To remove duplicate values, click Data > Data Tools > Remove Duplicates. To highlight unique or duplicate values, use the Conditional Formatting command in the Style group on the Home tab.
How do you remove duplicates in a column without shifting cells?
Click on cell A2 and go to Home > Conditional formatting > New Rule > Use a formula to determine which cells to format. In the formula bar there, enter this formula. Click on Format > Fill > Red. Click on OK/apply. Copy cell A2, select the range of entries in column A > Right Click > Paste Special > Formats > OK.
How do I get rid of infinite columns in Excel?
Method 1# Delete Infinite Columns by Pressing Right Click and Hit Delete. Usually what we do is, select the whole column we want to delete. Press right-click and select delete and voila. The whole column gets deleted.
How do you select a range of cells in Excel without dragging?
To select a range of cells without dragging the mouse: Click in the cell which is to be one corner of the range of cells. Move the mouse to the opposite corner of the range of cells. Hold down the Shift key and click.
What is an Xlookup in Excel?
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Creating consumer value for clients is the number one priority for many businesses; because an impressed client is fundamental to a business’s outreach and audience growth. In this age of digital services, the higher the efficiency of a service, the larger the amount of consumers use it over and over.
Thus, User Experience(UX) design helps you grow your business by providing the best consumer journey on your business service.
What is UX Design?
UX design is a wide variety of disciplines that ultimately help enhance a customer’s first impression and satisfaction of your business. It is the key to increasing conversion rates; meaning that you sell your product better and get more customer satisfaction. That’s killing two birds with a stone!
Tom Gilb’s Principles of Software Engineering Management discovered that for every dollar a company invested into UX, the returns are from two to a hundred dollars. That’s a turnover of at least 100%; talk about a good investment!
Wait! What about User Interface(UI) design? Aren’t they the same?
Contrary to popular belief, UX and UI design are similar design disciplines that focuses on different design goals. UX design focuses the whole consumer journey, while UI design is the compliment to that journey, meaning it’s the presentation of the finished product.
Basically, UX design is building a nice road to drive on, while UI design is the painting of arrows and lines on the road, as well as what goes at the edge of it.
A lot of times(or all the time), these two disciplines go hand-in-hand together, which lead to the birth of UX/UI designers; the brains that produces the best of both worlds.
What can UX/UI design do for my business?
According to Vitamin Talent, 85% of user experience problems can be found with just five user tests. You may have spotted some of the problems yourself, and getting it fixed by a developer will be time-consuming and costly.
And this is why UX/UI designers are here to help! We can quickly brainstorm solutions and test them at a quicker pace and cheaper price before handing the work over to the developers to be completed.
Leave your coding monkeys alone and come bug your customer junkies! We’re the experts at this after all.
Getting good UX/UI design will be a great head start for your start-up to launch well and proper. It’s not enough to just have a good business model, because execution is the key to whether that model will work or not.
There has been an increase in start-ups winning and disrupting industries due to their superior UX, and established businesses/models fall short on winning/maintaining their consumer value because of that.
If no first draft is perfect, then there’s no reason to start working on the perfect UX/UI for your business to maximise consumer experience and company profits/sign-ups. UX/UI design not only makes the start of the journey a tad smoother, but also helps build a sustainable and evergreen business for you to grow.
You’ll be getting sign-ups and checkouts faster, as well as a lower user churn rate. This is the key to growing your market audience, and getting more loyalty points from them.
UX/UI design will be vital for start-ups in the coming years as consumer’s demands and expectations grow with the evolution of this digital age. You may do without it at the start, but UX is dominating the marketspace, and it’s not enough to just offer value anymore. Users care about UX more and more and are willing to pay a premium/jump ship for a better experience.
For established businesses:
Your business is working well long before the UX/UI trend started to make its way into Asia. You probably have a great team of business directors, marketing gurus and designing developers. So what can UX/UI design to for you?
Simple, it can make things better. As mentioned above, every dollar invested on UX design will reap a reward of at least a dollar more. UX/UI designers are able to not only make the current business/product even more efficient to use, but also make it more unique so you stand out from your current competitors, as well as upcoming ones.
Engaging in UX/UI design also increases your current customer base because the best experience provided from your new UX/UI established business will lead to passing on your brand by word of mouth.
90% of your audience are interested in using your product/services. UX/UI design will help guide them through an effortless journey, give high satisfaction rates and get you more consumers on your plate. Because it’s just a Singaporean thing to share good lobangs.
Still not convinced? Let us pull out some case studies for your reference!
Uber is a well-known transportation network service, mainly used for connecting independent chauffeuring services to consumers. Other than an amazing business model, part of Uber’s big success was also its efficient UX/UI. Here’s three reasons why Uber is an ace in this UX/UI trend:
- Product availability is easy to see
In collaboration with Google Maps, Uber allows consumers to identify the nearest car available to them. This is the first impression a user frames of Uber, deeming them much more efficient than calling for a taxi service.
The user knows the amount of cars near them, compared to calling for a taxi then finding out the nearest cab available to you(if any). From this simple example, you can see how Uber uses UX design to shorten their user journey and be more efficient.
- Everything is laid out clearly
From searching for cars, getting to your destination and paying for your fare, Uber makes the experience smooth by integrating well-designed user interface. Uber ensures that their users get the information they need when they should.
- They are constantly improving their experience
In the fast-paced digital age, technology advances pretty fast, and consumer needs gets more demanding as the economy grows. The recent rebranding of Uber this February proves that the company has evolved their care for consumer needs; even in small details.
You may read more about the changes here.
Need we say more? They’re nailing it!
Other brands that adds UX/UI value to their business:
Airbnb is an online marketplace enables people to list, find and rent homes for vacations globally. They were pretty much one of the founding fathers to use good interface designs with location for business. Just like Uber, they share the same traits of being at the top of their UX/UI game.
Facebook is one of the biggest players for UX/UI design integration. This once simple networking website turned into one of the most used social media and advertising platforms. It’s no secret that their interface has gone through many changes over the years, and it’s a definite that they’re going to continue to improve it as the times evolve.
While UX/UI design is relatively new in Asia, it’s not too late to solve UX faux pas and grow your business’s conversion rates and audience. A quote from Anthony Robbins goes, “Every problem is a gift – without problems we would not grow”.
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Melody is an experienced UX/UI designer who has been involved in major design projects for renowned industry brands. She’s committed to helping businesses fully display their potential value to clients through perfect user experience and beautiful user interfaces.
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In normal conditions, austenitic stainless steels are given a high-temperature heat-treatment, often called a solution-treatment, which gives a fully austenitic solid solution.However, at temperatures below about 800°C, there is a tendency to precipitate chromium-rich carbides as the alloy enters the carbide plus austenite phase field. Superaustenitic Stainless Steel - an overview The C solubility in FeCrNi austenite is 0.15 wt.% at 1100 °C but less than 10 ppm at 600 °C in austenitic stainless steels. Therefore, when the steel is aged at 550900 °C, precipitation of M 23 C 6 carbides is unavoidable (Weiss and Stickler 1972, Peckner and Bernstein 1977). The role of chromium in duplex stainless steels Sandvik The role of chromium in duplex stainless steels. Designing a steel that is stainless was considered impossible in the beginning of the 1900s. A renowned German chemist, G Mars, maintained the opinion that creating a stainless steel is impossible because iron is not a noble metal and its oxides are thermodynamically more stable than the pure
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Management of Psychosis in Parkinson's Disease: Clinical Tidbits
What are the best practice considerations for managing Parkinson's Psychosis?
Parkinson's disease (PD) psychosis is a significant symptomology that occurs in nearly 40% of patients with Parkinson's.1 It can be difficult for patients, caregivers, and treatment teams to manage. The visual hallucinations and delusions are associated with increased caregiver burden, increased mortality, and quicker time to nursing home placement. Here are some clinical tidbits to consider when faced with PD psychosis:
Management of Contributing Agents
- Benign PD psychosis can be succesfully managed with observation and nonpharmacologic intervention. Problematic PD psychosis could put the patient or caregiver at increased risk of harm or lowered quality of life and benefits from intervention. Acute psychosis should be evaluated for nonpharmacologic causes (ex. urinary tract infection, encephalopathy). If no acute process is identified, the provider should turn to the medication profile and identify any potentially contributing non-PD medications, such as sedatives or anxiolytics. These offending agents should be stopped or dose reduced prior to adjusting PD medications.
- PD medications that could contribute to the psychosis should be reduced or stopped based on the efficacy of the agent in treating the underlying PD.2 It is important to note abruptly discontinuing many of the PD medications (excluding anticholinergics) can lead to withdrawal symptoms and in rare instances neuroleptic malignant syndrome. Interventions should be gradual to minimize the risk of these complications.
- Geriatric patients are more susceptible to anticholinergic activity and are at an increased risk of anticholinergic delirium. Anticholinergics such as trihexyphenidyl and benztropine are a common treatment for early stage PD and can be safely reduced or interrupted in psychosis as a first-line intervention.
- Amantadine has less robust efficacy data supporting its use in PD, and it's mechanism is not well understood but may be related to NMDA receptor antagonism. It is most commonly used in early-stage PD or younger PD patients. It is the next agent recommended to be reduced or stopped in episodes of PD psychosis. Avoid abrupt discontinuation or significant dose reductions to minimize the risk of withdrawal syndromes.
- Dopamine agonists are commonly implicated in PD psychosis but should be adjusted after the agents associated with less efficacy have been reviewed. Levodopa therapy is the mainstay of PD treatment and should be reduced only if all other attempts to address the PD have not resolved the underlying issue. Avoid abrupt discontinuation or significant dose reductions to minimize the risk of withdrawal syndromes.
- If no improvement is seen, MAO-B inhibitors (selegeline) and COMT inhibitors (tolcapone and entacopone) are the next agents to be interrupted or reduced. COMT inhibitors prolong the patient's exposure to levodopa, so abrupt withdrawal or discontinuation should be avoided to minimize acute worsening of PD dyskinesia symptoms.
Medications for Neuropsychiatric Symptoms
- Cholinesterase inhibitors such as rivastigmine and donepezil have shown a small reduction in hallucinations and neuropsychiatric symptoms. Initiating a cholinesterase inhibitor is unlikely to provide significant benefit in an acute episode, but it may be reasonably considered given it's effect on cognitive scoring.
- Antipsychotic management of Parkinson's Disease psychosis should be limited to clozapine, quetiapine, or pimavanserin. Low dose clozapine has the strongest evidence in PD psychosis, but it is not often used in the due to the REMS program requirements and concerns over agranulocytosis.4 Clozapine is also associated with more anticholinergic activity, which could precipitate delirium in the geriatric population. Quetiapine is structurally similar to clozapine and has been shown to have a similar loose affinity for D2 receptors. The data on quetiapine is conflicting,5,6 but due to the safer side effect profile and similar pharmacokinetics to clozapine, should be the treatment of choice.
- Typical antipsychotics and atypical antipsychotics (excluding clozapine and quetiapine) are associated with reduced levodopa efficacy and an increased risk of involuntary movements. They should also be avoided in patients receiving dopamine agonists for their PD due to the opposing mechanisms of action.
- Pimavanserin is a novel atypical antipsychotic currently only FDA approved for PD psychosis. It has no affinity to dopamine receptors allowing for concomitant administration with levodopa and dopamine agonists. The trial data showed no motor symptom worsening over a 6-week period and an improvement in psychosis.7 It is a promising agent that could be considered instead of clozapine or quetiapine with adequate insurance coverage. Pimvanserin is also being studied in Alzheimer's disease psychosis and completed a phase 2 trial in December 2016.
The management of Parkinson's associated psychosis can be a complicated medication therapy management process. Succesful improvement of PD psychosis requires thoughtful evaluation of symptomology, goals of care, and the patient's underlying Parkinson's disease.
nelon G, Mahieux F, Huon R, et al. Hallucinations in Parkinson's Disease: prevalence, phenomenology, and risk factors. Brain, Volume 123. (Pt 4):733-745.
2. Zahodne L, Fernandez HH. Pathophysiology and treatment of psychosis in Parkinson's Disease: a review. Drugs Aging. 2008; 25(8):665-682.
3. Emre M, Aarsland D, Albanese A et al. Rivastigmine for dementia associated with Parkinson's DIsease. N Engl J Med. 2004; 351: 2509-2518.
he Parkinsons Study Group. Low-Dose Clozapine for the Treatment of Drug-Induced Psychosis in Parkinson’s Disease. N Engl J Med. 1999. 340:757-763.
5.Morgante L, Epifanio A, Spina A. et al. Quetiapine versus Clozapine: A preliminary report of comparative effects on dopaminergic psychosis in patients with Parkinson's DIsease. Neurol Sci. 2002; 23(2):S89.
6. Ondo W, Tinter R, Voung KD, et al. Double-blind, placebo-controlled, unforced titration parallel trial of qeutiapine for dopaminergic-induced hallucinations in Parkinson's DIsease. Mov Disord. 2005; 20(8):958-963.
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The SunWise program is an environmental and health education program that teaches children and their caregivers how to protect themselves from overexposure to the sun. Through the use of classroom, school, and community components, SunWise seeks to develop sustained sun-safe behaviors. Learn more about the SunWise program. SunWise is also available en español.
Participate in SunWise
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Miss America will have its first autistic contestant this year, as Alexis Wiseman - aka Miss Montana - overcame all challenges to make it through to the show's centerpiece in 2013.
Wineman has been honest about her entry into the competition, saying that when she was young she was never really interested in pageants, and she never thought she would be where she is today.
Miss Montana has said, "Growing up, I never was really interested in pageants. I thought it would be something I was never able to do. But by the time I graduated, I kind of realized I'd done a lot of things I'd never thought I could do."
Autism affects at least 1 in 88 children in the United States, and is a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior.
The diagnostic criteria for autism require that symptoms become apparent before a child is three years old.
Autism affects information processing in the brain by altering how nerve cells and their synapses connect and organize, however, how this occurs is not well understood.
It is one of three recognized disorders in the autism spectrum (ASDs), with the other two being Asperger syndrome, which lacks delays in cognitive development and language, and pervasive developmental disorder (commonly abbreviated as PDD-NOS), which is diagnosed when the full set of criteria for autism or Asperger syndrome are not met.
Wiseman is already being touted as being a massive inspiration for those suffering with the condition across the nation. She has said, "Growing up, all I wanted was to be normal. I just wanted to fit in with everyone else. Looking back, I realized it was a waste of time, because normal doesn't exist. If we could just accept people for their differences, it will make life for our children and for ourselves much, much easier."
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LET’S GET DEEP
OBJECTIVE OF LET’S GET DEEP: The objective of Let’s Get Deep is to learn many things about one another. NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 2 Players MATERIALS: 500 Question Cards and 메이저사이트 TYPE OF GAME: Party Card Game AUDIENCE: Adults OVERVIEW OF LET’S GET DEEP Let’s Get Deep is the perfect game for couples that are unsure of what topics are able to be openly discussed. This game opens doors for conversations that would not be had otherwise. If you are not comfortable with your partner, then this is not the game for you.
SETUP Firstly, both players should mute their phones and place them to the side. Divide the deck into three different piles, the Ice Breaker pile, the Deep pile, and the Deeper pile. Place the cards in between the both of you. The game is ready to begin!
GAMEPLAY The player who made the first move will be the first to go. They will draw any card from the pile of their choosing. For each round, they should draw one Ice Breaker, two Deep, and two Deeper cards. They will then read the cards, taking turns, and allowing the other player to answer.
Begin with the Ice Breaker, then the Deep, and finally, the Deeper cards. This will continue until then couple decides to stop.
END OF GAME The game comes to an end when the couple decides that they have learned enough or there are no more question cards. Both players are considered winners, because everyone wins with open communication! | <urn:uuid:1711721b-bb2a-4a00-828e-6a0f4e08bf16> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://blogfreely.net/kimcabsi/lets-get-deep | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00265.warc.gz | en | 0.965101 | 341 | 1.585938 | 2 |
The River Bend attracted many industries because of its accessibility to barge and rail transportation. The Standard Oil Refinery was established in Wood River in 1906. Here, the tank farm is visible in the background as a horse and wagon enters the intersection of Madison and St. Louis Road in 1907. The refinery was named for a small stream that flowed through the area. Vintage postcard from the collection of Leo M. Springman.If you have old photographs in good condition of interest to Our Past readers, please e-mail them to firstname.lastname@example.org or send them to Our Past, The Telegraph, P.O. Box 278, Alton, IL 62002. Include information about the photo, the year it was taken and identify individuals if possible. Please avoid vertical photos. Photos will be returned. | <urn:uuid:198731e9-6291-4ccd-9220-16aa00e16e78> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Our-Past-November-28-2011-12683793.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00071.warc.gz | en | 0.93319 | 175 | 1.71875 | 2 |
Camping for fun and being in a survival situation have a few common necessities. You will need water, food and shelter. But, the most important element in any outdoor situation is fire. Some camping areas do not allow the taking of native wood for use in a fire, so, it is necessary to bring your own. Firewood can be big and bulky. Pallets make an excellent source of firewood. They are usually dry and easy to light, and, you can almost always get as many as you want for free from any local warehouse.
Things You’ll Need
Circular saw with bagging attachment
Drive the point of your nail puller between the boards of the pallets with your hammer. Pry the boards apart. Remove the nails from each board and lay them in a pile.
Cut 25% of your boards into small 1 inch by 6 inch pieces with your saw. Place these small pieces of wood into your kindling pile. Cut the remaining boards into 18 inch lengths.
Lay your rocks into a 30-inch-diameter circle. Place one ring of rocks on the ground and lay a second ring on top that interlocks with the first.
Remove the bagging attachment from your drill. Dump 2 cups of sawdust in the middle of your ring of rocks. Stand pieces of kindling on end around the pile of sawdust. Lean the top ends of the kindling against each other to form the shape of a teepee. Leave the windward side of your tepee open to give the fire oxygen.
Build a larger teepee of 18-inch boards around the kindling structure. Leave the windward side open on this structure to allow for adequate air flow.
Light the sawdust in the center of your fire pile. Allow the fire to light the kindling. Continue feeding sawdust and kindling to the fire until the larger wood is aflame. Feed larger pieces of wood to the fire to feed it as long as you need flame, light and warmth.
Some pallet manufacturers use large staples instead of nails. All metal must be removed from the pallets before cutting or burning.
Never burn any board that has been treated. The chemicals used in the treating process produce a toxic smoke.
Work gloves and safety glasses are required when using hand and power tools.
Always watch your fire. Do not build it too high. Never allow it to spread beyond the ring of rocks.
Always keep a large supply of water on hand in case of emergency.
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XML (Extensible Markup Language) is the Eurodollar of web development. Both XML and the Euro bring order to chaos; both offer undeniable, wide–ranging benefits; both are poised, in 2002, to change the way we do things. Frankly, both scare the crap out of people.
For web developers, 2002 is a time to conquer fears and take their first hands–on approach to XML. It’s time to examine XML and realize the practical benefits that it can provide to web projects today.
The bankers can fend for themselves.
XML, HTML & Databases
If you need a good analogy to describe XML to other people, don’t mention HTML. Although XML looks a lot like HTML, creating a good XML file is more like designing a database than creating a web page.
Databases and XML documents are both used as a means to organize data. As a result, they share a lot of similarities.
A database table design for a table containing news stories would look something like this:
- Table Name:
- Table Columns:
A basic XML document containing the same information might look like this:
In addition to these similarities, both databases and XML represent a huge step forward in the ability to publish and manage web content.
At any scale above that of the small, personal site, database–driven websites are indisputably better at managing, updating, and maintaining content than HTML–only sites. What everyone will discover in 2002 in that XML–driven database sites will prove to be indisputably better than database–driven sites. XML is going to be everywhere.
And as a web developer, you are going to love it.
XML is poised to eliminate more headaches than a bottle of Ibuprofen, improve productivity more than cans of Red Bull, and increase profitability more than we’ll want to our clients to know about.
How? Two words: Content management.
Content management & migration
Before projects are initiated by a client, a website usually reaches a stage of obsolescence, immediacy, or embarrassment. Web projects are big projects with short time lines. It’s not surprising, then, that one of the biggest factors influencing the profitability and success of web projects is the ability to effectively manage content.
Separation of style, programming, and content
The ability to store a site’s content, programming, and design separately and mix them together transparently, on demand, is the art of our craft. Each moment eliminating rework and duplication is a dollar in our pocket. It’s time spent adding new features to a site rather than rewriting, reworking, and “searching and replacing.”
We’ve solved much of the problem with databases, templates, style sheets and server–side includes. Much that remains, XML can address. It’s the best tool for managing content – the content itself, not the way text appears on screen. XML is used to structure, store and send information in a platform–neutral, object–oriented, plain text format.
The power of XML is unleashed when its placed in the hands of content providers. However, since copywriters and clients are accustomed to writing in platform–neutral, object–oriented, plain text formats, it means helping them do it unknowingly. Guerilla content management tactics, such as MS-Word–to–XML migration, can be wildly successful.
The basic model for XML migration is to start in a text editor, such as MS Word , that can be converted directly to XML, or via RTF, using third party tools. After conversion to XML, the documents can be used by an XML–aware server, or converted to HTML using another third-party tool.
Successful migration requires providing content creators with a Microsoft Word template and a set of basic instructions prior to Web development. The template must include custom style tags based on the organization of the pending website.
When using the template, content developers need to avoid using MS Word formatting options that are not defined within the custom style tags. If custom tags are insufficient, new tags must be added that reflect the type of content being addressed.
While the process seems cumbersome, with enough practice, it takes significantly less time to update site content than using processes without XML – particularly once you harness the power of XML validation.
Websites either evolve or suffer the slow, painful death of neglect. New content needs to be added. Old content needs to be removed. Missing content needs to be found. Clients are frustrated by their inability to maintain and manage their web content. Web developers are frustrated by the aftermath. XML can help.
XML–based documents make it easy to find outdated and missing content at a glance. This is achieved by using XML Data Type Definitions (DTDs) to identify the timeliness of information and determine what information “nuggets” must be present within the content.
Like databases, XML documents allow you to validate information, before you use it, to make sure the content is timely, appropriate, and complete. Since we’re used to talking about validation as it relates to databases, let’s take a more detailed look at the database table we created to hold news stories. In reality, a database table must include definitions for each column:
|varchar||Yes||Max of 50 characters|
|Varchar||Yes||Selected from drop-down list|
|date/time||Yes||Date added to table|
|Abstract||varchar||Yes||250 character intro.|
|Body||text||Yes||Allows text formatting in field|
pending - No distribution
By validating fields, the data table ensures that each news story contains all of the required information. So, with the proper integration and a web–based interface, the data table could be an efficient tool for publishing news on the web.
The XML document with simple DTD validation used for the same information might look like this:
The XML document makes significant contributions to web publishing when compared to the database alone. XML allows data to be validated based on the embedded DTDs, XML tags and attributes. This means that appropriate content can be extracted directly from the XML document based on selection criteria without requiring an interim database, without requiring a database query, and without being separated from the source document.
Using DTD, XML documents suddenly become self–aware.
Substance & Style
XML finds advocates on both sides of the ongoing “content” versus “style” debate.
XSL (the eXtensible Stylesheet Language), the style sheet language of XML, packs a wallop. It’s much more robust than Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Instead of using rules (as CSS does) to format content, XSL uses (.xsl) templates to describe how to transform XML into other types of documents. When you implement an XML–based site, XML doesn’t replace HTML. If it sounds a bit confusing, here’s why. When you deal with XSL files, all is not as it appears:
- The .XSL file embeds HTML with XML tags and logic that define how information should be displayed at run time.
- At run–time, the .XML file is displayed in the web browser on the fly.
- Although HTML formatting included in the .XSL file is applied, it won’t appear in the source for the .XML document being displayed in the browser.
- The appearance in HTML is based on the combination of XML tags and logic within the .XSL file.
- Because the .XSL file can transform XML in the browser, the document that appears in the browser may only be a subset of the content in the actual XML file.
The ability to transform the XML conditionally in a web browser means that content can be centralized. Parts of the document are displayed or ignored on an as–needed basis.
Now is the Time
Web developers have been telling others that they are waiting to dabble in XML until it becomes widely available. The truth is, it’s been widely available for months:
Internet Explorer 5 contains an XML engine that fully supports XML 1.0, as defined by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). This is a huge improvement over the engine in IE4.
Netscape 6.0/Mozilla includes full XML support.
Flash 5 ActionScript supports XML–based data transfer to and from a server.
Director has offered an XML Parser Xtra since Director 7.0 that allows Shockwave movies to read, parse, and make use of the contents of XML documents.
(Ed.Note: Director’s somewhat buggy XML parser has put off many developers. Reader Hussein Boon recommends Andy White’s user–extensible Lingo scripts instead. Boon also recommends a DOM–Lingo binding that binds Director’s Lingo scripting language to the W3C DOM Level 2.)
- IIS servers offer XML integration via the Microsoft XML Parser. Version 4 of the parser supports XML 1.0.
SQL Server 2000 provides integrated XML support. It’s the first release to do so.
Microsoft’s XML technology preview runs under any SQL Server release. Although the output is slightly different in a few cases, it’s a solid XML environment for the pre–SQL Server 2000 crowd.
Version 2 of the Apache Cocoon XML, a powerful framework for XML web publishing, been released.
is a platform–neutral protocol for executing programs remotely, “designed to be as simple as possible, while allowing complex data structures to be transmitted, processed and returned.”
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To secure the most complete development one must live in one’s time and yet live above it, and one must also live in one’s home and yet live, at the same time, in the world. The life which is bounded in knowledge, interest, and activity by the invisible but real and limiting walls of a small community is often definite in aim, effective in action, and upright in intention; but it cannot be rich, varied, generous, and stimulating. The life, on the other hand, which is entirely detached from local associations and tasks is often interesting, liberalising, and catholic in spirit; but it cannot be original or productive. A sound life—balanced, poised, and intelligently directed—must stand strongly in both local and universal relations; it must have the vitality and warmth of the first, and the breadth and range of the second.
This liberation from provincialism is not only one of the signs of culture, but it is also one of its finest results; it registers a high degree of advancement. For the man who has passed beyond the prejudices, misconceptions, and narrowness of provincialism has gone far on the road to self-education. He has made as marked an advance on the position of the great mass of his contemporaries as that position is an advance on the earlier stages of barbarism. The barbarian lives only in his tribe; the civilised man, in the exact degree in which he is civilised, lives with humanity. Books are among the richest resources against narrowing local influences; they are the ripest expositions of the world-spirit. To know the typical books of the race is to be in touch with those elements of thought and experience which are shared by men of all countries. Without a knowledge of these books a man never really gets at the life of localities which are foreign to him; never really sees those historic places about which the traditions of civilisation have gathered. Travel is robbed of half its educational value unless one carries with him a knowledge of that which he looks at for the first time with his own eyes. No American sees England unless he carries England in his memory and imagination. Westminster Abbey is devoid of spiritual significance to the man who is ignorant of the life out of which it grew, and of the history which is written in its architecture and its memorials. The emancipation from the limitations of locality is greatly aided by travel, but it is accomplished only by intimate knowledge of the greater books.
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Go on an adventure with this test to see which of the 7 elements of life you represent with your mind, heart and spirit
Your eyes can say a lot about your personality and special set of skills. What are your eyes saying?
We know what’s on your mind 😉
After 5 hectic weekdays, do successful people still bombard their weekends with loads of work and continue to fill their calendar with business plans and proposals? Do they continue to hold meetings the same way they do every weekday? Either yes or no, we need to understand some things about these people. I know you have heard so much about success, and even the habitual characters of successful people. However, the following discussions about successful people will trigger you to do more and cultivate behaviors of highly successful people into your activities.
Relaxing in the weekends is alright
If you are the kind that works 15 hours a day, and still go about the same during weekends, know that successful people do not do this. Instead of working the same way they do in the weekdays, successful people relax their mind to get a booster for the coming week. If successful people want to entertain themselves, they do it during the weekends.
2. Strike Balance
Do successful people do household chores? Yes they do. On weekends, successful people fix their homes that might have been disorganized during the week due to too much office work, and find time to play around with their friends and families. Although they take work seriously, family and health still more important than their work. During this period, they see doctors and chiropractors, and hence, strike balance between office, home, and health. There is no point in working all day and falling sick in the end. How will they eat the fruit they labored for if they do not strike a balance?
Wake Very Early
Successful people keep to some daily routine like waking up early, doing some road works if they do before and so on. They believe they are ahead of the world if they wake up so early. With this, they can plan and think of the way forward in what they are doing. Successful people are geared by the research that says our brain functions the most when we wake up. This tells us that the brain has relaxed for some time, and has prepared itself for a new work.
Think More Deeply
During weekends, successful people are not cut from thoughts and rudiment research. Parts of their weekends are used in finding ways to make more. They think deeply of the way forward, and draw charts on how to do better. You think they are not working, but believe, they are increased in thoughts and reflections.
Prepare For the Week
Successful people do not joke with weekends, they take it important that it has the most time to determine their weekdays. For successful people, thinking how to make better use of weekdays surfaces during the weekend. They make weekdays’ to-do lists, plan meetings and events, and schedule other things to have a great week.
During the weekend, successful people go out to volunteer. You see them helping community to achieve some things. They say they have been appreciated by those around them, and so, see weekend as the time to return good back to them (those around them).
Do not multitask
Even though successful people think of weekdays during the weekends, that does not give them the headache to do some parts of weekdays work. They leave office work for the office, but plans of doing it better during the week. In this regard, office work is differentiated from household chores.
Read a lot of books
So many books have been left untouched during the weekdays, weekends are good for successful people to pick them up and peruse. They brighten their weekends with a little reading time, get motivational books to read, and imbibe some lessons from the scriptures. No wonder successful people view things from so many perspectives, it is because they stand on the shoulders of giants, and those giants are books.
Plan for Monday
Successful people always take Monday important. You notice them planning for it on Sundays. Place some files they need to show colleagues at work in their bags. They want Mondays to be a trigger for the other days, and do not want to be inactive on Monday.
Just Like Weekdays
You cannot find successful people doing what will not benefit them during the weekend, just the way they do during the weekdays. They spend their weekends with pleasures and do not involve in what is not necessary.
I love watching motivational Youtube videos. Why do I love it so much? Every time I watch a 5 min you tube video like this, I will get all pumped up for hours. This helps with my focus on what I want to do in the next few hours.
They say motivation is just like feeding yourself with food when you are hungry, you need to fuel your own motivation. No one can do it for you.
With that, enjoy a selected motivational video from me!
Can you pass this unique color test?
You can, if you’re a Lip Master.
Test your vocabulary by choosing the best synonym for a given word.
Trust your animal instincts and find your place in the animal kingdom!
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Accreditation functions are defined in the National Law. Accreditation functions are to:
- develop accreditation standards and recommend them to the relevant National Board for approval
- accredit and monitor education providers and programs of study to ensure that graduates are provided with the knowledge, skills and professional attributes to safely practise the profession in Australia.
- provide advice to National Boards about issues relating to their accreditation functions
- assess overseas qualified practitioners
- assess overseas accrediting authorities.
The first four functions are key functions undertaken by most accreditation authorities. A number of accreditation authorities also have the function of assessing overseas accrediting authorities, but not all.
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In conjunction with American Diabetes Month, November is also Diabetic Eye Disease Month. There has been a sharp increase in diabetes and therefore diabetic eye diseases in recent years, making awareness that much more important. The three major eye problems that people with diabetes may develop are diabetic retinopathy, cataracts, and glaucoma.
According to recent studies by the National Eye Institute (NEI), diabetic retinopathy increased by 3.7 million new cases over the past decade making the total number of Americans with this disease 7.7 million. This rate is projected to reach 11 million people by 2030. When the sugar levels in the blood are high due to diabetes, it is very stressful on blood vessels in the the eye which can cause them to start to leak, bleed, and swell the retina thereby affecting vision. Diabetic retinopathy usually affects both eyes and people don’t notice changes in their vision until the disease has already done quite a bit of damage.
People with diabetes are 60% more likely to develop cataracts and get them at an earlier age. A cataract is a clouding or fogging of the normally clear lens of the eye causing an inability to focus light. A common treatment for this disease is cataract surgery in which the damaged lens is removed or cleaned out and replaced by a clear man-made lens.
The increase of pressure inside the eye caused by diabetes can result in damage to the nerves of the eye resulting in glaucoma. People with diabetes are 40% more likely to develop glaucoma. Treatments include medications to increase drainage or reduce fluid production to alleviate the increased pressure. Unfortunately, there may be no symptoms of this eye problem until the disease is very advanced and there is significant vision loss.
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What colors never go together?
8 colors that should never be combined
- Brown and black. Brown and black are two dark colors that should never be combined in our clothes because it will not shine. ...
- Gray and Brown. Yes, it is bad. ...
- Blue and black. A navy blue dress and a black jacket are not so good. ...
- Red and Green. ...
- Green and pink. ...
- Green and orange. ...
- Purple and Yellow. ...
- Red and Orange.
Does blue and purple clash?
Purple and blue Blue and purple together is the stuff of dreams. The colour combo reminds us of cotton candy and early childhood. Why not try mix and match even further? A blue, green, and purple palette is cool, easy on the eyes, and deeply relaxing./span>
What is the easiest Colour to read?
What colors work best. Light yellow and light blue were found to be the paper colors that were the easiest to read off of. It could easily be read in all lighting conditions, and the effectiveness of the colors weren't diminished if someone wore tinted glasses (like I do)./span>
Why is red a bad color?
Hatred, anger, aggression, passion, heat and war While red is the color most associated with love, it also the color most frequently associated with hatred, anger, aggression and war. People who are angry are said to "see red." Red is the color most commonly associated with passion and heat.
What colors make someone hungry?
Yellow and orange are colors that make people feel hungry. The color red is associated with emotion and passion. So when one sees red combined with yellow and orange, they become passionately hungry./span>
What colors represent anxiety?
The study found that people with or anxiety were more likely to associate their mood with the color gray, while preferred yellow./span>
What paint colors are depressing?
7 Paint Colors That Will Ruin Your Mood, According to Design Experts
- Bright Yellow. Bright yellow can make some people feel anxious. ...
- Burnt Umber. ...
- Sunshine Yellow. ...
- Dark Brown. ...
- Pastel Pink (If It's Not Done Right) ...
- Gray in the Kitchen or Dining Room. ...
- Bright Red.
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micro:bit at home - which way now?
Write a program so that when you shake your micro:bit, it will randomly choose a direction for you to go when you're out for a walk! Thanks to David Hay, an educator in Alberta, Canada for sharing this brilliant project idea with us.
What you'll make
Now open the MakeCode editor where you’ll write the code for your program:
How to transfer your program to your micro:bit
This project uses the accelerometer input sensor and the LED display output. Find out more about them in the videos below:
There are more micro:bit at home activities to explore:
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The first thing you notice when you approach this Mississippi River city from the Missouri side is the 4,620-foot Clark Bridge, a span whose breathtaking design has made it an architectural tour de force. The second is the Argosy Casino, a complex of buildings painted in Disneyesque colors on Alton's downtown riverfront.
"Some residents don't much care for the colors," admits Suzanne Halbrook of the city's tourist office, and in truth the casino contrasts sharply with downtown's monotones. Nevertheless, patrons seem more interested in the busy casino's 1,000 slots than its vivid appearance.Alton's appeal, though, is not limited to poker and one-armed bandits. The city and the area around it on the east side of the Mississippi River across from St. Louis are awash with history.
This is where the legendary Lewis and Clark expedition began. It's where the last of the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates took place. It's where the world's tallest man lived and where the Underground Railroad funneled hundreds of slaves to freedom. And it's even reputed to be one of the most haunted small towns in America.
As Alton lies on the Mississippi River, a visit to the National Great Rivers Museum here gives an overview of life on America's greatest river, its history, and ecological and commercial importance. Exhibits include Jurassic fish and mastodon bones from prehistory, stories of a disastrous 1993 flood, and a simulated control room that lets visitors experience what it is like to guide a tug into one of the Mississippi locks.
Adjacent to the museum is the newest and largest of those installations, the Melvin Price Lock and Dam where guided tours are given.
A couple of miles south, in Hartford, is the spot from which the Lewis and Clark expedition set out. Opened just four years ago, the Lewis and Clark Interpretive Center depicts the world of the explorers in 1803. It was here that Capt. William Clark built Camp River Dubois near the confluence of the mighty Mississippi and the creek-sized Dubois, and spent 53 days gathering men and supplies for the Corps of Discovery.
A friendly argument exists between Missouri and Illinois over where the expedition began. Illinois partisans say it was Camp River Dubois. Missourians disagree, claiming the expedition left from St. Charles, Mo., where Clark's group met up with a group led by Capt. Meriwether Lewis. Never mind that Lewis himself wrote in his journal that "the mouth of the river Dubois is to be considered as the point of departure."
The replicated half of a 55-foot keelboat lets visitors to the interpretive center see how the expedition's men lived and worked on the river. Among other exhibits are Clark's watch, compass and telescope.
Outside, based on Clark's original drawings, is a full-scale replica of Camp River Dubois. Costumed interpreters explain the function of the buildings and the men who lived there.
Back in downtown Alton, bronze statues of Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas stand at Douglas Square, the site of the old city hall, where in 1858 the final Lincoln-Douglas debate took place. Six thousand people attended the event, which is re-enacted in shortened form every Oct. 15.
Lovingly remembered in Alton is the world's tallest man, Robert Wadlow, who was 8 feet, 11 inches tall and wore specially made size 37AA shoes that were 181/2 inches long. Called "Alton's gentle giant," Wadlow was always cheerful and accommodating. At age 8 he already was 6 feet, 21/2 inches tall. The Alton Museum of History and Art tells the story of his short life, which ended at age 22 in 1940. In an adjacent park stands a full-size statue of him.
Another signal event remembered in Alton is the murder of abolitionist publisher Elijah Lovejoy, considered by some to be the first casualty of the Civil War. Run out of nearby St. Louis, Lovejoy set up shop in Alton, but a mob sacked his plant, tossing his presses into the river and killing him as he defended the fourth estate. His story is told in the Alton Museum of History, which also showcases Underground Railroad exhibits. Group tours of Underground Railroad sites can be arranged.
Alton's reputation as a haunted locale has been reinforced with articles in Fate magazine and a segment broadcast on the Travel Channel. Two companies offer ghost tours.
North of Alton are several sites of interest. A painting of the mythical Piasa bird, a monstrous creature that the Illini Indians believed devoured men, decorates a bluff on the Great River Road. The Village of Elsah, with many buildings dating to the 1800s, is a trip into history. A new bike path parallels the river in Grafton, winter home of bald eagles and a town with an attractive shopping district and a ferry across the Mississippi River.
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The J1 Forth CPU — excamera
J1 is a small (200 lines of Verilog) stack-based CPU, intended for FPGAs. A complete J1 with 16Kbytes of RAM fits easily on a small Xilinx FPGA. Some highlights:
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Extremely high code density. A complete system including the TCP/IP stack fits in under 8K bytes.
Single cycle call, zero cycle return
Instruction set maps trivially to Forth
Cross compiler runs on Windows, Mac and Unix
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2. Udemy: One of the top locations for online learning is here. You may get free online training in the most recent programming languages and technologies, like Java, Spring, Data Structures and Algorithms, Selenium, REST, etc. Both free and paid materials are offered.
b. The Bootcamp for Web Developers.
When they have a flash sale, which happens pretty frequently, you may get the premium materials for just $9.99. Colt Steele, Rob Percival, Stephen Grider, Jose Marcial Portilla, John Purcell, and other outstanding educators are all represented in it.
The best feature of Coursera is the availability of online courses from a variety of prestigious universities, including Stanford, University of Michigan, University of London, Colorado, Imperial College of London, and others.
It offers online courses and specializations that are both free and paid. Many Coursera courses are available for free auditing, so if you don’t require certification, you may watch them for FREE.
a. Coding Challenge in Vanilla JS for 30 Days
b. Build 30 items using 30 instructions in 30 days.
c. There are no libraries, compilers, or frameworks.
d. Null Boilerplate.
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a. JScript Foundations Author: Liam McLennan
Additionally, it just bought CodeSchool, which formerly allowed you to practice learning web technologies. By the way, you’ll need a Pluralsight subscription to enroll in this course, which is about $29 per month and $299 annually (with a 14 percent discount), but is well worth it. Alternatively, you may view this course for free by signing up for their 10-day trial.
This is a pretty great location to start your coding adventure and was founded by Quincy Larson. Their freeCodeCamp publication on Medium is the most major Medium publication for programming topics, and they even have a sizable Facebook group (freecodecampearth) where you can ask questions and discuss your learning experiences.
Hundreds of free classes on subjects like Python, Git, GraphQL, SQL, database schema design, and many more advanced topics are available on freeCodeCamp’s YouTube channel.
7. Mozilla Developer Network: Mozilla is a serious learner, a programmer that enjoys working independently, and merely wants to study up on the subject and test out some of the examples in their own environment.
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10. First Steps by The Educative Team: If you’re unaware, Educative is another online learning platform that is flourishing because to its interactive, text-based learning modules. Reading is typically faster than viewing, so if you’d rather read text than watch videos, check out this site.
Some of the greatest courses to prepare for coding interviews are available there, including Grokking the Coding Interview: Models for Coding Questions and Grokking the System Design Interview.
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Bitcoin has been in the information the last number of weeks, however a lot of people are still uninformed of them. Could Bitcoin be the future of on the internet currency? This is just among the inquiries, frequently inquired about Bitcoin
How Does Bitcoin Work?
Bitcoin is a kind of electronic currency (CryptoCurrency) that is autonomous from traditional financial as well as came into blood circulation in 2009. According to some of the top online investors, Bitcoin is taken into consideration as the best understood electronic money that depends on local area network to fix complex mathematical problems, in order to verify as well as tape the information of each purchase made.
The Bitcoin exchange rate does not depend on the reserve bank as well as there is no single authority that governs the supply of CryptoCurrency. However, the Bitcoin rate depends on the level of confidence its users have, as the more major firms accept Bitcoin as a approach of payment, the much more successful Bitcoin will certainly end up being.
Benefits and also Dangers of Bitcoin
Among the advantages of Bitcoin is its low inflation danger. Traditional currencies experience inflation as well as they tend to lose their acquiring power every year, as federal governments continue to utilize quantative easing to promote the economic situation.
Bitcoin does not suffer from reduced rising cost of living, due to the fact that Bitcoin mining is restricted to just 21 million devices. That indicates the release of new Bitcoins is decreasing and the total will certainly be extracted out within the following number of decades. Specialists have actually anticipated that the last Bitcoin will certainly be mined by 2050.
Bitcoin has a reduced danger of collapse unlike conventional currencies that rely upon governments. When money collapse, it causes hyperinflation or the wipeout of one’s savings in an immediate.
The Bitcoin exchange rate is not managed by any kind of federal government and also is a digital currency offered around the world.
Bitcoin is easy to bring. A billion bucks in the Bitcoin can be stored on a memory stick and also placed in one’s pocket. It is easy to transfer Bitcoins contrasted to paper currency.
One disadvantage of Bitcoin is its untraceable nature, as Governments and also other companies can not trace the resource of your funds and also because of this can draw in some dishonest people.
How to Earn Money with Bitcoin
Unlike other currencies, there are three methods to earn money with Bitcoin, saving, trading and also mining. Bitcoin can be traded on open markets, which indicates you can buy Bitcoin low and market them high.
Volatility of Bitcoin.
The worth of Bitcoin decreased in recent weeks because of the abrupt stoppage of trading in Mt. Gox, which is the biggest Bitcoin exchange in the world. According to unverified resources, trading was stopped because of malleability-related theft that was stated to be worth greater than 744,000. The case has affected the self-confidence of the investors in the virtual money.
According to the Bitcoin graph, the Bitcoin exchange rate increased to greater than $1,100 last December. That was when more people became aware of the digital currency, after that the case with Mt. Gox occurred and also it dropped to around $530.
Bitcoin works, but critics have actually said that the digital currency is not ready to be utilized by the mainstream because of its volatility. They additionally indicate the hacking of the Bitcoin exchange in the past that has led to the loss of several countless dollars.
Supporters of electronic currencies have actually said that there are newer exchanges that are supervised by economists and also investor. Professionals added that there is still expect the online currency system and also the anticipated growth is significant.
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Today’s post by Dr. Daniel Tomasulo on PsychCentral recounts how he had alleviated his depressive states 25 years ago by learning to practice gratitude on an ongoing basis. Upon waking, Dr. Dan considers all the people, circumstances and objects in his life that he’s thankful for (Tomasulo). This has conditioned his mind to focus on the positive, and this “gratitude practice” has become habitual, helping to begin the day with a sense of tranquility and thanksgiving, instead of anxiety and dread. Feeling gratitude concentrates the mind on the present — focusing on what is instead of what might be.
Definition of Terms
Gratitude, as defined by the Random House Dictionary, is “the quality or feeling of being grateful or thankful,” while Robert A. Emmons and Michael E. McCullough, editors of the collection The Psychology of Gratitude by Oxford University Press, elaborate:
[Gratitude is] a felt sense of wonder, thankfulness and appreciation for life. It can be expressed to others, as well as impersonal (nature) or nonhuman sources.
Interestingly, “gratitude” and “grace” both stem from the same Latin word — gratus — meaning “pleasing and agreeable”. The antonyms of gratitude are: neglect, disregard, dishonour, resentment. In effect, when we are on the opposite spectrum of gratitude, we are neglecting something important, even dishonouring life.
Practicing gratitude is not something that you just do once and expect immediate and lasting results. Culturally, we are more inclined towards negativity, towards focusing on problems that need fixing, instead of rejoicing in what has been done and in what is. For this reason, a thankful heart and mind do not tend to come naturally to us (there are surely exceptions!). Practicing gratitude requires daily attention and focus until it becomes a pattern.
Slowly but surely, your mindset will change, and gratitude will come as easily as breathing on a cool, crisp day.
Gratitude & Relationships
In 2004, Emmons and McCullough published the aforementioned collection of essays written by leading academics, representing the fields of psychology, philosophy, history, biology, anthropology, and more. This collection, entitled The Psychology of Gratitude, clearly depicts how important and NECESSARY gratitude has become in our society, and displays the increasing multidisciplinary attention it has been receiving. Many academic and medical studies have already been published regarding gratitude and gratitude’s effects on the body, mind, and emotions; and this trend continues. A whole field of psychology has developed out of this inclination, called positive psychology.
In the chapter entitled “The Blessings of Gratitude” from The Psychology of Gratitude, Robert C. Roberts states that a grateful individual is far more likely to be involved in relationships of friendly and affectionate reciprocity, whereas habitual emotions of resentment and bitterness bind a person to hostile and potentially damaging relationships (whether romantic or otherwise) (Emmons 68). We are able to see reality more clearly when we live with gratitude because we are concentrated more fully on the moment at hand. Worries from the past and anxiety about the future do not have the same effect on someone who is focused on the now. In relationships with others, this translates as being able to tell what behaviours and states of mind are healthy for us and which ones are detrimental.
Living in a state of gratitude both allows us to see ourselves clearly and also directs attention away from ourselves and our egos (183). Unhealthy preoccupation with our egos can lead to negative interpersonal decisions, drawing and binding others to ourselves that are similarly self-obsessed. In recent studies, self-obsession and ego-preoccupation have been shown to be related to negative mindstates, as well as depression and/or depressive episodes (ibid). One might believe that being obsessed with themselves is healthy, that they’re merely looking out for themselves. In reality — especially in the long term — the opposite is true.
The Grateful Mindset
In the chapter titled “Gratitude and Subjective Well-Being”, Philip C. Watkins explains that demographics are highly irrelevant when it comes to receiving positive benefits from a practice of gratitude (Emmons 169). No matter who you are or where you come from, the more grateful you are, the more often you’re able to express deep satisfaction with your life. An ongoing practice of gratitude produces positive mindsets and leads to sustained mood improvement.
How does gratitude do this? There are many reasons, but we’ll focus on a couple. Watkins states that practicing gratitude takes our attention away from making social comparisons that lead to feelings of lack and deprivation. Consider the difference between waking up and instantly worrying about whether or not you’ll get a promotion like your best friend, or whether you’ll be able to remodel your home like most of the people on your street, versus waking up and concentrating on all the stellar circumstances you’re in and how truly amazing your loved-ones are. One thankful thought leads to another and another, and so on. You’ll find there’s no end to what can fill you with gratitude.
Feeling gratitude and inviting a positive outlook into your life does not mean ignoring or repressing darkness and the negative. Balance is always best, and negative circumstances will always demand responsible and reasonable attention. Practicing gratitude, however, allows the grateful person to find the positives even during unpleasant circumstances. Potentially traumatic situations can be navigated more thoughtfully and with greater care, consideration, and focus (176-179).
Additionally, practicing gratitude has been shown many times to prevent depressive episodes (182). Intense stress is a major precursor to depressive episodes and dysphoria, but by turning the attention away from feelings of lack, the grateful person is much more capable of bypassing stress or avoiding it altogether. In this way, depressive states are lampooned before they take root.
The Physiology of Gratitude
Here are some of the physiological effects of practicing gratitude (Emmons 231-232):
- deep sense of peace and internal balance; harmony as inner conflicts dissolve
- increased vitality
- heightened perception and sensation
- heightened creativity
- improvement in decision-making
- sense of connectedness and fulfillment
- increased longevity
- increased cognitive flexibility (necessary for creativity)
- better ability to solve problems
- better overall emotional and physical wellbeing
In the chapter titled “The Psychophysiology of Appreciation”, Rollin McCraty and Doc Childre explain that unmanaged negative and emotional processing drain vital energy from our physiological energy reserves (Emmons 242). Bitterness, resentment and negativity bring us down by damaging the body’s inherent capacity for self-healing and regeneration. This loss of vital energy often coincides with the on-start or aggravation of many health problems and disorders (246). Gratitude and other positive mindsets, on the other hand, help create an internal environment conducive to physical and emotional regeneration…in other words — HEALING.
25 years later, Dr. Dan continues to wake up in gratitude. Before jumping out of bed, he considers the previous day. He reviews the events and interactions of that day and gives thanks to the things normally taken for granted. To whom or what do you direct this gratitude? That will depend on your belief system. To God/dess, to the Universe, to your Deepest Self… It’s up to you.
© Kristen Michelle Håvet 2010
Emmons, Robert A. and McCullough, Michael E. The Psychology of Gratitude. New York: Oxford University Press, 2004.
Tomasulo, Daniel. “Gratitude, Grace and Granola.” PsychCentral. 2010.
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This module is part of the Apache Sling project.
This bundle implements the MoM API using Active MQ. It supports both Pub/Sub and Queue patterns and will run out of the box, embedded or connected to a dedicated cluster.
As the name suggests, no configuration is required, the components will start, create an ActiveMQ instance embedded inside the OSGi container and run. On restart, normal or after a crash, provided the working directory is not changed or modified, the ActiveMQ embedded server will restart and resume operations. In the event the JVM crashes, ActiveMQ will perform recovery by replaying its journal. The embedded server uses KahaDB to store data on local disk.
AMQ can be run embedded with custom configuration to allow a cluster of Sling instances for form a multi master AMQ cluster with each Sling instance embedding its own AMQ broker. This is achieved via OSGi configuration. (ToDo: Config + Doc)
The bundle can be run to use an external AMQ Broker cluster, maintained and setup separately from the Sling cluster. To do this, modify the Broker URL via OSGi configuration.
Running AMQ inside OSGi is very simple. All that is required is the AMQ dependencies, and instancing an AQM PooledConnectionFactory with a default localhost url. vm://localhost:61616. The PooledConnectionFactory will trigger the creation of an AMQ Broker if one is not present and AMQ will run normally. This service implements an internal service API org.apache.sling.jms.ConnectionFactoryService, which enables consumers to get a JMS ConnectionFactory.
The MoM API implementation uses the ConnectionFactory service to get a JMS connection. It opens JMS sessions using that connection factory and implements the methods in the API. JMS Support both Pub/Sub and Queue patterns in the MoM API without much additional work. The JMS sessions are single threaded, so care is taken not to share between threads or cause throughput issues with synchronization.
The Map of Map messages in the MoM API are serialised to Json using the Gson library and transmitted as Text messages. JMS Headers are currently not used other than to identify the JSON encoding of the text payload.
The delivery of messages on Topics and Queues is entirely managed by AMQ with no additional code. The retry semantics of the QueueReader API is achieved by dispatching JMS messages from within a JMS MessageListener onMessage method, and throwing an IllegalArgumentException to JMS when a message needs to be re-queued. How retries work and the backoff algorithm used for messages that need to be retried is managed by ActiveMQ configuration which supports many scenarios for retrying messages.
The semantics of the MoM API is that a consumer may throw an exception when its QueueReader.onMessage method is called. That indicates that the message could not be consumed at this time and should be retried. There are several ways that this can be achieved in general, and some AMQ specific ways. By default JMS ensures delivery order. Hence a message on the queue that is not dequeued, will block other messages on the queue until it is dequeued. AMQ deals with this by allowing a deployyer to configure queues to retry at the broker rather than attempting to redeliver in order to the same JMS consumer. The configuration is not default and has to be provided by configuring the AMQ broker.
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This can also be achieved in code, by dequeing all messages regardless of failiure or not. Those generate an exception on dequeued get requeued. If the size of the queue is so large as to significantly impact processing due to delays in processing the queue, then an alternative approach is to requeue to a special retry queue, ensuring that retries get a higher level of priority. This may not be necessary, as retries happen due to unavailability, and if the queue is long, then resources will be available, so no retry. If the queue is short, then the re-queue time is minimal. The approach is quite simular to the approach used in AMQ 5.7 and later, although it will work with any JMS provider.
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This is definitely some much-needed good news.
Dr. Gladys West, an 87-year-old mathematician who played a major role in the invention of GPS, was inducted into the Air Force Space and Missile Pioneers Hall of Fame earlier this month.
According to an Air Force press release, the “hidden figure” and STEM innovator was among a small group of women who did computing for the U.S. military in the era before electronic systems. West was hired in 1956 as a mathematician at the U.S. Naval Weapons Laboratory, where she worked on an award-winning astronomical study that proved the planet Pluto’s motion relative to Neptune.
During the mid-1970s through the 1980s, she also helped program an IBM 7030 “Stretch” computer that delivered “refined calculations for an extremely accurate geodetic Earth model. This program ended up becoming the Global Positioning System (GPS) orbit.
Here’s a video of the Air Force giving the illustrious doctor her well-deserved recognition. While she could not attend the event in Washington D.C, we’re sure she was there in spirit.
According to an earlier BBC report, Dr. West was born in 1930, in Dinwiddie County, Virginia, to a family of farmers. While she grew up working on the tobacco and cotton fields, West knew she wanted to leave at some point and pursue an education.
“I thought at first I needed to go to the city. I thought that would get me out of the country and out of the fields,” she told BBC back in May.
“But then as I got more educated, went into the higher grades, I learned that education was the thing to get me out.”
She went on to win a scholarship to attend Virginia State College where she eventually major in math, a subject she pointed out was dominated by men.
“You felt a little bit different. You didn’t quite fit in as you did in home economics. You’re always competing and trying to survive because you’re in a different group of people.”
Thankfully, the breast cancer survivor and AKA prospered and went to work with the military, where she later made history.
With so many Black women being behind some of the biggest innovations of the 21st century, it’s so important that finally they their due. Congrats Dr. West!
We’re confident that she will continue to inspire future Black girls to enter the world of math and science.
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African American and some Native American men experience a greater burden of prostate cancer in the United States. Surgery and radiation therapy are effective treatments, but each has different quality of life implications for men and their partners. These treatments, although potentially life-saving impose their own burden related to treatment side effects. Some men may benefit from a monitoring approach called "active surveillance" if they have early, slow-growing prostate cancer. Making the right treatment choice depends of men being given all appropriate options and making sure they have a high quality conversation with their specialty provider. Minority men in particular are not always given the evidence they need to make the right choice for them, and doctors and healthcare systems may not always pay attention to what is important to them. Tools called "decision aids" can improve knowledge and may reduce the burden associated with prostate cancer treatment in minority men. These tools inform men about their disease severity, treatment options, and the quality of life implications of each treatment option. They can be delivered in clinical discussion with specialists or prior to a visit with a specialist. However, decision aids are not routinely usd in specialty practice for prostate cancer. A tablet-based tool we have developed, Prostate Choice, helps men tailor their choice based on their disease risk, life expectancy, and current sexual and urinary function. It can be used in the clinical conversation. Another tool, Knowing Your Options, is a website with comprehensive educational materials that is designed for use prior to visits with specialists. We want to study two kinds of decision aids - ones delivered in te visit with a specialist and one delivered before seeing a specialist as well as the combination of the two decision aids-to see if we can put patients in the best position possible to make the treatment choice that is right for them. We think these tools will reduce known disparities in patient knowledge and may improve the burden of men's symptoms a year after prostate cancer diagnosis. We propose an experiment that delivers the two types of decision aids compared to usual care by assigning 32 specialty practices to get different types of decision aids or usual care. To test the experiment we will enroll 310 men (120 white, 120 African American, 70 American Indian/Alaska Native). From this experiment we will see whether one or the other of the two proposed decision aids or the combination of the two improves men's knowledge most compared to usual care. We will be able to determine whether those effects are the same or different for men from different racial backgrounds and education levels. By testing these tools we will determine whether they can reduce known disparities in patient knowledge and quality of life in minority men.
Among the more than 200,000 men diagnosed with prostate cancer each year, minority men face significant disparities in disease severity, knowledge about treatment options and implications, survival and symptom burden. Decision aids delivered within or prior to specialty visits or the combination might help reduce disparities by improving patient knowledge, and allowing them to make a treatment choice that is appropriate and that fits with their priorities related to sexual and urinary function. This proposal will test in-visit, out-of-vsit and combined in-visit/out-of-visit decision aids for African-American and American Indian/Alaska Native men for initial prostate cancer treatment decisions in a cancer cooperative group. | <urn:uuid:723a785d-181b-4a86-a9cf-a0fe0aaacf8f> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://grantome.com/grant/NIH/R01-MD008934-01 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279169.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00220-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942984 | 656 | 2.328125 | 2 |
Upward Thinking: Overhead Storage Space
Looking for more storage space? Look up! One often unused storage area is the loft or “attic” over your garage. In some instances of attached garages, opening this area may also provide easier access to the house attic. If you already have a crawl-hole access door, the first step is to examine the area. Is the framing open, or are trusses used? A trussed building provides less storage space than an open-framed building, and in some instances the area above a garage may not have much available space. Determine the approximate access opening location. Use a drill to bore a starting hole and use a saber saw to cut between the ceiling joists to create an initial examination opening. Use an electronic stud finder to locate joists. If the ceiling joists are 2-by-6’s or larger, there will probably be enough support for storage. If the ceiling joists are 2-by-4’s, they will have to be strengthened by adding 2-by-4’s to their sides. You may also wish to add vertical stiffeners from the joists to the rafters along the sides. Also examine for exposed wires and other utilities that may need to be relocated. Joists in a garage loft space are rarely floored, and you will probably wish to add flooring. Three-quarter-inch particleboard underlayment makes a decent support floor over the floor joists. The main idea is to provide a good, solid support floor for storing items.
The next step is to provide access. Drop-down folding stairs, such as those from Memphis Folding Stairs, are the best choice. These provide a safer access than ladders, and are stored up, out of the way in the loft space when not in use.
It is extremely important to make sure the ceiling will support the storage weight. Also, use the proper framing around the opening. Make sure any cut joists are strengthened with the proper headers.
Measure and Cut
The first step is to measure the ceiling height carefully, and purchase a unit that allows the stairs to be properly unfolded. Make sure there is room for a safe landing area at the bottom of the stairway. There must also be enough clearance for the swing of the stair unit as it is being unfolded to full length. In most instances folding stairways are installed parallel to ceiling joists. In some instances, however, the stair must be installed perpendicular to the ceiling joists.
Cut the rough opening in the ceiling or plaster to the size indicated by the stairway instruction sheet. Normally this will be about 1/2 to 5/8 inch larger than the actual unit to allow for shimming and squaring. If you must cut ceiling joists to allow for installation, make sure you install headers to tie the cut members to other joists. The header materials should be of the same size lumber as the existing joists. Regardless, form a four-sided frame or stairwell to install the stairway. Make sure to keep the construction square for easy of installation. If the home has roof trusses, do not cut ceiling joists without consulting an engineer or city inspector and getting approval.
Installation of the Memphis Folding Stair begins by using temporary support boards across the width of the opening at front and back. They should be nailed or screwed securely enough to support the stairway until it is permanently attached. The boards should form a ledge of 1/2-inch at the main hinge end and a 7/8-inch ledge at the pull cord end. Raise the stairway unit into the attic by turning it sideways and through the rough opening and then lowering it carefully onto the ledge support strips. The best tactic is to have one person in the attic and a helper on the floor to position the stairway in place.
Caution: Do not at this time place any weight on the stairway. Do not raise or lower the stairway. Do not allow the stairway to be moved in any manner as it may fall and cause bodily injury. Use a ladder to do any work that involves further anchoring. Make sure the stair is square and level in the rough opening. Use blocks of wood as shims to straighten the stair frame if it has been bowed in inventory. Bowing boards can be straightened using nails and shims. Also use shims between the rough opening and the stairway frame. Several 8d common nails can be driven partially through the frame into the rough opening framework to add further support. Do not drive these nails in all the way. | <urn:uuid:5472e3d8-25a7-4f30-bf16-ae096af05f50> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://extremehowto.com/upward-thinking-overhead-storage-space/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560285001.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095125-00303-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943675 | 950 | 2.171875 | 2 |
New York City Panel on Climate Change 2015 Report, Chapter 1: Climate Observations and Projections
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
Because of incomplete knowledge about exactly how much climate change will occur, choosing among policies for reducing future damages requires prudent risk management (Yohe and Leichenko, 2010; Kunreuther et al., 2013). Given differing risk tolerances among stakeholders, a risk management approach allows for a range of possible climate change outcomes to be examined with associated uncertainties surrounding their likelihoods. The New York City Panel on Climate Change 2 (NPCC2) projections can be used to inform planning across multiple governmental scales (e.g., city, county, state) in the New York metropolitan region. Such coordinated efforts can serve as test cases for successful local, state, and federal coordination for integrated climate adaptation initiatives. This chapter describes the global climate system, and presents observed temperature and precipitation trends and projections for the region. Chapter 2 (NPCC, 2015) focuses on sea level rise and possible changes in coastal storms. Chapter 3 and Chapter 4 (NPCC, 2015) describe efforts to better understand the region's vulnerability to coastal flooding during coastal storms. The treatment of likelihood related to the NPCC projections is similar to that developed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Fourth and Fifth Assessment Reports (IPCC, 2007; 2013), with six likelihood categories (Box 1.1 and Fig. 1.1). The assignment of climate hazards to these categories is based on observed data, global climate model simulations, published literature, and expert judgment. | <urn:uuid:146e87b1-e079-4da3-9a35-8afb4f124a98> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://necasc.umass.edu/biblio/new-york-city-panel-climate-change-2015-report-chapter-1-climate-observations-and | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00477.warc.gz | en | 0.896343 | 323 | 2.609375 | 3 |
Madagascar | World Thinking Day Ideas
GSNMT troop 10398 representing Madagascar for World Thinking Day.
Thanks to the DreamWorks movies, your Girl Scouts have heard of Madagascar and rooted for some of its native animals. So when they realize that they can choose this large African island country for Thinking Day events, your troop will really “like to move it, move it.”
Fun Fact: There are no native “Penguins of Madagascar,” sorry.
2″ Embroidered, Iron-on
Making wild animal crafts for Thinking Day is a very popular activity, so the SWAP ideas for Madagascar will provide your girls with some unique options. Almost all of the plant and animal species found on the island evolved there and nowhere else. Famous for dozens of types of lemurs, Madagascar is also home to more than 100 kinds of chameleons, bats and colorful frogs as well as tortoises, crocodiles and bugs like millipedes and the hissing cockroach. For an awesome Madagascar Thinking Day SWAP, make our pony bead color change chameleon with our magic beads that change color in sunlight. Or, if your girls love lemurs, they can tell all their friends with a lemur tail SWAP.
In addition to animal crafts and decorations for Madagascar Thinking day, your booth could include a variety of plants. The island grows about 1,000 species of orchid throughout the year plus palms, ferns, succulent trees and medicinal plants like rosy periwinkle that have generated over a billion dollars in revenue because they are used to make anti-cancer drugs. Some familiar food plants here include coffee, cloves, vanilla, bananas and citrus fruits.
Serving food for Madagascar? Amongst the main course specialties of the cuisine, Ro and Ravitoto rank high. Ro is made by mixing rice with herbs and fragrant leaves. It forms the staple diet of the Malagasy people. For a sweet treat, they enjoy banana or pineapple fritters and make deep-fried doughnuts called mofo baolina.
If the troops in your area wear international costumes for Thinking Day, you are in luck. A traditional Madagascar lamba costume will be easy to make without sewing a stitch. Don’t forget a smaller, second piece of matching fabric to make a head wrap. Use the material scraps to dress tiny Madagascar clothespin dolls. Finally, the girls’ favorite part – face paint! Many women in Madagascar paint a yellow paste on their faces as protecttion from sun and mosquitoes.
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3 Jun (GOLDSBORO, NC) – In the wake of evidence that a senior government prosecutor attempted to intimidate a key defense witness in the HIV-transmission case of USAF Airman Basic “GBA” of Seymour Johnson AFB. N.C., the case has been continued until August 22. Judge Michael A. Lewis (Lt. Col, USAF) continued the case to allow the defense, at prosecutors’ expense, to find a new expert. (For privacy reasons, the airman’s name is being withheld.)
Accused in March 2011 of assaulting three partners by engaging in unprotected sex without informing them of his HIV-positive test results, if convicted at a court-martial, the 27-year-old airman faces a dishonorable discharge, lifetime registration as a sex offender, and a felony conviction carrying up to an eight-year prison sentence.
Currently, 32 states, the military and two U.S. territories have laws that criminalize exposing another person to HIV even if the virus isn’t actually transmitted. According to the Center for HIV Law and Policy, 350 HIV-positive people have been arrested or prosecuted for consensual sex, biting and spitting, with their alleged HIV infection viewed as a lethal weapon.
Defense witness Gregory Hendricks, Ph.D. withdrew from the USAF case after prosecutor Capt. Mark Rosenow contacted the department chair of the University of Massachusetts (U. Mass) lab where Hendricks worked. A biochemist and associate professor who designed and built the university’s core electron microscopy (EM) facility, Hendricks had agreed to examine samples of the airman’s blood using EM, the powerful magnifying technology that detects viruses.
With support from the Office of Medical and Scientific Justice (OMSJ), a non-profit investigative agency comprised of legal and scientific experts, GBA’s defense argued that the airman’s blood should be examined at the U. Mass laboratory. Since the 1980s, Hendricks has identified and photographed thousands of images of HIV using EM. OMSJ experts contend that, as the “gold standard,” EM is the only reliable method that can identify the presence of the virus.
OMSJ also contends that GBA’s military doctors and lab failed to abide by the legal FDA instructions, warnings and limitations that accompany serological (blood serum) HIV tests.
On April 10 in another closely watched case, Dr. Hendricks examined the blood of Nushawn “Notorious HIV” Williams and found no evidence of the HIV virus in his blood. Hendricks’ findings cast serious doubt on the HIV-related charges that sent Williams to prison in 1999.
When Capt. Rosenow alleged that the U. Mass lab might be involved in “unlawful” practices ten days later, the university launched an internal investigation. Fearing for his professional future, Hendricks withdrew from the USAF case and all other OMSJ cases, including the upcoming civil commitment trial of Nushawn Williams.
At Seymour Johnson AFB, meanwhile, Judge Lewis is considering whether to dismiss charges against GBA and sanction Capt. Rosenow for dissuading a witness, which would disqualify him from the case. His written ruling is expected by July.
This is the third military case OMSJ has participated in since November 2012. Founded by investigator and retired LAPD officer Clark Baker, OMSJ provides medical, scientific, legal and investigative support to the victims of unsubstantiated medical and scientific practices. Since 2009, OMSJ has participated in 50 cases that have resulted in favorable plea agreements or the withdrawal of all HIV-related charges.
“The real problem,” claims OMSJ CEO Baker, “is that treating physicians and laboratories ignore FDA warnings regarding the unreliability of biological tests and assume, with confidence, that healthy patients are infected with deadly diseases when they are not. We’ve seen lives devastated by these misguided practices and fear that thousands of Americans and US servicemembers may have been similarly misdiagnosed and unnecessarily discharged or imprisoned since the 1990s.” | <urn:uuid:46e297dd-ecf7-4da9-9b09-059c4cd1b1a5> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.omsj.org/corruption/gbapr3jun | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280929.91/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00424-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952347 | 846 | 1.65625 | 2 |
This week, we continue our ongoing series of Chicago’s native trees by highlighting the ash tree. The ash tree has somewhat of a tragic tale in the Chicago area. This tall, flowering tree has long had a strong presence throughout Illinois, but the introduction of the emerald ash borer has decimated the ash tree population. The state of Illinois even had a quarantine on ash trees to restrict the movement of the trees and firewood cut from ash to help curb the emerald ash borer outbreak. This quarantine was started in 2007 but lifted in 2015 because officials determined that these efforts are not effective enough to limit the problem. Illinois still follows a federal quarantine on ash wood that makes it illegal for firewood from a quarantined state to be transported to an unquarantined state.
The problems caused by the emerald ash borer will be discussed in further detail below. For now, let’s separate the ash tree from this major problem to appreciate the beauty of the ash trees themselves. Ash trees are native to Canada and the northern United States and they are resilient to different environments and types of soil. Even though ash trees have been greatly affected by the emerald ash borer, several species of ash are still commonly found throughout the Chicago area. In this guide, we will cover the common characteristics of ash trees, the species of ash native to the Chicago area, ash tree care, and how to identify infestations of the emerald ash borer.
Our arborists at Hendricksen Tree Care are experts when it comes to treating pest problems with trees and we can help if your ash tree is affected by the emerald ash borer.
Characteristics of Ash Trees
Ash trees are medium sized trees that generally stand between 40 and 60 feet tall when matured, and it is not unusual for them to get as tall as 80 feet. They are in the same family as olive and lilac plants and consist of many different species under the genus Fraxinus. The majority of ash trees are deciduous and dioecious which means that the male and female flowers grow on separate plants. However, the gender of an ash tree is somewhat fluid as individual trees can change from male or hermaphrodite to female trees as they age.
The most defining characteristics of ash trees are the well-defined bark ridges, whorls of elongated green leaves with pointed ends, and their helicopter seeds. They are great for providing shade and can survive the cold conditions of the Chicago area in various types of soil. Most species of ash can live for well over 100 years if they receive the proper care and are protected from the emerald ash borer.
The main characteristics of ash trees are described in further detail below:
- Height: As mentioned above, ash trees can grow between 40 and 80 feet which makes them great shade trees. The maximum height differs between ash species as black ash trees grow to be 50 feet, blue ashes can grow to be 70 feet, green ashes get around 60 feet, and white ashes can grow up to 80 feet.
- Branches: The ash tree is one of 4 types of trees that have opposite branching. Opposite branching is when the branches of a tree grow off of the tree limb on opposite sides. So for each branch, there is a mate branch growing in the same spot on the opposite side of the limb. The only other trees that have this feature are dogwood, maple, and horse chestnut trees.
Leaves: Ash trees have elongated, oval-shaped leaves with pointed ends. They are also compound leaves which means that anywhere from 5 to 11 leaves may grow from a single bud. Ash tree leaves are green in the summer, and their fall colors differ depending on the species.
- Flowers: Ashes of both sexes are flowering trees and they are dioecious which means that male and female flowers do not grow on the same tree. The flowers of both sexes look similar, like purple and green clusters that grow in bunches. The difference between the male and female ash flowers is that males have stamens that produce pollen and female flowers have stigmas that catch pollen.
- Fruit: The fruit of an ash is one of its most defining characteristics. Known to many as helicopter seeds, the fruit is a seed called a samara that is contained within winged, papery tissue. This allows the wind to carry ash tree seeds for a significant distance. Only female ash trees produce these seeds.
- Bark: Ash tree bark starts out smooth when the tree is young and develops more deeply defined ridges as the tree matures. The bark is usually a grayish color and the distinct ridges typically form a diamond pattern.
Ash Trees Native to Illinois
There are between 45 and 65 known species of ash trees found in North America, Europe, and Asia. The following are some of the most common species of ash tree that are native to the Chicago region:
- Black ash: The black ash is hardy in cold environments and prefers wet, acidic soil. It is named for its darker colored bark and its leaves turn purple in the fall. Black ash trees generally grow to about 40 or 50 feet.
- Blue ash: Blue ash trees grow taller than black ashes, reaching up to 70 feet in height, and they prefer dryer soil. This makes them more tolerant to drought like conditions. The leaves of a blue ash turn yellow in the fall.
- Green ash: Green ash trees are very hardy as they can tolerate cold weather, wet or dry conditions, and soil of various pH levels. The leaves of a green ash tend to be yellow or yellowish green in the fall.
- White ash: The white ash is the biggest ash tree on this list as it can reach a height of 80 feet. These trees get their name from the whitish color on the underside of their leaves. White ashes prefer alkaline soil and have a low tolerance for droughts. In the fall, its leaves may turn purple, red, orange, or gold.
Threats to Chicagoland Ash Trees – Diseases and Pests
Though ash trees are hardy plants, they are vulnerable to a range of diseases and pests that can cause them major damage. One threat that has already been discussed deserves special attention because of the scale of damage it has caused to ash trees in the region: the emerald ash borer.
Emerald Ash Borer
The emerald ash borer is an invasive beetle from northeast Asia that has caused significant damage to the native ash trees of North America. It is not known exactly how the emerald ash borer ended up in North America, but it was discovered in 2002 and has continued to spread throughout the continent ever since. The emerald ash borer has been found in 60 of Illinois’ 102 counties and may be responsible for the death of around 200 million ash trees in Illinois alone. They typically prefer to infest green and black ash trees, and they are also known to kill white and blue ashes if there are no black or green ashes in the area.
The emerald ash borer is so destructive in North America because the ash trees here are not as resistant as those in their native northeast Asia, and it has no natural North American predators. They infest ash trees by laying eggs in the bark and when the larvae hatch, they burrow through the bark and inside the tree. The larvae spend the next year feeding on the fibers inside the tree, forming zigzag tunnels that disrupt the flow of nutrients which starves the tree from the inside. Mature emerald ash borers then cut a D-shaped exit hole to leave the tree and restart the cycle.
The common signs of an emerald ash borer infestation include the D-shaped exit holes, thinning or dying crown, splitting or damaged bark, and tunnels etched into the wood underneath the bark. It is very important keep an eye out for these signs and call a tree service professional immediately to treat the infestation. If the damage becomes too extensive, your only option will be to remove the tree.
While the emerald ash borer is by far the biggest threat to native ash trees, there are several other issues that can affect these trees:
Anthracnose: Anthracnose is a fungus that can affect any part of the tree including the foliage, roots, and twigs. The green ash is the most susceptible species to this disease. Anthracnose can be identified by dark colored spots that appear on the leaves, which can eventually kill off the foliage. This disease must be treated with a fungicide.
- Ash yellows: Ash yellows is a bacterial disease that affects white ash and green ash trees. There is not too much known about ash yellows because it is a recently discovered disease. It is believed to be transmitted by insects and it can result in branch dieback, yellowing of the leaves, cracks in the bark, and witches broom which is when there is an overgrowth of branches in one area of the tree. Ash yellows can kill an ash tree quickly or slowly over a period of several years.
- Clearwing borer: These borers are similar in appearance to wasps and attack many different tree types, including ash trees. Like the emerald ash borer, the clearwing borer lays its eggs on the bark and the larvae live inside the tree, feeding on the sapwood. This can result in gnarled bark and damage to the trunk and tissue which makes the tree more vulnerable to disease.
Ash Tree Care Tips
Ash trees are a great presence in yards and landscapes because of the shade and natural beauty they provide. Aside from protecting your trees against the emerald ash borer, ash trees are relatively easy to maintain. Make sure you follow these care tips if you have an ash tree on your property:
- Watering: The amount of water you should give an ash tree depends on its age, the time of year, and the conditions. Young ash trees need regular watering to help the root system develop and establish itself. Once an ash tree is matured, it does not need to be watered often. However, you should water ash trees once per week if there is a drought, and once late in the fall.
- Fertilization: Ash trees only need to be fertilized once per year in the fall. It is best to use a slow release granular fertilizer so it will supply the tree with nutrients into the winter. It is important to not let the fertilizer come into contact with the trunk because it could cause an infection.
- Mulch: Mulch should be laid around ash trees for the summer and winter seasons. In the summer, the mulch will help the soil retain moisture and improve its nutritional value. It is best to use organic mulch and spread it 4 inches deep around the base of the tree. Leave some space around the base of the tree for air circulation. In the winter, apply mulch immediately after the ground freezes to protect the shallow roots.
- Pruning: Ash trees only need pruning if you are trying to control its height or if the branches are dead, damaged, or diseased. Pruning a tall ash tree is a dangerous job and should be left to professionals.
- Winter: Even though ash trees are resilient to the cold, they can be affected by cold wind. Wrapping your tree with natural burlap can help retain moisture and protect the tree from wind damage during the winter. The burlap should be wrapped loosely around the trunk with enough space at the top and bottom of the wrap for air circulation.
Professional Tree Care Services for Your Illinois Ash Trees
Ash Trees are native to Chicago and surrounding IL cities such as Arlington Heights, providing a beautiful backdrop to forests and landscapes, but are in serious danger due to foreign insects like the Emerald Ash Borer
Healthy ash trees make beautiful shade trees and they can live for well over a century. They just need a little bit of care to get enough moisture and nutrients to survive the winter and periods of drought. However, your ash trees are always vulnerable to the emerald ash borer which has made its presence known throughout the Chicago area. If you believe your ash trees may be affected by disease or the dreaded emerald ash borer, contact Hendricksen Tree Care right away for our professional tree care services. Our arborists are experts at identifying the signs of an emerald ash borer situation and we will advise you on the best ways to deal with the issue.
At Hendricksen Tree Care, we are passionate about caring for your ash trees and other trees native to the Chicago region. Contact us for tree care services in Arlington Heights, Palatine, Mt. Prospect, Barrington, and the surrounding north and northwest Chicago suburbs.
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View Full Version : Pixel-perfect fluid widths
10-27-2007, 03:58 AM
I am trying to achieve a layout which adjusts to the resolution of the user's screen, but also lines up with other elements on the page.
I want to have two boxes at the top of the page, next to each other (floated left), with some more boxes below them which line up with the edges of the boxes above.
| Box 1 | | BOX 2 |
| BOX 3 |
| BOX 4 |
10-28-2007, 01:31 AM
What do you want the borders on? Every div? the entire page?
Where is the code you are working with?
Trying to help you here...
10-28-2007, 04:17 AM
Sorry, I was in a bit of a hurry when I posted so I forgot some information. I want the borders on every DIV.
border: 1px solid black;
height:50px; /* Ignore this, it's just to expand the DIVS */
width:47.5%; /* 48% widths wrap to the next line, because of the borders */
<div class="head">Right edge edge of this DIV...</div>
<div class="body">...should align with the right edge of this DIV</div>
10-28-2007, 07:17 AM
I could be wrong because I don't usually use fluid width but.
From my calculations you set width to 98% plus your margin is set to 1%.
So add 1% + 98% + 1% = 100% (100% is the max, but now you decided to add a 1 pixel border to it)
Again let me stress that I don't normally code fluid layouts so I am not sure which gets calculated first.
If the browsers subtract the 1 pixel border from the TOTAL resolution first then from that new total it uses 1 % for margins and 98% for width then you should be ok.
However, logically speaking if the browser takes the TOTAL resolution and makes the margins 1% then the width 98% by the time it tries to calculate the borders its out of fingers to use for counting.
AGAIN I don't know for sure but my guess is that if your using percentages then try to use a percentage for borders too. This might correct the problem.
10-28-2007, 07:44 AM
Unfortunately percentage borders don't work.
With no border, 48% widths on the top DIVs and 98% widths on the bottom DIVs, everything lines up perfectly. When 1px borders are added, the total width becomes slightly larger than 100%, so the second header DIV jumps to the next line.
10-29-2007, 09:42 AM
Can anyone else offer some insight?
10-29-2007, 08:30 PM
float them left and right to the boundaries of the wrapper,with/without the borders.
10-30-2007, 04:19 AM
try setting the left and right margins of the top divs individually, and floating the right div to the right.
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Cement mixer in Spanish | English to Spanish Translation
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Concrete Mixing Methods and Concrete Mixers: State of the Art
Apr 01, 2001 · 2.1.2 Pan Mixers . All pan mixers work on basically the same principle : a cylindrical pan (fixed or rotating) contains the concrete to be mixed, while one or two sets of blades rotate inside the pan to mix the materials and a blade scrapes the wall of the pan.The shapes of the blades and the axes of rotation vary. Figure 4 shows the different combinations of blade configurations and pan.
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Concrete Mixers Concrete Staining Services Concrete Pumping Equipment. (1) Website. (619) 414-2685. San Diego, CA 92102. RR. the best service in tow .Will use this company any time. 3. Associated Ready Mix Concrete.
What is the price range for Concrete Mixers? The average price for Concrete Mixers ranges from $10 to $2,000. What are some of the most reviewed products in Concrete Mixers? Some of the most reviewed products in Concrete Mixers are the RYOBI 5.0 cu. ft. Portable Concrete Mixer with 498 reviews and the YARDMAX 1.6 cu. ft. Concrete Mixer with 245
a. el mixer. (m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol). (M) We like to add some orange soda as a mixer with our tequila.Nos gusta echar un poco de refresco de naranja como mixer al tequila.
Example sentences with "concrete mixer", translation memory. add example. en Rental of concrete mixers. tmClass. cs Pronájem míchaček na beton. en Machines and machine tools for building and public works, in particular concrete mixers, mini excavators, compactors, vibrating plates
Concrete mixer Translation Available on the following languages: English Chinese (s) Chinese (t) Arabic Spanish Russian Dutch Portuguese Turkish Italian French German Japanese Hebrew Korean Swedish Other languages. Concrete mixer in English. large truck with a rotating canister used to store and mix concrete
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Concrete mixers supply are designed with convenient movement. All concrete mixers parts are installed on the chassis with wheels, and the wheels will be equipped with steering traction device, so it can be moved easily. 6. Control system. Through the control system, all the operations of cement concrete mixer can be controlled easily.
Definition of cement mixer in the Definitions.net dictionary. Meaning of cement mixer. What does cement mixer mean? Information and translations of cement mixer in the most comprehensive dictionary definitions resource on the web.
Principal Translations: Inglés: Español: concrete mixer n noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc. (machine for mixing concrete) (construcción) hormigonera nf nombre femenino: Sustantivo de género exclusivamente femenino, que lleva los artículos la o una en singular, y las o unas en plural. Exemplos: la mesa, una tabla. The mixture looked a bit wet so I put some more cement in | <urn:uuid:cedac3df-81db-49b0-8601-7dccbf94b433> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.flexclub.pl/24282/concrete/mixer/translation/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572192.79/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815145459-20220815175459-00078.warc.gz | en | 0.758857 | 882 | 1.78125 | 2 |
Addiction is a Feelings Disease
When someone is suffering from an addiction, it’s common to see spouses, family members, friends and colleagues become emotional as they witness someone they care about struggle.
However, what people might not consider is that many of the same emotions loved ones and families feel watching someone struggle with an addiction issue are the very same emotions someone battling an addiction feels, too.
People fighting addiction may feel disappointed, a sense of failure or that they are struggling to live up to expectations.
They may also be feeling sad about missed opportunities or failed relationships, similar to how those people around them may be feeling.
Just as someone suffering from addiction might, as a consequence, feel some negative emotions, negative emotions can also drive a person to addiction in the first place.
When someone experiences negative feelings of guilt, depression, anxiety or upset, they often reach for the abusing substance as a way to feel better and ‘drown out’ the negative emotion.
Therefore, negative emotions are often the cause and consequence of substance abuse and addiction. This is why addiction is often referred to as the ‘feelings’ disease.
What is Emotion
Emotion can be defined as “a psychic and physical reaction (such as anger or fear) experienced as a strong feeling.”.
Essentially, emotions are ‘feeling’ states based on the emotional history and the context of the situation and the person suffering .
It’s both the emotional history of an individual and the context of the situation which determines the ‘feeling’ state and level of motivation felt to act on the emotion or urge.
5 Emotions People with Addiction Feel
Although there are many emotions and ‘feeling’ states, someone with addiction may be prone to feeling shame, helplessness, sadness, fear and guilt the most.
These emotions can’t be felt either before action starts (causing the addiction to begin) or as a consequence of the addiction.
Shame is defined by social scientist Brene Brown as “the intensely painful feeling or experience believing that we are flawed and therefore unworthy of love and belonging” .
These unwanted and unhealthy beliefs lead to a feeling of shame, and they go hand in hand with addiction.
So many people still see substance abuse and addiction as a flaw or weakness, subsequently making them feel shameful and too embarrassed to seek help.
Anyone suffering from an addiction is bound to experience feelings of hopelessness. Many forms of addiction are due to depression, anxiety and trauma, and in an attempt to solve these issues people often turn to substances.
Once doing so, they find themselves in deeper forms of depression and anxiety; and the never-ending, often hopeless cycle continues.
It won’t be a surprise to anyone that people suffering from addiction will experience feelings of sadness. Loved ones also feel sad watching the person suffering struggle and having their hopes and dreams de-railed.
Often, once the person suffering acknowledges that their addiction causes sadness in others, it either encourages them to seek help or simply makes them increasingly more low and sad.
This is often the make or break point for many people suffering from addiction.
Being addicted to any substance is a very dangerous thing for both the mind and the body. Addiction holds a whole host of things to be scared of and make you fearful of.
This includes losing your life, losing the support of loved ones, financial issues, incarnation and a range of increasing mental health strains and issues.
These fears are also experienced by the family, which can sometimes be the main topic of conversation between the person suffering and their loved ones.
However, more often than not, the person suffering from addiction can sometimes be more shortsighted; with their biggest fear sometimes being about where their next fix is going to come from.
While under the influence, it’s common for people suffering from addiction to not feel guilty. However, during periods of sobriety, their addiction, behaviour and actions sometimes weigh more heavily on them.
Some of the typical behaviours of an addict include lying, manipulating loved ones, cheating and stealing.
These actions often result in making those around them, especially close family and friends suffer resulting in a sense of guilt and low self-esteem.
What is Motivation
Motivation and emotion often get confused as one or the same thing. However, motivation is actually the response from an emotion felt .
In other words, emotion drives motivation.
When someone experiences a negative emotion like any of the above, this often drives an equally negative behaviour, motivation and action.
For someone experiencing negative emotions or turmoil in life, the negative emotions felt may motivate them to act out in an attempt to make the negative emotions ‘go away.’ This often includes self-medicating with drugs or alcohol.
It is because of these negative emotions and motivation that addiction gets dubbed the ‘feelings’ disease.
How to Control Your Emotions
It’s well researched that the ability to regulate and control your emotions leads to greater success and happiness throughout your life .
A lack of emotional regulation has been considered to be one of the main factors that increase the likelihood of risk behaviours . These behaviours include things such as gambling, internet-related disorders and substance abuse .
However, you are able to learn how to better regulate your emotions at any point in your life.
Here are a few tips on how to better regulate your emotions if you’re struggling from an addiction or substance abuse;
1. Think about the Impact of your Emotions
Not all intense emotions are bad emotions. They can often help to motivate you to create change.
However, if you’re experiencing negative emotions that are contributing to substance abuse then it may be helpful to think about the impact your emotions have – both on your life and the lives of the people around you.
Your addiction and emotions may be leading to relationship breakdowns, trouble relating to others, difficulty at work or school, physical or emotional outbursts. It’s important to acknowledge this and to understand how this is affecting your life and others.
It’s likely that this will have a large and lasting impact on your future, even after recovery from addiction.
2. Regulation over Repression
Whilst someone suffering from addiction might believe that they’re incapable of controlling their emotions and urges, everyone is capable of trying to better regulate them.
People suffering from addiction often suppress their emotions in an attempt to protect themselves from painful feelings and reality. This can’t either be a conscious decision (suppression) or an unconscious decision (repression).
Instead, try to regulate your emotions by understanding that healthy emotional regulation involves finding a balance between extreme overwhelming emotions and urges and none at all.
Try to achieve a healthy balance, and remember that not everything has to be in extremes, including your emotions.
3. Identify Your Exact Emotions
Understanding exactly what emotion you’re feeling can have a major impact on gaining control over your emotions and urges, especially as an addict.
We’re taught as children about basic emotions; sadness, happiness, angriness, fear. However, humans experience a large range of emotions that are often intertwined with one another. These emotions include being overwhelmed, disrespected, vulnerable and humiliated,
When suffering from an addiction, it’s important for the addict to understand exactly what emotions have contributed to their addiction and what emotions have occurred as a consequence of their addiction.
If you or someone you know is suffering from an addiction then it’s important to understand that any addiction is driven by emotions. It’s important that these emotions are identified, regulated and that the consequences of suppressing emotions are understood.
If you’re struggling to regulate your emotions, then try to speak to your local GP about speaking to a therapist or healthcare professional about seeking help.
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The Shetland Sheepdog, often known as the Sheltie, is a breed of dog that originated in the Shetland Islands of Scotland. The breed was originally known as the “Shetland Collie” but was renamed because this name caused controversy amongst other collie enthusiasts.
Shetland Sheepdogs are unlike many other miniature breeds in that they were not developed simply by selectively breeding the Rough Collie for smaller and smaller sizes. The original sheepdog of Shetland was a Spitz-type dog, probably similar to the modern Icelandic Sheepdog.
This dog was crossed with mainland working collies brought to the islands, and then after being taken to England.
Since the 1960s, many dog breeds have been created by crossing the Rough Collie with other breeds. This includes crossing it with the extinct Greenland Yakki, King Charles Spaniel (not to be confused with the Cavalier), and Pomeranian, and possibly Border Collie. The original Shetland sheepdog was replaced by Border Collies for herding.
This small dog is a devoted family pet and can be quite vocal. They are also called known as “shadows” due to their high level of trust with their owners. They are incredibly loyal dogs that love attention. The Shetland Sheepdog is a small, agile dog.
They are longer than they are tall and have a smooth gait and covering the ground. Their coat is double with an undercoat that is short and dense and an outer coat that is straight and harsh. Their expression is often gentle, intelligent, and questioning.
They have the agility, speed, endurance, and intelligence to be efficient herding dogs.
Because of the low amount of melanin in the Sheltie fur, they tend to have a white or cream coat with dark blue or black spots. Blue merle Shelties may have blue eyes or one brown and one blue eye, but all other Shelties have dark-colored eyes.
Their expression should be that of alertness with a gentle. They are often very good with children. They carry their tail down low, only lifted when alert, and never carried over the back.
Shetland Sheepdog Body structure
They have a double coat, which means that they have two layers of fur. The long, rough guard hairs lie on top of a thick, soft undercoat. The guard hairs are water-repellent while the undercoat provides relief from both high and low temperatures.
Shelties normally weigh between 5 and 11 kilograms. Shorter and stockier, males tend to be taller and heavier than females. Males can be as tall as 41 centimeters at the shoulder while the range for females is between 30-38 centimeters.
Shetland Sheepdog Exercise and Training
Though Shetland Sheepdogs do not require extensive exercise like other breeds, they still need to run and play regularly. Otherwise, they may become bored and bark or chew on things excessively.
A dog’s happiness is dependent on having mental stimulation. The most effective way to stimulate their mind is through obedience training, agility, herding, or games that challenge them mentally. Even if it means just fetching balls and finding hidden toys.
Shetland Sheepdog Behavior
These dogs have quick reflexes that can make them overly reactive to loud noises and sudden touches. Indeed, quite a few individuals are high-strung, startle easily, and don’t do well in an environment with frequent tension, loud voices, or too much rough-housing. They can be overwhelmed by the herky-jerky mannerisms of small children.
They are easy to train if you have a calm voice and a light hand on the leash. They are sensitive, so they need only verbal corrections and become defensive or wilted if you jerk them around. Praise, gentle guidance with your hands or leash, and food rewards are the way to go with Shelties.
The Shetland Sheepdog is friendly with other dogs and cats, but maybe aloof with strangers. Because of their reserved nature, they need extensive socialization to become confident around people.
Shetland Sheepdog Health Challenges
Shelties are known to be a healthy breed, but this is not always true. They often face health issues such as epilepsy, bleeding disorders, heart disease, joint disorders, eye diseases, and endocrine system disorders.
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The ABC of FIRST AID
For many years I was the on-site supervisor or manager for a construction company. Travelling around the country overseeing the installation of foundation piling. It was and still is, an extremely dangerous occupation. Being rated in the highest group to insure gives an indication to that. One of my responsibilities was the Health and Safety of the workforce and one of the duties was to be the on-site First Aider.
I say duties but it was a pleasure. But you have to be a trained First Aider which meant every three years attending and sitting on a course for either one day as a refresher, or for a full three day course. It was basically the same each time I went for the course. It was never in the same place, I did them in London, Bristol, Newcastle etc., but never in my home town although there was a training centre not 200 yards from my house. Anyway, the main thing to remember each time was your A, B, C, it was an easy acrostic that was drummed in over many years;
- A = Airway
- B = Breathing
- C = Circulation
And then they changed it! Why? Why did they need to change something that was so basic but effective? Because there was something important missing at the beginning!
Was the person in danger, which could also put you in the same danger. Like a live electricity cable or falling objects? I knew a man who, on seeing his work colleague collapsed at the bottom of a shaft that they had machined out of the earth, went down himself to help. He too was overcome and killed by the escape of methane gas. Our initial response, no our automatic response is to reach out and help, isn’t it?
So they had changed the acrostic to DR ABC (Doctor ABC), so henceforth its;
- D = Danger, is there any further danger?
- R = Response, is the patient conscious are they responding
- A = Airway, is there any object obstructing the airway?
- B = Breathing, is the patient breathing?
- C = Circulation, does the patient have any sign of a heartbeat/circulation?
These easy steps are vital in possibly saving somebody’s life.
Some years later, I heard another brother saying that evangelism is as easy as ABC. My ears pricked up, I wanted to hear more. “It’s all you have to follow” he continued, A = Accept, accept Christ, B = Believe in Christ, C = Confess.”
I was new in the faith, but this didn’t completely sit right with me. It appealed for its sheer simplicity but there appeared to be something different from my own limited understanding. Mine wasn’t an acrostic which I like, it was just rhythmical;
Hear, Believe, Repent, Confess. =
- HEAR…… the word of God. Romans 10:17 “So then faith comes by hearing, and by hearing of the word of God.”
- BELIEVE… in your heart that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh. Hebrews 11:6 But without faith, it is impossible to please Him, for he who comes to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those that diligently seek Him.”
- REPENT… There has to be repentance. Acts 17:30 “Truly, these times of ignorance God overlooked, but now commands all men everywhere to repent.”
- CONFESS… There has to be a declaration from your own words. Romans 10:9 “That if you confess with your mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.”
Now this doesn’t really fit into an easy acrostic, H, B, R, C, and I could change the easy acrostic of ABC to DR ABC;
- D = DANGER, without Christ you are heading to hell!
- R = REVELATION, there has to be an awakening of the seed of faith by the word of God.
- A = ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, the acceptance HAS to include repentance!
- B = BELIEVE, one must truly believe in the Lord Jesus
- C = CONFESS, there has to be a confession of faith.
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The tongue is a map of the body. It reflects the general health of the organs and meridians. I look at the color, shape, cracks and coating on your tongue to help me arrive at an accurate diagnosis of your pattern of imbalance.
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High-End Intel Haswell Mobile Chips to Arrive in April 2013
According to a recent report, Intel is to release its high-end Haswell i7 mobile processors in April 2013. These high-end processors will all be quad-core, and will have Hyper-Threading technology enabled, allowing two threads to run on each physical core. The chips will have a base clock of between 2.7 and 3.0GHz, and will have turbo frequencies between 3.5 and 3.7GHz. The chips will have 47-57W TDPs and are likely to be used in high-end gaming laptops as well as all-in-one desktops where low power consumption is of paramount importance.
The Haswell series of mobile processors will also come in a variety of variants, including a new H series that will all be quad-core chips with TDPs between 37 and 57W. The report also states the H series chips will use the BGA (ball-grid-array) package in which the processor is soldered directly onto the motherboard itself. The information has not yet been confirmed by Intel, however it would appear that the firm will be introducing BGA processors as an alternative to the mainstream socketed processors. It will be interesting to see the price difference, if any, between the two types of processor. | <urn:uuid:1835c3d8-44d9-4e1e-b229-ff9e6091d4e8> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.overclockersclub.com/news/33416/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719286.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00497-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959331 | 273 | 1.578125 | 2 |
A SAIL MAKERS PARADISE
This proposal aligns itself with the group narrative of rejuvenating the rich heritage of boat building in the area whilst adapting the rising sea level that allows for the people of Plymouth to become involved with the waterfront here at Stonehouse creek once again.
A sail makers paradise is the final step in a boats journey to being put use at sea. Here, sails are designed for all boats up to 15 meters and has the potential to create complex sail types. This process is a detailed one, therefore, the experiential values of the architecture align itself with the fabric, (weave & weft). There are opportunities to experience the life time of a sail on arrival allowing you to respect the fabric, by passing through sails of the past hanging from a seemingly floating canopy held by the masts that are situated on the inside of the building replicating that of a true sail boat.
The sail || the canopy
Comprised of vertical louvres and ptfe pillows inflated with argon .Originally intended to be a light weight structure similar to a sail itself this floating structure offers fine acoustic values when raining and allows diffused light into the building from above unlike any other canopy informed by the Nordic pavilion and the floating farm in rotterdam.
The mast || the arching columns
Elevating the canopy 500mm above the exterior walls the interior archers seat four beams inset from the any exterior element allowing the canopy to appear suspended over the building keeping visitors of the building engaged with the whole principle of a sail function and engineering.
The hull || the walls || the screen
Encasing the primary workspace these screens push and pull users of building allowing the working to be thrown back into their work. These walls built from brick and informed by weave and weft allowing the rhythm of each segment to be tied together as if a piece of fabric themselves.
The deck || the working shop
Accessing fabric suspended from the air to allow the sail to built everything here is arranged in the sequence of that in which a sail is made. bookended by two facilities (toilets/storage/consultation ) the workshop is the centre of attention.
The rudder || the frame work
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More than 25 U.S. companies have established a coalition to support a House bill that seeks to impose a 20 percent tax on imports and reduce income tax from 35 percent to 20 percent and exempt revenue from taxable income, Reuters reported Friday.
“American workers and businesses are not competing today on a level playing field with foreign competitors because of an outdated and unfair tax system,” John Gentzel, a spokesman for the coalition, said in a statement released Thursday.
Gentzel noted the American Made Coalition will work to advance the proposed House legislation that aims to reform the tax system in an effort to incite investment as well as support job creation efforts and U.S.-made products.
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wisconsin) and House Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-Texas) introduced the tax reform proposal in the lower chamber.
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.BSP File Extension
File TypeQuake Engine Game Map File
This file is saved in a binary format, which requires a specific program to read its contents.
What is a BSP file?
Map file used by games developed with one of the Quake game engines; contains the layout information, objects, and resources for a level map; used by many games, including Quake, Quake 2, Quake 3, Half-Life, Half-Life 2, Team Fortress, Counter-Strike, Counter-Strike: Condition-Zero, Portal, and Call of Duty: World at War.
BSP stands for "Binary Space Partitioning," which is a technique that breaks up intricate polygons into convex sets. This allows 3D maps to be rendered more quickly. BSP files are made up of "lumps," which are chunks of data that are defined in the file header. These include Entities, Nodes, Vertices, Planes, Leaves, Visibility, Faces, and Textures.
BSP maps are compiled into a binary format. They can be compiled from .MAP files using tools such as Q3Map2 and Irrlicht. They may also be created using id Software programs such as GtkRadiant and DarkRadiant.
Since BSP files are compiled from map editor projects, they typically are not modified directly. Some BSP map decompilers exist, such as Q3Map2, EntSpy, Vmex, and BSP2MAP, but they typically do not decompile BSP files correctly.
Quake engines that use BSP files include id Tech 1 (Doom Engine), Quake Engine (the original Quake engine), id Tech 2 (Quake II Engine), id Tech 3 (used originally for Quake III Arena), and id Tech 4 (originally used for Doom 3).
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prompt 209 Liturgy
Any soul that drank the nectar of your passion was lifted. From that water of life he is in a state of elation. Death came, smelled me, and sensed your fragrance instead. From then on, death lost all hope of me. -Rumi
Throughout April, I’ve been offering prompts that touch upon the early origins of and uses for poetry. This week, we will go in a bit of a spiritual direction.
I titled this prompt “liturgy” to encompass a broad range of spiritual purposes for which poetry is written. Where I work, the term liturgy is used to refer to a collection of texts used for public, communal worship. What sorts of poetry might this call to mind? In Jewish and Christian traditions, one might think of the Book of Psalms, where parallelism, both synonymous and antithetic, is a common poetic device. Consider this excerpt from Psalm 27, usually attributed to King David (King James Version):
The LORD is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
One might also think of our modern Christian hymns, and there is certainly crossover between hymns and poetry in that regard. One of the most prolific hymn writers of the 19th century, Fanny Crosby, began first as a poet. She wrote her hymns and poems mostly in four-line stanzas with an a-b-c-b rhyme scheme, as evidenced by the first verse of “Near the Cross” which I quote below:
Jesus, keep me near the cross, There a precious fountain, Free to all, a healing stream, Flows from Calvary's mountain.
Throughout human history in other religious traditions and faiths, poetry has been used for praise, thanksgiving, supplication, prayer, and expressions of sorrow to the deity or deities in question. The Rigveda, a Sanskrit collection of hymns written in verse form composed between 1700 and 1100 BC, is a great example of this. The hymns in the collection address several Hindu deities, including Ratri, or “night”. I’ll quote a portion of a hymn praising her from book 10 of the Rigveda:
1. WITH all her eyes the Goddess Night looks forth approaching many a spot: She hath put all her glories on. 2 Immortal. she hath filled the waste, the Goddess hath filled height and depth: She conquers darkness with her light. 3 The Goddess as she comes hath set the Dawn her Sister in her place: And then the darkness vanishes. 4 So favour us this night, O thou whose pathways we have visited As birds their nest upon the tree."
Spiritual poetry can also speak of more elevated themes, such as unity with the deity, the transcendence of one’s physical existence, and prophecy. The lines of Rumi’s poetry which began this post are a perfect example. Rumi, a Persian poet, theologian, and Sufi mystic, believed very much in the use of poetry, music, and dance to reach God. He spoke freely and frequently of seeking union with the Divine, as evidenced by this example:
I died as a mineral and became a plant, I died as plant and rose to animal, I died as animal and I was Man. Why should I fear? When was I less by dying? Yet once more I shall die as Man, to soar With angels bless'd; but even from angelhood I must pass on: all except God doth perish. When I have sacrificed my angel-soul, I shall become what no mind e'er conceived. Oh, let me not exist! for Non-existence Proclaims in organ tones, To Him we shall return.
Many of us are in the middle of religious observances right now. Some of you are observing Passover and the Easter season this week. You might use this prompt to ground yourself mentality, emotionally, and spiritually to prepare yourselves. Might you consider the stories of your faith as a starting point for this prompt? Perhaps you seek greater union with the Divine. Perhaps you are full of praise and thanksgiving, or like King David to whom authorship of Psalm 23 is attributed, you have walked through “the valley of the shadow of death” and you need to cry out in sorrow.
For the agnostics, atheists, and questioning folks among us: this prompt might be a great opportunity to think about belief (or lack of) and consider it further. Perhaps you might explore the moment you began to question what you were told about God. For the scientific or humanistic minded among us, what does creation say to you? How do you feel about faith as a general concept and other’s expressions of it? There are many directions in which you can go.
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I had written a few articles in 2009 about that ship that I had never heard before just like I had never heard about HMCS Athabaskan before my wife’s uncle talked about it in the summer of 2009.
That last article is the reason why John Hawley wrote a comment during my Rememberance Week 2011.
This is the picture he took in a cemetery… and that he sent me.
collection John Hawley
We see the monuments of three sailors who died when HMCS Regina K234 was torpedoed on August 8, 1944.
John’s father was a sailor on that ship as you can read in his e-mail.
Our father (still alive (age 86) and living in Port Hope Ontario served on HMCS Regina K234 and survived her sinking. He lost many friends and shipmates that night.
On a recent visit to the UK (September 2011) we had the honour and priviledge to visit the graves of five of these brave men in Cornwall, UK. We paid our respects and gratitude to AB Saulnier, Rathbone at St Merryn near Padstow and PO. Cramp, AB Dawson and AB Malone at St Winwaloe Churchyard. Poundstock. UK.
I am in the process of trying to find their descendants.
Have many photographs of their graves and the church areas. Willing to send to anyone interested.
Also remember there are 25 men from Regina who are still out there.
Sincerely, John Hawley, Cole Harbour, NS
So I started a new blog in 2011 to know what I am talking about before paying homage to all those sailors who served on HMCS Regina.
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Independent assessment of a deep learning system for lymph node metastasis detection on the Augmented Reality Microscope
Several machine learning algorithms have demonstrated high predictive capability in the identification of cancer within digitized pathology slides. The Augmented Reality Microscope (ARM) has allowed these algorithms to be seamlessly integrated within the current pathology workflow by overlaying their inferences onto its microscopic field of view in real time. In this paper, we present an independent assessment of the LYmph Node Assistant (LYNA) models, state-of-the-art algorithms for the
... ication of breast cancer metastases in lymph node biopsies which have been optimized for usage at different ARM magnifications. We assessed the models on a set of 40 whole slide images at the commonly used objective magnifications of 10x, 20x, and 40x. We analyzed the performance of the models across clinically relevant subclasses of tissue, including metastatic breast cancer, lymphocytes, histiocytes, veins, and fat. We also analyzed the models' performance on potential types of contaminant tissue such as endometrial carcinoma and papillary thyroid cancer. Each model obtained overall AUC values of approximately 0.98, accuracy values of approximately 0.94, and sensitivity values above 0.88 at classifying small regions of a field of view as benign or cancerous. Across tissue subclasses, the models performed most accurately on fat and blood, and least accurately on histiocytes, germinal centers, and sinus. The models also struggled with the identification of isolated tumor cells, especially at lower magnifications. After testing, we manually reviewed the discrepancies between model predictions and ground truth in order to understand the causes of error. We introduce a distinction between proper and improper ground truth to allow for analysis in cases of uncertain annotations or on tasks with low inter-rater reliability. Taken together, these methods comprise a novel approach for exploratory model analysis over complex anatomic pathology data in which precise ground truth is difficult to establish. | <urn:uuid:c70de220-c611-4a6b-9ab9-6cebc0efe670> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://scholar.archive.org/work/yqt4yquaifgrfmvy7sifhqai6y | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573876.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820012448-20220820042448-00074.warc.gz | en | 0.920686 | 463 | 1.585938 | 2 |
Monsanto did not know what it was getting into when it tried to teach Percy Schmeiser a lesson.
Two years after losing a patent dispute with the biotechnology giant, the 71-year-old grain farmer from Bruno, Sask., has taken his story -- and his message about farmers' rights -- from Brazil to Bangladesh, from Australia to Austria.
He has at least as many international gigs as boy band 'N Sync this year, yet the jet lag is not slowing him down.
In the fall, he visited South Africa. In March, he was in Thailand. This week he kicks off a tour that will take him through Europe. Then he's off to Seattle, followed by a spin through South America.
"It has been pretty hectic," he said recently.
Farmers groups, environmentalists and United Nations policymakers all want to hear Mr. Schmeiser's tale of being taken to court over the kind of canola found growing in his fields four years ago.
Some will pay his air fare and expenses to have him tell it in person (he doesn't charge speaking fees.)
And the next time this grandfather of 14 will be back home in Saskatchewan is mid-May, when a Saskatoon judge is to hear his appeal of the March, 2000, ruling that made him an international folk hero.
"Monsanto couldn't have picked a worse person to get into a fight with," said Pat Mooney, the executive director of the Winnipeg-based technology watchdog group ETC, who has seen Mr. Schmeiser speak at international forums.
"He's articulate and emotional, and he always creates a stir when he tells his story."
Born and raised in Bruno, a farming community 90 kilometres northeast of Saskatoon, Mr. Schmeiser has grown canola, wheat and legumes on 1,400 acres of land for the last 47 years.
In the last two years, it has become increasingly difficult for him to maintain his packed travel itinerary and his grain farm. This year, he will rent out most of his land to neighbours and cultivate just 300 acres himself with the help of family.
In 1998, Monsanto informed him he was infringing on their patent for a herbicide-resistant strain of canola, called Roundup Ready, because they had found it growing in his fields. He had not paid the necessary fees to cultivate it.
Mr. Schmeiser argued that the seed had blown into his field or had been dumped there by accident, and that made Monsanto's patent invalid. Monsanto wanted to settle out of court, but Mr. Schmeiser refused.
A federal court judge ruled in March, 2000, that it was unlikely the patented canola ended up growing in Mr. Schmeiser's fields by accident and that he must have knowingly harvested the patented strain without informing Monsanto. "What the judgment said was it doesn't matter how Monsanto seeds get into your fields; it's their property. All the farmers' rights go out the window," Mr. Schmeiser said.
The case cost Mr. Schmeiser and his wife Louise $200,000 in legal fees. To pay, they mortgaged their land and gutted their retirement savings. But the judge also awarded costs to Monsanto, which this fall asked for nearly $1-million.
"Sometimes we wake up in the middle of the night and ask ourselves, 'What did we get ourselves into? We could lose everything we worked our whole lives for,' " Mr. Schmeiser said.
But rather than sit at home and fret, Mr. Schmeiser has turned himself into a global poster boy for the rights of small farmers.
Through his Web site ( ), which touts his story as "the classic David vs Goliath struggle," he has raised tens of thousands of dollars to pay for next month's appeal.
The site sports a photograph of him holding the Mahatma Gandhi award, presented to him in Delhi in 2000 for his work promoting non-violent improvement of humanity.
Meanwhile, Monsanto Canada is resigned to losing the public-relations battle, as long as it wins in court.
"We knew going into this that this was a no-win situation for us in the public's eye. It has all the classic things that people can take a spin on," said Trish Jordan, Monsanto Canada spokeswoman. "The bottom line is that this case for us is about protecting intellectual property. There are 30,000 farmers who use this technology in Canada and pay to use it."
Ms. Jordan said the company is not at all worried about Mr. Schmeiser's appeal and she noted he has not paid "one cent" of the costs owed to Monsanto.
But high-profile lawsuits against Monsanto are not likely to end with Mr. Schmeiser's appeal.
Earlier this year, the Saskatchewan Organic Directorate launched a class-action suit against Monsanto and Aventis claiming that pollen drift and contamination from their genetically modified strains of canola have made it impossible for Saskatchewan farmers to grow certifiably organic canola.
Mr. Schmeiser has also registered a lawsuit against Monsanto for damages related to alleged contamination of his fields by Roundup Ready canola, a suit he hasn't yet had time to pursue.
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Solar energy equipment supplied by Tesla Inc TSLA can generate funds if a Bitcoin (BTC) miner is attached to it in the pre-installation period, according to Cathie Wood-led Ark Investment Management LLC’s Director of Research, Brett Winton.
What Happened: Winton disclosed on Twitter Wednesday he had solar installed since January by Tesla but it “hasn’t generated a single watt-hour” as the utility had not yet approved the connection.
He also said he was yet to pay Tesla for the installation as the company won’t collect till it begins to generate power.
“Put another way, I paid for this friction on the higher upfront cost required to pay back Tesla for its cost of capital,” said Winton in a separate Tweet.
See also: Is Bitcoin a Good Investment?
According to Winton, if a Bitcoin mining equipment was attached to the system, the solar could probably have generated $1,500 over the time he has waited for it to be approved by the utility, but instead, it has “lain idle.”
The Ark executive touched on the involved costs, which he said were $17,000 for the solar system and $20,000 for the “right-sized miner.”
Had Tesla sold the solar and battery system coupled with the bitcoin miner — prior to the interconnect approval the system — it “could operate closed loop against the miner; after interconnect the dispatch algorithm would optimize between revenue per hash and the grid,” said Winton.
Tesla CEO Elon Musk clarified in a reply to Winton that utility permission is not usually required if electricity is stored in the company’s battery.
Did you buy a Powerwall? Utility permission is required for flowing electricity back to grid, but usually not if stored in our battery. This also enables 24/7 electricity security for your home.— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) April 21, 2021
Utility permission is still needed for when Powerwall is full & can stabilize grid.
Why It Matters: Musk announced later that Tesla will only sell solar panels and roofs bundled with its Powerwall beginning next week.
Winton suggested that there is a “product opportunity” in relation to Bitcoin miners but his math was “very rough” on Twitter.
BTC touched an all-time high of $64,863.10 on Apr. 14 and its high valuation has spurred interest in cryptocurrency mining in general. BTC traded 2.96% lower at $54,067.39 at press time.
Stocks of several cryptocurrency mining companies such as Canaan Inc CAN, Sos Ltd SOS, Riot Blockchain Inc RIOT have been on a tear in conjunction with the white-hot cryptocurrency markets.
Canaan, Sos, and Riot shares have spiked 132.2%, 191.2%, and 143.1% respectively since 2021 began.
Tesla invested $1.5 billion in Bitcoin in February and has become irresistible to institutional investors such as Jack Dorsey-led Square Inc SQ and MicroStrategy Incorporated MSTR.
Price Action: Tesla shares closed 3.5% higher at $744.12 on Wednesday and fell 0.47% in the after-hours session.
© 2022 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.
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ATAC Needs You!
The AIDS Treatment Activists Coalition (ATAC) was formed roughly one year ago at a meeting in Houston of national HIV/AIDS activists. The group spent several days discussing the treatment challenges of people with HIV/AIDS and the need for effective advocacy in areas such as novel therapies, vaccines, and microbicides (used during sexual intercourse to prevent transmission of HIV). One theme was especially clear: the need for new people to become involved in the fight to cure HIV/AIDS. ATAC was formed to create a national organization of treatment activists that could deal with issues as a united front, to train and mentor new treatment activists, and to provide a forum for discussion and debate of emerging issues.
ATAC is open to anyone interested in HIV/AIDS treatment activism (except for people employed by pharmaceutical companies). Training and educational sessions are now scheduled several times a year in locations across the country. The next sessions will be in December at the North American AIDS Treatment Action Forum (NATAF) in New Orleans.
To find out more about ATAC, go to www.atac-usa.org. You can join the ATAC e-mail list, by sending a message to email@example.com that lists your real name, your e-mail address, and the reason why you are interested in HIV/AIDS treatment education or advocacy.
ATAC's Mission and Goals
Mission StatementWe are a national coalition of people living with HIV/AIDS and advocates working together to end the AIDS epidemic by improving HIV research and treatment access. We seek to encourage greater and more effective involvement of all people with HIV in the decisions that affect their lives by identifying, mentoring, and empowering new treatment activists in all communities affected by the epidemic.
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In the past few years, creating documents and projects have become a lot easier. This is due to the help of speech recognition software. It can help you in completing any type of work within a few minutes. Once you get the hang of it you can complete any work quickly. So make sure that you get a premium subscription to enjoy amazing features. There are some people who face errors in performing some commands. This might be due to several reasons which can lead to such problems. You just have to make sure that you try the steps given in this blog to resolve any type of issues with your device.
What can be the reason to face such dragon for mac error ?
Most of the time there can be some minor issues in your device which can cause you such issues. You must have tried using the same command many times and it still does not work. There are options in the software using which you can report these issues to the officials. You will get quick feedback which can provide you information related to such errors. There are many people who might be wondering how they can resolve these issues by themselves. Well, if it is a bug in the software then you have to wait for the official’s help.
Are there any solutions to fix dragon for mac error?
There are certain things which you can try in order to resolve this issue.
• The issue is known and being resolved – If you report your problems to the office then you have to wait for some time to get feedback. They can provide you information about how to resolve this issue. Sometime they might be aware of these issues and trying to fix it.
• You can try using manual methods – There are some manual options which you can try in order to resolve fix dragon for mac error. But make sure that you do not cause any other problems while doing them.
• Learn proper voice commands – You can also try learning various voice commands in order to properly use the software. There are certain commands which the software will work with so make sure that you memorize them correctly to avoid any problems.
So make sure that you keep patience as it can take some time to resolve your issues. But in the end, you can start using your program without any issues.
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Stray Cat is a cat chat host, a message board leader, and Asst. Message Board leader of cats forum for AOL and the VIN( veterinary information network - Pet care forum) on the net. Stray Cat is also a valuable Member and poster to the About Cats Forum.She established and has run a rescue operation called Forlorn Ferals for ten years, and is affiliated with the Alliance for Stray Animals and People, ASAP, out of Washington DC.
The domestic cat evolved from the African wild cat, Felis libyca. Feral cats are offspring of stray or abandoned domestic cats that revert to a wild state. Have been raised without any human contact, they have a natural fear of them. The domestic cat was introduced throughout the world by explorers and scientists, in an effort to control the rodent populations. Being predators and scavengers feral cats have become successful survivors.Why are there feral cats?
Feral cats live in streets, alleys, and parks because of human neglect of their unaltered domestic cats, allowing them to roam and reproduce. A California study revealed that about 60% of unaltered household cats become feral within three years. Many people abandon or dump unwanted, unaltered cats, and these often end up in feral colonies.
Stray and lost cats congregate near food sources such as garbage dumpsters where rodents collect to feed. The cats start breeding and form colonies. An estimated sixty million feral cats live in the U.S., and worldwide are part of the urban ecology in virtually every city. They live in deserts near human settlements as well as on islands near Antarctica.Classes of Feral Cats
There are three classes of feral cats. This was done in an effort to know how to approach these cats and which cats would be the easiest to re-domestic for companion animals. It has been proven that any feral cat can be re-domesticated given the right circumstances and enough time.
Class one, is true feral cat or kitten, which means born to a cat that was born of a feral (i.e. 2nd generation.) These cats are very afraid of humans. They will run from you. If you get too close they may hiss, growl, scratch, and even bite you if they are cornered. It is very difficult to socialize adults of this class. Yet it can and has been done. Don't ever give up on a feral cat.
Class two, are cats or kittens that have recently been abandoned by owners and live on the streets. These cats will run from you at first, but not too far. They are jumpy and scare easily at sounds. If you have food with you and feed them regularly, they are easy to get close to. After a short time these cats will run to you when you come to bring them food and may even rub against your legs. These cats are more easily socialized, than either of the other two classes.
Class three, are cats or kittens that have been abused and run away from the abusive owner. These are the saddest of all. They are terrified of humans, yet lack the knowledge of how to survive on their own. They are often rejected by established colonies. Of these cats, some may be able to be socialized and some not. It depends a great deal on the level of abuse they sustained from their owners and whether they can ever trust a human again. These cats are the ones you don't generally see. They come out late at night to forage for food and will run at the slightest sound.
The average life span of a Feral cat is less than two years on their own. If they are lucky, enough to be in a colony that has a caretaker to feed them and see that they are spayed or neutered, the life span may reach five years. Very few live longer. It's a tough life out on the streets.Next page> Socialization of a Feral > Page 1, 2, 3
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What Causes An 11-Year-Old Girl To Develop An Eating Disorder?
Academic studies can be fascinating… and totally confusing. So we decided to strip away all of the scientific jargon and break them down for you.
It was estimated that the number of hospitalizations for eating disorders in children under 12 increased by 119 percent between 1999 and 2006. While this demographic accounts for less than 5 percent of eating disorder cases overall, the uptick in childhood eating disorders, particularly among young girls, is cause for concern for both parents and researchers searching for what might be driving kids to such unhealthy extremes. Past research has linked high BMI with disordered eating behaviors, like the use of diet pills or laxatives, fasting, over-exercising and vomiting. Teasing and bullying have also been shown to contribute to eating disorders in young girls. Then, of course, there’s the abundant messaging in pop culture that tells women of all ages that they must be thin.
In a new study, researchers from the University of Houston looked at how all of these variables interact with one another and how they could drive overweight young girls to exhibit disordered eating behaviors.
Researchers surveyed 135 girls who were all about 11 years old (give or take a year) and had a high percentage of body fat. Most of them — 85 percent — were classified as obese, while 19 percent were considered overweight. Among the sample, 78 percent self-identified as Hispanic and 16 percent as African American (the remaining 6 percent didn’t specify).
The girls in the sample first completed surveys that measured their desire to be thinner, as well as how much weight-related teasing they got from peers in the past year. The survey also measured how often the girls engaged in disordered eating behaviors, like —> Read More | <urn:uuid:e73b5b5c-1f3c-4c20-af7d-c023d25ed938> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.phenomenica.com/what-causes-an-11-year-old-girl-to-develop-an-eating-disorder/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719908.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00159-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970005 | 363 | 2.984375 | 3 |
Concrete ceiling slabs fell onto moving vehicles deep inside a long Japanese highway tunnel, and authorities confirmed nine deaths before suspending rescue work Monday while the roof was being reinforced to prevent more collapses.
Two vehicles caught fire in the accident Sunday morning, and heavy smoke initially hindered rescue efforts. The location of the accident about 1.7 kilometres (a mile) inside the 4.7-kilometre (3-mile) long Sasago Tunnel was also making the work difficult.
The nine dead were travelling in three vehicles in the tunnel about 80 kilometres (50 miles) west of Tokyo on a highway that links the capital to central Japan. The tunnel opened in 1977 and is one of many in the mountainous country.
The search was suspended Monday morning while the highway operator does work to support the remaining slabs in the ceiling, said Jun Goto, an official at the Fire and Disaster Management Agency. It's expected to resume by afternoon.
Goto said it's not clear if there are other survivors.
Police and the highway operator Central Japan Expressway Co. were investigating why the concrete slabs collapsed. An inspection of the tunnel's roof in September found nothing amiss, according to Satoshi Noguchi, a company official.
An estimated 270 concrete slabs, each weighing 1.4 metric tons (1.54 short tons), suspended from the arched roof of the tunnel fell over a stretch of about 110 metres (120 yards), Noguchi said. | <urn:uuid:f2031ea1-710f-4aa7-82f1-a5a11224fcde> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.castanet.net/edition/news-story-84020-5-.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281069.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00272-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955064 | 298 | 2.125 | 2 |
Ahead Of World Malaria Day, WHO Heralds Gains Against Disease, Calls For Greater Treatment Coverage
“The World Health Organization heralded major gains Tuesday in the fight against malaria, one of the developing world’s biggest killers, but warned universal access to treatment remains elusive,” Agence France-Presse reports, noting, “The assessment came on the eve of World Malaria Day,” observed Wednesday and “designed to shine the light on the mosquito-borne parasite that killed 655,000 people in 2010, including 560,000 children under five” (4/24). “A massive acceleration in the global distribution of mosquito nets, the expansion of programs to spray the insides of buildings with insecticides, and an increase in access to prompt antimalarial treatment has brought down malaria mortality rates by more than a quarter worldwide, and by one-third in Africa since 2000,” but “simply maintaining current rates of progress will not be enough to meet global targets for malaria control,” the agency writes in a news release (4/24).
The release details “WHO’s new initiative, T3: Test. Treat. Track.,” launched Tuesday, which “urges malaria-endemic countries and donors to move towards universal access to diagnostic testing and antimalarial treatment, and to build robust malaria surveillance systems,” PANA/Afrique en ligne notes (4/24). The agency also “said Tuesday it was optimistic drug-resistant malaria that has emerged along Thailand’s borders with Cambodia and Myanmar could be contained within the region,” AFP writes in a separate article (4/24). USAID on Wednesday released the sixth annual report (.pdf) from the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), which notes that “11 of the countries where PMI has been working have reported significant reductions in deaths among children under the age of five — ranging from 16 to 50 percent. There is strong and growing evidence that malaria prevention and control is a major factor in these reductions,” according to the PMI website (4/25). Also on Wednesday, the Financial Times published a special report, titled “Combatting Malaria,” which includes several articles examining the fight against the disease, including articles on malaria financing, bednet sales and a new malaria strain emerging in South-East Asia (4/24). | <urn:uuid:f2025a3e-9e56-4ad7-b908-cc14de2236d6> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://kff.org/news-summary/ahead-of-world-malaria-day-who-heralds-gains-against-disease-calls-for-greater-treatment-coverage/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988720238.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183840-00189-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932001 | 502 | 2.3125 | 2 |
Chinua Achebe's, Things Fall Apart is a poignant novel about the Igbo of Southern Nigeria. An unfamiliar audience is transported to the "exotic” world of traditional African society. Achebe does not intend to write an ethnographic account of Igbo life. Although, many cultural and social aspects of the Ibo are revealed, the final message is much stronger. Achebe is attempting to remind his people as well as all people about the Igbo past and its cultural value which posses much cultural value. The breakdown of Igbo society is that message. Colonialism can be seen as the floodgate that opened this loss of culture and inferiority that "other” peoples are subjected to. There are a few initial hints towards the beginning of the novel that play an allegorical role in depicting the advent of colonialism. Colonialism is introduced towards the end of the novel but holds the last impression and gives one a wake-up call to the degradation of non-western cultures by Western culture. The very last sentence epitomizes this degradation. "He [District Commissioner] had already chosen the title of the book, after much thought: The Pacification of the Primitive Tribes of the Lower Niger”. The District Commissioner embodies the typical role of the rugged Imperialist who finds it obligatory to tame these "savage” peoples. The "duty” is not only to practice oneself but also to teach all Westerners to tame as well. This is revealed in his hopes of writing a book. .
Colonialism and the struggle to maintain tradition are the main themes of the novel, but the audience is introduced to many themes regarding traditional African .
society. Masculinity, religion, social interaction, marriage, folklore/proverbs all play introductory roles to the final revealing of colonialism. These aspects are pivotal to the novel and must be explore in depth. These traditional African institutions are fundamentals that must be understood and respected. | <urn:uuid:6dc33c49-b270-49f0-941f-221de8b5f529> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.directessays.com/viewpaper/87926.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281419.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00492-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957773 | 400 | 3.09375 | 3 |
Some python coders enjoy torturing themselves by using glorified notepads of which the most advanced feature appears to be syntax coloring. Conveniences such as debugging, code hinting and syntax error reporting would be redundant. After all, you can get all that by using the console and running your program, right?
I guess I’m just a slight bit too lazy for that. I’d like to have my potential coding flaws reveal themselves as quickly as possible. The first few lines I probably typed in Nano, because Python is so much nicer than shell scripting, but while writing more, I went for good ol’ Eclipse ‘n’ PyDev. Awesome stuff, it even has rudimentary refactoring capabilities; SHIFT+CTRL+R has become an comfortable hand pose for me.
After the sprint to deliver our last project, down time set in and that means trying out new stuff. PyCharm! It does most (if not all) that PyDev delivers and then some! Refactoring nearly looks as if it actually works, it looks nice (very important) and it is able to infer function argument types from a well-formatted docstring!
It’s almost like using a strongly-typed language again. Well, not really, but at least you don’t have to look up every little type in an api doc in order to see what is available and how to use it.
@type v: Action
After that dot is typed in, PyCharm will obediently list jump() in a popup list.
It does in fact not warn you about passing unwanted types into that function, but that would defeat the purpose of using Python, wouldn’t it?
Anyhow, I enjoy working with this language more every day, especially when I’m having my collection of braces and crutches to lean on while digging through unexplored territory (read: libraries). | <urn:uuid:dc9e1ee8-1abc-4234-9790-d87734da1da0> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://blog.baseoneonline.com/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280221.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00227-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950754 | 401 | 1.546875 | 2 |
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Section 102 existing sewer adoption
See also: Section 102 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 enabling a notice to be issued ordering the discontinuing use, or alteration or removal of buildings or works.
Section 104 of the Water Industry Act 1991 provides a mechanism for newly-constructed private sewers and pumping stations to be ‘adopted’ by the local sewerage authority, who will then maintain them at their own expense.
However, sometimes sewers are not adopted when they are constructed. The most common reasons for this are that they have not been constructed to the required standards or that they are in inaccessible locations.
Section 102 of the Water Industry Act, allows the owners of existing private sewers and associated apparatus to apply for them to be ‘adopted’ by the local sewerage authority, who will then maintain them at their own expense.
The applicant must first submit general information about the sewer to the authority, who will consider whether it may be appropriate for adoption. Further information is then submitted about the condition of the sewer, and it may then be necessary to carry out remedial works to bring it up to an adoptable standard, as set out in ‘Sewers for Adoption – a Design and Construction Guide for Developers’. An application fee is payable and any direct or associated costs must be met by the applicant.
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The federal judge who ruled the Pentagon’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy unconstitutional last month — and then ordered the military to stop enforcing it last week — gets a third bite of the apple today when she is slated to rule on the Pentagon’s request to halt her injunction until an appeal can be heard. The betting inside the Pentagon is that if Judge Virginia Phillips of California thought it was unjust and shouldn’t be enforced last week, she’s not likely to change her mind today.
There’s a ticking clock in the courtroom, as well as one set up by the University of California at Santa Barbara’s Palm Center, a think tank studying gender and military issues. The Palm Center clock is intended to keep track of the “enormous consequences” Defense Secretary Robert Gates warned would befall the nation if the push to lift “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” happened abruptly to comply with the judge’s order. So far, the site reports, the number of reported gay-related problems involving unit cohesion, discipline, resignations or privacy is zero.
Late last week, the Pentagon warned that speedily complying with the court’s decision could be dangerous. “In the event DADT is no longer in effect, an injunction with immediate and worldwide effect will have adverse effects on both military readiness and the Department’s ability to effect a smooth and lasting transition to a policy that accommodates the presence of openly gay and lesbian service members,” Clifford Stanley, the under secretary of defense for personnel, said in a court filing Thursday. “The stakes here are so high, and the potential harm so great, that caution is in order.” He said that a halt on enforcement on openly gay troops serving in the U.S. military could “irreparably harm our military and the national security of the United States.”
A conservative military-personnel expert concurs. “Judge Phillips apparently sees herself as supreme judicial commander of the U.S. military, having reached her short-sighted conclusion after eight days of one-sided testimony from gay activists who failed to prevail in the legislative branch,” argues Elaine Donnelly of the non-profit Center for Military Readiness. Like many in the military, she wants any decision to change the law to be made by elected officials, and not by appointed judges. “It is absurd to suggest that a rogue district judge knows more than elected members of Congress.”
Gay-rights advocates dismiss such concerns. ”The Pentagon is stating that it cannot do what it is currently successfully doing,” said Christopher Neff of the Palm Center. “Our service members already know how to treat gay and lesbian service members appropriately because they do so every day.”
It was the Log Cabin Republicans, a pro-gay GOP group, that filed and won the pending case overturning “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell.” In a filing Friday encouraging Phillips to keep her injunction in place, the group said “the government’s continued defense of the case bespeaks hypocrisy at its highest levels [and] should reinforce, not deter, the Court from maintaining the injunction it correctly entered based on the evidence presented at trial, and thereby safeguarding the Constitutional rights of our service members.”
Phillips has slated today’s hearing on the government’s request for 2:30 p.m. this afternoon (West Coast time), 150 minutes after the government has said it plans to appeal her ruling to the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. | <urn:uuid:e2bd3e21-1dd7-48ea-91ef-d3de0277d4b1> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://nation.time.com/2010/10/18/yet-another-dont-ask-dont-tell-showdown-today/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281353.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00066-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957018 | 768 | 1.742188 | 2 |
There will always be conflict in this world. Society’s way of dealing with it is to assert power. Press conferences are held, boycotts are planned, protests are staged, riots are organized, and, when nations are involved, even war may be declared. The damage is often incalculable, as property is destroyed, relations are shattered, and even precious lives are lost. Usually the conflict still lingers, and maybe even deepens, only to be postponed for a later and more costly confrontation.
Sadly, the local church is not immune to conflict. Because we still have the flesh, the same tendency to assert power (whether we possess it or not) to get our way is in all of us. We manipulate, make veiled threats, use condemning language, or even disseminate dishonest information to force others to concede and let us have our way. Friends suddenly become enemies and personal relationships are ruined. How is this any different from the conduct of the world? It isn’t. Sometimes we unfairly label others’ beliefs as “unbiblical” when there is disagreement. This allows us to justify our actions. After all, we are simply “standing for the truth.” This type of behavior can even arise among local assembly leadership. When it does, confidence in the oversight will erode, and the assembly’s future is in grave danger.
Most, if not all, conflict in the assembly could be resolved if we obeyed Ephesians 5:21, even contention existing among elders. Paul tells us we should be “submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ” (NET). The word for “submit” literally means “to be under in rank.” This does not ignore the fact that there is authority in the assembly that must be obeyed (Heb 13:17). But the submission of Ephesians 5 should characterize us in our interactions with one another generally, elders included. We are to adopt this “under rank” attitude. How often do we concede or defer to someone else? How often do we try to see another’s point of view? Or do we always insist that it’s my way or the highway?
I want to emphasize three things about Paul’s exhortation. First, we can submit to one another if we are filled with the Holy Spirit. Within this same lengthy sentence Paul wrote, “be filled with the Spirit” (v18). When we let the Holy Spirit have His way in our lives, it will be possible for us to let others have their way also. If we act selfishly, rudely or proudly, we are not being filled with the Spirit, as these actions are not consistent with God’s character.
Second, we will submit to one another if we value one another properly. If we are “always giving thanks to God the Father for each other” (v20 NET), as well as treating one another as more important than ourselves (Php 2:3), the value of others’ opinions will increase in my estimation and submitting to them will be easier.
Third, we must submit to one another “out of reverence for Christ.” We show reverence to Christ by exhibiting the same submissive attitude He exemplified (Joh 13; Php 2). A desire for conformity to Christ will result in our putting others first as He did.
When conflict emerges in the assembly, the world is watching. Let’s ensure that what they see isn’t like looking in a mirror. | <urn:uuid:d69ca473-bb17-47a7-9c4d-a4e65dd27960> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://truthandtidings.com/2021/11/editorial-submit-to-one-another/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573172.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818063910-20220818093910-00267.warc.gz | en | 0.946005 | 742 | 2.03125 | 2 |
The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA) announced that its Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) awarded $171.8 million in funding made available through the 2014 Farm Bill to 62 agricultural organizations in the hopes of growing commercial export markets for U.S. products.
“Now that Congress has passed the Farm Bill, USDA is moving quickly to implement our trade promotion programs to help open and expand opportunities for farmers, ranchers, and small businesses and build on the past five years of record agricultural exports,” said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. “These programs are an important investment in rural America. Every dollar we invest in trade promotion provides $35 in economic benefits.”
The funds were made available through FAS’s Market Access Program, which unites U.S. agricultural trade associations, cooperatives, state regional trade groups, and small businesses to share the expenses associated with marketing and promotional initiatives overseas. Program participants commit to contribute an average 171% match for generic marketing and promotions and a dollar-for-dollar match for small businesses and cooperatives promoting branded products.
Another program, the Foreign Market Development Program, seeks to build, expand, and maintain long-term export markets, and through this initiative, FAS will provide $24.6 million to 22 trade organizations representing U.S. agricultural producers. These organizations typically contribute three times the amount they receive in funding toward efforts to help maintain or increase the demand for U.S. agricultural commodities overseas. | <urn:uuid:2fa26d72-7c83-412c-8ea5-e5410d68eaca> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.ift.org/Food-Technology/Daily-News/2014/April/24/USDA-awards-funding-to-agricultural-organizations.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280364.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00027-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934405 | 307 | 1.710938 | 2 |
Addis Ababa – Ethiopian freight and logistics service, the largest African freight carrier, received its eight cargo plane B777 in the cargo family on November 10, 2018, in its home base at Bole International Airport.
Maintaining its path of rapid growth and expansion in the global freight industry, Africa's largest freight service provider and the largest global freight network, Ethiopian Cargo and logistics services, play a key role in providing global standard supply chain management to facilitate the economy of imports and exports of African countries.
As regards the delivery of a new truck, the General Manager of the Ethiopian Group, Mr. Tewolde GebreMariam said: "We are very pleased to welcome the 8th plane B777. The new aircraft will help us to strengthen our leadership in cargo management in and outside Africa, and continue to increase our praise for increasing exports and imports of air transport on the continent , as set out in our vision 2025.
Currently, as the largest cargo manager in Africa, we currently operate more than 44 international destinations for freight trips to Africa, the Gulf, Middle East, Asia, America and Europe, increasing exports of perishable agricultural products from the African continent and the import of high value industrial products. With more freight carriers we will need to consolidate our role in the exploitation of much-needed air travel in and out of Africa, which further catalyzes the continent's economic growth. "
On its 15-year growth schedule, Vision 2025, Ethiopian Cargo and Logistics Services plans to generate $ 2 billion of revenue from 19 dedicated cargo aircraft and transport 820,000 tonnes of cargo to 57 destinations. | <urn:uuid:0544e3c3-5d56-4b08-b915-fcd0a78bebe7> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://usures.com/ethiopia/ethiopia-gets-its-eighth-truck.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570879.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808213349-20220809003349-00474.warc.gz | en | 0.925589 | 338 | 1.570313 | 2 |
Storing hundreds of millions of simple key-value pairs in Redis – Instagram Engineering
When transitioning systems, sometimes you have to build a little scaffolding. At Instagram, we recently had to do just that: for legacy reasons, we need to keep around a mapping of about 300 million photos back to the user ID that created them, in order to know which shard to query (see more info about
). While eventually all clients and API applications will have been updated to pass us the full information, there are still plenty who have old information cached. We needed a solution that would:
Add your annotatio
To take advantage of the hash type, we bucket all our Media IDs into buckets of 1000 (we just take the ID, divide by 1000 and discard the remainder). That determines which key we fall into; next, within the hash that lives at that key, the Media ID is the lookup key *within* the hash, and the user ID is the value. An example, given a Media ID of 1155315, which means it falls into bucket 1155 (1155315 / 1000 = 1155):
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Are You Throwing Money Away on
Vitamin Supplements that Don’t Work?
Every year, Americans spend $28 billion on vitamins and herbal supplements.1 Would it surprise you to learn that at least 25% of that is totally wasted?
Do some research and you’ll soon discover that many supplements don’t actually contain what’s on the label. Worse, some supplements are tainted with toxic chemicals like lead, arsenic, and pesticides.2
According to Consumer Lab, a company that has tested more than 2,000 health supplements, 1 in 4 has quality problems.3 Their study of multivitamins found that 32% had defects.4
This means that at least $7 billion of vitamin and herbal supplements purchased every year are essentially worthless -- and possibly even dangerous.
Obviously, not all health supplements are created equal. So grabbing bottles willy-nilly off a grocery store shelf is not a good strategy if your goal is improving your health.
This is why it’s extremely important to do your research and make sure you’re getting only high quality health supplements from trusted manufacturers.
But let’s assume for a moment that you’ve done your research and you’re taking nothing but high quality supplements. Even then, there’s a good chance you’re not actually getting the health benefits you think you are.
Why Your Vitamin & Mineral Supplements Might Be FAILING You
Little-known fact: You are NOT what you eat… you are what you ABSORB.
Think about this. If you eat something and your body fails to absorb its nutrients, what happens? The food is simply passed out of your body.
You might THINK you are getting nutrition, but you aren’t getting as much as you think you are (if any).
Crohn’s disease and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) are both extreme examples where there is “malabsorption” -- which means you can’t properly digest food and absorb the nutrients it contains.
All the nutrients your body needs are just flushed out of your system.
In extreme cases, malabsorption can quickly lead to malnourishment.
Most people don’t have severe digestive disorders, but you still might not be absorbing the vitamins and nutrients you’re taking.
Your Body Can Only Absorb Vitamins and Nutrients that Are “Bioavailable” and in the Right Amounts
Your body can only effectively absorb those nutrients that are “bioavailable.” This is an important concept to understand.
Whole foods like fruits and vegetables are easily digested and absorbed by your body because your body naturally recognizes whole food.
But when it comes to supplements that contain synthetic isolated vitamins and minerals, your body may have a hard time identifying and using them.
For example, the most common form of supplemental calcium is calcium carbonate, which comes from limestone.5 Calcium carbonate taken on an empty stomach is not easily absorbed.
Furthermore, your body can’t absorb large doses of calcium. Harvard Medical School notes,6 “You don't absorb large doses of calcium as efficiently as you do small ones. Thus, much of a 1,000-mg tablet is going to waste.”
Now get this… 95% of all vitamin supplements on the market are synthetic.7 This is a huge problem. Dr. Edward Group writes:
Many synthetic vitamins lack the transporters and co-factors associated with naturally occurring vitamins because they have been “isolated.” The Organic Consumers Association emphasizes that isolated vitamins cannot be used or recognized by the body in the same way as the natural version.
Isolated vitamins can’t always be used by the body, and are either stored until you obtain or create the nutrients required to use them effectively or are excreted. Synthetic vitamins are also devoid of necessary trace minerals and must use the body’s own mineral reserves which may lead to dangerous mineral deficiencies.8
To put it bluntly, you may be causing your body more harm than good if you’re taking low quality synthetic vitamin supplements.
And if you think you can just eat more fruits and vegetables to get the nutrition you need, think again…
Why It’s Nearly Impossible to Get Enough Trace Minerals from the Foods You Normally Eat
In times gone by, it was easier for people to get trace minerals through their diets. Many people grew their own crops organically. And they grew a variety of crops in the same ground -- which helped the soil to stay balanced.
Today, it is almost impossible to get all the trace minerals you need from diet alone. This is because commercial farming techniques are extremely harsh on soil.
Individual crops (like corn) are planted on thousands of acres of land at a time with no other crops mixed in. This lack of biodiversity leaches the ground of specific minerals that never get replaced.
Furthermore, most farmland is farmed year after year nonstop. This prevents the land from “resting” and allowing nature to replenish the soil.
Not only that, many crops are sprayed with toxic pesticides and herbicides, which seep into the ground and poison the food we eat.
Because farmland is overused and under-rested, the fruits and vegetables we eat today don’t have the same nutritional value as they used to have 60+ years ago.
They lack many of the trace minerals that are essential for human health and longevity.
You might think you’re “eating healthy” by eating fruits and vegetables. But conventional fruits and vegetables (and even some organics) are now nutritionally “poor” -- a shadow of what they used to be.
This is why so many people don’t consume enough of the right trace minerals and are currently suffering from mineral imbalances.
18 Signs You Could Be Suffering from a Mineral Imbalance
How can you know if you’re suffering from a mineral imbalance?
Only a detailed analysis of your blood would tell you for sure. But here are some common symptoms and diseases people experience when they’re deficient of certain trace minerals or have mineral imbalances…
- Poor concentration
- Memory problems
- Frequent food cravings
- Impaired growth
- High cholesterol
- Coronary disease
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Immune deficiencies
- Premature aging
If you have any of these symptoms, conditions, or diseases, there is strong likelihood that you have mineral imbalances that need to be corrected.
In fact, you may think that other external environmental factors are causing your health issues when it’s really an internal mineral imbalance.
So… if 25% or more of vitamin supplements have quality problems… and if your body can’t properly absorb many vitamin supplements (because they are synthetic)… and you can’t make up the difference by eating fruits and vegetables because they don’t have the trace minerals you need for good health…
Then what can you do to make sure you’re getting the RIGHT vitamins and minerals… in the RIGHT form… so that your body can properly ABSORB them?
Here’s the answer…
The Revolutionary Vitamin Complex that Could Transform Your Health in the Next 1 Year
Dr. Daniel Nuzum
Dr. Daniel Nuzum, NMD, is a naturopathic physician, mechanotherapist, naprapath, medical massage practitioner, tui na practitioner and Native American healing practitioner. When Dr. Nuzum received his natural medicine license at age 20, he was the youngest Licensed Naturopath in U.S. history. He has been formulating supplements for more than 17 years, and is one of the leading researchers of fulvic and humic acid. Dr. Nuzum is the creative force behind the revolutionary FulviMAX vitamin complex.9
Jordan Rubin nearly died from Crohn’s disease at age 19. When he adopted a biblically based organic diet with plenty of probiotics, his health made a dramatic recovery. By age 21, he was totally cured. Inspired by his personal healing, Jordan founded a successful nutritional supplement company, which was acquired in 2009. Jordan is also the author of numerous health books including The Maker’s Diet, which spent 47 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Today, Jordan runs a state-of-the-art grassland operation and organic dairy farm while helping to create revolutionary health supplements like FulviMAX.10
Epigenetics Labs recognized there was a widespread quality problem with vitamin and mineral supplements, as well as the issue of poor absorption, so we decided to do something about it.
That’s when we teamed up with Dr. Daniel Nuzum and Jordan Rubin to create FulviMAX, the first whole food fermented vitamin complex of its kind.
Now that’s a mouthful, so let’s “unpack” what that actually means…
- “Whole Food” - FulviMAX is a whole food supplement. It is not synthetic in any way, shape, or form. This means your body will instantly recognize, digest, and absorb the nutrients included in FulviMAX. It also means you can take FulviMAX with food or on an empty stomach.
- “Fermented” - Normally we associate fermentation with wine or yogurt. But fermentation is like “nutritional alchemy.” It enriches food substrates with protein, essential amino acids, and vitamins.11 Even better, fermentation eliminates “antinutrients” (compounds that interfere with the absorption of nutrients).12 Basically, by fermenting the whole foods and vitamins in FulviMAX, they become more “bioavailable” and more easily absorbed.
- “Vitamin Complex” - This just means that FulviMAX has a lot of different vitamins and minerals… 21 to be precise.
So What Exactly Is in FulviMAX?
FulviMAX has three main components that work together to deliver maximum nutrition straight to your cells…
- 21 Fermented Vitamins and Enzyme-Activated Minerals
As mentioned above, the vitamins in FulviMAX undergo a proprietary fermentation process to unlock nutritional compounds and make the vitamins more bioavailable.
What’s more, the minerals are enzyme-activated and bound to amino acids in a food form. Why is this important? Because minerals must be bound to proteins to be digested and absorbed by your body.
As you can see, we keep coming back to this big idea of absorption. You’re not what you eat; you are what you absorb.
So FulviMAX has been crafted to be fully ABSORBED and assimilated by your body… not just passed out like so many cheap synthetic vitamins on the market today.
- 36 Fermented Organic Superfoods and Botanicals
FulviMAX also contains 36 fermented organic superfoods and botanicals, including:s
- Purple Carrot
- Red Beet
- Red Lettuce
- Purple Cabbage
- Green Lettuce
- Collard Greens
- Sweet Pepper
- Rose Hips
- Passion Fruit
- Sprouted Purple Maize
- Turkey Tail Mushroom
Can you imagine trying to eat all of these foods on a daily basis? It would be impossible. But they’re all included in FulviMAX, which makes it easy to incorporate these superfoods and botanicals into your daily health regimen.
IMPORTANT: Due to the fermentation process, there is NO SUGAR in FulviMAX!
- Infusion of Fulvic and Humic Acid
Last but not least, the vitamins, minerals, superfoods, and botanicals are infused with fulvic and humic acid.
Fulvic acid helps your body to absorb vitamins and nutrients faster. Even better, fulvic acid helps your body to more fully absorb the vitamins and nutrients you consume.
In fact, fulvic acid is able to transport over 60 times its own weight in vitamins and minerals into cells. This makes it easier for cells to “digest” vitamins and minerals, which means you’ll feel the positive health effects faster.
The fulvic and humic acid in FulviMAX are harvested using a cool purified water extraction process. (Some suppliers harvest fulvic minerals by using acid, which actually depletes the resulting supplement of key minerals.)
Humic Acid Improves Immune System Function by Regulating “Killer T Cells”
Your immune system reaps the benefits of humic acid. Here’s how…
Humates can increase polysaccharide sugars in our body, which then bind to Killer T Cells (immune killer cells) and facilitate communication between the Killer T Cells and other body cells.
The function of Killer T Cells is then modulated by the polysaccharides. This is important because excessive Killer T Cell function in the body is part of what facilitates autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis.
In other words, humic acid can help “calm down” Killer T Cells and keep them from attacking your own body.
FulviMAX Starts Where Other Vitamins Finish
A huge amount of careful thought and energy has been put into the creation of FulviMAX. There is seamless synergy between each component so that the result is far greater than the sum of its parts.
Also, as you might expect of all products that bear the Epigenetics Labs name, there are no harmful acids, chemicals, preservatives, sweeteners, or coloring added to FulviMAX.
It is totally pure, so you’re getting maximum absorption and health benefits.
How to Get the Amazing Health Benefits of FulviMAX for Yourself…
There really is nothing like FulviMAX on the market today. This is an Epigenetics Labs original product that you can only get right here on this page.
Since many of the ingredients we use in FulviMAX are hard to come by… and because of the proprietary fermentation process we use… we can only produce FulviMAX in small batches.
This makes it certain that you’re only getting the purest, highest quality ingredients in each and every capsule… and that every batch of FulviMAX is perfectly blended.
Our quality control is one of our top concerns, and that means that at any given time we only have a relatively small supply on hand.
Since this is a new product for Epigenetics Labs, we have just 3000 bottles on hand to fill incoming orders and so far they’re moving at an extremely fast rate.
I urge you to get your hands on your own supply of FulviMAX while we still have it in stock.
When we run out (and we most certainly will), you’ll find yourself on a waiting list until our next batch is exactingly crafted and put back on our shelves.
Now if you consider that FulviMAX contains 21 fermented vitamins and minerals… 36 fermented organic superfoods and botanicals… AND an infusion of fulvic and humic acid… you may be wondering how much this is all going to cost.
After all, if you went out and tried to buy everything separately, you could easily pay $50 for a vitamin and mineral supplement, $50 for a whole food supplement, and another $50 for a fulvic and humic acid supplement.
Add it all up and you’d be out $150 and you’d STILL have three separate products that haven’t been integrated or fermented to maximize absorption in your body.
Quite simply, when you consider the quality of our source ingredients and the labor that goes into the fermentation and formulation process, you’d be hard pressed to find another supplement anywhere remotely close to the potency of FulviMAX for even $150.00 a bottle.
That means if you tried to “go it alone” and put together all the ingredients in all the right amounts and make it as bioavailable as FulviMAX is… you’d be out a whole lot more than that.
Plus, you’d wonder every day if you were “doing it right.”
And you certainly wouldn’t have our countless hours of research and development, nor our patented process at your fingertips.
However, there is good news. Today you won’t pay anywhere near $150.00 per bottle.
In fact, when you click the order button below now, you’ll receive a very special offer on FulviMAX that we think you’re going to be thrilled with.
And when you request your supply of FulviMAX, you won’t risk a penny because you’ll be protected by our…
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We’re so convinced that you’re going to love FulviMAX that we’re going to remove all the risk from you and place it squarely on our shoulders where it belongs.
If at any time in the next 1 Year you decide that FulviMAX isn’t right for you, just send back any unopened bottles and we’ll give you an immediate refund of your purchase price.
Just get in touch with us here and we’ll process your refund, no questions asked. .
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One last word of caution: This first batch of FulviMAX will sell out. The question is not if, but when.
Case in point: When we first made our Turmeric 3D supplement available, we sold out of our entire supply in just 3 days. There is currently a waiting list for the next batch.
This is not a ploy, it’s just a fact… our supply of FulviMAX will sell out. The only question is how fast.
So if you’d like to get this revolutionary whole food vitamin complex for yourself, then click the button below to get your supply now before we run out…
Frequently Asked Questions
- How much should I take daily?
- Will FulviMAX replace other supplements I’m taking?
- What health benefits will I experience while taking FulviMAX?
- What if I buy multiple bottles and decide it’s not for me?
- What are other people saying about FulviMAX?
- Is there any sugar in FulviMAX?
- Is the folic acid in FulivMAX synthetic?
Suggested use for adults is 2-4 capsules daily, with or without food. There are 90 capsules in each bottle, so one bottle can last for 30 days.
Advanced use for adults is 6 capsules a day. If you follow this advanced dosing, then one bottle will last for 15 days; three bottles will last for 45 days
Yes. FulviMAX replaces your multivitamin, Vitamin C supplement, Vitamin B complex, Vitamin D3 supplement, and any whole food fruit and veggie supplement you may be currently taking.
In other words, FulviMAX could replace as many as 5 separate supplements you’re buying and taking right now.
Once you start taking FulviMAX, you could experience better health, fewer illnesses, more energy, more feelings of wellness and happiness, improved mental acuity, reduced symptoms related to autoimmune disorders, and more.
All customers are protected by a 1 Year “no questions asked” guarantee. If for some strange reason you decide FulviMAX isn’t for you, just send back any unopened bottles within 1 Year and we’ll give you a full refund.
FulviMAX is a revolutionary new supplement and this is the first time it’s being offered to the public. As such, we don’t yet have feedback from our customers.
While we always appreciate feedback (especially positive feedback!), we still have to be careful with what we share publicly due to FTC rules regarding testimonials.
Due to the fermentation process we use to formulate FulviMAX, there is no sugar in the product. It’s all eaten up during fermentation. Eliminating sugar is important for preventing and stopping the spread of cancer.
Fermented folic acid is no longer synthetic because the folic acid has been bound to the nutrients within the fermenting organism, i.e. the mushrooms metabolize the nutrients and they become an organic component of the mushroom itself. In other words, the folic acid in FulviMAX is an organic component of the mushrooms, and is therefore highly bioactive and bioavailable.
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For more than 40 years, Dr. Marcia Henry has worked in the fields of reading and dyslexia as a tutor, diagnostician, professor and author. Her 2003 book, “Unlocking Literacy: Effective Decoding and Spelling Instruction,” is considered a key text for teachers seeking a systematized, effective method of reading and spelling instruction and focuses on morphemic awareness, letter-sound correspondences and syllable patterns.
She is also one of the nation’s foremost experts on Dr. Samuel T. Orton and his landmark work in the early 1900s with dyslexics first at the University of Iowa and later with educators Anna Gillingham and Bessie Stillman at Columbia University in New York. She is the author of “Dyslexia: Samuel T. Orton and His Legacy.”
Dr. Henry is a past president of the International Dyslexia Association (1992-1996) and in 2000, was the recipient of the IDA’s prestigious Margaret Byrd Rawson Lifetime Achievement Award.
You can find Dr. Henry’s books on Amazon:
In your 2013 interview with IDA (available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi3rMHMWX1U) you mention that you have a brother who struggled with dyslexia. How did this inspire your work?
My brother Peter is a severe dyslexic. He’s five years younger than I and when we were in school, I really didn’t pay much attention to his dyslexia, unfortunately. I just thought, “Oh, he must be kind of slow…” My parents always said, “He’s a boy. It takes them longer with language,” you know, the old myth about that. It wasn’t until after college that I became more aware. I was originally going to be a Social Studies teacher, but I married right after college and was expecting my first child, so I didn’t want to be teaching full time. As it turned out, back in my hometown of Rochester, Minnesota, the woman who had tested my brother in 1947 had a reading center called the Rochester Reading Center (http://www.thereadingcenter.org/). Paula Rome was her name—she and her husband were friends of my parents. So, I called Paula and asked if there would be something I could do at the reading center, knowing that my brother had gone through her training. Paula had actually helped train my mother to work with my brother. And she said, “Well, you can tutor.” And I said, “Well, the only problem is I don’t know how to teach reading.” And she said, “I will show you.” So that was fifty-six years ago and I’ve been learning ever since!
So what kind of techniques did she use?
I actually learned what’s now called the Orton-Gillingham Approach. Paula Rome had been at the University of Pennsylvania when Dr. Samuel T. Orton’s work was very well known there. Dr. Orton was at the Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia after he studied in Germany with Dr. Alzheimer in 1913. Paula’s uncle, Dr. Paul Dozier, a neurologist, worked closely with Dr. Orton and both of them influenced Paula’s teaching. And so when she moved to Rochester and opened the Center in the early 1950s, she started testing children with dyslexia, and started doing some training for parents, using the Orton-Gillingham Approach. Another one of my mentors was Jean Osman. Jean is still tutoring students and does a lot of teaching online with students. So, I was fortunate to really learn from two people who were very much pioneers in this field.
Have the techniques of Orton-Gillingham changed much over the years?
Well, I think the approach is very much the same. It was based on Dr. Orton’s theories that these children couldn’t learn to read using a whole word approach which was being used in the 1930s and ‘40s and ‘50s. And he believed that these kids needed a multi-sensory way of learning. They couldn’t just depend on visual memorization of words. They had to use their auditory memory, their auditory processing as well as visual processing, and with tactile reinforcement from both the hand, how it feels to form letters, and from the mouth, how it feels to form the sounds. And he linked all of those together. Then it was Anna Gillingham and Bessie Stillman who in the 1930s, started working in New York with Dr. Orton and they’re the ones who wrote the first first intervention manuals. The first Gillingham-Stillman manual came out in 1936, and they wrote about five different manuals. We used the 1956 manual in Rochester, and the newest edition of the manual looks very much the same today.
The one major research finding that has added to the Orton-Gillingham Approach is phonemic awareness, the importance of children understanding how to manipulate the sounds in words. So, that has been added to the Orton-Gillingham Approach, but it always included the spelling, the writing, the comprehension practice. Because of course, the goal in reading in is comprehension. But overall, the approach really hasn’t changed much over the years.
So, there are about 150 to 200 very common words that are non-phonetic that children do have to learn by rote. …words like ‘laugh,’ and ‘come,’ and ‘eye,’ and ‘blood.’ But if you consider that there are only about 200 of those out of the million words in the English language, that’s just a drop in the ocean as far as I’m concerned.
In your work, you often refer to ‘unlocking’ the English language for students. Can you talk about what that means and when you became aware of those concepts?
Early on working with Paula and Jean, I learned a lot about phonics and letter/sound correspondences. I learned about syllable patterns. I learned a little bit about prefixes and suffixes and the rules for adding suffixes and so on. So those three: the letter/sound correspondences or phonics, the syllable patterns and knowledge of how to divide words into syllables, along with the structural analysis of looking for common prefixes, suffixes, and roots, all provide strategies for children to read words starting with one syllable words and then getting into the polysyllabic words.
It wasn’t until my graduate education at Stanford when I was working on my doctoral degree that I got deeper into understanding how to unlock the language. I took a course in psycholinguistics and that was really when I first realized how important it was to understand the origin of the words, the etymology. Old Middle English words are usually our short everyday down to earth words, mostly one syllable. These are the words that are taught first but some very common words are very phonetically irregular. Once you get into the morpheme patterns, those are much more regular, and by adding prefixes and suffixes to words, especially adding those prefixes and suffixes to Latin base words or root words, we just expand words.
I can take a Latin root like struct, S-T-R-U-C-T, which is completely phonetic, I can make ‘construct,’ ‘construction,’ ‘reconstruction,’ and ‘Reconstructionist.’ I can make it plural by adding an S. And those are the units of the words that are so important for kids to understand. Words of Latin origin make up over fifty-five percent of the words in English. So it’s just critical if we want our children to learn to read beyond a third grade level that we teach some of those meaning units. And they’re helpful for not only enhancing decoding and spelling, but vocabulary as well. The Greek base words are important because they’re the words that are found in science and math content.
CLICK TO PLAY: Marcia Henry on the importance of students’ understanding of morphemes, Latin and Greek roots and orthography to create a solid foundation in English.
And having a grasp on Latin words helps ESL students build a bridge between their native language and English. (For more on this, see our interview with Dr. Timothy Rasinski of Kent State University: http://journal.orton-gillingham.com/harnessing-the-power-of-latin-and-greek-for-early-readers/)
Especially with Latin and its connection to Spanish. I taught for many years at San Jose State University, and in the San Jose Unified School Districts, we had 89 different languages spoken by children. We had only a few bilingual Spanish and bilingual Vietnamese teachers. When children learn morphemes, especially the Latin bases, it has a huge connection for Spanish speakers because Spanish is a Latin-based language. And teachers can start building this knowledge very early—first grade, second grade, third grade.
English often gets a bad rap by being somehow less phonetic or unpredictable in its spelling patterns. Why is that?
Again, a lot of those words actually came from Old English. It was the first English printing press, developed by William Caxton, that really standardized spelling. Before, most of the writing was done by monks or by very well educated people and they spelled words as they sounded. And so you would take a word like ‘friend’ and there would be six different spellings of just that word. Well, once it got standardized, we know that ‘friend’ is F-R-I-E-N-D, which is non-phonetic.
So, there are about 150 to 200 very common words that are non-phonetic that children do have to learn by rote. They have to be able to read those and they have to be able to spell those, words like ‘laugh,’ and ‘come,’ and ‘eye,’ and ‘blood.’ And most of them are very short one syllable words, but they’re non-phonetic or irregular in the vowel sounds primarily. But if you consider that there are only about 200 of those out of the million words in the English language, that’s just a drop in the ocean as far as I’m concerned.
Another vital component in teaching reading is fluency. But our notions of what it means to be a fluent reader have changed over the years—can you elaborate?
Good fluency used to be thought of as speed only—if you could read quickly, you were fluent. But now we know that fluency is not only how rapidly you read, but how well you connect the words together when you’re reading a text. The other element that is essential is what we call ‘prosody’ which refers to the inflection of the voice, the rhythm and cadence. We also want kids to automatically be able to recognize the various patterns that appear in words, the short vowels, the consonant sounds, the blends and digraphs, because with automatic recognition of those as well as the prefixes and Latin and Greek roots, that’s how we gain fluency. We immediately identify automatically those parts and we blend them together through whatever strategy we’re using.
It may be having to use just phonics or one syllable words. Phonics doesn’t work for more than one syllable at a time. I can’t read the word ‘vacation’ by sounding it out, v-a-c-a-t-i-o-n. We’d never make vacation. I have to know about open syllables, the long vowel open syllables, I have to know that T-I-O-N together always says ‘shun.’ By recognizing those word patterns, we’ve gained fluency.
To work on fluency, I like choral reading. I find that if I’m working with a student, I let him or her read a paragraph and then I read a paragraph, they read a paragraph, I read a paragraph. Because in hearing me, they get a much better sense of the appropriate speed, the appropriate inflection. We’ve found through the research of people like Dr. Tim Rasinski and Dr. Maryanne Wolf who have been studying fluency for the last several years. They have found that fluency has been a missing element in many of our lessons. So, now I think people are paying more attention because you have to be good decoders of words to be able to read fluently. And you also need the other elements of understanding sentence structure, punctuation, and so on.
What do you think the biggest challenges are facing reading specialists and general ed teachers in the classroom today?
Time. I’m currently working with a group of teachers outside of Rochester in a small school district. There are fifteen elementary and middle school teachers who are either classroom teachers or paraprofessionals, reading specialists, and special ed teachers. Those of us who have the luxury of tutoring one-on-one generally have a child two to four times a week for maybe forty-five minutes to an hour. These teachers tell me that they’ll only have ten to twenty minutes working with individual students, if that. And of course most of the classroom teachers have maybe thirty children.
Teachers are required today to do so much. One of the teachers I’ve worked with, was so concerned about the amount of testing and that all of a sudden these children were required to take computerized tests. These were first, second, and third graders, who barely knew how to use keyboards. So the pressure is there, and she felt so much time was taken up teaching how to take the test rather than teaching the fundamental skills that the children needed. So I think that’s one of the big challenges.
Another challenge I know that some reading specialists and general ed teachers face is that in some states, there is a mandate that if a child is not reading at grade level by the end of third grade, they will be repeated. And to me that’s never made any sense. If, especially, once they repeat third grade, they’re just doing the same thing they did before without giving them new strategies, new types of teaching, these kids probably aren’t going to make it the next year either. And I think that’s very frustrating for teachers and it puts a great burden on the third grade teachers.
The other thing that concerns me is that by fourth grade decoding in reading instruction really stops. So, those third grade teachers need to have taught everything by the end of the year because by fourth grade they’re expected to read to learn, not to learn to read. Again, that puts a terrible burden on third grade teachers and it simply isn’t possible for every student to capture all of those lessons by the end of third grade.
…by fourth grade decoding in reading instruction really stops. So, those third grade teachers need to have taught everything by the end of the year because…they’re expected to read to learn, not to learn to read. It simply isn’t possible for every student to capture all of those lessons by the end of third grade.
You’ve co-edited a history of Dr. Samuel T. Orton for the International Dyslexia Association, “Dyslexia: Samuel T. Orton and His Legacy.” Aside from the Orton-Gillingham Approach itself, what can educators and those interested in the science of how reading is taught learn from his life and work?
He was a real Renaissance man with lots of interests in pathology, neuroanatomy, and neuropsychiatry. Dr. Orton was trained as a psychiatrist and a neurologist. In 1906 he took a Masters Degree in Reading from Harvard. In 1919, he was invited to the University of Iowa to be the head of Psychiatry and Psychiatric Services and to start a mobile mental health unit. Like the roving library buses that go around, well, this was a mental health bus, and anybody could refer children who were having difficulty. Dr. Orton was struck by the fact that so many of the children that were referred couldn’t learn to read and yet in so many other ways they had some real gifts, either mechanical gifts, or were good with music, art or in athletics. Many of them seemed to do well in some areas but in language, especially reading and spelling, they couldn’t make it. So he set up a lab school at the University of Iowa and he brought in this interdisciplinary team to work on what he saw as a very big problem.
He accepted and realized that this had to be a multidisciplinary team, working together. He brought in physicians, educators, psychologists. And he also brought in some teachers who’d had a lot of experience in teaching reading. And so when he puts them altogether in this lab, that’s where he first got his ideas that this was a brain difference for these children. He didn’t ever call it brain damage or dyslexia, but he felt that it was something within the brain that was different in these children.
Parents also played an important role. Dr. Orton spoke with parents often at P-T-A meetings, at Kiwanis club meetings, at Rotary club meetings, because he wanted the community to know that these kids were bright and yet for some reason they couldn’t learn to read. But in using this Approach, they could make real gains.
CLICK TO PLAY: Marcia Henry on the history of Orton-Gillingham.
What’s the biggest advancement that’s been made in dyslexia research to date?
Well, it’s definitely all of the brain research because now we know for sure that dyslexia is a brain difference. With the scanning possibilities, functional M-R-I’s, and so on, we’re just learning so much. But I’m convinced that the intervention is still going to be educational. We can change the structure of the brain through the appropriate education that children receive.
I remember when I started my doctorate program, I was so excited because I was going to be able to read all of this wonderful literature about dyslexia. But when I went to the education library, Cubberley Library at Stanford, I couldn’t find any of these books. And so I went to the librarian and she said, “Oh, all of the work on dyslexia is in the medical school library and you need to have a special pass if you are going to be allowed to go to the medical school library.” Now this was in the early 1980s, so it wasn’t that long ago, and I was just stunned. Well now, there’s so much more that’s been written focusing on education and intervention, remediation, so now those things are also showing up in the education libraries. But for such a long time, it was thought of as a medical problem. But now we know that the intervention is not medical, it’s educational. | <urn:uuid:250b0ecd-c62a-4ffe-9b96-46dadbfe6540> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://journal.orton-gillingham.com/qa-with-dr-marcia-henry/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281226.52/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00372-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976709 | 4,122 | 2.140625 | 2 |
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This course goes into more detail about some of the software engineering techniques and principles presented in earlier courses, as well as introduces advanced aspects of software engineering that are not addressed elsewhere:
- Software process and its various models and standards (CMMI, ISO 9001).
- Software architecture, i.e. the structure of data and program components that are required to build a software system. Examples include distributed and component-based architectures.
- Model Driven Engineering and the use of software description languages.
- Software metrics, such as metrics for software quality, software design metrics, as well as testing and maintenance metrics.
- Project management concepts on coordinating people and products.
- Cost estimation and project scheduling for large software systems.
- Risk management and mitigation.
- Software configuration management (software evolution, change management, version and release management).
- Emerging technologies, such as security engineering, service-oriented software engineering, and aspect-oriented software development.
- Derive models of software systems and express them in a language such as UML.
- Understand the differences between different types of software architecture
- Derive cost estimation tables delineating the tasks to be performed, and the cost, effort, and time involved for each task.
- Identify risks associated with a given software project, and develop plans to mitigate and manage these risks.
- Manage software projects by identifying the sequence of tasks that will enable the project to complete in time, assigning responsibility for each task, and adapting the schedule as various risks become reality
- Software processes and DevOps
- Software architecture
- Software design and patterns
- Software project scheduling
- Software cost estimation
- Service oriented software engineering
- Software metrics and software performance
- Title/Edition: Software Engineering (10th Edition), Author: Ian Sommerville, Publisher: Pearson; 10 edition (March 24 2015)
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Sumo wrestler Kelly Gneiting completed the L.A. Marathon in 9:48:42 to set a new Guinness World Record for the "heaviest person to complete a marathon"
Gneiting, 40, of Fort Defiance, Ariz., weighed in at Dodger Stadium before the race at exactly 400 pounds and took off with the main field at 7:43 a.m. in cool, but dry conditions, crossing the start line several minutes later at the back of the 23,542-runner pack, according to race officials.
Rain began falling soon after he started, and he moved through the Stadium to the Sea course in increasingly rainy and extremely windy conditions.
He said that he lost track of where he was after mile 10 and, slightly delirious, only figured out that he'd made it to mile 15 when his friend and fellow sumo wrestler, Americus Abesamis, met him with fresh socks and told him how far he had come.
At that point, he said, "I was ecstatic."
He walked the final 18-plus miles of the race after jogging through the first eight miles.
Because his pace was much slower than the 13-minutes-per-mile pace used to calculate street re-openings, he did the last half of the race on the sidewalk, while also obeying all traffic signals.
"The people of Los Angeles are amazing," he said. "There was lots of honking and yelling, 'Go, you're almost there,' by both marathoners and spectators. I was really struggling in the last five miles, but I said to myself, 'if I have to crawl, I will.'"
Gneiting finished at 5:51 p.m. in a driving rain and high winds. His post-race weigh-in showed him -- without shirt or shoes -- at 396.2 pounds, well ahead of the old Guinness-recognized record of 275 pounds.
He was met by about 20 well-wishers and news media who braved the conditions to see him finish.
Noting that he cut more than two hours off his 2008 L.A. Marathon time of 11:52:11, he joked, "I'd like to see a Kenyan improve his marathon time by two hours."
Gneiting has represented the United States for the last seven years at the World Sumo Championships or World Games.
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Is the key to success, which restaurateurs have to build after long months of closure, hidden in the way they view their employees? At a time when the hospitality industry is short of weapons and seeking recruitment, a US study highlights consumers’ desire to prefer and adopt brands that have social and ethical values.
At a time of “great layoffs” and the dissatisfaction of many workers with their professional lives, the significance of which they no longer understand since the start of the pandemic, the well-being of employees within companies is being considered as a new expectation among the consumer. As a customer, who hasn’t already been embarrassed by witnessing a boss reprimand a cashier, waiter, or waitress?
At the very least, the health crisis could have had the merit of making respect for employees a new social value. Because an American study, conducted by the international management platform Qualtrics, sheds light on the growing desire of consumers to grow along with the growth of a company that treats its employees correctly. A whopping 47% of respondents said they would only trust companies that take care of their employees.
This adds a new dimension to the buying act, which until now has been driven by opinion consultation (which remains a key criterion for 78% of Americans). An observation that can be applied to many sectors, from commerce to catering. The consequences can even be fatal for a company: 36% of those surveyed admit that they would stop spending money on brands that have no social value. And there’s clearly still a lot to do, as only 27% of the US population believes the companies they buy from are doing the right thing environmentally and socially.
In the hospitality industry, some and some bosses have already raised the subject with the spoon. At the Grands buffets de Narbonne, the 130 employees benefited from a wage increase of 30% on January 1, which amounts to an increase of between 250 and 900 euros. A choice that has an impact on the customers, with the price of the menu ranging from 42.90 euros to 47.90 euros.
This study was conducted on a sample of more than 2,000 Americans ages 18 and older, interviewed in the fourth quarter of 2021.
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When Israelis faced five separate stabbing attacks on Saturday, Oct. 17, they were luckily able to fight off their attackers and defend themselves.
How did the world’s press report on these attacks? “Four More Palestinians Shot Dead on the Streets”. “Israelis Kill Four Palestinians”. “Palestinians Shot Dead in Alleged Knife Attacks”.
These headlines (from the Irish Independent, USA Today and Sky News respectively) are typical of much reporting when it comes to the Jewish state, portraying Israelis under attack as aggressors and glossing over (or omitting) details of the terrorism that Israelis are facing every day.
Here are three common media distortions we’re seeing in coverage of the current violent attacks in Israel and what you can do about them.
1. Upside-Down Reporting : Terrorists as Victims, Victims as Aggressors
It might seem unbelievable that people who arm themselves with knives, guns and meat cleavers and go out to murder Jews would be called victims but many news reports perversely insist on painting a picture of innocent Palestinian victims and Israelis as cold-blooded killers.
An Oct.17, 2015 headline in the British Telegraph newspaper announcing “Israeli security forces kill four more Palestinians as knife attacks continue” misleadingly make it seem as if an ongoing massacre is going on against Palestinians – not a wave of terror attacks against Israelis. An Oct. 19, USA Today insert carried by papers across the country reported “West Bank Bands Together: from making food to slingshots, Palestinians do what they can to fight Israel” – the take-away impression being that fighting Israelis is a noble pursuit, not the reality of shooting toddlers, stabbing children, and attacking Israelis viciously – targeting them only because they are Jews.
Pointing out the facts of recent terror attacks is one antidote to these upside-down news reports that invert aggressor and victim. That’s what NBC anchor Jose Diaz-Balart did recently during a live report. MSNBC/NBC correspondent Ayman Mohyeldin – reporting from Jerusalem – claimed that a would-be terrorist who’d been shot dead by police earlier was unarmed. Both of his hands were open and both of his hands did not have a knife.” But back in the studio, Mr. Diaz-Balart brought up a picture of the attacker, pointing out to viewers, “We can clearly see the man – with what appears to be, at least in his right hand, a knife.”
We don’t all have the influence of Mr. Diaz-Balart, but we can all learn how to counter bald-faced lies and distortion from him: pointing out the truth about attacks in reader feedback, letters to the editor, in blogs and social media – can take the air out of lies and distortions about Israel.
2. False Equivalence
Another slander that’s gaining traction about the Jewish state is that Israel is somehow culpable for the violence that’s roiling Palestinian society.
That was the assumption behind a recent CNN headline “More Die as Violence and Finger-Pointing Plague Israel, Palestinians.” The Oct. 18, 2015 headline came after the five failed terror attacks, and the day before the massive fatal attack in Beersheva’s Central Bus Station. Where was the violence on the part of the Israelis? Where the finger-pointing? Surely shooting an armed terrorist who is in the act of attacking isn’t the same sort of violence as carrying out the attack in the first place?
An Oct. 19 op-ed in The New York Times described an almost-unrecognizable Jerusalem, one in which mobs of Jews parade through the streets chanting “Death to Arabs”, in which Arabs are fearful of letting their children out of doors lest they be shot by murderous Israelis like “Jerusalem’s gun-wielding mayor.” This is a willful distortion.
This type of false equivalence has real consequences, convincing people that Israelis are some responsible for being stabbed, shot at, run over, attacked and murdered. It creates a climate in which Secretary of State John Kerry, speaking at Harvard on October 13, 2015 – the same day that three Israelis were murdered and twenty wounded in two separate attacks – could say both Israelis and Palestinians shared the blame for the violence. It desensitizes us to the fear and violence Israelis are experiencing. Sir Eric Pickles, Chairman of the Conservative Friends of Israel group in Britain, has called this desire to be balanced “pathological”.
One way to respond is to speak up: don’t be afraid to present a more nuanced, truthful version of events. Arm yourself with facts. Read Israeli news outlets, turn to websites such as www.honestreporting.com and www.camera.org for help.
3. Giving a Platform to Lies and Extremism
One striking feature of much Israel coverage is the extent to which extreme people, organizations and views are given air and print time.
CNN, in an Oct. 18 report, quoted Israeli officials about the five terror attacks the day before – then cast doubt on them, saying “But the official Palestinian version of events doesn’t always match the account given by Israeli authorities”. According to this alternate account, CNN reported, a Palestinian terrorist didn’t attempt to stab an Israeli; instead, the Palestinian was the victim, hunted down and shot in cold blood by an Israeli “settler”.
Who is this alternative source? According to CNN, it’s WAFA, the Palestinian Authority’s official news agency. But does WAFA deserve to be treated as a credible news source?
Based on translations of its Arabic news source, the answer is absolutely not. This is the news outlet that on December 30, 2014, called the two terrorists responsible for murdering five Israelis as they prayed in a Jerusalem synagogue “martyrs...who ascended (to Heaven).” In the current wave of violence, WAFA has consistently referred to terror attacks against Israeli civilians as military operations, praised those killed in attempting to carry out attacks as “martyrs” and misreported the deaths of terrorists killed in self-defense as they carried attacks as cold-blooded executions.
An Associated Press (AP) story on October 15, 2015 story about the roots of Palestinian rage: “East Jerusalem Palestinians at Center of Wave of Unrest” similarly relied on highly biased information sources. Quoting Ir Amim, “an advocacy group that promotes equality in the city”, the AP painted a dystopian vision of Jerusalem in which “Arab neighborhoods have potholed streets, overcrowded classrooms, and suffer from insufficient public services like water, sewage and garbage collection”.
But Ir Amim is hardly an unbiased source. Described by one of its own officials as promoting a political agenda rather than coexistence, the organization – funded by Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands and EU – is extremist in its Israel-bashing and has called for the US to “sever diplomatic ties” with the Jewish State. A 2010 film series they funded was described at the time by the then-editor of the Jerusalem Post as “contain(ing) just about every imaginable one-sided, context-deficient, unbalanced misrepresentation of Israel rolled into one nasty package.”
In this climate we all have to be careful consumers of news. We must make an effort to question where our news sources are getting their information and evaluate whom they’re quoting. When you read extreme-sounding claims about Israel, take a moment to read about the source. Educate yourself about Israel and the news. Don’t be afraid to speak up. We all have a stake in making sure that distortions and lies about the Jewish state don’t go unchallenged.
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“When you have tithed your produce ... and you shall give them to the Levite, foreigner, orphan and widow so that they will eat to their satisfaction in your cities” Deuteronomy 26:12
Tzedakah, according to Rabbi Yisrael Lipschitz (1782-1860), should act as a safeguard to protect a person from arrogance: instead of people thinking they are wealthy through their own endeavours, regular giving will instil in them a sense of humility, in the recognition that it is God who has blessed them and they are purely a hired hand who must pay rent in the form of tzedakah.
To further encourage us to fufil our duty, the sages explained that the Torah guarantees that a person who tithes their money properly will prosper (Talmud Taanit 9a). The renowned 20th-century halachist, Rabbi Moses Feinstein, also emphasised the need to give of one’s time for volunteer work.
Jack Douek in his book The Hesed Boomerang develops the idea that acts of tzedakah and kindness often come back like a boomerang and benefit the person who performs those deeds. He illustrates this with a true story about the billionaire Donald Trump who, in May 1996, had a flat tyre on the motorway. He had no chauffeur that day and tried to flag someone down to help. No one bothered to stop.
Eventually a middle-aged man stopped to help him. “How may I repay you?” Trump asked the gentleman. “Just send my wife some flowers”. Trump took down his name and address and left. After a few weeks the flowers arrived with a note apologising for the delay, explaining that the man’s mortgage had now been fully paid off.
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Increased demand for applications based on thin wafers and thin microelectronic-substrates result in the need for processing and handling of thin- and ultra-thin substrates during the manufacturing step. Thin substrates in the area of IC manufacturing (like memory, CMOS, 3D-TSV integration or ChipCard applications), power devices (e.g. IGBTs), compound semiconductors (e.g. for high brightness LEDs or RF-power amplifiers), as well as emerging technologies that also involve thin or flexible substrates (MEMS; RFID-tags, flexible displays, etc.) require reliable handling and support techniques in order to ensure safe processing. | <urn:uuid:3da36d8e-8900-4b21-b66e-df899f077429> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.evgroup.com/ko/products/bonding/temporary_bonding/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281331.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00224-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.870526 | 145 | 2.15625 | 2 |
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Security-enhanced Linux is a patch of the Linux kernel and a number of utilities with enhanced security functionality designed to add mandatory access controls to Linux. The Security-enhanced Linux kernel contains new architectural components originally developed to improve the security of the Flask operating system. These architectural components provide general support for the enforcement of many kinds of mandatory access control policies, including those based on the concepts of Type Enforcement, Role-based Access Control, and Multi-level Security.
libsemanage (2.0.25-3) unstable; urgency=high * [bab6644]: Also check for the uppoer bound on user ids in login.defs Some non-Debian packages (like qmail, shudder) create users not below MIN_UID, but above MAX_UID, in /etc/login.defs (non-system users are supposed to have uids between MIN_UID and MAX_UID. genhomedircon.c:gethomedirs() checks pwent.pw_uid against MIN_UID more»
2.0.25 2008-04-21 * Do not call genhomedircon if the policy was not rebuilt from Stephen Smalley. Fixes semanage boolean -D seg fault (bug 441379). 2.0.24 2008-02-26 * make swigify 2.0.23 2008-02-04 * Use vfork rather than fork for libsemanage helpers to reduce memory overhead as suggested by Todd Miller. 2.0.22 2008-02-04 * Free policydb before fork from Joshua Brindle. 2.0.21 2008-02- more»
This is the Debian packe for libsemanage, and it is built from sources obtained from: http://www.nsa.gov/selinux/code/download5.cfm. libsemanage is Copyright © 2004-2005 Tresys Technology, LLC Copyright © 2005 Red Hat, Inc. This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by more» | <urn:uuid:eb31cd96-89e1-4fe8-a8c1-755d6afc6aca> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.filewatcher.com/d/Debian/amd64/python/python-semanage_2.0.25-3_amd64.deb.124076.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282140.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00134-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.830589 | 455 | 1.804688 | 2 |
Malacostraca | Decapoda
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Benthic; depth range 40 - 1303 m (Ref. 97531). Tropical; 45°N - 35°S, 98°W - 33°W
Western Atlantic: Southwest of Marthas Vineyard and Nantucket, Massachusetts, to near Cozumel Island, Mexico, to Uruguay.
Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Deep sea, slope (Ref. 97531). Found on the continental slope. Buries itself (Ref. 106859). Host to barnacles, isopods and worms (Ref. 104958). In general, galatheid crabs show a wide spectrum of feeding habits, from being detritivorous, vegetarian, omnivorous, to cannibalistic (Ref. 90632).
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Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Bisby, F.A., M.A. Ruggiero, K.L. Wilson, M. Cachuela-Palacio, S.W. Kimani, Y.R. Roskov, A. Soulier-Perkins and J. van Hertum. 2005. (Ref. 19)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 124695)
CITES status (Ref. 108899)
Threat to humans
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How to Become a Candy Distributor
There are many stores and businesses across the country that specialize in the sale of candy. Most candy retailers get their inventory from wholesale candy distributors at a discounted price, and then sell the candy to their customers at a marked up price. Becoming a candy distributor can be a fun, enjoyable venture, as well as a profitable one.
Choose a niche for your candy distribution business -- this will help distinguish you from your competitors and give you a target market to focus on. For instance, you can stock chocolates, nostalgic candies, organic or sugar-free candies.
Secure the permits needed in your state to start a retail business -- this varies depending on where you live. You may need an assumed name certificate, employer identification number (EIN), sales and use tax permit or resale permit.
Rent a food-grade warehouse to store your inventory. The facility you choose needs to be temperature controlled, especially if you will be stocking chocolate, taffy or gum, which tend to melt easily.
Establish wholesale policies. As a distributor, you will selling candy to other businesses, not the public. For example, you may determine that all orders must meet a $250 minimum, or that retailers must show documentation of being in business to set up an account with you.
Set appropriate wholesale prices for your candy -- you should be giving retailers a discount of 40 percent to 60 percent off retail price. For example, if a pound of taffy can retail for $7, you could sell it for $3.50 per pound.
Provide incentives for retailers to choose you over other candy distributors. You can offer discounted shipping, a newsletter with business tips, friendly and speedy service, or low order minimums.
Promote your candy distribution business by setting up a website or promotional blog, sending a flier or catalog to local candy stores, joining a wholesale retailers association such as the National Association of Wholesaler-Distributors, advertising on business websites and forums, and listing your company in wholesale directories.
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The free Iconix application integrates into many popular mail clients in order to call out those messages which have been verified as sent by one of a list of over 1500 senders includingobviouslyPayPal, banks, credit card companies, major retailers, and other popular sites like Monster.com and the New York Times.
The verification is based on existing e-mail authentication standards; Iconix says they use "...technologies like DKIM, Domain Keys and Sender ID...", all of which DNS-based services and special mail headers to confirm that a particular message was actually sent by the e-mail domain it purports to come from.
In the nearby example, a message from Facebook has been confirmed as coming from Facebook. Click on the special icon for that message in your e-mail client and this verification box pops up.
DKIM is DomainKeys Identified Mail, a standard established many years ago and led by Yahoo! and Cisco. It uses public key encryption to prove not only that the message sender is authenticated, but that it has not been modified in transit.
Any mail domain can implement these standards, but Iconix is only verifying particular ones. This is good because a sender is not trustworthy just because they are verified. So Iconix is picking only trustworthy senders.
It's a shame that e-mail clients need an add-in to display this information. Standards exist for mail clients to interact with 3rd party verification/accreditation services, such as Iconix, so that the client could implement this capability natively. Thus far, to my knowledge, only webmail clients do this.
Iconix works with Gmail, MSN Hotmail, Windows Live Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, Outlook 2003/2007, Outlook Express, Earthlink, AOL Webmail, AIM Webmail, Mac and Linux are not yet supported.
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(10:15PM - 3/24/21) A storm system will move through the region Thursday into Friday, bringing a severe t'storm threat to the southern half of the state and high winds to Northeast, Eastern and Southern Illinois.
A storm system will move from the Plains tonight, through the Ohio Valley on Thursday s it rapidly strengthens, and then into the Great Lakes by Friday morning. The northern side of a larger and more significant severe t'storm risk to the south will reach into the southern half of the state, with a severe t'storm threat expected Thursday afternoon through Thursday evening. Additionally, a period of high winds are expected across Northeast, Eastern and Southern Illinois, Thursday afternoon through early Friday morning.
Areas of rain and t'storms will spread across the southern half of the state Thursday morning, as a warm front lifts towards and into Southern Illinois. In the wake of this early activity and with the warm front in the vicinity, a lower end environment will develop. This low end environment will feature low instability, modest moisture and great shear. Additional areas of scattered showers and t'storms that develop along a cold front across Missouri and Arkansas during the afternoon, will spread across the southern half of the state Thursday afternoon through Thursday evening. Given the aforementioned low end environment in place, a severe t'storm threat will exist with this activity, with isolated to widely scattered severe t'storms being possible. Hail, damaging winds and an isolated tornadoes will be possible with any severe t'storm.
In addition to the severe t'storm potential, high winds are expected Thursday afternoon through Friday early morning, across Northeast, Eastern and Southern Illinois. High winds aloft, characterized by a low level jet of 40-65KT, will develop as the associated storm system rapidly strengthens as it moves through the region. Mixing depth will support wind gusts of 25-45MPH and 40-60MPH across portions Northeast, Eastern and Southern Illinois, Thursday afternoon through Friday early morning. Isolated power outages and minor tree damage will be possible for areas affected by the higher end winds.
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Scrabble word: ECOTERRORISM
In which Scrabble dictionary does ECOTERRORISM exist?
Definitions of ECOTERRORISM in dictionaries:
- noun - violence carried out to further the political or social objectives of the environmentalists
There are 12 letters in ECOTERRORISM: C E E I M O O R R R S T
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All anagrams that could be made from letters of word ECOTERRORISM plus a wildcard: ECOTERRORISM?
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(RxWiki News) Many of us have had the flu before and recovered completely. But some people can get very sick due to complications.
In some cases, a recent study found, the flu may even be linked to the risk of developing pneumonia — a lung infection often caused by bacteria.
This study looked at seasonal patterns of the flu and pneumonia. The results suggested that infection with the flu virus can cause a 100-fold increase in the likelihood of developing pneumonia.
"Talk to your doctor about flu prevention measures."
This study was conducted by Pejman Rohani, a professor of epidemiology, and Sourya Shrestha, a postdoctoral fellow at the School of Public Health at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, along with colleagues.
The aim of the study was to look at the link between influenza and bacterial pneumonia.
Pneumonia is a condition in which the lungs are infected with bacteria or viruses. Pneumonia is responsible for more deaths than any other infectious disease.
Pneumonia cases usually peak during flu epidemics but previous studies looking at this association have not identified any clear connections.
For this study, the researchers designed a computer program that incorporated different ways that an influenza infection could be related to the occurrence of pneumonia.
They then fed weekly records of influenza and pneumonia in Illinois hospitals between 1989 and 2009 into the computer program. The study specifically focused on pneumococcal pneumonia, which is caused by a type of bacteria called pneumococcus.
The computer program then ranked the different possible ways in which pneumonia and influenza could be related.
The results suggested that people who get influenza have a higher risk of getting pneumococcal pneumonia for one week after they are infected with influenza.
"Simply put, our analyses identified a short-lived but significant — about 100-fold — increase in the risk of pneumococcal pneumonia following influenza infection," said Dr. Rohani in a press release announcing the study results.
According to the researchers, better understanding of the interaction between the flu and pneumonia can help promote better disease prevention measures and effective clinical management of both diseases.
The results of this study were published online June 26 in Science Translational Medicine, a publication of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
This study was funded by the Vaccine Modeling Initiative of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the Department of Homeland Security, the Fogarty International Center and the National Institutes of Health. | <urn:uuid:f14c8b99-52ec-47b2-a36e-ede8173bd868> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.rxwiki.com/news-article/pneumonia-risk-increases-several-fold-following-infection-flu-virus | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988718423.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183838-00270-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956502 | 498 | 3.453125 | 3 |
Newness of technology, bureaucratic hurdles and investor fear of uncharted territory have held back roll-out of solar plants
* 3,500 MW of projects planned in Africa but progress slow
* Bureaucratic hurdles, investor fear cloud projects
* Leader Senegal close to building large plant
By Nellie Peyton
SANTHIOU MEKHE, Senegal, Aug 4 (Reuters) - In an expanse of sand 60 miles (100 km) north of Senegal's capital, two men set to work digging up tree stumps to clear space for what could soon be the biggest solar plant in West Africa.
In less than a year, says developer Senergy PV SA, this shrubby lot will be covered with 96,000 gleaming solar panels from China, injecting up to 30 megawatts into the grid.
It is an attractive prospect for a nation with a dire power deficit, and which currently meets most of its needs by burning imported oil in hugely inefficient diesel generators.
"The context is favourable," Karim Ndiaye, investment director at French private equity firm Meridiam, which bought out the original Senergy company in 2014, told Reuters.
"The president has made renewables a priority."
Yet three years after a deal was signed to build the plant, there were still no building materials in sight, just a couple of bulldozers bumping over dunes near Santhiou Mekhe village.
Sunshine is plentiful, solar panels get cheaper by the year and demand for power is skyrocketing, but the newness of the technology, bureaucratic hurdles and investor fear of uncharted territory have held back the rollout of solar plants across Africa.
Solar is less than 1 percent of Africa's power generation. Outside of South Africa and Algeria there are only a few utility-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) plants on the continent, the largest being a 20 MW plant in Ghana.
Reuters collected data on over 3,500 MW of projects that have been commissioned in the past six years - roughly equal to the combined output of Senegal, Uganda, Mali and Cameroon.
In Kenya and Burkina Faso, plants scheduled to open in 2014 are still awaiting construction. In Nigeria and Ghana, projects that began in 2010 and 2011 have yet to find finance.
"We are seeing the same trends everywhere in sub-Saharan Africa," said Silvia Macri, analyst at IHS Markit.
"There's no experience with these projects, and not much clarity around the political framework."
Lenders want dependable cash flows, but in many countries weak legal frameworks, unclear land rights and poor transmission infrastructure make this hard to guarantee, Macri said.
Even after construction began on the Senergy project, equipment still needed to be ordered and permits obtained, said Mathieu Peller, regional director at Meridiam.
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Horse carts trot past power lines in rural Senegal. Electricity is costly and 40 percent of people have no access.
Cheap solar could change this.
Since 2009 the price of panels has fallen 80 percent. Last year, the International Renewable Energy Agency said solar power costs were in line with or below those of fossil fuels.
Senegal is ahead of its peers on the continent in at least promoting renewables - its official target is 20 percent of power from renewables by 2017, against 0.6 percent now - but it has been overwhelmed by proposals.
After creating a renewable energy law in 2010 the government spent three years sorting through 82 proposals and accepted 10, most of which lacked the funds to see them through, said Yasser Charafi, an officer at the International Finance Corporation, the private-sector arm of the World Bank.
Senergy PV SA will sell power to the national electric company for about $0.11 per kilowatt-hour, which is slightly less than the utility pays for diesel. The World Bank aims to help Senegal slash that by almost half, Charafi said.
Kenya unveiled a renewable energy scheme in 2012 and was inundated with proposals. No plants are yet under construction.
Now it is considering an auction process to attract lower price bids, leaving developers in the lurch, said Tomas Adcock, chief operating officer at solar firm Kenergy Renewables.
"Investors are anxious about investing in projects that may never be built," Adcock said.
Kenya's Ministry of Energy did not respond to a request for comment. Developers in several countries described a lack of clear policies, pressure to pay bribes, and negotiations that dragged on for years.
There is often no grid in place to transmit, a problem faced by Douglas Coleman, projects director of Blue Energy, building a long-awaited 155 MW plant in Ghana.
A few projects have beaten the odds. A different plant in Ghana was completed in April by Chinese company BXC, and a 10 MW plant in Uganda is almost built, led by firms in Paris and Dubai.
Nigeria signed its first solar power purchase agreements in July for 14 large-scale plants after four years of negotiations. They are now meant to close financing within a year, and finish construction 18 months later.
"To be honest, some might need more time," said Yesufu Alonge, head of power procurement at Nigeria's bulk trader.
(Reporting by Nellie Peyton; Editing by Tim Cocks and Dale Hudson)
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An ever-evolving multitude of insurance scams continue to plague the industry, ultimately costing both insurers, policyholders and taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars.
P&C insurers especially face a host of challenges in combating fraud, such as poor conviction rates and inadequate resources. Even so, through decisive action and collaboration between claims investigators and law enforcement, noteworthy gains have been realized, made evident recently by some high-profile PIP fraud stings in New York and Florida.
Further mitigating fraud and, by extension, its impact on insurers' profit margins, involves not only continuing the push for legislative intervention but also utilizing sophisticated strategies and technology, including data mining techniques.
Another part of the fraud-fighting equation is addressing the public's general lack of empathy and information about this burgeoning epidemic. Organizations such as the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud (CAIF) and the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) have organized campaigns and outlets to spread public awareness. However, the absence of a cohesive PR strategy by the industry, coupled with scant media coverage, will continue to hinder overall efforts if not addressed.
Well, as in life, we must celebrate the victories, both small and large. Some familiar schemes and perpetrators command starring roles in this recent ABC News report, which emphasizes the impact of workers' compensation fraud on taxpayers. | <urn:uuid:78b20748-4b08-449d-811d-32f562311609> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.propertycasualty360.com/2012/04/25/workers-comp-scammers-featured-on-abc-news?t=investigative | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560283008.19/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095123-00086-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939024 | 265 | 1.601563 | 2 |
Madison City Hall is located at 132 North Main Street, Madison, GA 30650; phone: 706-342-1251.
The City of Madison, centrally located in Morgan County, is the county seat of a rural community. Madison maintains its small-town character and an extremely modest population growth under increasing exurban development pressure from the metropolitan Atlanta area. The development pattern remains predominantly that of a historic one-mile circular city, where traditional single-family neighborhoods surround the downtown core and two modern corridors — one commercial and one industrial — stretch southward to Interstate 20.
Founded in 1809, Madison thrived as the center of civic life and an agrarian economy, attracting nearby planters who gathered to transact business, worship, educate, and recreate. With the arrival of the railroad in the 1840s and the rise of cotton as a monoculture, the town experienced the first benefits of becoming a transportation hub. Madison flourished with cultural amenities, grand Antebellum architecture, and as an early center for advanced female education until the Civil War. Despite the toil of the war, the town itself survived virtually intact thanks to Mayor Joshua Hill, former U.S. Senator and anti-secessionist. Even so, Downtown Madison was nearly wiped out by the Great Fire of 1869 which destroyed many structures and almost all businesses.
Downtown Madison quickly rebuilt and surrounding neighborhoods showcased the growth of the Victorian era, reflected in architectural detailing then plentiful with the increased mobility provided by an additional railroad and local enterprises, e.g., Madison Variety Works. With the abolition of slavery, African-Americans established neighborhoods, churches, schools, and commercial centers, and by 1900, the population grew to roughly 2,000. The new century focused upon civic progress: public education, a new courthouse, public utility systems, one of twelve state regional schools, etc. By the early 1920s, the automobile arrived along with paved streets, followed thereafter by federal state-aid projects paving connections to surrounding cities. Whereas, Madison had previously been the intersection of major rail lines; the community began to grow and prosper as a different kind of transportation crossroads. Soon thereafter, the boll weevil as well as increased diversity in commerce and industry led the transition away from the former cotton-based economy.
While the Great Depression lingered, there was very little private investment. Thanks to the Public Works Administration and the WPA, Madison gained jobs and new buildings: U.S. Post Office, City Hall, and the Georgia State Patrol Outpost. The major economic change of the 1940s was the shift from cotton and other labor-intensive crops to dairy farming. Mid-century Madison also began to capitalize on its great architectural heritage by dipping its toe into tourism with its first Tour of Homes in 1950 (now the #1 industry for Madison and second only to agriculture for Morgan County). Commercial enterprises began to appear on the fringe of Downtown and the city limits along Main Street. In the 1960s and 1970s, the city continued to grow consistently — about 20 people or 4 families per year — and as a direct result of the confluence of the highway system, which expanded transcontinental including Interstate 20 (conceived as the Deep South's major east-west corridor - TX to SC.) Transecting Georgia, I-20 arrived by 1969 in Madison, which now has a pair of interchanges. Having taken 100 years to double its first census, Madison's population finally crossed the 3,000 threshold in 1970; however, the municipal racial demographics remained about even.
The 1980s were a period of thoughtful deliberation and proactive planning. Madison used its two newest planning tools: Community Development Concept Plan (precursor to state-mandated comprehensive plan) and A Study of the Impact of Growth (an evaluation of potential city limit expansion); annexed the interchanges, doubling the city's land mass; and invested in its future quality-of-life by becoming a National Main Street community, establishing a Downtown Development Area, designating the Madison Historic District, and participating as a Tree City USA. With deterioration of businesses at the city's former edges, unguided growth at the interchanges, and the perceived threat of the 441 Bypass, Madison also established the Corridor Design Overlay to provide guidance for growth along corridors leading into and through the community. Economically, the town attracted several industries, commercial development serving beyond its county, and significant investment in private homes, downtown structures, and new enterprises in its historic areas.
With the approach of the millennium, Madison saw the fruits of thirty years of stable leadership, long-range planning, and community improvement efforts - using Madison's historic context and environment to frame the future (i.e., honored as #1 Small Town in America (2001); one of the nation's and Georgia's first Preserve America Community (2004); the premier Downtown Excellence Award by the GA Downtown Assoc. (2009), etc.). Nearly 50,000 tourists per annum visit the community, supporting more dining and retail establishments than a typical rural community of 3,636. Despite the recent banking collapse, Madison's property values and business community are weathering these harsh economic times with a vigor not in evidence in neither the county nor similar communities.
Madison as Described in 1895
Madison, the center and county seat of Morgan County, was laid out and incorporated in the year 1813. Its exact location was determined by the existence of a beautiful spring, near which the first courthouse was erected, and which still wells up in the very heart of the city.
Owing to the great and varied resources of the county immediately surrounding Madison, the town has enjoyed a continued season of prosperity from the beginning of her history, at no time previous to the late civil war having suffered serious calamity. For many years before the breaking out of war between the States, Madison was known as one of the wealthiest towns of its size in the South, and was a center of culture and refinement.
Two large and widely known female seminaries were located here, and many wealthy planters from the surrounding country removed to Madison to secure her exceptional social and educational advantages. White's "Statistics of Georgia," published in 1849, states that at that time the town contained 1,200 people and was regarded as an exceptionally wealthy and progressive town. It then had a cotton factory running 2,016 spindle and a number of commodity stores doing a brisk annual business.
Even the changed conditions imposed upon Madison and her tributary country by the war did not long retard her progress. Her picturesque and healthful situation, her mild yet invigorating climate, her proximity to the great commercial centers of the South, and the exceptionally high character and social qualities of her people, have all contributed to give her a continued and substantial growth. In 1870 her population numbered less than 1,400; in 1880 it had increased to 1,900; in 1890 to 2,500; and at present a busy and prosperous population of 3,200 are constantly adding to her wealth and importance. | <urn:uuid:83db2bbc-8a18-4bd6-adf8-985d1e50403e> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.livingplaces.com/GA/Morgan_County/Madison_City.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282202.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00554-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965019 | 1,434 | 2.1875 | 2 |
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 1 day on 9 May 2100 at 08:54.
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Lunar disc appears visually 6.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1786" and ∠1900".
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2100 after 13 days on 23 May 2100 at 17:25.
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
The Moon is 1 day young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1241 of Meeus index or 2194 from Brown series.
Length of current 1241 lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 38 minutes. It is 2 hours and 3 minutes longer than next lunation 1242 length.
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 54 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 9 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
This lunation true anomaly is ∠200.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠227.5°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
3 days after point of apogee on 7 May 2100 at 05:13 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 11 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 22 May 2100 at 11:04 in ♏ Scorpio.
Moon is 401 300 km (249 356 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 11 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 359 498 km (223 382 mi).
6 days after its ascending node on 4 May 2100 at 01:19 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 7 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 18 May 2100 at 10:11 in ♍ Virgo.
6 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
12 days after previous South standstill on 28 April 2100 at 00:08 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.374°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.277° in the next northern standstill on 12 May 2100 at 13:36 in ♊ Gemini.
After 13 days on 23 May 2100 at 17:25 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy. | <urn:uuid:46eb94f8-839a-42ba-9abf-4b9b6c296ddc> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://lunaf.com/lunar-calendar/2100/05/10/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719027.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00303-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.90201 | 692 | 2.84375 | 3 |
Your Brain and You — the book — is now available on Amazon. Blog items here will be on related topics.
Academic papers in neuroscience, psychology and even philosophy are usually written in language that is different from the common sense terms in which we ask questions that matter to us. So, there is always some work needed to figure out how the results of a study relate to the questions that are on our minds. That’s the kind of work I’ll be trying to do here.
Different thinkers often have different views about what a piece of research means for us — how it relates to questions that naturally arise as we think about ourselves and our brains. I’ll give reasons for my take on work I discuss, and sometimes reasons against other interpretations of the significance of research for understanding ourselves. | <urn:uuid:304e6425-333e-4363-9b2a-53f34ffa734f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://yourbrainandyou.com/category/about-this-blog/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571719.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812140019-20220812170019-00270.warc.gz | en | 0.962336 | 165 | 1.953125 | 2 |
Another day, another hack. As we referenced yesterday with respect to the Dunkin’ Donuts hack, it seems that we can’t even go a week without a new high-profile security breach making the news. In light of that, a more serious security breach appears to have impacted Marriott. Specifically, the hotel chain today revealed that an unauthorized party accessed its Starwood guest reservation database this past September.
Marriott relays that it first became aware of the breach on September 8th when an internal security tool flagged an attempt by someone aiming to access the aforementioned reservation database. Upon consulting with outside security experts, Marriott ultimately realized that someone had been accessing the database since 2014 and had been copying all sorts of sensitive information.
All told, information involving upwards of 500 million guests were compromised over the last four years. And speaking to the gravity of the breach, Marriott describes the extent of the compromised information as follows:
For approximately 327 million of these guests, the information includes some combination of name, mailing address, phone number, email address, passport number, Starwood Preferred Guest (“SPG”) account information, date of birth, gender, arrival and departure information, reservation date, and communication preferences. For some, the information also includes payment card numbers and payment card expiration dates, but the payment card numbers were encrypted using Advanced Encryption Standard encryption (AES-128). There are two components needed to decrypt the payment card numbers, and at this point, Marriott has not been able to rule out the possibility that both were taken. For the remaining guests, the information was limited to name and sometimes other data such as mailing address, email address, or other information.
Hacks certainly happen with regularity these days, but what makes this particular incident stand out is how long the breach went completely undetected. | <urn:uuid:f4d5602c-42a3-4f3d-948d-c8f71bd116ad> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://bgr.com/tech/marriott-hack-starwood-hotels-credit-cards/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00269.warc.gz | en | 0.958585 | 372 | 1.664063 | 2 |
KENNEBUNKPORT, Me. — President Bush signed legislation Friday that revamps programs dealing with mental health and alcohol and drug abuse and continues a ban on using federal money for free needles for drug users.
"Distributing free needles to drug users only encourages more drug use," Bush said in a statement at the start of a three-day holiday in Maine.
The legislation reorganizes the Alcohol, Drug Abuse and Mental Health Administration within the Department of Health and Human Services.
Bush said it "will help reduce the number of newborn children exposed to drugs and alcohol" and help those who suffer from a mental disorder. He said the government estimates that one-fourth of Americans are afflicted at some time in their lives.
"This legislation sends a message of hope to the men, women and children affected by substance abuse and mental illness in this country," he said in the statement.
The measure will continue to block grant money for needle-exchange programs because "there is no evidence that such programs reduce the incidence of HIV infection," Bush said.
Under the reorganization, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the National Institute of Mental Health will be brought into the National Institutes of Health. Bush said that alone will foster a greater exchange of information.
"This reorganization, proposed by the Administration, will create for the first time an agency that is focused solely on providing services to those who suffer from, or are vulnerable to, mental illness and addictive disorders," Bush said.
The President said despite the bill's positive features, he worries about the cost of steps that the legislation requires states to take. He said the purpose of block grants is to allow states flexibility to design programs to meet their needs.
"It is my intent that every effort be made to ensure that these mandates do not result in a reduction in the states' ability to provide treatment services to the greatest possible number of people in need," Bush said.
The White House released the presidential statement after his arrival at his vacation home from the summits in Munich and Geneva. The President quickly got into his recreation routine, taking his speedboat out for a spin in the ocean. | <urn:uuid:eee58d6f-2ed5-41e4-b7bf-5bebe20936a4> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://articles.latimes.com/1992-07-11/news/mn-1323_1_mental-health | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281069.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00264-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960525 | 447 | 1.734375 | 2 |
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