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Solutions supporting NVIDIA CUDA
All graphics cards supporting CUDA can help accelerate most difficult tasks, starting from audio and video processing to medicine and scientific research. The only real limitation is that many CUDA programs require at least 256 MB of video memory, and it's one of the most important technical characteristics for CUDA applications.
You can read the latest list of products with CUDA support on NVIDIA's web site. At the time this article was written, CUDA was supported by all GeForce 200, GeForce 9, and GeForce 8 products, including mobile products, starting from GeForce 8400M, as well as chipsets -- GeForce 8100, 8200, and 8300. CUDA is also supported by modern Quadro products and all Tesla ones: S1070, C1060, C870, D870, and S870.
The new GeForce GTX 260 and 280 graphics cards were announced together with corresponding solutions for high performance computing: Tesla C1060 and S1070 (on the photo above), which will appear in stores in Autumn. They use the same GPU -- GT200, one in the C1060, four in the S1070. Unlike gaming solutions, they use four gigabytes of memory per GPU. What concerns drawbacks, we can mention only lower memory frequency and bandwidth than in gaming cards, 102 GB/s per chip.
CUDA includes two APIs: high-level (CUDA Runtime API) and low-level (CUDA Driver API), although one program cannot use both of them simultaneously, either one or another. The high-level API works on top of the low-level one, all runtime calls are translated into simple instructions processed by the low-level Driver API. But even the high-level API requires knowledge about NVIDIA GPUs, it lacks a high abstraction level.
There is another, even higher level -- two libraries:
CUBLAS -- CUDA version of BLAS (Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms) for linear algebra tasks, which uses direct access to GPU resources.
CUFFT -- CUDA version of Fast Fourier Transform library, which is widely used for signal processing. The following transform types are supported: complex-complex (C2C), real-complex (R2C), and complex-real (C2R).
Let's take a closer look at these libraries. CUBLAS -- standard linear algebra algorithms, translated to CUDA, only a certain bundle of main CUBLAS functions is supported now. This library is very easy to use: just create a matrix and vector objects in video memory, fill them with data, call necessary CUBLAS functions, and load results from video memory back into system memory. CUBLAS contains special functions to create and destroy objects in GPU memory as well as to read and write data into video memory. Supported BLAS functions: Level 1, 2, and 3 for real numbers, Level 1 CGEMM for complex numbers. Level 1 is vector-vector operations, Level 2 -- vector-matrix operations, Level 3 -- matrix-matrix operations.
CUFFT is a CUDA version of fast Fourier transformation, widely used and very important for signal analysis, filtering, etc. CUFFT offers a simple interface for efficient FFT computing on NVIDIA GPUs without the need to develop your own FFT version for GPU. CUDA FFT supports 1D, 2D, and 3D transforms of complex and real data, batch execution of several 1D transforms in parallel, the size of 2D and 3D transforms may be within [2, 16384], up to eight million elements are supported for 1D.
CUDA development basics
In order to understand the text below, you should know basic architectural peculiarities of NVIDIA GPUs. GPU consists of several Texture Processing Clusters. Each cluster consists of a large block of texture fetch units and 2-3 streaming multiprocessors, each of them comprising eight computing units and two superfunctional units. All instructions are executed by the SIMD principle, when one instruction is applied to all threads in warp (it's a term from textile industry, in CUDA it means a group of 32 threads -- minimum data volume processed by multiprocessors). This execution method is called SIMT (single instruction multiple threads).
Each multiprocessor has certain resources. For example, special shared memory (16 KB) is available to each multiprocessor. But it's not cache, as programmers may use it for any needs, like Local Store in SPU of Cell processors. This shared memory allows to exchange data between threads of a single block. What's important, all threads of a single block are always executed by the same multiprocessor. Threads from different blocks cannot exchange data between each other, you must keep this limitation in mind. Shared memory is often useful, except those cases when several threads access the same memory bank. Multiprocessors can access video memory as well, but it involves high latencies and worse throughput. To accelerate memory access and reduce the frequency of video memory calls, each multiprocessor has 8 KB of cache for constants and texture data.
A multiprocessor uses 8192-16384 (for G8x/G9x and GT2xx correspondingly) registers, common for all threads of all blocks, executed by this multiprocessor. The maximum number of blocks per multiprocessor for G8x/G9x equals eight, 24 warps (768 threads per multiprocessor). All in all, top graphics cards from GeForce 8 and 9 series can process up to 12288 threads simultaneously. GeForce GTX 280 based on GT200 offers up to 1024 threads per multiprocessor. It has ten clusters, three multiprocessors each, processing up to 30720 threads. If you know these limitations, it will help you optimize algorithms for available resources.
The first step to migrate an existing application to CUDA is its profiling and determining bottlenecks in code. If such bottlenecks can be executed in parallel, these functions are translated to the C extensions of CUDA to be executed on GPU. A program is compiled with NVIDIA compiler, which generates code both for CPU and GPU. When a program is executed by a CPU, it executes its parts of code, and GPU executes CUDA code with the heaviest parallel computations. The GPU part is called a kernel. The kernel determines operations to be performed over data.
A graphics chip gets the kernel and creates copies for each data element. These copies are called threads. A thread contains a counter, registers, and a state. Million threads are generated for large volumes of data, such as image processing. Threads are executed in groups of 32, called warps. Warps are assigned to certain streaming multiprocessors. Each multiprocessor consists of eight cores -- streaming processors that execute one MAD instruction per cycle. A single 32-thread warp requires four cycles of a multiprocessor (we speak of shader domain frequency, 1.5 GHz and higher).
A multiprocessor is not a traditional multi-core processor, it's designed for multi-threaded operation supporting up to 32 warps simultaneously. Hardware chooses which warp to execute each cycle, and it switches between them without penalties. If we compare with CPUs, it's similar to simultaneous execution of 32 programs and switching between them each cycle without penalties. CPU cores can actually execute only one program at a time, and switching to other programs costs hundreds of cycles.
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EDITORIAL: Obama’s war on guns and oil – Washington Times
June 30, 2012
The Obama administration is using more than just the Environmental Protection Agency to “crucify” businesses it doesn’t like. Congress won’t enact any gun-control measures, and the American people aren’t interested in paying more at the pump. So President Obama has to get a lot more creative in pushing his anti-gun, anti-affordable-energy agenda. His latest technique is dispatching the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) to wage small-scale battles against guns and oil.
On June 21, the agency announced a “safety stand-down” at oil and gas operations that will run through July 20. The idea is to temporarily stop work while a bureaucrat performs an inspection. “It is hoped that the stand-down will not only heighten awareness for workers in the oil-and-gas industry, but also identify and eliminate work-related hazards,” John Hermanson, OSHA’s regional administrator in Dallas, said in a statement.
One day earlier, the agency issued a grave warning regarding the purported hazards of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, an essential technique for extracting oil and gas from difficult locations. OSHA’s complaint is that fracking exposes employees to “respirable crystalline silica.” That’s a fancy word for the dust kicked up by trucks and other vehicles on a job site. It’s a bit suspicious that OSHA bureaucrats haven’t warned of the same danger at, say, archaeological digs at native American heritage sites.
To be sure, the affordable-fuels industry needs to take the safety of its employees seriously, but it’s increasingly clear that the Obama administration’s goals reach well beyond ensuring a safe work environment. That’s clear from OSHA’s outrageous issuance of $111,000 in proposed fines on June 11 against Illinois Gun Works, a firing range located in the Chicago suburbs.
Pistols and rifles happen to be noisy, and nobody understands that better than a firearms instructor. Yet OSHA believes it needs to tell instructors to use .22 caliber pistols “instead of larger caliber, such as, but not limited to, 9mm Luger and/or 45 Colt” to reduce noise levels. A far simpler and more effective solution would be for the federal government to ease restrictions it places on the sale of silencers, which would go a long way in achieving healthy sound levels.
OSHA’s complaint only grows more ridiculous when it describes how a range instructor was observed “reaching down on the range floor to collect a loaded handgun cartridge. The employee was not wearing any hand protection such as gloves.” Worse, this maniac was also seen touching a broom handle without gloves – increasing the fine by $4,200.
Penalties also racked up because the range carelessly disregarded the need for a “labeling system” with “hazard warnings, words, pictures, symbols or a combination thereof” to let employees know they shouldn’t try to drink Hoppes #9 or CLP Break-Free solvent, two commonly used gun-cleaning products. It also knocked the range for its use of Rust-Oleum spray paint without “precautionary measures to protect employees” – meaning a multi-part training course in how to avoid spraying oneself in the face.
It’s obvious what the White House is up to, and the American people shouldn’t stand for it. The right to keep arms is enshrined in the Constitution; the need for federally approved dust masks, gloves, labels and training courses is not. OSHA needs to stand down.
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The Anglican church says a British multimillionaire's suggestion that it hand over Christ Church Cathedral for restoration is "completely bizarre".
UK businessman Hamish Ogston yesterday announced he would fund an independent survey to find out what residents wanted to see happen to the ill-fated Cathedral Square centrepiece. Shortly after the February 2011 earthquake Ogston pledged $4 million to kickstart the restoration of the building and said he wanted to reiterate his pledge.
"There should be a foundation set up which will take over the reconstruction of the cathedral, independent of the Anglican church, but with their co-operation," he said.
The media announcement took place at the Christchurch City Council building alongside former MPs and co-chairmen of the Great Christchurch Buildings Trust (GCBT), Jim Anderton and Philip Burdon, and Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel.
Spokesman for the Anglican Diocese Jayson Rhodes told The Press Bishop Victoria Matthews was "astounded" when she heard about Ogston's proposal through the media. "There was no information, no invitation to the announcement - there was nothing," he said.
"It's just completely bizarre and we feel like the odd one out at kindergarten when everyone else has been invited to a party except us."
Rhodes said the Church Property Trustees had made a decision about the future of the cathedral after months of research, advice and public consultation.
"For somebody to come in from afar, make no contact with us and then fly out [of the country] tomorrow is just bizarre."
Rhodes said preliminary legal advice confirmed the Church Property Trustees must maintain ownership and control at all times.
Ogston said it would cost $67 million to fully restore the cathedral and bring it up to code. After insurance payments and donations there was only a $15 million shortfall.
"That's a small sum of money," he said.
He said the restoration should be headed by a "group of people who can ensure the cathedral is restored quickly and returned to the Anglican church on completion".
Ogston believed that if people knew the cathedral could be restored without any cost to the ratepayers they would want it to go ahead.
"I want to help the cathedral have a future rather than sitting in limbo . . . so let's take it out of the hands of the Anglicans and give it to the community, if they want it."
Dalziel said she liked the idea of "asking what people want for the heart of their city".
"If the people of Christchurch send a strong message, it will help the conversation."
Dalziel told The Press the council did not have a position on the cathedral but she was "personally keen to facilitate any move that could contribute to a resolution".
However, yesterday afternoon she said she was "sorry to learn the organisers had not arranged for Mr Ogston to meet the Bishop".
In September the church confirmed it had ruled out restoring thedamaged landmark in favour of a contemporary replacement.
A legal challenge from the GCBT to the Supreme Court was declined in December. Anderton told The Press the reason the church was not contacted before the announcement was because the GCBT anticipated the "usual response and blocks".
WHO IS MONEY PLEDGER HAMISH OGSTON?
Hamish Ogston joined the Norwegian Merchant Navy at the age of 16 and found himself in Lyttelton Port, Christchurch, a year later. He worked on Kiwi dairy farms before travelling to Australia and Canada.
In 1980 he founded the CPP Group - a British company that sells products including mobile-phone, credit-card and identity protection insurance services.
Thirty years later he pocketed £120 million when he floated the company on the stock market. In March 2011 it was revealed that CPP was under investigation by the UK's Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
The Guardian newspaper reported in August 2013 that CPP faced near collapse after it was fined £10.5m by the FCA in 2012.
The newspaper reported that Ogston offered to buy back the company but he pulled out of talks and resigned as a director of the company in June 2013.
Ogston gained a reputation as a philanthropist when he gave £2 million to the restoration of York Minster in 2008. He was made a Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for services to business in 2011 and reportedly owns a multimillion-pound house near Harrods in Knightsbridge, London.
Jim Anderton, co-chairman of the Great Christchurch Buildings Trust that organised yesterday's announcement, said he was aware of the issues surrounding CPP. "Firstly, [Ogston] is no longer the chairman of that company . . . the money for the cathedral is his own and he has his own view on [what happened]."
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What is Skillshare?
Skillshare is a platform that allows professionals to submit video-focused classes onto the site. You can find tutors that range anywhere from famous YouTubers to professional photographers, designers, and artists and many more. All of them are very skillful and experienced in their respective profession.
Each class has an introduction video that describes in brief, what you will learn in the class. These intro videos are free to view for everyone but the rest of the course only available to premium subscribers.
How much Skillshare cost?
When you’re a new user, you receive a 7-day free trial. The yearly subscription of the classes on Skillshare is only $99. There are also free classes on Skillshare that you can do, but they are nowhere near the number of total premium subscription classes.
How are the classes designed
Each Skillshare class is split up into lessons, which is just basically taking the entire class length and splitting it up into bite-sized pieces for easy consumption. In this way, you don’t have to be there listening to three and a half hours of training.
The lesson videos also allow you to make little notes that everyone viewing the video can see. It can help you to understand what other students were feeling when they reach that specific spot and you can use it to help others as well. But, it should be noted here that sometimes the notes are super useful and other times, they are useless information.
Usually, throughout the classes, the instructor will create projects and they like you to participate in it. For example, in the interior design class, the instructor suggested students put together a bookshelf, using the information that they learned in the class. The class by Evan (PolyMatter) about creating beautiful thumbnails for YouTube videos, encourages you to create one at the end of the class. In each of these projects, you can even respond and communicate with other students by sharing ideas and inspire.
Quality of the course
The Content produced on the platform(Skillshare) by course creators is certainly of high quality and it doesn’t rival basically anything else that is online. Skillshare and Skillshare’s creators put a ton of effort into making sure the courses are both informative but also look really professional and are produced well.
You’re not going to find that same type of quality level as well as one-on-one direct communication with the course instructor as you would on other learning platforms or other video platforms online.
Classes designed for Real Life
If you put it into practical terms of what you learned a skill or two from Skillshare creators, the chances of you making that money back are exponentially high. It is especially because the skills that you’re learning on Skillshare is directly transcribed into real workforce training. You perhaps can also be starting your own business with those skill sets.
- Regardless of whether you are a beginner to a topic or you’re more advanced, there’s always going to be something that you can learn from Skillshare.
- The classes are designed short, interactive which go into in-depth details on specific skills you want to learn.
- You have a one-on-one personal connection with the course creator.
- The price for what you’re getting in terms of raw value i.e ten bucks a month is actually pretty dang good.
- Some of the classes on Skillshare can be found at other places like on YouTube where you can learn for free. The classes are photography, creative writing, video editing, graphic design, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, drawing, etc.
- Skillshare doesn’t provide any certificate for course completion hence, you can’t prove your mastery over LinkedIn and other sites.
- You cannot purchase individual classes you like, you have to join a monthly or annual membership plan to get access to the course you want.
- You have to complete your special class project to finish the class or mark it as complete.
Alternatives to Skillshare
- Skillshare vs Udemy
- Skillshare vs Coursera
- Skillshare vs YouTube
Skillshare vs Udemy
Udemy has a different model than Skillshare. Each course you want to try on Udemy costs money. Udemy reports some ridiculous prices but every time you visit their site, it’s always on sale and there are a bunch of coupons to get the price even low. Once you buy the course, you get lifetime access to it and when you complete a class, you can earn a certificate to showcase your mastery.
Skillshare doesn’t provide any kind of certification for the classes that you’ve finished. So, you can’t put it on LinkedIn or any networking site. There also seems to be more content per course on Udemy compared to Skillshare.
In a nutshell, Udemy is only a better option if you want a specific type of course that you really want to learn more about and plan a career on since you have lifetime access to it.
Skillshare vs Coursera
Coursera is rather a mixture of Skillshare and Udemy. It primarily contains traditional college type of courses from which you can earn degrees and certificates. The courses on Coursera are focused more on a particular skill and interests that you already have, and you want to learn more about it.
The pricing on Coursera depends upon content. There are free courses, paid courses that you can audit for free, and specialized courses that you’ve to pay monthly for. There is also a subscription plan called “Coursera Plus” which gives you access to over 90% of their courses, specialization programs, professional certificate programs, and Coursera Guided Projects.
In a nutshell, compared to Skillshare, Coursera might be a better option for you, if you’re more career-focused and wants to level up your skillset over a particular subject by gaining hands-on experience.
Skillshare vs YouTube
Whatever you want to learn on Skillshare ultimately can be learned basically anywhere else online for free like on YouTube. But, it comes with a couple of caveats. One is, finding information on YouTube is going to be very hard. The other thing is that the videos you see on YouTube are not very well produced in terms of quality and interaction for questions about the content, as compared to Skillshare.
Just think about it, how many times have you gone on to a YouTube video and left a comment because you are confused about something inside of the video, in hopes that either the creator of the video or someone else lurking in the comment section will go ahead and decides to take time out of their day to respond. But the truth is, It doesn’t happen all the time. Eventually, you will be stuck and you can’t find anything else.
Overall, if you are a visual learner who doesn’t like learning through reading textbooks or reading online forums, Skillshare is going to provide that quality of life to whatever you’re trying to learn. You’re going to be able to ask questions to the course creator, leave reviews and read other people’s reviews of the information inside the course in a more thorough and digestible format. You will get a packaged deal for a specific subject.
Teaching on Skillshare
Anyone can start creating classes on Skillshare, but the requirements to publish content on Skillshare as a teacher is way more strict than what can be put on Youtube as well as on Udemy. You can check here about the level of quality that Skillshare requires of their instructors. As a teacher on Skillshare, each person you refer to the platform nets the teacher $10. From there, based on what stated on their site, 30% of the site’s total Skillshare premium subscription is split up across the entire platform to all the teachers based on total watched minutes of their content.
Final Words: Author’s Note
After spending time with Skillshare, I genuinely like Skillshare. But, I don’t know if it is worth paying the price for every class. I suggest you, first take a look at all the content that Skillshare offers, watch some of those free introduction to the course videos, and see if you enjoy the teacher and the content. Check, whether there is enough content on the platform for you before you sign up. Honestly, while the content on the platform is very good, a one-year subscription is only $99. It varies if everyone could find enough educational content on the platform that they are interested in for an entire year.
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5 Sites to Make Your Own Word Games and Custom Logic Puzzles
Do you know what’s more fun than playing word games and logic puzzles? Creating your own games to test friends and strangers, which you can do with these free websites.
Puzzles have been scientifically proven to be good for your brain in various ways, including building memory, improving problem-solving skills, and enhancing your mood. The next step in the journey is to make your own games and quizzes. And it’s easier than ever with several free sites offering ways to create your own custom puzzle.
1. My Wordle (Web): Make Your Own Wordle Game
Who knew a simple 5-letter word guessing game would take the internet by storm? But Wordle has gone viral, with people posting their daily scores as emojis on every type of social media. Well, you can now make your own Wordle to test your friends with this simple app.
Visit the web page, and you’ll be prompted to type in a 5-letter or 6-letter word, which then generates a custom URL you can share with friends. In fact, the rest of the rules are the same as Wordle. Recipients have to guess the correct word in five attempts (or six in the case of a six-letter word). Wrong letters turn grey, correct letters turn yellow if on the wrong tile, and green if on the right tile.
Like the original, the app also generates shareable emojis of your winning turn. You can view your solving percentage statistics at any point, as long as you’re using the same browser each time. And no one needs to sign up to use the site.
2. ProProfs (Web): Create Your Own Word Games for Free
ProProfs is a simple website to create your own word games that anyone can play. Unlike several other free online puzzle makers, ProProfs doesn’t limit how many puzzles you can make at a time or how many people can play it.
Currently, you can create seven types of puzzles on ProProfs:
- Word Search: List all the words you want, set a time limit, and give it a description for participants to begin their word search.
- Crossword: Simply add the intended word and the hint for it. ProProfs will figure out the placement of the tiles.
- Sliding puzzle: Add an image, choose how many pieces to break it up in, and ProProfs will create an online sliding puzzle where players unjumble the scrambled piece.
- Jigsaw: A standard jigsaw puzzle maker where you can add the original image.
- Hangman: Add a list of words for a five-chance words of Hangman.
- Word Scramble: Add a word and a hint for players to solve an anagram and guess the original
- Brain Teasers: A multimedia quiz where you can add an image and a text question (as well as a hint), and then an image and text answer.
While the variety is great, ProProfs doesn’t offer a lot of customization in the games. It’s probably ideal for teachers to make games for students rather than adults trying to challenge other adults.
3. Maze Generator (Web): Create a Custom Maze as Big as You Want
Who doesn’t love solving a maze puzzle? It’s one of those activities you start doing as a kid, and you can continue doing as an adult. But naturally, you want it to be more difficult. Maze Generator will let you create a custom maze as large and as difficult as you want.
Four main factors determine the difficulty and size of your maze. Columns and rows define how wide and how tall the maze will be. In general, a 20×20 grid is moderately challenging for an adult, but if you really want to push yourself, try a 50×50 grid. Next, choose your entry and exit points (corners, left and right, or top and bottom).
The fourth point of difficulty comes with a bias, which determines how the maze walls will be laid. So, for instance, if you want a lively challenge, you could set top and bottom entries, horizontal bias, and really crank up the columns. Plus, you can customize the background color, the maze color, and the thickness of the walls. And yes, you can download and print it for free.
While ProProfs lets you make your own word search or crossword puzzle, it’s a really basic version that doesn’t offer much customization. The best word game makers on the internet are My Word Search (MWS) and Crossword Hobbyist (CH), both from the same developers. They’re free for 30 days, after which you’ll have to buy a premium version (but there’s a discount to buy them together).
MWS has some really funky options, like choosing different puzzle shapes such as a flower, snowman, spiral, and other shapes apart from the usual square. You can set the puzzle size and the directions in which the words will appear. Once that’s set, just add your list of words, and you’re good to go.
Crossword Hobbyist makes crosswords in two ways. You can type your words and clues and have it auto-arrange for you, or you can set a grid and type directly in it. Registered users can also save their progress in any crossword, which is essential for crossword lovers. You’ll also be able to preview your crossword as you make it, and adjust on the go.
5. PuzzleScript (Web): Make Your Own Sokoban-Type Tile Puzzle Game
Sokoban is one of Japan’s oldest and most popular puzzle video games. The simple puzzle is about the player pushing crates to their designated place in a warehouse, but each level makes this more difficult. With PuzzleScript, anyone can make their own version of a Sokoban-type tile-based puzzle game with little to no coding knowledge.
Check the PuzzleScript How To section to learn the basic commands for all the ways in which your player can interact with the tile. It’s a pretty simple way to move crates either by pushing or pulling, which you can then use in the PuzzleScript editor. The engine also adds a few extra game features like an eyeball, a block, a sumo wrestler, a sprite, a kitty, and a fruit. Use them how you want to create a custom game.
You can check the gallery of games made with the PuzzleScript engine for inspiration and even import their code to start as a base for your game. It’s one of the easiest ways to create your own puzzle video game for free.
Don’t Be Oversmart
Whether you’re making a crossword puzzle or a maze, it’s tempting to try to do the hardest logic puzzle to challenge your players. But resist this and instead, choose a difficulty level less than what you think your players will enjoy. The key to making a great puzzle is not to make it impossible to solve but solvable after some thought and effort.
Try these five brain-teasing sites and some of the hardest logic puzzles that are loved by anyone who likes solving stuff.
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Article 2, Section 2, Clauses 2 and 3
Rufus King, African Slave Trade, Senate12 Jan. 1818Annals 31:106--7
Without adverting to the several branches of the executive power, for the purpose of distinguishing the cases in which it is exclusively vested in the President, from those in which it is vested in him jointly with the Senate, it will suffice on this occasion to observe that, in respect to foreign affairs, the President has no exclusive binding power, except that of receiving the Ambassadors and other foreign Ministers, which, as it involves the decision of the competence of the power which sends them, may be an act of this character; to the validity of all other definitive proceedings in the management of the foreign affairs, the Constitutional advice and consent of the Senate are indispensable.
In these concerns the Senate are the Constitutional and the only responsible counsellors of the President. And in this capacity the Senate may, and ought to, look into and watch over every branch of the foreign affairs of the nation; they may, therefore, at any time call for full and exact information respecting the foreign affairs, and express their opinion and advice to the President respecting the same, when, and under whatever other circumstances, they may think such advice expedient.
There is a peculiar jealousy manifested in the Constitution concerning the power which shall manage the foreign affairs, and make treaties with foreign nations. Hence the provision which requires the consent of two-thirds of the Senators to confirm any compact with a foreign nation that shall bind the United States; thus putting it in the power of a minority of the Senators, or States to control the President and a majority of the Senate: a check on the Executive power to be found in no other case.
To make a treaty includes all the proceedings by which it is made; and the advice and consent of the Senate being necessary in the making of treaties, must necessarily be so, touching the measures employed in making the same. The Constitution does not say that treaties shall be concluded, but that they shall be made, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate: none therefore can be made without such advice and consent; and the objections against the agency of the Senate in making treaties, or in advising the President to make the same, cannot be sustained, but by giving to the Constitution an interpretation different from its obvious and most salutary meaning.
To support the objection, this gloss must be given to the Constitution, "that the President shall make treaties, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate ratify the same." That this is, or could have been intended to be the interpretation of the Constitution, one observation will disprove. If the President alone has power to make a treaty, and the same be made pursuant to the powers and instructions given to his Minister, its ratification follows as a matter of course, and to refuse the same would be a violation of good faith; to call in the Senate to deliberate, to advise, and to consent to an act which it would be binding on them to approve and ratify, will, it is presumed, be deemed too trivial to satisfy the extraordinary provision of the Constitution, that has been cited.
Annals of Congress. The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States. "History of Congress." 42 vols. Washington, D.C.: Gales & Seaton, 1834--56.
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When the economy was booming, car companies could offer a range of brands to satisfy the shopping whims of Americans looking for a new ride. This gave auto executives the option to assign one of their brands as the “green” choice. But times have changed, and the auto industry is shedding brands and dealerships as quickly as they can. In this era, and going forward, it’s no longer viable for companies to designate one of their brands as green; advanced fuel-efficient technology will become the mainstream.
There was a rumor throughout 2008 that Toyota would create an entire brand around Prius, the iconic hybrid. It was thought that a new Prius brand could initially consist of three hybrid vehicles: a compact, a mid-size model, and an SUV. As a brand, Prius would become its own entity with its own dealer network—or at least its own dealer showroom—much like the Scion brand. Cars would be positioned at various price points. “You could have a series of derivatives under the Prius brand name that would allow you to market product at a much lower cost,” Jim Lentz, Toyota’s North American Sales Director, told Reuters. “To do that effectively, I think we need dedicated hybrids and I would prefer them under the Prius name.”
That plan—wisely—appears to be mothballed.
General Motors, in effect, created a green brand when it put out its first hybrids under Saturn. It made some sense considering that, at one point, the Saturn brand stood for “a different kind of car company.” The first models introduced as “Green Line” vehicles were unconvincing mild hybrids, but planned versions of the Saturn Vue small sport utility were scheduled to use full “two-mode” hybrid technology—followed by a plug-in hybrid version. That would have made the Saturn Vue the only vehicle on the market with three different flavors of hybrid.
Unfortunately, the entire Saturn brand—hybrid and conventional—is falling victim to GM’s financial woes. Even before the worst of the financial problems, Saturn marketing stopped using “Green Line,” and starting simply calling these vehicles Vue Hybrid and Aura Hybrid.
When the company returned to Congress in February for another dose of bailout funds, company officials said the brand would fade away after 2011—creating a problem for GM which put many of its green eggs in the same Saturn basket. On April 27, the company said it would stop building Saturns by the end of this year. It’s interesting to note that the Volt was very deliberately produced as a Chevy, to send a clear message that the company’s celebrated plug-in hybrid was intended for the mainstream—and should be viewed as American as apple pie.
GM’s shedding of the Saturn brand has thrown the future of its plug-in hybrid technology into question—and put Tom Stephens, vice chairman of GM’s global product development, on the defensive. The full hybrid Vue was scheduled for this summer, and the plug-in hybrid Vue was planned for 2011. Now, Stephens says similar vehicles using those hybrid technologies will launch together sometime in 2011. The vehicles will be introduced under a brand, with a price, and on a date not yet determined. Stephens told Automotive News, “It doesn’t just go away because Saturn goes away. We are going to plug it in.”
According to Stephens, the demise later this year of the Saturn Aura Hybrid will make more hybrid parts, such as batteries and electronics, available to build the Malibu Hybrid—a Chevy. This shift serves as another sign of the collision and merging of the auto industry’s two biggest trends: consolidation and greenification.
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Professional Book Reviews
Professional Book Reviews are key to having a library of materials in your hands to help build student achievement, promote richer teaching techniques and further develop self-reflection skills.
I have read thousands of books through my years and have found that many are "fluff" - but a few gems that I would never want to teach without!
This list is to help you find high content, great books to promote your learning and reflections on teaching.
I have included fiction and non-fiction titles. Some are very technical, and yet others will just make you laugh and remember why you became a teacher in the first place.
So, before you spend money on a book look it over for yourself and make sure it meets your needs.
At the top of this page are my reviews, and below there are tons of books submitted by other visitors to this page.
I hope they help!
"Strategies That Work"
by Stephanie Harvey and Anne Goudvis
"Mosaic of Thought"
by Ellin Oliver Keene and Susan Zimmerman
"The Essential 55"
by Ron Clark
"The Excellent 11"
by Ron Clark
by Fountas & Pinnell
Beyond the Classroom
These are books to help your head, heart, and hands.
32 Third Graders and One Classroom Bunny by Phillip Done
by Rhonda Byrne
"Talking Dirty with the Queen of Clean"
"Light for My Path"
by Pamela Kaye Tracy
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The fourth and final section of the Thu Thiem Tunnel, the first underwater tunnel in Vietnam, was successfully installed under the Sai Gon River in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday night, officials said.
The management board of the East West Highway and Water Environment Project, which includes construction of the tunnel, said the task was completed faster than the installment of previous sections despite the much higher precision required.
There was only a space of 1.25 meters for the section to be maneuvered into its position, the board said.
Inspections started immediately after to make sure the section was properly installed.
The 1.5 kilometer tunnel is the main part of the East West Highway Project. The underwater part comprises four sections, each of which is 92 meters long and weighs more than 27,000 tons.
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It can be difficult to find decent food for a baby – when they hit the one year mark things suddenly get tricky, as you can’t rely on milk alone. You will want to start your little bairn on some actual solids, but it can be tough to get them on side with this plan of action!
So in all, you want something that is both tasty and healthy. And you will need to strike a good balance between “not lumpy enough” and “too lumpy” – it’s complicated! If you’re looking for a little help and guidance, you’ve come to the right place: here are our two favourite baby-friendly recipes. Any little one will love ‘em!
Baby’s Beef Casserole
Though you might think a beef casserole is far too grown-up for a one year old, this one is perfectly suitable, and is a way of getting some much-needed iron into your baby’s system. It requires a fair few ingredients, but it’s worth it – parents can enjoy it too, so long as you don’t puree it!
- 2 tsp oil
- 1 ½ cups steak, in 2cm cubes
- 1 chopped onion
- 1 chopped carrot
- 1 cup diced mushrooms
- ½ crushed garlic clove
- 1 cup beef stock
- 2 tbsp flour
- 1 cup tinned tomatoes
- 1 tsp tomato puree
- 2 cups potatoes, peeled and cubed
- 3 tbsp milk
- ¼ cup grated cheese
- Smidge of butter
Heat half the oil in a frying pan, brown the meat and put to one side. Heat the rest of the oil in a saucepan, add in the onion, mushroom and carrot, fry for two minutes then add the garlic for two more.
Flour the veg then add the tomato, puree, stock and beef. Cover this and bring it to the boil, leaving it to simmer for about 2 hours.
Now boil the potatoes, drain them, then mash in the butter, milk and cheese. Blend the meat and veg together and stir them into the tatties. You should have around 6 portions’ worth, enough to feed your little one for a few days, so take ‘em out of that Koochi pushchair, sit ‘em down in their highchair and start feeding!
Pasta Cheese, Please
This one’s quick and easy, and you can even get organic pasta shapes if you want to go that extra mile!
- ¼ cup butter
- 1 cup chopped tomatoes
- ½ cup grated cheese
- 1 cup chopped carrots
- 2 tbsp pasta shapes
Steam the carrots until extra tender then grab a second pan and warm up the butter, before adding the tomatoes and sautéing until really soft. Take everything off the heat and mix the cheese with the tommies.
Boil the pasta until it’s soft (no al dente for babies!), then drain it. Puree the carrots with a few tablespoons of the steam-water using a handheld blender. Blend in the cheese and tomato mix, stir that in with the pasta and you have a lovely meal fit for a (baby) king!
What are your favourite baby-friendly recipes? Leave me a comment below and a link to your blog post, if you have written about the topic!
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Induction of Red-Cockaded Woodpecker Group Formation by Artificial Cavity Construction
Carole K. Copeyon, Jeffrey R. Walters and J. H. Carter III
The Journal of Wildlife Management
Vol. 55, No. 4 (Oct., 1991), pp. 549-556
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3809497
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Previous research suggested that red-cockaded woodpeckers (Picoides borealis) were reluctant to occupy sites lacking sufficient existing cavities, despite their being exclusively primary cavity users. We provisioned 10 vacant sites (sites lacking cavity tree clusters and red-cockadeds) and 10 abandoned sites (sites with existing clusters no longer occupied by red-cockadeds) in the Sandhills region of North Carolina with cavities and cavity starts we constructed in 1988 and 1989. By July 1989, 18 of 20 experimental sites had been occupied, resulting in the net addition of 12 social groups to the population. No control sites were occupied. Occupation of previously vacant areas and rapid increases in the number of social units in a population are rare events in this and other populations in the absence of cavity provisioning. Cavity provisioning can be used to stabilize or increase red-cockaded woodpecker populations.
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franchise, in government, a right specifically conferred on a group or individual by a government, especially the privilege conferred by a municipality on a corporation of operating public utilities, such as electricity, telephone, and bus services. Franchises may not be revoked without the consent of the grantee unless so stipulated in the contract. They may, however, be forfeited by the grantee's violation of terms, and the government may take back granted rights by eminent domain proceedings with tender of just compensation. Franchise provisions usually include tenure; compensation to the grantor; the services, rates, and extensions; labor and strike regulations; capitalization; and reversion to the grantor.
The term franchise also refers to a type of business in which a group or individual receives a license from a corporation to conduct a commercial enterprise. Corporate franchises enable a franchisee to market a well-known product or service in return for an initial fee and a percentage of gross receipts. The franchiser usually provides assistance with merchandising and advertising. Major franchise networks, which have grown rapidly in the United States since the 1960s, include fast-food restaurants, gasoline stations, motels, automobile dealerships, and real-estate agencies, and the system has expanded into many other fields.
In politics, the franchise is the right conferred on an individual to vote. In the United States, the states, with some restrictions by the U.S. Constitution, govern the qualifications of voters. By the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments, states were forbidden to deny suffrage to male residents over 21 years of age "on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude." The Nineteenth Amendment conferred suffrage upon women, and the Twenty-sixth Amendment lowered the voting age to 18. See voting.
See C. Williamson, American Suffrage from Property to Democracy, 1760–1860 (1960, repr. 1968); C. L. Vaughn, Franchising (1974).
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The Babe's Record Home Run - Another Tampa Legend
As reported in an article in Cigar Aficonado by Kenneth Shouler entitled "The King of Swings, Babe Ruth Revolutionized Baseball While Indulging a Passion for Wine, Women and Cigars," when the Babe "... was with the Red Sox he hit one in spring training in an exhibition game at the Tampa fairgrounds. He hit it out of the racetrack, into a farmer's field, and it stopped in a furrow. Several New York writers got a surveyor's glass and said it had traveled 630 feet. While that distance taxes credulity, writer Bill McGeehan said he didn't know how far it traveled, but when it came down it was covered in ice."
This location is now on the grounds of the University of Tampa. A plaque marking the location reads:
Babe's Longest Homer
At Tampa's Plant Field on April 4, 1919, "Babe" Ruth, playing for the Boston Red Sox against the N.Y. Giants, smacked a 587 foot home run that set a record pre-season game. 4,3000 screaming fans saw the feat. Famed Evangelist Bill Sunday, an ex-major leaguer himself, who was conducting a tent revival on the Florida Fair Grounds nearby, had pitched the first ball of the game and The Bambino's pace-setting ball was presented to him.
Ruth played from 1915 to 1935. He is regarded as the most popular player of all time, and the greatest slugger in history One year he hit 60 homers. Erected 1981 by the Tampa Historical Society in cooperation with the Halian-American Golf Association Inc.
Like many, I am a bit skeptical of many of the modern day records - the Babe's drugs of choice seemed to be cigars and beer, not marijuana and steroids. So when the merits of homerun records are discussed, I stick with the Babe - and Hank Aaron, of course. But not the muscle-bound modern pretenders. | <urn:uuid:30224c91-8d14-461c-94d5-2e6ae2225822> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.johnmtaylor.com/LostKey/babe_ruth.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573193.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818094131-20220818124131-00469.warc.gz | en | 0.965607 | 425 | 1.914063 | 2 |
Updated: June 27, 2021
California Odd Fellows Past Grand Master Rick Boyles is a gifted writer and one of the founders of DMC. He has written many columns for this newsletter. There are times when Brother Rick’s writings inspire, provoke, and disturb. And that’s perfectly fine. At a minimum, Rick takes us out of our personal comfort zones, and causes us to think.
Why did we join Odd Fellows in the first place?
Why have we continued to be Odd Fellows?
What have we accomplished as Odd Fellows?
Here is a thought-provoking article for your reading pleasure.
F – L – T
Past Grand Master
Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Jurisdiction of California
An Onion to a Beggar
“An Onion to a Beggar” is a religious parable originally used in the classic work “The Brothers Karamazov” by Fyodor Dostoevsky. But it has been reused again and again, both in later prose, and real life. It means that if someone can give an onion, unaltered, to a poor person, the giver may indeed go to Heaven, or, conversely, if the onion is damaged, or otherwise inedible, the giver goes to Hell.
Of course, it is more complex than that, because the book is devoted to that subject, but you get the idea. Before you say, well, hey, this was a darned Russian, while that is true, Russia, at that time, in the 1870’s to 1890’s was full of Christians, guided by the Russian Orthodox Church. Dostoevsky was devoutly Roman Catholic. This phrase has been used in American works as well. The point of this discourse is something that has been haunting my mind for years.
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF), in a historical context, have been known, or reputed to be, charitable, but are we really? We are at a critical juncture both within and outside the order. Due to the pandemic, many of us are communicating remotely, while millions are wondering about their own future once our country reopens. The news is full of these issues. Millions are facing eviction, and enduring hunger, and other embarrassments they have never encountered before. Some of us have been lucky, either to be still employed or in a fixed retirement state, however, we probably have all seen those needier than us. We should each do something to ease someone’s pain. If anything, it at least corresponds to our historical narratives.
IOOF membership in California really heated up during the California Gold Rush in the 1840’s. Many people were in need. The illusion of the rush for gold in California is that many got rich. The opposite is true. Some got rich, certainly, but most spent years in futility, hoping for wealth. Many of the rich were the shopkeepers and saloon owners in suddenly exploding towns becoming refuges for those tired from their search for wealth. Similarly, lodges, such as the Odd Fellows, Masons, and other groups became full of people who were both tired and low spirited. Local leaders of the fraternal groups were often town mayors, sheriffs, and other local dignitaries. Why did so many become members at that time? It clearly was not due to a ritual, or other fraternal characteristic, it was entirely due to need – the need for nourishment, for safety, and a sense of belonging.
This is what we need to return to.
Of course, we can’t afford to personally house the homeless, or pay the rents of those closing upon eviction, but we can help ease their pain. The counts of the homeless in California throughout the state are exploding. We can each do something, anything, to help. This is not a political stance, or a social issue, so much as it is a human issue. We must see each human as an integral part of our society and their need should be somehow aligned within our own view of the world. We can certainly afford a symbolic onion to a beggar. If your lodge is reopening, invite at least one needy person to your dinner, or something else that says you care. The homeless and the needy are now not only in homeless encampments, but many also now walk our streets in almost silent desperation. Those reading this have by most counts survived the pandemic, now we must seek to help those who have been harmed by it and help pave our own way to a better future.
In F., L., & T.,
Past Grand Master
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Jurisdiction of California
If you say the words "Odd Fellows" to any random man or woman on the street and then ask them what is the first thing that comes to their mind when they hear those words, you are likely to get a blank stare. That's because the vast majority of people haven't even...
Our Order, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, has been diminishing for decades. Membership numbers have dropped. Lodges have lost their charters or consolidated. The pandemic hasn't helped. How can you tell if your Odd Fellows Lodge is healthy or if it is in...
Rumors. Allegations. Innuendoes. Charges. Accusations. Trials. Is that what the devolution of Odd Fellowship will look like? Is that any way to build up and grow this Order? Of course it isn't. Here is an article from Past Grand Master Rick Boyles that should concern... | <urn:uuid:2c01fa48-4e11-4772-97eb-0fd821b537b9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.davislodge.org/odd-fellows-returning-to-a-sense-of-belonging/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00469.warc.gz | en | 0.974054 | 1,177 | 2.03125 | 2 |
The first prefectural office was set up with the birth of Hyogo prefecture on May 23, 1868 (Keio 4).
This is a restored building of the Hyogo office under the jurisdiction of the original Osaka-machi government office.
The prefectural office including the governor’s office at that time, the former concentric mansion, etc. are reproduced, and you can experience the historical space.
In addition, in the MR experience “Virtual Visit!”, You can experience the drama of the Meiji Restoration that took place in the first prefectural office.
Wear time goggles and witness the story of the beginning of Hyogo prefecture.
Please enjoy the fusion of historical atmosphere and cutting-edge experience technology.
Highlights of the first prefectural office
1 Prefectural office
The building of the first prefectural office has been restored based on the drawing created as a report to the Shogunate when the Amagasaki Domain Hyogo Jinya was renovated to the Osaka Town Governor’s Office Hyogo Office.
During the first prefectural office, not only the first governor of Hyogo prefecture, Hirobumi Ito, and the judge, Keiji Tojo, but also the officials who used to work at the office were re-employed and worked here.
2 Agency office
This building was the official residence of a low-ranking official (concentric with the ground) who lived in Hyogo when he was a bureaucrat, but one of the leaders of each town in Hyogo worked here on a daily basis. It has become an agency that handles existing crackdowns and litigation.
With this restoration, it can be used as a cafe space or a break room.
3 Old concentric mansion
This building is the official residence of a low-ranking official (concentric with the ground) who lived in Hyogo when he was a bureaucrat. When the Hyogo office was set up, three concentric people moved from Hida Takayama, and each was given a house site inside the office. The size of the mansion is determined to be 50 tsubo, and while living with my family here, I engaged in work such as patrols.
With this restoration, it can be used as a rental space where citizens of the prefecture can gather and interact.
Four Old Funabashi Bankoya
An important role of the Hyogo office was to keep an eye on the ships sailing off Wadamisaki. A small building called Funamibansho was placed at Wadamisaki, and Funamiban took turns on duty. This room was a two-nagaya-style dormitory for Funamiban. Funamiban finished its role when it became the first prefectural office.
With this restoration, you can enjoy shopping as a museum shop.(Scheduled after Reiwa 4th year)
Five Temporary prison
In this restoration, the temporary prison and nagayamon recorded in the pictures and paintings of the office were also restored.
6 Event Square
It is an event space with a lawn in the image of the building range of the Amagasaki Domain Jinya era. It can be used as an outdoor dining / resting space, as well as a venue for events and special events.
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Parenting a child with a disability or addtional needs can often be a rollercoaster of emotions and experiences. It can be really hard to talk to others about how you feel or what you are doing as you may feel they might not be able to understand it fully. The tips below are from parents to parents.
There is a difference
Don't listen to parents of other children who say, ‘Oh, all children are fussy/obsessional/stubborn/lose things etc.’ It will drive you mad. Yes, all children do display these same characteristics but it's about the degree to which they do it that makes the difference and is so hard to explain.
It's OK to ask for help...
Don’t be concerned about asking for help – to my surprise I have found that friends and family don’t offer to help but are very happy to help if asked.
Choose your battles
I have learned the hard way to choose my battles carefully. I have to decide which battles really are important for me to win and which I can leave. The important ones involve safety and health. Some others you have to let slip for your own sanity!
Put yourself in their shoes
Remember that routines are important in everyone's life and missing a step can make you feel ‘not quite right’. Think about how you feel if you sleep in and don't get to eat breakfast or have a shower. This can be useful when trying to understand why someone with learning disabilities is struggling when they can't complete a routine.
Look after yourself
Try to make a little quality time for yourself each day even if this means leaving the person you care for in front on their favourite DVD or TV programme for half an hour. It won't do them any harm. As a family carer, you need to be the no one priority, so make sure you eat and sleep properly, and go for regular health checks.
Get all the help you can
I would suggest parents try every bit of help on offer - Portage, Child Development Centres, Surestart Centres, local libraries, health visitor, support groups, etc. It's much easier to opt out than to try and opt in later, when your child is older. Referral for specialist services (eg: portage) can take ages and is worth getting sorted out as early as possible.
Register with your GPRegister as a carer with your GP. PCTs and local councils often run support schemes that are accessed through GPs, but are otherwise not obvious or easy to find.
Make sure you get a carers assessment and get all the benefits/support you are entitled to. You can speak to an advisor to find out if you are eligible. Speak to Contact a Family to get some impartial advice.
I try to keep up an exercise programme – mainly weights, because my son is large and I worry that one day I won't be able to manage him. Being fit has given me confidence in how I manage my son, which in turn has improved his behaviour. Exercise is great for your overall mood as well.
Friends and hobbies
Friends and hobbies are enormously important when you are a family carer – especially when they take you out of your role as a carer for a short while. I try and mix with people who aren't carers too, so I get to focus on something else for a bit.
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We know that children are more likely to be bullied when they are vulnerable in some way. Research suggests that disabled children are three times more likely than their peers to be bullied. A survey by Mencap discovered that eight out of ten children with a learning disability have been bullied. People’s assumptions and prejudices about disability can make disabled children more vulnerable to bullying for a number of reasons, such as:
- negative attitudes towards disability
- a lack of understanding of different disabilities and conditions
- being seen as “different”
- not recognising that they are being bullied
- they may be doing different work or have additional support at school
- they may be more isolated due to their disability
- they may have difficulties in telling people about bullying
- they may find it harder to make friends
As a result of their condition, they may exhibit bullying behaviour; or they may experience lots of transitions which means they have to settle into new environments. Examples of transitions are moving from a special unit to a mainstream school, spending periods of time in hospital and returning to school. In addition to usual forms of bullying, disabled children may also experience different forms of bullying, such as:
- Manipulative bullying: where a person is controlling someone.
“It wasn’t long before people realised that they could take advantage of her.”
- Conditional friendship: where a child thinks someone is being their friend but phases of friendliness are alternated with phases of bullying.
“He wanted to please them, wanted to be friends so he didn’t see it as a problem.”
- Exploitative bullying: where features of a child’s condition are used to bully them.
“He’s hypersensitive to smell. They’d spray deodorant in the room so he had to leave the room.”
It is understandable to feel anxious about bullying; however it is important to remember that not all disabled children are bullied. Don’t assume your child is going to be bullied but be prepared in case they are. please read our advice if you are worried your disabled child is being bullied.
Childcare for disabled children
Quality childcare is important for all families – and disabled children or those with special educational needs can benefit from being around their peers and people outside of their family network, as they often don’t have as many opportunities to interact with other children, and can start to feel isolated. Also, sometimes families just need a break from their caring duties to spend time with the rest of their family. You can speak to your local authority to find out if there are playschemes, registered childminders or nurseries that specialise in working with children with disabilities.
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April 26 2012
Perhaps we should start talking about the “gender hours gap” instead of the “wage gap.” Beloved of old time feminists, who still cry discrimination in an era when women outnumber men on campus and have bright futures, the wage gap is name for the difference between what men and women earn.
Feminists like to cite the figure 77 cents to the dollar for the gap, but IWF has long argued that, when women’s choices are factored into the equation, the wage gap shrinks to a much smaller amount; indeed, in the cases of young, urban professionals, women actually out-earn their male counterparts.
Now, the always interesting Manhattan Institute fellow and author Kay Hymowitz restates the “choices” theory as an hours worked gap. She calls the gender hours worked gap a “cousin” of the wage gap. Hymowitz writes:
The Labor Department defines full-time as 35 hours a week or more, and the "or more" is far more likely to refer to male workers than to female ones. According to the department, almost 55% of workers logging more than 35 hours a week are men. In 2007, 25% of men working full-time jobs had workweeks of 41 or more hours, compared with 14% of female full-time workers. In other words, the famous gender-wage gap is to a considerable degree a gender-hours gap. Hymowitz writes:
The main reason that women spend less time at work than men—and that women are unlikely to be the richer sex—is obvious: children. Today, childless 20-something women do earn more than their male peers. But most are likely to cut back their hours after they have kids, giving men the hours, and income, advantage.
One study by the American Association for University Women looked at women who graduated from college in 1992-93 and found that 23% of those who had become mothers were out of the workforce in 2003; another 17% were working part-time. Fewer than 2% of fathers fell into those categories. Another study, of M.B.A. graduates from Chicago's Booth School, discovered that only half of women with children were working full-time 10 years after graduation, compared with 95% of men.
Women, in fact, make up two-thirds of America's part-time workforce. A just-released report from the New York Federal Reserve has even found that "opting-out" by midcareer college-educated wives, especially those with wealthy husbands, has been increasing over the past 20 years.
Hymowitz notes that activists generally propose two solutions to what they regard as a problem: first, men should become more involved with childrearing, and, second, the government should introduce more generous family leave and childcare policies. Since about 40 percent of children in the U.S. are born out of wedlock, the first “solution” has some built-in drawbacks.
Sweden and Iceland have led the way with leave policies and publicly-funded childcare. Yet in both countries, an hour and wage gaps persist. In fact, all over the developed world a larger percentage of women than men either work part-time or say they wish they could work do so.
A 2007 Pew Research survey came up with similar results for American women: Among working mothers with minor children, 60% said they would prefer to work part-time, while only 21% wanted to be in the office full-time (and 19% said they'd like to give up their job altogether). How about working fathers? Only 12% would choose part-time and 70% wanted to be full-time.
Some counter that the hours gap would shrink if employers offered more family-friendly policies, such as flexible hours and easier on-off ramps for moving in and out of the workforce. We don't know if there is a way to design workplaces so that women would work more or men would work less or both. What we do know is that no one, anywhere, has yet figured out how to do it. Which means that for the foreseeable future, at least when it comes to income, women will remain the second sex.
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Science at the campfire: The science of roasting marshmallows!
Add a little science education into your summer evening campfire discussion!
Learning about science may not sound like fun at first, but if you look at the world around you, it is clear to see that science education can actually be fun! For example, while at your summer evening campfire, rather than sharing ghost stories, try to spark some science learning with the kids (and adults too!) by asking some pointed questions. Michigan State University Extension recommends using the science behind roasting marshmallows as a great way to incorporate science education. Here are some questions that you can ask as well as links to help answer the questions:
- Why do marshmallows burn (or catch on fire) so easily?
Does the metal catch on fire similarly?
- Why or why not?
Does the wooden stick catch on fire similarly?
- Why or why not?
Why do marshmallows puff when you roast them?
- Does this represent a chemical or physical change?
Asking questions like this are one way to introduce the Experiential Learning Model, which is the act of combining activities with questions to help youth learn. Something important to remember; you do not need to be a science expert in order to teach or to even get a child excited about learning. If you encounter a question that you do not know the answer to, have youth help you look up the answer (another opportunity for even more learning!), at www.eXtension.org or by contacting your MSU Extension office and they will be able to point you in the right direction.
To help answer the questions, check out these articles:
- Summer Science: The Perfectly Toasted Marshmallow from NPR
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ATLANTA, July 7 (UPI) -- U.S. researchers say energy transmitted by radio and television transmitters, cellphone networks and satellite systems can be captured and harnessed.
Scientists at the Georgia Institute of Technology say scavenging the ambient energy all around us could provide a new way to power networks of wireless sensors, microprocessors and communications chips.
"There is a large amount of electromagnetic energy all around us, but nobody has been able to tap into it," said Manos Tentzeris, a professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering. "We are using an ultra-wideband antenna that lets us exploit a variety of signals in different frequency ranges, giving us greatly increased power-gathering capability."
Communications devices transmit energy in many different frequency ranges, or bands, that the researchers' scavenging devices can capture and convert from AC to DC and then store in capacitors and batteries, a Georgia Tech release said Thursday.
Experiments utilizing TV bands have already yielded power amounting to hundreds of microwatts, and multiband systems are expected to generate one milliwatt (one-thousandth of a watt) or more -- an amount of sufficient to operate many small electronic devices, including a variety of sensors and microprocessors, the researchers said.
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The new stabling facility will no longer be delivered as part of the Gippsland Line Upgrade. A stabling facility in Traralgon will instead be delivered as part of a future upgrade to the Gippsland Line.
Rail Projects Victoria was tasked with investigating a suitable location for a new stabling facility to support additional services on the Gippsland Line.
During the development phase of the project, our rail experts identified that a new stabling facility would not be needed to deliver the project’s objective of additional off-peak services.
We are grateful to the Traralgon community and residents who provided their feedback throughout this process.
Rail Projects Victoria’s site assessment and the community feedback provided through the consultation process will be considered as part of the process to select the most appropriate site for a future stabling facility.
The Department of Transport will carry out this work as part of future planning for the regional network.
Train stabling is where trains are parked while not in operation.
While the trains are in the facility they are cleaned internally and prepared for the next day.
A typical train stabling facility operates almost 24 hours a day, from approximately an hour before the first train service starts until an hour after the last service ends.
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This past week marked the 10th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq by U.S. led coalition forces, the beginning of a war that, to date, has cost the lives of over 4,400 U.S. men and women in uniform, and, by some estimates, over 130,000 Iraqi civilians.
The war wasn’t only a turning point for U.S. foreign policy and international relations with the Middle East. For many, it was also personal turning point, including Bethlehem, New York native Kate Hoit.
I met Kate as a student at the State University of New York at Albany, where we were both studying journalism.
However, unlike most of her fellow students, just a few years earlier Kate had been in the middle of a war zone, having spent a year in Iraq as part of the Army’s 301st Area Support Group, from late 2004 to 2005, during a deadly escalation of insurgent violence prior to the so-called “surge” of U.S. troops in 2007.
I called Kate last week to catch up and to ask her about her experience in Iraq, her transition back to civilian life, and what she’s been up to since graduating from UAlbany in 2010.
Kate, who enlisted in the Army Reserves as a high school junior at age 17 with aspirations to become an FBI agent, was waiting tables at a local restaurant in Albany when she got the call that she would be headed to Iraq.
“I think I just stared at the phone and said, ‘Okay, thanks,’ she says, of the night she got the call she would be deployed. "And then I hung up and stepped outside and cried for a minute.”
On whether she had any expectation when she enlisted that she would go to war:
“What does a 17-year-old girl from the suburbs know about war? That word itself didn’t mean anything to me. The only vision or image I had of war was of the first Gulf War when I was 6-years-old, watching it in my living room.”
“When I did join, September 11 had just happened. The only warning order that my parents gave me was, ‘Katie, there’s a chance you could go to war.’ I was like, ‘Whatever, I’m good. That’s not going to happen to me.’ At the age of 20 I find out I’m going to be deployed overseas.”
On meeting her new unit:
“It’s like when you walk into a new school and you don’t know where to sit at the lunch table. And then, very quickly you realize that you all have the same uniforms on, and you all from different parts of the country, so you’re all kind of in the same boat.”
When she arrived in Iraq, Kate was assigned to public affairs as a reporter for the base newspaper. She described how she got that assignment:
“When we were training at Fort Dix one of the majors at the time asked, ‘does anyone here know how to write?’ I had done a couple of courses in high school and I was like, ‘yeah, I totally know how to write.’”
“Through training she saw that I was motivated; I did things that other people didn’t want to, and eventually when we got overseas as she said, ‘I want you to work in the public affairs shop with us.’”
“That was the best lie I ever told in my life because through that I discovered writing, photography, and it eventually led me to the career I have today”
On what it was like to write and report for the Army as a soldier:
“A typical day would be you wake up, go to chow, and then you roll into the office. I suppose it’s kind of like a normal newsroom; I have my camera, I have assignments, I go out, but of course it’s not safe.”
“Our base was called ‘Mortaritaville' so we would be always getting mortared. That was like a constant kind of pain.”
“My missions would range from doing a story on the Australian troops that work at the base hospital to a new movie that was coming out at the movie theater, which sounds really ridiculous, but we had a movie theater, to heading out with a couple of civil affairs units because we just set up a new water treatment facility for Iraqis in a local village.”
“One time I followed around a general into the base hospital to follow him while he was handing out Purple Hearts, and that was kind of one of the first shocks I had doing the job. At the time I was kind of shielded from the destruction of the war. We were on one of the biggest bases, so we were kind of protected from everything.”
“I saw a burnt Iraqi crying and screaming for his family. At the time, two American soldiers had been brought in on stretchers and (were) bleeding because they had just been in a firefight or struck by an IED (improvised explosive device). The job allowed me to see Iraq and the war on many different levels than just being a young girl from the suburbs who just got thrown into something.”
On whether there was any pressure from commanding officers to keep reportage “light” or “water down” coverage:
“For that particular moment, when I was in the base hospital, the general who was handing out Purple Hearts walked into the ER. There was blood on the floor, people were running around, and I’m standing there, feeling like a total jackass, with my clean uniform and my camera, and he walks over to the soldiers, and he shakes their hands, and he looks at me to take a photograph, and I wouldn’t, I refused to do it.”
“That was his moment to show that he was at war, but when in reality, what did that guy do? He just wanted to shake somebody’s hand to show that he was there, and I refused to do it.”
“I attended a couple memorial services; one woman was killed in a convoy, and I went to Kuwait for another soldier who had committed suicide, and I was always just told to tell their story.”
“I was given the freedom to do what I thought was right. I was never told to only report positive news or report in a way that makes the U.S. Military look perfect because, by all means, we’re not. War is not perfect.”
On coming back to the states and being anxious upon enrolling and attending classes at the State University of New York at Albany:
“Of course I was nervous; I’m coming back to a peer group that I’m supposed to be on the same page with and I’m not by any means. I go from this rigid, I wake up at this time, I wear a uniform, this is my job, I’ve got a mission and a purpose, and I come back where there’s no structure. My family was kind of uprooted by the war so I’m trying to get everyone back on their feet.”
“I come in with a bunch of cool college kids and I’m like, ‘[expletive].’ Where do I sit in class? I like sitting in the back, with my back against the wall because I don’t like stuff behind me, I had to do homework… it was scary!”
“I’m in grad school now and I still feel that way. Obviously I talk openly about by service, but I never wanted to be pegged as the weird girl who went to war and now is trying to get her degree.”
“A lot of veterans come back into the classroom and they’re like, ‘where do it fit.’ It’s not because I don’t want to fit in, it took a while to realize that I do fit in and that people can learn from my experience and I can just learn from hanging out with my fellow students.”
On whether she ever felt stigmatized by students or faculty at SUNY Albany:
“No. SUNY Albany was seriously the best decision I ever made. The professors were so welcoming; they helped me with my writing. They were my mentors. And (the students) always asked questions and allowed me to be my weird self in the corner. I wholeheartedly loved school and it helped me more than anything.”
On how she came to her current position as a staff writer with the social media team at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs:
“Because of my war experience I fell in love with writing and when I came home I enrolled in UAlbany and studied journalism and fell more in love with it, and by the time I graduated I was offered a job in (Washington) D.C. to work for the Department of Veterans Affairs in online communications. They didn’t really have an office at the time.”
“When I initially came home I started writing my own blog and writing about my experiences, so that caught the eye of different people. That is how I wound up with a job in D.C. It’s been about two years.”
Kate was recently accepted in the Masters in Nonfiction Writing program at Johns Hopkins University, where she is currently attending classes as a Tillman Military Scholar through the Pat Tillman Foundation.
Most recently, she accepted a position on the Defense Council of Truman National Security Project, a leadership development program designed for candidates who, “demonstrate potential for ongoing public leadership.”
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Bucking what is now a growing trend in the West for parliaments and legislatures to debate–and sometimes approve–assisted suicide laws, a court in New Mexico has issued a ruling that there is no constitutional right to aid in dying and that assisted suicide can and will lead to involuntary euthanasia.
The 5-0 ruling by the New Mexico Supreme Court overturned a lower court decision that doctors in New Mexico could assist people in terminating their lives.
The New Mexico ruling highlights the controversy sparked by these laws. Several European countries now affirm the legality of assisted suicide and/or voluntary euthanasia, including Switzerland, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg. Canada recently passed an assisted suicide law and five US states–Oregon, Washington, Vermont, California and Montana–have all approved assisted suicide.
The proponents of AS state that these laws are compassionate towards those who are in the end stages of life and that AS will provide relief from terrible suffering. According to Dr. Balfour Mount, who has been dubbed the “father of palliative care,” this ignores certain medical realities.
In a 2014 interview, Mount stated, “There’s no need [to legalize euthanasia] because of pain and symptom control. We’re able to control the suffering, and through palliative care with a skilled team able to minimize suffering that’s physical, psychological, social, spiritual, existential.”
In his opinion, New Mexico Supreme Court Justice Edward Chavez wrote: “…end of life decisions are inherently fraught with the potential for abuse.” The court’s decision highlighted three specific areas of such potential abuse. First, according to the opinion, “the State has legitimate interests in…protecting the integrity and ethics of the medical profession.”
In other words, giving physicians the license to prescribe life-ending substances is a departure from the impetus of the profession and its two thousand year old caveat: “First, do no harm.” Incidentally, following the passage of the California law, a non- practicing physician decided to re- enter his profession solely for the purpose of providing assisted suicide services to Californians.
Second, the New Mexico opinion asserts that the State has an interest in “protecting vulnerable groups—including the poor, the elderly, and disabled persons—from the risk of subtle coercion and undue influence in end-of-life situations, including pressures associated with the substantial financial burden of end-of-life health care costs.”
According to the disability rights advocacy group, Not Dead Yet, “The disability experience is that people who are labeled “terminal,” predicted to die within six months, are – or will become – disabled. It is well documented that the six month prediction called for in the Oregon and Washington laws is unreliable.”
Not Dead Yet points out that disability, rather than physical pain, appears to be the deciding factor in whether or not an individual chooses assisted suicide.
“Although intractable pain has been emphasized as the primary reason for enacting assisted suicide laws, the top five reasons Oregon doctors actually report for issuing lethal prescriptions are the “loss of autonomy” (89.9%), “less able to engage in activities” (87.4%), “loss of dignity” (83.8%), “loss of control of bodily functions” (58.7%) and “feelings of being a burden” (38.3%).” (Death With Dignity Act Annual Reports, PDF download )
The New Mexico ruling also referenced the “slippery slope” that such physician- assisted suicide laws may subtly enable. The decision asserted that the State had an interest in “protecting against voluntary or involuntary euthanasia because if physician aid in dying is a constitutional right, it must be made available to everyone, even when a duly appointed surrogate makes the decision, and even when the patient is unable to self-administer the life-ending medication.”
Indeed, assisted suicide is already being utilized by those merely afflicted with ennui. Recently, a retired English schoolteacher reportedly flew to Switzerland to end her life because she could not “adjust to the modern world.” An Italian woman was also reported as going to Switzerland to drink the kool aid because she was depressed about “losing her looks.”
And ratcheting up concerns about the slippery slope potential, a recent article in a bioethics journal bore the headline, “Should Happy Demented People be Euthanized? The article, published in the Journal of Medical Ethics, made a serious stab at considering the legal and ethical implications of whether someone who had signed a medical directive, asking to be euthanized should he end up with dementia, should have his wishes honored if the dementia had resulted in a state of happy forgetfulness of his prior wish.
In an ironic twist, the case before the New Mexico Supreme Court was initially filed in 2012 by a woman who was suffering from uterine cancer. Aja Riggs, who has since gone into remission, has vowed to continue the legal battle for the “right to die.”
As quoted in the Taos Journal, Riggs stated that: “I absolutely still believe it’s something that people should have a right to… Although I have managed to survive to see this decision, which was not necessarily expected, all of my time learning about this has only increased by feelings about how important it is for people who are terminally ill to have this option available, in addition to other options that are now legal and available.”
Suicide, however, is not illegal and some believe that the codification of a “right to die” will have unforeseen culture- changing ramifications. In a recent interview with Bioedge, author and attorney Wesley J. Smith stated, “I have observed in the 15 years since the first edition of Culture of Death, that throughout the developed world and the West we see a terrible and increasing disrespect for the intrinsic value of the most weak and vulnerable among us. Euthanasia has spread like a stain and grown increasingly toxic. For example, in Belgium medicalized killing is now coupled with organ harvesting—including of the mentally ill. Health care rationing, which is blatant and invidious medical discrimination, is a growing threat. Advocacy continues to discard the dead donor rule in organ transplant medicine, even proposals for the live-harvesting of patients with profound cognitive disabilities.”
Not everyone agrees. The American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico has called the decision “tragic news” for terminally ill New Mexicans and has stated it will now devote its efforts towards changing this law.
It should be noted that while the ACLU is apparently diligently serving those who wish to die, it remains curiously silent about those who wish to live. The ACLU has been repeatedly contacted concerning the involuntary euthanasias now regularly being executed against those under adult guardianships, also elderly or disabled. To date, the ACLU has declined to involve itself in a single case involving an individual who wished to escape from a guardianship.
Janet C. Phelan, investigative journalist and human rights defender that has traveled pretty extensively over the Asian region, an author of a tell-all book EXILE, exclusively for the online magazine “New Eastern Outlook”. | <urn:uuid:8cb811b2-0c83-40f2-ae39-476045769391> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://journal-neo.org/2016/07/24/new-mexico-life-liberty-and-the-pursuit-of-death/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570741.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808001418-20220808031418-00070.warc.gz | en | 0.961261 | 1,522 | 1.984375 | 2 |
Call Center Scorecard
Scorecard Template – Improve Customer Experience with a Call Center Scorecard
If you work in a call center, you know how important it is to provide excellent customer service. Poor customer service can cause financial losses.
Customers will be happy if they are graded by your call center.
Prepaid Mall created this scorecard template for you with many examples!
This article will discuss why call center scorecards are important, what to include in your call center quality scorecard, and how customer service scorecards may be used to track key performance indicators.
Let’s make sure that we all are on the same page before we start creating our scorecard template.
What’s a call center scorecard?
You can assess your call center’s customer service by using the call center scorecard. It is a list that asks questions to help you determine if multiple agents can benefit from the same training.
Wow. That’s a lot. You can see how your agents perform and whether customers are satisfied.
A Scorecard is essential.
We’ve already discussed the negative effects poor customer service can have on your business. But you may still be curious as to why you need one. You might be even more curious why you should have your own personalized scorecard template for your phone center. Call center scorecards enable agents to reflect on and understand their performance.
How can call center scorecards to improve performance?
These scorecards for call centers can be used to increase performance:
Improved customer service
Customers expect fast solutions when they call you. You can improve your customer service by using call center scorecards.
Keep an ear on the progress.
It is possible to monitor employees’ progress to determine if they are reaching their goals. This will allow them to adjust to avoid burnout and provide excellent customer service. We offer the USA Virtual Phone Number in US 770 area code, 773 area code, and many other areas. We are also specialized in different products Call Nation
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A few days age I noticed that my clitoris was a bit larger than usual but didn't really think anything of it. But this morning it is really quite swollen and now seems to have a hard lump inside it, it also hurts when pressed.
I have no discharge or anything else out of the ordinary...
CherryRose, This can mean that your clitoris is irritated and engorged with blood (erect) because of this. Did you recently started using a new spray, washing powder or soap?
Where is the lump? In the hood's skin, the clitoris, under or next to it? I will suggest that you pull the hood back to see if there are anything you can see.
It can be an infection like a yeast infection (yeast can be around your vulva as well, it does not have to be inside the vagina).
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NOAA Teacher at Sea
Aboard R/V Roger Revelle
November 6 — December 10, 2011
My name is Jacquelyn (Jackie) Hams and I am an Associate Professor and Chair of the Earth Science Department at Los Angeles Valley College (LAVC). LAVC is a two-year college within the Los Angeles Community College District which consists of 9 major campuses, several satellite locations, and over 120,000 students.
I am participating in an investigation of ocean-atmosphere interactions in the equatorial Indian Ocean involving meteorologists, oceanographers, and climate scientists from 13 countries called Project DYNAMO (Dynamics of the Madden-Julian Oscillation). The Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) is a 30-90 day tropical weather cycle that starts over the equatorial Indian Ocean and moves eastward into the western Pacific Ocean where it impacts other global weather and climate patterns such as El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO), Asian monsoons, tropical storm development in the Pacific and Atlantic oceans, and Pineapple Express events. Specialized instruments will be deployed and operated on ships, aircraft, and islands in the Southern Indian Ocean, Maldives Islands, Diego Garcia British Indian Ocean Territory, and the Eastern Indian Ocean to collect data and study the MJO at its source.
Here are some great general Project DYNAMO links to bookmark and follow Leg 3 of the cruise.
- DYNAMO Home Page. Select the DYNAMO Field Catalog menu on the left, then the Reports menu at the top of the page to view the latest report from the R/V Roger Revelle. You can also view the latest satellite imagery in the Indian Ocean. http://www.eol.ucar.edu/projects/dynamo/
- HiSeasNet . The link below contains images from the Roger Revelle’s cameras. http://rtapps.ucsd.edu/hiseasnet/rtship/index.php?ship=revelle
- DYNAMO Education and Outreach. http://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/field-projects/dynamo | <urn:uuid:43ba79a2-3136-41f8-aa5f-e510543a53d3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://noaateacheratsea.blog/2011/10/17/jacquelyn-hams-introduction-17-october-2011/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571190.0/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810131127-20220810161127-00067.warc.gz | en | 0.852925 | 463 | 2.015625 | 2 |
Complete Virtual Mail Server/Postfix additions
At this point, Postfix should be running well and users through mailclients and webmail should have no problem sending and receiving e-mails securely. Tweaking the postfix installation can give a little more performance, make it a bit more secure and having a bit more redundancy never hurts either.
Introduction to submission
Mail submission is often incorrectly done on port 25 of the Mail Transfer Agent (MTA). Mail should actually be submitted on port 587 to the Mail Submission Agent (MSA). Postfix is both an MTA and MSA. There are numerous advantages to having mail delivered to the MSA by the client as can be seen on Wikipedia. The most important however, is that nomadic users can send e-mail even when port 25 is being blocked by a firewall, as port 587 tends to be more open. Also when only letting authenticated users send e-mail, they could even bypass the spam filter for their outgoing messages.
The submission port is enabled in Postfix's master.cf. It is commented by default including its options:
submission inet n - n - - smtpd -o smtpd_tls_security_level=may -o smtpd_sasl_auth_enable=yes -o smtpd_client_restrictions=permit_sasl_authenticated,reject
After restarting Postfix, this lets the client know that there is STARTTLS availability, but it is not required (set this to
smtpd_tls_security_level=encrypt to enforce encryption) and rejects all mail, except for authenticated users.
Additional options can be set and overridden if so desired.
Testing should be done by a mail client, and using port 587 for the smtp server port.
Introduction to backup-mx
For redundancy postfix offers the feature of backup mx. Backup mx allows another mailhost to catch e-mail for a domain when the main mailserver is for whatever reason not responding. A backup mx server will try to deliver the mail to the original mailserver. This all sounds just perfect, however backup mx is dead. Spam killed it. The problem with backup mx nowadays is, due to spam, mail can end up bouncing the wrong way and the backup mx server may thus end up on a spam block list. This kind of mail is called Backscatter mail. If a secondary mailserver is setup, it needs to know all of the users from the primary domain so that it can bounce unknown users. A simple way to do this, is having the entire database synchronized between primary and secondary mailserver. Caveat being however the
backupmx flag in the domain table. This would need to be inverted on the secondary mailserver.
The database already knows about backup domains. If a domain has a backup mail server, the
backupmx field is set to "1" in the domain table. Connecting postfix to the database requires a file with connection information:
# relay_domains.cf user = postfix password = $password dbname = postfix #hosts = localhost query = SELECT description FROM domain WHERE domain='%s' AND backupmx='1' AND active='1';
This then needs to be configured into postfix.
# The relay_domains parameter restricts what destinations this system will # relay mail to. See the smtpd_recipient_restrictions description in # postconf(5) for detailed information. relay_domains = pgsql:/etc/postfix/pgsql/relay_domains.cf
To make proper use of
# relay_recipient_maps.cf user = postfix password = $password dbname = postfix #hosts = localhost query = SELECT goto FROM alias WHERE address='%s' AND active='1';
Also this needs to be configured into postfix:
# REJECTING UNKNOWN RELAY USERS # # The relay_recipient_maps parameter specifies optional lookup tables # with all addresses in the domains that match $relay_domains. relay_recipient_maps = pgsql:/etc/postfix/pgsql/relay_recipient_maps.cf
After restarting postfix, the mail server is now a less-open relay, relaying mail to only approved domains and approved users.
Do not use
permit_mx_backup. It is dead. Letting others relay the 'backup domains' through the mail server, to the list of known users, is the proper way of doing it, but only if they are administered by the same user(s). Use even more caution when accepting entire domains, unless the other domain has a catch-all mailbox, Backscatter mail will be a problem and the mail server will most likely be blacklisted.
Quotas are a tool to help a user monitor their mailbox. They are very easily abused and should not be relied on. That said, they can work well enough most of the time and give the user feedback on the status of his usage pattern. IMAP supports quota reporting and thus the mail-client can even report this the user. Thunderbird does this via an extension, roundcube shows this per default.
The database supports mail quotas however postfix requires a patch to support these mail quotas. The
vda USE flag enables this patch for postfix and allows the use of quotas.
First, the data needs to be obtained from the database:
# virtual_alias_maps.cf user = postfix password = $password dbname = postfix #hosts = localhost query = SELECT quota FROM mailbox WHERE local_part='%u' AND domain='%d' AND active='1';
There are a few things that need to be configured in postfix, next to the database query. The Trash folder for example should not be counted when automatically deleting Trash after a fixed amount of time. This can (and has to) be done in courier-imap.
# Support for Postfix VDA quotas virtual_mailbox_limit_maps = pgsql:/etc/postfix/pgsql/virtual_mailbox_limit_maps.cf virtual_mailbox_limit_inbox = no virtual_mailbox_limit_override = yes virtual_maildir_extended = yes virtual_overquota_bounce = no # virtual_maildir_limit_message_maps = hash:/etc/postifx/limit_messages virtual_maildir_limit_message = "Sorry, the recipients mailbox is currently full. Please try again later." virtual_trash_count = no virtual_trash_name = ".Trash" virtual_maildir_filter = no
According to the postgresql manual the maximum value of a bigint (the quota) would be 9223372036854775807. However only 9223372036854774784 can be successfully used. If for some reason however 8 Exabytes is required as the quota, it is probably wiser to just turn it off by setting the quota to 0 bytes.
With VDA quota's in place, it's recommended to disable the postfix internal mailbox size limit.
# Disable postfix mailbox size check mailbox_size_limit = 0
Roundcube displays diskusage per default and hovering over it displays detailed information. Thunderbird has an extension, Display quota. For both and others to actually work a maildirsize file is required. This file will be created and updated whenever postfix delivers a message or when courier-imap makes changes. The file is located in each virtual users root mail dir, which would be /var/vmail/example.com/testuser/maildirsize in the case of testuser on example.com. Thus sending a message to email@example.com would create this file in the users maildir.
Subject: Testmail to create quota file. No content! .
Generally, there is no need to manually broadcast an e-mail message to generate the maildirsize file, plenty of mail should be delivered and thus create the file, including the Welcome mail postfixadmin creates. Nevertheless, postfixadmin does have the ability to broadcast a message, that can be used for this purpose.
Hackers, spammers and everybody else can obtain information from the mail server by using the HELO and EHLO commands. Spammers usually put fake information in the HELO greeting and thus restricting and rejecting connections from servers that do not properly identify themselves can only be good. Postfix offers the
smtpd_helo_restrictions variable to tune how to respond to connections. Restrictions here have to be thought over carefully however. Locking down the server too tight may make it so messages are rejected because the other server is just poorly configured. A quick overview of the available options.
||REJECT if HELO greeting is not a DN or an IP|
||REJECT if HELO greeting is not a FQDN or an IP|
||REJECT if HELO host has no A or MX in DNS|
||PERMIT if HELO greeting is an IP|
The following table should give an idea how mail will get rejected from the various restrictions. An X means the message will be rejected, an ? means it depends on the proper DNS record setup for that domain and O means the message will be delivered normally.
reject_unknown_hostnamenot only rejects fake FQDNs, but it also rejects IP addresses. By prepending the restriction list with
permit_nakid_ip_addressit will allow just IP addresses.
On a properly configured network the following will be tight and should work:
# HELO Restrictions smtpd_helo_restrictions = permit_sasl_authenticated, reject_invalid_hostname, reject_unknown_hostname, reject_non_fqdn_hostname smtpd_helo_required = yes
Internal servers or internal mail clients may have trouble sending messages as they do not have a valid hostname setup and so local hostnames need to be configured properly in the internal DNS servers and thus become valid hostnames. If internal servers or clients do not have proper hostnames, a safe restriction list would be
smtpd_helo_restrictions = permit_naked_ip_address, reject_invalid_hostname. If tight control is required and setting up of proper internal hostnames is not possible, another option would be to permit
mynetworksbringing the restriction to
smtpd_helo_restrictions = permit_mynetworks, reject_invalid_hostname, reject_unknown_hostname, reject_non_fqdn_hostnameand then either extending
mynetworkswith the internal systems or internal network.
Deny local username farming
Normally postfix, or general MTAs allow to verify whether a mailbox exists or not. This command may have been useful in the early days of mail, but is almost exclusively used by people who maintain bulk mailing lists and search if accounts are still valid. This command can be disabled by postfix.
# Do not respond to the VRFY command disable_vrfy_command = yes
After a restart of postfix, telnet to port 25 will no longer show 250-VRFY.
Another often abused feature is the SMTP header. Also some countries require senders to honor the "NO UCE" greeting message (No Unsolicited Commercial E-mail). Also it is wise not to tell any outsiders what MTA is being used or what version thereof. Postfix allows for changing the SMTP header quite easily. Find the
smtpd_banner section in main.cf:
# SHOW SOFTWARE VERSION OR NOT smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP NO UCE
NO UCE is technically a comment, ESMTP needs to be the before any comments.
For years the default message size amongst MTA's has been 10MiB. Google raised the bar with their gmail service to 20MiB per message. If bandwidth isn't an issue this can easily be accomplished with postfix.
# Increase maximum message size message_size_limit = 20971520
For compatibility reasons postfix's local mail notification is enabled by default. With many users this can be a performance drain and since there are no local users to use the biff command anyway this can safely be disabled.
# Disable biff notifications biff = no
The amount of concurrent processes of any of postfix's applications is limited to 50. The first bump in high load environments can be very quickly be the amount of active daemons. Smaller setups should not need to worry about this setting.
# Increase number of allowed processes default_process_limit = 75
Before increasing the amount of processes it needs to be carefully examined if the server can handle the additional load. The ps aux and top commands can be of great help here. The percentage of memory used by each process should be inspected. If for example the memory usage per postfix process nears 2% on a process limit of 50, increasing the limit to 100 would mean that double the memory would be required. After all, 2% * 50 processes would be 100% of the available memory. If the server would also have other processes running consuming memory, the amount of memory used by postfix would have to be less. The same can be said about CPU usage. If CPU utilization is nearing 70% doing mostly mail delivery and postfix is the only service on the server, a faster CPU or clustered setup should be considered. If there are other services running on the server using larger amounts of CPU time, they could be relocated to other, less busy servers.
A common throughput limiter is the use of DNS lookups. These can be slow and can be an issue far before processes, CPU or memory are the issue. One lookup per message is required at the very least per message, a server MX record needs to be found. A local caching DNS server could help enormously here and packages such as net-dns/dnsmasq or even a full net-dns/bind setup should be used.
Postfix maintains a number of queue directories in /var/spool/postfix. Various postfix applications pass messages around each other using these queues. Placing these directories on a separate disk, raid array or an SSD can significantly improve overall throughput. Also making sure that the partition in question is marked with the
noatime option helps a lot on disk access. Postfix does not use access timestamps.
Multiple mail servers
If one server is not enough, multiple mail-servers can spread the load. Also having multiple mail-servers offers redundancy so it is something worth considering. spreading the load over several mail-servers can be done effectively using DNS round-robin. Two options are available here, either assign multiple A entries to the mail-server, or cleaner, have multiple MX entries which allow prioritization. | <urn:uuid:3e2274bc-53b4-4789-81f2-dcb33db7a046> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Complete_Virtual_Mail_Server/Postfix_additions/en | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570879.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808213349-20220809003349-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.846192 | 3,342 | 1.6875 | 2 |
Never has that famous line from the movie Field of Dreams been more accurate. States cannot rebound from harsh economic realities, until the largest cities in all states have an educated workforce. Workforce development funding, usually provided by the federal government, state governments, or county governments, has been reduced to the point, that businesses looking to relocate or expand in areas, are choosing states with large inner city populations that have residents who are educated beyond high school.
There is no denying that each of us has experienced difficulties in the last several years, due to the economy. We have learned that addressing the high school dropout levels in major cities of every state, and increasing graduation rates as well as the numbers of students who attend post-secondary education, be it a certificate program, Associate Degree, Bachelor Degree or skilled-trade, will provide a better lifestyle, which improves the overall economical and social wellbeing of not only the larger inner cities, but the surrounding suburbs.
New and established industries are less apt to come to Michigan, or any state with large cities that have an undereducated population due to the lack of workforce development funding and the low percentage of residents having successfully completed a post-secondary program or degree. Detroit has one of the lowest. We are going to change that, right? We better!!!
It’s mostly about workforce development. State departments of economic development do not have funds to attract business as they did in the past, and state, county and federalworkforce development funding is not near the levels needed to bring businesses, large and small, into areas with low numbers of residents with any post-secondary experience.
TPE hopes to identify industries, and recruit them to Michigan by building the workforce they need. This is a strong incentive. The formula is already working in Utah.
Although this is my welcome blog, it won’t be sitting here for long. Immediately we will begin raising questions to the many crisis situations facing higher education and k-12. It won’t be confined to Michigan either.
Another component of TPE is to bring the community together to understand the true issues that impact education. So often, I have seen educators fighting issues that don’t exist and are misunderstood. This might not seem important, but it takes all of the energy being used to dispute nonfactual issues off the table ,and allows those involved to work together to resolve real issues.
Education is one area our government cannot afford to cut whether it’s at the state or federal level. It is the only way to turn our economy around, and sustain and grow the middle-class.
This plan will not be successful, if it is not embraced by a large section of our communities. That means not only educators, but legislators, parents, students, businesses of all sizes, the media and other leaders within religious groups, and other community organizations. Everyone is welcome to have a seat at the table to rebuild America through education.
By mid-summer, we hope to name many well-known people not necessarily from Michigan or with ties to the state, who will be supporting this effort in hopes to see this model used in other states and cities throughout the country.
Immediately, we will address the “community college crisis” , the k-12 funding crisis and issues like bullying and use of ADHD meds and psychiatric meds on kids younger than 18. On issues regarding funding, we will issue opinions in two ways: one will be through guest blogs, so-called experts, everyday people, and those affiliated with TPE.
Second, we will issue “policies” for k-12 and higher education through the use of panels that will meet and be representative of a cross-section of those affected by the topic.
We are excited about this effort, and hope that it can bring about the kind of change that will build a better America for all.
“The fate of our country won’t be decided on the battlefield, it will be determined in a classroom:” From the movie.Waiting for Superman which we do not endorse one way or the other. | <urn:uuid:3e229517-1bfd-415e-a622-4ba3f0050770> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://tpepost.com/opinion/if-we-build-it-they-will-come/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281574.78/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00018-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963305 | 845 | 2.140625 | 2 |
Finding your way around campus has just been simplified. The Google Indoor Maps app for Android, which details classroom numbers, now works at all three Kalamazoo Valley campus locations. Currently, Google Maps are available for the iPhone and the interior mapping app will be coming soon.
To make the search for classrooms even simpler, QR codes will be added to interior maps found throughout the buildings.
Terry Hutchins, Kalamazoo Valley’s Vice President for Information Technology, said Google representatives visited the campuses last spring to begin the mapping process. They integrated the college’s existing maps with Global Positioning System technology.
Hutchins said he thinks students will appreciate the new convenience. “For someone who’s used to using apps on a phone, it makes perfect sense,” he said. | <urn:uuid:1bb51a40-a827-4930-bd31-20de82429f2d> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.kvcc.edu/Full_Story/010713+n+Google+Indoor+Maps+Comes+to+Kalamazoo+Valley | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280242.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00074-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.908561 | 166 | 1.554688 | 2 |
Is it becoming difficult for you to carry out the functions of your expanding business smoothly? A fulfillment company is a platform that acts as a link between a business and its consumers, spread across the world. It’s true that a businessman does not really need the help of the fulfillment professionals when his business is small. This is because it is the phase where the production process is limited to certain number of customers residing within a specific boundary. But it becomes a necessity to avail the services offered by a fulfillment company, when a business expands beyond the local boundaries.
Extension of the business boundary leads to increase in the number of customers, thereby enhancing the production volume. As a result of this, sometimes, it becomes quite difficult for the business officials to conduct all the tasks efficiently. This is the stage where they require assistance from well-skilled professionals of a fulfillment company. Tracking the orders being placed by the consumers from all over the world and storing the items safely within a warehouse to packing and shipping them to the end users waiting at different corners of the globe are some of the essential functions that are carried out by a fulfillment company.
Certain Functions of a Fulfillment Company
Some of the essential functions carried out by these agencies include:
Storage and Warehousing: Before the orders are placed by the consumers, the manufactured products need proper care. A fulfillment company sees to it that the goods and items are stored safely within the warehouses, till they get delivered to the end users. Some products are likely to get perished after certain period of time. They need to be preserved properly with the help of several techniques such as refrigeration.
Inventory control and management: Controlling the inventory and stocks is a necessary function of a business edifice. A fulfillment company, however, manages the data making sure it is accurate enough. Based on the volume of the data, the management system, in this case, may vary from a simple excel spreadsheet to complex web-based systems.
Pick and Pack services: The products require to be made ready before shipment. With the help of pick and pack services, the items are picked from the manufacturing units and packed properly so that the items get delivered to the consumers in a well-packaged manner.
Shipping and Distribution: A fulfillment company, finally, ships the products after completing all the prior tasks successfully. The customers would, definitely want that the products that they receive should be managed well and must be in a sound condition. The fulfillment professionals make sure to satiate the end users in all respect without giving them any chance to complain.
Besides all the above-mentioned most important functions, one is the literature fulfillment, which also has an important role to play in meeting the needs of the consumers. As the name itself conveys, it solves the problems and queries of the end users using literature as its main weapon. The brochures, pamphlets, emails, sell sheets, price sheets, user manuals, education materials, etc. are some of the examples of literature fulfillment services. | <urn:uuid:5e108724-e15c-4afa-b60f-f987209cfb1a> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.verlyer.com/a-fulfillment-company-to-drive-your-business/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282202.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00550-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956447 | 609 | 1.828125 | 2 |
What’s Helping Downtown? The Special Improvement District (SID)
By now, you’re probably starting to see You up for Downtown? signs around Hackensack. Retailers along with The SACK Business Alliance are touting this new campaign that will reinvigorate Downtown Hackensack – the promise of a spectacular new dawn for this iconic downtown district. So, after all that’s said and done, one question is probably going through your mind – who is going to pay for all of this? The short answer? Definitely, not you.
Now for the slightly longer definition. The shoulders of the financial responsibility fall directly on the Special Improvement District (SID) – also known as the Business Improvement Area (BIA), Community Improvement District (CID), and a few other choice acronyms. Regardless of what you call it, this essentially means real estate owners in Downtown Hackensack pay a tax or assessment, which goes directly to city enhancements.
So why businesses and not you, the taxpayer? Property owners have different goals – specifically transforming the town to boost the economic, physical, and social appeal of the district. Meaning, a revitalized city will draw in more people, which translates to more foot traffic into retail. Since this SID law was established in 1984, there have been around 90 improvement districts all over the state.
With the funds in place, our SID group looked to The SACK Business Alliance, whose overall mission is to promote the revitalization of the district. This could include funding future initiatives such as new storefront facades, signage, marketing programs, shopper parking incentives, public relations for the district, and all sorts of other upgrades.
At the end of the day, a Special Improvement District (SID) just wants to make Downtown Hackensack a better place to work, play and live. And hey, if you don’t have to foot the bill – even better. | <urn:uuid:f3fa85be-cebc-45e1-94d1-18b6ea83d6f4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://downtownhackensack.org/blog/whats-helping-downtown-the-special-improvement-district-sid/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00674.warc.gz | en | 0.949385 | 399 | 1.726563 | 2 |
To serve their Customers as per their value apply value-based-adjusting, Organizations attempt to survey the value of every Customer. One way to deal with evaluate Customer value is by assessing the Customer Lifetime Value henceforth CLV. A severe way to deal with the definition of CLV or LTV is the net present value of future money inflows and outpourings or benefits in view of the standards of monetary administration, connected with a particular Customer. A significant component influencing the CLV is the retention rate or on the other hand the Customer lifecycle termination likelihood. Hypothetically talking, a far reaching evaluation of customer value ought to involve all kinds of parts of a customer’s contribution to the Business’ prosperity for example references to different Customers, strategically pitching potential.
Various methodologies of shifting intricacy have been proposed for the calculation of the CLV:
O Some emphasis on cash inflows and do not coordinate the customer endurance factor
O Some gauge the money inflows only: the income that this Customer is supposed to contribute to the Business later on.
O A few methodologies which are more confounded endeavor to gauge both money inflows and money surges: the income that this Customer is supposed to create for the Business later on with strategies to increase customer lifetime value, and the Customer acquisition, administration and marketing costs.
This multitude of approaches might be reasonable to the context of a particular Business. Declaring that a model which does not consolidate all CLV variables is invalid or deficient, might be of scholarly value; however in the genuine Business world things are not really straightforward. For the above reasons, directors are frequently hesitant to endorse complex CLV demonstrating projects. To conquer the Customer endurance prediction issue, the Business can ascertain the retention rates accomplished previously and in view of these produce a gauge for the future on the other hand, a typical Customer lifecycle duration per item, can be utilized to improve on estimations. In any case, in specific markets, the calculation of the yearly retention rate is definitely not a straight forward task: a Customer termination cannot be obviously distinguished before a specific time span.
The productive application of CLV is definitely not a simple assignment. A Customer going to beat has a diminished CLV, if the CLV model considers a stir likelihood A Business with no related knowledge on the utilization of CLV ought to begin with a straightforward methodology: a restricted intricacy Customer value model. A RFM recency – recurrence – monetary score can be utilized as an intermediary for the CLV. This score can be a practical starting Customer value positioning. In specific cases even a recency score might be a mind boggling start. Recurrence and monetary scores might be more reasonable as a beginning stage. The utilization of a Customer value positioning is only a way to the effective utilization of business assets value-based administration. The exact estimation of the Customer Lifetime value might be truly challenging and of restricted business value. | <urn:uuid:7245609d-8c90-4021-a996-dc0f351bc377> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.dvd222.com/2022/get-practical-analysis-and-customer-lifetime-value-society-series.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00476.warc.gz | en | 0.906787 | 594 | 2.015625 | 2 |
Each month, the Department of State (DOS) issues a visa bulletin which contains information regarding the availability of immigrant visas. The availability of immigrant visas is subject to numerical caps imposed by Congress, which limit how many foreign nationals may obtain immigrant visas each year. In the employment based green card category Congress allots 140,000 immigrant visas (green cards) to be issued annually. The employment-based categories are subdivided into five preference categories:
- EB-1: Priority Workers (Extraordinary Ability, Outstanding Professors and Researchers, and Multinational Managers or Executives)
- EB-2: Professionals Holding Advanced Degrees and Persons of Exceptional Ability
- EB-3: Skilled Workers, Professionals, and Unskilled Workers
- EB-4: Certain Special Immigrants including Religious Workers
- EB-5: Immigrant Investors
No one country in each of the five categories is allowed to exceed more than 7 percent of the category per the requirement of 8 U.S. Code § 1153.
The employment-based fifth preference category “EB-5” is allotted 10,000 immigrant visas annually. The 10,000 quota includes principal applicants, as well as spouses and dependent children under 21 years of age. The visas are issued from October 1st (the first date of the government’s fiscal year) until September 30th. On October 1st of each year, the quota of visas is reset.
In order to deal with these numerical limits, sometimes the DOS has to establish a wait line that determines the order in which immigrant visas are issued when the annual quota is exhausted in a particular year. The DOS uses an applicant’s “priority date” to determine when an applicant can apply for an immigrant visa or file an adjustment of status in the U.S. An applicant’s priority date is based upon the day their I-526 petition was received by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS). As you can see from the below example, the priority date is listed on the top of an investor’s I-526 approval notice.
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In this example, our applicant has a priority date of Aug. 20, 2014. The applicant then must check the DOS visa bulletin to find out if his or her priority date is current. If the visa bulletin, lists the priority date as current represented by a letter “C” then the applicant can apply for a green card either through immigrant visa Consular Processing at the U.S. Embassy in their home country or through the filing of an I-485, Application for Adjustment of Status with the USCIS in the United States upon the approval of their I-526 petition. An applicant that applies for the green card in the United States through Adjustment of Status, must be in valid non-immigrant visa status to do so. As part of the Adjustment of Status filing, the U.S. based applicant, as well as their dependent applicants, are entitled to receive work authorization through the issuance of an Employment Authorization Document (EAD) , as well as travel authorization known as Advance Parole (AP).
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In addition to checking if a category is current, the applicant must also ensure that they are not born in a country which has exceeded the 7 percent allotment for immigrant visas for the particular fiscal year. If their country of birth is a country that has exceeded its yearly allotment then a wait line for the filing the green card application develops, known as retrogression. When retrogression of priority dates occurs, then it is important for an applicant to check to see if they can file their green card application after their EB-5 petition is approved by checking the visa bulletin on a monthly basis. If a date is listed on the visa bulletin, an applicant can only file their application if their priority date is on or before the date listed on the visa bulletin. If the priority date is later than the date listed on the visa bulletin, the applicant will have to check back the following month when the DOS issues its next visa bulletin to see if their priority date has become current (i.e. if the priority date is now earlier than the date listed on the visa bulletin). The dates in the visa bulletin will either move forward, back or even stay stagnant and such changes will be reported monthly. These movements in the visa bulletin are based on the number of green card applications received during the previous month and the available spots remaining in the category. Likewise, sometimes the category can move forward if the other EB categories are underutilized because DOS then reallocates their numbers to the categories with backlogs. For example, if the EB-1 category is not used, EB-5 may benefit from a partial reallocation of the unused immigrant visa numbers.
At present the EB-5 visa category is current. However, the DOS has informed EB-5 stakeholders that in June of 2015 they expect the priority dates to retrogress to at least two years to May of 2013. Using the approval notice above and a sample visa bulletin based on this information pasted below, we consider how to read the visa bulletin for an applicant born in mainland China with an EB-5 priority date of August 20, 2014. The applicant will not be able to file their green card application because the EB-5 category is not current and in fact it is estimated that it will be at least a year until their priority date will become current. For newer EB-5 applicants, based on pending estimates, it would appear that when Chinese retrogression occurs later this year most applicants will have at least a two year wait before they can file for their green cards.
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Likewise, if the total number of visas has been used up in a particular year, in a particular category the visa bulletin will note that the category is unavailable, which is represented by a “U.” This can occur when the DOS determines no more immigrant visas can be issued at the present time. See the EB-4 category above for mainland China for a representation of how this appears.
While China is expected to retrogress, other countries using the EB-5 visa will stay current and be able to precede with their green card applications upon I-526 petition approval. Those born in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Macau will not be subject to retrogression as it only extends to Mainland born Chinese. Likewise, if someone is applying with their spouse and the spouse is born in a non-PRC country, the Chinese born spouse can “charge” their nationality to their spouse and proceed with the green card application based on that non-Chinese nationality.
While retrogression is a new development for many Chinese EB-5 applicants, the EB-2 and EB-3 categories for Chinese nationals have been backlogged between 5-10 years for quite some time. In this sense, EB-5 is still a more expeditious way to obtain a green card while also permitting investors flexibility in terms of being dependent on an employer in their immigration petition.
In the case of retrogression, for those applicants applying from the U.S., though they may not process for the green card until the priority date is current, there is some relief that they can avail themselves of if they file their Adjustment of Status application before retrogression is effective. First, they can continue to remain in the U.S. indefinitely as “Adjustment of Status” applicants without maintaining an underlying non-immigrant visa status. They will also be able to annually renew their EAD and AP to permit them to work and travel until their green card applications are adjudicated. If there is a movement in priority dates, they will have their petition already in queue for adjudication.
For applicants who apply for consular processing in the event of retrogression, the NVC and Consulates will hold the application until the priority dates become current. For children close to the age of 21, they may lose their ability to derive from their parent’s application depending on how long they are subject to retrogression. In this case, they may need to apply for the EB-5 immigrant investor visa on their own or seek an alternative path towards U.S. immigration. Likewise, individuals who spend a year or more in retrogression may also need to supplement their application at the time that their application becomes current with updated documentation such as new police certificates and medical examinations. Fortunately, for individuals who have submitted their DS-260 and documents to the consulate, and the consulate has scheduled them for an immigrant visa interview, those individuals immigrant visa applications would be processed for a green card since a visa number was allotted at the time the interview was scheduled. For those that cannot immediately process, the recent change in visa reciprocity allows Chinese nationals some relief in that they now can obtain a ten year multiple reentry visitor visa and will provide investors the ability to travel to the U.S. while their priority date is not current albeit on a temporary basis. | <urn:uuid:dfd4d25e-9a8b-4779-906d-255d9cd5fd86> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=76833982-9a46-4e91-8bfe-ada0529b6115 | 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 | 0.956556 | 1,857 | 1.882813 | 2 |
Originally published in 2019
“Whatever is True, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things.” Philippians 4:8
As Catholic Christians, we all share in the universal vocation to evangelize and witness to the Truth. For us as parents - and educators, too - our unique contribution to that task of evangelization lies in the formation of the children in our charge – not only by our own witness, but by both the information we impart, and the intellectual formation we give them.
Thus, as home educators, our primary task of evangelization is the formation of minds and hearts with the Good, the Beautiful, and the True. It is then that our families, each through their own domestic churches, will imbue the culture at large with the beauty and joy of the Catholic Faith, allowing others to better know, love, and serve God.
A classical education is a tremendous aid in providing wonderful opportunities to develop a Catholic culture in the home. Such an education is said to begin in wonder and end in wisdom - which is not a what, but a who: the person of Jesus Christ Himself. Being partakers in the Beatific Vision for all eternity is the purpose of our existence. Incorporating a classical education into the home - or for those unable to homeschool, at least incorporating some aspects of a classical education into the home - is one way to introduce beauty and goodness into the family. And beauty and goodness are integral and foundational to the renewal of the culture.
Mother of Divine Grace’s classical curriculum has been a source of inspiration in creating beauty and goodness within my own domestic church for over 20 years. Academically, through the implementation of the curriculum, I came to see that there is a natural order to learning, with stages of intellectual development building upon one another: first, knowledge (a gathering of facts), next, analysis (an understanding of the facts), and then wisdom (an articulation of the facts, in the form of an argument and/or judgment, both verbally and in writing). Various skill sets are developed and mastered through specific assignments in each grade. In the program, there is a clear content – what is taught; and there is a clear method – how it is taught. The content is ordered to a later knowledge and the method is ordered to a later formation that results in students who can think clearly and logically, are active learners, effective communicators, and independent thinkers, all in the service of Wisdom. Consequently, spiritually, the MODG curriculum was an invaluable aid to my husband and me in the Faith formation of our children in the Truth.
In the early years, MODG encouraged our children’s curiosity and investigation by appealing to their general sense of wonder in God’s creation. Visits to the zoo, museums, and the aquarium, as well as to beaches and parks, were enjoyed by all. Reading aloud, particularly Bible and saint stories, with the finest of illustrations, introduced our children to heroic and virtuous people and actions, and filled their imaginations with the beautiful and noble. (It has been said that Peter Rabbit paves the way for Aquinas!) Reading aloud to my children created memories, bonds, and conversations that have had a profound and lasting effect on their lives as adults. Simply listening to classical or sacred music, delighting in the planting of a vegetable garden, a sunset, or a snowfall, exposed our children to the beauty of the everyday, inviting them to observe, ask questions, and study further the mysteries of the world around them.
During the middle school years, we studied the Baltimore Catechism alongside Ancient Egypt and the pyramids, the Great Composers, Herodotus, pendulums, Shakespeare, and Latin. We explored the beauty of God’s design in mathematics, as well as in paintings and poetry. The children memorized, wrote, and began to analyze.
The high school years provided a wonderful time for our children to think, discuss, and ask questions. We read Church Encyclicals, and discussed the moral life and the teachings of the Church.
The children studied Geometry, Chemistry, St. Thomas’ Summa, and the Federalist Papers. They learned how to reason, how to recognize and construct arguments, how to write persuasively, and how to articulate the Truth.
Spiritually, our homeschooling lifestyle afforded us the opportunity to live deeply the rhythms of the Liturgical Year. We delighted in celebrating the liturgical seasons, saint days, baptismal anniversaries, the feasting, the fasting, and many traditions of the Faith in our domestic church. Daily Mass, morning prayer, evening rosary, monthly confession, First Friday/First Saturday devotions, and Adoration, all helped us develop habits of virtue and religious practice that have continued through the years. Our home altar, displaying saint pictures, a crucifix, rosaries, candles, and flowers, provided not only a sacred space for family prayer and catechesis, but also a beautiful reminder of God’s presence in our home.
In closing, an authentic Catholic classical education instills in our souls the conviction that truth exists and is knowable. As teachers, it is essential to not just permeate our classrooms with God's Goodness, Beauty and Truth on a daily basis, but also our homes. The time and environment in which God has placed us, as well as the people and circumstances of our lives, all contribute to the manifestation of His Goodness, Beauty, and Truth in our world today. Recognize and nurture God’s image and presence in your hearts, your families, and your communities. Your sincere efforts to develop a truly Catholic culture in your homes will result in a truly evangelical witness to all you encounter and a spreading of the Kingdom of God here on earth. | <urn:uuid:a33abf41-7a6c-411d-a2d6-f8cdbef9e2e8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://modg.org/articles/2021-10-05-cultivating-goodness-beauty-and-truth-in-the-home | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572127.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815024523-20220815054523-00274.warc.gz | en | 0.957983 | 1,222 | 2.046875 | 2 |
What is it about installing a 20-foot tall inflatable Santa in your front yard that relates to the birth of Jesus? When did Jesus, Santa, Mrs. Claus and the Three Wise Men become homeboys and begin hanging out in the manger together? And why does going into credit card debt to buy your children the latest Wii gaming console signify true love and the Christmas spirit?
Don't let materialism and holiday stress get you down. Christmas does not need to have an expensive price tag to be memorable or special. You can still enjoy the holiday spirit by developing meaningful family traditions that focus on sharing and caring, instead of shopping and consumerism.
Take this opportunity to teach your children about gifts that don't come in boxes with bows and sparkles. Volunteer at a food pantry or a soup kitchen. Plan a clothing drive for a women's shelter. Spend time at a nursing home helping residents write Christmas cards or doing a fun holiday craft. Organize a group to go Christmas caroling at a local children's hospital.
Gift giving is a wonderful way to show kindness and love. But it does not have to put a dent in your bank account to be special. Instead of buying expensive presents, spend time making homemade gifts to share with loved ones. Bake cookies or fruit breads. Make a festive Christmas craft. Write a poem. Make a photo scrapbook or a calendar of your children's artwork.
Showing people that you care is what this season is all about, isn't it? The holidays are a perfect time to make time for your dear family members who you don't see often enough. Forget the presents and stress and host a simple potluck celebration for your extended family. The smiles, laughter and joy will be worth it.
Make your favorite holiday cookies for a good cause this year by baking them up for donation to shelters, soup kitchens and more. Visit Drop In & Decorate for tips and ideas on how to host a holiday cookie decorating party for donating cookies — and also how to find organizations that can accept the fruits of your labor.
There are so many excellent nonprofits like Heifer International or other world charities where you can buy a gift that really keeps on giving. Have your children look through the catalog and take part in deciding which animal or animals to buy for a family in need. Help put an end to world hunger and poverty by helping another family become self-reliant and build a sustainable living. Check out these other holiday charity ideas for kids too.
Give back to the Earth by planting a new tree with family and friends. Make it a festive occasion and invite everyone back to your home for a party afterwards. Serve hot cocoa and homemade treats. Sing songs. Choose not to have a gift exchange and instead ask everyone to share a special Christmas memory. Talk about what Christmas means to each person and pass out a decorative flyer about different ways to share the holiday spirit with someone in need this year.
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The Fund's managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn confirmed that the Fund has sent a team of experts to Athens to start negotiating a "multi-year" plan of action for the stricken economy.
Although Greek prime minister George Papandreou has not yet formally called for assistance, the IMF's presence, alongside others from the European Commission and European Central Bank, means the button could be pressed within days.
Although the Fund has had a skeleton team in Athens for months offering "technical assistance", yesterday's move means it is officially starting the process by which it will begin lending emergency money. Poul Thomsen, a Dutch senior IMF advisor in Washington who led the bail-outs of Iceland and Russia, will lead the mission, which starts on Monday.
As news of the mission – triggered by a letter from Mr Papandreou to Mr Strauss-Kahn and representatives at the ECB and Commission – emerged, interest rates on benchmark Greek government bonds topped 7.4pc. The gap between Greek and German bond yields is around 4pc - the highest since the euro's creation.
Greece faces a potential funding crisis as it battles to cut its budget deficit, which at 12.9pc of gross domestic product is the biggest in Europe. Its previous austerity plans, which sparked nationwide strikes, are predicated on government interest rates of below 5pc.
European finance ministers have agreed a prospective €30bn (£26bn) loan for this year, to tide the economy over, with the IMF expected to contribute around €15bn on top of this. Was the Fund to do so, it would represent the biggest loan ever handed out to an economy, in proportion to its IMF quota size. The cash would have to be paid back within three years or Greece would be liable to further penalties.
However, there are still ongoing rows about the rate the country should be charged. The European leaders have signalled that they would charge a rate of around 5pc, compared with the IMF's standard interest rate, on large loans, of around 3.2pc.
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This major is a program that prepares individuals for the professional study of law at the post-baccalaureate level.
Search for schools that offer a Pre-Law Studies Major (use the com | CollegeFinder, and enter "pre-law" in the major search field). Read the school’s department pages, they are often loaded with useful and specific information about the field.
What can you do with a major/degree in Pre-Law Studies Major?
If it is your intention to go to law school, successfully completing an undergraduate program in Pre-Law Studies, along with a high LSAT score, will help prepare you for entry into a law degree program.
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Professional associations are groups of professionals dedicated to topics in specific fields. Professional associations provide a wealth of online resources, some of which are geared specifically towards students. These organizations typically also host conferences and events, providing great opportunities for learning and networking across your field of interest.
- American Bar Association
- National Association of Legal Assistants
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Broome Beaches All Open in Time for Scorching Heat
Just in time for heat indexes expected to approach the 100-degree mark this week, Broome County says the beach at Greenwood Park is back open.
Last week, a water sample showed an elevated E-coli level, prompting County Parks officials to close the beach. A second test found levels back to normal.
The County reopened the beach in time for the weekend and the sizzling temperatures.
The National Weather Service in Binghamton says Broome County can expect temperatures in the 90s and upper 80s through the entire week with high humidity making it feel even hotter.
Areas to the west, including Tioga County, are under a Heat Advisory July 7 from 1 to 8 p.m. with heat index values of 95 to 100 degrees expected.
Residents are advised to stay inside and in air conditioning if possible, drink plenty of water, if outside, seek shade and take frequent breaks from activities and provide shade and water for animals. It’s also advised to check on the elderly and others who are more adversely affected by the heat.
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House prices growth will slow down even further following Britain’s vote to leave the EU, economists have predicted.
According to the Halifax House Price Index, prices rose 1.3 per cent in June as compared to May. However, year-on-year growth fell to 8.4 per cent from 9.2 per cent in May.
Halifax said the growth rate was down from 1.4 per cent in May to 1.2 per cent in June. This figure was 1.5 per cent in April, 2.9 per cent in March and 3.0 per cent in February.
Martin Ellis, Halifax housing economist, said: “There is evidence that the underlying pace of house growth may be easing.
“House prices continue to increase, albeit at a slower rate, but this preceded the EU referendum result, therefore it is far too early to determine any impact since.”
Howard Archer, chief UK economist at IHS, said: “We believe that the prospects for the housing market have deteriorated markedly following the Brexit vote.”
“Housing market activity and prices now look to be at very serious risk of an extended, marked downturn following the UK’s vote to leave the EU.”
“This is likely to weigh down markedly on economic activity and consumer confidence, which is not good news for the housing market. Unemployment could also well rise over the coming months.”
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Big Man-eater traveled along until he came to a town where he killed and ate all of the people. On the way to another town he met Rabbit, who said, "At this town all the people have run off. I kill and eat people and here are their bones." When he met Big Man-eater he carried over his shoulder a child with a stick run through it. Then they sat down beside the trail to defecate. Both shut their eyes, and when they defecated Big Man-eater evacuated bones while Rabbit passed only grass. Rabbit opened his eyes, picked up Big Man-eater's excrement and put it under himself and took his own and placed it under Big Man-eater. When both finally opened their eyes, Big Man-eater said, "Hīha, I never passed anything like this before." The next time both defecated with their eyes open and Rabbit passed nothing but grass while Big Man-eater defecated bones.
After that they struck up a friendship. Rabbit said, "Let us go to Tree-falling-down Camp." So they set out. When they arrived Rabbit said, "Wait right here while I hunt for a good camping place." He went on until he saw a tree that shook and was ready to fall, when he called his companion. "Over here there is a good place," he said and Big Man-eater went there.
When night came, both lay down, and, while Big Man-eater slept, Rabbit awoke and pushed the tree down upon him. Then he threw small limbs upon himself and made a noise as if he had been hurt. Big Man-eater pushed the tree away and woke up. "This camp is always like that," said Rabbit.
Next time Rabbit said, "Let us go to Ashes-thrown-on Camp," and they started off. When they got there and had made camp Rabbit picked up a quantity of wood, kindled it, and made a big fire. But after the two had lain down Rabbit awoke, gathered up a lot of hot ashes on some bark with which he had provided himself, and threw them on Big Man-eater. On himself he threw cold ashes. Big Man-eater was badly hurt.
In the morning Rabbit said, "Let us go to Jumping-bluff Creek," and they started on. After they had traveled for a while they reached the place and went down the creek. "Let us jump across it and back four times," said Rabbit. Rabbit jumped first four times. When Big Man-eater prepared to jump Rabbit held for him the bag he was carrying. Before Big Man-eater had jumped four times he fell from the bluff into the water. The water rose and Big Man-eater went down into it. "My friend is gone; he is going far out into the sea," said Rabbit. Rabbit, however, took Big Man-eater's bag and started home. | <urn:uuid:ebfef1ad-17d4-4508-b327-df333b6561d1> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.sacred-texts.com/nam/se/mtsi/mtsi190.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719453.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00231-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.990662 | 619 | 2.203125 | 2 |
A car's electrical system consists of the battery, starter and alternator. The battery provides juice to the starter. When your engine is running, the alternator supports and charges the battery. A bad alternator will damage a good battery if you do not attend to it quickly. Batteries can only be recharged so many times before they'll lose their ability to hold a charge. An old battery that is constantly drained and charged will have a shorter life span than a battery operated under normal conditions. It is always a good idea to have your alternator inspected on a routine basis and have parts replaced if needed, as many of the signs of a failing alternator as similar to that of a failing battery. You might notice a reduction in engine performance when accelerating. You also might see there is a drop in fuel efficiency due to your car straining to run. As mentioned above, the alternator can cause problems with your battery dying. Make sure you make a replacement to a faulty alternator with an OEM part. Only OEM alternators are going to fit your Jaguar make and model perfectly and install correctly when you're making a repair.
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These worms can cause many health problems and are life- threatening. Dr Effrossyni Gkrania- Klotsas found out that during one exam that he did on a patient’s head. This patient had severe headaches and he never assumed that he had parasitic infection. The doctor noticed that because he was eating pork his brain got infected with those tapeworms. As we already said about the damages that pork can do to your health, you should know that if the raw pork meat isn’t cooked properly, it’s toxins and bacteria cannot be killed and it can lead to Taeniasis, and a worm lived in the intestine. The pork has also other contaminants, including the controversial drug ractopamine, which is banned in many parts of the world, including China and Europe. The drug, which was found in more than 20 percent of the samples, is used to boost growth in the animal while leaving the meat lean. Worst of all, many of the bacteria found in the pork were resistant to multiple antibiotics, making treatment, should you fall ill, all the more problematic and potentially lethal.
The second kind of infection is when a person is in direct contact with animal feces. This can trigger neurocysticerosis, a condition when the larval worm infects the nervous system and brain. It is an infection that can be very dangerous because it can cause epilepsy. This infection happens more often in some parts of Asia, Africa and Latin America, but the global distribution of pork tapeworm is rising, which enlarges the number of patients with this infection all around the world.
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“For me, French agricultural lands are strategic investments on which our sovereignty depends, so we can't allow hundreds of hectares of land to be bought by foreign powers without us knowing the aims of these purchases,” Macron told a crowd of young farmers at the presidential palace.
He was referring to news last year that a Chinese fund had bought 900 hectares of land in the cereal-growing Allier region in central France, following an acquisition of 1,700 hectares in the Indre area in 2016.
“We will very obviously put in place regulatory safeguards and will work with you… to put an end to what happened,” he added, referring to the
Australia announced new restrictions on foreign buyers of agricultural land at the beginning of the month, while concerns about Chinese expansion abroad have been voiced from Africa to Canada in the past.
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Over the past decade, the U.S. labor market has undergone a variety of changes. We’ve endured a historic recession followed by nearly seven years of recovery and expansion. It has taken 10 years for the labor market to attain full employment again.
For the last five years, average monthly job growth has been just about 200K. There’s evidence that wage growth is picking up, consistent with the idea that we’re getting pretty close to full employment.
2016 marks the 10th anniversary of the launch of the ADP National Employment Report®, an essential tool measuring the monthly change in U.S. nonfarm private employment which is distributed free to the public. Since its inception in 2006, the NER has informed the conversation around the economy, become a critical indicator of private sector labor market activity and emerged as a reliable predictor of the government’s jobs report. Using actual, anonymous payroll information of 24 million Americans, ADP is able to draw conclusions about the workforce based on real numbers, not survey data. Below is a short video commemorating the NER’s 10 years:
The NER has tracked major shifts in the job market over the past ten years. Most notably, we’ve seen:
- A return to full employment
- As of this month, 27 quarters of economic expansion – the longest period of expansion since the 1990s
- Regional job growth shifting away from the Northeast and Midwest and toward the South and West
- Small companies that survived the recession faring better in the labor marketing than larger ones
- Service sector growth, while jobs in manufacturing and goods-producing industries have declined
In providing theses insights, the NER has proven to be an increasingly reliable indicator of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) job report. Differences between the NER and BLS may stem from our different approaches. The BLS counts employees when they are paid, whereas ADP counts employees listed as active on an employer’s payroll. But since October 2012, the NER cumulative increase in private-sector jobs has totaled 8.33 million jobs, compared to the BLS estimate of 8.42 million – a 1 percent difference compared to the government’s number.
The NER inspired what has now become a massive platform for deeper, more accurate research into the national and now global economy. In 2012, we created the ADP Research Institute® (ADPRI) to provide structure to our data-driven research capabilities. ADPRI turns data into valuable insights, leading businesses and decision-makers to informed choices and actions. Moving beyond reporting solely on jobs, in 2014 ADPRI launched the ADP Workforce Vitality Report – a quarterly measure that looks at workforce dynamics and indicators such as wage growth, hours worked and turnover rate.
Here at ADP, we know big data. We’re the company that pays 1 in 6 U.S. workers – we’ve been the leader in “big data” since before it was even a term.
We also know that with big data comes great responsibility. That’s why ADP is constantly improving and enhancing the NER, providing more industry-specific calculations. In October, we’ll expand our reporting to include several new sectors, including health care and education. We’ve also expanded our employment reports globally. Last year, we introduced the France National Employment Report, and we have plans to launch in more global markets later this year.
This anniversary comes at a crucial point in time. Will we continue to see economic expansion? How will U.S. economic growth compare with that of other countries? Which sectors will add jobs – and which will lose them? Whatever the next ten years have in store, we will be there to analyze the data and help paint the picture of U.S. economic performance. | <urn:uuid:1788ef02-deaa-4a7b-a40e-ad2b52a0f442> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://blog.adp.com/2016/06/29/adp-national-employment-report-celebrates-10-years/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279368.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00324-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949445 | 799 | 1.945313 | 2 |
You don’t need to grow up on a farm to make a career animal sciences. Kylie Philips fell in love with the field through her local 4-H program.
“I didn’t come from an agricultural background. If it wasn’t for 4-H, I wouldn’t have known my options with becoming a student in the UF College of Agricultural and Life Sciences student,” said Phillips.
Phillips, now a UF/IFAS CALS graduate student, says participating in 4-H livestock projects sparked her interest in the agriculture industry. She joined 4-H at the age of eight, where she showed rabbits and pigs at her local county fair. She has volunteered in her community, mentoring youth in how to be successful with their first show project. She also participated in Hog and Ham, the State Livestock Judging contest and other various 4-H contests.
As an undergraduate animal sciences student, she served as the assistant coach for the UF Intercollegiate Meat Judging Team and was a club member of Gator Collegiate Cattlewomen and Block and Bridle.
With her work ethic and dedication, Phillips was awarded the J. Wayne Reitz Medal of Excellence Award in the spring of 2019. This prestigious award recognizes an outstanding graduating senior in the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences. Recipients have achieved a distinguished scholarship record and have demonstrated a high degree of leadership.
“I was very excited. I didn’t think out of the entire college I would be chosen as the outstanding senior,” said Phillips.
She believes that one of things that set her aside from the rest of her cohort is her undergraduate research thesis on researching dry, aged beef for potential incorporation into premium ground beef.
This researched involved evaluating the growth of bacteria on meat. This thesis allowed her to graduate with honors.
She believes that being involved in 4-H provided her with the stepping stones to success.
“There was always something that I was working towards as a kid in the 4-H program,” said Phillips. “Had I not been involved in 4-H, I wouldn’t have the opportunity to have these resume builders.”
Florida 4-H sets the stage for work ethic, ambition and rising to the occasion to meet your goal, Phillips said.
“The opportunities are endless. You can do anything you want to do if you’re willing to dedicate time towards your goal – it will pay off,” said Phillips. “Even if you’re not the best, natural talent isn’t 100 percent. Work ethic goes a very long way.”
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The solution to Chemical Mystery #9: Liquid Nitrogen vs. Dry Ice is presented. Why does liquid nitrogen launch the bucket so much higher than dry ice and water?
A 2L soda pop bottle is filled about one-third full with either liquid nitrogen or solid carbon dioxide (dry ice) and water. The bottle is sealed and a plastic bucket is placed on top. Do you think the liquid nitrogen or dry ice and water will make the bucket go higher? Can you explain the results using chemistry?
Ringing in Volume 94
The January 2017 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education is now available online to subscribers. Topics featured in this issue include: NMR spectroscopy; examining assessment; inquiry-based practices; cost-effective instrumentation; miscibility demonstrations; innovative laboratory experiments; from the archives: lightsticks.
You probably know what happens when you place dry ice in water. Do you know what happens when dry ice is placed in acetone or glycerin? Read this and find out!
Have you ever wondered where the cloud comes from when dry ice is placed in water? If you think the answer is “atmospheric water vapor”, be sure to read this post because experimental evidence suggests that this explanation is wrong.
Analytical Thinking, Analytical Action
The November 2016 issue of the Journal of Chemical Education is now available online to subscribers. Topics featured in this issue include: electrochemistry; researching how assessment aids learning; using technology to teach; environmental chemistry; hands-on, minds-on activities and demonstrations; geology-inspired chemistry.
Addition of a white solid to a green solution causes the solution to separate into some truly beautiful colors...
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If you were to ask people what they thought motivated them to work, many would say money, enjoyment, passion, or something along one of those lines. However, science says something totally different, and behavioral economist Dan Ariely is out to prove that.
It’s time to give yourself a lot more credit: The reasons behind why we work are a lot more complicated. Or, as Ariely explains, we’re not just lab rats blindly following a maze looking for cash.
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Reno, Nevada (CNN) – On the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, Mitt Romney told National Guardsmen they were needed "now as much as ever before" to protect America in an uncertain and turbulent world.
The GOP presidential nominee marked the 11th anniversary of the World Trade Center attacks with a speech to the National Guard Association of the United States in Reno Tuesday, where he recalled the horror he felt that day and laid out his views on ensuring an "American century."
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"We live in a time of turbulence and disruption. What I can say with certainty is that we need the National Guard's vigilance and strength now as much as ever before," Romney told a seated audience of men and women in uniform. "This century must be an American Century. It began with terror, war, and economic calamity. It is now our duty to steer it onto the path of freedom, peace, and prosperity."
Romney praised veterans for their service and vowed as president he would "keep faith" with them when they return home, with better care and benefits and the opportunity to find good jobs at home.
"Many have known violence so that their neighbors could know peace," he said in sweeping appreciation of the nation's veterans. "They have done more than protect America; their courage and service defines America."
Romney said he would not lay out the differences between him and his opponent in his speech – but he nonetheless continued his criticism of the congressionally-backed military cuts set to kick in next January. Romney has hammered Obama over those cuts – part of an agreement to force action on deficit-reduction – on the stump in recent days.
As troops return home from Afghanistan, Romney said "the return of our troops cannot and must not be used as an excuse to hollow out our military through devastating defense budget cuts."
Romney ended his speech by thanking the guardsmen for their service – a remark Democrats were likely to seize on after Romney failed to mention the conflict in Afghanistan or explicitly thank the troops there during his Tampa convention speech.
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To be first in line, men arrive at 4 a.m. with hard hats in hand. Most people are still asleep.
An hour later, about a dozen men stand on a corner. Some are slumped against a building, hiding their eyes under caps as they try to get some sleep. Others stand in a circle, quietly trading stories. Cigarette smoke fills the air and headlights from passing semi trucks pierce through the pitch-black morning.
They all want the same thing: a job. Many will be disappointed.
Dressed in orange vests and steel-toed boots, they wait outside Labor Ready on Talleyrand Avenue, one of many temporary labor pools across Jacksonville. These are desperate job-seekers.
And there are more of them now, competing for fewer jobs.
The recession has hit hardest in construction work, drying up the number of day-labor jobs. Even laid-off, white-collar workers are vying for a few hours at a construction site.
Most men say they wait every day. They are sent to jobs only once or twice a week. Sometimes it's only for four hours of minimum wage, $7.25 per hour, which means less than $30 a week.
"When you wait and wait and you're told that there's no work for the day, it's a bad feeling," says 20-year-old Demarco French of Jacksonville. "It robs you of hope."
"I make $30 a week. Now you tell me how that's going to pay rent. How I'm going to eat? I'm not getting by. I'm struggling."
Every morning at 3, Michael Stutts' alarm clock beeps. Every morning, he has to motivate himself to wake up.
"It's very tough to get up at 3 a.m. knowing there's a strong possibility I won't get any work," he says.
The 46-year-old rides his bike down Phoenix Avenue to make it to Labor Ready by 4 a.m. - about an hour before the building opens.
"You got to beat the crowd out if you want to be in the top 10 or 15 and get some work," he said. "But even that's not a guarantee. They want to see how dedicated you are, but how good is it to be dedicated if you aren't going to work me?"
Stutts has been frequenting the labor pool for 14 months. He usually gets work on Thursdays when there's an auto auction. He averages a paycheck of about $30 a week.
Stutts rents a room for $125 a week, but he has to often negotiate with his landlord, doing chores such as mowing the lawn and painting walls, because he doesn't have enough money.
When 7 a.m. rolls around at the Labor Ready, he says he figures it's too late. He isn't getting work today. So he rides around town to fill out job applications, hoping for something.
A young man walks in to register at Labor Ready. Stutts gives him a long look. He's not happy that there's more competition. He says there's not enough work for the guys already there.
"Don't waste your time," he tells him. "Ain't no work for you."
"When you have 25 people sitting in your lobby and you're done with jobs for the day, it's disappointing."
Donna Baker is the one who has to deliver the bad news.
A manager at Labor Finders on East Church Street, Baker says she sees the same faces every day waiting when the office opens at 6 a.m., and she feels for them. These workers might be unemployed, but nobody can call them lazy.
"It kind of makes you admire them, their tenacity," she says.
Nationally, temporary work dropped by 30 percent from January 2008 to July 2009, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Florida keeps no such numbers.
The national unemployment rate over that same time period jumped from 5.4 percent to 9.6 percent. In Florida, it more than doubled: 5 percent to 11 percent.
Baker normally has only 75 jobs a day for about 125 people.
Companies that need temporary help contact labor pools to negotiate a price for a certain number of workers. The pool then selects them, pays them and the difference is its profit.
When money is tight, so are profits. That could mean fewer workers or a lower wage.
Most unskilled jobs (basic cleanup, manual labor) pay only minimum wage. Skilled jobs (welding, technical trade) can sometimes pay more than twice that, says Cameron Abbott, recruiting manager at Ameri-Force, a temporary labor company based in Jacksonville.
In today's recession, Abbott says there are a lot of overqualified workers, such as former supervisors, looking for any construction jobs they can find.
Baker says there's so little construction work that Labor Finders has moved more into fields like landscaping.
Labor Ready didn't respond to several calls for comment.
Many workers have frequented these labor pools for years. For some it's their only way to make a living, even if it's unreliable.
Sulzbacher Center, a Jacksonville homeless shelter, discourages its residents from seeking day-labor work. Gloria Daniels, a Goodwill employment specialist who helps residents find work, says it's too inconsistent to bring them out of poverty. But it's better than nothing.
"Yes it's futile, but it's all we have," she says. "We're grasping at straws here."
"My paycheck was literally a third of what I used to make. I'm like, 'Holy crap.' This was my last resort."
Dressed in tucked-in khaki pants, 37-year-old David doesn't fit in with his blue-collar colleagues at Labor Ready.
A mechanical drafter, he drew plans for machines until he lost his job about a year ago. About a month ago, he moved from Tampa with a woman he has been dating for a few months.
He enrolled at Tulsa Welding School, but in the meantime he's looking for a job.
His first day, he's sent to clean a warehouse. For eight hours, he makes less than $50.
"It was amazing," he said. "Amazing in the fact that my paycheck was so small."
The next few days, he isn't even that fortunate. There are no jobs, and he says he had an argument with his girlfriend. He desperately wants to patch up things. He knows no one else here and can't afford to move. He feels lost.
"It bothers me because the industries I've been trained in are just sucked up," he said. "Now I'm sitting in front of a Labor Ready, just waiting for work. And in the end, if things don't work out with my girlfriend, I'll be homeless. So it's very tough."
David asks that his full name not be printed because he's ashamed.
"I'm really embarrassed to be here," he said. "You figure in hard times that this would be the last resort. But listening to these guys, they've been doing this for years. I don't see how one can live like that."
He says it's tough to stay motivated while waiting for work. But there's a certain point when pride goes away.
"Because I can't pay my bills," he said. "So what else can I do? I just have to worry about Dave. Make sure he doesn't get arrested for sleeping in his car. I'm doing my best so I don't end up homeless."
"It's frustrating. Real frustrating. I am looking. I'm looking real hard. I'm getting up in the morning and for what?"
Outside Labor Ready, the workers are frustrated. They're upset there aren't more jobs. They're mad because they think the government hasn't done enough to fix the economy.
French says he is angry that he can't break his maddening daily cycle of not finding work.
Since he graduated from Jackson High School two years ago, he wakes up at 4 a.m. every day to make $26 a week at the labor pool. He says he has to keep trying to make any money he can for his 6-month-old son.
Before he goes to sleep, French says he tries to motivate himself to start all over the next day. Even if he probably won't work that day, he can't give up.
"You have to get yourself mentally prepared before you go to bed," he said, "because if you wait until that morning when that alarm clock goes off you won't want to wake up."
When that alarm does go off, it's another morning. Another chance to earn some money - even if it's only minimum wage - just to get by.
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Pre-Apprenticeship Electrician Training
Working as an electrician in construction is a well-paid career and the demand is high for electrician apprentices and journeypersons in the labour market. CPAC, in partnership with Centennial College, runs a Pre-Apprenticeship Program for immigrants and youth from immigrant families. This program will prepare participants to become ready for employment and apprenticeship in the trade.
• Primary trade: Level 1 Electrician: Construction and Maintenance,309A
• Secondary trade: Fundamentals in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning
• Trade specific communication and math courses
• Health & safety and job readiness training
• Eight-week work placement
• Apprenticeship registration support
• Canadian citizen or permanent resident status
• Canadian high-school diploma or a diploma/degree from a Canadian or international college/university (credential assessment is required or international education)
• CLB Level 5 for applicants with international credentials
• Commitment of 24 weeks of full-time training and work placement
Program Start Date: April 18, 2022
To apply for the program, please complete the application form and send it, along with your resume and education credentials to Jason Yi at email@example.com
For questions about the program, please email Jason Yi at firstname.lastname@example.org or call 416-298-7885 ext. 106
To learn more about the program, please register and attend an upcoming online information session.
"Through the CPAC program I really got the help to be exposed to the electrical work and skills in a short amount of time. I learned a lot about how to be professional and deal with workplace situations this program. The program also give me a chance to be able to get experience in electrical so I can now apply for an apprenticeship program. I'm truly honored and happy to have been here because it's a life changing experience."
"Being new to the country and not knowing where to start, CPAC made it much easier for me personally. This program was very well organized from the beginning to the end and prepared for us an amazing career path. Thank you for having such a great program where a work placement is included and we had the chance to show our skills. I would like also to mention the social part of this program which gave me a chance to meet, work, learn and have a lots of fun from this diverse group of people."
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How to remove Ai88 (Virus Removal Guide)
The “Ai88 virus” is a term used to identify a severe form of ransomware that infects a computer system, encrypts personal files on the infected computer, and demands a ransom using online currencies such as BitCoin to obtain a private generated key and decrypt and fully recover the files it encrypted. The infection is sometimes referred to as the Ai88 virus because it will contain text that says ‘Ai88’ somewhere on the interface.
When Ai88 and similar ransomware first infects a computer system it will connect to a Command & Control server and send the victim’s unique identifier and the campaign ID. The Command & Control server will then send back various ransom notes and files, including instructions to allegedly decrypt files found in notes titled something similar to: RECOVERY_FILE.txt and HELP_TO_SAVE_FILES.txt.
Ai88 will then start to scan the infected computer’s hard drives for specific files and create a %AppData%\key.dat file that will be used store information about the decryption key, as well store all encrypted files. This ransomware encrypts a lot of personal files. The extensions that it targets are listed below:
.sql, .mp4, .7z, .rar, .m4a, .wma, .avi, .wmv, .csv, .d3dbsp, .zip, .sie, .sum, .ibank, .t13, .t12, .qdf, .gdb, .tax, .pkpass, .bc6, .bc7, .bkp, .qic, .bkf, .sidn, .sidd, .mddata, .itl, .itdb, .icxs, .hvpl, .hplg, .hkdb, .mdbackup, .syncdb, .gho, .cas, .svg, .map, .wmo, .itm, .sb, .fos, .mov, .vdf, .ztmp, .sis, .sid, .ncf, .menu, .layout, .dmp, .blob, .esm, .vcf, .vtf, .dazip, .fpk, .mlx, .kf, .iwd, .vpk, .tor, .psk, .rim, .w3x, .fsh, .ntl, .arch00, .lvl, .snx, .cfr, .ff, .vpp_pc, .lrf, .m2, .mcmeta, .vfs0, .mpqge, .kdb, .db0, .dba, .rofl, .hkx, .bar, .upk, .das, .iwi, .litemod, .asset, .forge, .ltx, .bsa, .apk, .re4, .sav, .lbf, .slm, .bik, .epk, .rgss3a, .pak, .big, wallet, .wotreplay, .xxx, .desc, .py, .m3u, .flv, .js, .css, .rb, .png, .jpeg, .txt, .p7c, .p7b, .p12, .pfx, .pem, .crt, .cer, .der, .x3f, .srw, .pef, .ptx, .r3d, .rw2, .rwl, .raw, .raf, .orf, .nrw, .mrwref, .mef, .erf, .kdc, .dcr, .cr2, .crw, .bay, .sr2, .srf, .arw, .3fr, .dng, .jpe, .jpg, .cdr, .indd, .ai, .eps, .pdf, .pdd, .psd, .dbf, .mdf, .wb2, .rtf, .wpd, .dxg, .xf, .dwg, .pst, .accdb, .mdb, .pptm, .pptx, .ppt, .xlk, .xlsb, .xlsm, .xlsx, .xls, .wps, .docm, .docx, .doc, .odb, .odc, .odm, .odp, .ods, .odt
When the encryption has finished, the ransomware will change the desktop wallpaper and will continue to automatically open a ransom note file. The ransomware will also open the Ai88 program (application, interface) that contains ransom notes, links, and other information on how you can pay pay the ransom and decrypt your files. Information displayed by the application is listed below.
Ai88 virus Examples:
Your personal files are encrypted! Your files have been safely encrypted on this PC: photos, videos, documents, etc. Click "Show encrypted files" Button to view a complete list of encrypted files, and you can personally verify this. Encryption was produced using a unique public key RSA-2048 generated on this computer. To decrypt files you need to obtain the private key.
Ai88 All your important files are encrypted. At the moment, the cost of private key for decrypting your files is 0.7 BTC ~=154 USD. Yout Bitcoin address payment: Try to decrypt your files here (working only with TorBrowser)
How does Ai88 virus get onto a computer?
Ai88 is known to be distributed through the Angler Exploit Kit. Malicious files that contain the exploit kit and spread Ai88 ransomware can be found in prohibited torrent files, malicious advertisements, and on websites that host malware. However, Ai88 ransomware in particular is usually distributed through fraudulent email message content and email attachments.
How to remove Ai88 (Removal Instructions)
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2. Open the Malwarebytes Anti-Malware program.
3. Click the large Scan Now button or visit the “Scan” tab to manually run a scan.
4. Once the malware scan is complete, click the Remove Selected button and reboot your computer.
Ransomware usually infects 1 user account on Windows systems at a time. Here are some tips to remove ransomware by using different user accounts.
- Log into an account not affected by malware (with administrative rights) and perform a scan with reputable software to detect and remove malware.
- You can also delete the infected account.
- Other options include creating a new user account to remove malware if only 1 Window’s user account is present on the computer system.
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As the seasons change and you are considering strategies for field management, you’re going to want to ensure that you have the proper tillage tool on hand to take care of all of the necessary tasks. That being said, there are several tillage tools to choose from – how do you know which one is best for you?
Let’s take a look at some tips that can help you decide which tillage tool is ideal for your needs, as well as some of their various features.
1. Take a Look at Your Topsoil
Depending on your region, you may have thinner or thicker topsoil than others. If you have thinner topsoil, your moisture levels will be drier overall. That being said, the average crop yield may differ dramatically compared to someone who is working with a moist, thick topsoil. If this is the case, you may want to use a tillage practice that only penetrates a few inches down into the soil, like vertical tillage.
2. Factor in Your Current Cost of Operation
This means including fuel, seed, fertilizer, and chemical costs. Ultimately, the right answer as to which tillage tool is right for you will depend on which tillage practice you select, and how you can best improve and maintain your specific field’s crop-producing ability for the long-term.
3. Know How to Work with Thick Topsoil
If you have thick topsoil, you may want to use a disk deeper in your first pass, incorporating the sized residue deeper into the soil, along with weed roots and seeds. This is a more intensive tillage practice, which will ultimately require more tractor power – something you need to be aware of when you’re choosing your tillage tools.
A Closer Look at the VT17 Series
The VT17 Series from John Deere has adjustable gang angles for desired aggressiveness, and simple adjustments can be made as necessary for increased uptime. It also has maintenance free bearings that increase the life of moving parts, which ultimately increases productivity out in the field.
Examining the DH16 Series
These disk harrows have two-blade taper furrow filler, and disk leveling is adjustable with a single crank. Hydraulic controls can be used to raise and lower the disk on the go.
For more information on field management, check out this page.
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Alternate name: Whiting
Family: Gadidae, Cods view all from this family
Description The silver hake, Atlantic hake or New England hake, Merluccius bilinearis, is a merluccid hake of the genus Merluccius, found in the northwest Atlantic Ocean from Maryland to the Newfoundland Banks, at depths of between 55 and 900 m. Its length is about 30 in (75 cm).
Dimensions Up to 30" (76 cm); 5 lbs (2.3 kg).
Habitat Ocean or bay shallows, Open ocean.
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You have not mentioned the mane of medicines the child already taking. A detailed history of the fever (onset, type - continuous / intermittent etc, temperature, associated symptoms - like cough / cold/ vomiting / diarrhea
/ skin rash
etc). that would be helpful to understand the probable cause of fever.
However, please do not ignore a fever with 15 days duration. Get your child properly examined by a pediatrician
) - is used to decrease fever. It is a SOS medicine, means , it is to be given when temperature is high (>100 degree F). Dose is 10mg / kg (you have not mentioned your child's body weight).
)- is given to prevent gastritis
(damage of stomach due to acidity).
) - is an antibiotic drug, used to treat infection. Dose of oral suspension is 100mg / kg/ day in 3 divided doses for 5 to 7 days. However, the dose and duration varies on type and severity of the infection. As the cause of fever is not clear, I would not recommend the use of the medicine unless prescribed by doctor after examining the child. Don't give medicine yourself.
Please remember, improper use of antibiotic can create drug resistant infections - which are very difficult to treat.
Please get your child examined by a pediatrician and take medicines according to his / her prescription at doses specified.
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Obama to cut “tens of thousands of ground troops” from military
posted at 9:20 am on January 5, 2012 by Ed Morrissey
The last time the US did this, we at least had the illusion of a “peace dividend” and unrivaled supremacy as the world’s only superpower. Now we’re fighting a tough war in Afghanistan, and China’s expanding its military might, if not its belligerence yet. According to Reuters, Barack Obama will unveil plans to downsize ground troops by “tens of thousands” while investing more in air and naval power:
The Obama administration will unveil a “more realistic” vision for the military on Thursday, with plans to cut tens of thousands of ground troops and invest more in air and sea power at a time of fiscal restraint, officials familiar with the plans said on Wednesday.
The strategic review of U.S. security interests will also emphasize an American presence in Asia, with less attention overall to Europe, Africa and Latin America alongside slower growth in the Pentagon’s budget, the officials said.
Though specific budget cut and troop reduction figures are not set to be announced on Thursday, officials confirmed to Reuters they would amount to a 10-15 percent decline in Army and Marine Corps numbers over the next decade, translating to tens of thousands of troops.
The most profound shift in the strategic review is an acceptance that the United States, even with the world’s largest military budget, cannot afford to maintain the ground troops to fight more than one major war at once. That is a move away from the “win-win” strategy that has dominated Pentagon funding decisions for decades.
This is a curious direction to take while our troops are still in Afghanistan. Obama increased the commitment there by “tens of thousands,” a good call, but an escalation that isn’t due to reverse until two years from now. One would expect that the US would want to make clear that we retain the ability to maintain those troop levels and could extend our commitment at any time if we so choose, so as not to embolden our enemies and make them think that our ability to wage war has been degraded.
It’s also curious because of the complaint often heard from Democrats during the Bush administration of overextending troop deployments through stop-loss, and the overuse of National Guard forces in Afghanistan and Iraq. The reason for both was that the current level of funding for troops was not high enough to support two extended, small-to-medium sized conflicts at the same time while keeping our security commitments around the world. That’s not even the “win-win,” two-major-simultaneous-wars paradigm that “dominated Pentagon funding decisions” during the Cold War, but ended during Bill Clinton’s presidency. The rapid redeployment schedules used in the last decade showed that we may not be prepared to fight one major ground war, let alone two, for an extended period of time.
Of course, we avoid those wars through the use of our dominating naval and air power, and China has become a long-term threat in the Pacific to the former. We do need to invest in bolstering our Pacific fleet, and we should reconsider our security arrangements with western Europe, which can and should shoulder the costs of their own security. Those are healthy areas for consideration, but cutting tens of thousands of troops sounds like a dangerous direction for the US at this time. | <urn:uuid:4e9508c9-acf5-4d76-b40a-06e2d34e7f36> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://hotair.com/archives/2012/01/05/obama-to-cut-tens-of-thousands-of-ground-troops-from-military/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988717954.1/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183837-00508-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958988 | 725 | 1.546875 | 2 |
Item #: SCP-1140
Object Class: Safe
Special Containment Procedures: SCP-1140 may be kept in any secure storage area of sufficient size (It is currently in room R.4.13). For accurate and rigorous testing, however, it is required that the object is kept in a room with at least 2 metres of clearance in each direction for movement of testing equipment, and is supported at least 30cm off the ground by 4 clear Perspex rods, one mounted at each corner of the base. The base is to be mounted upon a weighing apparatus which is connected to an alarm; the alarm is to sound if the weight of the object changes by more than 0.4%.1 Endoscopy equipment is to be stored in the storage area’s equipment locker at all times when not in use.
Description: SCP-1140 is a chest of 7 drawers painted with clear gloss varnish over oak. The chest is 148cm in width, 49cm in depth and 91cm in height. The drawers' dimensions are (top to bottom):
- Three drawers 46cm wide, 21cm tall and 46cm deep
- Two drawers 70cm wide, 21cm tall and 46cm deep
- Two drawers 70cm wide, 31cm tall and 46cm deep
The anomalous behaviour is observed when the central drawer in the top row of the chest is opened at least 2cm, whereby under certain circumstances vocalisation can be detected from within the chest. This vocalisation has been designated SCP-1140-1. Testing has shown that the circumstances include the presence of a single prepubescent child, the presence of a single post-pubescent who has significant mental retardation2, or any adult who has assisted with [REDACTED].3
Dismantling the chest has revealed there to be nothing within the cavity behind the drawers capable of producing vocalisation; presence of speakers or any other electromagnetic equipment capable of playback has been ruled out by use of metal-detection apparatus. As the anomalous vocalisation only occurs when a single individual is present, remote-control equipment must be used during testing. Presence of the equipment seems to have no effect on testing.
Although SCP-1140-1 is for all experimental considerations a disembodied voice, any attempts to reach towards the rear of the drawer during such time as the voice can be heard results in injury. This appears to only occur to live human beings, and does not occur when SCP-1140-1 is inactive. The wounds are consistent with having been caused by a large claw, and are most similar in pathology to wounds caused by a large ratite (ostrich, emu, or cassowary).
Recovery Log: The item was recovered from the dining area of a house in ███████, ██. The house was otherwise unremarkable; after application of Class A amnesiacs and neurolinguistic programming by a field agent, the family remain in-situ, with the chest having been replaced by a non-anomalous replica.
SCP-1140 came to the attention of a researcher during periodic checking of psychiatric reports,4 and a field agent was sent out to interview both the report's subject and his family. Interviews revealed that the youngest member of the household had been found on several occasions sitting on the floor near to SCP-1140 and having conversations with what the family believed to be an 'imaginary friend'. The amount of time that the child spent doing this, in addition to his refusing to move for hours, resulted in him being reviewed by a child psychiatrist.
During the test conversations the area behind the drawer was constantly monitored by an endoscopic camera, a thermometer, and barometric indicators; at no point was there any change in any of the readings. During the conversation in which a D-class was injured, the camera showed no movement apart from the injury itself, which occurred between frames of the video. | <urn:uuid:a871b9d4-2ab8-4f6f-8cb4-741ada3578a0> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-1140 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719843.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00291-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968103 | 814 | 1.710938 | 2 |
Use a print-based framework for your finished product; however, augment the print-based material with short audio-video tutorials (created with Adobe Captivate) that show students the piece of software in action.
The context of why there is a need to convert from an existing instructor-led course to an online one is unclear, nor is the content and audience. It is very difficult to give a general advise on what is the best approach. However, in a training situation, we are not dealing with people who are 'blank slates". They are not here to "absorb information". "Using printed material and short audio-visual tutorials" is based on an information delivery model which seldom produces lasting changes.
This is a golden opportunity to rethink the kind of training which will produce lasting changes. The key to success in training is to utilise the existing expertise of the "learners" and generate an environment in which the participants can share, learn from each other and the new material to be discovered as they collaboratively work on tasks similar to the target situation when the training is completed. If someone can supply a concert example, I may be able to illustrate what I mean. | <urn:uuid:c668f937-95af-47d4-a8ce-c0f5c69fc388> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://elearningrandomwalk.blogspot.com/2010/03/converting-classroom-courses-to-online.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279368.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00325-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943374 | 240 | 2.15625 | 2 |
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Nonlinear Input-Output Feedback Linearizing Control of a Single Machine Infinite Bus Power System
Kim, Dong-Gun ; Kim, Seok-Kyoon ; Yoon, Tae-Woong ;
Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems, volume 13, issue 1, 2007, Pages 1~5
DOI : 10.5302/J.ICROS.2007.13.1.001
Many nonlinear controllers for the power system are based on nonlinear models involving the power angle as an element of the state, and therefore the reference value for the power angle is needed. As this reference value is not generally available, it is difficult to apply such nonlinear control methods in practice. To deal with this problem, we present an input-output feedback linearizing control scheme by selecting the output as a combination of the squared voltage and the relative frequency. It is shown that the internal dynamics are locally stable with controllable damping, and that the frequency remains bounded for all time. Simulations illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.
A Study on the Design and Validation of Automatic Pitch Rocker for the Aircraft Deep Stall Recovery
Hahn, Seong-Ho ; Hwang, Byung-Moon ; Lee, Young-Ho ; Lee, Dong-Kyu ; Ahn, Sung-Jun ; Kim, Chong-Sup ;
Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems, volume 13, issue 1, 2007, Pages 6~14
DOI : 10.5302/J.ICROS.2007.13.1.006
Modem version of supersonic jet fighter aircraft must have been guaranteed appropriate controllability and stability in HAoA(High Angle of Attack). Limit value of aircraft entering into the departure in HAoA is related to aircraft configuration design. But, the control law such as AoA and yaw-rate limiter is implemented in digital Fly-By-Wire flight control system of supersonic jet fighter to guarantee the aircraft's safety in HAoA. The HAoA flight control law have two parts, one is control law of departure prevention and the other is control law of departure recovery support. The control laws of departure prevention for advanced jet trainer consist AoA limiter, roll command limiter and rudder fader. The control laws of departure recovery support are consist yaw-rate limiter and MPO(Manual Pitch Override) mode. The guideline of pitch rocking using MPO mode is simple, but operating skill of pitch rocking is very difficult by the pilot with inexperience of departure situation. This paper addresses the design and validation of APR(Automatic Pitch Rocker) control law instead of MPO in order to automatic recovery without manual pitch rocking by the pilot. And, recovery characteristic with APR verifies by the nonlinear analysis and pilot evaluation.
Static Output Feedback Sliding Mode Control Design for Linear Systems with Mismatched Uncertainties
Choi, Han-Ho ;
Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems, volume 13, issue 1, 2007, Pages 15~18
DOI : 10.5302/J.ICROS.2007.13.1.015
We consider the problem of designing a static output feedback sliding mode control law for linear dynamical systems with mismatched uncertainties in the state matrix. We assume that an output dependent sliding surface guaranteeing the quadratic stability of the sliding mode dynamics is given, the reachability condition is not required to be satisfied globally, and the output feedback sliding mode control law complises both linear and discontinuous parts. We reduce the problem of designing the linear part of the sliding mode control law to a simple LMI problem which offers design flexibility for combining various useful convex design specifications. Our approach does not require state transformation and it can be applied to mismatched uncertain systems.
Implementation of the Mass Flow Controller using Adaptive PID
Baek, Kwang-Ryul ; Cho, Bong-Su ;
Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems, volume 13, issue 1, 2007, Pages 19~25
DOI : 10.5302/J.ICROS.2007.13.1.019
The MFC(Mass Flow Controller) is an equipment that measures and controls mass flow rates of fluid. Most of the HFC system is still using the PID algorithm. The PID algorithm shows superior performance on the MFC system. But the PID algorithm in the MFC system has a few problems as followed. The characteristic of the MFC system is changed according to the operating environment. And, when the piezo valve that uses the control valve is assembled in the MFC system, a coupling error is generated. Therefore, it is very difficult to find out the exact parameters of MFC system. In this paper, we propose adaptive PID algorithm in order to compensate these problems of a traditional PID algorithm. The adaptive PID algorithm estimates the parameters of MFC system using LMS(Least Mean Square) algorithm and calculates the coefficients of PID controller. Besides, adaptive PID algorithm shows better transient response because adaptive PID algorithm includes a feedforward. And we implement MFC system using proposed adaptive PID algorithm with self-tuning and Ziegler and Nickels's method. Finally, comparative analysis of the proposed adaptive PID and the traditional PID is shown.
A Study on the Tracking Control of a Transfer Crane : Observer Design and Experimental Study
Choe, Mun-Seok ; Suh, Jin-Ho ; Lee, Kwon-Soon ; Kim, Young-Bok ;
Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems, volume 13, issue 1, 2007, Pages 26~32
DOI : 10.5302/J.ICROS.2007.13.1.026
The most important thing in the container terminal is to handle the cargo effectively in the limited time. To achieve this object, many strategies have been introduced and applied to. If we consider the automated container terminal, it is necessary that the cargo handling equipments are equipped with more intelligent control systems. From the middle of the 1990's, an automated rail-mounted gantry crane(RMGC) and rubber-tired gantry crane(RTG) have been developed and widely used to handle containers in the yards. Recently, in these cranes, the many equipments like CCD cameras and sensors are mounted to cope with the automated terminal environment. In this paper, we try to support the development of more intelligent automated cranes which make the cargo handling be performed effectively in the yards. For this plant, the modelling, tracking control, anti-sway system design, skew motion suppressing and complicated motion control and suppressing problems must be considered. In this paper, the system modelling and a tracking control approach are discussed. And, we design the tracking control system incorporating an observer based on the 2DOF servosystem design approach to obtain the informations of the states. The experiment results show the usefulness of the designed control system.
Design of Embedded EPGA for Controlling Humanoid Robot Arms Using Exoskeleton Motion Capture System
Lee, Woon-Kyu ; Jung, Seul ;
Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems, volume 13, issue 1, 2007, Pages 33~38
DOI : 10.5302/J.ICROS.2007.13.1.033
In this paper, hardware implementation of interface and control between two robots, the master and the slave robot, are designed. The master robot is the motion capturing device that captures motions of the human operator who wears it. The slave robot is the corresponding humanoid robot arms. Captured motions from the master robot are transferred to the slave robot to follow after the master. All hardware designs such as PID controllers, communications between the master robot, encoder counters, and PWM generators are embedded on a single FPGA chip. Experimental studies are conducted to demonstrate the performance of the FPGA controller design.
Automatic Landing System using a Trajectory of Laser Beam
Hwang, Jin-Ah ; Nam, Gi-Gun ; Lee, Jang-Myung ;
Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems, volume 13, issue 1, 2007, Pages 39~45
DOI : 10.5302/J.ICROS.2007.13.1.039
This paper proposes a method of container position measurement using automatic landing system that is estimated by a laser range finder. In the most of container position measurement methods, CCD cameras or laser scanners have been used to get the source data. However those sensors are not only weak for disturbances, for examples, the light, fog, and rain, but also the system cost is high. When the spreader arrives at the goal position, it is still swung by inertia or by wind effect. In this paper, the spreader swung data have been used to find the container position. The laser range finder is equipped in the front side of spreader. It can measure distance and relative position between spreader and container. This laser range finder can be rotated as desired by a motor. And a tilt sensor is equipped on the spreader to measure spreader sway. The relative position information between the spreader and a container using the laser range finder and tilt sensor is estimated through the geometrical analysis.
A Study on Data Clustering Method Using Local Probability
Son, Chang-Ho ; Choi, Won-Ho ; Lee, Jae-Kook ;
Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems, volume 13, issue 1, 2007, Pages 46~51
DOI : 10.5302/J.ICROS.2007.13.1.046
In this paper, we propose a new data clustering method using local probability and hypothesis theory. To cluster the test data set we analyze the local area of the test data set using local probability distribution and decide the candidate class of the data set using mean standard deviation and variance etc. To decide each class of the test data, statistical hypothesis theory is applied to the decided candidate class of the test data set. For evaluating, the proposed classification method is compared to the conventional fuzzy c-mean method, k-means algorithm and Discriminator analysis algorithm. The simulation results show more accuracy than results of fuzzy c-mean method, k-means algorithm and Discriminator analysis algorithm.
Stereo Matching Method using Directional Feature Vector
Moon, Chang-Gi ; Jeon, Jong-Hyun ; Ye, Chul-Soo ;
Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems, volume 13, issue 1, 2007, Pages 52~57
DOI : 10.5302/J.ICROS.2007.13.1.052
In this paper we proposed multi-directional matching windows combined by multi-dimensional feature vector matching, which uses not only intensity values but also multiple feature values, such as variance, first and second derivative of pixels. Multi-dimensional feature vector matching has the advantage of compensating the drawbacks of area-based stereo matching using one feature value, such as intensity. We define matching cost of a pixel by the minimum value among eight multi-dimensional feature vector distances of the pixels expanded in eight directions having the interval of 45 degrees. As best stereo matches, we determine the two points with the minimum matching cost within the disparity range. In the experiment we used aerial imagery and IKONOS satellite imagery and obtained more accurate matching results than that of conventional matching method.
Experimental Studies of a Time-delayed Controller to Stabilize Image Stabilization System
Park, Ju-Kwang ; Bae, Young-Gul ; Jung, Seul ;
Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems, volume 13, issue 1, 2007, Pages 58~64
DOI : 10.5302/J.ICROS.2007.13.1.058
In this paper, the stabilization problem of the image stabilization system(ISS) that captures the image of an object on the ground by remote sensing is considered. The ISS should be stable under outer disturbance such as helicopter vibration for tracking line of sight. Although PID controllers are optimized for the system, disturbances cause the instability of the system. To minimize the effect of the disturbance, the time-delayed control method is used to compensate for uncertainties. Simulation studies are performed and experiments are conducted to confirm the simulation results. Performances of PID control and time-delayed control methods are compared.
Seamless Switching in the Implementation of the Adjustable Autonomy of Human-Robot Teams
Cho, Hye-Kyung ;
Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems, volume 13, issue 1, 2007, Pages 65~71
DOI : 10.5302/J.ICROS.2007.13.1.065
Adjustable autonomy architecture provides various ways for a human operator to participate as a member of a human-robot team in improving the performance of the team by resolving issues that the robots cannot deal with or performing tasks that the robots alone would unable to do. According to the level of involvement of the human operator, the robots have to adjust their level of autonomy and, in consequence, the operation mode of the overall system shifts. This paper deals with the implementation issues of seamless switching when the level of autonomy of the human-robot team shifts from one level to another. Especially, we focus on developing reliable methods for monitoring the task progress and maximizing the system flexibility by coping with the detailed differences between humans and robots in their characteristics of motions and their choices of positions, paths, and sequences of sub-goals to achieve a given task. To test and motivate the proposed methods, we have assembled three heterogeneous robots which work together to dock both ends of a suspended beam into stanchions.
Determination of Local Vortical in Celestial Navigation Systems
Suk, Byong-Suk ; Lyou, Joon ;
Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems, volume 13, issue 1, 2007, Pages 72~78
DOI : 10.5302/J.ICROS.2007.13.1.072
Determination of the local vertical is not trivial for a moving vehicle and in general will require corrections for the Earth geophysical deflection. The vehicle's local vertical can be estimated by INS integration with initial alignment in SDINS(Strap Down INS) system. In general, the INS has drift error and it cause the performance degradation. In order to compensate the drift error, GPS/INS augmented system is widely used. And in the event that GPS is denied or unavailable, celestial navigation using star tracker can be a backup navigation system especially for the military purpose. In this celestial navigation system, the vehicle's position determination can be achieved using more than two star trackers, and the accuracy of position highly depends on accuracy of local vertical direction. Modern tilt sensors or accelerometers are sensitive to the direction of gravity to arc second(or better) precision. The local gravity provides the direction orthogonal to the geoid and, appropriately corrected, toward the center of the Earth. In this paper the relationship between direction of center of the Earth and actual gravity direction caused by geophysical deflection was analyzed by using precision orbit simulation program embedded the JGM-3 geoid model. And the result was verified and evaluated with mathematical gravity vector model derived from gravitational potential of the Earth. And also for application purpose, the performance variation of pure INS navigation system was analyzed by applying precise gravity model. | <urn:uuid:20b604f2-41eb-4ee6-a83f-a538eace6561> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.koreascience.or.kr/journal/JournalIssueList.jsp?kojic=JOJDCV&volno=13&issno=1&cnov_no=&year_GB=2007 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988720238.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183840-00189-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.865074 | 3,392 | 1.671875 | 2 |
IFLA! is an independent magazine with a fresh perspective on climate change. Too often, environmental discussion is polarised into one of two categories: the remote, technical language of science, or the hotheaded outrage of activism. This magazine finds the middle ground, inviting writers and illustrators from a variety of fields to give us their take on how climate change will affect — and is affecting — society. It wants to help untangle the climate tensions and choices that our generation will have to navigate by platforming as many different perspectives as can be found. IFLA! provides original, engaging and surprising content that you will want to read — widening environmental discussion and offering a range of vocabulary and insights not found elsewhere. | <urn:uuid:d792b278-dd58-4bc2-9c47-9be1c3f8fb0d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.emergenzeweb.it/prodotto/its-freezing-in-la-%E2%84%96-3/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573876.92/warc/CC-MAIN-20220820012448-20220820042448-00077.warc.gz | en | 0.946032 | 144 | 1.585938 | 2 |
Heart disease risk factors — such as abnormal cholesterol levels and high blood pressure — appear to increase before a woman goes through menopause, not after, new research finds.
“These risk factors related to heart disease and stroke appear to worsen rapidly in the years leading up to menopause, and during the postmenopausal period they progress less rapidly,” said Dr. Mark DeBoer, the study’s senior author. He’s an associate professor of pediatric endocrinology at the University of Virginia.
In the past, he said, experts believed that a rapid increase in heart disease and stroke risk factors took place in women after menopause. They thought this was when women “catch up” to men’s risk.
However, the new research finds the rapid increase in risk factors starts well before the last menstrual period. The real danger zone, DeBoer’s team concluded, was before and during menopause. And, the transition began even sooner and progressed faster for black women, the researchers found.
For the study, the researchers evaluated the medical records of nearly 1,500 women enrolled in a national study looking at the causes and effects of hardening of the arteries. The women were studied over a 10-year period as they transitioned through menopause.
The researchers looked specifically for five risk factors for heart disease and stroke. These included a large waistline, high blood fat levels (triglycerides), low “good” cholesterol or HDL, high blood sugar and high blood pressure.
Together, these risk factors are called “metabolic syndrome,” the researchers said. Metabolic syndrome significantly raises the risk of type 2 diabetes, heart disease and other health problems.
Overall, DeBoer’s team found, women had a rapid increase in these risk factors during the last years of premenopause and during the perimenopause transition, right before menopause.
DeBoer said it’s not possible to quantify exactly how much the risk factors increased. But “there was a continued worsening of risk factors in the years leading up to the transition,” he said.
After menopause, the changes generally plateaued, though white women continued to have drops in their HDL cholesterol levels. Black women seemed to fare slightly better in postmenopause, with a slowing in the progression of metabolic syndrome, the study reported.
The findings were published online Aug. 3 in the Journal of the American Heart Association.
Dr. Suzanne Steinbaum is director of women’s heart health at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. She said the study suggests that “the risk factors go up even sooner than we thought,” and should be a wakeup call.
Both DeBoer and Steinbaum agreed that the take-home message is to pay attention to lifestyle and modify it when needed well before menopause.
Steinbaum recommends women be sure their weight is under control, their diet is healthy and that they are getting enough exercise.
The study results should provide doctors and other health care professionals with convincing information to motivate women before they go through menopause to decrease the risk of getting health problems, DeBoer said.
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According to a report by the German Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, forced marriage primarily affects young Muslim women. Of those forced into marriage 83.4% were Muslim, nearly a third were 17 or under, while 40% fell between the ages of 18 and 21.
German Federal Family Affairs Minister Kristina Schroeder put it succinctly when she remarked “Whoever marries children against their will … is doing them violence.”
Many of the victims were threatened with violence and even death.
As for the parents of these young women, the most common country of origin is Turkey at 44%, followed by a combined area of Serbia, Kosovo and Montenegro, then Iraq and Afghanistan.
There are nearly 3 million Turkish immigrants in Germany, making them the largest non-German ethnic group in the country.
Social workers and other experts are concerned that the countries of Southeast Europe figure so prominently.
Burbuqe Llapashtica, head of the Kosovar Cultural Centre in Hamburg, tells SETimes that the findings surprised her. She says that measures must be taken in Kosovo and elsewhere in the region.
“I did not expect it, but surely due to the high number of migrants from the region it is a fact. German legislation is good enough, offering … strong protection for victims, but those ‘crimes’ happen in the home countries where legislation is weak,” Llapashtica says.
She says it is difficult to say where exactly where these families are coming from: Serbia, Kosovo or Montenegro.
“There is the problem with passports; some still have the Serbian/Yugoslav passport, and some have got Kosovar or Montenegrin passports. For that reason, those countries are listed together. Forced marriage — from my experience — is happening in all three countries,” says Llapashtica.
Yildiz Sahin is a Turkish social worker in Oberhausen, Germany and has worked with victims of family violence and forced marriage. She told SETimes that cultural background plays an important role in forcing girls and boys to marry.
“Some families fear that if their children do not marry someone from their home country, they will lose their religion or their cultural ties. Their fear is understandable, but this should not serve as a reason to go to the extreme as happens sometimes, using violence and threats. I must say that not just girls are victims. Boys also get forced to marry someone,” says Sahin.
She adds that the integration of families with immigrant backgrounds into German society should be a priority both for the immigrants and society.
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The UK's economy has "not fallen off a cliff" since Britons voted for a Brexit on June 23, but this "picture is deceptive," warn economists at EY ITEM Club.
In a benchmark report by the group, which is the "only
"So far it might look like the economy is taking Brexit in its stride, but this picture is deceptive. Sterling’s shaky performance this month provides a timely reminder that challenges lie ahead," says Peter Spencer, chief economic advisor to the EY ITEM Club in the report.
"As inflation returns over the winter it will squeeze household incomes and spending. The pressure on consumers and the cautious approach to spending by businesses mean that the UK is facing a period of relatively low growth."
Mark Gregory, EY chief economist, added in the same report: "The economy has not fallen off a cliff since the referendum, but recent developments have led to a more downbeat assessment of the outlook. The holidays are over and businesses are now looking hard at plans and budgets. Both investment and hiring plans are likely to be squeezed in the current environment."
So far it might look like the economy is taking Brexit in its stride, but this picture is deceptive
The EY ITEM Club says the UK economy will continue to grow this year due to strong consumer spending (up by 2.5%) and very low inflation (0.8%). This is mainly driven by the Bank of England cutting rates to another record low of 0.25% a couple of months ago. The lower interest rates are, the cheaper it is to borrow money. Low rates encourage people to spend more money and pump cash back into the economy.
However, EY ITEM Club warns that "with inflation forecast to accelerate to 2.6% in 2017, before easing back to 1.8% in 2018, consumer spending is expected to slow to 0.5% and 0.9% respectively."
With this in mind, economist forecast UK economic growth to slow to just 0.8% in 2017 and 1.4% in 2018.
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Another big issue is what will happen with exports.
The EY ITEM Club say that exports "offer a silver lining for the UK economy" in 2017 but "uncertainty around the UK’s future relationship with the EU is likely to weigh on corporate confidence, knocking business investment back by more than 2% in 2017, after a fall of 1.5% this year."
It is looking increasingly likely that Britain is going to have a "Hard Brexit" no matter what, judging by May and her cabinet's stance on immigration. This would involve Britain cutting off all trading ties with the EU in exchange for control over Britain's borders.
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Anxiety over the state of democracy in the United States is running high as the presidential election unfolds. And beyond America’s borders, pro-democracy activists around the world, already accustomed to following U.S. politics because of its global impact, see echoes of and implications for their own struggles.
The Washington Post spoke with four activists who have advocated for free and fair elections — in Egypt, Guatemala, Thailand and the Palestinian territories — about how the U.S. vote looks from their vantage points.
Ahmed, 35, is worried that Tuesday’s election won’t decide only the future of the United States but that “it will also determine the future of all developing countries that are seeking democratic transitions.”
When Donald Trump won in 2016, Ahmed sensed an immediate change in his part of the world. “We felt that the government doesn’t care anymore about human rights, about democratic processes,” he said.
“When journalists, for example, got arrested in [President Barack] Obama’s period, there was a comment or always a feeling that someone was watching, which keeps the governments of developing countries in check,” he said. President Trump, in contrast, appeared to turn a blind eye that enabled abuse, Ahmed said.
Ahmed spent much of his 20s in the streets taking part in Egypt’s 2011 revolution. That ended in 2013, when President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi took power in a popularly backed coup that pushed out the country’s first democratically elected president. In the years since, many protesters have been imprisoned or have remained silent as Sissi, whom Trump has called his “favorite dictator,” cemented control.
Ahmed now consults on democratic processes outside Egypt; he declined to provide his last name or place of employment to protect his security.
Watching America, he said Trump’s political style and attitude toward democratic institutions have raised major red flags. “It’s a sign to spot a populist when you see him skipping the institutions of the state and talking to the people directly,” he said. “If one person can decide on behalf of a whole country and they aren’t worried that the parliament will revoke this. … It’s much easier for Russia and China to deal with that one person.”
Bunkueanun “Francis” Paothong just wants every American to vote — because their vote still has consequences.
“Whatever your political beliefs … I would call on every American to vote,” said the 21-year-old Thai student-activist. “They still have democracy, and they should cherish it. We don’t have that. We can vote, but our vote does not matter.”
Bunkueanun faces possible life imprisonment on charges of threatening violence against Thailand’s queen, after he and other protesters heckled her motorcade during a demonstration in mid-October. He was taken into custody and charged but was released. Under Thai law, criticism of the monarchy is illegal, but Bunkueanun is part of a pro-democracy movement challenging that.
For months, youth- and student-led protests have called for Thailand’s prime minister to resign and demanded new elections, constitutional amendments and curbs on the monarchy. The prime minister, Prayuth Chan-ocha, is a former general aligned with a military junta who seized power in a 2014 coup. Prayuth won a disputed election last year. It was Bunkueanun’s first vote.
“The integrity of the ballot box is crucial to maintain,” he warned.
Claudia Paz y Paz, an anti-corruption crusader and former attorney general of Guatemala, compares America’s growing polarization and partisanship to the loss of “common agendas” challenging Guatemala’s democracy.
Back home, fighting corruption — her life’s work — used to be something that all politicians said they support, whether they meant it or not. Now in Guatemala, politicians looking to obfuscate the issue dismiss anti-corruption efforts as an agenda pushed by the left, she said.
“The polarization has done a lot of damage to our countries,” she said of the region.
In the United States, Trump has worked to paint Democratic nominee Joe Biden as a socialist — a divisive but sometimes resonant message for voters with roots in Latin American countries, where certain strands of socialism have taken hold.
Paz spoke by phone from Costa Rica, where she recently relocated. She left Guatemala in 2014, fearing for her and her family’s safety as a result of her work, and settled in Washington, D.C. Now director of the Mexico and Central America Program Center at the Center for Justice and International Law, Paz has won awards for her efforts in Guatemala to reduce homicides and prosecute politicians and drug traffickers.
“We need strong democratic institutions, and we are building some of them in the region,” she said. But rhetoric out of the United States undermining the integrity of the U.S. vote “sends a very wrong message” to politicians and the public in Central and South America that they can similarly not respect election results, she said.
Palestinian activist Salem Barahmeh, 31, says Americans are voting in part on his future, too.
“America shapes the lives of billions of people around the world, including mine,” said Barahmeh, executive director of the Palestine Institute for Public Diplomacy, a West Bank-based Palestinian rights advocacy group. “I wish it wasn’t this way.”
Barahmeh lives under Israeli military occupation in the Palestinian territories, which are governed by the semiautonomous Palestinian Authority. Decades of U.S.-led peace initiatives have failed to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, leaving Palestinians like Barahmeh still stateless. Instead, Barahmeh said, U.S. policies have continued to support Israel and its occupation while Palestinians remain divided.
“I have not been able to vote for anyone that represents me and can help shape my life and my future,” he said. “The American democratic system has not always been open for everyone, and I know what it feels like to be living under a regime that doesn’t allow you the agency to shape your future.”
Barahmeh voted only once, several years ago in a municipal election in his hometown of Jericho, a Palestinian city in the West Bank. He was too young to vote in 2005 and 2006, the last time Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip held parliamentary and presidential elections.
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Recently while looking through some stats for my site I noticed that there was a search that was made that led a reader to the blog that asked the question how a glass artist in the New River Valley (that must be me….there is only one glass studio currently in the NRV) how it was that colors and patterns in glass are so closely controlled.
When you can see glass being blown, many questions are answered about how what we achieve with molten glass is achieved. For a material that you cannot touch due to how hot it is, it can be hard to wrap your head around the idea of very controlled patterns in glass.
The truth is, there are many ways that glass is controlled and to be honest, some of it strikes me as a miracle given that you begin with a gob of glass (and yes “gob” is the technical term for glass just exiting the furnace). Some methods for controlling glass in this way involve taking strands or canes of colored glass, pulling them out into straw-like lengths and then later cutting them into lengths that are all the same, then spacing them apart in regular distances and rolling the molten glass over them. This is what we call “cane work.” This includes lots of variations that lead to long regularly shaped ribbons of color running through the glass. The Italian cane method called latticino is the result of two layers of the same colored cane (typically white) laid on at odd angles to one another so that they effectively create a lattice. It creates a pattern of diamonds across the surface and looks highly controlled. How? Its controlled and looks controlled because it is. The raw or clear gob of glass is shaped into a cylinder, is measured by a special device called a pi-divider to make sure that the diameter of the glass is sufficient for the number of canes and the distances that the cane are placed so that once the glass is rolled across them, there is no gaps in the pattern. This takes measurement and precision. This is done while working the glass on the end of the blow pipe.
Imagine laying down patterns of color on an artists palette so that the paint looks like a painting, just not on a canvas. Now imagine that instead of paint, you have glass powders making up the picture. Now imagine bringing a bit of hot glass and laying it down on this palette of colors and fusing those fine powders to the surface of the glass. In essence it is like what kids used to do with Silly Putty and the Sunday cartoons; they transfer dye or glass colors onto the Silly Putty or in our case, the glass. That is another way that we do this. There are a number of other methods harder to explain but are part of how such controlled patterns are made.
In my work I have developed a way of working over the decades that involves an often-used method of putting glass into a mold that creates a corrugated surface in the glass. Imagine glass coming out of the mold and looking just like a star fruit. Do you know this yellow fruit that doesn’t have much flavor but sure looks great in a fruit salad? Well, imagine glass rolling in powdered colored glass. Now imagine how those powders would tend to congregate into the crevices of the glass. Then imagine how, using heat, those crevices melt into one another, effectively creating concentrated bands of color where the layers touch. Now imagine taking that and moving to the next level where these bands are twisted and folded even more until intricate patterns are made. This is not too much different from latticcino effects except they use powders instead of cane. This is where all similarities end. This is also where the technique in my studio gets pushed to the next level. I don’t talk about this level very much simply because I don’t know anyone who has mastered this method in the way I have and I like very much for my work to be unique. I once was asked by a beginning glassblower how I achieved the effects that I did in some of my pieces where I was actually able to vary the pattern in the same way that you might be able to take, say, a plaid pattern in cloth and then stretch it in certain areas in order to change the frequency of the pattern. This was something that I had worked on for years and I realized that in explaining it to this person, I was effectively letting the cat out of the bag. When it comes to discovery of this sort, huge sums of time and sweat are involved. I realized the best and simplest way to explain to him what I did was to say it was done with glass powders, to which he said he already KNEW that part. I then moved to the more obvious thing he was asking with was the patterning. I explained that it was done by controlling the glass. His answer was that he already KNEW that also…..he wanted to know EXACTLY how I had achieved this effect that had him scratching his head. In that moment I realized I was like the magician who was asked by an audience member how they did a certain trick. Some things are hard to explain and some are easy to explain. Some things that are easy to explain are also hard-won. How I do my type of patterning is hard-won and explaining how it is done does not tell the full tale at all since it is in truth fairly intricate and involves a lot of nuanced control that is not always explainable, only illustrated in the moment as it is done.
But it is about control. It is also about letting the glass be what it is. When you do this, you get effects in the glass that bring rise to effects that give the material a fluid look. Much of what I do is just letting the glass BE what it is. This is not some touchy-feely thing, but a fundamental understanding of the material and its expressive potential. When you can do this you can move beyond the rigidly controlled looks that some glass has and move into more sensual forms that are organic and more interesting (to me). Often, too, the glass offers up some amazing and tantalizing opportunities by simply allowing it to be what it is. This is where control and lack of control meet. Finding the balance is where the crest of the creative lies (for me). The truth is, for the methods that I use in my Nautilus Series, anyone can do them as a beginner and get some kind of a result. That is Artglass101. What I have done is to take this to Artglass 605 which means years of work and practice and observation. It was my teacher who said there wasn’t much you could do with powders and large pieces. I took it upon myself to see if this was true. I certainly didn’t find this out with any teacher. I found it out on my own and what I found was that glass powders, when properly understood, offered up incredible potential, even for very large pieces. You just have to understand it and not assume that something is the way it is just because you think it is so. For something that can create a vague veil of color smeared across the surface of glass on the first try, it is hard for some to understand how it can be taken to the place where it exists in my work. I like such places because they represent an oasis of creative room where others aren’t trying to copy. I have seen how my more difficult techniques have been appropriated by a few glass artists and I have been able to see the things that frustrated me initially frustrating them as well. In one case, the artist stopped making the pieces because he could not get past a certain technical hurdle. This hurdle, which I had mastered only came by repetition and learning from the glass all that I needed to know. When you are only interested in trying to pick up a look from another artist to try and fold into your own work, this most often means that you aren’t really very engaged in doing the work necessary to take things to the next level.
There are other methods for getting patterns in the glass which often involve chunks of colored glass fused to the surface of glass. One is the use of a type of cane called murrine (pronounced marine-ee). This is where a cane is cut so that it is viewed on end instead of on its side. You can create pictures with this type of cane. In fact, some glass artists have pushed this to the extreme by making “portrait” murrine which has imagery as delicate as a painting which is the result of many canes being bundled together, pulled out into a small cane and then chopped up and laid out to be rolled up onto the outside of a cylinder of glass and then blown out in a vase or bowl.
For those interested in understanding how this is all done, either visit your local hot glass studio and ask some questions or watch the glass being made or go to youtube and watch a “cane rollup” technique by simply putting those terms into the search window to check it out for yourself. In the end, all of this is in learning how to do what is difficult look easy. It isn’t always as easy as it looks, not by a long shot, which is why it often takes years to begin to master glass as an expressive medium. It can also lead you to appreciating the craft and skill necessary to make what I think of as sheer miracles in a medium that is unlike any other. I don’t normally toot my horn about all of this probably because I am just not very good at it, but what I am probably good at is making all of this seem deceptively easy. Once you understand how its not easy at all, you are on the first part of a journey towards appreciating hot glass as a frustrating difficult but incredibly rewarding material! | <urn:uuid:e023f6a5-0b7f-4603-93ab-edb9ac00ad30> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://staffordartglass.blog/tag/glassblowing/page/4/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572212.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815205848-20220815235848-00478.warc.gz | en | 0.981766 | 2,028 | 2.578125 | 3 |
After the German attack on Norway April 9 1940, approximately 50.000 refugees came from Norway to Sweden during the war. The Norwegian authorities had to handle a whole society of refugees, and this became the responsibility of the Norwegian legation and the Refugee Office in Stockholm.
Refugee issues became a main area of work for the legation. The Refugee Office was to relieve the economic and social needs of the refugees. The office was established April 28 1940. As part of the Legation, it was formally under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but administrative under the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs. In 1941, a reception center was established for refugees in Öreryd in Småland. The following year the centre was moved to Kjesäter in Södermanland. In the summer of 1943 a reception centre for Sami refugees in Jokkmokk in Norrbotten. The camp was lead by the Swedish until the autumn of 1944, when it became part of the Norwegian exile administration in Sweden.
A central part of the archive is the Kjesäterkartoteket (index file). This is organized chronologically by refugee number with an alphabetic index. The examinations of refugees are shown in different reports that describe the refugee’s identities, information about the resistance and traitors. Otherwise there is a lot of health information in the archive, with patient journals, health records, dentist records, etc.
You can find material about the war years in the Legation/Embassy in Stockholm’s archive as well, including a register of prepared and renewed Norwegian passports, and questioning reports in chronological order by refugee number.
For the sake of Swedish authorities, there had to be something “covert” about the Norwegian refugee administration. Reserve police and police troops were terms used to disguise that they really were military personnel.
In 1942 the Police Office was reorganized under a new name: The Legal Office (Rettskontoret). The reason was the need for increased control with the refugees. It included security service, surveillance and counter-intelligence. Another motivation for the name change was to prevent the refugees feeling that they were under “police investigation”.
The Legal Office’s archive contains in- and outgoing correspondence from the Passport Office’s legal department, registering of Norwegian refugees, applications for passports, visa and entry permits to Norway.
To relieve the situation for refugees in Sweden and the needy in Norway, the Norwegian Relief-Central in Sweden was established in 1940. In 1944 the central was incorporated in the Health Director’s Office in Sweden, but right up until the end of the war it created its own archive. It consists of journals of registers and an administrative archive. The latter archive documents the help that was given in the form of medicines, gifts and fund raising. Certain cases deal with help for Norwegian children. Many of them didn’t receive sufficient nutrition, and clothing and shoes could be in poor condition. Some children were transferred to Sweden.
In the Public Health Directorate’s archive from London you can find documentation regarding the refugee administration in Sweden. The administrative archive is ordered according to themes, such as nutrition, doctors, dentists, and the treatment and vaccination of refugees.
The archive of the General Consulate in Stockholm has a limited amount of material about the war. The administrative archive consists mainly of material related to marriage, divorce, child support issues, inheritance settlements, etc.
S-2080 Sosialdepartementet, Flyktningskontoret i Stockholm (including Kjesäterkartoteket)
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Do your children believe in Santa Claus? Many people would argue that part of the magic of Christmas is the story of Santa Claus and having faith in the unseen.
A Pew Research Center poll found that only one in five kids believes in Old St. Nick.
If your kiddos are starting to ask a few too many questions about Santa Claus and you want to enhance their faith in the jolly old man for at least one more year, then we do we have the website for you!
Capture the Magic is a very special website that makes it easy for you to bring Santa Claus into your very own home. And, no, you won’t have to don a musty old Santa suit!
Instead, simply take a picture of your living room as it will appear on Christmas Eve. (So make sure your tree is up, the cookies and carrots are laid out, and the presents are under the tree.)
Then upload the picture to the Capture the Magic website.
You can then choose from a handful of Santa Claus photos, such as Santa being startled under the tree while he drops off some presents or Santa drinking some milk with his plate of cookies.
After you work the photo-editing magic, you can then print off the pictures or display them on your computer or phone screen.
So when your little ones look at you with disbelief when you talk about Santa, all you have to do is whip out your photographic evidence!
With Capture the Magic, you can also perform similar photo-editing tricks with other mythical creatures, like the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy.
If you want to try it out of for yourself, it will only cost you $0.99. Although, it could end up costing your child a fortune in therapy later in life …
There’s also a phone number you can call to reach Santa!
When you dial the number, you’ll be greeted by an enthusiastic “Ho, ho, ho” from Santa.
“Merry Christmas! This is Santa Claus and you have reached my personal hotline,” he says.
What do you think? Is this taking the story of Santa Claus too far, or is it just a fun way to prolong the holiday magic for kids a little bit longer?
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Advanced Bionics (AB) is currently receiving global approval of their HiRes™ Ultra 3D Cochlear Implant. This new cochlear implant (CI) device allows patients to have uninhibited access to an MRI scan.
1 in 10 patients undergo an MRI scan every year in most developed markets.1 Given that CI recipients suffer from sensorineural hearing loss, these users are at an increased risk of additional inner ear issues that will require an MRI scan at some point in their lifetime. This, combined with the fact that MRIs are becoming much more prevalent as a diagnostic tool for other health complications, means that MRI compatibility is a factor for all CI recipients.
MRIs are often available with two levels of strength - 1.5T and 3.0T. AB’s previous implant generation is compatible with a 1.5T MRI (provided the clinician wraps the patient’s head per a defined protocol). With a trend towards 3.0T over 1.5T MRI systems, and the complications that arise from MRIs with a conventional magnet system (80% of MRI related complications involved patients treated with a head wrap2, 70% of the time, MRIs with CI implants result in pain3, and head wrapping resulted in around 50% of patients having some sort of magnet dislocation.4) the unfilled clinical need is clearly shown.
With the HiRes™ Ultra 3D, we have placed 4 magnet cylinders in a diamond-like carbon (DLC) coated titanium frame that sits within titanium case halves. The case halves are laser seam welded together to create a hermetic seal and enclose the magnet assembly. The DLC coating on the frame reduces the friction and wear on the magnets during day-to-day use, and the frame itself provides superior impact resistance compared to all other cochlear implants on the market. Historically, magnets typically crack around 2 to 3 Joules of impact but with the 3D magnet, we achieve 7 to 8 Joules of impact before we start seeing damage.
The magnets within the frame are free to rotate in two dimensions: the magnets rotate around the titanium case’s central axis, and around their own magnetic axis. With this, the magnets can self-align to the MRI field, lowering the risk of pain as magnet torque is reduced to almost zero. While competitors may have their own, disc-shaped magnet solutions that can rotate with one degree of freedom, AB’s unique solution, with an additional degree of freedom, means that there are no head orientation restrictions in the MRI field. Additionally, the number of MRI cycles the patient can undergo without any loss of magnet strength or damage to the mechanism is far greater than our competitor’s.
We have heard testimonials from our patients that they had completely pain-free MRIs and clinicians have said that it was much easier providing their patients with access to an MRI when they don’t have to worry about head wrapping protocols or a surgery. The HiRes™ Ultra 3D is a game changing innovation in CI magnet technology with unmatched performance and a significant clinical future market. | <urn:uuid:cb16f213-0f48-4c3f-8cc9-be9e72730c0d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://contest.techbriefs.com/2020/entries/medical/10727 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573172.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818063910-20220818093910-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.933886 | 636 | 1.6875 | 2 |
RoseMary Baker, a pharmacist from Wirral, Merseyside, has written a good piece for PJ Online, the internet version of the Pharmaceutical Journal, a publication of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society. She points out that pharmacists do not sell chocolate or tobacco, they try to encourage their customers to adopt a healthy lifestyle, and warn about the consequences of smoking, poor diet and lack of exercise. Then she says:
But what about sex? Well now, that is different. Oh yes, we do display leaflets on how to have safe sex or where to go if you need an abortion. In Wales we can provide post-coital contraceptives free of charge without the necessity of obtaining a prescription from a doctor. Are we being as fair to the public about sex as we are about smoking or eating sweets or drinking alcohol? Do we highlight the failure rate of contraceptives or do we couch the true failure rate in terms like “if used effectively”. Do we shout from the rooftops the fact that many progesterone only pills are likely to fail if the dose is more than three hours late? Have we fought for a Government health warning on condoms which says “this product is likely to fail if you have never used a condom before and you are fumbling around in the dark at the back of the youth club”? Do we help to punch home the truth that sexually transmitted infections really are transmitted sexually, are highly unpleasant and often lead to infertility later in life?Excuse a light-hearted anecdote, but this does remind me of a debate in the Junior Common Room at Corpus Christi College, Oxford back in 1977 or 1978. The motion before the House was "That a machine should be installed in the Plummer for the purveyance of contraceptives." (The "Plummer" was the public washroom area.) Finals student Paul Haffner (now a priest and an established theologian in Rome) supported by myself, a number of other Catholics, and some good Anglicans, stood up to propose the amendment: "That the word 'contraceptives' should be replaced by the word 'chocolate'." Sadly we lost but the wit was appreciated by our opponents.
Actually, I discovered a few years ago that chocolate is better at suppressing a tickly cough than most patent cough medicines so there is in fact a good reason for pharmacists to stock this relatively harmless item in place of cough mixture, never mind hormonal abortifacients.
On that matter (and indeed getting back to the point) in her article, RoseMary Baker also asks the pertinent question,
Why are we as a profession going along with the lie that postcoital contraception is not abortifacient?She concludes the article:
The teenage pregnancy statistics for the UK are terrifying. What are we as a profession doing about it? We just find ways of making the morning after pill ever more widely available instead of spreading the word that sex, far more than chocolate and alcohol, needs to be treated with restraint and respect.See the full article: More sex please! We’re pharmacists
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How To Fix A Broken Sewer Pipe
There are three ways you can fix a broken sewer pipe.
- Pipe Lining – A unique, epoxy-impregnated liner is inserted into the old pipe and inflated. This creates a new pipe inside the old one.
- Pipe Bursting – Pipe bursting is where a new HDPE (high-density polyethylene) pipe is attached to a winch with a cone-shaped bursting head and pulled through the damaged line. The damaged pipe breaks apart as the new one takes its place.
- Traditional Trenching – Traditional trenching involves digging up your flooring and trenching through your property. The process is invasive, but it’s the only solution for pipes that have collapsed, disintegrated, or are back-pitched. Back-pitched pipes are pipes that were sloped in the wrong direction.
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SlimDrivers, Windows Driver Updates Software
The Windows operating system supports two kinds of driver families, if you narrow it down. First default drivers that ship with the operating system, and then drivers created by the manufacturers of the hardware that often offer advanced functionality and features.
The first type is every now and then updated by Microsoft, while the second type needs to be updated manually. That's a huge problem, as outdated drivers can result in incompatibilities or other technical problems.
Just like there is no option to scan for third party software updates in Windows, there is no option to scan for third party driver updates. A cloud based community driven solution would be helpful for many users.
Until Microsoft decides to create such a feature, it is up to third party software to fill the gap.
SlimDrivers, is a free software to check for driver updates in Windows. The program is developed by the same company that created yesterday's SlimCleaner.
Both programs are offered as beta versions, and it may be that both will turn commercial in the future. A lack of information on the developer website, and registration links in the programs that currently lead to 404 pages seem to confirm that.
SlimDrivers is compatible with Windows Vista and Windows 7. The software displays PC overview information on startup. A click on the big Start Scan button scans the system for hardware and installed system drivers.
These information are then complied and presented to the user. More precisely, the hardware that is not using the latest driver is displayed, with options to download the updated driver directly from within the software.
An ignore option is available in case false positives are detected by the program. Those will then be ignored in future scans.
The program scans not only for drivers but also for Windows Updates and program updates. SlimDrivers displays a prompt to create a System Restore point before updates are downloaded and installed.
SlimDrivers can furthermore backup and restore installed drivers. Those options are displayed in the header icon bar. All devices that are currently connected to the computer are displayed in the driver backup window. Here it is possible to select some or all drivers for the backup.
Backups are created in a way that every driver can be installed without the software. Each backed up driver is stored in its own folder from where it can be copied or installed.
The software can also be used to uninstall drivers from the computer system, and to schedule automatic checks for driver updates.
SlimDrivers is a professional looking software program to update, backup, restore and uninstall drivers in the Windows operating system. The beta version stopped responding on one of our test systems whenever a scan was initiated. It ran fine on another system though.
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The American agenda is unconscious. Americanism is a disease, called liberal democracy with consumerism, that can afflict anyone, but it hit the Americans first because they had the richest land, the best population genetics, and a historical founding after the crisis of the church wrecked European politics. Like Israel before them, they were leaders, and so got infected first.
Americanism states that if we just bring freedom, democracy, consumerism and representation to everone on earth, they'll all suddenly get happy. The origin of this thought is in the idea of the individual who wants the world to be less risky. He or she will opt to mentally control it, forgetting that outside his or her own mind, the world carries on with its own agenda. We think that if we act as if we were immortal gods, and that everyone else being the same way guaranteed our immortal godship, all would be better.
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Posted Nov 02, 2009 01:30 am CST
For those who’ve watched a 401(k) take a beating during the recession, socially responsible investing may appear to be an oxymoron.
After all, churning a quick return on some “touchy-feely” notion is not a likely outcome, is it?
But speculation has been that some public-issue-focused companies are boosted by the Obama administration’s “green” policies, giving them impressive 2009 returns.
“Generally speaking, the administration has, for example, committed billions of dollars to renewable energy,” says Ron Freund, vice president and director of asset allocation for Berkeley, Calif.-based Social Equity Group, “so those companies that are well-positioned could do better in the long run.”
Profiting while making a difference is the crux of socially responsible investing, colloquially referred to as SRI. The practice dates to the 18th century, when religious organizations refused to invest in businesses supporting alcohol, gambling and tobacco. And many lawyers these days would like to put their money where their social conscience is.
“Today’s SRI investors tend toward environmental issues, corporate ethics, and human and civil rights when deciding how to invest their money,” explains Freund. “To our clients, SRI is not only a way for them to make money but to promote their values via how they direct their money.”
Freund says, “Though every client is different in terms of goals and values (which is why a personalized asset allocation plan designed to maximize their values-based returns is a must), three sectors have aroused much interest” for socially responsible investors:
Renewable energy, such as wind and solar, including both U.S.-based and foreign-based companies. Denmark has been a leader in wind and Germany a leader in solar power.
Organic foods, including both production and distribution.
International bonds issued by European and other developed democracies “to hedge against risk to the dollar.”
Tax-free municipal bonds add to SRI values for high-income clients, Freund says, “because they know that the money is used by U.S. counties, states or municipalities for socially responsible purposes.”
Domini Social Equity Fund, which selects its investments according to certain social and environmental standards, saw good returns. “We performed well in 2009, but there are other times when SRI has not, just like other funds,” says Steven Lydenberg, chief investment officer for New York City-based Domini Social Investments.
“Commentators argue SRI helps returns, SRI hurts returns or SRI doesn’t matter—it’s a wash,” he says. “If you have money in an asset class or sector that’s doing well and that sector lends itself to SRI values, your investment will perform. SRI screening does identify better-managed companies. Overall, a better-managed company should perform better.”
Principles that underlie successful investing apply also to SRI: “A long-term strategy remains the SRI plan,” says Freund. “Periodic rebalancing of your asset allocation is important for your objectives, time horizon and risk tolerance.”
Though each client’s portfolio will differ, “SRI likely works best for those who cast a broad net with asset classes, as well as when being selective about which companies they’ll promote,” Lydenberg says.
Be aware that a fund manager or investment adviser may apply various screenings when assembling the portfolio of investments. For example, though health-related companies are a focus for Integrity Growth & Income Fund, offered by Integrity Viking Funds, its screening for the use of animal testing precludes stem-cell research investments because those companies normally use such testing.
Also, among less-experienced advisers, a “values drift” can occur. “We’ve had clients switch to us because their former adviser allowed an [objectionable firm] to slip into their portfolio,” Freund says.
SRI fund expenses also vary, as do fees charged by advisers. Vanguard Calvert Social Index Fund is a low-cost option. It measures returns of large- and mid-capitalization stocks.
Concerning performance, “when comparing SRI index funds, be aware that SRI is an investment approach and may be applied to different asset classes,” cautions Lydenberg. Domini Social Equity Fund, for example, tends to be diversified with a large-cap blend, while Calvert Social Index Fund is invested for large-cap growth.
Lydenberg explains, “What is responsible investing differs for cash, real estate and fixed income, and the trend going forward will be for institutional investors to think across asset classes and take into account what they can be most useful for.”
Also, because investment advisers, brokers, index funds and managed funds all exist in the SRI world, “make certain that wherever you decide to invest your money, it is with someone who has a history in SRI and a track record in committing to socially responsible causes,” advises Freund.
“Investment advisers or fund managers who are truly experienced in SRI methods not only have expertise … but can also help the client engage in shareholder advocacy or direct assets to community investing in a way that does not impede financial returns,” he says.
Investing with a clear conscience need not mean low returns. Nevertheless, if you’re still skittish about practicing SRI with your retirement nest egg, there are other options.
“A core element of socially responsible investing is the use of the power of the proxy for communicating with companies to enact positive changes, from environmental to human rights issues,” says Domini managing director and general counsel Adam Kanzer, the SRI member of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s investment advisory committee.
Looking for ways to invest in your community is another way to make a difference, Freund says.
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His ratings drop as a few GOP leaders ask for exit strategy
Washington -- Bloggers are circulating articles of impeachment. Democrats are demanding an exit strategy from Iraq. And even a few Republicans are openly questioning President Bush's execution of the war on terror.
As Bush appealed for patience in the quest for peace in Iraq during his radio address Saturday, there were signs that Americans are growing increasingly restless with war.
By nearly every measure of public opinion, support for U.S. involvement in Iraq has diminished with each passing month since American troops toppled a statue of Saddam Hussein and claimed victory in Baghdad in April 2003.
A Gallup poll conducted that month found 76 percent of respondents said it was worth going to war. Asked the identical question this month, only 42 percent agreed.
"There's a general sense that this is a mess, and no matter how far forward you look, it is hard to see how it gets less messy,'' said John Mueller, an expert on war and public opinion at Ohio State University.
As the reports of death and carnage entered their 28th month, Bush is faced with a mounting challenge to rally Americans behind the mission, and to make sure that concerns about his wartime leadership do not irreparably damage the rest of his agenda. His opponents sense an opportunity to pressure the administration into a new direction in Iraq, or at least inflict some political damage to their nemesis.
In some respects, Bush has already sidestepped the most threatening consequences of waging an unpopular war. A majority of Americans opposed the war in Iraq last November at the same time as they were electing Bush to a second term. And while most Americans disapprove of Bush's handling of Iraq, a majority continue to voice approval for his broader war on terror.
Yet a CBS/New York Times poll released this past week showed Bush's popularity at one of the lowest points of his presidency, prompting some to speculate that Bush has little leverage to push through his Social Security proposal, tax reform or other priorities.
Opposition to the war today is of a similar strength to the opposition to the Vietnam War in 1968 at the time of the Tet offensive, Mueller said. Over the next few years, the anti-war movement gained strength, as casualties rose from about 7,000 in 1968 to more than 58,000 by 1973. So far, about 1,720 Americans have been killed in Iraq.
Bush addressed the skepticism over his Iraq policy during his radio address Saturday, declaring that: "This mission isn't easy, and it will not be accomplished overnight.''
"The terrorists and insurgents are trying to get us to retreat,'' Bush said of the constant reports of violence, offering no sign of retreat. "We will settle for nothing less than victory.''
The White House has scheduled several high-profile events in the coming weeks to allow the president to make his case. On Friday, Bush will meet with Iraq Prime Minister Ibrahim Jafari at the White House followed by a joint news conference. Bush is also expected to deliver a major address marking the first anniversary of Iraq's sovereignty at the end of the month.
Meanwhile, Bush's opponents have seized upon the release of previously classified British memos that build the case that the administration had decided to go to war as early as the summer of 2002, and "fixed'' intelligence to back its mistaken assertion that Hussein had amassed an arsenal of weapons of mass destruction.
A group calling itself Impeach Bush posted articles of impeachment on its Web page and declared this past week that "the movement to impeach George W. Bush is about to reach its highest level yet.''
Meanwhile Democrats, who only three years ago decided not to challenge Bush's foreign policy during the 2002 elections, sought to publicize Bush's troubles in Iraq.
House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi of San Francisco offered a measure, dismissed without a vote by Republicans, that would have forced the president to articulate an exit strategy for Iraq.
Rep. John Conyers of Michigan, the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, led Democrats in a hearing Thursday -- which lacked a single Republican or the legal authority of a congressional committee -- where witnesses discussed the "Downing Street memo'' in which the head of British intelligence returned from Washington and wrote that Bush was intent on removing Hussein and that the "intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy.''
The hearings, replayed on C-Span and reported in thousands of blogs, included testimony from Cindy Sheehan of Vacaville, whose 24-year-old son Casey was killed in an ambush in Iraq last year.
"If the Downing Street memo proves to be true, Casey and thousands of people should still be alive,'' his mother testified. "I am even more convinced now that his aggression on Iraq was based on a lie of historic proportions, and was blatantly unnecessary.''
Conyers also delivered a letter signed by 122 House members to the White House asking Bush to explain the discrepancy between the classified British memos and his public claim that he was seeking a diplomatic solution.
While the partisan shots from Democrats were to be expected, Bush also drew criticism from several Republicans, suggesting that opposition to the war extended beyond his traditional opponents.
Rep. Walter Jones, a conservative Republican from North Carolina, whose anger at the French for opposing the war two years ago led him to demand that the House cafeterias to rename its French fries as "freedom fries,'' was among those who publicly called on Bush to produce an exit strategy.
On the broader war on terror, Sen. Arlen Specter, R-Pa., the chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, called a hearing to discuss the legal standing of prisoners at Guantanamo Bay, a long-held grievance of Bush's opponents. His effort was joined by Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., whose constituents are strong Bush supporters and include a disproportionately high number of veterans.
"The war has gone on longer and more violently than people envisioned,'' Graham was quoted saying in the Washington Post, adding concern over the political dangers to those facing election in 2006. "We always accentuated the positive and never prepared the public for the worst. ... People are dying in larger numbers than we thought, and the insurgency seems to be growing stronger, not weaker.''
Casualties inevitably turn Americans against a war, and American discontent with the war in Iraq has grown much quicker than in previous conflicts. Anger over the deaths of soldiers in Vietnam still defines many Americans' view toward war. "This war is more unpopular if you take a look at how many casualties there are,'' Mueller said. "War is not a subtle phenomenon. People are getting killed, and it seems endless. As long as that goes on, support will continue to erode.''
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The agitating parties are only relying on the slogans of the liquid masses on the street to press upon the King. They need to understand that there is a change in the balance of power
By Dr Bipin Adhikari
A columnist of Nepal National Weekly magazine recently described two op-ed contributing sociologists of the Himal Khabar Patrika as 'coward' for their reconciliatory overtones in the movement against the executive monarchy. An advocate of republican Nepal, the columnist thought people who feel otherwise are pursuing the campaign to minimise the aspiration of the Nepali people.
Unlike many other revolutionaries, these sociologists emphasized the utility of re-conciliation between King Gyanendra and democratic forces, despite the current vicissitudes, and the need for the king to revert back to democratic system in the interest of the country and its smooth transition from the ongoing conflict.
A Culture of Violence
A culture of violence enforced by both the government and the Maoist opposition is about to eliminate the democratic centre of Nepal, and the conscience of the Nepali people is increasingly becoming hostage to the extremist dispensations.
The problem of institutionalization of democracy and empowerment of the people goes far beyond the issue of the restoration of the parliament, the elections to the constituent assembly, and drawing up of a new constitution acceptable to all. If some opinion makers think everything will be fine after the ongoing movement achieve these milestones, or the King is dethroned, or the Maoists are mainstreamed and power is handed over to the legitimate representatives of the people, they are not objective, and if the history of the world is any evidence, revolutions have frequently been successful to destroy the status quo, but not always to create and sustain a viable alternative regime. The later issue demands proper planning and clearly thought out strategies. An extremist culture based on violent parameters is, therefore, never helpful.
Change in Focus
There is logic in the ongoing movement for the restoration of multiparty democracy. The continued denial of the King to handover power to the political parties, and help create an atmosphere to salvage democracy from the Maoist threat, was no doubt a crucial subject. But the logic alone does not answer all the questions that a credible movement might need to build on.
The movement started with the objective of restoring democracy, but now with the increasing tide of people, and surprisingly outstanding hits, the focus has been shifted to toppling monarchy straight away (than achieving the declared demands of the movement).
At this stage, the talk of toppling monarchy just appears either childish or lunatic. But assuming that it is possible for some reason, as of today, the nation is devoid of any non-state home-grown machinery to immediately fill up the vacuum in case the King quits the country, abdicates his throne or is toppled anyway. Unless the intention is to allow an alien force to fit in the vacuum anyway, thereby creating a new ruler, the seven parties are not yet prepared for disastrous changes.
Nevertheless, the slogans on the streets have changed. The tendency of the mass to target the palace physically been frequently reported. This means more violent clashes, further bloodsheds and infiltration of armed Maoists in the peaceful movement. The politicians have not explained how they are going to protect the demonstrators from the wrath of the security forces.
As yet, the mass movement does not have an all-accepted leader, and the capacity of the seven-party coordinating body to monitor the movement and give it a political direction where needed seems to be frighteningly controversial. Movements are never eternal. They have a life cycle. Once created, they grow, they achieve successes or failures and eventually, they dissolve and cease to exist. The role of the leadership in mobilising this process to achieve the political is very crucial. The seven-party decision of April 22 to continue with the mass movement was taken simply because of the fear of the swelling mass, rather than any other thing. Thus, the perils of the upsurge are clear. What is not clear is how the politicians are going to revert back should they feel the need for it.
Tackling the King
By this time, the king must have realised that he took a lot of time to take the right decision in harnessing new political relationship with the representative institutions. Whether October 4 or February 1, his approach to the problems of governance has been too simplistic, and often charged up with his personal ambitions.
Even from a purely selfish standpoint, the King should have tried to improve his approach faster than what has been the counter speed of the parties which had started to polarise. Improving oneself is a lot more gainful than trying to improve others. As such, at the end of the rat race one is still a rat.
Moreover, the King underscored the importance of prior consultation with the parties before making his offer public. While there are still many people who want the King to stay in a democratic set up, there is much change in their expectations from the monarchy due to the strength of education (the wider dissemination of political literature, the increased mobility of labour due to the increasing economic activities and urbanization, the freedom of expression, economic independence, and the unprecedented number and scope of various contemporary political and social movements.)
The result is, therefore, right before him. Although he has finally agreed to turn the reins of government over to a prime minister chosen by the country's main political parties, he has not been able to find receptive audience for him. Many politicians consider his offer too little and too late. Now they want more - the fulfilment of the two principal demands of the seven agitating parties and those who have poured out onto the streets for the last three weeks - the demand for the restoration of the latest parliament and elections to a constituent assembly to frame a new constitution in due course. The first demand hits the ego of the King, and the second hits his future.
The agitating parties are only relying on the slogans of the liquid masses on the street to press upon the King. They need to understand that there is a change in the balance of power, but they are doing very little behind the curtain to negotiate what is possible in the new context.
So far the movement is still building on the hatred against the King without offering positive visions to the King and the people about the restored House of Representatives, the functions of an interim government, and how they intend to pursue the elections to the constituent assembly in the best interest of the Nepali people. There is no vision of what the seven parties believe to be an alternative constitutional system.
Ideas about how the transition might work vary considerably, especially with respect to the Royal Nepalese Army (RNA), the Nepal Police, the functioning bureaucracy, and other interim arrangements. As soon as the King is out of the scene, the challenge of dealing with the RNA will not be that easy.
There is also disagreement about how a constituent assembly might be brought about as a result of the unique opinions of the Maoists who are theorizing them within their broad Maoist genres. It is inconceivable that the political parties who have always lost with the Maoists, whether in the government or outside, and are conducting the mass movement with "borrowed hands" can strike out a constitutional image of their own.
|Whether the King runs the show, or the Maoists or the seven parties, Nepal will continue to remain the roof of the world, and its geopolitical realities will not change simply by shifting its status to a republican state. |
Real democratic commitment is the function of the quality of relationships. If the King is to be thrown out because of his irresponsible exercise of power, there is absolutely no reason why the politicians who ruled (or misruled) this country with corruption, mismanagement and injustice during these awful years should be exempted from the same process. The Maoists, of course, are the principal assailant on the infant democracy, which had barely started to crawl. This holier-than-thou attitude does not serve the movement any more. The challenge is to recognise the weaknesses and leave them behind.
Free rider problem
Whether the King runs the show, or the Maoists or the seven parties, Nepal will continue to remain the roof of the world, and its geopolitical realities will not change simply by shifting its status to a republican state. Every movement in the past has cost the nation dearly. Sceptics can start counting what has Nepal lost since October 2002, and the list can surprise many. This is the harsh geo-political phenomenon. You solve one and the other will come up. In this environment, the idea of a pure movement is just as illusory as the idea of an autonomous political process.
As the political parties are not clear about the specifics in the context of the three dimensions of power including decision-making, agenda-setting, and preference-shaping there is always a danger of outsiders reaping the benefits after their hard work. The general public may not be aware of what decisions are actually in their interest due to the power of invisible forces who work to distort their perceptions.
If there is any approach which has never proved wrong, it is the national reconciliation among all political stakeholders. With this approach, the great excitement of the future is that we can shape it, and all demands of the movement can be quickly realized. What the seven-party leaders need to do is to create not just a vision, as suggested above, but a vision with a meaning.
The country can be reinvented by developing a sense of connectedness among all political units, a sense of working together as part of a system, where each part of the system is affecting and is being affected by others, and where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. For this the King is as much necessary as the other political forces.
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Dating Antiques? Check the Joinery
Editor’s Note: The age and period of antiques can often be determined by the simplest details. Worthologist Fred Taylor examines drawer joinery and Mr. Knapp’s ingenious invention.
One of the first things to be looked at when trying to determine the age of a piece of older or antique furniture is the type of joinery used in its construction. Knowing the history of the technology of various periods goes a long way toward explaining clues about the age of furniture, and none is more important (or accessible) than the type of joint used to secure a drawer.
Mostly what we see are dovetails of a sort. The interlocking dovetail joint came into general use in the William and Mary period in the late 1600s and very early 1700s, and for the first time, allowed the construction of reliable drawers, a device with extremely limited use or convenience until then. Before this innovation, most furniture consisted of simple boxes called coffers or some type of open-shelving arrangement and cabinets with shelves behind doors, such as the old court cupboard.
As useful as the dovetail joint started out to be, it did have a serious drawback—it was hard to make by hand, and of course, everything of that period was made by hand. By the end of the 18th century, some progress had been made in furniture technology. Rotary saws were on the horizon, and all nails were no longer made one at a time by a blacksmith. The early 1800s saw lots of advancement in woodworking machinery, and by the Civil War, mechanized furniture factories were on line, but the dovetail drawer joint was still a holdup.
While the joint had been refined and perfected, it was still too difficult to be made by a machine. Some progress had been made by the use of jigs to help guide the hand-powered saws in their cutting, but essentially, the dovetail was the last holdout of handwork in a machine era.
The perfect Knapp joint looks like this, an obviously machine-made feature that looks nothing like drawer joinery before or since.
Several inventors were hard at work on the problem in the 1860s, and most concentrated on trying to duplicate the handmade dovetail using a machine—that is until Mr. Charles B. Knapp of Waterloo, Wis., applied himself to the task. He did some creative thinking and solved the problem not by duplicating the dovetail joint but by inventing another type of joint entirely that was at least as good as the dovetail and could be made by machinery.
The joint he came up with has several colloquial names—scallop and dowel, pin and scallop, half-moon—and all describe the new joint, which looks like a peg in a half-circle on the side of a drawer. If you look at much old furniture, you undoubtedly have seen this unusual-looking arrangement and wondered what the heck it was. Now you know—it is a Knapp joint.
In real life, the Knapp joint is often obscured by wear and dirt on the drawer sides.
And knowing that, you also get some very valuable information about the age of the piece on which you saw the joint. Mr. Knapp patented his first joint-making machine in 1867. In 1870, he sold the rights to an improved version of the patented machine to a group of investors who formed the Knapp Dovetailing Co. in Northampton, Mass. The investors proceeded to make further refinements in the machine and actually put it into production in a factory in 1871 where it proved to be a technological miracle. Where a skilled cabinetmaker could turn out 15 or 20 complete drawers a day—on a really good day—the machine, on any day, could turn out 200 or more and work more than one shift if required. The drawer department had finally caught up with the rest of the factory.
By the mid-1870s, the great factories were in full swing turning out late-Victorian creations consisting mostly of Renaissance Revival and Eastlake furniture. While not all the great factories used the Knapp machine, particularly those of Grand Rapids, Mich., most of the Eastern factories and other mid-Western areas were faithful customers of the Knapp company. Over time, maintenance on the machines became a chore, but they were still a better alternative to handwork.
In the late 1800s, the Knapp joint was commonly found in the less-expensive version of the Renaissance Revival style called “Cottage Renaissance.” These pieces were made of inexpensive lumber and were cheaply decorated and finished.
At the very height of its greatest popularity and use, the death knell of the Knapp joint was being sounded by a new movement afoot in the furniture-design industry, and it had nothing to do with the soundness or the economy of the joint. Like so many things, its demise turned on sentiment.
That sentiment was the beginning of the Colonial Revival—the resurrection of things in style during the era of the founding of our country. And a round, technical-looking, obviously machine-made drawer joint just did not fit that image. At about the same time, machinery that did simulate the handmade dovetail was perfected, and by 1900, the Knapp joint had almost completely disappeared from the American furniture scene.
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After a successful premier at that Durban Wavescape Surf Festival in July, Shark Angels will make a second showing at the Cape Town festival in December.
32 years after Jaws™ showed a defenseless woman being dragged underwater and devoured by an insatiable monster, three women have come together to debunk that fictitious image.
Join Julie Andersen, director of Shark Savers, Alison Kock, marine biologist for Save our Seas, and Kim McCoy, Executive Director of Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, on their mission to get as close to as many large predators as possible in the most shark-inhabited waters of the Caribbean aboard Jim Abernethy’s vessel, the Shear Water. Rob Stewart, director of the award winning documentary Sharkwater, teams up with the threesome as they intentionally surround themselves with what are considered some of the largest, most dangerous sharks in the world.
All this to prove that society has been fed mistruths about sharks, which are actually amazing creatures that are being ruthlessly chased toward extinction. They represent the new generation of shark conservationists — cool, capable, educated and young — and have brought their organizations together for the first time to combat the myths about sharks, expose the truth and continue the grass roots movement begun by Sharkwater.
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Glass flooring is most often a construction of colored square glass tiles installed much like ceramic tiles. In reality, there is many more glass flooring design possibilities to consider. Modern architects have been taking skyscraper designs to the next level with see-through laminated glass floors and walkways. Imagine crossing a walkway thousands of feet up in the air over a busy street. Now imagine that walkway being completely see-through so that it appears you're walking on air over the traffic. That's one walk you won't forget! In this extreme application, glass flooring may not be the best choice for those who have a fear of heights. But don't worry, there are many other practical possibilities for glass flooring.
Want to add some extra lighting but just not sure where you'll find room to fit it in your floor plan? Put it right in the floor. Clear glass tile panels allow light to shine through the floor to enhance illumination in a particular area. Another idea is replacing your clunky staircase with a sleek glass panel staircase. Glass staircases can also be illuminated with underground lighting.
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If you want your glass flooring to stand out, don't settle for the usual! Do something unique with your glass flooring installation. For help designing your floors, use our locator tool on the home page to search for a professional in your area. If you're looking for flooring tips but don't want to contact a local professional just yet, head over to our FindAnyFloor.com forums to chat with one of our tile experts.
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Well... I just finished Project 25 which puts me at the halfway mark. Plenty more left to do, but I'm happy to say that I'm learning a lot, especially when it comes to programming. I certainly don't expect this book to teach me every aspect of coding with this language, but I'm amazed at what I'm picking up from the author's explanations of the code - I have to give the author large praises for taking the time to really go over the code - so many books (not just Arduino ones) that I've used in the past simply give you the code and you're just to trust that it works and not get curious about diving into it.
Project 25 is an interesting halfway point for me, as well... I like humanoid robots like the Robonova-1 and I have this itch to design my own one of these days using servos... I could totally see building a custom robot using an Arduino and servos... could be fun.
So, thumbing through the book I see I have some more interesting projects ahead - the RFID and Ethernet chapters are of interest, too, as I have some ideas for some home monitoring activities that I'd like to investigate.
So... thanks for sticking with me as I continue to work through the book. I haven't heard from very many of you about whether you've got the book and are working your way through the projects... let me know if you are and where you are! If you're ahead of me, I think it might be nice to have some guest commentary for some of the later projects... just a thought.
(And, well... because it's just my way... I'm already hard at work trying to figure out what to do next when I finish this book - what can my next hands-on project be? There are some front-runner ideas, but I'm open to suggestions, too...) | <urn:uuid:7474324e-54d9-4e6a-89e8-126dab00d5cf> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://handsonarduino.blogspot.com/2011/04/half-way.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279489.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00016-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977376 | 386 | 1.59375 | 2 |
The uninsured of America have just hours left to make a decision about health insurance coverage. March 31 marks the end of the open enrollment period for Obamacare's first year. The administration granted an extension of sorts for people who can't complete an application by that day's end due to either application or technical difficulties, but applicants will have to prove those circumstances, and it's not entirely certain how much extra time they'll have to complete the process.
Those who haven't chosen a plan yet still have a few options available. One of those options circumvents the government-sponsored health insurance exchange for a private exchange such as eHealth (NASDAQ:EHTH).
1. Check on your state's Medicaid expansion
Obamacare included the option for states to expand the Medicaid coverage umbrella to include individuals under the age of 65 with annual incomes of up to 133% of the federal poverty level. Due to some complicated issues with the expansion, it essentially covers those up to 138% of the federal poverty level. This works out to a bit over $16,000 annual income for an individual.
The government provides extra funding to states deciding to participate in the expansion, but the matter has become a hot-button political issue. According to the Advisory Board, 26 states have expanded Medicaid thus far.
How can low-income individuals who don't qualify under the older, stricter Medicaid terms find out about expansion eligibility? Either visit the official Medicaid website for the state of residence or fill out an application through the regular Obamacare health insurance marketplace, and the site will point qualifying individuals toward the matching Medicaid programs.
2. Pay the penalty
People who decide to remain uninsured during 2014 will likely face a penalty unless qualifying for an exception circumstance such as low-income. What will the penalty cost?
The penalty for 2014 will cost the higher of the following:
- 1% of annual household income above the tax filing limit, capped at the average cost of Bronze plans available in the health insurance exchange
- $95 per family member, capped at $285 per family
Remaining uninsured will cost more in upcoming years, however. In 2015, the numbers jump to 2% of income and $325 per person. From 2016 on, the costs will stay at 2.5% of income or $695 per person.
If someone is only uninsured for less than three months of a year, the penalty is waived. This helps out when people suddenly lose employer-provided coverage and need to turn to the health insurance exchanges. If a person is uninsured for longer than three months, the cost is calculated by multiplying 1/12 the full penalty to the number of months uninsured.
The penalty for each year is due with the following year's taxes. For example, a person opting to remain uninsured for 2014 will need to pay up when filing the tax return for this year (which is due by April 15, 2015.)
3. Shop for a private plan off the exchange
The federal and state health insurance exchanges sell plans from private insurers. Uninsured individuals don't have to shop through the government-sponsored exchange to find a plan, though.
Independent marketplace eHealth allows users to search for and enroll in private insurance plans that often include some bigger names such as Aetna. Several of those big-name insurers have plans to set up their own health care exchanges as well.
Government subsidies and cost-sharing plans available to help pay for insurance won't apply to plans purchased outside of the government-backed exchange, however. It's important to keep this in mind if cost is a factor when shopping outside of the government exchange.
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Jane Addams talk launches ethics lecture series
Sept. 29, 2006
KALAMAZOO--A presentation on social activist Jane Addams will kick off the Western Michigan University Center for the Study of Ethics in Society fall lecture series.
The talk will feature Dr. Katherine Joslin, WMU professor of English and author of the literary biography "Jane Addams, A Writer's Life," which was published in 2004 by the University of Illinois Press. Her presentation, titled "Why Read Jane Addams in the 21st Century?" is at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 4, in Room 204 of the Bernhard Center and is free and open to the public.
Joslin will explore the enduring legacy of perhaps the best-known female in America 100 years ago. As a young woman, Addams made a radical move in 1889 into one of Chicago's poorest neighborhoods, where she and Ellen Gates Starr founded Hull House, a settlement that drew intellectuals and artists into dialogue with immigrant laborers about the critical ethical dilemmas of the day.
Later vilified for her pacifism during World War I, she was vindicated in 1931 when she became the first American woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Joslin will link Addams' ethical thinking to her literary style and show how her imagination created a moral landscape we all recognize in the 21st century.
Joslin earned her doctorate at Northwestern University, specializing in American literature and intellectual history. She also has written "Edith Wharton" and co-edited "Wretched Exotic: Essays on Edith Wharton in Europe" and "American Feminism: Key Source Documents, 1848-1920." Her essays consider the writings of Addams and Wharton as well as Willa Cather, Kate Chopin, Theodore Dreiser, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Virginia Woolf and Emile Zola. She is now working on two books: one, together with WMU Professor Daneen Wardrop, on reading fashion in the works of Emily Dickinson and Edith Wharton and the other on Theodore Roosevelt as a writer.
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The blogs are buzzing this morning with news that a 1939 Plexiglass body Pontiac made by General Motors for the New York World’s Fair, sold at auction for $308,000. In fact, a lot of manufacturers of traditionally opaque goods made see-through versions of their products. Here are a few of our favorite clear things.
The Ghost Car. This 1939 Pontiac Deluxe Six was one of the highlights of the 1939-40 New York World’s Fair (see above), which was focused entirely on the future. GM worked with Rohm & Haas, which had only introduced plexiglass sheets a few years before. According to RM Auctions which just sold the car, the vehicle’s structural metal was given a copper wash and its hardware was chrome plated, since it was now more visible to the eye. The cost of the project at the time was reportedly $25,000, which is just over $391,000 in 2011 dollars, which I guess means the price paid at auction was a good deal.
The Western Electric 302. Designed by Henry Dreyfuss, the 302 was the workhorse of the Bell System for two decades. This example from TelephoneCreations.com was cast in clear resin. Like the Ghost Car, it was made for the New York World’s Fair.
Jelly Bellies. Some of the most sought-after pieces of costume jewelry are the Jelly Belly brooches and pins (such as this one from N&N), pioneered by Trifari in the 1930s and emulated by Coro and other manufacturers after that.
Lucite Handbags. According to author and vintage expert Janice Berkson, whose book, “Carry me!,” is the definitive work on 1950s Lucite handbags, designers such as Will Hardy and Llewellyn Bley embraced Lucite to make clutches and purses that were like mini pieces of sculpture.
Visible Man/Woman. As Lisa Hix explained last month in her article about educational toys of yesteryear, the first Visible Man appeared in 1958, when a company named Renwal introduced a 16-inch clear plastic model of a human man with visible bones and internal organs.
Electric Guitars. In 1957, Fender began a project to create a see-through Stratocaster made out of Lucite (above left). Completed in 1961, the prototype guitar was not put into production because, among other reasons, it weighed 18 pounds. From 1969 to 1971, guitar maker Dan Armstrong made a number of clear, acrylic-body guitars with Ampeg (above right). Those guitars were lighter because they were made of Plexiglass and had a wooden neck. The Armstrong guitars were reissued from 1998 until 2001.
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HYUNG S KIM
"Feminist quiz question of the day: Where in the world has a society existed since the 17th century in which women do all the work and the men take care of home and childcare? Google “haenyeo divers” and you’ll find that just such an impressive cultural economy exists in the Jeju coastal area of South Korea, where the “Amazons of Asia”
dive for valuable shellfish without breathing apparatuses well into their eighties."
Sarah Mower - vogue.com
The inspiration for Kim’s series of portraits stems from his visit to
Jeju Island in 2012, where he was captivated by
the haenyeo and the power, resilience and unique physical
performance used in their daily lives.
Chosing to photograph them in a most natural state,
as divers emerging from the sea, exhausted and wet
after the long hours spent diving.
The photographs are intended to show the haenyeo,
not as relics, nor trophies, but as beautiful
and strong portraits of working people
Image: Kim Julja © Hyung S Kim
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Such cloud solutions include document sharing and management, customer relationship management or even cloud-based e-mail services. The study has found that, from 2015 to 2020, cloud computing could add a cumulative total of €449bn to the EU28 GDP (incl. the public sector), of which €103bn of net new GPD in the year 2020, representing a share of 0.71% of total EU GDP, more than 3 times the share represented in 2013. Between 2015 and 2020 approx. 303,000 new businesses will be created, particularly SMEs, thanks to the availability and adoption of cloud-based computing. Moreover, 1.6 million jobs should be created overall from 2008 to 2020, of which almost 1 million jobs will be created during 2015-2020. The total value of the cloud market for the EU in 2013 was estimated at €9.5bn, less than 3% of the overall IT budget of the public and private sector in the EU. This value is expected to grow to €17.2bn by 2015 and to €44.8bn by 2020, i.e. almost five times the market size in 2013 and over 10% of the forecasted IT budget in 2020.
The study examined three scenarios: a "baseline" (most likely) scenario, an "optimistic" (best case) scenario) and a "pessimistic" (worst case) scenario. It also provides updated data of cloud adoption in the EU by industry, business size, and country. Moreover, it estimates the level of replacement of IT expenditure by expenditure on cloud services. It was found that cloud replaces other spending on IT systems and services. For example, adoption of SaaS (Software as a Service) cloud services removes the need to buy software and servers. In fact, every €1 spent on SaaS is replacing €2.30 of expenditure that an organisation would need to spend to achieve the same result through a traditional solution. Finally, the study looks at how competitive the EU-owned IT industry is in meeting the demands and opportunities that cloud computing presents.
The results of this study have fed into the Commission's strategy for a Digital Single Market, that was announced on 6 May 2015.
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PALO ALTO, Calif.--A week after announcing a new business plan that includes licensing components of its in-house technology engine to life sciences companies that seek to determine protein function, Molecular Applications Group said Monsanto will be its first such customer. Monsanto scientists will employ three of Molecular Applications' proprietary algorithms to identify, select, and prioritize targets for agricultural and pharmaceutical applications.
The three complementary techniques rely on hidden Markov models, protein threading, and phylogenetic analysis, according to Molecular Applications. The core technology is captured in three proprietary components that Molecular Applications calls SHMMs, ATHOS, and BETE. Paul Thomas, executive director of research for Molecular Applications, explained, "In combination, these algorithms produce a discovery system that greatly increases the reach of remote homologue detection, as well as the ability to classify novel genes in the context of related sequences." Thomas added that the highly scalable nature of the system will enable Monsanto to process large amounts of data rapidly .
Molecular Applications said the technology improves the prediction of gene and protein function and draws upon the company's expertise in protein sequence and structure analysis. "Determining the function of novel proteins continues to be one of the most difficult and time-consuming challenges we face, yet it is an essential step in efficiently identifying, prioritizing, and selecting targets," said Paul Spence, head of biotechnology for Monsanto's Searle division.
Monsanto will use the methods for associating target genes with genes that perform similar functions, even when there is minimal sequence similarity. In addition, automated subfamily classification of target sequences will be demonstrated on a large-scale basis, Molecular Applications claimed, saying that the project addresses the fact that new approaches are urgently needed to maximize the value of genomics information. | <urn:uuid:04e2605d-0127-4098-af3b-6fa7a8873f98> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.genomeweb.com/informatics/molecular-applications-signs-first-new-protein-determination-deal-monsanto | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571950.76/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813111851-20220813141851-00678.warc.gz | en | 0.917008 | 359 | 2.0625 | 2 |
Ukiyo, Japanese accents Optical effects and an interplay of volumes and fabrics for Ukiyo, the new collection of wall and ceiling lights by Axo Light. Minimal lines and unusual volumes for solutions that are particularly suitable for showing contract environments to their best advantage. Ukiyo - meaning “floating world” in Japanese - was inspired by an artistic technique that became very popular in Edo (now Tokyo) between the XVII and early XX century. The shape of the lamp, which has striking characteristics but a gentle whole, re-evokes the style of marine images, with the rippling water, and mountain landscapes shown in ancient ukiyo-e, Japanese art prints characterised by their contrasting delicate colourful curves and pointed cuspidals. Ukiyo lights have a metallic structure covered with a two layer, elasticised high-tech fabric. The special weave and various layers of fabric produce a fascinating light and shade effect. Ukiyo is an original light with a flexible nature that metamorphoses and produces innovative furnishing combinations. It is available in three different colour versions: white-white, orange-black and black-white in three sizes (55x55 cm – 110x110 cm – 110x55 cm). It is also available in an energy-saving fluorescent version. | <urn:uuid:937f9f3e-9ecf-4be6-812a-b2d58a3143f6> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | https://clippings.com/products/ukiyo-by-axo-light-1001052 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719286.6/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00497-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942157 | 268 | 1.539063 | 2 |
10 Things I Wish I Knew While Starting My Own Business!
If you're building a product that's redundant then there a problem.
Here are the 10 things that I wish I knew while starting my business.
- “Either do or do not, there is no try”: There is a lot of merit to what the great Yoda says.Only work on your venture if you have complete belief in it. Not quitting is half the battle won. There should be no such thing as Plan B. I want to clarify I am not talking about innovating or pivoting but you definitely can’t be thinking if this doesn’t work then I’ll go start to work with my dad or my chacha. If you’re doing this it better be your best shot.
- Mind your own business:You can choose to focus on either what your competition does or what you should be doing! If we focused on our competition we would have shut our shutters long ago since a fair number of them were more funded than us.
- There is merit to gyaanis:I don’t mean the random wind bags who love giving you unsolicited advice. I’m talking about the solid mentors that are so important. They are your guiding lights to stay on track. Mentors/advisors who are your champions are important. They will help you keep afloat on the days it feels like you are sinking.
- Make sure you’re having fun:Your struggling days will be the ones you look back on most fondly and create the best bonds – enjoy every minute of it.
- Some days you’re the pigeon and somedays the statue. This fact might change in proportion with success but it doesn’t really go away. So deal with it. Enjoy both sets of days. At mydala it became a joke that we would go out and celebrate when we got rejected by a VC and there was a time we were celebrating every week. I don’t mean 5 star hotel celebrations more like BYOB at a small dhaba celebration or at the office. God those days were fun. They helped us bond.
- The right set of co-founders is the first jackpot you hit: Co-founders that you get along with and share the same vision, up the success quotient multiple times and also make the journey ridiculously fun.
- Think Akshay not Shahrukh:I use this analogy because for some reason everyone thinks that the only way to be is - instant unicorn status like Flipkart - just like people think of Shahrukh or Salman. They are the Shahrukhs of ecommerce. I like to think of mydala as an Akshay or a Priyanka Chopra who deliversolid hits in their own right and are super solid and highly bankable.
If you’re building a product that’s redundant then there a problem. I know this sounds ironic coming from someone who was labeled a Groupon clone in India! But fact is within the first month we identified a real need that existed on the merchant side. It is this problem-solving focus that we built on that helped mydala beat Groupon and 52 others when they were focused on users. | <urn:uuid:e91e6de6-9b48-48f0-aefd-1adbc79fc905> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/290259 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571472.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811133823-20220811163823-00674.warc.gz | en | 0.96135 | 686 | 1.65625 | 2 |
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Outside of the general, or cliched themes (science verses faith, dedication verses obsession, public verses private, and past verses present) presented in Dan Brown's novel Angels and Demons, one could justify that another theme of the novel is self-actualization.
Throughout the novel, readers see many of the character depicted in the novel struggling with inner demons. The fact that Robert Langdon, Vittoria Vetra, and Carlo Ventresca all try to sort out their place in the world (one in which they are caught between their religious ideology (or lack of religious ideology) and the problems facing the Vatican.
Both Langdon and Vittoria are forced to come to grips with their own personal thoughts on religion and their scientific minds may conflict with getting done what needs to be done (saving the Vatican). Carlo Ventresca, at the end of the novel, cannot bear his own sins and commits suicide.
Basically, each of the "main" characters involved must come to terms with who they are, how their actions have impacted the world, and what they must do to make up for their "sins." It is their search to find their greatest potential in both life and the situation which lead them to their own personal actualization. Each character, at one point or another, comes to question their actions based upon what is happening around them. It is, therefore, justifiable to discern that a non-cliched theme of the novel is self-actualization.
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Even though it’s illegal to give or sell cigarettes to anyone under the age of 19, teens continue to smoke. For many, the result is a lifelong addiction that has serious health consequences. To change the number of teens who start smoking tobacco, we need to ensure that sources such as friends, family and strangers do not exist.
The Central East Tobacco Control Area Network (CETCAN), partnered with The Regional Municipality of York (CETCAN member), and the Not to Kids Coalition to find out who’s providing cigarettes to teens and why. We learned that young adults aged 19-25 commonly give cigarettes to teens – usually a younger friend or sibling. When we asked ‘why’, most young adults told us it is the easiest thing to do and they are just trying to be nice.
But let’s face it. Giving cigarettes to teens is a bad way to be nice and it needs to stop. Which is why we created Bad Ways To Be Nice – a campaign that aims to convince young adults 19-25 that there really is no excuse for giving cigarettes to teens. More teens get addicted to tobacco if they can get cigarettes easily.
When you stop and think about it, maybe it’s time to do something different.
If a teen approaches you to buy them cigarettes, don’t buy them, find a way to say no.
If you see others supplying cigarettes to teens, talk to them about this being a bad way to be nice.
If your job requires you to sell tobacco, you can help prevent teens from smoking by not selling to them.
Supplying Cigarettes to Teens Isn’t Nice to You Either!
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What is Cabernet Franc Wine?
“Cabernet Franc is the lighter, laid-back, hippy father of the yuppie Cabernet Sauvignon. Its bright in personality, and soft in its embrace.” – Ashlee McRae
Cabernet Franc likely originated in Basque country – where Northern Spain and Southwestern France meet along the coast of the Bay of Biscay. It settled into the romantic Bordeaux region of France in the 17th century, where it met its perfect match, Sauvignon Blanc. Cabernet Franc and Sauvignon Blanc started off as neighbors but became wildly attracted to each other. Together they forged the most widely planted and recognized grape in the world — Cabernet Sauvignon. Obviously I’m a hopeless romantic… but hey, the experts at UC Davis who used DNA testing say this is how it went down. It was around the time of this birth that an abbot named Breton took it upon himself to transport Cabernet Franc vines to the Loire Valley. Fun Fact: To this day, Cabernet Franc in the Loire Valley is still called Breton — after the man who brought it.
Historically, Cabernet Franc is used as a blending grape in Bordeaux in conjunction with Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Petit Verdot, and Malbec. As the parent of Cabernet Sauvignon, it is only fitting that Cabernet Franc would act as a sort of safety net in Bordeaux — where the summers can be quite short. This particular grape ripens one to two weeks before Cabernet Sauvignon, almost always prompting an early harvest just in time to dodge the first freeze of winter. This is very different from many New World regions in California. Summers are always longer and vintners need not worry about harvesting unripe Cabernet Sauvignon ahead of schedule because of winter frost… (partly why California Cabernet’s can get away with higher prices).
The “Bordeaux Blend,” also dubbed a Claret in England — is and will continue to be celebrated around the globe. Though these days, with the abundance of grape yields, Bordeaux grape blending is done more to adhere to tradition, and less because of unripe or damaged Cabernet Sauvignon.
Climate and Terrior for Cabernet Franc
Summers in Bordeaux run around 68 degrees Fahrenheit (20 degrees Celsius) which to me, a girl from South Texas is COLD! To some people though, this is a mild summer and this is where Cabernet Franc originated and thrives. Cabernet Franc really reaches its full potential in the limestone soils of St. Emilion and Pomerol.
Just because Cabernet Franc does a great job of rounding out those French blends, doesn’t mean it can’t make a killer wine all on its own. This is exactly what the winemakers of New World “cold” weather climates have begun to bank on. Washington, New York, Virginia, and New Zealand are bottling beautiful 100% Cabernet Franc wines because these vines withstand freezing temperatures better than Merlot and other grapes.
So what are Cabernet Franc’s tasting notes?
Common Flavors and Aromas:
- Fruit: Raspberry, Cherry, Black Currant
- Earth and Mineral Notes: Violet, Graphite (pencil shavings)
- Additional Complexities: Green Vegetables, Morning Dew
- Body: Light to Medium
- Sugar: Dry
- Tannin: Soft, Medium
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Chapter 15. Crash and Depression (1929–1933). Warm-up Questions Write down your thoughts on this in your notes. If you and your family suddenly lost your income, what things would you go without? How do you think this would affect your family?. The Market Crashes.
Crash and Depression
Write down your thoughts on this in your notes.
If you and your family suddenly lost your income, what things would you go without?
How do you think this would affect your family?
An Unstable Economy
The prosperous economy of the 1920s lacked a firm base.
The nation’s wealth was unevenly distributed. Those who had the most tended to save or invest rather than buy goods.
Industry produced more goods than most consumers wanted or could afford.
Speculators bought stocks with borrowed money and then pledged those stocks as collateral to buy more stocks.
The stock market boom was based on borrowed money.
During the 1920s, the Federal Reserve System cut interest rates to assist economic growth.
In 1929, it limited the money supply to discourage lending.
As a result, there was too little money in circulation to help the economy after the Great Crash.
Impact on Health
Some people starved and thousands went hungry.
Children suffered long-term effects from poor diet and inadequate medical care.
Stresses on Families
Living conditions declined as families crowded into small houses or apartments.
Men felt like failures because they couldn’t provide for their families.
Working women were accused of taking jobs away from men.
Competition for jobs produced a rise in hostilities against African Americans, Hispanics, and Asian Americans.
Aid programs discriminated against African Americans.
Prohibition Is Repealed
In February 1933, Congress passed the Twenty-first Amendment, which repealed the eighteenth amendment prohibiting the sale of alcohol.
The Empire State Building
2,500 to 4,000 people worked on the construction.
The cost of construction was about $41 million.
At that time, it was the world’s tallest building and had 102 stories and 67 elevators.
The End of an Era
Many things that symbolized the 1920s faded away.
-Organized crime gangster Al Capone was sent to prison.
-Calvin Coolidge died.
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What is glaucoma?
Glaucoma is not one disorder but a range of conditions in which the pressure inside the eye becomes too high.
This results in damage to the optic nerve at the back of the eye, which can lead to loss of vision if left untreated.
Glaucoma is one of the most common causes of blindness worldwide.
How does glaucoma develop?
There is a constant flow of fluid through the eye. The flow into and out of the eye is carefully monitored in order to ensure that the eye maintains its round shape and does not become too hard or too soft.
This fluid is called the aqueous humour. It is secreted into the eye from an area behind the iris (the coloured part of the eye) and flows around through the pupil and drains out of the eye through several microscopic channels.
Glaucoma usually develops when this flow of fluid becomes obstructed and there is a build-up of pressure within the eye.
There are two main sub-groups of glaucoma.
- Primary open angle glaucoma (formerly known as chronic simple glaucoma) is a slowly progressive condition, which occurs when the tiny microscopic drainage channels gradually become blocked
- Primary angle closure glaucoma (also known as closed angle or acute glaucoma) occurs much more rapidly when the flow of fluid inside the eye cannot pass through the pupil, causing a rapid rise in pressure inside the eye.
Similar to primary open angle glaucoma, in which the nerve is progressively damaged due to raised pressure, two other conditions exist.
- Ocular hypertension occurs when the pressure in the eye is repeatedly measured as being high, and yet the eye displays no signs of glaucoma damage to the optic nerve.
- Normal tension glaucoma (normal pressure glaucoma) is the opposite, where the nerve at the back of the eye shows signs of glaucoma damage and yet the pressure is always recorded as being within normal limits.
There are other types of glaucoma, which are much rarer and can be caused by a variety of reasons:
- inflammation inside the eye (uveitis or iritis)
- the growth of new vessels inside the eye, which may occur in connection with diabetes or after blood vessel blockage at the back of the eye
- treatment with certain medicines (eg corticosteroids)
- following an eye injury
- other rare abnormalities affecting the structure of the eye.
It's rare for children to be born with glaucoma, but it's a recognised condition.
There's a tendency for this to run in families, although it may occur in children with no family history of glaucoma at all.
What are the symptoms of glaucoma?
Primary open angle glaucoma
This condition has been termed the 'silent thief of sight' – there are no symptoms until there is advanced loss of vision.
The build up in pressure in this condition is very slow. Therefore visual loss is gradual and patients often do not notice any problem until they have severe visual impairment.
There is no pain in primary open angle glaucoma.
The peripheral (or side) vision is affected first and therefore the eyesight is not obviously affected.
These peripheral areas of visual field loss increase until eventually the central vision is damaged leading to blindness.
Because primary open angle glaucoma is not usually recognised until it is advanced, people are screened for the condition as part of the optician's routine examination when eye tests are carried out.
The optician will check the pressure, examine the nerve at the back of the eye and test the field of vision if this is indicated.
As primary open angle glaucoma is rare in people under the age of 40, these screening tests are usually only carried out after this age.
Primary angle closure glaucoma
In this condition the pressure inside the eye rises rapidly and the eye becomes very painful. It is usually red and the vision becomes blurred. The patient may notice haloes around lights.
There is often significant headache and occasionally the patient feels very unwell and may even vomit.
This condition is very rare in patients under the age of 50 and is more common in people who are long-sighted. Very large cataracts can also cause this.
Other types of glaucoma
The symptoms of other types of glaucoma vary, depending on the underlying cause.
How does the doctor make a diagnosis?
Primary open angle glaucoma
If there is any suspicion of primary open angle glaucoma, the patient will usually be referred to an eye specialist (ophthalmologist).
New guidelines produced by the government (the National Institute of Clinical Excellence) advised that any patient who has been found to have a raised pressure in the eye should referred for a specialist opinion.
The specialist will examine the patient's eyes in order to accurately measure the pressure inside the eye and examine the nerve at the back of the eye for any evidence of damage. This damage is usually described as 'cupping' of the optic nerve head (or optic disc).
A detailed computerised field of vision test will also be carried out. This involves watching a blank screen and clicking a button when a light is seen.
The computer will then produce a printout of the patient's visual field. Special scans which investigate the health of the optic nerve may also be carried out. This is very much like having a photo taken of the back of the eye.
Further tests and examinations may be required in order to ensure that there are no other reasons for the glaucoma.
Acute angle closure glaucoma
This condition is usually diagnosed quite readily because of the pain, redness and reduced vision. The pupil of the eye is dilated and the pressure inside the eye is very high.
The cornea (the clear window at the front of the eye) is usually swollen, causing the haloes round lights and blurring of vision.
This is considered to be an eye emergency and must be diagnosed and treated promptly, which requires referral to the hospital.
Other types of glaucoma
A full examination of the eye will take place in anyone who has suspected glaucoma in order to ensure that there are no other eye diseases present.
How is primary open angle glaucoma treated?
Initial treatment of glaucoma usually involves using eye drops.
There are a number of different types of eye drops that are available to treat primary open angle glaucoma:
- prostaglandin analogues
- adrenaline type drops (sympathomimetics)
- carbonic anhydrase inhibitors
- miotics (parasympathomimetics).
These drops are usually used twice a day, but once a day versions have also been produced.
They reduce the amount of fluid being secreted into the eye.
Timolol (Timoptol) is an example of a beta-blocker.
These drops are used once a day in the evening. They work by increasing the drainage of fluid out of the eye.
The best recognised side-effect of this type of eye drop is that it can change the colour of the eye, and in addition can cause a thickening of eye lashes.
A newer drop called tafluprost (Saflutan)is also a prostaglandin analogue but is preservative free, and it's therefore useful for patients who become allergic to preservatives in the drops.
Lumigan is also now available in preservative free form.
Adrenaline-type drops (sympathomimetics)
These are used twice a day and are generally well tolerated. They reduce the amount of fluid secreted into the eye.
Patients with heart disease may be unsuitable for this treatment.
Carbonic anhydrase inhibitors
These drops are used twice a day if used with beta-blockers, or three times a day if used alone. They reduce the secretion of fluid into the eye.
Dorzolamide (Trusopt) is an example of a carbonic anhydrase inhibitor.
These drops are usually used four times a day. They increase the drainage of fluid out of the eye.
These drops cause a small pupil, which may mean that they cause a reduction in vision.
They may give rise to headache. These drops were the original drops to be used for glaucoma but are now less commonly used because of the other newer drops as outlined above.
Pilocarpine (eg Pilogel) is an example of a miotic (parasympathomimetic).
Carbonic anhydrase inhibitor tablets
In some cases these tablets are prescribed, but this is usually only as a temporary solution because they can have many side-effects – such as general nausea, tiredness, tingling of the fingers and, occasionally, if used for a long time, a tendency to cause kidney stones.
Acetazolamide (Diamox) is an example.
This treatment is used to increase the flow of fluid from the eye. The effect of this treatment may only be temporary and therefore may not be suitable as a long-term solution.
Many patients have surgery to treat glaucoma. The operation used (trabeculectomy) allows drainage of fluid from inside the eye to the outside of the eye.
This type of surgery usually results in a small 'blister' on the eye, which is usually positioned under the upper eyelid. The fluid is gradually absorbed by the blood vessels which cover this 'blister'.
Additionally, certain types of glaucoma may require a tiny valve to be inserted into the eye to help drain out the excess fluid which is causing the pressure to rise. This may also be used if trabeculectomy has been unsuccessful.
These types of surgery may include the use of anti-metabolite medicines that reduce the risk of scarring, in order to make the success of the operation higher, although this may also increase the potential for complications.
Complications of such surgery include transient reduction in vision after the operation, but this usually recovers. There is a long-term risk of infection that must always be considered.
How is closed angle or acute angle closure glaucoma treated?
Treatment in this condition needs to be rapid. It takes the form of drops, medicines given intravenously and orally, laser surgery and sometimes surgical treatment.
Systemic medicines (carbonic anhydrase inhibitors)
As the pressure is very high inside the eye, this needs to be dropped rapidly and therefore medicines, such as acetazolamide, are given rapidly into the circulation through a vein. This should reduce the pressure quite quickly.
A hole in the coloured part of the iris is essential in order to prevent this condition happening again. This hole is usually made using a laser.
Both eyes need to be treated, as although only one eye is usually affected, the other eye will go on to develop acute closed angle closure if left untreated.
Sometimes all the above treatments do not allow control of the pressure and therefore a trabeculectomy (as outlined above in primary open angle glaucoma) may be required.
How are other types of glaucoma treated?
A combination of drops, laser treatment and/or surgery may be required depending upon the type and stage of glaucoma.
Glaucoma, if not treated appropriately or picked up early enough, may lead to blindness.
What can be done to avoid glaucoma?
Primary open angle glaucoma
There are no known methods of preventing this condition, but it is vital that people over the age of 40 have their eyes regularly examined because treatment in the early stages may prevent visual loss.
It's impossible to regain damaged vision if the early stages are missed.
People with a family history of glaucoma (especially parents or brothers and sisters) should be especially vigilant, but anyone over the age of 40 should have a regular eye examination carried out by their optometrist as part of the sight test.
Acute angle closure glaucoma
The acute attack with pain and reduction in vision may be preceded by similar less severe attacks in the past.
There may be a history of haloes seen round lights, particularly in the evening, which tend to settle overnight when the affected person goes to sleep. People with such symptoms should seek medical advice.
Other types of glaucoma
Your eye specialist (ophthalmologist) may have given warning that you are more susceptible to glaucoma if you suffer from one of the conditions listed above.
Future developments in glaucoma
As glaucoma can potentially cause significant, irreversible visual loss, doctors and scientists are continually doing research to minimise the risk of this happening.
Methods of continually measuring the pressure in the eye are being investigated, such as contact lenses which check the pressure at various intervals throughout the day.
This would allow doctors to have a more accurate assessment what the patient's pressure is actually doing, and may lead to fewer clinic visits for patients.
Research into finding drops which are more effective in lowering pressure is a particular priority.
One such group is the Rho Kinase (ROCK) inhibitors, which act to improve outflow of the fluid inside the eye, and also protect the optic nerve by maintaining its blood circulation. These show promise but are not yet available.
Methods which allow medication to be delivered slowly into the eye, such as a special contact lens, are also being investigated, as this would reduce the need for patients to put in many drops over the course of the day.
Exciting new surgical techniques known as 'minimally invasive glaucoma surgery' (MIGS) are playing an increasingly important role in the treatment of glaucoma.
MIGS devices can be implanted in the natural drainage portion of the eye and aid fluid drainage. These are often implanted at the same time as a cataract operation is carried out, but may in future be used in isolation.
If picked up early enough, the vision should remain good and there should be no restrictions in activity.
There are strict guidelines regarding visual standards for driving, and people with glaucoma are advised to let the DVLA know about the diagnosis. They will require regular fields of vision testing to ensure that they remain fit to drive.
After surgery there may be limitations on activities in the short term.
Tips to manage glaucoma
- Use all medication exactly as prescribed by your ophthalmologist.
- Ensure that all follow-up appointments are kept.
- Make sure that you are clear about what type of glaucoma it is that you have.
- Let your family know so that they should go and be screened for the disease.
- If you need to start any new tablets for other conditions, make sure your doctor is aware that you are using eye drops and what they are.
- Always include your eye drops if you are asked about the medications that you take regularly.
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Spokane piano restorer Ken Eschete touches the keys to history, from Lincoln’s grand piano to Eleanor Roosevelt’s Steinway
Eleanor Roosevelt’s Steinway grand piano returned home on June 4 after a family donated it to the First Lady’s historic collection. To restore his 1936 instrument, National Park Service curators brought in an expert to do this work in July – Ken Eschete of Spokane.
Known in the United States for his work as a piano technician and conservationist, Eschete has touched many famous pianos, including Prince Albert’s 1854 Erard concert grand piano at the Smithsonian which he restored to be playable again.
Eschete previously assessed the condition of the circa 1860 great Schomacker that Mary Lincoln commissioned for the White House when a museum asked her to stabilize it for an exhibition. With a curator nearby, he tuned the Franklin D. Roosevelt grand piano in the Historic Springwood Estate.
In 2001, Eschete also carried out the restoration of the large, richly decorated Steinway of the Vanderbilt Mansion. He restored the Blüthner grand piano from the Washington State Capitol in 2018, which is now used for concerts in the Governor’s Reception Hall. Others are the Smithsonian’s Chickering grand piano and a piano for a Will Rogers museum.
“I was really drawn to the point of view of conservation,” said Eschete, 72, who received an early scholarship to study museum techniques at the Smithsonian. In his musical instruments division, he learned to use organic chemistry methods with natural remedies to restore and preserve antiques without altering them.
To revive pianos with aging parts, restoration approaches differ, he said.
âThere’s the restoration where you take an old instrument and you completely strip the finish and replace all the parts and make it look like new,â he said. âThen there is another approach, conservation, in which you respect the integrity of the instrument and try to change as little as possible.
“Everything you do is scientifically sound and hopefully reversible in some way so that whatever you do can be taken apart in the future if necessary.”
He will travel to Hyde Park, New York, to work on the Roosevelt Steinway. It has loose tuning pins, and it will need to be tuned in order for it to be playable. He will focus on creating a way to deal with future wear and tear.
Curators expect the instrument to be played around the history of social events hosted by Eleanor and President Roosevelt based on detailed recordings of the food served and the music provided.
Before the piano is on display at Eleanor Roosevelt’s Chalet Val-Kill, the Steinway will be on display next year at the Wallace Center of the FDR Presidential Library in Hyde Park to showcase the instrument as well as stories, photos. and history. But he will return to Val-Kill, where Eleanor often stayed during her husband’s presidency, lived after his death, and entertained dignitaries.
âWe have to do everything we can to preserve all the original materials,â Eschete said. âThe wear and tear of the piano is concentrated in the hammer that strikes the strings. We will remove the original parts as they can be removed with a screw.
âWe’ll put them in order in acid-free boxes and store them, so at some point if we wanted to reassemble all the original parts, we could. “
For the interior, new parts have been specially manufactured that he will install as a replacement to absorb the use of the exhibition shows. âI leave with a whole panoply of tools. This is something I should be able to do in about five days.
During his career, Eschete invented two treatments to bring old piano pieces back to life. In a three-room workshop in the basement of his home north of Spokane, Eschete has everything from carpentry tools to felt ordered from Boston to do conservation work. In the meantime, he tuned and repaired regional pianos.
A back door at street level is large enough for a grand piano to be rolled upright. Upstairs, Eschete has his own antiques – a 1923 Steinway and a square piano made in the 1790s with the markings of Broadwood and Son of London.
He and his wife Christine moved here eight years ago after an invitation from piano technician and friend in Spokane, Rose Fanger. They wanted to move after working in New Zealand.
Eschete is originally from New Orleans; his wife is from San Francisco. They met in Chicago, where Eschete worked for 13 years as director of keyboard maintenance at Northwestern University.
Eschete started his career on a different musical path with another instrument. During the Vietnam War, he was accepted as a trumpeter in the Military Academy Band based at West Point. Later, visiting a former band member in Boston, he stopped by to see this friend’s class in the North Bennet Street School Piano Technology Program.
âI had no interest in pianos,â Eschete said. âI was interested in mechanical stuff and I could fix everything. I had a dad who was a general-purpose mechanic, so I grew up with not a silver spoon in my mouth, but a 9/16 wrench in my mouth.
That day at school, Eschete saw people puzzled over a problem with a piano. âI told them what the solution was,â he said. He eventually applied and the leaders remembered his abilities. Instructor Bill Garlick brought his old pianos for students to practice their skills in the mid-1970s.
Eschete also met Fanger, another student and former secretary of the Smithsonian’s musical instruments division. She helped Eschete meet some curators. After completing this scholarship during his graduate studies, he had gained some technical knowledge from Bennet, and then conservation science hooked him.
âI loved finding out what kind of wood it was by pulling out a microscope and looking at the cell structure,â he said. “I loved organic chemistry, which I hated in college, but loved when they gave me an app.”
It can mean mixing two chemicals together to turn a black stain on oak into a translucent one. âThere are many practical applications for organic chemistry, which is used a lot in museum conservation work,â he said.
In fact, he is known for transplanting conservation science into piano harmonization. The job often means patches for felted wool hammers that range in size from tiny to large. Each strikes internal strings of different lengths to create a different type of sound, “depending on how soft or hard the felt is,” he said.
âThe problem we always have is that sometimes the hammer is too soft; we are not getting enough sound. One of the options I invented is borrowed from museum conservation work.
He created a method for using acrylic beads dissolved in 190 degree grain alcohol. The liquid then has small plastic molecules floating inside. When applied to the felt and the solvent evaporates, tiny pieces of plastic molecules revert to a solid form to give structure to the inside of the felt.
Eschete experimented with the method for about 15 years while being encouraged to keep it a trade secret, but the news got out. Then two years ago, he published his method in a specialized journal which has since become international.
Its other breakthrough tackles problems with tuning pin boards. The holes were too small for a pin causing friction and adjustment issues. And often the wood block that holds the adjustment pins will develop large cracks, so the adjustment pins won’t stick around.
âI invented a way to fix them on the spot using a specialized epoxy that mixes together like water,â he said. âThis is a commercial product that is not designed for this purpose, and it is still museum curatorial work.
âWhen it goes from a liquid to a solid, it’s inside and also creates a structure. I found out that if I removed the adjusting pins and flooded the holes with this very watery epoxy then I could re-drill the hole.
Sometimes he can put the original tuning pins back and reuse the original strings. “When you look at it, you don’t see any difference, but the big difference is that when you try to tune it, it would hold a tune.”
Of all the famous pieces he has polished, one stands out. âI think it would be the FDR piano,â Eschete said. The Vanderbilt piano was the most expensive instrument.
âBut Cornelius Vanderbilt is not someone I admire,â he said. “When I had the chance to walk into the living room of the FDR mansion wearing white gloves with the curator moving all the photos on the piano – all the famous people who had been at the FDR mansion – I was really moved to be able to look at this instrument and tune it.
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