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(Photo: University of Tokyo)
Researchers at the University of Tokyo and Keio University have developed a camera that can capture movement faster than ever before. It’s called the Sequentially Timed All-optical Mapping Photography or STAMP. The optical shutter is capable of photographing an object at 4,400,000,000,000 frames per second. That’s 1,000 times faster than any other camera.
The current leading brand of high-speed real-time recording is a method unfortunately known as the pump-probe process, where light is "pumped" at the subject and then "probed" for absorption. STAMP differs from this by skipping the need to constantly probe, or measure, the scene to construct an image, instead it uses single-shot bursts to acquire images and maps the spatial profile of the subject to the temporal profile at a 450x450-pixel resolution.
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President Trump Signs Executive Order to “Temporarily Suspend Immigration into the United States”
On April 20, 2020, President Trump tweeted, “In light of the attack from the Invisible Enemy, as well as the need to protect the jobs of our GREAT American Citizens, I will be signing an Executive Order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States!” The vague tweet triggered many questions and concerns as to the scope of the immigration suspension and the impact it would have on many foreign nationals and their respective U.S. employers.
On the afternoon of April 22, 2020, President Trump officially signed and released the executive order (“EO”) to the public. The EO will take effect at 11:59 p.m. (EDT) on April 23, 2020, and will be valid for up to 60 days thereafter.
The EO is narrow in scope as it applies only to foreign nationals who plan to apply for U.S. permanent resident status (i.e., a green card) at a U.S. Embassy or Consulate from outside the United States in the next 60 days. As such, the EO will have minimal impact on current immigration visa processing. The U.S. Department of State had previously temporarily suspended routine visa services at all U.S. Embassies and Consulates since March 20, 2020, due to COVID-19, except for emergency situations or those applications deemed essential. Thus, foreign nationals eligible to apply for permanent resident status at U.S. Embassies and Consulates were already affected by the visa service suspension and will face no further negative impact by the EO.
The EO does not apply to:
- foreign nationals who are seeking to enter the United States as medical personnel; to perform medical research intended to combat the spread of COVID-19, or to perform work essential to combating, recovering from, or otherwise alleviating the effects of the COVID-19, along with their spouses and minor children; or
- foreign nationals who are the spouses and children of U.S. citizens, members of the U.S. Armed Forces, individuals designated by law enforcement, prospective foreign adoptees of U.S. citizens, and EB-5 investor visa applicants.
Moreover, the EO does not have an immediate impact on foreign nationals already in the United States. Further, the EO does not apply to any other U.S. immigration or application process. Therefore, the following categories are not affected by this EO:
- any pending or to-be-filed I-485 Adjustment of Status applications for those foreign nationals who are applying for or have applied for their green cards while physically present in the United States;
- those already having U.S. permanent residency (i.e., green card holders); and
- those having nonimmigrant statuses who are applying for extensions, changes, or amendments of their nonimmigrant statuses, such as F-1 (including those having F-1 OPT and STEM OPT EAD work authorization), J-1, H-1B, TN, L-1, E-1/2/3, O-1, and H-1B1, as well as their family derivatives holding related statuses in F-2, J-2, E, H-4, L-2, TD, or O-3.
The EO leaves room for further extension or modification, should the President deem it necessary. Specifically, the Secretaries of Labor and Homeland Security, in consultation with the Secretary of State, are ordered to review nonimmigrant programs (those mentioned above in the last bullet point) and recommend to the President other appropriate measures to stimulate the U.S. economy and ensure “the prioritization, hiring and employment” of U.S. workers.
In sum, for the next 60 days, foreign nationals are stopped from receiving U.S. permanent residence visa entry from outside the United States. However, the President may extend or modify the order based on agency recommendations. We will continue to monitor the status of the EO over the coming weeks.
Canada Extends Ban on Non-Essential Travel Between the United States and Canada Until May 21
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has extended the COVID-19-related closure of the U.S.-Canada border for non-essential travel to May 21, 2020. The ban, which beganon March 21, 2020, permits only business- or trade-related travel between the two countries. If you have any questions or wish further guidance on these or any other immigration issues, please contact one of the authors or your Epstein Becker Green attorney. | <urn:uuid:e26267bb-da07-43b2-89d9-785c7cb80403> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.workforcebulletin.com/2020/04/23/special-immigration-alert-president-trump-temporarily-suspends-immigration-canada-extends-non-essential-travel-ban/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571745.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812170436-20220812200436-00479.warc.gz | en | 0.953159 | 960 | 1.765625 | 2 |
|View category for people with the Vickery surname|
|Origin:|| variant of "Vicker", from the Middle English variant "vicarie", derived directly from Latin "vicarius"
(see The Vickery Surname)
|Meaning:||occupational name for a parish priest|
Detail of originEdit
The surname of VICKERY was a locational name 'the dweller at the vicar's house from residence therein'. The name was derived from the Old Latin word VICARIUS, and was originally used to denote someone who carried out pastoral duties on behalf of an absentee holder of a benefice. It became a regular word for a parish priest because in practice most benefice-holders were absentees.
Individuals with that surname but no separate pageEdit
Early records of the name mention Peter atte Vicars, listed in the Yorkshire Poll Tax of 1379. William Vickers of County Lancashire was documented in the year 1389, and Edward Vickary appears in Yorkshire in 1400. Later instances of the name mention John Vicars who was baptised at St. James's, Clerkenwell, London in 1655. Francis Vickers married Elizabeth Lamden at St. Peter, Cornhill, London in 1689. The associated arms are recorded in Sir Bernard Burkes General Armory. Ulster King of Arms in 1884
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September 5 to October 3
This Lok Sabha’s turn saw a near-war with Pakistan after record breaking attempts at peace through a bus ride by a BJP-led government. The AIADMK’s J Jayalalithaa pulled support after a year of reluctantly handing the BJP a letter of support. In the vote of confidence called in the summer of 1999, Mayawati changed her mind at the last minute and voted against the NDA, and despite attempts at deft management by troubleshooter Pramod Mahajan, the NDA lost by one vote. Attempts by the Congress to try and form a government failed with Mulayam Singh Yadav raising the name of Jyoti Basu, as a red herring as it transpired, to scupper the Congress’s chances of forming an “alternative”. The elections were held mid-term as no stable government was deemed possible.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee was elected PM with the NDA now fully formed, multiparty, national coalition. It was a time of deep realignments, with former United Front parties TDP (outside support) and DMK joining hands with the NDA. The Trinamool Congress, Ramvilas Paswan’s LJP and the BJD all were part of the government.
This Lok Sabha would see the first non-Congress government lasting (almost) its full term. The disconnect between vote share and number of seats won stayed in this Lok Sabha. The single largest party (seat-wise) the BJP did not have the highest vote share. The Congress tally was its lowest ever. This Lok Sabha would see a lot of debate on the 2002 Gujarat riots, a milestone in India that is still a hot political issue. | <urn:uuid:00b80bd1-56ba-4153-9861-4b7c1a113565> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/once-upon-a-poll-13th-lok-sabha-1999/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280835.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00047-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.9759 | 365 | 2.53125 | 3 |
The disintegration of marriage is the issue for 21st century America.
While 90 percent of America’s top jobs require a college degree, 60 percent of children in urban schools don’t graduate from high school. In Detroit, a predominantly African American city, only 25% of children graduate. For African American males, this drops to 20%. Surprisingly, it is still worse for Detroit’s white male youths—only 17 percent graduate from high school. This phenomenon is not racial. Nor is it just an issue of the urban poor.
The U.S. ranks 49th in the world in literacy, and 28th out of 40 countries in math literacy. We cannot blame lack adequate spending. Despite welfare expenditures for the poor and middle class in the tens of trillions since the mid sixties, including for example programs such as Head Start and Bush’s “No Child Left Behind”, Americans fail to stand out in comparison let alone compete with citizens of other nations.
Children of divorce or of non-marriage are three times as likely to be expelled from school or to get pregnant as teenagers. A federal study reported that children of single parents are 77 percent more likely to be physically abused than those with married parents. A British study put the risk much higher: A child living with an unmarried mother is 14 times as apt to be physically abused by the mother. Children of divorce live four years less than those of intact families.
A fresh focus is needed. How about rebuilding marriage in America?
Robert Rector of the Heritage Foundation, and the godfather of Welfare Reform has written: “If poor mothers married the fathers of their children, nearly three-quarters of the nation’s impoverished youth would immediately be lifted out of poverty.”
To lay the foundation, we must first increase the marriage rate among young couples by removing government subsidies that encourage having children out-of-wedlock. Why should the government reward single parenthood with welfare, food stamps, free medical care, housing subsidies, or a guarantee of child support from a former spouse when abandoning marital vows without a good reason such as genuine domestic violence? Amongst the poor, Robert Rector of the Heritage Foundation estimates “The cost of subsidizing single parenthood is $280 billion. The people who receive these very large subsidies should no longer get one-way handouts.”
Rector argues that food stamps, the Earned Income Tax Credit and other subsidies should be conditioned on full-time work. Sound familiar? Welfare Reform changed the open-ended entitlement to a maximum of five years and required at least part-time work.
Pat Fagan of the Family Research Council says this system “is a massive injustice. Married people are the source of a massive transfer of payments to broken families. Those who stay together are also paying for those adults who do not do that.” He adds, “The system is even unjust to kids born out-of-wedlock, who are not getting what they need to become an adult,” –the influence of a father as well as a mother.
And most remain poor, despite the subsidies. If poor parents simply married, they would enter the middle class. Cutting benefits is unthinkable in our current economy, but what if marriage penalties were removed?
A single mom earning $12,000 gets a certain level of benefits. Right now, if she marries the man she’s living with, she loses thousands in subsidies for food stamps, health care, and housing. Why not give her the same level of benefits for two years if she marries? Married men earn more, and the need for subsides declines over time. Reward the boyfriend, too, for making the right decision.
Studies show the poor want to marry, but can’t afford it. So let’s remove the marriage penalty.
A second marriage strategy is to decrease the divorce rate by reforming laws and court procedures so that marriage preservation becomes the goal. Research shows that divorce is opposed in four out of five cases by one spouse. In more than half the cases, there is no major conflict in the relationship.
“Many are devastated to discover that they can be forced into divorce by procedures entirely beyond their control,” writes Stephen Baskerville in “Touchstone” magazine. “Divorce licenses unprecedented government intrusion into family life, including the power to sunder families, seize children, loot family wealth.”
Consider two facts: Each year 2-3 million restraining orders are issued to separate husbands from wives and to keep fathers away from their children. Yet half of all restraining orders do not include even an allegation of physical abuse.
I have long argued No Fault Divorce laws should be modified if children are involved, to require the mutual consent of the other parent, unless a major fault (e.g. adultery, physical abuse) is proven by clear and convincing evidence, a more reasonable standard of evidence than the hearsay and false representations that now dominate our court system.
Another essential reform is to penalize spouses who file false restraining orders or make false allegations of abuse, perhaps reducing their share of family assets or imposing criminal penalties.
Still another vital approach to brokenness is to turn to the faith community and their respective scriptural sources. For example, the Apostle Paul, educated as a Jewish Rabbi, wrote in I Corinthians: “Flee fornication.” What is cohabitation but fornication raised to the 10th power?
The Churches, synagogues, mosques and temples could all take a strong position on cohabitation requiring marrying couples to discontinue cohabitation before initiating wedding preparation.
“He who sins sexually, sins against his own body,” the Apostle Paul warned. Is that wisdom not stunningly clear when 90 percent of cohabiting couples fail to build a marriage? In my nearly five decades as a journalist, sociology always backs up Scripture.
What is a better way than living together to test a relationship between a man and a woman? In our home church, my wife and I created a four-step plan that we have taken to thousands of churches:
1. Require a premarital inventory that asks couples if they agree or disagree with150-200 statements like this: “To end an argument, I tend to give in too quickly.” The inventory gives couples an objective view of their strengths and where they need to grow.
2. Offer couples a trained Mentor Couple to discuss all of the items over six sessions of 2-3 hours. Mentors also offer exercises to teach skills of conflict resolution, help them prepare a budget, etc.
3. Move apart, if cohabiting. Our church won’t knowingly marry cohabiting couples. If they refuse to do so, they still get the inventory, mentoring and skill training. We stand against the sin, but still love the sinners.
4. Stop having sex until the wedding. We show them a study that reports a much lower divorce rate for those who are chaste. The sexually active are two-thirds more likely to divorce. Of 60 couples we have personally mentored, only ten were chaste when they came to us. But of the 50 who were sexually active, 43 took the challenge to be chaste before marriage. To our knowledge, none of the couples who married have divorced, although nine did not marry.
Result? Of 288 couples our church prepared for marriage, a big 19% (55) prevented a bad marriage before it began by opting not to marry. Of 233 who married, there were only seven divorces/separations in a decade. After an additional eight years, we identified four more divorces. Compare our 95 percent success rate with cohabitants’ 90 percent failure rate.
Marriage mentor couples whose own marriages once nearly failed, can also offer mentoring to couples with a similar problem that saves 80% to 90% of couples whose marriages are in crisis.
The time for marriage is now.
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A woman from Brighouse is throwing her weight behind a fundraising project in aid of brain tumour research, starting with a sponsored slim.
Jane Speller is undertaking a sponsored slim during which she plans to lose three stones as well as organising a series of events throughout 2016 as part of the Grand Challenge, a fundraising initiative on behalf of the Dr Hadwen Trust, the UK’s leading non-animal medical research charity.
The Grand Challenge aims to raise £180,000 to fund a brain tumour research project at the University of Portsmouth, conducted by Professor Geoffrey Pilkington, an international expert on brain tumours, whose research has been funded by the Dr Hadwen Trust for many years.
Jane said: “I have supported the Trust for many years as their constructive approach is so effective in helping to bring forward the day animal experimentation is finally brought to an end.
“This year I plan to lose at least three stones by December 1. My target weight is 10st 11lbs. This will be a huge challenge for me as I really do not like exercise and struggle to stick to a diet for more than a week, so doing a sponsored slim for my favourite charity will be the only way I can do it.
“Brain tumours kill more children and adults under the age of 40 than any other cancer yet brain tumour research receives just 1 per cent of the national spend on cancer research.
“Also, unlike many other cancers, brain tumour research does not benefit from general research. So, the Grand Challenge is an opportunity to help target an underfunded and under resourced area of vital research.”
On Friday, February 5, Jane has organised a punk and rock gig at Wharf Chambers in Leeds, while in April there will be a quiz night at El Piano’s in York.
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The victory by the governing centre-left coalition on Sunday kept Chile in pace with a steady leftward trend in Latin America.
With 67% of around eight million votes counted, Bachelet had 53.2% of the official count to 46.7% for Sebastian Pinera, a multimillionaire businessman.
Pinera quickly congratulated Bachelet as "president-elect" and said: "I also wish Michelle the greatest possible success."
He vowed "to continue to fight for our principles, which do not die today. Our battle continues".
Bachelet's centre-left coalition has governed Chile since the end of General Augusto Pinochet's rule in 1990. Its mix of socialist ideology with free-market economics has produced a booming economy.
Michelle Bachelet was tortured during Pinochet's rule, a former defence minister and a medical doctor. She is also a socialist who has parlayed her ability to connect with voters into becoming Chile's first woman president.
Pinochet's 17-year-rule was
marked by political violence
Bachelet's brief imprisonment and torture at the beginning of the 1973-1990 military rule and her unlikely later role as defence minister presented a compelling life story to Chileans.
She went into exile with her mother to Australia and Germany after they were both released from prison.
Her father, an air force general, died of a heart attack in a prison camp where he had been tortured.
He was one of about 3000 people who died or disappeared in political violence during military rule.
Bachelet is a separated mother of three and her liberal social ideas at times clash with Chile's conservative elite, but business leaders trust her to carry on the prudent economic policies of her mentor, Ricardo Lagos, the outgoing president.
Chile's economy, heavily supported by soaring prices for the nation's chief export, copper, has surged in the last two years. Under three consecutive centre-left governments Chile has become the region's star economy.
Chile has benefited from a mix of
socialism and free-market policy
"Together we recovered democracy for Chile," Bachelet, the front-runner during the campaign, said in a presidential debate.
"Now I invite you to be a part of another historic moment by electing Chile's first ever woman president. Let's make history."
A poll this month showed Bachelet winning high marks for honesty and trustworthiness, and with a huge lead over Pinera among lower-class women.
She had failed to win more than 50% of the vote needed for an outright victory in a four-way first round presidential race in December.
Bachelet, 54, is also drawing the support of young Chileans, particularly women who are making up a rapidly increasing percentage of the work force and who support one in three Chilean households.
Marta Lagos, head of the MORI polling firm, said:
"I think her brand of leadership will be tremendously close, tremendously friendly and tremendously unhierarchical.
"Now I invite you to be a part of another historic moment by electing Chile's first ever woman president. Let's make history"
"I believe she will make a real attempt to transform [Chile's] rigid social structure in terms of dismantling inequalities."
She said that otherwise Bachelet would continue policies of the Lagos government.
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Four in five teenagers shun exercise
THE government has been accused of ignoring Ireland’s childhood obesity timebomb, as a new study finds that four in five teenagers do not take regular exercise.
The study of physical activity levels (Pal) among 939 teenagers — almost a third of whom attend fee-paying schools — found that a quarter of children aged 15 to 17 were overweight or obese.
The study, funded by the East Coast Area Health Board and conducted by lecturers at Dublin City University, will fuel concerns about the growing laziness of Ireland’s youth.
“The figures are truly frightening, especially for teenage girls,” said Niall Moyna, a senior lecturer in exercise physiology at DCU. He warns that bad eating habits and couch-potato lifestyles will cause problems for Ireland’s cash-strapped healthcare system in the future.
“We are now on a par with America in terms of teenage obesity, the consequences of which are dire,” he said.
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If you choose to purchase a certificate from a certificate authority, you should click on Certificate Signing Request. If necessary, correct errors and click Certificate Signing Request again. Once this is complete, you will need to go to your certificate authority and start the process to purchase a certificate. When purchasing, if you are asked for your web server type, select Apache+ModSSL or just Apache as either is directly compatible with EZproxy.
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Educators holding this degree are qualified to teach in private schools and kindergartens, childcare centers, children's museums, and a variety of other private early childhood settings. Students may complete this program in four years of full-time undergraduate study.
- Undergraduate ECE Major with 5th Year ECE Master's and MA ECE PreK-Grade 2 Licensure (40 undergraduate credits and 30 graduate credits)
Completing the 5th Year Master's leads to Massachusetts Department of Education's Early Childhood: Teacher of Students With and Without Disabilities (PreK-2) Initial Licensure. This license enables educators to work in diverse settings, including inclusive PreK-2 public schools and early childhood programs serving children ages 3-8 in public and private settings. To be eligible for state licensure for this program, students must meet all program requirements, including passing the required MTEL exams. Students may complete this program in five years of full-time study.
Students must declare their intent to enter the 5th Year program no later than the fall of their senior year and must apply after passing the Communication and Literacy subtests of the Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure (MTELs) and after passing the undergraduate student teaching practicum.
Students will begin field experiences in their first undergraduate semester. They will have the opportunity to observe and learn from experienced teachers in classrooms and at childcare centers throughout the Boston metropolitan area through supervised teaching experiences, also known as practica, with children in PreK-K and first/second grades. Students who choose the 5th Year Master's program will complete one practicum during their undergraduate studies and the second during the graduate program. Students earning the undergraduate ECE degree will complete both practica during the undergraduate program.
- Early Childhood Practicum and Seminar
- Mathematics for Young Children in a Diverse Society
- Principles of Inclusive Early Childhood Education in a Diverse Society
- Racial and Cultural Identities
- Supporting Young Children with Special Needs
- Practitioner as Researcher
Skills You'll Learn
- Individualize curriculum and teaching for each child
- Plan and teach child-focused curriculum through play and exploration of all content areas for young children
- Create positive relationships with children and families
- Guide children's growth and behavior by focusing on their strengths
- Create partnerships with families and include them in their children's education
- Work with children who have a variety of special needs
- PreK-2 Lead Teacher in public or private school
- Childcare center director
- Children's museum educator
- Children's publishing professional
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YouTube Kids is a new app by Google, for iOS and Android which makes it easy to find and watch children friendly shows, channels, playlists and videos. It also allows parents to enforce restrictions on how their kids can use the app.
YouTube is a the biggest online video streaming website in the world and no matter how strong the restrictions are for adult content, there are always inappropriate videos available on the website. It’s always risky to let your kids browse YouTube freely because a few clicks can lead you to the dark side of Youtube. Google aims to make YouTube more friendly for kids by introducing the YouTube Kids app for iOS and Android, smartphones and tablets.
The design is simple and straight forward so kids can easily learn how to use it. The video content in the app is available from sources such as Dreamworks and Sesame Street, to name a few.
To give parents peace of mind, content is screened and analysed automatically by YouTube so that anything deemed inappropriate for kids is filtered out. Just in case, any such video passes through, parents can easily report them to Youtube. Parents can also access the password protected settings to disable search or set timer, so that the app automatically disabled after a certain time period.
The app is available for free and is a must have for families with small children.
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The Bucks County Homeless Prevention Program is designed to provide financial assistance and case management services to households who are currently in housing but are at imminent risk of becoming homeless and who need temporary assistance to prevent them from becoming literally homeless.
Housing and Supportive Services for Victims of Human Trafficking
YWCA Bucks County, in partnership with the Bucks County Housing Department, A Woman’s Place, Network of Victim Assistance (NOVA), and Worthwhile Wear will address the complex needs of human trafficking victims through a comprehensive system which focuses on housing and specialized services. Our goal is to expand capacity in Bucks County to serve victims of human trafficking, strengthen connections to housing and victim-centered services, educate and train the community about human trafficking, and reduce barriers that prevent victims from being permanently housed, self-sufficient and stable.
Rapid Rehousing (RRH)
RRH assists individuals and families quickly exist homelessness and return to permanent housing within Bucks County. This transitional housing program provides women and children with short-term rental assistance, intensive case management and a full network of support services.
Haven House is a temporary safe house for women and children fleeing human trafficking. To bridge the gap between crisis housing and Rapid Rehousing, the YWCA Haven House provides victims of human trafficking a safe place to reside and receive supportive services until they are placed in their own apartment through RRH. During their stay in the temporary shelter, participants will continue to receive crisis advocacy, trauma informed counseling and other supportive services.
For more information about Housing Services contact Caitlyn Roberts at: 215-953-7793 Ext. 118 or firstname.lastname@example.org
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Transcript and captions uploaded to Stream videos should be formatted as WebVTT files. To create a Transcript and captions file following WebVTT format:
Open a text editor or a captions and subtitle editor of your choice
Create a new file
On the first line of text, type: WEBVTT
On the next line, type time markers (beginning time and end time, separated by an "arrow" -->). Valid formats for time markers include:
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Five state conventions voted to approve the Constitution almost immediately (December 1787 to January 1788) and in all of them the vote was unanimous (Delaware, New Jersey, Georgia) or lopsided (Pennsylvania, Connecticut). 2. For each State ratifying or acceding to the Convention after the deposit of the twentieth instrument of ratification or accession, the Convention shall enter into force on the thirtieth day after the deposit by such State of its instrument of ratification or accession. Article 50 . 1. There is some disagreement about the ability of a state to rescind an amendment ratification prior to full ratification. In U.S. history, thus far, no rescinded ratifications have made a difference in the long run, though they certainly have happened, especially to the Reconstruction Amendments, 13 through 15.
ratification: The act of ratifying; the act by which a competent authority gives sanction and validity to something done by another; also, the state of being ratified; confirmation; as, the ratification of a treaty, or of a contract or promise. Ratification Day January 14 Most people associate the end of the Revolutionary War with the surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown, Virginia, in 1781. But it was almost two years later that the Treaty of Paris was signed. It then had to be ratified by the Continental Congress and returned to England within six months. As members of the Congress Definition of ratify written for English Language Learners from the Merriam-Webster Learner's Dictionary with audio pronunciations, usage examples, and count/noncount noun labels. Definition of ratification is የመስማማት መጽናት፣ የኪዳን ማጽናት.
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It names the lessors and lessees, for instance, and it notes the payment to the lessors and contains the legal description of the property. It also specifies the location where the deed is recorded. Ratification. meaning.
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The ratification process started when the Congress turned the Constitution over to the state legislatures for consideration through specially elected state conventions of the people. Five state conventions voted to approve the Constitution almost immediately (December 1787 to January 1788) and in all of them the vote was unanimous (Delaware, New Jersey, Georgia) or lopsided (Pennsylvania ratify definition: 1.
Unauthorized commitment, as used in this subsection, means an agreement that is not binding solely because the Government representative who made it lacked the authority to enter into that agreement on behalf of the Government. Se hela listan på legaldictionary.net
English Language Learners Definition of ratify. : to make (a treaty, agreement, etc.) official by signing it or voting for it.
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the process of making an agreement official…. Learn more. Cambridge Dictionary +Plus Ratification of a contract is required when a contract can legally be voided, but the parties involved decide to execute the contract instead. For example, if an individual signed a contract to purchase a vehicle but that person was only 16 years old, the contract could be voided legally because a contract can only be signed by people ages 18 years and older.
In particular, predominantly Muslim countries are prone to modifying their commitments to CEDAW's rules. 2020-08-15 · Treaty of Versailles, peace document signed at the end of World War I by the Allied powers and Germany in the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles, France, on June 28, 1919; it took force on January 10, 1920. Learn more about the Treaty of Versailles here. Yesterday Honduras became the 50th state to ratify or accede to the 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), meaning that the treaty will enter into force on 22 January 2021. The TPNW is the first multilateral treaty to clearly define the possession, use or threatened use of nuclear weapons as illegal under international law.
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It is not surprising to notice that people are linking to locations using Google Earth on web sites all over the Internet. I write and provide links to Google Earth files almost every day. Every day people are adding links to Google Earth files in places like the WikiPedia which is a great resource and can really use a way to show locations and maps described in its contents.
However, there is something developing which I think is confusing to people. There is a huge variance at describing what it is you are linking to. Here’s some examples from the WikiPedia:
- “Map in Google Earth”
- “Places marked out as a Google Earth placemarks file”
- “plug-in for Google Earth”
- “KML File for Google Earth”
- “Google Earth placemark file”
- “Detailed placemarks of XXXX for Google Earth”
- “Google-Earth placemark”
- “Map of the XXX for Google Earth”
- “KMZ file”
On Google Earth Blog, I use…
On Google Earth Blog, I use a Google Earth logo icon to indicate when I have a link to a Google Earth file, and the mouse-over always describes the link as a “GE File”. I chose to do this because the attachments in the Google Earth Community used this method, but few other web sites are doing this. Google has released another icon for such use as well, but I stopped using it because it was too large for use within my blog (it made gaps in the text layout).
Another “problem” is that a Google Earth file can contain many different things: placemarks, network links, image overlays, paths, links, and many other forms of data for the descriptions. I guess the “problem” here is that Google Earth is basically a 3D Earth-oriented browser, and can contain many different forms of content. For a web browser everyone seems to understand when you say you have a “link to a web page”. But, when viewing a GE file you would rarely think of it as a “page”.
The file format of KML/KMZ is also confusing. KML stands for Keyhole Markup Language (Keyhole comes from the original name to the program we now know as Google Earth). Google has been slowly going away from the Keyhole name, but its legacy confusingly persists.
In my opinion, if Google Earth files are going to become even more pervasive, then a new way of referring to the files needs to become standardized. This might be facilitated by coming up with a new file name. For example, most people know what they are getting when they get a Zip file, or a Gif. I think the compressed version (KMZ) should be the standard Google Earth file. And I think the file extension should be renamed. Possible extension names: GEL (Google Earth Location file), GEM (Google Earth Mapping file), GMZ (GE Markup Compressed), GML (Google Earth Markup Language), or maybe just GEF (Google Earth File).
Here’s a thought, how about a “link to a Google Earth file”? Just some thoughts…
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Colocasia propinquilinea (Grote, 1873)
Closebanded Yellowhorn Moth
BC : Central Kootenay Co.
Goatfell, 2600 ft
May 12, 1994, D. W. Knight.
Specimen courtesy of JHS
Photograph copyright: Merrill A. Peterson
Colocasia propinquilinea is a light gray medium-sized moth (FW length 15–20 mm) that flies in southeastern British Columbia during late spring and early summer. It has a dark posterior median area, black lines, and a prominent oval black orbicular spot filled with white. The gray ground color is variable, ranging from pale whitish gray to steel gray, gradually darker toward the outer margin. The median area is usually entirely or partially darker gray than the adjacent wing, most often posterior to the cell, but often including the cell between the spots. The lines are black. The antemedial line is very irregular. The median line is variable in prominence from absent to nearly as dark as the other lines. The postmedial line is scalloped, convex from the costal margin to below the reniform spot and then concave toward the base. The subterminal line is irregular and pale, usually preceded by a black shade. The terminal line is black, interrupted by the veins, and forms a black spot at the anal angle. The orbicular spot is oval, but very prominent, due to distinct black outline and white filling. The reniform spot is variable, black, complete, or evident only as the medial wall and white filling. The claviform spot is absent. The head and thorax are light to dark gray, usually with a gray edge to the collar and transverse gray banding on the distal tegulae. The male antenna is strongly bipectinate.
This species can be identified by its eastern British Columbia distribution, gray color, irregular black transverse lines, and oval white-filled orbicular spot. Several species of Panthea with a similar gray and black pattern lack the orbicular spot or have the spot evident as a black spot, not an open oval as in C. propinquilinea. Charadra deridens is a related species that has been reported from British Columbia previously (Moths of Canada website, Powell & Opler 2009), possibly due to a misidentification of C. propinquilinea. C. deridens is an oak feeder that occurs as far west as eastern Saskatchewan and Colorado but is highly unlikely to occur in eastern British Columbia where there are no naturally occurring oaks (G. Anweiler, personal communication 2012). Like C. propinquilinea, it is pale gray and black, but it differs in having a black central ocellus in the orbicular spot.
This species is widely distributed in hardwood forests of eastern North America, and barely reaches the Pacific Northwest.
Colocasia propinquilinea has been collected in southeastern British Columbia in the Pacific Northwest.
This species reaches its western limit in British Columbia. It occurs from southern Canada to Tennessee in the East, extending west across Canada to north-central Alberta.
This species is a foodplant generalist feeding on a wide variety of hardwood trees and shrubs.
Adults are on the wing in late spring and early summer. The only British Columbia record found for this site is from mid-May. It is nocturnal and comes to lights.
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There are many factors that one mistake can cost you money when you’re buying an insurance policy.You can lose your home and your insurance is not the right kind. Be certain you read the following advice prior to picking a policy.
As your needs change, make sure you re-evaluate your homeowner’s insurance needs as well. You should always make sure that your insurance coverage doesn’t have payout limits on high-value items. If you have certain things that require extra coverage, an individual rider can be added to ascertain you protect those items against theft.
Flood insurance should not be overlooked when you purchase a must-have for your home.
There are a vast array of things that can unexpectedly cause damage to your home. You must have an insurance policy that covers fire, arson and other natural disasters.Look at your policy, and don’t be afraid to ask questions to ensure that you are completely protected from fire.
You can always put more smoke alarms within your house. Insurance companies will lower your insurance premiums for safer homes. Adding more carbon monoxide and smoke detectors will help you demonstrate responsibility to insurers.
You can lower your premiums by putting in a security or alarm system. These systems are typically inexpensive and will provide you peace of mind both when you are away or at home.
Pay off a mortgage in full before changing insurance policies. This can help reduce your insurance premiums. Insurance companies may consider you to be a more responsible home owner if you own their homes will take superior care of their homes than those who don’t.
You must be sure that the company will actually be able to pay if you have to file a claim. You should aim to do this each quarter after you sign up for a quarterly basis
Your neighborhood may have gone through changes that can cut your insurance premiums. Be on the lookout for new developments near your area regularly, and communicate any updates or changes that might possibly affect your premium.
Earthquake insurance is a must for people who reside in high-risk areas. If an earthquake were to happen and you’re not insured for it, you will be responsible for paying all of the repair and replacement costs.
Try to set up multiple insurance policies with your same provider to keep a low premium.Many insurance companies offer discounts for customers with their company.
If you’re expanding part of your house, remember that your choices may affect your insurance rates. Durable construction materials might be taken into account when insurance premium rate. These materials are considered strong and durable than wood, so your insurance costs will be less.
Raising your deductible is a good way to lower home insurance premiums.
You need to shop around for insurance companies that offer all types of insurance. You will save a few hundred dollars yearly on your policies from one insurance company. It will also be easier to manage your accounts and one agent.
This ensures you can help make it easier to pay your premiums each month.
Many insurance companies offer homeowner discounts to customers that do not smoke! Do not let anyone smoke inside your house.This can help you save 5-15% on your overall policy.
You can save a substantial amount on monthly homeowner’s insurance by raising the deductible. This means you pay for smaller claims yourself.
You can reduce the amount of premium by picking a higher deductible. Higher deductibles reduce the overall premium cost of insurance. You will have to pay a little more if something happens, but you also save money on your monthly bill.
Make sure that you fully understand what personal property section of your insurance policy. Some will reimburse only damages sustained at the house, however others will even cover items lost or damage while elsewhere. Know which situations are covered so that you don’t overlap with your other policies.
A basic homeowner’s insurance policy will probably not be sufficient enough for you if you like in an area prone to earthquakes. Basic home insurance typically does not cover earthquake damage, but is more likely to cover events like a fire, wind and fire. Basic policies also normally cover personal possessions in the event of theft. You may need a separate rider or policy to keep your home protected from earthquakes.
It is important to occasionally check the worth of your assets on a somewhat regular basis. Many items increase in value over time, so you might need to raise your coverage to ensure they stay fully covered.
Your homeowner’s policy may cover your small boat. The size and horsepower of your boat itself will determine if it’s covered or not. Call your insurance company to see whether your boat.
Be sure to stay aware of policy changes if there were to be a life altering event. Contact your insurance agent soon after it happening. This means any type of event such as children moving or getting divorced to a medical emergency happening. The coverage you need will change over the years. Be certain your inventory and policies are up-to-date.
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How do I Measure ROI for Language Training?
Do you have a language training budget but are not sure how to justify it? Are you trying to get approval for language training but do not have the numbers to back up the request? Have you seen language training bring benefits but have no tangible evidence to support your findings?
Historically, measuring the ROI of language training has been a very grey area. For this reason Cactus has developed a user-friendly tool that allows companies, managers and delegates to assess and measure the returns they receive from their financial and time investment in language training. The results collated from the HR ROI Tool can be used to;
✅ Monitor delegate performance and participation
✅ Chart delegate improvement and progress
✅ Evaluate direct return on investment
✅ Justify budget increases and expenditure
How Does It Work?
The Cactus HR ROI Tool divides assessment into two separate areas;
✅ Linguistic assessment
✅ KPI assessment
The linguistic assessment is based around ‘Can do statements’ in line with the CEFR (Common European Framework) and chosen according to the practical application of skills in the work place and the target language level. Cactus Language Training will evaluate the level test, needs analysis and feedback from the consultation to produce a set of statements which will form the core basis for progression and achievement. For this stage the teacher and the delegate will assess the progress of the delegate which is bench marked against the level-specific ‘Can do statements’.
For the KPI assessment the company (HR/L&D manager/coordinator) and the line manager of the delegate will confirm the key areas of improvement they wish to see from the language training. This is expressed in specific goals, outcomes and percentages. At the end of a block of hours the manager then evaluates the targets set against the actuals to show the tangible improvements made in the key areas that impact efficiency, revenue and profitability.
Can I Test it Out?
To receive a demonstration of this tool or to trial it for free simply call us or email us with any questions you may have. Cactus also offers a free no obligation language consultation for corporations and individuals.
Cactus language offers the following types of language courses:
Evening language courses: 19 different languages in 15 UK locations
Language holidays: worldwide immersion courses in the country of the language
Private tuition: tailor-made and corporate language training solutions throughout the world
TEFL: teacher training courses for both English and other languages all over the world
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Curiously, Spotty showed up at Brownie's house alone, barking, whining, and generally pestering Brownie's human family. Busy with their own lives, they just ignored the nervous little neighbor dog. Finally, one morning Spotty refused to take "no" for an answer. Ted, Brownie's owner, was steadily harassed by the furious, adamant little dog. Spotty followed Ted about, barking insistently, then darting back and forth to a nearby empty lot, as if to say, "Follow me! It's urgent!" Eventually, Ted followed the frantic Spotty across the empty lot, as Spotty paused to race back and bark encouragingly. The little dog led the man under a fence, past clumps of trees, to a desolate spot a half mile from the house.
There Ted found his beloved Brownie alive -- one of his hind legs crushed in a steel leg-hold trap. Horrified, Ted wished he'd taken Spotty's earlier appeals seriously.
Then Ted noticed something quite remarkable... Spotty had done more than simply lead Brownie's human to his trapped friend. In a circle around the injured dog, Ted found an array of dog food and table scraps, which were identified as the remains of every meal Spotty had been fed that week!
Spotty had been visiting Brownie regularly, in a single minded quest to keep his friend alive by sacrificing his own comfort! Spotty had stayed with Brownie to protect him from predators, snuggling with him at night to keep him warm and nuzzling him to keep his spirits up. Brownie's leg was treated by a veterinarian and he recovered. For many years thereafter, the two families watched the faithful friends frolicking and chasing each other down that well-worn path between their houses. | <urn:uuid:c281d652-57a7-4958-8485-ec050f2bd690> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://christian-daily-meditation.blogspot.com/2010/01/faithful-friends.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280221.47/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00229-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.986354 | 369 | 1.960938 | 2 |
Student 2.0: Got Food?
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My name is Ahmir Harris. I’m ten years old. My brithday is on Octuber 23. In tech class we are learning how to make restaurants on our computers. Today at tech class we went on edomdo to share our restaurant themes brainstorms. some people had a skateboard restaurant, a transformers restaurant, fashion restaurant, an snookie restaurant, others had an batman theme. But i have an EXTREME SPORTS theme. This is where people can sky dive an do dirt bike stunts AFTER they eat my awesome extreme food!
To make our menus we went on google an we searched up menus. I searched up T.G.I Fridays Because that is my favirite restaurant. When i saw the menus it gave me ideas how i wanna to make my menu. I noticed T.G.I fridays menu made the words so juicy sounding! It made me wanna eat everthing off the menu. when i make my menu i wanna use juicy words for my coustemers so they can order and eat everything at my restaurant.
We started make our menus by going on micosoft word . Next we made text boxes and then we made our menu drinks. i put fruit punch, coke, sprite, and slushies. And we learnt how to use the tab button so we can line up our prices on our menu.
I can not wait intill next week for we can make real grahics for our menus! We are also going to search up calories for peple, so can know what is healthy to eat!
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Speeches By EPA Administrator
Climate Leaders Partners Meeting, Washington, D.C.06/11/2003
Remarks of Governor Christine Todd Whitman
Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Climate Leaders Partners Meeting
June 11, 2003
Thank you Kathleen (Hogan) for that introduction. When I look back over the past two and a half years at EPA, one of the accomplishments I am most proud of is the new partnerships we have forged in our efforts to improve the environment. President Bush and I both believe that building strong partnerships among government, industry, and communities is absolutely essential if we are to meet the goals we all share for cleaner air, purer water, and better protected land.
For too long there has been a perception by many that if environmental programs aren= t mandated then they aren't real B but we have worked hard to prove that voluntary partnerships are not only real, they are getting real results. You don = t have to look any further than the Energy Star program to see the type of real results I= m talking about.
In 2002 alone, Americans B with the help of ENERGY STAR B saved $7 billion dollars on their energy bills, saved enough energy to power 15 million homes, and reduced greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to taking 14 million cars off the road. These are real results.
Through voluntary programs such as the Landfill Methane Outreach Program and the Coalbed Methane Outreach Program, we have had success in reducing the emissions of methane, another harmful greenhouse gas. Methane emissions today are actually 5 percent lower than they were in 1990, and are expected to remain at this level through 2020, even as our economy continues to grow. Again, real results.
Overall, EPA= s voluntary programs are having an important impact on the success of the President= s climate change plan. In 2002, all of our voluntary programs combined prevented more than 150 million tons of carbon from entering our air, the equivalent of taking 25 million cars off the road. The results speak for themselves and they send a clear message that our partnership programs are not only successful, but are also making a difference where it counts B in the health and quality of our environment.
Of course, the Climate Leaders program is an integral part of that success. When President Bush set our country on a course to reduce the greenhouse gas intensity of our nation= s economy by 18% over the next ten years, he knew it would take building strong partnerships to achieve our goal. It is those types of partnerships we celebrate today.
Through Climate Leaders, companies, such as those of you gathered here, commit to working with EPA in order to develop a comprehensive inventory of their greenhouse gas emissions and set aggressive long term reduction goals. Since Climate Leaders was launched in February 2002, it has grown from 11 charter partners to a total of 41 partners. Today, we are recognizing eleven of those new partners B representing a wide range of companies B from steel manufacturers to wine makers.
EPA looks forward to working with our new partners in the coming months to develop long-term emission reductions strategies that are both environmentally safe and cost effective. Not only are we celebrating our new partners, we are also recognizing three Climate Leader companies B Pfizer, St. Lawrence Cement, and Johnson & Johnson B who are announcing their emission reduction targets. They join seven other Climate Leader companies who have already set emission goals. Based on the commitments announced to date, Climate Leaders will prevent a total of 125 billion pounds of carbon dioxide emissions compared to business as usual. Those of you currently in the process of setting your reduction targets, I encourage you to finalize your goals and set them as high as you can.
I want to commend all of our Climate Leader partners for your environmental leadership and the example you have set for other companies to follow. By working together, we are proving the nay-sayers wrong B proving that partnerships are accomplishing lasting and beneficial change in the quality of our environment, proving that partnerships are the path to a healthier and brighter future for this and future generations. Thank you. | <urn:uuid:8f83acbd-718e-4b9f-b11d-19befb3768b2> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://yosemite.epa.gov/opa/admpress.nsf/12a744ff56dbff8585257590004750b6/05b5bb5b5712e9ae8525701a0052e4d3!OpenDocument | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281353.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00065-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959439 | 830 | 1.78125 | 2 |
Want to know what you need to get free HD channels over-the-air? Besides an HDTV, 3D TV, or 4k TV, you’ll need an antenna (indoor or outdoor) to receive the signals. If you are using an older analog TV (like a tube TV) without a tuner, you’ll need a digital converter that will allow the compressed TV signals to display on your TV. Read on for more details on how to get free HD channels over-the-air.
You’ll want an antenna capable of both UHF and VHF reception. These antennas may look like a combination of both rabbit ears and a circular antenna, or like the ClearStream antenna pictured above. Try to determine whether you need a uni-directional or multi-directional antenna. If the broadcast stations are fairly close to each other, you may be able to use a uni-directional. If the stations are scattered around 360°, use a multi-directional. You can refer to AntennaWeb to locate facilities.
Major networks ABC, CBS, NBC, and FOX all broadcast over-the-air (OTA), as well as other local channels like PBS, The CW, Univision. The high-definition signal, sent simultaneously with the standard-definition (SD) signal, can usually be found on the first sub-channel of the broadcast number. For example, the high-def signal for channel 5 would most likely be 5-1. Other broadcasts, including the SD version and other programming may be found on 5-2, 5-3, etc. Some of the networks are making use of those extra bands, while some of the bandwidth is just being wasted.
Choose an antenna, or experiment with different types, to see which gets the best reception in your house or office. Move the antenna around to see where it picks up the most signals. Obstructions such as brick walls are not going to help your signal strength. If possible, get a rooftop or outdoor antenna that can bypass some of those obstacles. You should also consider choosing between a long-range, medium-range, or short-range antenna depending on how far away broadcast facilities are.
Once you’ve got the antenna hooked up you should have the TV automatically scan for channels. Sometimes scanning for the digital HD signals is the most frustrating part. If you find you don’t have good reception move your antenna and re-scan. Make sure you are scanning for digital channels only, as many tuners will scan for both analog and digital signals. Scanning for analog after June 12, 2009. Try doing this a few times to find the best positioning. For the best positioning of your antenna, refer to DVT.gov for local broadcast facilities and which way to direct your antenna.
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10) Data breaches.
Nearly 5 million data records are lost or stolen worldwide every single day, or 58 records every second. According to an IBM report, the average cost of a data breach is $7.3 million.
9) Machine learning will play a bigger role in cybersecurity.
Because the battle against cyber criminals moves so rapidly, machine learning models identifying attacks early could be a real boon for defenses.
8) Rise in ransomware.
A growing threat claiming high-profile victims, ransomware is when bad actors lock access to your data, then demand payment for the key.
7) Patching & updating.
Back up your sensitive data like customer records regularly, keep patching and updating systems – all simple steps.
6) Skills shortage.
The dearth of skilled cybersecurity professionals is a major problem. Despite soaring average salaries, thousands of positions are vacant.
5) Hire a virtual CISO.
Chief information security officers can be hired on a temporary basis to lay out a ground plan. Expect to see more outsourcing as employers fill the skills gap.
4) Application testing.
If you don’t test your security, then you don’t know how secure your business is.
3) IoT is a weak link.
We’re rolling out more and more sensor-packed, internet-connected devices, but the Internet of Things remains a major weak point for defenses. All too often these devices lack basic security controls.
2) Handle with care.
Lessen the blow by handling the aftermath correctly. Delaying disclosure, misdirecting potential victims, and failing to patch a known vulnerability will make a bad situation worse.
1) All is not doom.
Positive developments in cybersecurity include adoption of models like the National Institute of Standards & Technology’s cybersecurity framework. As more organizations and experts come together to develop a common language, our collective defenses grow stronger.
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Y. H. CHIN, H. MIZUNO, T. OHKAWA, S. YAMAGUCHI (KEK), S. KAZAKOV (BINP)
In this paper, we summarize our activity of 2x2 DLDS system and RF component development for JLC (Japanese Linear Collider). The 2x2 DLDS was proposed to deliver RF power to four RF clusters. It consists of almost identical dual mode DLDS systems with long and short waveguide. The sub-pulses in the distribution waveguide are carried by two different waveguide modes so that they can be extracted at designated locations according to their mode patterns. Only two modes (TE01 and TE12 or TE11) are used in each waveguide to minimize the complication caused by handling of multi-modes in one waveguide, while still providing some of the benefit of multi-mode operation by considerably reducing the total length of waveguide. To demonstrate the fundamental principle of the 2x2 DLDS, a cold model of the dual mode DLDS basic unit was manufactured and tested at KEK. The testing results proved that it was plausible to deliver power at different places using different modes with good efficiency (better than 95%). New RF components such as boomerang superhybrid, bend hybrid, TE01/TE02 modes launcher, extractor, and tap-off system were designed and they are described in detail.
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Exfoliation is the cosmetic practice of removing dead skin cells from the epidermis, the top layer of the skin. Your skin can shed 30,000 to 40,000 dead cells per minute naturally; however, many people need exfoliation products to help reduce acne and get smooth skin. Exfoliation practices differ for the body and the face. Find out how to exfoliate skin.
1Buy a natural bristled brush. If you want to exfoliate outside of the shower, you can use circular motions with a long-handled, natural bristled brush.
- This brush is available in the cosmetics section of most box stores, like Target and Walmart, as well as in natural food stores.
- Start with your legs and move slowly up your body. Always brush in a circular motion in a small area before moving onto the next area. Work up toward your chest, then brush your back and arms.
2Buy a loofah or exfoliating glove from a drugstore. These products are made with natural sponge and help to exfoliate the skin in the shower.
- These products are not suggested for use on the face.
3Buy an exfoliation scrub that contains pits, sugar, salt or another natural exfoliating substance. It should say "body scrub" or "cleansing scrub." (Do not buy products with beads - these are now illegal in the US due to environmental damage.)
- Allow the shower to run over your skin for a few minutes, if you are using an exfoliating scrub or a loofah. Choose warm, not hot, water. Water that is too hot will dry the skin.
- Rub the loofah or the scrub over your moist skin in a circular motion. Rinse well. Perform this exfoliation process every 3 to 7 days, depending upon your skin's sensitivity.
Facial Exfoliation for Sensitive Skin
1Find a gentle, every-day cleanser that does not irritate your skin. Sensitive skin does not respond well to scrubs or acidic cleansers.
- People with sensitive skin should try the product on 1 small area of the face and use it only if it does not produce irritation.
2Wet your skin with warm water.
- Place a soft terry cloth washcloth under a warm tap. Squeeze the washcloth and place it on your face for 1 to 2 minutes. Warm water will open the pores, making it easier to exfoliate.
3Squeeze a small amount of cleanser on the surface of the washcloth. Rub the soap on the middle portion of the cloth.
- Depending upon the cleanser, this may or may not produce a lather.
4Rub the washcloth on your face in circular motions. Start at the nose, move to the forehead and continue around the rest of your face.
- Use a gentle touch. Exfoliation does not require hard scrubbing.
5Rinse your face with warm water. Pat it dry.
6Apply a moisturizing cream immediately after exfoliation.
- This process may produce some redness, which will go away within a few hours. People who are prone to redness should exfoliate at night, giving their skin time to calm while they sleep.
- If you have extremely dry skin, apply a thin coat of moisturizing oil 5 minutes prior to exfoliation.
Facial Exfoliation for Normal Skin
1Buy a mild facial scrub. Use it on the skin at night every 7 days.
- Some dermatologists caution against scrubs that use pits or seeds for the exfoliating agent. They recommend jojoba beads or sugar.
- Apply the scrub to your face in a similar way as you would exfoliate your body. However, you should use a more gentle touch and smaller circular motions.
2Consider investing in a skin care brush. These oscillating brushes are available at cosmetics counters and some cosmetic sections in chain stores.
- Use the brush every 7 days with a gentle cleansing soap. Read directions carefully before using, and use the brush infrequently if it causes redness.
3Buy a glycolic mask. A glycolic mask can exfoliate skin with mild acids, such as alpha-hydroxy acid and beta-hydroxy acid. Apply every 7 days according to package directions.
4Use a moisturizer after any exfoliation to reduce future dead skin cells, redness and drying.
Facial Exfoliation for Oily Skin
1Use a facial scrub or skin care brush daily, at night. Oily skin can usually handle a gentle exfoliation every day.
2Remove excess oil with glycolic pads. These gentle acid pads are available in drugstores. They help to remove acid and exfoliate with acids, such as salicylic acid (beta-hydroxy acid).
3Apply a moisturizer and sunscreen after using glycolic pads. These acids produce sun sensitivity.
Medical Exfoliation Methods
1Make an appointment with a dermatologist if you have severe acne or problems with dead cell build up. The doctor can perform several treatments to remove skin cells.
- Your doctor may use microdermabrasion, which uses a mechanical device to remove skins cells. These may include salt crystals or wire brushes.
- Your doctor may also suggest chemical peels. These peels use stronger acids that are useful when treating acne. They are not for use with all skin types.
Things You'll Need
- Body scrub
- Natural bristled brush
- Mild cleanser
- Moisturizing oil
- Cleansing brush
- Facial scrub
- Glycolic mask
- Glycolic pads
- Chemical peels
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Newport Beach considers safety rules for stand-up paddleboarders
The sport of stand-up paddleboarding has exploded in popularity, and now the Newport Beach City Council is considering whether to implement safety rules.
On Tuesday night, the council listened to concerns from area residents as it weighed new regulations to reduce the chance of collisions between paddleboarders and kayakers or other boaters.
The number of people involved in paddleboarding has exploded in the last five years, prompting public agencies along the coastline to look for ways to prevent dangerous collisions.
Rules for stand-up paddleboarding vary depending on the city. Some require paddleboarders to wear life vests, and others have created designated areas specifically for paddleboarders.
In Dana Point Harbor, for example, paddleboarders must stay to the right, and maps are provided outlining routes where beginners, intermediate and experienced riders should stay.
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1. Why is the supply of loanable funds up sloping? why is the demand for loanable funds down sloping? Explain the equilibrium interest rate. List at least 3 factors that might cause the equilibrium interest rates to change.
2. How do the concepts of accounting profit and economic profit differ? Why is the economic profit smaller than accounting profit. What are the three basic sources of economic profit?
Supply of loanable funds is up sloping because supplier of funds or lenders will be willing to provide more funds at higher interest rates as compared to lower interest rates. Therefore, with increasing interest rates, supply of funds will rise.
Similarly, demand for loanable funds will be down sloping because debtors will be willing to take less funds for investment and other projects at higher rates as the high cost of capital or fund will not yield any benefit to them. Similarly, at lower interest rates, many ...
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Biden: Pre-1967 Mindset
BIDEN: I SUPPORT TWO STATES BASED ON PRE-1967 LINES: US President Joe Biden pledged his support for a two-state resolution based on the pre-1967 lines with mutual land swaps when he held a joint press conference with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Friday, July 15, in Bethlehem.
While Biden did not cede to Abbas’ request to unilaterally recognize a Palestinian state, he did speak of a “future Palestinian state” and one with continuous territory. “Two states along the 1967 lines with mutually agreed swaps, remains the best way to achieve equal measures of security prosperity freedom and democracy for the Palestinians as well as Israelis. “The Palestinian people deserve a state of their own that is independent, sovereign, viable, and continuous,” Biden said. Despite this, he said, the ground is “not ripe” at “this moment to restart negotiations.” Biden’s words fell far short of the Palestinian demands, which included the resumption of peace talks and unilateral immediate recognition of a Palestinian state with east Jerusalem as its capital. But his speech was markedly different from that of his predecessor Donald Trump, who in his visit to Bethlehem in 2017, didn’t even mention the words “two states” in his address. Biden, unlike any of his predecessors since the 1993 Oslo Accords, has not pushed forward an Israel-Palestinian peace process. Trump in contrast spoke of the “Deal of the Century” he planned to conclude with Israelis and Palestinians. (JPost / VFI News)
‘THERE WILL BE NO NUCLEAR IRAN,’ LAPID VOWS AFTER MEETING WITH BIDEN: Visiting US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Yair Lapid met in Jerusalem on Thursday, July 14, where they discussed stopping Iran’s nuclear program and building a coalition of moderate nations in the Middle East among a series of issues of concern between the two countries.
“Yes, Mr. President, of course, we… also talked shop about Saudi Arabia and your trip there, which is extremely important to Israel — trying to build a more moderate coalition here in the Middle East, long needed,” said Lapid after the meeting, sitting beside Biden. “We have discussed the Iranian threat — and what we think is the right thing to do in order to make sure, which is something we share, there will be no nuclear Iran. This is not only a threat to Israel but to the [whole] world. And we discussed some other issues we’re going to keep to ourselves,” Lapid said. Biden said the two leaders “talked about how important it was, [and] I talked about how important it was from my perspective, for Israel to be totally integrated into the region, and complete its integration.” He emphasized that “the vast majority of the American public, not just my administration, is completely devoted to your security, without any if, ands or buts — without any doubts about it.” (TOI / VFI News)
BIDEN VIEWS DEFENSE TECH AT AIRPORT, INCLUDING IRON DOME, NEW LASER-BASED IRON BEAM: US President Joe Biden on Wednesday, July 13, toured a Defense Ministry display of Israel’s multi-tier air defense systems at Ben Gurion Airport, shortly after a welcoming ceremony by top officials.
The display at the airport included the long-range Arrow, medium-range David’s Sling, short-range Iron Dome, and an in-development high-powered laser interception system dubbed Iron Beam. The Iron Beam is designed to work in tandem with systems like Iron Dome, and shoot down smaller projectiles. Israel hopes to partner with Washington on the Iron Beam project, including American investment in further development and deployment of the system. Shortly before he toured the display, Biden was given a mostly classified briefing by Defense Minister Benny Gantz and other security officials. An unsourced report provided a list of some of what was said to Biden by Israeli security chiefs. Much of the focus, unsurprisingly, was on Iran. The key points reportedly put to the president included details on Iran’s billions in spending to develop and arm itself with new weapons and its distribution of weaponry to various proxy groups in the region, with details of which groups and what equipment each got. (TOI / VFI News)
NEW RUSSIAN LAW MAY MAKE JEWISH, ISRAELI ORGS ‘FOREIGN AGENTS’: Russia has expanded its definition of “foreign agents,” and it will now include “those who take part in any activity that authorities determine goes against Russia’s national interests, or who receive support of any kind, not just money, from abroad.”
In this case, Jewish representatives from the Jewish Agency or representatives of international Jewish organizations may be categorized as “foreign agents.” According to Russian media “anyone who has worked with a ‘foreign agent’ or received funding from one will be included in a new Justice Ministry list of people and groups ‘affiliated with foreign agents.’ The Jerusalem Post has reported exclusively that the Jewish Agency has been under investigation by Russian officials for the past three years, during which information and hardware from their offices were examined closely. In a letter sent to the Jewish Agency this week, revealed exclusively by Post, the Agency received a list of what the Russian Justice Ministry sees as violations of the law and the consequences of these violations. As reported, a senior Israeli diplomatic official said that “Russia has claimed that the Jewish Agency illegally collected information about Russian citizens.” (JPost / VFI News)
ISRAEL WARNS AGAINST NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL TO SRI LANKA AMID ‘CHAOS’: The Foreign Ministry recommended on Thursday, July 14, that Israelis avoid all non-essential travel to Sri Lanka, amid political turmoil and violence gripping the country.
“Israeli citizens in Sri Lanka are recommended to take into account the deteriorating economic situation that has resulted in an intensified shortage of fuel, cooking gas, and even food,” the Foreign Ministry travel warning said. “This situation could develop into additional deteriorating of authorities’ ability to govern, which could include chaos in some areas of the country,” the warning said. The Foreign Ministry also cautioned that leaving the country could be difficult because of uncertainty around flights leaving the capital, Colombo. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country on Wednesday, and his replacement declared a state of emergency. (TOI / VFI News)
ISRAEL, MOROCCO SIGN MOU TO FURTHER TIGHTEN THEIR BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP: In a move on Monday, July 18, in Geneva that will boost innovation and strengthen entrepreneurial relations between Israeli and Moroccan innovators, the State of Israel and the Kingdom of Morocco signed their first official memorandum of understanding (MoU) on intellectual property.
The agreement was signed by Israel Patent Office Executive Director Ofir Alon and Moroccan Office of Industrial and Commercial Property Director-General Abdelaziz Babqiqi. It was performed on the sidelines of the Sixty-Third Series of Meetings of the Assemblies of the Member States of the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva (WIPO) and witnessed by WIPO Director-General Daren Tang. The MoU will promote cooperation between the two nations in the field of industrial property protection, a subset of intellectual property that pertains to patents for inventions, trademarks, commercial names and designations, protection against unfair competition, and a host of other subjects. (JPost / VFI News)
IRAN ΜAY ΤRY TO ΑSSASSINATE TRUMP, POMPEO OR ΟTHER ΕX-SENIOR OFFICIALS: A new intelligence report has warned that Iran may be plotting to assassinate top former United States officials in revenge for the drone strike that killed Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani two years ago.
The June 16 intelligence assessment from the National Counter Terrorism Center was issued just two days before President Joe Biden announced his current Middle East tour. Biden on Wednesday opened his first visit to the Mideast since taking office with a stop in Israel, where Iran’s nuclear ambitions were expected to be the top item on the agenda. According to the intelligence report, Iran has identified former President Donald Trump, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and other officials as ‘priority targets’ for their role in overseeing the January 2020 US drone strike that killed Soleimani as he visited Iraq. Iran has long openly made bombastic threats to take revenge for Soleimani’s death, but the new report offers further confirmation that US officials are taking the threats seriously. (DMail / VFI News)
ISRAELI RHYTHMIC GYMNAST DARIA ATAMANOV SCOOPS TWO GOLDS, A SILVER AT WORLD GAMES: Israeli rhythmic gymnast Daria Atamanov finished with two gold medals and a silver at the World Games in Birmingham, Alabama.
Atamanov, 16, took first place for her ribbon routine on Wednesday, July 13, and came second in the batons contest. Her success came the day after she took the gold medal for her ball routine. In the remaining of the four disciplines in the event, the hoops, she came in sixth. As result, Israel finished top of the table in rhythmic gymnastics with three medals, followed by Italy with one gold and two silver, and Bulgaria with gold and silver. (TOI / VFI New)
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AQA GCSE Mathematics or
Edexcel Level 2 Functional Skills qualification in Mathematics
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Distance from Kudligi to Khilchipur
Distance from Kūdligi to Khilchipur is 1,011 kilometers. This air travel distance is equal to 628 miles.
The air travel (bird fly) shortest distance between Kūdligi and Khilchipur is 1,011 km= 628 miles.
If you travel with an airplane (which has average speed of 560 miles) from Kudligi to Khilchipur, It takes 1.12 hours to arrive.
Kudligi is located in India.
|GPS Coordinates (DMS)||14° 54´ 16.8120'' N |
76° 23´ 3.8760'' E
Kūdligi Distances to Cities
|Distance from Kudligi to Gadag||100 km|
|Distance from Kudligi to Hubli||143 km|
|Distance from Kudligi to Gokarna||226 km|
|Distance from Kudligi to Guntakal||110 km|
|Distance from Kudligi to Mumbai||593 km|
Khilchipur is located in India.
|GPS Coordinates||24° 2´ 21.9480'' N |
76° 34´ 40.8000'' E
Khilchipur Distances to Cities
|Distance from Khilchipur to Indore||165 km|
|Distance from Khilchipur to Devgarh||316 km|
|Distance from Khilchipur to Jhalrapatan||69 km|
|Distance from Khilchipur to Jaipur||329 km|
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Multiple internet security networks and monitoring services have reported significant decrease in online traffic on Tuesday night coming from Syria.
“At around 18:45 UTC the OpenDNS resolvers saw a significant drop in traffic from Syria. On closer inspection, it seems Syria has largely disappeared from the Internet.”
BGPmon.net, another internet monitoring service confirmed the news on its official Twitter account:
Internet Syria just went down! Starting 18:45 UTC twitter.com/bgpmon/status/…— BGPmon.net (@bgpmon) May 7, 2013
Akamai Internet Networking service also reported traffic drop coming from Syria:
Search engine giant Google has also confirmed the news through their network traffic graph:
Screen Shot: google.com
The causes of the outage are still being looked into and the story is developing. A similar outage occurred last year in November 2012 in Syria and the internet was restored two days later. | <urn:uuid:7dc33daa-8293-4b9e-a49f-ce20d13dabe2> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.carbonated.tv/news/internet-traffic-from-syria-disappears | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988725475.41/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183845-00509-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942358 | 196 | 1.6875 | 2 |
5K Run, Walk To Honor Steven Szwydek
Community members will be rallying next month to honor the memory of Lance Cpl. Steven Szwydek, who was fatally wounded on October 20, 2005, by an improvised explosive device while on his second tour of duty in Iraq.
The first-ever Szwydek Memorial 5K run/walk will get under way at Southern Fulton Junior/ Senior High School at 9 a.m. on Saturday, April 17. Registration and check-in is set for the hour prior to the race. The course will make its way around the district track and eventually onto Green Lane before returning to the high school.
Event organizer Angela Booth stated hopes remain high that sufficient funding will be raised in order to send the junior classes representing the Central Fulton, Forbes Road and Southern Fulton school districts on their annual pilgrimage to Arlington Cemetery, where the late Szwydek and other fallen heroes will be remembered.
According to Booth, a business teacher at the Southern Fulton School District, officials have set a goal of 150 participants for their first walk/run. Runners and walkers falling under the age of 12 are required to be accompanied by an adult.
Medals will be awarded to both male and female runners in several age categories, including 17 and under, 18 to 39 and 40 and over.
“I don’t want to see this trip disappear because I have received a lot of wonderful feedback from within the community on how much their children or grandchildren enjoyed the trip,” said Booth, who got plenty of input on how to organize the event from her relatives involved with the creation of the annual Ben K-5K run/walk. Booth has been assisted during the organization of the first Szwydek Memorial 5K run/walk by fellow teachers Jeremy Hollinshead of Forbes Road, Melissa Barton from Southern Fulton and Mac Miller, Central Fulton.
“I feel every U.S. citizen should go to Arlington Cemetery at least one time in their life. There are not words to describe the feeling when you walk and see all of the stones ... ,” Booth added.
One-hundred-dollar sponsorships are currently being sought from interested businesses, organizations and residents. In return for their monetary pledge, sponsor names will be listed on the back of event day T-shirts. The front of the shirt will include special artwork designed by Southern Fulton student Ellie Mundale, who prepared the “Running for Freedom” patriotic design as part of a graphic design class project.
Applications for interested runners and walkers can be obtained at branch offices of F&M Bank, Missy’s Hair Salon and Mellott’s Wood Preserving. Race day information can also be obtained by contacting Nancy Szwydek at 717-294-6774 or email@example.com.
Individuals wishing to preregister for the April 17 event should have their completed application and a registration fee of $15 turned in by March 22. Race day registration fee is $20. All participants will receive a complementary “Running for Freedom” T-shirt.
Based on the outcome of this year’s run and walk, organizers may opt to turn the event into an annual fundraiser and as a means to honor Szwydek’s memory. Additional fundraisers scheduled to date to benefit the Szwydek Semper Fi Memorial Fund include a basket bingo on Sunday, April 25, at Southern Fulton hosted by the Iota Lamda Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi.
Contributions and tax-deductible donations can also be sent directly to the fund at F&M Bank-Warfordsburg branch, Attn: Semper Fi Memorial, 560 Great Cove Road, Warfordsburg, PA 17267. Checks should be made payable to Semper Fi Memorial. | <urn:uuid:d44cebf9-7266-4036-93a5-5bf73957fdcf> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.fultoncountynews.com/news/2010-03-18/Front_Page/5K_Run_Walk_To_Honor_Steven_Szwydek.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280483.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00291-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944533 | 795 | 1.5 | 2 |
John D. Barrow is continuing his public lecture tour to promote his new Book of Universes. You can catch him at Gresham College in London on March 1st (admission free) and at the Bath Literary Festival on February 27th (admission £7, concession £6). Clicking on the links will take you to the relevant websites with more information on times and places.
Barrow will tell a story that revolves around a single extraordinary fact: that Albert Einstein's famous theory of relativity describes a series of entire universes. Not many solutions to Einstein's tantalising universe equations have ever been found, but those that have are all remarkable. Some describe universes that expand in size, while others contract. Some rotate like a top, while others are chaotically unpredictable. Some are perfectly smooth, while others are lumpy. Some permit time travel into the past. Only a few allow life to evolve within them; the rest, if they exist, remain unknown and unknowable to conscious minds.
You'll encounter universes where the laws of physics can change from time to time and from one region to another, universes that have extra hidden dimensions of space and time, universes that are eternal, universes that live inside black holes, universes that end without warning, colliding universes, inflationary universes, and universes that come into being from something else – or from nothing at all. Gradually, we are introduced to the latest and the best descriptions of the Universe as we understand it today, together with the concept of the multiverse – the universe of all possible universes – that modern theories of physics lead us to contemplate.
If you're in London, you can actually see Barrow twice on the same day, as on March 1st he's giving another free lecture at Gresham College, called Doing business in interstellar space. In this lecture Barrow imagines interstellar trade at speeds close to the speed of light. It would have to incorporate the insights of Einstein's special theory of relativity, which teaches us that clocks on board a spaceship moving at high velocity will ensure time at different rates relative to clocks at the point of departure. This means that time travel into the future is possible. Which time-keeping should we use? What would happen to economics if time-travel to the past was also possible? | <urn:uuid:462cdbca-8828-4a55-bb64-78abccbfd235> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://plus.maths.org/content/more-book-universes | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281162.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00528-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955239 | 467 | 2.109375 | 2 |
Para Handy, by Neil Munro (Birlinn, 1992, ₤9.99)
The Para Handy stories appeared in the Glasgow Evening News from 1905–1927, and were anthologized in three collections, The Vital Spark, In Highland Harbours with Para Handy and Hurricane Jack of the Vital Spark. This complete edition also contains nineteen uncollected stories.
Writing as Hugh Foulis, Neil Munro tells the story of the Vital Spark, a Clyde puffer. They were all-purpose cargo carriers, the workhorses of trade between Glasgow and the West of Scotland. In the words of her proud captain, Para Handy, she is “aal hold, with a boiler behind, four men and a derrick, and a watter-butt and a pan-loaf in the fo’c’sle. Oh man! She wass the beauty! She wass chust sublime!”
Dougie is the mate, loyal and phlegmatic, to whom Para Handy usually refers when he needs to give his tall tales or “divagations” an air of authority, as in variations of “If Dougie wass here he would tell you.”
Macphail is the engineer, combining misanthropy with a passion for “penny novelles,” pre-Barbara Cartland tales of aristocratic romance.
The Tar does the cooking, when he isn’t asleep, which usually happens when there’s work to be done. He’s replaced by the eponymous Sunny Jim in later stories, whose nickname is taken from an advertisment for a popular breakfast cereal.
Finally, there’s Para Handy’s old shipmate from his younger days, the mythical Hurricane Jack, “so free with his money he would fling it at the birds, so generally accomplished that it would be a treat to be left a month on a desert island alone with him.” In later stories, he descends from Olympus and crews on the Vital Spark.
The presiding virtues in Para Handy’s world are “naitural agility and the kindly word,” meaning the ability to turn any situation to their advantage. This includes subverting the Vital Spark’s schedule so that no festival, fair day, pub or celebration is left unvisited. They also poach salmon, “lift” the odd bit of food or livestock from unsuspecting islanders when stocks are low, and supplement the Vital Spark’s needs from her cargo. Such “high jeenks” occasionally get them sacked, or in trouble with the polis, but like all trickster characters they somehow come out on top.
These vivid and wickedly satirical stories are immensely seductive in this sad, diminished Age of Call Centres, combining freedom of the sea with an almost piratical outlook on life.
The original stories were written with many topical references, which readers of the Glasgow Evening News had no trouble spotting. In this edition, as well as a Foreword and pictures, the text is annotated so that you can look up the meanings of obscure Scots words and contemporary events reflected in the stories. Such things as diverse as cross-channel swimming, the introduction of the Old Age Pension, elections, and the Great War, with its attendant pettifogging rules like the ban on buying rounds.
But you don’t need that to enjoy the stories. They’re “chust sublime!”
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Looking at the number of updating new data science job in their LinkedIn profile, it seems the lockdown has not affected the hiring spree of data science professionals. That’s a great sign for big data aspirants, but you need to understand that hands-on experience and a sound preparation for the interview are the keys to success. A well-prepared interview session will set you apart from the lot.
What is big data?
A large amount of raw data generated from different digital sources like social media platforms, internet, and smart phones. Big Data Analytics is the use of proper tools to transform, cleanse, profile and aggregate the data for informed Business decisions.
We are listing some of the most frequently asked Big Data interview questions
. Though every Big Data PG Course
Interview Questions can different all the time or could be based on the scope of a job, we can help you out with the top Big Data Interview Questions along with their answers. We hope this article will take you a step closer to your successful career in Big Data.
What do you know about the term “Big Data”?
The term Big Data is used for complex and large datasets. As a relational database cannot handle big data, businesses use special methods and tools to perform data analysis on large unstructured data sets. Big data enables businesses to understand their business better and helps them take decisions that impacts their business for good.
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Designing Forest Gardens to be sustainable
Many of the projects supported by Sustainably Run target land that has been denuded of trees, often felled for fuel or monoculture crops such as tobacco or palm oil. Replanting with fruit trees to form Forest Gardens helps restore the ecosystem.
Agroforestry is designed – and farmers are educated – to restore soil depleted of nutrients, resist soil erosion and increase resilience against drought or flooding. Many designs include live fencing or green walls that protect the fruit trees and rotated crops planted in alleys between the trees (alley cropping), helping to fix nitrogen in the soil, enhancing fertility and the sustainability of the Forest Garden. | <urn:uuid:d53a2943-f3b8-4817-803d-62d034ccdcb6> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://answers.sustainably.run/knowledge/what-protection-is-there-against-deforestation | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571090.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809215803-20220810005803-00069.warc.gz | en | 0.949943 | 138 | 3.609375 | 4 |
How to Lose Fat without Losing Muscle
We are so focused on losing weight that any weight loss is considered good. What people often overlook is the fact that most of the initial weight loss is because of loss of muscle. No exerciser would want smaller muscles because of exercising. The goal of exercising is to improve the ratio of body fat to muscle. This can be achieved only by losing fat without losing any muscle. Maintaining muscle mass is important for sustainable weight loss.
Losing Fat, Not Muscle: Tips
Here are some tips to help you lose fat and still retain your muscles.
Fat Burning and Recovery Cycle: The key to losing fat without muscle loss is not being too aggressive about eliminating carbohydrates. You need to just properly manage the amount of carbohydrates you consume. One of the ways this can be achieved is by first reducing carbs by about 20% of the daily requirement and then within 48 hours, replenishing the glycogen levels in the muscle by eating 100% of one’s daily carb requirements. In effect, the cycle consists of two fat burning days followed by a recovery day. Fat loss will average between one and two pounds in a week, while the muscles are also fed well.
Exercise on days when you consume more carbs: What most people don’t know is that the results of exercise come after we are over with the workout in response to how much nutrition the muscle gets after exercise. Exercise on the days when you are consuming more carbohydrates for fuel. Take a few days off from exercise when you are low in carbs.
Exercise about 1.5 to 2 hours after having your meal: This is because at this time, the insulin and blood sugar levels in the body are gradually declining. After a meal, the blood sugar and insulin levels are high as the cells receive nutrients. When the blood sugar and insulin levels drop, the pancreas secretes glycagon and the nutrients stored in fat cells are released into the blood to be used for energy. If blood sugar levels are too high, the insulin deposits excess in the fat cells. If insulin levels are low, the muscles will be underfed. Both these conditions need to be avoided. Timing your exercise to the fall of blood sugar levels allows muscles to receive nutrients more effectively from fat cells.rnrnHowever, before you start incorporating these tips, make sure you consult your doctor as he will be able to guide you about whether the program suits you and will pose no risk to your health. | <urn:uuid:aeeae2eb-8fc1-4057-a80d-79563498f0e8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://wulongforlife.com/how-to-lose-fat-without-losing-muscle/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.95402 | 505 | 2.265625 | 2 |
According to study, 49% of black males, 38% of white males in U.S. are arrested by 23
Handcuffs. (QMI File Photo)
Almost half of black males and almost 40% of white males are arrested in the United States by the time they are 23 years old, according to a study released this week.
In findings published in the journal Crime & Delinquency, researchers at several universities studied a representative sample of 7,335 people who reported that they'd been arrested at a young age, said Robert Brame, criminology professor at the University of South Carolina and lead author of the study.
Researchers found that more black and Hispanic men had been arrested as youths than white men for something other than a minor traffic violation. More men than women had been arrested by the time they are 23.
By the time they reached 18, 30% of black and 26% of Hispanic males compared to 22% of white males had been arrested.
By the time they reached 23, 49% of black males, 44% of Hispanic males, and 38% of white males had been arrested for something other than a minor traffic violation.
Arrest rates among girls and women were about the same for white, Hispanic and black women, the study found.
The negative impacts of arrest include difficulty in gaining employment, housing, admission to college and university and financing for higher education, Brame said. An arrest record also affects civic rights and privileges such as voting or adoption and can damage personal relationships, he said.
"Arrest is public information. The consequences are severe and get more severe when they turn into a conviction," he said. "As a society, we need to think about the consequences of arresting somebody when they're young. I think we underestimate the baggage this creates for people when they're making the transition from adolescent to adult."
In 2010, the team began researching what fraction of the U.S. population has been arrested, using national survey data from 1997-2008 from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Last year, the researchers reported that one-third of Americans had been arrested by 23.
"Nobody had really looked at this question since the 1960s," Brame said.
"Higher arrest records as time goes on are partly due to the presence of police officers in schools and greater likelihood that crimes such as domestic violence are reported more than they were in the past, Brame said.
"A school-to-prison pipeline means that with officers in schools there are more arrests in and around school property for lots of minor offenses," he said. "There is a tendency to police things in the schools that maybe would have been handled informally in the past."
NEXT STEPS FOR RESEARCH
Next, researchers will look at what crimes young people are arrested for, how often arrest turned into conviction and how many re-arrests and re-convictions the study group had, Brame said.
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It's clear that coming from more humble beginnings can make ordinary life tougher in a lot of ways, and now a new study suggests that the experience of poverty and adversity can also alter biological mechanisms related to brain function, giving rise to increased chances of developing depression.
By analysing the brains of adolescents, researchers have found that those growing up in households with lower socioeconomic status accumulated greater amounts of a chemical tag on a gene linked to depression, called SLC6A4.
These kinds of epigenetic tags – meaning they're caused by environmental or external factors – can alter the activity of our genes, and in this case, the researchers found they increased the adolescent brain's 'fight or flight' response. That response is controlled by an area of the brain called the amygdala, and the team found that participants with a more active amygdala were more likely to develop symptoms of depression later on.
"The biggest risk factor we have currently for depression is a family history of the disorder," said one of the team, psychiatrist and behavioural scientist Douglas Williamson from Duke University. "Our new work reveals one of the mechanisms by which such familial risk may be manifested or expressed in a particular group of vulnerable individuals during adolescence."
The participants involved in the study – 132 non-Hispanic Caucasians aged between 11 and 15 years old at the outset of the experiment – came from households ranging from low to high socioeconomic statuses. They were shown photos of frightened-looking faces as they underwent functional MRI brain scans, which recorded levels of amygdala activity.
The team found that adolescents from a background marked by poverty showed lower levels of serotonin transport around the SLC6A4 gene, which predicts heightened amygdala activity, and thus greater reactivity to perceived threats and risks.
The adolescents were monitored over the course of three years, and those with greater amygdala activity were found to be more likely to report symptoms of depression as time went on, particularly if they had a family history of depression.
"This is some of the first research to [demonstrate] that low socioeconomic status can lead to changes in the way genes are expressed," said one of the researchers, Johnna Swartz, "and it maps this out through brain development to the future experience of depression symptoms."
A similar study earlier in the year also found an association between childhood depression and brain connectivity. Researchers from Washington University in St Louis used fMRI scans to measure brain activity in children aged between 7 and 12 and found that adverse circumstances early in life ended up impacting the development and function of the young brain – and again, the amygdala was involved.
It's worth bearing in mind that the samples used in both these studies were relatively small, so their findings need to be considered in that light. But the good news is that the more we discover about these links between poverty and depression, the more we should be able to do about it.
The team from Duke University will now be studying activity around SLC6A4 further, looking for other evidence of biological markers that could be tied to depression. The hope is that, one day, greater understanding in this area could help inform personalised depression-prevention strategies.
Of course, the alternative treatment – eradicating poverty – is also a goal worth aiming for, as behavioural geneticist Robert Philibert from the University of Iowa, who was not involved with the study, told Sara Reardon at Nature.
"What this points out here is that if you really want to change neurodevelopment, alter the environment," he said.
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Popular social networking sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, are causing a stir in the financial services community as well as other highly regulated industries as companies seek ways to control how the sites are used to communicate with potential clients and colleagues.
Social networking sites have proved valuable for sales-lead generation, marketing and general broker-client relations, but regulators have been quick to take notice and to offer the same warnings they did more than a decade ago when email and instant messaging (IM) became common.
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However, controlling communications on social networking Web sites is far more complex for corporations because they're attempting to control communications on Web sites that are outside their IT systems and that are almost continuously changing or adding to the number of applications that can be used to network.
"It is a big issue. In fact, I think it's a bigger issue [than email and IM]," said Ted Ritter, an analyst with Nemertes Research. "For IM and email, you pretty much use standard port and protocols. You just have to be in the right spot in the network to capture it and monitor it."
Social networks are more akin to webmail, where there are many different ways to access the sites, which makes it more complicated from a technology standpoint, Ritter said.
"For instance, what do you do about people who have mobile updates to Facebook?" he said. "From an audit standpoint, as auditors become more aware of the issues, they are going to look for controls."
Ritter said businesses will not only have to monitor social networking communications, but they will have to capture the traffic, audit it, and log it.
Issue first cropped up with email, IM
Around the turn of the century, the financial services industry grappled with controlling IM and email traffic. Soon after the electronic messaging mediums became popular, a pattern emerged in the business community where financial firms would first block all electronic communications external to the company, then they would adopt proprietary email applications for corporate wide communications or restrict the ports over which IM traffic could travel in order to monitor and capture the communications.
The same patterns are emerging with social networking, experts say, and seeding a cottage industry of vendors offering software and services to control and capture corporate social networking traffic. Some of those vendors include enterprise instant messaging security vendor FaceTime Communications, firewall provider PaloAlto Networks, IM and mobile text messaging archiving firm DexRex Gear and SaaS middleware provider Socialware.
Today, many businesses are attempting to simply block all access to social networking sites for employees who would fall under regulatory scrutiny, such as broker-dealers and sales and marketing representatives, even though these employee are finding the sites invaluable.
"The first step organizations needs to take is they need a reality check," Ritter said. "They need to take ownership of what's going on in social networking. Just blocking sites doesn't work. Employees always find a way around it. And letting everything through is too risky."
Ritter and other industry experts say social networking sites present a far greater oversight problem than IM or email -- even webmail - because there are so many applications associated with them, including instant messaging tools and gaming applets, such as Farmville or Mafia Wars on Facebook. Simply blocking sites such as Twitter or Facebook with a URL filter isn't difficult.
"The problem you have is all the tunneling applications that can get around those controls," said Chris King, director of product marketing for PaloAlto Networks. "Google [the term] 'circumventing URL filtering,' and you'll see what I mean. Some blog sites like Lifehacker.com, and even the Wall Street Journal, publish things like top 10 ways to get around your security controls."
For example, King said, a company employee could simply install a proxy on a home computer, connect it to a cable modem, and when the employee is at work he can connect to that home IP address and circumvent the corporate filter.
"There's everything from Proxy.org, an application called UltraSurf, which is the darling of high school students, to something called Core, which is the darling of spies," there's a whole bunch of applications that make getting around traditional controls easy.
Regulators cast a watchful eye
Over the past 10 years, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and other regulatory bodies have focused more attention on strict enforcement of communications rules. For example, the SEC's Rule 17a-4 requires the monitoring and capture of electronic communications, and the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD) Rule 2210 and 3010, also requires firms to monitor and store communications with clients. Neither agency has as yet felt compelled to specify requirements around social networking traffic, but it is implicit that they fall under the same rules as email and IM, Ritter said.
In 2006, the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) established that companies must establish protocols for capturing electronically stored information prior to civil court cases. Electronic discovery of emails for civil court cases can run into the millions of dollars, and violations of federal regulatory statutes could lead to penalties that aren't cheap either. In 2002, the SEC fined five firms a total of $8.25 million for violating 17a-4 and NASD Rule 3110 by not properly monitoring and capturing email traffic.
In a more recent example, several hedge-fund executives and managers with the Galleon Group, were charged with insider trading. The evidence that cracked the case open? A single text message.
Most recently, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), the enforcement arm of the SEC, issued Regulatory Notice 10-06, a document presented in a Q&A format, that provides guidance on the responsibilities of firms to supervise the use of social networking sites. The guidance was issued to ensure that recommendations to clients on social networks are suitable and that their customers are not misled.
"The FINRA guidance has sent the financial community scrambling to figure out what to do," Ritter said. "Let's say a broker becomes a fan of a company on Facebook. Is that an endorsement? In essence it is."
Other regulations focused on corporate transparency and consumer privacy will likely also affect controls around social networking communication. Those regulations include the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, HIPAA (the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999.
Social networks too valuable to block
Social networking is an enormously popular way to communicate with prospective clients and to generate sales leads, particularly among younger financial services employees, experts say.
"We've heard anecdotally that the top advisers at [a leading financial planning and investment firm] - the number one and two advisers - are some of the most proficient users of social media," said Chad Bockius, vice president of marketing and product strategy at Socialware, a provider of SaaS social network monitoring and management tools.
Bockius said Socialware is about to publish the results of a survey of more than 200 financial advisers who were asked how many new clients and new sales leads they generated as a result of social media. "The results are pretty impressive, as in 20%," he said.
"You still have people saying, 'we don't need to use Facebook or need to be on LinkedIn. Those tools are for high school kids, or they're for use by people stopping by Starbucks.' That's just simply not the case," Bockius continued. "There really is tangible business value you can get from these tools."
King said the problem with social networking is the business side of a company wants to interact with the younger generation of customers through their preferred channel, but the company's IT side has a hard time finding the tools necessary to control that traffic.
New tools for compliance
"The compliance and security folks are saying, 'Whoa, we're completely unable to adopt these communications channels given the regulatory requirements," King said. "We're in a unique position because we're a firewall company and can see and control these applications."
PaloAlto uses firewall policy management software to control external communications at the application layer, through a user's ID and by content type.
Global investment bank Greenhill & Co. used PaloAlto's software to monitor and capture webmail used by its employees, which it said raised concerns about data security and its overall compliance stance.
"We needed better visibility into our network in order to block access to certain applications - especially Gmail over HTTPS," John Shaffer, Greenhill's director of global systems and technology said in a statement. "We could see users were circumventing our blocking solution by switching to SSL encrypted versions of webmail applications."
Greenhill's URL filtering, spyware and firewall activities were being managed by separate devices, and the company was looking for way to consolidate those services on one control panel to reduce complexity and expense.
The company allowed PaloAlto to demonstrate its firewall, and "it instantly unearthed users accessing Facebook, Gmail, RSS, Google Desktop, AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), Meebo, Skype, and Yahoo! Mail."
"For the first time we could see exactly which users were accessing specific applications," Shaffer said.
The market potential for supplying social networking monitoring software hasn't been lost on entrepreneurs either.
DexRex, for example, was launched from a University of Massachusetts at Amherst dorm room in 2005 by two avid text messagers, Derek Lyman and Richard Tortora. The company recently secured $1 million in private funding..
Earlier this week, DexRex launched ChatSync v2.2, which uses extensible APIs (application programming interfacea) to plug into users' devices, messaging clients or servers in order to archive social networking communications. The service is offered both through an onsite appliance or a cloud-based SaaS model. The software provides real-time capture of social networking communications by pushing content and its metadata from Web access portals.
ChatSync 2.2 also can monitor and capture for audit email, IM, SMS and social media communications, including LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook, according to Lyman.
Lyman said the market for message capture is driven by regulatory data retention requirements, with legal discovery needs taking second place.
"We're capturing the whole category of alternative text-based communications and partnering up with the existing email service providers," Lyman said. "The e-discovery side really does dictate why they want these records, and the regulators are expecting to see them."
Dan Srebnick, associate commissioner of IT Security for the New York Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications, said the city is using FaceTime's software for malware, spyware and Web filtering rather than for controlling employees' attempts to use social networks. The agency is also monitoring that activity to ensure it is consistent with the city's communications, marketing and branding policies.
"Our issue with social media is less about how to restrict it, and more about how to enable it," Srebnick said.
The DoITT acts as the clearinghouse, or registry, for municipal agencies that have pages on social networking sites for posting public announcements and for interacting with residents. Agencies with those pages much declare them and give DOITT their user IDs and passwords to ensure those pages can continue to be maintained if the employee in charge leaves the agency.
"These sites are not about the person. They're an official communications mechanism of the City of New York," Srebnick said. The DoITT also developed a citywide social media policy that provides overall governance on how agencies should use social networks.
Srebnick said he recognizes that in the future, he will likely look into enabling Facetime's security features. He pointed to last week's Facebook glitch where a bug allowed users to view friend's chat sessions as a reason why.
"If we had that kind of control available to us and we knew there was a problem on a particular social media site that could compromise the city's ability to do business in a secure manner, we could take control over that or we could have the ability to audit that," he said. "The idea of having flexible control over a media site in terms of what features could be used and how they're used could be a very powerful thing from a security perspective."
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Well maintained 1910 grave of caretaker Robert Hunter-Blair, Te Maraeora, Te Hauturu-o-Toi/Little Barrier Island
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- Sangha: The Ideal World Community
- Ven. Prayudh Payutto
[A lecture delivered in January 2529/1986 at the Fourth International
Congress of the World Buddhist Sangha Council, held at Buddha's Light Vihara,
As we all know well, two months after the Enlightenment, on the full moon of the eighth
lunar month, the Buddha preached his First Sermon at the Deer Park in Isipatana. The First
Sermon is called the Dhammacakkappavattana-Sutta or the Setting in Motion of the
Wheel of the Dhamma. On hearing this, Konda˝˝a, one of the five ascetics who had waited
upon the Bodhisatta when he was practicing self-mortification, gained the Eye of Truth (Dhamma-cakkhu),
or the Wisdom Eye, as a first glimpse of Nibbana. Konda˝˝a asked the
Buddha for ordination and was admitted as a Bhikkhu, becoming the first member of the
Sangha, or the Buddhist Order of monks. He is thus generally known as the Buddha's First
Disciple. As until that time there had appeared in the world only the Buddha
and the Dhamma, this event marks the completion of the Triple Gem of the Buddha, the
Dhamma and the Sangha.
What should be noted here is the arising of the Sangha. Strictly
speaking, it was the arising of the first member of the Sangha. That is, Konda˝˝a, who
since then became known as A˝˝akonda˝˝a, was the first man to see the Truth after the
Buddha and also the first to be admitted as a Bhikkhu.
Two Kinds of Sangha
The term Sangha means an assembly or a community. Here again, two kinds of Sangha
should be distinguished, namely, the Savaka-Sangha, or the community of (noble)
disciples, and the Bhikkhu-Sangha, or the community of Bhikkhus or monks. The
former is also called the Ariya-Sangha, or the Noble Sangha (community of Noble
or Truly-Civilized Ones), while the latter is also named the Sammati-Sangha, or
the conventional Sangha. The Noble Sangha of truly civilized people is formed of four
types of persons, who are at four different stages of development, or levels of insight
into the Truth. The Conventional Sangha of Bhikkhus, on the other hand, simply consists of
four or more monks.
When Konda˝˝a gained the Eye of Truth, he became the first member
of the Noble Sangha. When he was ordained a Bhikkhu, he became the first member of the
Conventional Sangha. Thus, the event of the First Sermon marks the beginning both of the
Noble Sangha of disciples and of the Conventional Sangha of monks.
The four types of persons who form the Noble Sangha are the Sotapanna
or Stream-Enterers (those who have entered the stream leading to Nibbana), the Sakadagami
or Once-Returners (those who will return only once more to the vicissitudes of this
world), the Anagami or Non-Returners (those who will never come again to the
dubious conditions of this world), and the Arahants or Worthy Ones (those who
have achieved the ideal of perfection and attained to the goal of Nibbana).
The Sotapanna has achieved perfection in morality and has abandoned
the three fetters of self-illusion, uncertainty and clinging to mere rules and ritual. The
Sakadagami has in addition mitigated lust, hatred and delusion. The Anagami has achieved
perfection in mental discipline and further eradicated the fetters of sensual lust and ill
will. The Arahant has achieved perfection in wisdom and put an end to five more fetters,
namely, attachment to fine-material existence, attachment to immaterial existence,
conceit, restlessness and ignorance.
The Monastic Sangha and the Creation of
the Noble Sangha
Obviously, it is the purpose of the Buddha, in his conduct for the well-being of the
world, to teach all people to progress along these lines of development to become
Sotapanna, Sakadagami, Anagami and Arahants. In other words, he wants them to be members
of the Noble Sangha. The ideal is surely to turn the world into a community of noble or
truly civilized people. To achieve this, however, a sound concrete organization is needed,
and it is for this reason that the Conventional Sangha of monks was founded. Truly, the
Sangha of monks or Bhikkhu-Sangha has been vested with the main function of teaching all
people, regardless of caste, class, sex and nationality, the Dhamma that will help them in
their self-development to become Ariya or Arya (noble or truly
civilized). The monks thus lead the people in creating the universal community of noble,
enlightened and truly civilized people.
Even when the Bhikkhu-Sangha had been newly established, and it was
then a very small community consisting of only sixty monks, the Buddha sent all of its
members in all directions to propagate the Dhamma. The community was then only three
months old. Here, the spirit of acting for the good of the people is strongly evident. The
words of the Buddha in sending out his disciples at that time reflect very well the ideal
of erecting the world Noble Sangha. In the Buddha's own words (Vin.I.21):
"Go forth, O Bhikkhus, for the good of the many,
for the happiness of the many, out of compassion for the world,
for the benefit, for the good, for the happiness of gods and men."
In short, the Sangha of monks or Bhikkhu-Sangha has been set up,
both as the instrument and as the starting point and the stronghold, for working out the
idea of establishing the universal Sangha of Dhammically civilized people. The main
function of this conventional Sangha is, as mentioned earlier, to expound the Dhamma and
spread it far and wide, in such a way that the common people may understand and practice
it, developing themselves in their progress along the path of being Ariya (noble or
Dhammically civilized) and thus joining the Noble Sangha or civilized world community. In
the meantime, however, the Sangha of monks also plays a number of significant roles, some
central and some interim and peripheral, such as:
As, especially at the beginning, the conditions in the surrounding world are not
favourable to the ideal life, the Bhikkhu-Sangha serves as the suitable setting in which
zealous members can energetically live their chosen way of life and leading members can
actively lead others.
The Bhikkhu-Sangha serves as the core and leading part of the prospective Noble Sangha.
By leading exemplary noble lives, the monks exercise their influence on the common people
in treading the noble path towards the goal of joining the Noble Sangha.
The Bhikkhu-Sangha also serves as the centre for training both those who join it and
the common people, to turn them into members, or make them more prepared to be members, of
the Noble Sangha.
Foundations of the Sangha
In the Buddha's time, Buddhism was usually called, "This Dhamma-Vinaya" (the
Doctrine and the Discipline). This means that the Dhamma-Vinaya is another name,
actually the original name, for Buddhism. It also indicates that the Dhamma and the Vinaya
are the two limbs that form Buddhism. This concept is in direct connection with the two
kinds of Sangha.
The Conventional Sangha of monks depends for its existence and
stability on the Vinaya. It is the Vinaya that gives life to the Bhikkhu-Sangha. A person
is ordained a Bhikkhu or is admitted to the Sangha of monks in accordance with the rules
of the Vinaya. His Bhikkhuship also ceases if he makes an incurable transgression against
the Vinaya. The rules of the Vinaya govern all activities of the community of monks and
all aspects of a Bhikkhu's life. Monks or Bhikkhus are graded according to concrete
disciplinary rules. A Bhikkhu is classed as a Navaka, or a newly ordained one, if
he has been admitted to the Order for not more than five years, and he is required to live
in "Nissaya," or dependence, on an Acariya or teacher, that is, he is a
dependent. As soon as his years of standing in the monkhood exceed five, he becomes freed
of the Dependence and is classed as a Nissaya-Muttaka, or an independent monk.
When he completes ten years of standing in the monkhood, he becomes a Thera or an
Elder. Now, if he is qualified, he can act as an Upajjhaya or a preceptor. Rights and
privileges are vested on the Bhikkhus on equal terms according to the rules of the Vinaya.
The Noble Sangha of disciples, on the other hand, is based on the
Dhamma. While the Vinaya governs the external life of a monk, his bodily and verbal
activities and his social relations with others, his inner and spiritual side is guided by
the Dhamma. Not only the monks, but all people are expected to follow the guidance of the
Dhamma. In contrast to the formal admittance to membership in the conventional Sangha of
monks, membership in the Noble Sangha of disciples is a matter of self-development and
inner attainment. As soon as a person, whether a monk or a layman, realizes the Four Noble
Truths and gains a first vision of Nibbana, he automatically becomes a Sotapanna and,
simultaneously, a member of the Noble Sangha of disciples. His further progress on the
path up to the final goal is graded solely according to the degree of his self-development
and inner attainment, without the intervention of any external factors, whether age, sex,
authority or even time or space. Thus, a novice twelve years of age may be an Arahant
while an aged monk seventy years old may be only a worldling, not attaining even
Sotapannaship, and a wise layman may achieve Arahantship in a period of an hour while many
monks may strive in vain throughout their lives to secure the same. As the Buddha says in
the Dhammapada: He who, though dressed in fine apparel, exercises tranquility, is calm,
controlled, certain and chaste and has ceased to injure all other beings, he indeed is a
Brahman, a Samana, a Bhikkhu. (Dh.142)
Though the treading of the path of self-development and inner
attainment is a personal task, the treader is not all alone or helpless. Besides the Great
Teacher, the Buddha, who shows him the Way and equips him with the tools, the conventional
Sangha of monks, as regulated by the Vinaya, provides him with Kalyanamitta, or
good spiritual friends, who will counsel and encourage him along the Way, with a way of
life and living conditions that are advantageous to his endeavor. In particular, those
members of the Noble Sangha who are far advanced on the Path or have reached the summit,
will find the Bhikkhu-Sangha the best community for them to live in, and it is these
people who will best preserve the conventional Sangha of monks and will act as
Kalyanamitta, or good spiritual friends, to those who are treading the Path after them.
In short, the two kinds of the Sangha are reciprocally helpful and
complementary in the realization of Buddhist ideals. Without the will and effort to join
or to maintain the Noble Sangha of disciples, the conventional Sangha of monks is
meaningless or, at least, strays away from the ideal set up by its Founder, the Buddha.
Without a concrete organization like the Bhikkhu-Sangha as the tool, the task of
establishing and maintaining the Ariya-Sangha of disciples would be very difficult, if not
The Real Mission of the Sangha
There is no doubt that peace and freedom are the supreme goals of Buddhism. Both of
them are synonyms of Nibbana or Nirvana. Peace can be realized, and freedom can be
achieved, if the Sangha of monks exerts itself unfalteringly to maintain and universalize
the Noble Sangha of disciples.
Freedom is threefold or can be distinguished at three levels. First,
people should enjoy the basic freedom of life in absence of the fundamental insecurities
and dangers that threaten their existence, such as poverty, diseases and calamities like
drought and famine. Without the minimum of this basic freedom, no one can proceed to enjoy
any other more sublime freedom. At the second level is social freedom, in absence of human
oppression and exploitation. Included here are tolerance, friendliness and benevolence.
With the lack of this freedom, not to speak of the final freedom, even the basic freedom
will never be realized or, if the latter has been prevailing, it will surely be lost. The
third and last is the final freedom of man's inner life, that is, freedom from mental
suffering and from the greed, hatred and delusion that corrupt the mind and cause people
to commit all kinds of evils. With the achievement of this level of freedom, real
happiness can be attained to and social freedom can be assured. It is also the firm
foundation on which to work out any plan or program to overcome the basic insecurities and
dangers of life, as otherwise people with corrupted mind will ever increase those dangers
In another classification, freedom is said to be fourfold. There,
the final inner or individual freedom is divided into the two levels of emotional freedom,
or freedom of the heart, and intellectual freedom, or freedom of wisdom through true
knowledge. The four levels of freedom are thus distinguished as basic physical freedom,
social freedom, emotional freedom and intellectual freedom.
By teaching and encouraging people to realize the three graded goals
and the three phases of good as enunciated by the Buddha, the Sangha of monks works both
directly and indirectly to achieve the threefold freedom.
The three graded goals are:
1. Benefits for the present or temporal welfare, called in Pali Ditthadhammikattha,
represented by wealth, sufficiency of food and other necessities of life, health and other
aspects of physical well-being, which can be ascertained by hard work, diligence, good
management, cooperation, economical living and non-negligence in any way.
2. Benefits for the future, or spiritual welfare, called in Pali Samparayikattha,
as ensured by confidence in and devotion to the ways of the good, morality, benevolence,
wisdom and other virtues.
3. The supreme benefit or the highest good, called in Pali Paramattha,
consisting in having a mind that is clean and clear, happy and secure, undefiled by greed,
hatred and delusion, and unshaken by worldly vicissitudes, that is to say, the final
freedom of Nibbana.
The three phases of good are:
1. The good of one's own or one's own welfare, Attattha, which points to the
above three graded goals as realized by oneself.
2. The good of others or others' welfare, Parattha, referring to the same set
of three goals which one should guide or help others to attain.
3. The common good or welfare both of oneself and others, Ubhayattha,
identified with the same set of three graded goals as far as they should be shared by all
concerned, ranging from public utilities and favourable environment to peace and happiness
of the mind.
The first two graded goals secure for all people freedom from the
basic miseries and insecurities of life and freedom from social abuses such as aggression,
crime, oppression and exploitation. People who are endowed with these two grades of
freedom are in a good position or are better prepared to aspire to the highest good and to
enjoy the final freedom. By conducting oneself towards the realization of the final
freedom, one comes to join the Noble Sangha of disciples. Those who enjoy the final
freedom will ever fortify and strengthen the first two grades of freedom, as the final
freedom is a guarantee of the maintenance of the latter. Moreover, the practices along the
line of realizing the three phases of good even furthermore reinforce the establishment of
the three grades of freedom.
All in all, it is the mission of the Sangha of monks to work for the
prevailing of the three graded goals and the three phases of good, for the realization of
the three levels of freedom and thus, ideally, for the establishment and perpetuation of
the Noble Sangha of disciples.
Not unlike freedom, peace should be classified. Peace is of two
kinds, one is external and the other, internal. External peace is usually social. It is
freedom from strife, dissension, quarrelling, commotion, violence, disorder and, on the
largest scale, war. Internal peace is the inner peace of mind or spiritual peace. It is a
state of freedom from fear, anxiety, annoyance, distraction, obsession and, on the
minutest scale, from all traces of mental suffering and defilement. It is obvious that
without freedom, there can be no peace. Once freedom is secured, peace is attained to.
As with freedom, the Sangha has much to do with both external and
internal peace. The Sangha of monks paves the way through external peace to the inner
peace of the final freedom and, once the Noble Sangha is established with this inner
peace, a firm foundation has been laid on which the external social peace will rest
securely and lastingly.
Evolution of the Monastic Sangha
The importance of the conventional Sangha of monks as the principal agent for expanding
and perpetuating the Noble Sangha of disciples has been realized throughout the long
history of Buddhism. Thus, a small Sangha of monks was dispatched to foreign lands or
distant places to spread Buddhism. Often, only one monk or a group of two or three monks
were sent out to do this task and the monk or the group had to depend on local men to
believe and ordain before a local Sangha of monks could be established.
In the early periods, especially at the beginning of the career of
the Buddha, the members of the Sangha of monks were also Ariya, or members of the
Noble Sangha. Their mission, therefore, turned only outward to increase the membership in
the Noble Sangha and to receive those who were willing and prepared into the monastic
Sangha. As time went on and the monastic Sangha became greatly enlarged, the number of
members of the monastic Sangha who were not yet entitled to the membership in the Noble
Sangha increased. The monastic Sangha then functioned more and more as the centre for
training the unenlightened members, and the energy of the leaders in the monastic Sangha
had to be divided between the inside and outside of the monasteries, sometimes too much on
the inside, to the neglect of mission for the benefit of the outside. However, generally
speaking, once a monastic Sangha has been established in a land, Buddhism is established
The different monastic Sanghas in different lands and countries
lived and worked in different surroundings and among peoples of different cultures. With
the passing of time, throughout the centuries, they developed some new roles and
traditions of their own which were local. Some of these roles and traditions developed
even at the expense of the original fundamental function of perpetuating the Noble Sangha
of disciples. In spite of all local differences, however, the Vinaya keeps the various
local monastic Sanghas, although geographically far apart, not too dissimilar to one
It is impossible to treat here of all the monastic Sanghas in so
many different countries. As the Thai Sangha of today is said to be the largest monastic
community in the world, it will be dealt with here as an example.
The Monastic Tradition in Thailand
The monastic tradition in Thailand can be traced back to the time of King Asoka when,
around B.E. 234 (310 B.C.E.), nine missions of monks were sent out as Dhamma messengers to
propagate the Dhamma in different countries. One of the missions, headed by the Elders
Sona and Uttara, came to Suvannabhumi, which covered some parts of what we now call
Thailand, and succeeded in establishing Buddhism there. We do not know much about the
Buddhist situations and developments later than that time until the foundation of the
present lineage of the Thai monastic Sangha in the Sukhothai period, around B.E. 1820
(1277 C.E.). We learn that at the time when the present form of monastic Sangha of the
Lankavamsa tradition was established in Sukhothai, there prevailed monks of some older
local traditions. Before long, the monks of the older traditions became absorbed into the
newly established Sangha.
The present tradition of Thai monastic Sangha was established under
the full support of the King who himself invited the head monk from afar to found it and
since then, throughout the different periods of over 700 years, it has enjoyed the status
of the national Sangha under royal patronage and state protection. At present, the large
Thai monastic community consists of about 400,000 monks and novices who are accommodated
in more than 30,000 monasteries all over the country. In comparison with the whole Thai
population of 48 million, of which about 93.4 percent are Buddhist, it makes Thailand
deserve the name of the "Land of the Yellow Robe." The fact that such a large
monastic community fares well under the support of a Buddhist population of that size
shows clearly how devout and generous the Thai Buddhists are.
Right from the beginning, the Thai monastic Sangha has been divided
into two sections, town-monks and forest-monks. The division is only a
matter of specialization and there is a good relationship between the two, including the
transfer of residents. Forest-monks preserve the tradition of meditation, while town-monks
specialize in study and engage in religio-cultural activities. In comparison with town
monasteries, the number of forest monasteries is small.
The over 30,000 monasteries are also classified into two categories
of royal monasteries and private or community ones. Royal monasteries are those erected by
the King or having obtained his recognition. They are usually large and contain imposing
edifices. Community monasteries are mostly smaller and simple. Only about 200 monasteries
are royal and most of them are in the capital, while the majority are private or community
ones scattered in the villages throughout the country.
The kings of Ayudhya, beginning 600 years ago, were much influenced
by Brahminism, and Brahmin advisers were consulted in cultural and administrative affairs.
Consequently, Brahminical rites and ceremonies have continued in state activities side by
side with the Buddhist ones. This has sometimes led to the mingling of the two. At the
village level, the populace have been more or less attached to animistic beliefs and
practices. Through the monks' association with these villagers, some animistic elements
have crept into Buddhism. With the integration of animistic and Brahminical elements into
Buddhism in the process of assimilation, there has developed a form of popular Buddhism,
in which rites and ceremonies are predominant and superstitious beliefs and practices are
Town and village monasteries have been, for Thais of all classes,
centres of education, both religious and secular. There, basic subjects like reading,
writing and arithmetic were taught to boys. The Thais have also developed a custom of temporary
ordination. Every young man is expected to stay for a period of about three months
(usually in the Vassa or the rainy season) in a monastery as a monk. Here it is
education for socializing male members of the society, as they are expected to join the
monkhood to undergo monastic and cultural training before running families and assuming
other civic responsibilities, including civil and military services, as learned ex-monks.
This custom has, however, been on the decline during the last half of the century.
Since the introduction of the modern Western system of education to
the country about a century ago, Thailand has been experiencing the problem of inequality
of opportunity in education, as large numbers of poor and underprivileged youngsters in
the upcountry villages cannot get access to public and higher education. The monasteries
have done much to help ease the situation as the monkhood has been the channel of
education for these sons of the peasants and villagers from distant areas. Thus, the
monastic systems of education in present-day Thailand, whether the traditional system of
Pali and Dhamma studies, or the two Buddhist universities in Bangkok, together with their
affiliated colleges in the provinces, not only provide monastic learning for monks and
novices, but also serve the educational needs of the Thai society as a whole.
Monasteries have been seats of Thai culture and Buddhism has been a
foundation of the Thai culture. Arts and architecture have been developed and preserved in
the monasteries. A large number of Thai words, especially almost all technical terms, are
derived from Pali and Sanskrit. Thai literature has been based to a large extent on
Buddhist literature. In fact, most of the Thai literary works in the past were Buddhist in
nature and were written by monks in the monasteries. Besides, the monasteries have been
centres of social activities, where people assemble in large gatherings, both on religious
and on civic occasions, including temple fairs.
Although, since the arising of the Dhammayut group (also
call Dhammayuttika) about one and a half centuries ago, the Thai monastic Sangha
has been divided into two denominations or suborders of the Mahanikaya and the Dhammayut,
the whole monastic community is still unified under one and the same governing body,
called the Council of Elders, or the Sangha Supreme Council, presided over by the Supreme
Patriarch. The State has enacted laws forming a Constitution under which the monastic
Sangha governs itself. According to the present act of B.E. 2505 (1962 C.E.), the Sangha
administration is based on the process of centralization. The Supreme Patriarch, who is
appointed by the King, has absolute power to govern the whole monastic community and to
direct all ecclesiastical affairs. Under him is the Sangha Supreme Council, which serves
him as the Consultative Council. Under this highest governing body, at the local
administrative level, 73 ecclesiastical provincial governors are responsible for
provincial affairs of the Sangha, each in his respective province.
The Sangha, the State and the Ideal
In carrying out its mission, the main concern of the monastic Sangha is surely the good
and happiness of the people. However, throughout its history, all evidence shows that the
Bhikkhu-Sangha has been in relationship with another central institution of the society,
that is, the state, as represented by the king or the ruler. In the Buddha's time, King
Bimbisara and King Pasenadi were in close personal relationship with the Buddha and were
patrons of the Bhikkhu-Sangha. In Thai history, the monastic Sangha, by tradition, have
been patronized by all the kings.
There are at least two reasons that account for this relationship.
First, the people are subjects of the state. Their destinies, their suffering and
happiness are to a large extent subject to the conditions of the state and to the acts of
the king or ruler. For any organization to deal with the people as a whole or to work for
their benefit, it is impossible to avoid some contact with the state or with the ruler.
Because of this, if possible, a good relationship should be maintained with the state, so
that the Sangha will find no difficulty in working for the welfare of the people.
Secondly, the goal of a good government is similar to that of the
Sangha, that is, the achievement of the good and happiness for the people. Then, if the
government or the ruler is a good one, the cooperation between the Sangha and the ruler or
the government will render the mission more effective. The government or the ruler can
even be a medium through which the monastic Sangha carries out its mission for the good of
people. At least, a good government or ruler can provide the people with conditions and
circumstances that are favorable to the practice of the Dhamma.
Accordingly, the duties of the monastic Sangha in connection with
the state or ruler are twofold. First, it should counsel him so that he is a good ruler or
that a good government is secured. Secondly, it should act in such a righteous way that
there will be good cooperation with the ruler or the government in operating for the
benefit of the people, or at least that the way will be open for the Sangha to achieve
that goal. On the whole, the point is that the secular part of the work for the good of
the people should be played by one who should account for it, that is, the ruler or
government. If he does not do so, it is also an obligation of the monastic Sangha to see
to it that he does, that is, to try to induce him to be a good ruler. The real monastic
part of the work under the charge of the Sangha is the more sublime inner life of man.
Although the monastic Sangha has developed new roles, whether
central or peripheral, whether temporary or lasting, through the different circumstances
of space and time, its real and fundamental mission remains the same all throughout the
ages, that is, to perpetuate the Noble Sangha of disciples. In the future, the monastic
Sangha, because of the factors of space and time, may have to change some existing roles
and play some more different ones, but as long as it keeps to the real mission, the spirit
of the Sangha is well preserved. The reason is that the conventional Sangha of monks has
been entrusted by the Buddha with the task of leading all people in creating the ideal
world community of noble disciples or truly civilized people.
Let us hope that all the members of the Sangha of monks will exert
themselves and cooperate with one another in working out the ideal of producing more and
more members of the Noble Sangha of disciples, and that Sangha of disciples will grow ever
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Stumbling Stones (Stolpersteine in German, meaning literally “stumbling stones or blocks”) are commemorative plaques laid in footpaths or street pavements to commemorate the victims of National Socialism.
There are currently over 60,000 such memorial plaques laid around the world, jointly comprising the largest open-air memorial museum.
Stumbling Stones symbolically bring back people who perished in concentration camps, or were killed at places of massacre, or tortured to death in prison or who otherwise suffered in the Holocaust, to the areas of cities and towns where they lived, studied or worked. In this way they remind the living that those who were murdered en masse were not abstract numbers but real people.
The first such plaque was installed in Cologne, Germany, in 1992. The originator of the Stolperstein idea, the German artist Gunter Demnig, engraved on the plaque the lines from the so-called Auschwitz order, by which the Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler ordered the deportation of Roma people residing in Germany to the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Two years later, the artist engraved the first plaques which commemorated particular individuals. The inscriptions consisted of their forenames and family names, their date of birth, and the date and place of their death. One year after that, these Stumbling Stones were installed in the footways of Cologne, thus starting the art project that became an open-air memorial museum.
Now, more than twenty years after the start of the project, such Stumbling Stones can be found in over twenty countries. In 2016 four Lithuanian cities – Vilnius, Kaunas, Panevėžys and Šiauliai – joined the Stolpersteine project.
The first Stumbling Stones in our country were installed by the Lithuanian Centre for Human Rights in the summer of 2016, in partnership with the Jewish Community of Lithuania, the Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum, the Public Institution Roma Community Centre, the Lithuanian Roma Community, the Vilnius Old Town Community Association, the historians Ilya and Lara Lempert, and the collectors of living history of the Roma people, Vida Beinortienė and Sister Daiva Tumasonytė.
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Front Control (The Pilates Plank): Common Mistakes and ModificationsJan 16, 2019
I can’t keep count of how often people mention “Plank” when suggesting exercises that improve core strength. It’s often the first exercise that comes to mind when the goal is to strengthen your abdominals and improve trunk stability.
Yes, Plank, or Front Control, as we Pilates snobs professionals like to call it, is a decent exercise with lots of benefits, but it’s not the ultimate core strength exercise. Let’s explore that.
FYI: I usually refer to a Plank as the high Push-Up position. Many people mean an Elbow Plank, where you support yourself not on your hands, but on your elbows. (Just to clear up the confusion.)
First, let's practice a Front Control so we can feel in our bodies, what's going on, and then we'll analyze. First the body, then the mind.
Since you are supporting yourself on your arms, the strength of your arms and shoulders has a lot to do with how successful you are at a Plank. If your arms, pecs, or shoulders are fairly strong, then you have a much easier time with Plank, and you might wonder what you’re doing wrong that you don’t feel your core.
You are also supporting yourself on your feet. If your thighs and ankles are strong, then you’ll use those more than your core.
If the opposite is true, namely that your arms and legs are on the weak side, then your core can’t get a good grip because it’s not being suspended by strong extremities.
Two very common reasons why someone might not be able to get the most out of Front Control are poor spine alignment and if the pelvis is too low.
Pilates Plank Common Mistakes
Common Plank Mistake #1: Arched Back
If someone's spine is slightly extended (arched, such as in an anterior pelvic tilt), then the abdominals are in a lengthened position which puts them at a disadvantage for contracting. If this person's abdominals are weak, then the abdominals just can't do it. By curling the tailbone slightly (image a dog with its tail between his legs), the spine is being lengthened, the abdominals shortened and the core can work the way it should.
Common Plank Mistake #2: Pelvis Too Low
We learn to align the pelvis in a diagonal from head to feet. That's a very generalized guideline and doesn't accommodate individual differences.
If your abdominals are too weak to support the weight of your pelvis suspended between shoulders and feet, then your pelvis will drop. This in turn will extend your spine and we're back and the problem above.
Imagine a heavy person lying down into a hammock, the hammock will sink lower than if a small child lies in the hammock. The hammock material in this picture is your abdominal wall. The stronger it is the more weight it can safely support. But if it's weak, it'll be sagging.
Pilates Plank Regressions
Elevate Your Torso
If a "regular" Front Control is too difficult for you or your client, make it a bit easier by elevating your upper body, such as on the Spine Corrector. (If you don't have a spine corrector, you can choose a couch or chair instead.)
If they can't support themselves on their hands, due to either weak hands or forearms or painful writs, due to carpal tunnel syndrome, for example, perform the plank on your elbows. Or choose ghosts or a wedge, depending.
Pilates Plank Progressions
To make your plank more challenging, add movement to this static hold.
Reduce the Contact Points With The Floor
Lifting one leg at a time as in the Leg Pull (that you've already seen in the video above) challenges your body to maintain its position despite the asymmetrical load. You can basically not use the strength of one leg, which means other body parts, your obliques, spine muscles, arms, and other leg have to work harder.
Place Your Hands On A Wobbly Surface
Flip your Pilates Arc upside down. Just holding the Plank position might not be such a big deal, but wait until you try to lift one leg. Whew! Now, that's a party, an #obliqueparty!
Finally, why we perceive Plank to be such a good (hear: hard) exercise is because it works on a bunch of things at the same time. It challenges three large areas of the body simultaneously, which just makes it feel harder. But it’s not the best core exercise. That award goes to Chest Lift, any exercise of the Stomach Series, the Hundred, Dead Bugs, Short Box, and a bunch more.
Bottom line, Front Control strengthens your arms, shoulders, core, and legs. But only the front side of those areas. I highly recommend you practice Back Control (aka Upward Facing Plank) at least as often to strengthen the backside of your body. If you try it you’ll most likely discover that it’s much harder than Front Control. Because most of us are even weaker on our backsides than our fronts. Yikes.
Now I want to hear from you:
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Bigleaf, oak-leaf and panicle hydrangeas are well-suited to container culture, and growing them in containers has some advantages. You can move container-grown hydrangeas out of sight after the leaves drop and the shrub is no longer interesting. Hydrangeas fail to bloom when hit by freezing temperatures before they are completely dormant and when snow and ice damage the branches. You can move container-grown plants to a protected area when unseasonable or severe weather threatens. Gardeners enjoy manipulating the colour of bigleaf hydrangea blossoms, and the soil manipulations are easier to accomplish with container-grown plants.
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Big leaf hydrangea (H. macrophylla) is also called Japanese, French or snowball hydrangea. The two flower types produce remarkably different effects. Mopheads are big balls of showy flowers, and lacecaps are large central discs of tiny fertile flowers with large, showy, sterile flowers around the outer edges. The flowers are naturally white, but you can change the colour to pink or blue by adjusting the soil pH and aluminium content. Variegata is a lacecap type with showy, variegated leaves. Tovelit is a dwarf shrub with mophead flower clusters. The new foliage on Golden Sunlight starts yellow, maturing to pale green. The lacecap flowers start light green and mature to pale pink.
Panicle hydrangea (H. paniculata) produces long panicles of flowers from midsummer until fall. The branches often droop from the weight of the 6- to 8-inch panicles loaded with masses of white flowers. The Swan and Limelight cultivars are well-suited to containers, with panicles that grow up to a foot long. They make showy specimen plants for decks and patios when trained to the shape of a small tree. Little Lamb and Pee Wee are dwarf varieties with a compact habit.
The ornamental qualities of oak-leaf hydrangea (H. quercifolia) make it ideal for patio containers. The flower panicles measure up to 14 inches and the foliage has outstanding fall colour in shades of burgundy to purple. The cinnamon-coloured, exfoliating bark keeps the container interesting after the leaves drop. The Flemygea cultivar has large, showy panicles on erect stems. Pee Wee, Little Honey and Sike's dwarf are small cultivars that work well in containers.
A dwarf hydrangea that grows only to 2 feet tall grows well in a 12-inch diameter container. Larger shrubs need an 18-inch pot. Use a good quality soilless potting mixture with particles no more than 1/4 inch wide. Most potting mixtures contain enough plant food to sustain the plant for a month or two. When the fertiliser is depleted, use a slow-release fertiliser according to the package instructions. Keep the soil moist to the touch, but not soggy or wet. Water-absorbent crystals or gels can help maintain the moisture level. Place the containers in a lightly-shaded location, with bright sun in the morning and a little shade in the heat of the afternoon.
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Introducing sight words “saw” and “where” in interactive text, this fill-in-the-blanks flip book is sure to capture the attention of your emergent readers! Book Y: “Hide and Seek” allows students to illustrate playing a game of hide-and-go-seek with their friends. Use this opportunity to teach proper noun punctuation as they write the names of friends on the blanks. Students can illustrate each page with their own drawings, or they can cut and paste photos on each page then fill in the blanks to match.
Along with easy-to-follow dotted sentences, this easy sight word flip books teach one-to-one correspondence as well as connect word identification to the student’s own world. After finishing each book, students can read by themselves or with help from a more proficient reader. The possibilities are endless for these printable sight word books!
Students will love the chance to share this personalized reader with parents and friends. With space to either glue photos or to illustrate their own, this sight word reader helps students to understand the function of everyday items. Lead your preschooler through 2nd grade students through this sight word book where illustrations and sentences come alive!
In this leveled sight word book, you will find:
Focus sight words: next, away
Sight Words used: and, there, I, went, next, will, go
New Words: here, live, last
Next leveled sight word book in this series: “Bugs Can Bug Me!”
Preceding leveled sight word book in this series: “Here and There”
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In the late 1940s, Laubser moved from her family's farm to a house in the Strand that she named ‘Altyd Lig’ (Always Light), where she would live for the rest of her life. After this move, she continued working within the various themes and tropes that she had become well known for such as in the present lot: landscapes with villages, women carrying bundles of sticks, and livestock. However, these works were now mostly constructed from memory as is the case here. Dalene Marais explains this: “Where figures are usually small in the landscapes, birds, trees, cattle, and houses are generally big. It is as if these diminishing figures become a symbol of Maggie’s physical withdrawal from nature in this phase.”1
1. Dalene Marais (1994) Maggie Laubser: her paintings, drawings and graphics. Johannesburg: Perskor, page 55.
Mr PJ Naudé, Durban.
Thence by descent to the current owner.
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The 4th of July will be here soon, ushering in a whole new season of fireworks shows. Does your dog have firework fears? Your dog is not alone. Many dogs are afraid of fireworks. There are ways that you can help your dog through this firework season. Let’s explore what you can do!
Fireworks Are Back
The past few years, summers have been relatively quiet. The pandemic kept a lot of people away from crowds and fireworks shows were canceled in many places. Once the vaccine came out last year, fears of COVID-19 began to subside.
This year, people are ready to get back to life as usual. There are likely to be more crowds and parties this summer than in the past few years. What does that mean? The firework shows will be back in full force.
For dogs with firework fears, this year could be rough. They have gotten used to things being quieter over the last few years – and some pups are too young to have known life before the pandemic.
Why Dogs Have Firework Fears
Many humans enjoy a good firework show. So why do dogs have firework fears? There are two main reasons:
- Fear of the unknown
When a dog hears those big booms being shot off, the dog doesn’t know what is going on. Is it a threat? Biologically, just like us, dogs are programmed to fear anything that could be a threat to their survival.
- Fireworks are loud
A human’s hearing is geared towards hearing the voices of other humans. A dog’s hearing is geared towards being able to hear small pray in the wilderness. Dogs can hear noises that are far too quiet and high pitched for humans to hear (source). Loud percussive noises, like fireworks, can be too much for a dog’s super sensitive hearing.
Ways To Prepare For The Big Booms
You may not be able to stop the big booms from coming, but you can prepare to handle you dog’s firework fears. Here are a few ideas to get you started:
- Talk to your veterinarian
Your veterinarian may have so great tips for addressing firework fears that will be suited to your dog’s particular situation. Never give your dog any medication without talking to your veterinarian first. Even medications prescribed for your dog can have side effects. Read all the information with any drug and weigh the pro and cons.
- Create a safe space for your dog
It could help to have a safe, quiet place for your dog to relax during the firework shows. No one should be able to go into this room during the firework show. You may want to play a little soft music to help drown out the loud booms. Make sure that your dog is familiar with this room as a place to relax before it is needed.
- Plan a trip away from the city
Do you know when your local firework shows will be? Plan a trip out to the countryside to relax with your dog away from the big booms. Visiting a friend outside of your city might be helpful too.
- Use Dog Earplugs
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With the overturning of Roe v. Wade on Friday, many pro-abortion Democrats are turning to unconventional methods to circumvent statewide abortion regulations. The latest of these Democrats was Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers, who has promised to grant clemency to abortionists who would be charged under his state’s abortion ban.
In Wisconsin, an 1849 law banning abortion (that would later be nullified as a result of Roe v. Wade in 1973) retook effect following the Supreme Court’s opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson. In spite of this news, Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul (D) has said he will refuse to enforce the law, though his refusal does not prevent district attorneys or state lawmakers from taking action.
Hence, Evers is aiming to fill any gaps in the swing state’s pro-abort leadership.
Evers first brought up his plan at the Wisconsin Democratic Convention on Saturday, saying, “The 1849 law says that anybody that provides an abortion is subject to a felony, one to six years. Did you ever think about the word clemency? I will provide clemency to any physician that is charged under that law.”
Evers also called SCOTUS' Friday ruling “bullsh*t” to thunderous applause from the Democrat audience, and added, “I don’t think that a law that was written before the Civil War, or before women secured the right to vote, should be used to dictate these intimate decisions on reproductive health.”
A handful of Democratic politicians are suddenly finding themselves in states that no longer permit abortion, and as such, are throwing anything and everything against the wall to see what sticks.
In the neighboring Michigan, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) is suing in an attempt to nullify Michigan’s pre-Roe abortion ban through the state Supreme Court. And as I covered on Tuesday, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is just bursting at the seams with potential loopholes for her party to take advantage of.
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I’ve been thinking in speculative directions lately, and nothing is more speculative than the question of whether we’ll one day be able to extend the human lifespan. The notion of living longer is certainly pleasant to contemplate personally, but I’m not convinced it would be positive for humanity as a whole. As I wrote in “Who Wants to Live Forever?“, the invention of anti-aging therapy could be a disaster, if it freezes the human race’s moral opinions exactly as they are now: imagine North Korea as a cult state worshipping an immortal tyrant in fact and not just in ideology. And then there are the ecological implications, as in Kim Stanley Robinson’s Mars trilogy, where the invention of an anti-senescence therapy catapults the Earth into a disastrous “hypermalthusian” era.
But whatever the moral or political implications of immortality, I have no doubt that it’s possible. There are any number of species in nature that exhibit negligible senescence, and some that have even more impressive tricks: like Turritopsis nutricula, a jellyfish that can revert from its adult, free-swimming medusa form back into its larval polyp form, as if an adult could age in reverse and turn back into a child.
Given these natural templates to study, I have little doubt that human beings will eventually invent a therapy that prevents aging, maybe even one that reverses it. I’m not saying I expect this to happen in my lifetime; in fact, I think it probably won’t. (Ending death is a noble goal, but I suspect the life-extension advocates who argue that it’s just around the corner are falling prey to wishful thinking. This particularly applies to those who are trying to stay alive until it happens, like Ray Kurzweil and his bizarre, unproven 150-pill regimen.)
But when we invent a real treatment for aging – when we can stop people from growing old, when we can rejuvenate ourselves at will – that will be the acid test of whether most religious people really believe what they say they do. Most religions teach that death is only the gateway into another realm of existence, one so blissful that we should envy the dead rather than mourn them. In a world where death is inevitable, that may be a comforting belief. But what happens when death is no longer inevitable? What will happen in a world where, barring rare accidents, people must choose to die? Will theists choose their faith in an afterlife over the certainty of an earthly life?
My guess is that when life-extending technology is invented, the clerics and fundamentalists – the people most invested in religious belief – will denounce it as the ultimate violation of God’s plan, and will probably outlaw it wherever they have the power; but the vast majority of ordinary people, religious or not, will be clamoring for it. And I think this may be the wedge that splits religion once and for all.
Past and present moral struggles, like the revolutions in women’s rights, racial justice and gay rights, have diminished the moral authority of the churches that resisted them. But the impact of this one will be far greater, because it affects everyone. Most churchgoers aren’t directly affected by issues of racial discrimination or marriage equality, so they can afford to ignore what their church teaches about them, but when your pastor tells you that you have to stop taking the medicine that’s keeping you alive, people tend to take that sort of thing personally. When you combine this with the observation that people with more secure, prosperous lives see less need for the consolations of religion – and people who have no fear of death are the logical culmination of this – the invention of an anti-aging therapy could well lead to a massive exodus from the churches.
The question then becomes, what will happen to the people who stay behind? Obviously, those who refuse the treatment will age and die off as humanity always has. Normally, they’d propagate their beliefs by passing them on to their children – except I suspect that, as with every other social advance, anti-aging therapy will seem completely normal to those who grow up with it, and the previous generation’s resistance will look like irrational prejudice. And if that next generation opts for the treatment and ends up leaving or getting kicked out of their churches, leaving their stubborn elders to commit suicide by aging, it may well be that the invention of rejuvenation will mean the end of religion as we currently know it.
The invention of true immortality will be a sharp discontinuity with everything that came before, demanding a completely new model of human life and society. There are bound to be holdouts: I’m sure some religious fundamentalists and others will retreat into isolated enclaves, trying to keep their children even from finding out that such a technology exists, but these bubbles will inevitably erode. I don’t want to be excessively optimistic – as I said, the arrival of immortality will bring with it an array of completely new problems, some far more serious than anything it cures. But when that day does come, I think, it will be the humanists who inherit the earth.
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Biblical DoctrinesISBN: 9780851515342
B.B. Warfield (1851-1921) is widely recognised as a great English speaking orthodox theologian of the early twentieth century. This book is a collection of his essays ranging in topics from the Trinty, the Person & Work of Christ, Redemption & Faith and many more.
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When you think about saving money, do sepia-tone images of coupon mailers and single-ply bathroom tissue enter your mind? If so, you may want to take a fresh look at saving in 2013.
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While technology drives many of the tips below, legislative and economic shifts are behind others. But no matter its cause, each of these methods offers an opportunity to save that may not have existed a few years ago.
Here are seven ways to increase your savings in 2013.
1. Examine online banks
Banking has endured plenty of change in recent years, but there's been at least one positive outcome of the chaos: the rise of the online bank. As interest rates have fallen and fees have risen at traditional banks, online banks have bucked these trends on the strength of their low overhead.
The most recent rate study by MoneyRates.com indicates that the average savings account interest rate at online banks is nearly three times the average rate at traditional banks. In addition, the latest MoneyRates.com bank fee study finds that checking accounts at online banks are about twice as likely to be free of monthly maintenance fees as their brick-and-mortar counterparts. So if your current accounts are low on interest and high on fees, online banks may be worth a look.
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2. Look at new credit card rewards offers
A recent Associated Press story described today as a "golden age" for rewards credit cards. The prominence of rewards cards today is due in part to the CARD act of 2010, which sliced into card-company profits and prompted them to create new offers to entice spending. According to Brian Riley, a senior research director at CEB TowerGroup quoted in the AP article, more than 60% of credit cards offer some type of rewards program today.
A card with an attractive cash-back rewards program may offer between 1 and 5% on regular spending, which can result in significant earnings to help pay your monthly bill. But to ensure real savings, it's crucial to pay the full balance on your card every month -- lest interest charges negate those rewards.
3. Consider refinancing -- again
After years of historically cheap rates, mortgage rates hit new lows in December, according to mortgage website HSH.com. Rates below 4% for 30-year fixed-rate mortgages were the norm in 2012, making refinances cost-effective for a greater number of homeowners -- even those who have refinanced previously.
In addition, home prices rose for the sixth straight month in November, according to the S&P/Case-Shiller home price index. Higher home values may help some homeowners reach the equity standards necessary to lock in a new low rate. So if you have been considering a first or additional refinance, it's hard to imagine a better time to try.
4. Explore new car insurance discounts
Your insurance rates are based on assumptions of your driving habits. But letting your insurance company observe your driving through on-board vehicle monitoring equipment may allow you to actually demonstrate how safely you drive -- and lower your rates in the process.
A recent article on CarInsurance.com detailed how some of these cutting-edge programs work. But if installing this equipment feels too invasive, there are plenty of other modern discount programs -- such as programs that reduce your premiums for each year you don't have an accident -- that may also make shopping for a new policy worthwhile.
5. Review your 401(k) contributions
Fidelity Investments recently reported that average employer contributions to its 401(k) accounts have grown 19% in the past five years, more than doubling the growth rate of employee contributions. That means that either employees who enjoy a company match have been taking advantage of it more aggressively, or that companies have upped their willingness to match employee contributions. But in either case, it's a trend you should note.
A company match of your 401(k) contributions amounts to free money for your retirement savings. So if your employer has recently changed its policy or you haven't reviewed your 401(k) terms recently, 2013 is a great time to re-examine your contributions.
6. Rethink cable
Considered indispensable by TV fans a few years ago, cable television has encountered serious competition recently. Streaming video services, such as Netflix and Hulu Plus, offer a compelling alternative to cable -- perhaps even compelling enough for you to drop cable entirely.
But if you aren't ready to go cold-turkey on cable, downgrading to a cheaper package may allow you to test the waters of cable alternatives while still keeping some cable. Given the relatively low cost of some streaming video services, you may still net an overall savings.
7. Think about digital subscriptions
Gartner Research forecasts that 2012 tablet sales will nearly double 2011 figures. If you regularly spend time on a tablet and still subscribe to print magazines, the time may be right to turn some of your subscriptions digital.
Digital subscriptions are typically cheaper than printed versions, and the latest issues arrive sooner. So unless the tactile experience of glossy paper is worth the extra cost to you -- not that there's anything wrong with that -- examining your favorite magazines' digital options is a good idea.
In a world where technology routinely uproots tradition, there's little sense in ignoring new ways to strengthen your finances. But new or old, any technique you use to build savings will only be as effective as your resolve to avoid spending more elsewhere. Some things never change.
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Poverty Rate, PPI
- Sep 17, 2014
The U.S. official poverty rate in 2013 was 14.5 percent, down from 15 percent in 2012, the Census Bureau reported on Tuesday. That’s because as the nation’s population grew, the number of people in poverty, according to the official definition at least, did not.
For the third consecutive year, the 45.3 million people living at or below the poverty line in 2013 didn’t represent a statistically significant change from the previous year’s estimate. As defined by the Office of Management and Budget and updated for inflation using the CPI, the average poverty threshold for a family of four in 2013 was income of $23,834 a year.
Median household annual income in the United States in 2013 was $51,939, a little up in real terms from the 2012 median of $51,759, but a movement the bureau calls “not statistically significant.” This is the second consecutive year that the annual change wasn’t statistically significant, following two consecutive annual declines, so perhaps post-recession stability in income is setting in.
The bureau also had other economic conditions to report. For instance, in spring 2007, before the recession, there were 19.7 million “shared” U.S. households, representing 17 percent of all households. By spring 2014, the number had increased to 23.5 million, or 19.1 percent of all households. Shared households are those that include at least one “additional” adult: a person 18 or older who isn’t enrolled in school and isn’t the householder, spouse or cohabiting partner of the householder.
Also, in spring 2014, 6.1 million young adults age 25 to 34 (14.4 percent) lived with their parents. Neither the number nor percentage experienced a statistically significant change from 2013, the bureau noted.
PPI Doesn’t Move in August
Another sign of muted inflation: The Producer Price Index for final demand, which tracks wholesale prices, was unchanged in August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said on Tuesday. Final demand prices advanced 0.1 percent in July and 0.4 percent in June. The index for final demand increased 1.8 percent for the 12 months ended in August.
A 0.3 percent rise in prices for final demand services in August offset a 0.3 percent decrease in the index for final demand goods, rendering the movement of the overall PPI zero. The drop for final demand goods was the largest decrease since a 0.7 percent decline in April 2013. More than 80 percent of the August decline was because wholesale prices for energy fell 1.5 percent.
On a more granular level, wholesale prices for natural gas, chicken eggs, diesel fuel, electric power and raw cotton also moved lower, as did health, beauty and optical goods. On the other hand, the index for potatoes surged 28 percent. Prices for wholesale pharmaceutical preparations and jet fuel also advanced.
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Preschool Work Box or Busy Box
A sneak peak into our first daily busy box and how we will use it during the day!
Encouraging independent and quiet play in a simple box!
A special busy box just for him with something new and different to try! What could be better than that to encourage independence, a sense of accomplishment and maybe a few minutes of quiet play and learning! Change the activities daily or create a few different boxes to switch around!
Why make a busy box or work box?
My take on parenting was initially the reward was in the success of the project or activity and hadn’t wanted to offer external rewards. Sadly, Liam needs far more motivation than the reward of self satisfaction. Therefore, this busy box will also serve as a way to earn the external rewards he prefers so much. The work box provides a clear structure for a reward system and will hopefully help him complete each item with some interest.
Here’s what’s in our very first work box:
I kept it super simple and straightforward. These are all activities that Liam is familiar with and can do on his own with little direct help. I am hoping that most of the work box can be done independently or with simple prompts or directions to start. Activities with multiple items, I grouped into dollar store pencil bags. Each task or activity is separated as best as possible, but I will provide dot markers, pencils and crayons in a separate container so he can chose colors if requested!
1. Alphabet wooden puzzle
Great for fine motor skills, task completion and letter recognition
2. Cutting practice bag.
He enjoys cutting straws and I added some leftover cutting strips from our fall themed invitation to practice cutting. You can find them at the Enchanted Schoolroom.
3. Count and clip bag.
I printed out Halloween themed count and clip cards from 3 Dinosaurs Halloween Pack. I added 15 mini clothes pins to the bag. He has done many of these before and enjoys the clothes pins. He also enjoys 1:1 counting some what!
4. Kumon workbook sheets.
I have three books I pull from, coloring, mazes, and tracing. I encourage him to do the mazes and tracing in several different colors each for more practice. We are just starting the coloring book so hopefully this will be easy. Liam is not a fan of any coloring!
5. Dot marker sheet.
This spider web dot marker sheet also from 3 Dinosaurs Halloween Pack looked like fun! Lots of dots to carefully mark 😉
His therapist has been really working with him on looking at books independently, making up stories and looking closely at the pictures. Often if Liam is left to his own devices, he is more than likely going to look through a book than build with blocks. He loves for us to read to him too!
He will receive a star on his reward chart for each activity in the work box. When he completes the work box he will earn a reward. More than likely, he will chose a television show. My goal for the work boxes is to either increase the number of activities or the difficulty level of the activities or maybe a mix throughout the week. I am hoping the work boxes will get more involved and interesting the more we do so that he will be interested in what’s inside rather than just the reward for completing the work box.
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What does difficulty mean?
Each cryptocurrency has a cryptographic algorithm that determines the difficulty involved in solving the problem that mines a block. And each has a method for adjusting difficulty so that blocks are not mined too quickly or easily.
While you probably haven’t thought about it, setting the mining difficulty of a coin is a critical task, and one that has to be approached with finesse and balance.
If it is too easy to mine blocks the market will quickly become flooded with coins, rendering them worthless. If it is too difficult to mine a block the miners soon lose interest as they aren’t making any profits.
The issue of too much difficulty has already come up in relation to Bitcoin. It is now become so difficult to mine Bitcoin that many miners have been unable to justify the cost of the specialized hardware needed to mine a block successfully.
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While AMD has been getting quite a lot of deserved attention from the enthusiast crowd it has recently come to our attention that for those looking for the best bang for the buck overclocking system, Intel might have something up their sleeves.
With the introduction of the Pentium D 805 Intel is offering a Dual Core CPU at half the price of the cheapest AMD Dual Core offering, and for those looking for even cheaper parts the Celeron D 356 based on 65nm process has been released too, challenging the AMD Sempron product line. While performance of both parts have been compared to the competition numerous times, we thought it would be interesting to see how these two “budget” CPU would overclock using plain air cooling (It’s hard to justify installing a $600 subzero cooling on a $150 CPU)Specification Comparison
Celeron D 356
Pentium D 805
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We had to find a Socket T/S775 motherboard which offered good overclocking abilities but didn’t cost an arm and a leg, the Asus P5LD2 based on the Intel 945P chipset priced at ~$110 seems to be a good choice.CPU Support: Intel Pentium D/Pentium 4 HT/Celeron D
DDR2 Standard: DDR2 667
PCI Express x1: 3
PCI Express x16: 1
The motherboard’s chipsets are cooled passively interesting for those who like to build a silent budget PC
The Asus P5LD2 comes with enough features to not leave you wanting; you get RAID 0/1/5/0+1 support, onboard sound and network. For a more details on the P5LD2 check out the Asus product page.
The BIOS on the Asus offers quite a lot of options to get your system running above default
You have control over the FSB/Memory divider, so you can run the memory asynchronous from the FSB if you are using lower clocked DDR2 sticks. DDR2 voltage can be increased to 2.3v.
CPU voltage goes all the way up to 1.7v! If you are lucky enough to get your hands on an ES (Engineering Sample) you can control the CPU multiplier also in the BIOS. Last BIOS screen shows the variety of memory timings you can adjust.
Windwithme's Test Setup
|CPU Cooling || Thermaltake Sonic Tower & Stock Cooling|
|Mainboard ||Asus P5LD2|
|Memory ||2*512MB DDRII 667|
|Video ||nVidia 6600GT|
|Other || Seagate 7200.7 80GB SATA|
Maxtor 30GB 5,400rpm
Seasonic 380W PSU
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When Mark McNeal, facilities specialist at Ohio’s Hospice of Dayton, arrived for his shift on…
In 1913 a flood swept through Dayton Ohio destroying thousands of homes, killing hundreds of people, and taking the lives of over one thousand horses. There are not many people alive today who can relay these memories first-hand, but Dorothy Staeuble is one who can. At one hundred and one years old she can tell you what she remembers of the flood: the death of her fathers’ horses as he tried desperately to lead them away from the too-quickly-rising waters of the Great Miami River.
Dorothy has lived in Dayton her entire life and, with the exception of the flood and the painfully challenging times during the Great Depression, she has fond memories of her life here. Memories of dancing with her girlfriends at Triangle Park where she says softly “I guess I was okay because someone always wanted to dance with me.” While the details are, at times, a bit fuzzy, the smile that brightens her face as she recollects those days of dancing is not. Memories of summer vacation bus rides to deliver lunch to her father, followed immediately by a walk through town to see a picture show. And, memories of a past well lived that has left her with a sense of heartfelt presence in all of her todays.
These days, you can find Dorothy nestled into the recliner, strategically placed, no doubt, near the door of her apartment in an assisted living facility. The large, open window in the room provides an abundance of light as numerous birds play just beyond its panes. She greets you with a smile, happy to have the company and when you ask her about her life and what it feels like to be her age she’ll tell you it is prayer that has kept her all of these years. So, she spends some of her days leading the rosary prayer with other residents, hoping that maybe, just maybe, it can give them the longevity it has already given her.
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Designing Meaningful Adult Learning Experiences
This post is by Ratha Kelly, High Tech High Graduate School of Education Resident at High Tech Elementary North County
The Toy Story: The Power of Play project slice was planned and facilitated by Ratha Kelly, Paul North, Stacey Lopaz, Melissa Daniels, and Lillian Hsu.
At 8:00 a.m., 25 staff members slowly enter a room. They are greeted with smiles from four adults, the facilitators of the journey they are about to take. Some of the staff are new to the teaching profession while some have been teaching for years. Some of them are student support staff and others are interested in school leadership. All of them are here to grow their practice in project-based learning (PBL) structures through an immersive experience called the Odyssey Slice.
Our project title was Toy Story: The Power of Play. We were adapting a second grade project that explored the question: What is the power of play? for an adult audience. In this Slice, participants design toys and learn about different aspects of play, such as therapeutic play, and learning through play. The Slice is meant to be just that--a slice of what PBL practices look and feel like. With such a diverse group of participants in our Slice, we had to be mindful of how we designed the experience to best meet everyone's needs. How can we design professional development that is purposeful, practice-oriented, and meets the needs of diverse participants?
Building a Community of Learners
Our first step was to develop a community of learners. Just as we develop community with our students, it is important to develop community with adult learners. All learners need to feel safe and included in order to participate fully. At the beginning of our group's two day journey together, we opened with a name-game activity: Pass the Pilloji. This was a way to have all of our community members know each other's names, roles, and learn something interesting about each other. The facilitator, Paul, started us out by sharing first. This set the tone by demonstrating openness, vulnerability, and humor. The comments that followed might have taken longer than our scheduled plan, but it allowed all of the members of our community to feel open with each other, laugh together, and share about themselves. The comments that were shared were honored, and even referenced throughout our two days together, evidence of attentive and active listening, which are great traits of a community of caring learners! Afterward we built norms and discussed what kind of learning community we would like to be. Even though the Slice would only last a few days, we felt it was important to create norms so that we could continue to learn and grow from each other. Some of the norms that our group brainstormed were to be accountable, responsible, respectful and present. We sought to acknowledge voices and opinions, and to be open to viewing things from a different perspective. Throughout the two days, we came back and reflected on our norms as a group to continue to hold each other accountable.
Taking a Meta-moment
In order to best teach PBL practices, we made sure to encourage our participants to fully engage in the professional development process. We designed an experience that allowed them to be actively engaged in each part of the project process. From the project launch to developing the criteria for the products, the participants experienced what each component of PBL feels like. We brought in an expert Toymaker, who was able to guide the participants through the process of making a toy, giving tips and advice and hands-on expertise. To explore our essential questions, participants also talked to play therapists at the preschool we were partnered with. We also brainstormed other experts that could help enhance the project.
We incorporated "meta-moments" throughout the day--moments where we stepped aside and took off our learner hats and put on our teacher hats. What is the purpose of this activity? What were some facilitator moves you noticed that you could apply to your practice? In these discussions, we took a break from being a learner and really thought about what was at the heart of the activity and the learning. This was an important time for reflection and connection for our participants because it allowed them to really look at not only the what and how, but also the why. For example, after meeting the experts, we discussed the purpose of bringing in experts and how they add value to a project. Oftentimes, we participate in amazing professional development, but hardly have time to process the entire experience. We receive so much information, but are left wondering how the information is applicable to our situation. In carving out the time to process the experience immediately, we were able to identify and then reinforce connections to our own practice. Furthermore, participants were able to establish connections with each other, build on each other's ideas, and really take a moment to step back and see the forest through the trees.
One of the most important moments for me was a literature discussion using the Final Word Protocol from The National School Reform Faculty to ensure an equitable discussion. We had the participants read an article that was connected to the project. Afterward, our meta-moment was not about the process, or the choosing of the article, but rather about how protocols can be a tool for equity in our classrooms. As resources, we also provided additional protocols that our participants could use as a tool for ensuring equitable practices with their staff as well as their students. This immediate connection encouraged the participants to be thoughtful in how they might incorporate this into their practice throughout the year.
Teachers also had the opportunity to use their meta-moments to reflect on the core High Tech High design principles of having an authentic audience and real-world connections. The participants were making toys for preschool students who were victims of domestic violence. Our learning of therapeutic play, building relationships, and the power of toys and toy-making design helped guide their experiential learning. One participant, Charlene, reflected on the process, "I understand the importance of extending our learning out of the classroom and into the real world. The opportunity for authentic audiences is so priceless that I can't imagine doing a project without considering our external impacts on the community in addition to my learning goals for students."
It is important to design purposeful learning experiences for adults. We want educators to understand the what and the how, which is often touched upon in professional development, but we must also connect the what and the how to the why. Providing meaningful authentic examples of teaching and creating space for educators to reflect on their experiences helps ensure a successful professional development experience.
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Reuters – China said on Friday it was "strongly dissatisfied" after a U.S. military plane flew over part of the South China Sea near where China is building artificial islands, and called on the United States to stop such action or risk causing an accident.
The Chinese navy issued eight warnings to the U.S. P8-A Poseidon, the U.S. military's most advanced surveillance aircraft, when it conducted the overflights on Wednesday, according to CNN, which had a team on board the U.S. aircraft.
China claims 90 percent of the South China Sea, which is believed to be rich in oil and gas, its claims overlapping with those of Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Taiwan.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said the Chinese military drove away the U.S. aircraft, in accordance with relevant regulations, labeling the U.S. action a security threat to China's islands and reefs.
"Such action is likely to cause an accident, it is very irresponsible and dangerous and detrimental to regional peace and stability. We express our strong dissatisfaction, we urge the U.S. to strictly abide by international law and international rules and refrain from taking any risky and provocative actions," he told a news conference.
"China will continue to closely monitor the relevant area and take the necessary and appropriate measures to prevent harm to the safety of China’s islands and reefs as well as any sea and air accidents."
Recent satellite images suggest China has made rapid progress in filling in land in contested territory in the Spratly islands and in building an airstrip suitable for military use and that it may be planning another.
The senior U.S. diplomat for the East Asia, Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Russel, told a media briefing in Washington the U.S. reconnaissance flight was "entirely appropriate" and that U.S. naval forces and military aircraft would "continue to fully exercise" the right to operate in international waters and airspace.
On Thursday, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Antony Blinken said China's land reclamation in the South China Sea was undermining freedom and stability and risked provoking tension that could lead to conflict.
The Global Times, a tabloid owned by the ruling Communist Party's People's Daily, called the U.S. overflights "provocative".
"Washington is purposefully raising tensions with China, a move that has created a higher risk of a physical confrontation," the newspaper said in an editorial on Friday.
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Farmers in the middle of London have headed 30 metres underground to grow their crops.
They've fitted out old World War Two air raid tunnels with hydroponic setups, to grow herbs and lettuce to supply consumers and restaurants in the middle of the city.
Steven Dring, from Zero Carbon Food, says they've faced a number of challenges, both practical and cultural.
"We went to Transport for London, they sort of own these tunnels, and said 'we want to put a farm down there', and they thought we were growing weed or were mental, and they still gave us the keys.
"We went down there, started using just a sort of simple one light, one simple hydroponic system and results were amazing, so we scaled up from there."
Mr Dring says that LED lights provide the same spectrum of light as the sun and that allows the plants, mostly micro-herbs at this stage, to grow as if above ground.
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CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE
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This publication presents estimates of selected major indicators of manufacturing production for Australia.
More detailed and other commodity items are collected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and are available to users on request and for a charge, as are monthly series for a limited number of data items. These data items are listed in paragraph 21 of the Explanatory Notes.
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William F. Miller of Camden county, New jersey, says : ” Horse-radish is started by setting out roots as early in the spring as the ground will permit. In taking up horse-radish there are always several small roots radiating from the main or tap root, used largely for grating. These small roots are cut off and used for starting new beds. Roots as large as a lead pencil, and larger, are taken off and used to good advantage. They are cut into lengths 4 to 6 inches and taper at the top or thick end; that is, they are cut on a slant and not square off.
These are gut in the ground so the thick end is upward, and 2 or 3 inches deep. This is to prevent any water from accumulating on the end of the plant, thus causing decay. Horse-radish delights in a rich soil and is ready for market by October. It can be left all winter and marketed in the spring if desired.
” I know of but one variety, and it is as hardy as dock when once started. Usually two to five plants can be cut from each root during harvest, besides having roots for sale. I started with 1,500 plants and in three years set out 40,000 besides selling a considerable number. The cost of horseradish sets or plants ranges from $2.50 to $3 a thousand roots. When set out, the rows should be about 3 feet apart and plants about 15 in the row.” | <urn:uuid:fe8a3333-af73-4b11-8eed-196598b71407> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://horticulture.yodelout.com/horse-radish/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279224.13/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00484-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967338 | 311 | 2.734375 | 3 |
Author: Andre Adrian
This directory is about VoIP telephone conference with speaker phones (hands free telephones). The application is an intercom - a telephone that has only short-dial buttons. See file CHANGES for the actual set of features.
faq_ec.txt Frequently asked questions draft-conference-01.txt Paper that explains the algorithm CHANGES Version History intercom-0.4.1-1.i386.rpm Latest Linux (SuSE 9.1) executeables RPM intercom-0-4.1.tgz Latest Sources intercom_user-guide_01.pdf User Guide for intercom echounterdruck.pdf German article about AEC in intercom
The application can:
Intercom is still very limited. But the things it can do, it does very well!
- dial an intercom partner via short-dial buttons
- transport your voice over IPv4 with RTP UDP unicast data packets
- make a telephone conference
- support wideband (16kHz sample frequency) Speex codec
- do call diversion
To play with intercom, you should download intercom-0.4.1-1.i386.rpm now. Extract the RPM as superuser (root) with the command:
rpm -Uvh intercom-0.4.1-1.i386.rpm
To start the application enter as normal user:
If this is the first start of intercom you get a message to edit file ~/.intercom.conf for your short-dial labels and your IP-addresses. Please do so and start intercom again.
Read intercom_user-guide_01.pdf on this webpage and the shell script /usr/local/bin/intercom to get an idea of what is going on. For better echo cancellation start intercom with the -m or -l option.
For a first test talk to yourself by clicking the button for your own IP-address, e.g. EDDF TEC2 if your computer is 192.168.1.2. The button should become green.
Note: A short click (less then 300ms) toggles on/off, a long click works as push-to-talk.
ATTENTION: The intercom application needs PCM out for playback. This hardware device is used also by other sound programs like MP3 players (e.g. xmms) or WAV record/playback programs like sweep and audacity. The intercom application blocks (freezes) as long as another program uses PCM out. There are ways around this like using ALSA with dmix plugin or esound. But this is not implemented.
If you dial another intercom station, you have a one-way connection from your microphone to the loudspeaker of your intercom partner. If your partner clicks on the proper button (the magenta one), both of you have a two-way communication. Now you or your partner can dial more intercom stations to make a conference with maximum 6 stations.
Note: Start intercom with the -t option to get "everybody can talk and listen with everybody else".
Read the file draft-conference-01.txt for more information on telephone conference.
Read the file draft-aec-03.txt for more information about acoustic echo cancellation.
For Codec License see ITU-T G.191, IETF RFC3951 or www.speex.org
Narrowband (8kHz sample frequency):
IETF iLBC 15.2kBit/s Global IP Sound iLBC Public License ITU-T G.711 A-law 64kBit/s ITU-T SOFTWARE TOOLS' GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE ITU-T G.711 u-law 64kBit/s ITU-T SOFTWARE TOOLS' GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE ITU-T G.726 32kBit/s ITU-T SOFTWARE TOOLS' GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE 3GPP GSM 13.2kBit/s ITU-T SOFTWARE TOOLS' GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
Wideband (16kHz sample frequency):
Speex 27.8kBit/s Xiph Licence (BSD like Licence)
Author: Andre Adrian
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Well, I can't speak for nursing school, yet. I won't be attending until this Fall. But, I can offer some tips which kept me sane during prereqs.
1) Buy a HUGE wall calendar and keep important dates on it, like tests
2) Buy a magic marker eraser board and keep any diagnostics or lab values on it or anything you want to remember that'll help you.
3) Buy an organzier/planner to take with you to class
4) Buy a voice recorder to record lectures if you will find that useful
5) Study a little bit each day
6) Ask for help when you need it. Preferably, before you find yourself 'sinking' in information
7) Enjoy what you are learning, it makes it that much more tolerable
8) Study smarter, not harder
9) Buy some supplemental books with Rationales, they may help explain information in a way you'll be able to understand it, and which is also different from your texts.
10) Stay positive, surround yourself with positive people. You're going to need support when going through this.
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Italian translation of uniqueness
Example Sentences Including 'uniqueness'
`There is now a way that I can secure the uniqueness of my own Dutch Blue Error," he said softly.The Dutch Blue Error
The richness of the natural diversity that surrounds us is mind-numbing, so vast is its variation and uniqueness.SPIX'S MACAW: The Race to Save the World's Rarest Bird (2002)
It explained the attitude of Jillian Squires: she too had seen and respected his uniqueness.THE GREENSTONE GRAIL: The Sangreal Trilogy One (2004)
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Welcome To The Faculty Of Arts, Training, And Sciences
This web site provides a spread of excessive-quality sources that empower educators, directors, mother and father, and most people to help bring this imaginative and prescient to life. Science and Engineering Practices describe what scientists do to analyze the natural world and what engineers do to design and construct systems. The practices better explain and extend what is supposed by “inquiry” in science and the vary of cognitive, social, and physical practices that it requires. Students have interaction in practices to construct, deepen, and apply their information of core concepts and crosscutting ideas. When these ideas, similar to “trigger and impact”, are made explicit for students, they may help college students develop a coherent and scientifically-based view of the world round them.
Students gain an appreciation of astronomical items and follow in manipulating powers of 10. By moreover making use of information of the H-R diagram and black physique radiation, accuracy may be improved to at least one order of magnitude.
In this work, a number of groups of students have been asked to attract graphs of elevation, velocity and acceleration as a operate of time, for 2 full jumps of the 2012 Olympic gold medal trampoline routine by Rosannagh MacLennan. We hoped that earlier kinaesthetic experiences of trampoline bouncing would help students make connections between the mathematical descriptions of elevation, velocity and acceleration, which is known to be challenging. However, very few of the coed responses made reference to private experiences of forces during bouncing. Most of the responses might be grouped into a few classes, which are presented and mentioned in the paper. Although the time dependence of elevation was drawn comparatively appropriately typically, many of the graphs of velocity and acceleration display a lack of know-how of the relation between these completely different elements of motion. The Ivy League – an elite group of eight private schools in the northeast of the United States – could be mentioned to symbolize such establishments.
He has been concerned in many research initiatives, obtained a number of analysis grants, scholarship and educational awards. He has printed many journal articles in IEEE, APBITM, JIBM and wrote a e-book chapter in The Handbook of Experiential Learning in International Business that is published by Palgrave Macmilan in 2014. He was additionally a columnist on Entrepreneurship journal and was an external reviewer of AIB and APIBTM. But significant science schooling depends on observations of the world around us, and may uncover truths and turn into exciting and enjoyable and thrilling. Recently on June 4, a senior U.S. official acknowledged that flying objects might not be UFOs, however rather superior supersonic weapons that China and Russia look like developing. These nations will proceed to compete strongly towards us not solely over the next few years, but undoubtedly over the rest of the century, if not longer, in ever-new areas.
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This may appear an extreme argument at a time when scientists have developed vaccines for Covid-19 remarkably quickly. However, the overwhelming majority of the public have not had an training in science that has adequately prepared them for the pandemic or to have interaction with the way more threatening issue of local weather change. Liem Gai Sin, Ph.D is the founder and president of Association of International Business and Professional Management.
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Intelligence is a property of the mind that includes many related skills such because the capacities to reason, plan, clear up problems, comprehend language and concepts, be taught new ideas, and assume abstractly. Historically, psychometricians have measured intelligence with a single rating on a standardized check, discovering that such scores are predictive of later mental achievement. Howard Gardner and others assert that there are a number of intelligences, and that no single score can precisely replicate a person’s intelligence. More importantly, the speculation of multiple intelligences implies that people study better by way of sure modalities than others, and that the science instructor ought to design curriculum to deal with as many modalities as potential. The numbers in parentheses indicate sections in this guide that handle every intelligence.
After Sputnik, the Cold War competition was extending into almost each aspect of American life, together with the classroom. In a five-half series, for example, LIFE magazine examined what it thought of the failings of the U.S. educational system compared to the Soviets. The first orbiting satellite, it’s unerringly described as a beeping, beach ball-sized harbinger of historical past. The entry of Sputnik, Russian for “companion,” into space marked the explosive starting of a brand new part of the Cold War. The competition also spurred American investments in schooling, particularly in science and engineering, which federal officers believed lagged sorely behind the Soviet model. | <urn:uuid:905fae6e-386b-483e-8ed9-bf9d1abd1b3f> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://university-acs.com/whats-education-science.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571987.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813202507-20220813232507-00274.warc.gz | en | 0.956209 | 986 | 2.296875 | 2 |
The Holiness and Power of God
In the summer of 1981, a Hollywood film was released that originally was not expected to be a “blockbuster” but turned out to be the biggest money-maker for that year. It was so successful that it has been recognized by the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. as an official classic film worthy of special preservation for future generations! It spawned a series of sequels, and I understand that a further installment of that series is due to be released next year.
“Raiders of the Lost Ark” surely drew some of its thematic material from the biblical text that forms the basis for this Sunday’s sermon: 1 Samuel 4:1-22. The idea that the Ark of God represented the awesome power and holiness of God, and the reality that whatever happened to the Ark is a real historical mystery lent appeal to the film. The biblical story is much better than the film!
A “classic film” from a generation ago might be a summer evening’s escapist entertainment, but the Word of God is living and alive today and ready to change lives for all eternity. The imagination of a film script writer is no comparison to the inspiration of God’s Word.
The author of Samuel wrote the original “blockbuster” story thousands of years ago, and it is still read, cherished, and changing lives. Together let’s dig into the text this Sunday. See you then!
This week the children have their sixth lesson in the book of Exodus, seeing how God provides for his saved people.
24 July, 31 July, 07 Aug and 28 Aug At this time, there will be no in-person groups on 31 Jul or 14 Aug. Lesson Title: God Feeds His People Text: Exodus 16:1–36 Big Idea: God responds to the grumbling of his people by miraculously providing meat and bread for them in the wilderness. Teaching Aim: To teach that God will always provide his people with their daily needs. We must trust him to do this in hard times. The memory verse for the Exodus series is:
“Now you have been set free from sin, and you are God’s slaves. This will make you holy and will lead you to eternal life” (Romans 6:22, CEV)
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IDEAS & TRENDS; The Lonely American Just Got a Bit Lonelier
By HENRY FOUNTAIN
Published: July 2, 2006
FOR as long as humans have gathered in groups, it seems, some people have been left on the outside looking in. In postwar America in particular, the idea that loneliness pervades a portion of society has been a near-constant. Only the descriptions have changed: the ''lonely crowd'' alienation of the 1950's; the grim career-driven angst of the 70's and 80's; the ''Bowling Alone'' collapse of social connections of the 90's.
There is a new installment in the annals of loneliness. Americans are not only lacking in bowling partners, now they're lacking in people to tell their deepest, darkest secrets. They've hunkered down even more, their inner circle often contracting until it includes only family, only a spouse or, at worst, no one.
And that is something the Internet may help ease, but is unlikely to cure.
A recent study by sociologists at Duke and the University of Arizona found that, on average, most adults only have two people they can talk to about the most important subjects in their lives -- serious health problems, for example, or issues like who will care for their children should they die. And about one-quarter have no close confidants at all.
''The kinds of connections we studied are the kinds of people you call on for social support, for real concrete help when you need it,'' said Lynn Smith-Lovin, a sociologist at Duke and an author of the study, which analyzed responses in interviews that mirrored a survey from 1985. ''These are the tightest inner circle.''
The study ''should provide a wake-up call to our society,'' said Bill Maier, a vice president and psychologist in residence with Focus on the Family, the evangelical Christian group. ''We're missing out on deep, meaningful interpersonal relationships.''
Yet within the analysis there was at least a suggestion of hope.
''The one type of relationship that actually went up was talking over personally important things with your spouse,'' Dr. Smith-Lovin said.
Like ''Bowling Alone,'' the essay and, later, book by Robert D. Putnam, a public policy professor a Harvard, the Duke study suggested that a weakening of community connections is in part responsible for increasing social isolation. More people are working and commuting longer hours and have little time for the kinds of external social activities that could lead to deeper relationships.
So the closest ties increasingly are limited to family members, in particular to spouses.
''That's probably a result of the fact that men's and women's lives are more structurally similar now than in 1985,'' Dr. Smith-Lovin said. It's more likely that both spouses are working at jobs that are important to them, and men are more involved around the house. ''Spouses literally have more to talk about,'' she said.
Dr. Maier, for one, sees that as cause for at least some optimism in a society whose fast pace generally bodes badly for family life. ''To hear that people are investing more in their nuclear family is a positive thing,'' he said.
The Internet is also cause for some optimism, because it has made it easier to maintain ties among family members who have become scattered. Those ties inevitably developed over long-term, face-to-face contact, but e-mail can help keep them strong.
''E-mail really does help maintain your social networks,'' said John Horrigan, associate director of the Pew Internet and American Life Project. Recent Pew surveys, he said, found that ''when you contact family by e-mail, you share important and serious things.''
Still, Dr. Smith-Lovin said, any optimism must be tempered. For one thing, having only one confidant, even if that confidant is a spouse, leaves a person extremely vulnerable if the spouse dies or the marriage disintegrates.
And in the end, she and others pointed out, e-mail or instant messaging is no substitute for face-to-face contact. ''E-mailing somebody far way is not the same as them going to pick up your child at daycare or bringing you chicken soup,'' she said.
Dr. Putnam said the new study reinforced much of what he had reported in ''Bowling Alone,'' which had been criticized by some academics as a faulty analysis that ignored other social and economic trends. And even if the new study points to a rise in spouses as confidants, that is not especially cause to rejoice, he said. ''It's like with global warming, if we learn that temperatures are going to rise slightly less than we thought,'' he said. ''It's still a problem.''
''Sure, you might say, we've still got our wives or husbands or mothers,'' he said. ''That's true. But gosh, the number of friends you have is a strong predictor of how long you live.''
The impact goes beyond the individual, as well. ''There are effects on my neighbors of my not knowing them,'' he said. For one thing, ''If I don't know them well and they don't know me, that has a demonstrable effect on the crime rate.''
Dr. Horrigan said there was anecdotal evidence that some members of a community use e-mail and the Internet ''to keep up with people very close by.'' The Internet can help expand social networks, although the ties it creates are not as strong as those the Duke researchers are concerned with. Yet they can be useful.
His group's research has shown that the Internet is increasingly being used during life's ''major moments'' -- to gather information or advice when making a big financial investment, deciding where to live, or choosing a college for a child. The research has shown that ''people were more likely to get help through their social network'' for those kinds of decisions.
Still, Dr. Putnam said, ''The real interesting future is how can we use the Net to strengthen and deepen relationships that we have offline.''
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In modern days, computer technology plays a significant role in our lives. It helps businesses and institutions to provide better services and faster transactions with their clients and customers. Most of the companies are using a computerized-based information system that satisfy the needs and improves the quality of their business. This information system is used to pass information throughout an organization accordingly and help them to access the files in an easy way. Technology is widely used in this generation, that is why using manual system is no longer applicable especially in storing confidential and important records and files. Unfortunately, we discover that along the little institutions like clinics, manual system were still implemented. Because of that ,we have learned that most of them suffered from different problems such as lacking of back-up records of their patients, difficulty in finding files and records, consuming time in manually listing the information of the patients and using a low technology equipment for their records such as logbooks. As a system analyst, we wanted to help a company to improve the quality of their business and solve the present problems they encountered. We have found out that Health Alert Medical and Diagnostic Center in Taytay, Rizal was encountering the said problems above in their clinic. Our aim is to provide them a computerized information system that can help them lessen patient’s waiting time and create a database that would serve as their back-up for the patient’s file and records.These system will be efficient and effective to use compare to the manual system they are using and can satisfy the needs of thier company. | <urn:uuid:8d306608-2d55-4820-a263-650661adb287> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.studymode.com/essays/Chapter-1-Sample-Thesis-1397500.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282140.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00131-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971219 | 321 | 2.375 | 2 |
A masters refers to the completion of a graduate study program that prepares students to further their knowledge of a specific subject or advance their careers. The majority of masters are granted by state or public universities.
Sociology is a field of study that aims to understand how societies and the structures and institutions that govern them operate. Topics such as social class, relationships between civilizations, and history are often included in the curriculum.
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A lush climbing vine can bedazzle any corner of your garden, or it make even the most derelict doorway look romantic and enchanting. Though unable to bear their own weight, these climbers' tensile strength allows them to twist and turn in ways no other plant stems can imitate. Click through to feast your eyes on eight of our spectacular favorites.
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Heavenly Blue, with its brilliant shades of indigo, may be the most iconic representative of the morning glory species. Blooming brightly in the mornings, the color of the flowers tends to recede when the sun gets strong later in the day.
A member of the pea family, wisterias might very well be the most show-stopping of all vines. The Chinese and Japanese varieties produce giant clusters of flowers, each over one foot in length!
Blessed with a fragrance as attractive as the ruffles of its flowers, the sweet pea vine is tougher than it looks, provided you get the plant established before the summer heats up. Try the Starry Night variety for greater heat-tolerance, and deadhead frequently to keep this Victorian favorite going longer.
While not a member of the daisy family, this vine strongly resembles that famous flower: Bright yellow petals highlight a plush, brown-purple eye. Try the Blushing Susie variety for beautiful shades of red and rose that last through the summer.
Easy to grow in a range of climates, with hundreds of varieties in so many colors, clematis are quintessential climbers. Most like full sun, although some are just as happy in the shade. Water well, provide rich soil, and make sure the plants' deep roots have good drainage. If you're tired of traditional purple, try Arctic Queen. For a brilliant red, choose Rebecca.
As it attracts pollinators in the summer and lures birds in winter, you won’t be alone in admiring the trumpet vine. But be careful: It can grow very fast, so you won't want this climber against the house. To enjoy this vine's bountiful blooms without having to worry about damage, trail it along a lattice fence or arbor.
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Steve Harrison over at Blue NC has a good catch today in a post entitled “90% of coal ash remains in Dan River after Duke ‘completes’ cleanup.”
As Steve notes:
If this is what they call “success,” one would hate to see them fail :
“Since the operation began on May 6, approximately 2,500 tons of coal ash and river sediment have been removed from this location. Crews and equipment were staged at Abreu-Grogan Park in Danville for the past three months.
The company previously completed removal of ash and sediment from water treatment facilities in Danville and South Boston, as well as from locations in the river at the Dan River Steam Station and Town Creek, two miles downstream from the plant. More than 500 tons of coal ash and river sediment were removed from these areas.”
Do the math. A low-end estimate on the spill had some 39,000 tons of ash released, and this combined 3,000 tons removed included an unknown quantity of non-ash sediment. What’s left in the river could be closer to 95%. And the General Assembly wants to give Duke Energy “more flexibility” in the cleanup/relocation of all the other coal ash ponds?
The story to which the post links (in Dredging Today ) goes on to make clear that Duke is really going all out with the cleanup efforts:
As part of restoration efforts at the park, Duke Energy will repair and repave portions of the parking lot and reseed grass areas. In consultation with the city of Danville, the company will delay major plantings such as trees and shrubbery until the fall.
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As we head into the cold, dark months of winter, some utility customers’ already-overdue gas, water and electric bills could hemorrhage. But that doesn’t mean there’s nothing utilities can do to mitigate the situation. In fact, there are a lot of quick, easy steps they can take right now to protect their customers and themselves.
While some experts argue that energy costs more in the summer than it does in the winter, that can usually be attributed to behavioral shifts, like kids being home from school every day, more people in the household using electronics for longer hours, filling swimming pools or running the air conditioner when it’s hot outside.
But 2020 has been unique, and we expect the winter to present unique hardships. For a lot of families, everyone is home all the time now, for remote work and school, and we are attached to energy-zapping electronic devices more than before. In many parts of the country, we’re bracing for colder temperatures to arrive soon, which means we must also prepare to pay for the added energy we’ll be using to heat our homes.
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects that, while commercial sales of electricity will remain low for the remainder of 2020, residential sales will maintain their 3.2 percent increase this year over 2019. The EIA also expects residential natural gas sales to increase from 37 to 39 percent this year, and for that level to continue into the first quarter of 2021.
To power everyday American life, then, as temperatures drop and sunlit hours dwindle, utility customers can expect to see mounting bills. For customers who were already falling behind on payments, adding more debt will present major concerns.
Delinquent balances make customers susceptible to service shut-offs, and customer debt puts utilities in the difficult position of possibly having to raise rates or cut staff.
We don’t want any of that to happen, so we’re offering tips on how utilities can get ahead of the coming COVID winter.
But first, to understand how extreme a challenge the cold season could present, let’s look at how the economy is currently affecting many Americans.
800K Americans filed new jobless claims in September 2020, according to The New York Times. Additionally, people are voluntarily leaving the workforce as a result of the coronavirus–to take care of kids while schools are closed. Detroit News coverage of a September federal jobs report reveals women between the ages of 25 and 54, especially women of color, have been leaving their jobs at higher rates than other groups. Fortune Magazine reports that in September alone, 865K women gave up their positions.
This means households where two or more adults had previously been employed and contributing to the finances now have a much-reduced income and could be falling behind on their bills. For families headed by single women, this could indicate a shift to no income at all, or an increased reliance on government assistance.
In September, the World Economic Forum reported 40 million Americans were at risk of eviction. In addition, the CARES Act six-month mortgage forbearance program is about to end. 3.5 million homeowners currently use the program, says MarketWatch.com. But the deadline is fast approaching, meaning borrowers will have to reapply for another six months of forbearance or resume making mortgage payments, which could expose them to deeper economic difficulty.
The inability to pay for housing often indicates other, concurrent risks, including energy insecurity.
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation’s May 2020 report, 26 percent of Americans have skipped meals or relied on food banks and government assistance programs as a result of coronavirus-related income reductions.
35 million Americans are now estimated to have difficulty getting enough food to feed themselves or their families, according to NPR’s reporting on recent studies. (For comparison, per the USDA, 13.7M households experienced food insecurity at some point during 2019.)
The heat-or-eat dilemma could prove to be extremely severe for these households this year, forcing them to choose between putting food on the table and paying their energy bills.
Physical and Mental Health Risks
43 percent of Americans are inadequately insured, according to a recent Commonwealth Fund survey. And, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), mental health concerns have spiked this year, too. Nearly 41% of survey respondents reported an “adverse mental or behavioral health condition,” including anxiety and depression, suicidal thoughts, substance abuse, and TSRD symptoms related to COVID-19.
Late Utility Payments
BlastPoint’s own analysis shows that, in some regions, the number of late-paying utility customers leveled off between July and September 2020. That may sound like good news, but their late balances are considerably higher than what’s typical for this time of year: $400 versus $150.
Government-instituted shut-off moratoria remain in place for some parts of the country, but they only protect customers until state governments decide to lift them. Which means utility customers who have not made payments or have only paid some are at immediate risk of termination.
Customer Intelligence Solutions
At BlastPoint, we advise our utility partners to look closely and carefully at their customer data to get ahead of the looming billpay crisis. Assessing payment histories and determining billing baselines can illuminate the best course of action to take. Here are some basic tips on what to do right now:
Develop a system to estimate the overall value of outstanding collections. If you were able to collect missing payments on X number of customers, how much could you recoup, and how far would that go? This analysis helps you determine costs and gives you an idea how much outreach to plan for. It can also illuminate how urgent it is to pursue shut-offs, as they become necessary.
Who’s Likely to Pay?
Determine which customers in your database are most likely to pay their bills in full. With strong payment histories and little evidence of economic distress, these are typically customers with secure jobs, economic stability, and may have shown interest in energy efficiency programs. We refer to these customers as being in the Green Zone of Customer Risk. They are easily reachable via numerous channels and are responsive to your programs. These are the customers to engage first about catching up on any overdue or outstanding balances.
In fact, our system identified Green Zone customers who had started falling behind on their payments with one of our utility partners. The utility then sent an email to remind them they now carried a balance. Within a couple of weeks, 47 percent of those customers followed through by paying off their total bills in full. Get the details in our case study here.
Who Will Partially Pay?
Determine which customers are willing and able to make at least a partial payment. Many customers in your database will fall into this category. We refer to partial payers as being in the Yellow Zone of Customer Risk, as they may owe a month or two right now but otherwise have a clean payment history, or who regularly make partial payments toward their balance. They may utilize billpay programs or engage with you regularly.
These are excellent candidates to reach out to in the coming months. Make a plan to determine whether they should jump onto a payment plan or apply for assistance, and walk them through that process. This will ensure you keep receiving some payment while protecting them from a future shut-off.
Assistance or No Assistance
Assess which customers have a history with energy assistance programs, which don’t, and which would make good fits now. Knowing who receives LIHEAP, for instance, or has done so in the past, helps utilities decide who may need protection in the next few months.
Some customers may show intermittent reliance on crisis grants, for instance, while others may enroll annually for low-income support. Still others might show a sudden lapse in coverage, which rarely suggests they’ve magically resolved their financial struggles. Rather, it usually indicates that the paperwork was too difficult to submit – something that may be happening more frequently during the pandemic, as local agencies who help customers navigate assistance programs have reduced in-person capacity. These customers could potentially re-enroll, and thus make more consistent payments, with a streamlined system or step-by-step help from a company representative.
Which Outreach Mode is Best?
Predict the best communication channels for different customers. Some customers never open snail mail. Others will always respond to text messages. Using A.I. and external data sources, BlastPoint’s system helps utilities determine the best communication preferences for specific customer personas. Knowing whether to deploy an email campaign or fill the radio airwaves with messaging about certain programs helps utilities save money by avoiding the spray-and-pray marketing approach. It also helps utility employees to save time and focus their effort on customers who need it.
It’s also important to personalize content whenever you can, as personalized communications have higher engagement. If you know the main characteristics of the customers you are targeting, personalization becomes much more effective.
Look Outside of Collections for Quick Wins
To make up for gaps in expected revenue, identify ways to save money that may not seem related to collections. For example, one of our energy partners saved $1.3 million in less than 3 months by getting more customers enrolled in their paperless billing program. Read more about it in our case study here. Boosting enrollment in paperless programs has the added benefit of making payments easier, which is always a good idea.
Driving engagement with utility customers who aren’t at risk right now can also help mitigate lost revenue. One easy win with these customers is enrollment in direct debit or other automatic payment options. It’s convenient for financially stable customers and establishes a baseline of revenue that you can reasonably depend on, even during a crisis.
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If I had a body mass of 56 kg how would I get an estimate of my total body weight? I need a full calculation and what the method is called. Also, I have read that D2O IS used in some experiments to calculate tbw in kgs. Can you explain this process fully to me?
The article I have read is 'Rapid measurement of deuterium content of breath following oral ingestion to determine body water' Simon Davis. Physiol meas 22 651-659.
Body Mass Index can be calculated using pounds and inches with this equation
BMI = (Weight in Pounds divided by
(Height in inches) x (Height in inches) ) x 703
For example, a person who weighs 220 pounds and is 6 feet 3 inches tall has a BMI of 27.5.
( 220 lbs. divided by
(75 inches) x (75 inches) ) x 703 = 27.5
Body Mass Index can also be calculated using kilograms and meters (or centimeters).
BMI = Weight in Kilograms
(Height in Meters) x (Height in Meters)
BMI = ( Weight in Kilograms divided by
(Height in centimeters) x (Height in centimeters) ) x 10,000
For example, a person who weighs ...
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In the acting circles, there are perhaps very few people who have lived a professional career as diverse and as illustrious as that of Bruce MacLeish Dern. Born on the 4th of June 1986, it is considered that Bruce Dern was born into one of the most unique Scottish German families. Bruce Dern's mother Jean nee MacLeish was of Scottish descent and was the granddaughter of Archibald MacLeish, a well known Scottish poet. His father on the other hand was John Dern, son of a Secretary of War. Dern attended New Trier Township High at east Winnekota, Illinois. In his early years, he also displayed proficiency on the race circuit as a long distance runner.
Bruce Dern had begun his acting career with Lyle Kessler in the production of Waiting for Godot and had also made some unaccredited appearances in the TV series Wild River. The 1960s was a very prominent period of Dern’s life. Not only had he appeared in numerous TV shows such as in Route 66 and Naked City, he had also committed in his second marriage to Diane Ladd. The name of his first wife was Marie Dean with whom he had shared an extremely short married life.
In 1964, Dern also landed with the opportunity to work with the renowned director, Alfred Hitchcock in the psychological thriller named Marnie. This could very well be considered to be the point of his career when he had decided on the type of role that brought out the best of his acting abilities.
As his fans are very well aware of, he was infamous for the rest of his acting career for playing the notorious villains. His choice of villains was set apart by the fact that he always played those characters that seemed to suffer from psychiatric issues. It seemed that Bruce Dern was inbred with the ability to don a personality that not only aroused the audience’s emotions but also sometimes received more accolade than the actual heroes of the movie.
Such can be deduced from his character Will Penny in the 1968 thriller Psychout. In that same year he also accepted the role as a villain opposite to the legendary Clive Eastwood in the action thriller Hang them High.
In 1969 he got divorced from Dianne Ladd with whom he had two daughters. His eldest daughter drowned in a tragic accident while being only 18 months of age. His second daughter was born in 1967 and was christened Laura Dern. He remarried the same year to Andrea Beckett.
In 1972 he starred in The Cowboys where he once again displayed his daring by playing the wildly unpopular role of the killer of John Wayne.
He also appeared in the sci-fi movie Silent Running where he portrayed the character of Freeman Lowell, the guardian of Earth’s last forests.
Bruce Dern's somewhat lavish ancestry enabled him to play the role of millionaire Ton Buchanan in the 1974 remake of The Great Gatsby. The movie was directed by F Scotts Fitzgerald and he was most probably appointed for the role because of his brilliant performance as Jack Nicholson’s brother in The King of the Marvin Garden. In fact the top critics at that time had argued that Dern might have done a better job than Robert Redford who had the main role in the movie!
In 1977 Bruce Dern played a vital role in the psychology thriller Black Sunday. He also had the opportunity to work on Family Plot, the last movie ever directed by Alfred Hitchcock as a result of his deteriorating health.
In late 2001 Bruce Dern was awarded a star on the famous Hollywood Walk of Fame along with his wife and daughter. In the preceding year he received the Legends Award at the Gold Coast International Film Festival. This just goes to show how well respected the 75 year old actor is in his community.
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Sunday, May 29, 2011
Horrid Henry Rocks is a collection of short stories written by Francesca Simon. It’s about the adventures of a young boy, Horrid Henry, and the mischief he causes. There are four stories in the book, and each would take a child 15-20 minutes to read. They are simple enough for a child to read, but beginning readers will probably need some help from a parent. The ideal age for this book would be anywhere from first to third grade.
The stories are wacky and goofy and will definitely make children laugh. When it was read to two 7-year-old boys, the two were hysterical the entire time. In each story, Horrid Henry plays tricks on Perfect Peter (his brother), Moody Margaret (his neighbor), or anyone else around him. If your child still laughs at the mention of boogers or other disgusting things, then this book is definitely for him. Girls will most likely get less entertainment out of this book than boys.
One word of warning to any parents who have their own horrid children: This book will probably give your child some bad ideas! Each story usually ends with Horrid Henry getting away with whatever mischief he caused (normally through the “I won’t tell on you if you don’t tell on me” method of child diplomacy), so don’t expect any sort of moral to this story. That said, the book will definitely bring laughs to your children and even to you during some of the more absurd moments.
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What Is Woodworking?
Woodworking means a lot of points, but below’s reasonably monotonous definition I thought of that most enthusiasts will probably agree with
Woodworking is an efficient craft that entails cutting, shaping, as well as signing up with wood to create decorative and/or beneficial rolling shop stool woodworking plans things.
There is absolutely nothing literally demanding regarding woodworking as well as you can build at your very own rate. The fundamental principles are easy to find out, yet it’s a pastime that will always remain fresh and difficult as your abilities advance. If you love analytical, you will love woodworking. I have actually gone to this for over 40 years and deal with brand-new difficulties with every task I develop.
It becomes part of the procedure. It’s also rewarding to produce actually trendy stuff for your residence utilizing your hands and brain. As a whole, woodworking is a really singular experience: if you are a little bit withdrawn as well as love handling jobs from beginning to end, you will certainly enjoy woodworking.
That Are Woodworkers?
There made use of to be 2 stereotypes of woodworkers. The grouchy store teacher that educated an actually boring course to children who really did not want to be there, as well as the retired grandfather who puttered around in his garage with a great deal of time to build an occasional birdhouse.
Luckily, those stereotypes are no longer real. There is more variety in woodworking now than in the past, thanks to on the internet areas as well as the affordability of devices and materials.
In the past ten years there has actually been a massive increase in two teams of individuals making woodworking a hobby. First, females. It wasn’t that long ago when a women woodworker was unusual. Today, females woodworkers are commonplace. There is nothing about woodworking that any individual can not do.
The second significant demographic spike has actually been amongst millennials, people in their 20s and also 30s. I learn through people at all times that work in silicon valley or just have some type of workplace task and also feel the demand to make things with their hands.
What’s The Difference Between A “Manufacturer” As Well As A “WoodWorker”?
A maker is a relatively brand-new term that has actually surfaced in the past decade or so. It’s a comprehensive term for people who like to dabble in different crafts. This might imply a little woodworking, metalworking, epoxying, concreting, computer shows, electronics, 3D printing, baking, embroidery, knitting, precious jewelry making, sculpting, ceramics, robotics, even having fun with Legos. So essentially, we are all makers.
A woodworker is a maker who is mostly interested in finding out and also improving the craft of producing things out of timber. Occasionally we bring various other materials right into our projects, but the focus gets on the timber. It’s an inexpensive, ageless product that’s simple to construct with.
Ted’s 16,000 Woodworking Plans
I’ve had my eye on Ted’s 16,000 woodworking plans for time.
It seemed too great to be true. Even though I’m not an enthusiastic woodworker, I figured if I made one or a few of the projects from the set it would be cash well invested.
My inquisitiveness obtained the very best of me. I bit the bullet and bought it. They supply a refund so I figured if it was entirely worthless I could ask for my refund.
Is is too great to be real?
Not actually. It’s pretty good. It’s not best, yet it’s great.
A few of the strategies are so negative however are included just to increase the sales pitch of “16,000” strategies.
And afterwards several of the plans are fantastic. Some are okay. I’m not amazed it’s not perfect. It’s a large collection and also combination of different plans for all type of items.
Right here’s the mindset you need to have if you purchase Ted’s Woodworking. Accept the reality you will not such as every plan. In fact, approve you will most likely not do 90% or more of them for any number of reasons such as the plans misbehave and/or they aren’t projects you wish to develop.
BUT, the few plans that you simulate and that are good quality, if you construct them, will be make the expense of this digital collection of woodworking plans worth it.
Who should purchase Ted’s Woodworking?
This is for individuals who like do it yourself tasks. Most of the plans are identified “novice”, “intermediate” or “sophisticated” which is useful.
Even if you have actually never ever developed anything or done any woodworking, this is a respectable collection of strategies to get going with due to the fact that there are beginner tasks consisted of.
You can build all type of stuff for your residence. See the list of strategy groups listed below.
At the end of the day, if you do the strange DIY task or dabble in woodworking, this is a good collection of strategies to have in your inventory.
Concerning the Product
I haven’t counted to see if there are 16,000 strategies, yet I validate there are a lot of them.
Luckily they are well arranged so you can locate specifically what you’re searching for.
Ted’s Woodworking is provided as a PDF download. It’s actually a collection of PDF downloads (see strategy categories over).
Nonetheless, you can additionally buy the DVD edition but it sets you back an added $19.95 (I really did not pay $19.95 for the DVD version).
Some wonderful woodworking strategies: Obviously if a plan is something you want to construct and the strategy is detailed sufficient so that you can complete the task it’s great.
However, a few of the projects are old and the plans are poor quality … so bad you’ll probably simply ignore them.
On the PLUS side, there are many superb projects worth structure. For instance, the loft space bed strategy over is excellent (one of many).
Well Organized: I was relieved after getting Ted’s Woodworking that I really did not need to look via thousands of PDF web pages. Instead, Ted a minimum of put some initiative into arranging the plans in many groups. This made discovering some decent strategies really simple.
In fact, the members’ location is truly easy to use and also well organized.
Good value for cash: 1 or 2 completed projects from this product makes it worth the money. I have no doubt I’ll get my money’s well worth in the future and I’ve yet to take a look at every single plan consisted of. I’ve discovered sufficient quality tasks that I’m satisfied with the item value given it’s relatively inexpensive.
Cost: It’s not very pricey. Given that it’s an electronic download, you don’t need to spend for a costly book, which is amazing.
Motivation: One advantage of there being a lot of strategies is merely by brushing with the plans I generated brand-new job suggestions I had not thought about previously.
Some awful plans: Regrettably some of the plans are horrible which suggests you need to invest a long time infiltrating the negative strategies. I would certainly prefer an item with fewer strategies with each one be top quality.
Woodworking Video clips: These are a joke. The good news is it’s simply a bonus so I really did not care. I think these compromise the product. The video clips are mainly from YouTube. Ted merely combed via YouTube looking for woodworking videos and placed them in the participants’ location. I had a look at a few of the video clips and they weren’t worth watching.
On the whole, I’m completely satisfied. I found several tasks worth doing and also the plans were sufficiently outlined that I would certainly have the ability to construct them.
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The other day, my wife asked me how to copy a PowerPoint presentation to a flash drive so she could take it with her to school. I was a little shocked. My very own wife doesn't know how to do this? I've failed as a husband!
To make sure I don't fail you, dear readers, allow me to explain the process of copying files to flash drives. Most of you probably know how, but I'll wager it's a mystery to at least some users.
There are two basic ways to go about this (both of which start with you plugging the drive into a USB port).
First, you can open the document in whatever program you used to create it -- Word, PowerPoint, etc. -- then save that document to the flash drive by way of the Save As command. Basically, you're rerouting it to the drive.
That's pretty easy, but there's a potential wrinkle: the next time you go to open the document from your Recent Documents list, the program will try to retrieve it from the flash drive (i.e. the last place it was saved) -- and won't find it because it's not plugged in. No big deal -- you just have to use the Open command and go find the original wherever you initially saved it. I'm just saying it's a potential source of confusion.
The better way to go is to open Windows Explorer, find the document on your hard drive, right-click it, and choose Send To, Removable Disk (E:) (or whatever drive letter corresponds to your flash drive). Presto: the file gets copied over.
The only problem here is that not everybody knows where their documents get saved. My advice: learn. Most programs use the Documents (or My Documents) folder by default, so that's a good place to start your search.
Flash Drive 101: Protecting Your Drive from Viruses
Flash drives are virus magnets. This is a generally accepted truth, but today I learned it firsthand. When my wife brought the flash drive home from school, it was infected with a virus.
I found this out when I popped the drive into my PC -- and Microsoft Security Essentials immediately detected (and removed, thankfully) an extremely dangerous worm. No doubt it had landed there when the missus plugged the drive into one of the school machines.
This was a catastrophe barely averted. This particular worm propagates over network connections, so it could have spread very quickly to every system in my house. That's why it's crucial to have reliable antivirus software installed on all your PCs.
Okay, but how do you protect your flash drive when it's "out and about"? How can you keep it from getting infected in the first place -- or at least remove any sneakyware before it comes home with you?
My tool of choice: SUPERAntiSpyware Portable Scanner. The program requires no installation; you just copy it to your flash drive (see the aforementioned post if you don't know how to do that), then run it whenever you want to check for and remove infections.
You should also consider running Panda USB Vaccine, which disables a flash drive's Autorun.inf file--a common carrier for malware (including the one that hit me today). Doing so will prevent the drive's Autorun box from appearing when you plug it into your PC, but that's no biggie -- you just have to open the drive manually. | <urn:uuid:2a6c13f7-f96a-40f4-abb1-5c0b69404dd6> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.goodgearguide.com.au/article/365822/flash_drive_101_copying_files_removing_viruses/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280763.38/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00521-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952953 | 714 | 2.359375 | 2 |
Ideally, tile is meant to last a lifetime when installed properly, but accidents and natural disasters can cause damage requiring pieces to be replaced. The tile around a bathtub is part of an overall waterproofing system, which helps keep water from damaging the floor or walls beneath the installation. Take this into account when removing and replacing tiles so your repair remains waterproof over the years.
Before removing any tiles from around a bathtub, the grout must be removed first. Vibrations carry through grout joints, which means the very action of removing a single piece of tile can damage other nearby pieces if the vibrations carry through. A utility knife or hand-held grout removal tool is one option, but the best is an oscillating tool. The blade of an oscillating tool vibrates as opposed to cuts, keeping dust to a minimum and allowing for quick and easy grout removal. Use care when operating this tool to avoid damaging the edges of surrounding, non-damaged pieces.
Tile removal is a delicate process that benefits from slow, surgical removal as opposed to going crazy with a hammer and chisel. If you must use a hammer and chisel, always work from the center of a piece to the outer edges to minimize damage to surrounding tiles. Small, controlled taps are key to ensuring you keep damage to the concrete board and waterproofing beneath to a minimum. Drill small holes in the tile to help break things up if necessary. If you take your time, the tiles will come up while leaving the majority of thinset or mastic adhesive still on the installation surface. From there, use a floor scraper to carefully remove the adhesive or mortar to clean out the space for new installation.
Patching sometimes damages the waterproofing underneath tiles in some way because the mortar or adhesive generally bonds well enough that it is rare for a piece to come up without pulling some of the waterproofing away. With patches and repairs, your best option is to use a paint-on, latex style of waterproofing, available in any home improvement store. To avoid coating surrounding pieces, mask their edges with masking tape. Apply a generous layer of the waterproofing compound to the entire area where the old tile(s) were and allow it to dry following the manufacturer guidelines.
Mortar should always be used on floor settings, but you can opt for a mastic adhesive when dealing with wall patches. Spacers and wedges help you match the existing grout joints of an installation. Add as much mortar as is needed to flush the replacement tiles with the surrounding installation. After the adhesive dries, grout the joints. Understand that older grout fades in color over time, plus cleaning chemicals can change the color over the years, so patched tiles may look slightly different because the grout joints won’t match up for some time. Caulking must be used anywhere the tile butts up against the tub, either at the face or the top edge where the wall comes down to the tub as well as any vertical joints in corners.
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This Act makes minor amendments to various provisions of the Land Valuation and Tax Act 1967, including provisions regarding proceedings of the Land Valuation Appeal Tribunal.
Amends: Land Valuation and Tax Act 1967. (2010)
Auteurs et éditeurs
Government of Bermuda (XSL v.126.96.36.199)
Bermuda was first settled in 1609 by shipwrecked English colonists heading for Virginia. Self-governing since 1620, Bermuda is the oldest and most populous of the British overseas territories. Vacationing to the island to escape North American winters first developed in Victorian times. Tourism continues to be important to the island's economy, although international business has overtaken it in recent years. Bermuda has also developed into a highly successful offshore financial center. A referendum on independence from the UK was soundly defeated in 1995. | <urn:uuid:1028461c-0319-4add-9d22-ec5e0e3e516e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.landportal.org/fr/library/resources/lex-faoc150794/land-valuation-and-tax-amendment-act-2015-no-29-2015 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00268.warc.gz | en | 0.949148 | 177 | 3.25 | 3 |
With actors, singers and other celebrities almost flaunting drug use in the western world it begs the question whether we should take our cues, as many often do, from the rich and famous. It doesn’t make sense that anyone would actually start using drugs, smoking or drinking because our favorite celebrities are doing it, we aren’t in high school anymore and for most adults there are no “cool kids”. Peer pressure can lead to a lot of bad choices when it comes to young people, but lets focus on adults for a minute and have some serious reflection when it comes to our choices concerning drugs and alcohol in the media, movies and music. All you need to do is open your web browser or pick up a celeb magazine at the checkout counter in a grocery store to see that there is some brand new celebrity drug scandal we’re being told to read about, but entertainment value aside, is the general lack of “morality” when it concerns booze and substances in celebrity stories really having an impact on our every day lives? Are we behaving differently towards addiction and drug use because famous people have problems in that area? Some might make the argument that because the wealthy and most followed people in western society often have a problem with drinking or some other vice that we use this as an excuse to dismiss our own difficulties and struggles with abused substances. It doesn’t seem like it’s a “well if they’re doing it so can I” kind of problem, but what might be happening is a new attitude towards addiction issues. For some, with real problems in their lives, turning to drugs and alcohol or refusing to acknowledge that there might be a problem could be, in a way, the result of seeing someone with absolutely everything in the world, who have no money issues and a seemingly thrilling and happy life turn to drugs as more of a past-time then anything else. Of course, we know that just because celebrities have fame and money doesn’t mean they aren’t suffering in other ways, but the big question is: Should celebrities be held to a higher standard just because of their social status.
We live in a capitalist, western society and we enjoy the luxury of certain freedoms that many parts of the world don’t. But for one of the fastest rising powers in the world, China, things are different, and probably will be for quite some time. Their society is known around the world as Communist. Or socialist if you prefer. They enjoy movies, music, radio and television just like anyone else, but the government in China has decided that they will crack down on what are known as vice crimes in the media industry. If it has been determined by the Chinese government that you have visited a prostitute, or done drugs, your TV show, radio station, website or other form of media will simply be banned and taken off the air or web. It’s pretty much a zero tolerance policy, and while it may seem extreme to us westerners, the Chinese are truly attempting to raise the moral standards of those who have the biggest impact on the general public. There is harsh criticism coming from within China, as the censoring of media projects because of the actions of an individual can have a very negative effect on everyone involved, which admittedly doesn’t sound fair, but those are the rules as they stand and regardless of where you stand politically, or however much you value free speech or how serious you are about enforcing morality on the rest of us, there are two contradicting philosophies when it comes to how to deal with the impact that the media has on a society when it comes to the issue of drugs and alcohol.
In China, being charged or convicted on a drugs offense whether it be use, selling or everything in between, you may see yourself sent to prison, a work camp or what they call a “rehabilitation camp”. Obviously this isn’t the best way to help those who have gotten caught up in the world of drugs. Specifically those who are addicted to alcohol, drugs or both. Addicts deserve humane treatment and a second chance at life. Or as many chances as need be to get healthy, for that matter. But I’ll put this question to you: “Do the media, celebrities, radio hosts or popular online websites and personalities impact our society with their “immoral” behavior in regards to alcohol and substance use and abuse? Are they immoral and doing us harm? Or do we regard them as social equals and look passed their indiscretions when it comes to drugs and addiction? | <urn:uuid:5d0f0956-b2ab-4a8a-833a-3f9e1643b8e0> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.drugrehabaustralia.info/the-morality-question-for-celebrities-and-their-drug-use-and-abuse/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570913.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809064307-20220809094307-00076.warc.gz | en | 0.962677 | 952 | 1.507813 | 2 |
Since the opening in 1965, the Laurentide staff has continually made changes to the estimated 150 acre golf course. Up until 1989, Laurentide was only a 9 hole golf course but since then the back 9 has flourished in leaps and bounds. The addition of new ponds, trees, mounds, and the elongating of holes make this par 70 course more challenging and exciting each year.
There are 3 different tee-off boxes for each desired level of play:
Blue - 5,920 yards
White - 5,562 yards
Yellow - 4,617 yards
First Hole is all about ball placement. The fairway is lined with two sand traps on the left with tall fescue grass on the right, Green is protected with a pond in the front and lateral hazard on the left. Green is a double decker
Second Hole requires a good drive here. Fairway is lined with pines trees on the right and on the left side with lateral hazard and pine forest trees. Rolling hills in front of the green. Approach carefully as this long par 4 can be tricky.
Third Hole is known as the window hole. A tricky tee shot over a chasm with a bunch of spruce trees on the right, and along the backside a sand trap and another ravine. This picturesque hole will leave you happy with a par.
Fourth Hole is newly renovated and is our hardest hole on the course. Provides a beautiful view of the Sturgeon River. Requires 2 well placed shots because of the narrow landing zones and hazards which tend to spell trouble.
Fifth hole features a beautiful tee shot over a pond and is surrounded by forest. If you miss the green on either side or long it will challenge your chipping skills. Remember it's always better to putt up hill on this green
Sixth Hole a tee shot hugging the left side will reward the player with a short approach shot to the green. Don't hit it long because a gully comes into play. You'll need 200 yards to pass the corner. A forest of trees surround this hole on both sides and a bunker on the right front.
Seventh Hole is a straight forward hole. The green is wrapped around with cedar and spruce trees. Plenty of green to work with.
Eighth hole requires a good tee shot. Fairway has a pond that runs on the right side with a forest down the left side. The green is protected with two sand traps that sit out in the front about 50 yards, sand trap on the left and one behind. Keeping the ball in play is crucial here!
Ninth hole gently follows the forest on the left. Bunkers and fescue protect the landing area as trees protect the green from your approach shot. Large green gives you lots of room to land the ball on the green.
The Tenth hole is a short par 4. Some will try to go for the green, but with a pond, out of bounds and a trap protecting the green from this approach, the reward might not be the best course of action. A drive around the 100 yard marker will yield a safe shot into the green. This green has a slope that rolls towards the pond.
The Eleventh hole makes for challenging tee shot. The green is protected with two sand traps and a pond on the right.
Pay attention to wind, it's better to be short than wide on this one.
The Twelfth hole has a green that is protected by three bunkers and hills that surround the entire green. The green has a serious slope and a second tier in the back right corner. It's better to aim for the middle. Missing the green on either side will require a very good chip shot to get up and down.
The Thirteenth hole is a picturesque par 4 and is all about shot makers game. A large pond cuts through the middle of the fairway 60 yards before the green. A forest hazard follows the hole on the left and a forest of birch trees on the right. The green is narrow and has several contours to challenge your putting.
The Fourteenth hole is our longest par 4 on the back side. It allows for players to unleash the driver.
There can be trouble on the right with the grouping of birch trees. The hole typically plays longer due to the wind. The green has several contours in it, and is protected with two sand traps in front of it.
The Fifteenth hole is our first par 5 on the back side. Straight away hole that is reachable in two with a good drive. However there two sand traps up along the fairway, and a pond on the right.
The green has several contours in it that make it interesting to putt on.
The Sixteenth hole is our longest par 3. A bunker wraps around the backside with a cluster of wild northern pine trees narrowing the fairway. The green has a major slope back to front. Missing the green either side will test your skills as a chipper. It's better to play this hole from the front. A 3 here is like a birdie.
The Seventeenth hole is one of the toughest holes on the course. A precise tee shot is needed as a forest hazard follows on the left side and a pine tree grove is blossoming on the right side. Two ponds protect the green, with a sand trap behind the green. It's better to aim to the right side of the green on the approach.
The Eighteenth hole is the second par 5 on the backside. A slight dog leg to start off the tee box will open up to a bunker and wide open fairway. The green itself is protected by a bunker in front and pond to the right, left and long. Choose your approach carefully. | <urn:uuid:d1beee30-f0e5-4fd5-9be5-cf6f59bcc10c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.laurentidegolfclub.com/the-course | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572408.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816151008-20220816181008-00675.warc.gz | en | 0.932118 | 1,186 | 1.539063 | 2 |
Frans Masereel en hedendaagse kunst/Frans Masereel and contemporay Art
Frans Masereel and Contemporary Art: Resistance in Images reveals Masereel’s vision of the world, his social criticism and pacifism. Frans Masereel (1889-1972) can be considered the most important graphic artist and woodcutter of the twentieth century. This publication looks back on his work, and brings Masereel’s ideas into dialogue with today’s society through the work of contemporary artists from Europe, the Middle East, Africa and America, including Mary Evans, Anton Kannemeyer, Glenn Ligon, Dan Perjovschi, Billie Zangewa, William Kentridge, Philip Aguirre e Otegui, Slavs and Tatars, Kerry James Marshall...
Frans Masereel and Contemporary Art: Resistance in Images highlights the artists’ social commitment and brings different kinds of pacifism and internationalism to the fore, which are often associated with varied motifs and open to multiple interpretations. At the beginning of the twentieth century, but also before, people were already thinking about the developments that we would now call contemporary, such as migration and globalisation. From a constructive standpoint, the artists question injustice and inequality. With a critical eye, and sometimes with satire, they tackle the subjects that personally interest them and offer them up for discussion via images. As an illustrator for newspapers and magazines, and working with woodcuts, Masereel had the opportunity to pose critical questions to a wide audience in an accessible manner. Visual immediacy and storytelling are just two of the strategies that are explored in the wide range of exhibited works. The common denominator is a positive outlook on the future and, in this, Masereel’s portrayal of mankind was unfailingly optimistic.
Adriaan Gonnissen, Ilse Roosens, Phillip Van den Bossche, Steven Jacobs, Samuel Dégardin, Karima Boudou, Mohamed Ikoubaân, Joris Van Parys, 352 p, soft cover, ed. Mu.ZEE | <urn:uuid:c1413370-77e2-41ef-980e-02e8b4819c68> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.muzee.be/en/new-category-9/frans-masereel-en-hedendaagse-kunstfrans-masereel-and-contemporay-art | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570741.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808001418-20220808031418-00079.warc.gz | en | 0.90586 | 450 | 2.328125 | 2 |
As we all know, Google collects and processes an awful lot of data about pretty much everyone who is using the company’s cloud services or owns a smartphone running the Android OS (or, to be precise, is using a device with Google Mobile Services). Just how much data is available was described in our previous article, What Google Knows about You, and Why It Matters. Today, we’ll discuss something slightly different. Meet Google Timeline, a relatively new feature extending the company’s Maps service.
Archive for the ‘Tips & Tricks’ Category
In today’s thoroughly connected world, everyone shares at least some of their personal information with, well, strangers. Voluntarily or not, people using personal computers or mobile devices have some of their information transmitted to, processed, stored and used by multiple online service providers.
Took a selfie shot? Your face (and possibly your friends’ faces) will be marked, and the photo will be uploaded to one or another cloud storage provider on your behalf. Used your phone to look up a place to eat? Your search will be remembered and used later on to push you suggestions next time when you’re around. Emails and messages that you write, persons you communicate with, your comprehensive location history and all the photos you shoot (accompanied with appropriate geotags) are carefully collected, processed and stored. Web sites you visit along with logins and passwords, your complete browsing history and pretty much everything you do with your phone can and probably will be recorded and used on you to “enhance your experience”.
Some service providers collect more information than others. Google appears to be the absolute champion in this regard. Being a major service provider penetrating into every area of our lives, Google collects, stores and processes overwhelming amounts of data.
Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery Updated with OS X Keychain Support and Enhanced GPU AccelerationThursday, November 26th, 2015
We’ve recently updated Elcomsoft Distributed Password Recovery, adding enhanced GPU-assisted recovery for many supported formats. In a word, the new release adds GPU-accelerated recovery for OS X keychain, triples BitLocker recovery speeds, improves W-Fi password recovery and enhances GPU acceleration support for Internet Key Exchange (IKE).
We have just released a brand new tool, and this time it’s not about mobile forensics. Or is it?
Elcomsoft Password Digger is designed for decrypting the content of Mac OS protected storage, the keychain. For one, it’s a Windows tool, so you’ll need to pull keychain files from the Mac OS system along with any decryption metadata (such as the key file for the system keychain or user’s password for decrypting the user keychain). After decrypting the keychain, we’ll export everything into an XML, and create a filtered plain-text file that only contains passwords (to be used as a pluggable dictionary in various password recovery tools).
So what is this all about?
Although we’ve already embraced the EFS-encryption/decryption in some of our white papers and case studies, now we’d like to share a video tutorial because seeing once is better than hearing reading twice. So, in this video you will see how to decrypt EFS-encrypted data with help of Advanced EFS Data Recovery and how to recover Windows user account password with Proactive System Password Recovery (because it’s still obligatory for this type of encryption).
Advanced EFS Data Recovery (AEFSDR) is wholly dedicated to decryption of Windows EFS-encrypted files, however in order to decrypt the data the program still requires the user account password. Yeah, you might think at first that anyone can decrypt the data having user account password at hand, but no. You can’t. EFS encryption uses more than just logon password, nonetheless it’s the core ingredient in data decryption and so it must be provided.
If you forgot the logon password or didn’t know it at all Proactive System Password Recovery (PSPR) in its turn can help you acquire all system passwords once you can log into the system with administrator privileges. Exactly this example has been illustrated in our video (provide by Sethioz), here it is:
With all the trouble of jailbreaking iOS 8 devices and the lack of support for 64-bit hardware, does iOS physical acquisition still present meaningful benefits to the investigator? Is it still worth your time and effort attempting to acquire that iPhone via a Lightning cord?
Granted, jailbroken iOS devices are rare as hen’s teeth. You are very unlikely to see one in the wild. However, we strongly believe that physical acquisition still plays an important role in the lab, and here are the reasons why.
- In many countries (Mexico, Brazil, Russia, East Europe etc.) Apple sells more 32-bit phones than 64-bit ones. Old iPhones traded in the US are refurbished and sold to consumers in other countries (BrightStar coordinates these operations for Apple in the US). As an example, new and refurbished iPhone 4S and 5 units accounted for some 46% of all iPhones sold through retail channels in Russia in Q1 2015.
- Physical extraction returns significantly more information compared to any other acquisition method including logical or over-the-air acquisition. In particular, we’re talking about downloaded mail and full application data including logs and cache files (especially those related to Internet activities). A lot of this information never makes it into backups.
- Full keychain extraction is only available with physical acquisition. Physical is the only way to fully decrypting the keychain including those records encrypted with device-specific keys. Those keychain items can be extracted from a backup file, but cannot be decrypted without a device-specific key. In addition, the keychain often contains the user’s Apple ID password.
- With physical acquisition, you can extract the ‘securityd’ (0x835) from the device. This key can be used to completely decrypt all keychain items from iCloud backups.
- Physical acquisition produces a standard DMG disk image with HFS+ file system. You can mount the image into the system and use a wider range of mobile forensic tools to analyze compared to iTunes or iCloud backup files.
Quite often our new customers ask us for advice about what they should start with in order to use the program effectively. In fact, there are various situations when the tool can come in handy by decrypting data securely protected with TrueCrypt, BitLocker (To-Go), or PGP and we’d need a super long video to describe all the cases. But we’d love to demonstrate one typical situation when disk is protected with TrueCrypt when entire system drive encryption option is on.
In this video, kindly provided by Sethioz, we suggest you to decrypt TrueCrypt whole system drive encryption using our Elcomsoft Forensic Disk Decryptor thoroughly going through all the stages starting from the very first one when you just got the encrypted hard drive on hands.
With encrypted hard drive in one hand and its memory dump in the other one (taken when encrypted disk was still mounted) we plug HDD into our “invesgitator’s” computer, start Elcomsoft Forensic Disk Decryptor and easily, in one slow motion, extract the encryption keys from the memory dump file and decrypt the protected HDD, either by mounting it into the “investigator’s” system (to be able to work with it on-the-fly) or by decoding the contents into a specified folder.
We hope you’ll enjoy this video and next time you have the necessity to decrypt something encrypted you’ll feel more confident about it. We also invite you to take a moment and share your experience here in comments or leave your question if you still have any after this pretty detailed video. 🙂
I know most computer gurus and pros never read through program manuals or help files and prefer to learn everything using proverbial method of trial and error. Does this sound like you? Of course. Exceptions are very seldom. So, here’s something nice that will save your time and help your experience with Elcomsoft Wireless Security Auditor (EWSA).
In order to provide a quick but sufficient understanding how to effectively work with EWSA, our friend Sethios has prepared a nice 20-minute video tutorial that includes all steps of work with the program starting with acquiring handshakes and moving on through all following steps.
This video is packed with useful information, so go ahead and watch it now:
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Data from: Small and ugly? Phylogenetic analyses of the “selfing syndrome” reveal complex evolutionary fates of monomorphic primrose flowers
de Vos, Jurriaan M.; Wüest, Rafael O.; Conti, Elena (2013), Data from: Small and ugly? Phylogenetic analyses of the “selfing syndrome” reveal complex evolutionary fates of monomorphic primrose flowers, Dryad, Dataset, https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.vq2m6
One of the most common trends in plant evolution, loss of self-incompatibility and ensuing increases in selfing, is generally assumed to be associated with a suite of phenotypic changes, notably a reduction of floral size, termed the selfing syndrome. We investigate whether floral morphological traits indeed decrease in a deterministic fashion after losses of self-incompatibility, as traditionally expected, using a phylogeny of 124 primrose species containing nine independent transitions from heterostyly (heteromorphic incompatibility) to homostyly (monomorphic self-compatibility), a classic system for evolution of selfing. We find similar overall variability of homostylous and heterostylous species, except for diminished herkogamy in homostyles. Bayesian mixed models demonstrate differences between homostylous and heterostylous species in all traits, but net effects across species are small (except herkogamy) and directionality differs among traits. Strongly drift-like evolutionary trajectories of corolla tube length and corolla diameter inferred by Ornstein-Uhlenbeck models contrast with expected deterministic trajectories toward small floral size. Lineage-specific population genetic effects associated with evolution of selfing may explain that reductions of floral size represent one of several possible outcomes of floral evolution after loss of heterostyly in primroses. Contrary to the traditional paradigm, selfing syndromes may, but do not necessarily evolve in response to increased selfing. | <urn:uuid:441f6c11-48f9-48b2-bb30-612684fb0a71> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://datadryad.org:443/stash/dataset/doi:10.5061/dryad.vq2m6 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00477.warc.gz | en | 0.859711 | 424 | 2.296875 | 2 |
Advisory committees provide important public input to the Board of Education, Superintendent, Principals and other staff on issues facing the school district. The meetings are open to the public. Participation details, meeting minutes and agendas can be found on each committee web page.
Board Advisory Committees
The Advisory Committee for Utilization of Excess School Property (ACUESP) is a board-appointed citizens’ advisory group authorized to consider proposals and develop recommendations relative to the use and disposition of excess real property owned by the school district.
The Audit and Finance Committee provides for separate and intensive oversight of the internal and external audit functions of the district.
The Career Technical Education Advisory Committee develops recommendations on the College, Career, and Technical Education program and serves as the liaison between the district and potential employers.
The Charter School Facility Committee was established for the purpose of providing recommendations concerning acquisition, construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation, or replacement of charter school facilities, including the furnishing and equipping of charter school facilities.
The Community Advisory Committee For Special Education (CAC) advises the Board of Education and Special Education Program staff about the Special Education Local Plan (SELPA), annual priorities, parent education and other special education-related activities. California Education Code mandates that each SELPA must have a CAC and that a majority of members be parents.
The District Advisory Council For Compensatory Education (DAC) focuses on the funding that flows into San Diego Unified from the state and federal government for students that are socioeconomically disadvantaged. The DAC is a parent-led district advisory group that provides training, data, and budget information concerning funds that are meant to target socioeconomically disadvantaged students. Participants are prepared to discuss and offer advice to a school site council, district staff, the Superintendent and the Board of Education. Each School Site Council that participates in state and federally funded programs and sends a representative to each DAC meeting to vote on funding priorities for this money and to relay important district information to the school’s SSC.
The District English Learning Advisory Committee (DELAC) is made of up representatives from each school’s English Learner Advisory Committee (ELAC), required if there are more than 21 English learners in that school. The school committee advises the principal and staff on programs and services for English learners. The DELAC’s role is to advise the district on the programs and services that the district provides to English learners.
The Independent Citizens’ Oversight Committee (ICOC) is the legally required committee appointed by the Board of Education to actively review the proper expenditure of funds and inform the board and the public concerning expenditures for both Prop S and Z. Prop. S and Z funds must be used for the projects listed in the bond language placed before the voters, and cannot be used for teacher or administrative salaries.
District/Parent Advisory Committees
The Blueprint Task Force develops recommendations that include scope, proposed actions related to each of the four focus areas it established at the onset of the task force (Policies and Procedures, Graduation Rate, Gender-Specific Needs, and Parent/Family Support), budgetary implications, a prioritized implementation plan, and a proposed timeline to address the needs of our African American and African students.
The goals and objectives of the GATE DAC are to advise district leadership on gifted program development, planning and implementation as required by state law, act as regional liaison to school sites for development of gifted programs, act as resource persons for district-wide parent meetings, channel community questions concerning district-wide programs for follow-up and action, set DAC priorities for program review, discussion and explanation during monthly meetings, and review district program objectives, activities, budget timelines and annual evaluation.
The Safe Schools Task Force supports a nondiscrimination policy to ensure a healthier learning environment for all students, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning students.
The Indian Education Parent Advisory Committee helps American Indian/Alaska Native students succeed in school, and graduate and enroll in college. | <urn:uuid:117ae610-fdd5-48f5-90ef-53242c7f048a> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.sandiegounified.org/board-and-district-committees | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281649.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00446-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940446 | 815 | 2.296875 | 2 |
In eighteenth- and nineteenth-century debates about the constructions of American nationhood and national citizenship, the frequently invoked concept of divided sovereignty signified the division of power between state and federal authorities and/or the possibility of one nation residing within the geopolitical boundaries of another. Political and social realities of the nineteenth century—such as immigration, slavery, westward expansion, Indigenous treaties, and financial panics—amplified anxieties about threats to national/state sovereignty.
Rochelle Raineri Zuck argues that, in the decades between the ratification of the Constitution and the publication of Sutton Griggs’s novel Imperium in Imperio in 1899, four populations were most often referred to as racial and ethnic nations within the nation: the Cherokees, African Americans, Irish Americans, and Chinese immigrants. Writers and orators from these groups engaged the concept of divided sovereignty to assert alternative visions of sovereignty and collective allegiance (not just ethnic or racial identity), to gain political traction, and to complicate existing formations of nationhood and citizenship. Their stories intersected with issues that dominated nineteenth-century public argument and contributed to the Civil War.
In five chapters focused on these groups, Zuck reveals how constructions of sovereignty shed light on a host of concerns including regional and sectional tensions; territorial expansion and jurisdiction; economic uncertainty; racial, ethnic, and religious differences; international relations; immigration; and arguments about personhood, citizenship, and nationhood.More information is available here. Subscribers to Project Muse may access full content here. | <urn:uuid:112a5a48-a386-43f3-81eb-edc171ecef2e> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://legalhistoryblog.blogspot.com/2016/10/zuck-divided-sovereignties-race.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281574.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00026-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.917364 | 310 | 3.796875 | 4 |
In this episode of Policy Matters, hosts Franz Buscha and Matt Dickson talk to Simon Burgess, Professor of Economics at the University of Bristol. With COVID-19 and all the policy responses to it still very much at the forefront of public policy, Franz and Matt begin by asking Simon about the likely impact of school closures on child attainment, how this may affect existing socio-economic inequalities and what policymakers could do to tackle the issue once schools settle back to “normal”. The additional problems of replacing GCSE and A-level exams with teacher assessments are also considered, along with the difficult situation facing graduates finishing university this year. The discussion then moves on to Simon’s research into the impact of students’ effort on their educational outcomes. Simon explains how international football tournaments and school visits from Michelle Obama have provided insights into the huge effect that students’ effort can have on their results – and how policymakers might harness these findings. | <urn:uuid:9504bcf0-ff4a-430c-b705-8c8218f74538> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.shareradio.co.uk/podcasts/policy-matters-how-will-lockdown-affect-education-long-term-21-may-20/PodcastPlayer | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573540.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819005802-20220819035802-00471.warc.gz | en | 0.959186 | 191 | 2.125 | 2 |
Dehydration or hypohydration occurs when a loss of fluids exceeds fluid intake. Even a minor change in fluid concentrations can result in dehydration. It is, therefore, necessary to drink water as you lose it. When dehydrated, the human body does not function at its best and may be at risk for life-threatening diseases. Anyone can become dehydrated, but older people and young children are most susceptible.
Your breath may be telling you that your body is running low on water. Saliva has antibacterial properties, but lack of hydration can deter your body from producing enough of it. With insufficient saliva in the mouth, bacterial overgrowth is possible, and as a side effect, smelly breath. Often, dehydration is the cause of bad breath.
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Positive Solutions for Boundary Value Problems of Second Order Difference Equations and Their Computation
We consider the following two classes of second order boundary value problems for difference equation: Δ(ri―1Δyi―1) ― biy¡ + λa¡y¡ = 0, 1 ≤ i ≤ n, y0 ― τy1 = yn+1 ― δyn = 0 with δ, τ ∈ [0, 1] and Δ(ri―1Δyi―1) ― biyi + λaiyi = 0, 1 ≤ i ≤ n, y0 = αYn, Yn+1 = βy1 with α, β ∈ [0, 1]. We establish the existence of positive solutions to both problems. A solver with linear computational complexity for almost tridiagonal linear systems is developed by exploring the special structure of linear system of equations. Based on fast solvers for linear systems, effective algorithms for the computation of positive solutions will be proposed.
Ji, J., & Yang, B. (2010). Positive solutions for boundary value problems of second order difference equations and their computation. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 367(2), 409-415. doi:DOI: 10.1016/j.jmaa.2010.01.026 | <urn:uuid:d8746955-28f1-4dbd-a786-27484067a8cf> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/facpubs/1134/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00066.warc.gz | en | 0.808659 | 305 | 1.695313 | 2 |
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|Used By||Indian Hindu Telugu Kannada Lord Hanuman Lord Shiva 108 Names of Lord Hanuman|
|Numerology (Expression Number)||1|
|Heart's Desire number||4|
“You are a natural leader, independent and individualistic. You are extremely ambitious, original, and courageous. You employ new and unproven methods. You are an explorer and an innovator. Openness to too many peripheral influences limits and frustrates you. You are self-reliant, confident, and energetic.”
“You like to live a stable, well organized life. You dislike sudden changes. You prefer orderliness in all things. You have a systematic mind that is reflected in everything you do. You can establish and maintain a routine. You are exacting with details and quite thorough. You like to carefully analyze a problem and then tackle it in a logical and practical approach. You want to be dependable, a rock of strength and an example of discipline for others.”
“You radiate understanding and compassion. People sense your warmth and fairness. For this reason, you attract many people who are in need of comfort, including the disadvantaged. People tend to come to you to unload their burdens. You inspire confidence. You have a fine sense of justice. You do everything in your power to keep the harmony and are even willing to sacrifice your personal desires for the good of others. You can take this too far, however, sometimes playing the role of the martyr. ”
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|Lucky Gemstone||Emerald or Yellow sapphire|
|Lucky Colors||Yellow and green|
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|ECYC is a European network of youth work and youth club organisations that practice and promote open youth work and non-formal education. With a membership of 23 organisations from 20 European countries, ECYC reaches up to 1.2 million young people. Their vision is to empower young people through open youth work and non-formal learning in order to promote democratic and civil society, and to encourage young people to be actively involved in their communities.
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|The Youth Work Ireland Our Generation team will be providing a lot of wonderful opportunities for young people to develop their knowledge around issues such as emotional well-being, sexual health, and leadership through the Be Well Programme, YES Project, and Youth Banks. We will be delivering across the border counties of Cavan, Monaghan, Sligo, Leitrim, and Donegal. The Our Generation project is supported by the European Union’s Peace IV Programme, managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB). | <urn:uuid:581e1a52-e7c8-445b-99a7-23150738f640> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://yesconsent.eu/partner/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571210.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810191850-20220810221850-00475.warc.gz | en | 0.931131 | 460 | 1.992188 | 2 |
The FINANCIAL — In August 2018, the average cost of cooking one standard Imeretian khachapuri increased to 3.43 GEL, which is 3.8 % higher month-on-month (m/m, that is, compared to July 2018), but 0.5% lower year-on-year (y/y, compared to August 2017).
According to Khachapuri Index data, the price of wheat flour in different bazaars in Georgia has started to go up. The price of wheat rose by 1.6% in August month-on-month (compared to July 2018).
This increase follows a similar increase in the international market for this commodity. According to the FAO Food Price Index, the price of wheat has gone up by 8% month-on-month. High global prices of wheat this year have been attributed to a low supply in the world market. This will eventually be reflected in domestic wheat prices in Georgia, where the self-sufficient ratio for wheat is 15% and the country heavily depends on wheat imports.
Almost 100% of wheat imports come from Russia. It is expected that higher wheat prices in the world market will be transmitted to Georgia in the coming months, leading to further increases in the price of wheat and wheat products. According to ISET’s policy paper “Price Transmission on the Wheat Flour Market in Georgia,” it takes around 6 months for international wheat prices to be transmitted fully into the domestic market.
Furthermore, wheat prices may be affected by an upcoming new regulation. Namely, importing wheat via roads will be banned. According to this new regulation, wheat can be transported to Georgia only by sea or train. While some stakeholders argue that this will increase efficiency in wheat transportation and will thus lower wheat prices, others warn that there will be an increased burden on currently-operating small wheat traders, and expect a slight increase in the price of wheat and wheat products, Moreover, representatives of not only wheat, but other potentially affected sectors (e.g., chicken, eggs), are protesting this regulation. Several agricultural producers are against this regulation, warning that this will lead not only to wheat price increases, but will raise the prices for many other related products. The Finance Minister announced that the decision to ban the import of wheat via roads has been postponed till October 1, 2019. | <urn:uuid:88c13dd7-312c-4665-b5bb-f44ab5018960> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://finchannel.com/wheat-or-chicken/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571097.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810010059-20220810040059-00266.warc.gz | en | 0.952814 | 483 | 1.953125 | 2 |
Firebrick is used to line fireplaces and kilns and is made mostly of silica and aluminum oxide. The bricks can withstand temperatures over 1371 degrees Celsius, but conduct heat poorly and tend to be brittle. When the bricks are installed or break, they are glued and patched with several formulations of a substance called kiln glue, kiln cement or kiln grout. The glue is sometimes mixed with ground firebrick and water to make a patching compound called kiln or refractory mortar.
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Put on rubber gloves. All firebrick glues and mortars are stubbornly adhesive and some preparations include phosphoric acid.
Pour water into a paper cup. Pour a small amount of kiln cement into a second paper cup.
Dip a 1-inch paintbrush into the cup containing water. Wet the edges of the firebricks you want to glue with the brush. Wet any crack you want to seal with the brush.
Dip the wet brush in the kiln cement and stir. Continue to add water to the kiln cement until the cement achieves the consistency of ketchup.
Paint the edges of the firebricks you want to glue with the diluted kiln glue. Paint any cracks you want to seal with the diluted glue, as well.
Add firebrick dust to the diluted glue a little at a time and stir with a plastic knife to make refractory mortar. Add firebrick dust to the glue until the mortar has the consistency of thick mud.
Patch nicks in firebricks with the firebrick mortar, using the plastic knife.
Fire all firebrick glues and mortars to temperatures between 1,400 and 0-7.222 degrees Celsius depending on the directions that came with your kiln glue to set the glues and mortars.
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There is actually a turtle that looks like this. It is called the Matamata turtle (Chelus fimbriatus). They are native to shallow streams in lowland, northern South America. . They are carnivorous. These turtles sit on the bottom of slow moving streams. Their lacy fringes of skin flutter in the current and make them look like water plants and dead leaves. When prey gets close, they suck in a mouthful of food and river water. It is a low energy, efficient life style. These turtles can reach a shell length of 18 inches, and have a very long neck. Interestingly, they are poor swimmers, usually walking along the bottom. In captivity, juveniles have been known to drown if the water is too deep. These fantastic turtles rarely breed in captivity. I would ask that any one seriously considering acquiring these turtles to consider if you have the space for them to thrive and the time to devote to a captive breeding effort. | <urn:uuid:d8ba7c96-39f8-46a5-92b6-9172e34c4b56> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.eskimo.com/~wren11/Artwork/examples/matamata%20turtles.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280891.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00155-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965843 | 196 | 2.625 | 3 |
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I have a hard time understanding the food grades. A lot of them are not accurate. For instance I use the Organic Trader Joe's Peanut Butter with No Sugar added which has a D+ and yet a peanut putter with more salt, saturated fat, sugar, has a B- grade? I have seen a lot of other ones that seem to not make sense like this.
The food grades are there to indicate how big a part of your diet the food should form. Whether a B- or a D+ food, you're only going to use either of them sparingly. As long as you're getting lots of 'A grade' vegetables & your average for the day is good, the individual scores aren't so important.
I see. That maks sense being it is peanut butter and of course it is used sparingly. Thanks for the explanation.
My suspicion is that the generic peanut butter listing includes all vitamins/minerals whereas one entered off a store label will only list Vitamin A, Vitamin C, calcium and iron. If the peanut butter contains other vitamins/minerals than these four, it'll make it look like the generic kind is healthier when it really just has a more complete entry in the database.
Thanks that clears it up even further.
Yes I agree. I use fat free milk and it is c! Something like that should be an A right?
There is an argument that fat free milk is less healthy then whole milk because without the fat the milk can not carry fat soluble nutrients. Thus skim milk is not nearly as healthy. Also I heard that skim milk is made with powered milk, which has me a bit worried, but I haven't confirmed that yet.
Fat can be a good thing, in moderation.
While you can buy skim milk powder, most skim milk is not made from powdered milk. It's just regular milk with the fat skimmed off the top. (Hence the name.)
And, while the fat in whole milk helps the nutrients be absorbed, it's not necessary for them to be there. My skim milk has both Vitamins A and D in it. If I have it with a muffin (or similar), the fat in the muffin still allows me to absorb those nutrients. (My body has issues with fat from cows, so I get most of my fat from vegetable sources.) | <urn:uuid:94d88f9f-7e7a-4449-952d-70bcefa2f208> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.caloriecount.com/forums/weight-loss/food-grades-accurate | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560283689.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095123-00347-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958205 | 513 | 2.203125 | 2 |
ORLEANS — The drive from the North Coast to Orleans is a long, slow, winding one across three Indian reservations belonging to the Hoopa Valley, the Yurok and the Karuk tribes. At the end of last week, it was also a progressively smokier one, beginning just west of Willow Creek and worsening through Weitchpec and up into the Marble Mountain Wilderness. That’s because this year’s fire season started much earlier than anyone expected when dry lightning in the third week of June set almost 2,500 acres of this rugged landscape aflame. (At press time Tuesday, the fire had expanded to around 6,000 acres.)
With fire-fighting resources stretched to the limit throughout Northern California, the U.S. Forest Service, the Karuk Tribe and local residents around Orleans are expecting this summer to be — like the ride back into these isolated hills — long, tedious and filled with smoke. Residents are also hoping that it will be marked by an unprecedented level of cooperation between the Forest Service, out-of-state wildland fire teams, the local community and the Karuk Tribe, which has a long, rich history of incorporating fire into the landscape.
At a public meeting held at the Junction School in Somes Bar, just north of Orleans, last Thursday evening, a handful of residents gathered to hear a status report on the fires given by the Ukonom Incident Management Team (ICT). The turnout at the meeting was uncharacteristically low, according to one local resident, but they made up for their small numbers by speaking in a unified and stentorian voice.
If the ICT thought that the residents had come to listen, it was sorely mistaken – the residents had come to make suggestions about how the fires should be fought. Just one example: The ICT explained that a road would be used to block the then-500-acre Merrill Fire (one of four fires burning in the Ukonom Complex at the time), but residents warned against stopping the fire on the upslope of a drainage ditch – burn down to the fire now, they recommended. Agency heads nodded, but no one was taking notes.
Earl Crosby, the Watershed Restoration Coordinator for the Karuk Tribe, urged the ICT to listen to locals like Will Harling, Executive Director of the Mid-Klamath Watershed Council (MKWC), and Frank Lake, a Forest Service research scientist and Karuk descendant, who’s working as the resource coordinator for this incident. Both were at the meeting.
“They know more about this district than all of you combined,” Crosby said. Members of the ICT bristled, but promised they would be open to suggestions. “We’ve seen some stupid mistakes before,” Crosby added. That’s probably because ICTs are rotated out every two weeks. This one had only been around for a couple of days, and its members were still struggling to wrap their heads around the names of local roads and ridges.
The Ukonom Complex fires are understandably low-priority in comparison to other fires burning in California that threaten much larger swathes of private property, but Will Harling considers the blaze a unique opportunity to heal the local relationship to fire.
Harling started the Orleans/Somes Bar Fire Safe Council in 2001, and later grew his organization to include watershed-wide issues. Harling, who corrected me saying he was a fire lighter, not a firefighter, talks about stewarding fire in what he refers to as the local fireshed.
“We’re in a pickle,” he said from a tattered couch in the MKWC community center in Orleans on Thursday, “because we’ve excluded natural- and human-caused fire for about 100 years.” Whereas the ICT seems to be mostly concerned with putting this fire out, Harling suggests they “let it burn.” In the future, he recommends reallocating the millions of dollars in suppression funds now being spent to fight fires toward programs designed to prevent them by way of fuels reduction.
And he’s not the only one who thinks the forests have suffered at the exclusion of fire. Bill Tripp, the lead cultural monitor on the Ukonom Complex fires, is in charge of making sure that none of the tribe’s spiritual sites are disturbed while the fire is fought. In the past, alters have been smashed by firefighters who had no inkling of their cultural significance. The Karuk Tribe has traditionally used fire to manage forests, Tripp said, although it would typically burn during spring and fall.
Tripp, like Harling, wants to see more funds available for pretreatment of forests so that in the future blazes like this year’s won’t burn out of control and overwhelm local firefighters. Tripp calls the fires a “test case on the Klamath” because they may prove that fire can actually benefitlocal resources. In the long term, he’d like to see a stronger network of tribal and local resources in place to help prevent fires before they strike and fight them more effectively when they do.
Frank Lake, who was rushing somewhere every time I saw him, stopped for five minutes on Friday morning to talk. He repeated what I had heard multiple times from others in the ICT and the Forest Service, that air support for the fires was unlikely. But he said it was precisely because of the lack of resources that communication between the tribe, the community and federal agencies was so important. An optimist, he described the situation on the ground as “promising.” Karuk Tribe Vice Chairman Leaf Hillman agreed on Thursday that “things have gone relatively smooth” so far, but he said there were a “few little bumps at the start, at the Six Rivers [National Forest] end of it.”
After the community meeting on Thursday evening, I drove along the Salmon River up a serpentine, sometimes one-lane road to the Jake Fire. Some of the residents at the meeting had said they could see the fire raging from their homes. But when I arrived, the fire, which had spread over the course of the day down to the riverbank, was just smoldering. The sky was filled with dense smoke. Ash fluttered in the air around me. A local resident stopped her truck and got out. “This is a beautiful fire,” she exclaimed.
Up the road a way, a half dozen Forest Service fire trucks were parked with their engines turned off. Captain Spanky Markin of Orleans described the Portuguese Fire burning on the other side of the river: “It’s really doing a good job,” he said. By good he meant that the slow-burning fire was clearing out the forest’s underbrush.
But, he said, even though the fire is contained by the river, it’s still not under control. He expected that the Portuguese and the Jake would join into one single fire in the not-too-distant future. As for the Ukonom Complex in general, he said, he’s been fighting fire for 20 years and he’s never seen anything this big.
Spanky grinned. He resembled the smoldering, craggy slope behind him: He was missing a front tooth and his ruddy beard was overgrown. “This could be a very, very long summer,” he said. | <urn:uuid:3d87693d-7750-450c-8ee3-ca33fb812746> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.northcoastjournal.com/humboldt/slow-burn/Content?oid=2127379 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281162.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00532-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971958 | 1,543 | 2.171875 | 2 |
In 1980 I went down to the Four Courts in Dublin to watch Mary Robinson, then a young human rights lawyer, argue a case in the high court that the Victorian laws against homosexuality, which had remained on the statute books of the Republic of Ireland, were unconstitutional. She took the case on behalf of David Norris, a lecturer in English at Trinity College Dublin. I expected there to be crowds watching, but it was strange how few were in the court and how scant the reporting of the case was in the Irish media. There was a lonely atmosphere in the court as the arguments were made.
There was one moment I will never forget when a priest, bravely giving evidence in favour of Norris, used the word "we", seeming to imply that he himself was homosexual. The counsel for the state, in a booming voice, asked him over and over: "Did you say 'we', father? Did you say 'we'." For priest or layman in 1979, Ireland was not an easy place to be gay.
No one could have expected that within a decade Robinson herself would become president of Ireland; and no one could have imagined in their wildest dreams that David Norris, in turn, would 30 years later become one of the main contenders for the position of president of Ireland. We have come a long way.
Norris lost his case in the high court, and also lost by a vote of three to two in the Irish supreme court in 1983. Finally, he won in the European court of human rights in 1988, but it took the Irish government five years to change the law. The battle he fought had been long and lonely.
Part of Norris's popularity in Ireland now is his record of bravery then and his single-mindedness, but another part derives from his personality. His accent is pure Anglo-Irish; his tone comes directly from Trinity College, which was once a bastion of Protestant privilege. And yet, through his personal warmth and openness, he has developed something close to a common touch.
During the summer, I bumped into him in Galway while he was campaigning, and he was carrying a hurley stick, which is used in Gaelic games, games he would not have been familiar with in his youth, to say the least. He seemed rather proud of holding it, and appeared also to be enjoying the campaign immensely, as people all over Ireland responded to him with enthusiasm.
However, he soon had to withdraw from the race as it emerged that in 1992 he had written letters to the Israeli authorities on Senate notepaper (he has been a member of the Irish Senate, representing Trinity College, since 1987) to appeal for clemency on behalf of a former lover accused of having sex with a minor. Since Ireland has been rocked by scandals about the sexual abuse of minors, it seemed that his efforts to win the presidency would have to fail.
However, because of considerable public pressure, he decided earlier this month to return to the campaign. But first he had to get through the elaborate nomination system for candidates who are not members of political parties. He has done this with extraordinary energy and some grace.
Norris's problem now, having won the nomination, is how actually to win the election – and become probably the world's first openly gay head of state. Despite the fact that the job is mainly ceremonial – Patrick Hillery, a president for two terms, once described it as "14 years' solitary confinement" – six other candidates are fighting the election that will take place on 27 October.
They include Martin McGuinness of Sinn Féin, whose record as an IRA leader is now under scrutiny in the Republic, and Dana Rosemary Scallon, who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1970, with a song called All Kinds of Everything.
However, the fact that the polls so far all put Norris at the front is another interesting landmark in a changing Ireland. | <urn:uuid:421efee4-bcdd-466b-9881-9a1d4f2a4e14> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2011/sep/27/ireland-david-norris-long-way | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988718426.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183838-00138-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.990236 | 795 | 2.09375 | 2 |
Due to delays in an extension of a federal highway bill, cement consumption will not begin a significant rebound until 2013, according to the most recent economic forecast from the Portland Cement Association (PCA).
In 2010, PCA anticipates a 2.4 per cent increase in consumption compared to severely depressed 2009 levels. A 6.7 per cent gain is predicted for 2011, followed by an 8.4 per cent increase in 2012. An 18.8 per cent jump is projected for 2013 when highway and street cement consumption comes back on track.
“Delays in an extension of SAFETEA-LU reduced highway cement consumption by 1Mt in 2010,” Edward Sullivan, PCA chief economist said. “Lacking a new highway bill until 2013, highway cement consumption will be based on inflation eroded SAFETEA-LU extensions, declining ARRA stimulus and extremely weak state fiscal conditions.”
Spending from the stimulus package will increase in 2010 as composition of the projects shifts away from resurfacing to more cement intensive projects like road widening and bridgework—attributing 4.1Mt, followed by 2.8Mt in 2011. Due to the large deficits many are facing, state spending is expected to decline during the same period as states channel funds to higher priority areas.
Although nonresidential sectors like oil and farm construction will contribute to the modest 2010 cement consumption increase, consumption accrued to commercial building will decline 23.3 per cent. The residential sector is projected to remain nearly unchanged from 2009 levels, but is expected to grow 12.1 per cent in 2011 as foreclosures flatten and job creation increases.
“The turning point for cement consumption will most likely occur in 2013,” Sullivan said. “Then we will have a new highway bill in fiscal 2013, supplemented by the recovery in state fiscal conditions. At the same time, nonresidential and residential building should be on a solid upswing.” | <urn:uuid:0b34b541-571e-467b-a324-a07a20dfbb8a> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.cemnet.com/News/story/130993/usa-cement-industry-revises-2010-forecast-downward.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560283301.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095123-00509-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.937355 | 402 | 1.570313 | 2 |
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