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It has stayed the same–5 cents–since the Oregon Bottle Bill was passed in 1971, though some states pay 10 cents a bottle. However, 5 cents in 1971 bought a lot more than it does now, so it can be said that the price they pay you has gone down because of inflation.
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This report lists the key features of Tanzania’s National Plan of Action to Prevent and Respond to Violence Against Children. It is the national response plan to the critical concerns identified by the 2009 Violence against Children Survey report led by the Government of Tanzania. The protection of children from violence and abuse requires a multi-sectoral approach, bringing together all the responsible ministries and development partners, including, justice and police, health, education, social welfare, civil society, community and media. With the support of all sectors and all members of society there is a very real opportunity for Tanzania to reduce sexual, physical and emotional violence against children. | <urn:uuid:7a394300-fcb6-468a-81be-d91e1f12d435> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/document/stopping-violence-against-children-tanzania-violence-against-children-study-and-national | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571745.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812170436-20220812200436-00468.warc.gz | en | 0.90948 | 158 | 3.125 | 3 |
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Never A White Flag
The most historic labour dispute in NZ history: the 1951 confrontation and lockout of waterfront workers. This 151 strike was only broken after the government declared a state of emergency and used troops to clear the backlog on the wharves. A fascinating insight into unionism includes other accounts of the 1951 lockout and assessment of the tactics adopted by the Waterside Worker's Union. Jock Barnes' story is also placed in the wider context of NZ industrial relations at the turn of the century, and finds in it a lesson for the present situation where membership has fallen dramatically and where cynicism about unionism is widespread. 256 pages. N° de ref. de la librería 519070
Título: Never A White Flag
Editorial: Victoria University Press 1998 Paperback
Año de publicación: 1998
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In 2007, a $2.4 million U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) grant created an opportunity for Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C) to address two pressing needs within the Greater Cleveland area: the projected shortages in five health-care professions and the need for health care for uninsured and underinsured community members. By seizing this opportunity, Tri-C was able to fulfill a dual mission that is shared with so many of today’s colleges and universities that have the capacity to improve our nation’s health care.
The grant came about following a survey of healthcare providers in northeast Ohio that indicated current and future shortages in medical assistants, health information management technicians, occupational and physical therapist assistants, and physician assistants. Without the DOL funding, adding students to each of these programs would have been impossible. Laboratory space was already crowded and additional clinical experience venues were difficult to find. The grant allowed Tri-C to increase enrollment in each of the five programs in the three grant years for a total of 150 additional students.
In addition, the college was able to construct two Health, Wellness and Preventative Care Centers (PCC) on its campuses. The PCCs provide additional laboratory space for students to learn the skills needed for their future practice, as well as provide community members with health-care services free of charge. Under the supervision of licensed professionals, students get hands-on experience with treating patients, and members of the community, who are uninsured or whose benefits have run out, receive the care they need. The new centers include areas for private examinations, occupational and physical therapy, and rooms for educational community programs. Services include basic health screenings, rehabilitation, programs for older adults, programs in pain management, and exercise and education programs to promote wellness and prevent injuries.
In addition to state-of-the-art facilities and equipment, the PCCs are outfitted with an academic electronic health record system. Students chart patient information using the electronic record, which is maintained by health information management technology students. The system provides an opportunity both to educate and to maintain efficient records of client visits.
The PCCs also have fostered partnerships within the health-care community. Students have gained experience working with Cleveland State University’s physical therapy students, with Ohio School of Podiatric Medicine practitioners who will deliver care to clients at the centers, and with the Free Clinic of Cleveland, which provides screenings and care at the centers.
A DOL spokesperson said, “After an extensive review, we are pleased to recognize the excellence we witnessed at Cuyahoga Community College’s Preventative Care Centers with the ‘Best Practice’ designation.” In the first year of operation, the PCCs served more than 100 clients. Patient/client feedback has been positive, and students have gained invaluable community experience. Cuyahoga Community College was able to leverage government funding to solve capacity issues, create an infrastructure to build and maintain the PCCs, and prepare for tomorrow’s health-care staffing needs today.
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The initial results of Russia’s presidential election are in, and appear to have brought Vladimir Putin back to the presidency with an estimated 64% of the vote, according to exit polls. Opposition activists and election monitors have claimed that the elections have been marred by rampant fraud, including reports of ‘carousel voting’ and even alleged attacks upon independent election monitors from Golos. A mass protest is scheduled to take place in Moscow’s Pushkin Square today.
This outcome is hardly surprising. Pre-election polls indicated that Putin would be returned to power regardless of his declining popularity, thanks to a combination of restricted political competition and anticipated fraud and intimidation. The election results have not repaired the damage to Putin wrought by the anti-government protests of the past three months: in fact, if the opposition movement continues to build momentum, Putin may be forced to leave office earlier than 2018, when his presidential term will end.
The opposition movement represents the greatest challenge to Putin’s legitimacy since he came to power in 2000. Putin faces a broad-based, non-ideological protest movement which has gained strength in successive protests to become the most significant anti-government movement since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The Russian public no longer enjoy the levels of economic growth which once made the bargain of the Kremlin’s so-called ‘sovereign democracy’-restricted political liberties exchanged for economic prosperity-tolerable. (GDP growth is expected to diminish to 3.5% in 2012).
Moreover, years of imprudent budgetary planning and mismanagement have produced a budgetary time bomb for the next president, with annual revenue streams unable to meet the demands of the country’s badly outdated health, military and transport infrastructure. This will require austerity measures and restructuring which will likely prove unpopular. With public disapproval of the Kremlin high-a February Levada Centre poll indicates 55% disapproval of government activities-and a relatively high proportion of public support for the protests, this could incite a second wave of social and economic protests, which would engage a larger constituency than the on-going political demonstrations.
If the fractious and multifarious opposition movement can remain united, continue to organise large-scale street protests or escalate demonstrations to permanent protests, along the lines of Ukraine’s ‘Orange Revolution,’ the government will be forced to make substantial concessions-at the very least, agree to liberalise political competition by permitting the registration of unofficial political parties such as Vladimir Ryzhkov’s Republican Party of Russia, or may even be compelled to court a figure such as failed presidential candidate Mikhail Prokhorov to join the cabinet.
The success of today’s rally will be decisive in setting the tone for what follows. While Alexey Navalny’s hopes of a ‘tent city’ protest may be scuppered by the cold weather and the population’s distrust of anything veering into ‘revolutionary’ territory, Putin’s attempts to reassert his legitimacy through today’s questionable election results could be successfully challenged and eroded by a united and articulate protest movement.
In addition, if the opposition succeeds in staging large-scale peaceful protests this week, the government may choose to stage the type of violent crackdown it has thus far avoided. This is a dangerous tactic—one which may prove effective if it manages to remove the leadership of key components of the opposition, but which could also galvanise and radicalise public opinion against the Kremlin. On the other hand, if the government chooses a strategy of engagement and limited concessions, they may successfully co-opt enough elites to remain in power and placate the protestors; yet they may also initiate the ineluctable erosion of their monopoly on power. | <urn:uuid:5e6fc873-f040-4139-9ab1-641ecf7a9c93> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://henryjacksonsociety.org/2012/03/05/putin-re-elected-but-his-days-may-still-be-numbered/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988722951.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183842-00210-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951064 | 811 | 1.945313 | 2 |
Black Hole Sun ᐉ
Watch this video full screen and with your sounds on. As featured on National Geographic News this 8-minute timelapse movie is an effort in search of dark skies in the Austrian Alps. The beauty of night sky is filmed against the growing threat of human-made light pollution, an enormous waist of energy to illuminate the sky instead of the ground. As noted by the photographer “The Alps offer some of the last remote places in western Europe where its still possible to see the beauty of a starry sky. By contrast some other footage of the film show flood lit cities and frequented traffic ways in the tyrol inn-valley with surrounding dark valleys and mountains. While many of the scenes are made from near Innsbruck, Austria, there are also some scenes from Dolomites in Italy, and La Palma, Canary Islands.” The title is the name of the song used for this video, by Soundgarden. | <urn:uuid:6437fd73-ec9e-4526-89ff-90ccf31797f3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://twanight.org/gallery/black-hole-sun/?preview=true | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570921.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809094531-20220809124531-00268.warc.gz | en | 0.951902 | 200 | 1.765625 | 2 |
By Angela M. Antonelli and Yijun Yin
A majority of Americans report a lack of confidence in their ability to prepare adequately for their own retirement. If they can put money away for retirement, they often do not take the time to understand how much they will need to save and, even if they do, are fearful they will never be able to save enough to last a lifetime and will need to keep working longer.
What we have come to expect from workers planning for retirement has changed significantly and not necessarily for the better. When traditional defined benefit (DB) plans were more common, a worker would make regular payroll deduction contributions to the employer who, in turn, would rely on investment experts (e.g., a Chief Investment Officer and staff) to manage and invest the funds. In doing so, these experts would worry about things like investment returns, rebalancing the portfolio, keeping fees low, and pooling risks such as longevity in order to do the best to provide the worker with a guaranteed retirement benefit.
As traditional DB benefit plans have been replaced by the much more common defined contribution (DC) systems of retirement savings, workers, if they even have access to a way to save through their employer, must now perform many of the financial tasks previously handled by the employer and its team of investment experts. For many Baby Boomers and future generations, we have to be our own Chief Investment Officers with the ability to make all the right choices.
Some will argue that this is not an unreasonable expectation, although study after study would suggest humans do not always act in their own best interests and even if they are inclined to do so, they often do not have either the information or the knowledge to be able to make informed decisions. If the pipes burst in your house, no one would expect you to repair them yourself. Car breaks down? Bring it to the mechanic. Want to build your house? Hire an architect and construction team. But when it comes to one of the most important financial decisions an individual can make – how to save and invest for retirement – we are left on our own.
Unfortunately, while economic theory tells us humans will act to maximize their well-being, a new generation of economic theory – behavioral economics – has evolved to help us understand why this is rarely the case and why policymakers might want to consider some techniques, tools, and nudges that can help improve individual well-being.
Being Human, “Misbehaving” and Overcoming Behavioral Barriers
There are many reasons why individuals do not always act in their best interests when it comes to saving for retirement. In his book “Misbehaving – The Making of Behavioral Economics,” economist Richard Thaler outlines three reasons why people often fail to save for retirement: 1) inertia or failure to act, which explains why people do not begin to start saving even when they have the opportunity; 2) loss aversion, which explains why people avoid taking actions perceived as reducing their paycheck; and 3) the lack of self-control that contributes to choosing actions that provide immediate gratification rather than planning for the future.
Because of these natural behavioral factors, a defined contribution retirement savings program often fails to overcome the following behavioral barriers and leads to less than optimal outcomes:
- Lack of Access to Employer-Based Retirement Savings Plans. For low- and moderate-income workers, contributing anything toward retirement is difficult because they may have student loan debt and struggle to cover day-to-day living expenses. Not having easy access to a retirement savings program makes it even more difficult to save. According to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO), 84 percent of the workers who do not participate in workplace retirement savings programs reported that the main reason was not having access to a workplace retirement program, rather than a failure to participate.
- Short-Term Horizons. Workers at all ages and income levels are present-minded when making financial decisions. This leads them to weigh the present more (“present bias”) than the future and make investment decisions today that reduce their welfare in the future. For example, individuals tend to be more concerned about day-to-day financial needs than their future financial plans. In addition, if the decision is a complex one requiring the evaluation of many alternatives, such as having to choose from a large number of different investment funds offered by their employer as part of a retirement program, inertia takes over and they may simply never take action.
- Limited Financial Knowledge. Not being able to understand the ABCs of finance makes the case even worse. Individuals who lack the knowledge of basic financial terms, such as compound interest are much less likely to save for retirement. In the United States, a large majority of individuals fail to understand critical financial concepts, and the situation is even worse for millennials. The importance of financial literacy has been addressed by the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Literacy: “While the crisis has many causes, it is undeniable that financial illiteracy is one of the root causes … Sadly, far too many Americans do not have the basic financial skills necessary to develop and maintain a budget, to understand credit, to understand investment vehicles, or to take advantage of our banking system. It is essential to provide basic financial education that allows people to better navigate an economic crisis …” As the GAO recently reported, without proper knowledge to figure out the numbers, a lack of information, overwhelming information, or information that is difficult to understand could all result in workers over- or under-estimating how much they need to save, to give up on saving, or unknowingly save too little.
Strategic Behavioral Nudges Make Sense
Behavioral nudges have attracted the attention of both the public and private sector. The White House has highlighted the value of bringing behavioral science insights to improve program outcomes. The Illinois Secure Choice Program and Aspen recently collaborated on how behavioral nudges can be used to improve retirement program design. According to Forbes, employers are increasingly concerned about their workers’ financial well-being and are taking steps to help them better prepare for retirement.
What are some of the ways policymakers can make better use of behavioral tools and nudges:
- Expand Employer-Based Savings. AARP reports that workers are 15 times more likely to save if they have access to retirement savings plans through their employers. The lack of access to a workplace-based savings plan leaves an individual alone to navigate an array of complex financial products and options, uncertain about what they should choose. Too often the end result is the failure to take action and to never start to save. Research has shown when employees are offered a plan, about 70 percent voluntarily participate; when workers are automatically enrolled in a plan, with an option to opt-out, participation jumps to about 90 percent.
- Keep it Simple, Easy, and Make the Default Automatic. Behavioral studies tell us when faced with overly complex choices people are more likely to adopt simplifying strategies, which is to take whatever option that requires the least effort. To make savings easy, auto-enrollment with an option to opt-out and auto-escalation has been suggested and tested in a program, named Save More Tomorrow (SMT). An empirical study with 25 companies that administer retirement plans shows the SMT program has a noticeable effect in boosting annual savings. When providing financial and enrollment information, using behavior insights to design the message could make a great difference. In a program to promote retirement security for government agencies, emails redesigned by the Social and Behavioral Science Team (SBST) led 22 percent more people to re-enroll in Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) within a week.
- Provide Financial Education Opportunities. For individuals with limited financial knowledge and primary responsibility for saving and investing, improving financial literacy can make a difference. Many studies and reports have suggested that workplace-based plans and financial education are the most effective to improve financial literacy and thus increase retirement savings. A case study found that “the most financially savvy are also the most likely to participate in and contribute the most to their plan …” and “… employees who completed a financial education module were more likely to start contributing and less likely to have stopped contributing to the DC plan.”
By better utilizing tools and nudges to improve program outcomes, states and employers can make significant progress to address the retirement saving crisis. In states like California, Connecticut, Illinois, Oregon and Maryland, policymakers are establishing programs to expand access to retirement savings programs. These policy leaders are at the forefront of applying behavioral insights to program design in a way that will help millions of Americans begin to save more for their retirement.
Angela M. Antonelli is the Executive Director of the Center for Retirement Initiatives and Yijun Yin is a former Research Assistant and a graduate student at McCourt School of Public Policy.
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Brigitte Madrian (2014). Applying Insights from Behavioral Economics to Policy Design. Retrieved from http://www.nber.org/papers/w20318.pdf
Richard H. Thaler (2015). Misbehaving – The Making of Behavioral Economics.
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Oil futures tumbled more than $5 a barrel on news that the Biden administration is considering releasing about 1 million barrels a day from the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) for several months to cool surging crude prices.
Brent crude futures were down $4.71, or 4.2 percent, at $108.58 a barrel by 0035 GMT. U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures fell $5.45, or 5 percent, to $102.74 a barrel.
At an earlier time, gasoline prices had already reached record levels because of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
The prices of other commodities like the lithium batteries are also expected to be volatile.
The advantages of lithium batteries
1. Energy is relatively high. It has high storage energy density, which has reached 460-600Wh/kg, which is about 6-7 times that of lead-acid batteries;
2. Long service life, the service life can reach more than 6 years, the battery with lithium ferrous phosphate as the positive electrode is charged and discharged at 1C (100% DOD), and there is a record of 10,000 times of use;
3. The rated voltage is high (the single working voltage is 3.7V or 3.2V), which is approximately equal to the series voltage of 3 NiCd or NiMH rechargeable batteries, which is convenient to form a battery power pack; the lithium battery can pass a new type of lithium battery voltage regulator technology, the voltage is adjusted to 3.0V, which is suitable for the use of small electrical appliances.
4. With high power tolerance, the lithium iron phosphate lithium-ion battery for electric vehicles can reach 15-30C charge and discharge capacity, which is convenient for high-intensity startup acceleration;
5. The self-discharge rate is very low, which is one of the most prominent advantages of the battery, generally less than 1%/month, less than 1/20 of the nickel-metal hydride battery;
6. Light weight, the weight is about 1/6-1/5 of lead-acid products under the same volume;
7. High and low temperature adaptability, can be used in the environment of -20℃--60℃, and can be used in the environment of -45℃ after technical treatment;
8. Green and environmentally friendly, regardless of production, use and scrap, it does not contain or produce any toxic and harmful heavy metal elements and substances such as lead, mercury, and cadmium.
9. Production basically does not consume water, which is very beneficial to my country, which is short of water.
Specific energy refers to the energy per unit weight or unit volume. Specific energy is expressed in Wh/kg or Wh/L. Wh is the unit of energy, W is watt, h is hour; kg is kilogram (unit of weight), L is liter (unit of volume).
The shortcoming of lithium batteries
1. Lithium primary batteries have poor safety and there is a danger of explosion.
2. Lithium-ion batteries of lithium cobalt oxide cannot be discharged at large currents, are expensive and have poor safety.
3. Li-ion batteries need to protect the circuit to prevent the battery from being overcharged and overdischarged.
4. The production requirements are high and the cost is high.
5. The use conditions are limited, and the high and low temperature use is dangerous.
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At present, international supply chains were shocked, and logistics and transportation efficiency decreases. Geopolitical conflicts further aggravate uncertainties about the European and American economic recovery and the global commodity supply. For this reason, I assume the price of the lithium batteries would not decrease significantly in the short term.
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As Twitter becomes increasingly abused by hackers, Finjan Software released on Tuesday a free browser add-on with a new feature that scans links and warns if they point to a page containing malware.
The SecureTwitter component is wrapped into SecureBrowsing, a plug-in for either the Firefox or Internet Explorer browsers, said Yuval Ben-Itzhak, Finjan's CTO.
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SecureTwitter is designed to warn people about links that people post on the micro-blogging service. Because of Twitter's 140-character limit, most of the URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) posted have been shortened using services such as Bit.ly or TinyURL.
Those services completely obscure the true destination of the link, which is dangerous since users have no idea that they could be directed straight to a site that will look for software vulnerabilities in order to infect the PC with malware.
Even if a URL isn't shortened, it's nearly impossible to tell if a site may host malware since many legitimate sites have been hacked, too.
"The hacker is taking advantage that their content is now being served by legitimate sites, and there's high traffic on these sites today," Ben-Itzhak said. "This is how they distribute their malicious code."
SecureBrowsing shows either a green check next to a link indicating that the target Web site is fine or a red "X" if it's bad. SecureBrowsing may also show a question mark if the site can't be scanned.
Upon visiting Twitter, users will see a rotating circle as Finjan is scanning the URLs. The links are sent to Finjan's data center, which performs the scan and reports back within a couple of seconds. A pop-up window contains a link that will take a user to Finjan's site for an explanation of why the site has been flagged as bad.
SecureBrowsing will also scan links in other Web-based services and social networking sites such as Bebo, Digg, Slashdot, MySpace, Gmail and for Google and Yahoo searches.
Finjan has made SecureBrowsing free for consumers since it sells an enterprise appliance under the Vital Security brand that will scan Web links, monitor Web traffic and control bandwidth usage, among other functions.
A couple of other vendors have products similar to SecureBrowsing. AVG has a free product called LinkScanner, and McAfee has one called SiteAdvisor, both of which are intended to give users more information about the safety of the sites they're considering browsing. Neither LinkScanner nor SiteAdvisor scan Twitter links. | <urn:uuid:18a36541-dd15-49e3-9125-d29e8832174f> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.infoworld.com/article/2630748/endpoint-protection/free-security-add-on-vets-twitter-links.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280791.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00361-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.941923 | 554 | 2.046875 | 2 |
LED TV Coffee Table
With $73 And A Few LEDs You Can Transform Your Old TV Into Something Awesome
Are you looking for something to do with your outdated LED television? A professor at the University of Florida’s Bruna Lab has an idea for you.
In 2007, Emilio Bruna purchased a 42-inch plasma television to celebrate making tenure. As often happens with expensive electronics, the television soon broke and became so outdated that it was not worth repairing. Instead of throwing it away, Bruna decided to turn it into the coolest coffee table you’ve ever seen.
Bruna found some instructions online for how to turn his TV into a coffee table, but he took it one step further. While searching for LEDs online, he found instructions on how to make an Infinity Mirror.
An Infinity Mirror is an optical illusion that uses LEDs to create the appearance of a deep tunnel with no end (pictured above). Bruna decided to combine the ideas to create an Infinity Coffee Table that could be switched on and off to impress his kids and guests.
Bruna says that the project took about eight hours and only cost $73. That’s a pretty good deal considering that you can get a glass coffee table at IKEA for $79.99 that you’ll probably spend about eight hours assembling anyway. Plus it’s not exactly exciting to tell people how you bought a table from IKEA.
You can find a step-by-step guide on how to do this on Bruna Lab’s website. Make one for yourself or give someone the coolest Christmas present they’ll ever receive.
The Final Product
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So, you’ve been right – you haven’t eaten too many unhealthy meals and your workout efforts have ended in a more healthy body, extended self-esteem and greater electricity.
When Can You Consume Your Favorite Desserts? When is the time to revel in your most preferred ingredients, treats etc. With out being disillusioned in yourself?
A few years lower back I went on a 1-week excursion with my own family. This 7 day hiatus from and paintings and subject changed into the precise time to interrupt my patterns of wholesome eating and exercising.
I determined to honestly enjoy myself on this vacation and simply completely relax – I suggest all the way (Yes which means Cakes galore).
I had no problem adjusting to the overeating and lack of exercising. It become extremely good amusing – at least quickly!! After following 7 days of this glutinous manner of lifestyles, Cakes and sweets and pies……
I went up an entire length of pants in addition to packing on an additional 37 pounds. Moral of the story, don’t try this. You can devour your favored kaneles Cakes – just do not over do it.
As a private trainer this is what I propose for how to go approximately it the proper manner…..
Make consuming healthful consuming and normal exercise the rule of thumb to your lifestyles.
As you understand there are continually exceptions to the rule irrespective of the challenge count number – and sure this does consist of eating and workout (Even Cakes)..
When you’re making healthful eating and exercise the rule, the occasional Cake or other exceptions are not a purpose for vexation. Let me make clear that, if you make fitness your regular dependancy, the occasional outdoor sample or wilderness or treat, which includes a birthday cake, wedding cake or even a celebration cake, will not damage your body.
As long as you come to the authentic plan, and no longer trade it as you go.
A few desserts every week, even a few missed workout sessions will no longer damage you, so long as they may be exceptions and not the norm.
On average you consume 28 times in per week – five meals an afternoon.
The 10% exception rule (or about 3-four meals a week) which might be less than best aren’t going to damage you (sparsely)..
When you interact in an “exception meal”, do not eat sufficient for the next three days well worth, just consume the same amount of calories and portions of meals as normal, besides this time it’s in the shape of your favourite foods or Cakes.
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Transcript of The Odyssey
An Introduction to the
"The Odyssey" Introduction
You are on a journey through high school right now. As you work your way through this journey, what do you think is more important - reaching your goal of graduating, or enjoying the day-to-day experiences leading up to your graduation?
Write a full paragraph responding to the
Refer to Pgs 640-649 in Literature Textbook & Pgs 281-283 The Holt Reader
Fill out note-taking handout relating to the Introduction to the Odyssey
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To be turned in!!
The Red Wheel Barrow
so much depends
a red wheel
glazed with rain
beside the white
my transcript is due on thursday and the entire interview project is due on october 1st
You have been shipwrecked on an island. You meet a god/goddess who falls in love with you and wants you to stay with him or her forever. In return, he or she will make you immortal. However, all you wanted for years is to get home with your family. What would you choose? Why?
In your writing include the following:
- Epic setting
- Epic simile
- Sensory language (lots of details)
Write a letter to Penelope as if you were Odysseus. Explain to her everything you have been through so far on your journey and why you haven't made it home to her.
Which movie did a better job developing the hero as a believable, relatable character? Why?
Why do you think this is true?
Imagine you are a movie director, assigned the task of producing a modern take on the tale of the Cyclops.
A. Where would you set your film?
B. How would the setting impact the story?
C. Who would you cast as Odysseus (or as the Odysseus-like character)? Why?
D. What would your monster character look like? Why do you imagine him or her as such?
Analyzing The Cylcops in two mediums
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Yesterday's reference exchange rate was 4.1549 lei per euro, a level not reached since January 8, when the rate was of 4.1385 lei per euro. The leu won 3.26 percent during the last fortnight.
The national currency stood this morning at 4.1560 against the euro, but the exchange rate slumped to 4.1513 in less than an hour. The leu then followed the regional trend and decreased to 4.17 versus the euro. After 1 p.m., it recouped somewhat and at 1:45 p.m. banks were buying an euro for 4.1655 lei and selling it for 4.1705 lei.
The Hungarian forint fell from 294.10 to 298.90 per euro and then returned to 296.66, while the Polish zloty slipped from 4.4478 to 4.5150 against the euro and retraced its steps to 4.4860 per euro.
The reference exchange rate shows the leu losing 2.27 percent in front of the U.S. dollar, from yesterday's 3.0710 to 3.1407 per dollar.
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Colonel J. Bret Johnson, superintendent of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, announces the Patrol's participation in Operation Dry Water. Operation Dry Water is a national campaign in which marine law enforcement officers from across the country coordinate special patrols during the last weekend in June to keep our waterways safe from boaters operating under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Troopers will focus their efforts over the weekend of June 26-28, 2015, to detect and apprehend intoxicated operators.
Missouri boat operators found to have a blood alcohol content of .08% or greater will be arrested for boating while intoxicated. Intoxicated boat operators endanger themselves, their passengers, and other boaters utilizing our many waterways.
Last year, 585 local, state, and federal agencies participated in a weekend long event of heightened BWI enforcement known as Operation Dry Water. Officers removed 318 intoxicated boat operators from the water. In addition, law enforcement officers made contact with over 146,000 boaters concerning BWI or boating safety enforcement and awareness. From 2009 to 2014, over 1,800 BWI operators have been removed from the water by law enforcement officers during the Operation Dry Water weekends.
In 2014, Missouri troopers arrested a total of eight people for boating while intoxicated, contacted 431 vessels and 1,390 boaters, and issued 72 boating violation summonses and 390 warnings on Missouri waterways. Marine operations troopers also issued 29 summonses for non-boating violations during the 2014 Operation Dry Water weekend. Special enforcement operations will continue throughout the summer months. Boaters are reminded that designating a sober skipper is always the safest bet if alcohol is going to be included in their boating experience. | <urn:uuid:1991a7b2-59f4-4533-ab53-445430b8f7a2> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://batescountynewswire.blogspot.com/2015/06/missouri-state-highway-patrol-joins.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280791.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00359-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.95711 | 339 | 1.632813 | 2 |
If you’re like me, then you use a computer and write for The Nature Conservancy. And like me, you wistfully recall a time when the only people who had computers were astronauts, chess masters and captains of industry. “The past,” as they say, “is past.” Or maybe “passed.”
Long gone are the days of Jukt Micronic’s infamous Sequoia laptop, a redwood-encased notebook device boasting scrimshaw keys and an ivory-lined CD-ROM drive. Floppy diskettes, once woven from thousands of wafer-thin layers of French moleskin, are now baroquely known as “USB drives” and are constructed from modern alloys of plastic, steel and synthetic wood. Wither Magnetbox’s notorious die-cast dot matrix printer? Consigned to the dustbin of nostalgia, along with disposable keyboards and asbestos modems.
Luckily, today’s computists are far more savvy about the environment. They demand wares — both hard and soft — that dovetail with a“conservation ethos” seeded in computer labs and nurtured to blossom in chat rooms and Web forums. But whether you compute in home, an office or a home office, there are simple ways you, too, can protect Motherboard Earth.
Reduce and Reuse
One of the simplest “green computing” measures you can take is to reduce your amount of digital space. For instance, limit the number of new folders or files you create. Rename an unwanted folder instead of creating a new one, or write over an old document to save space. If you must create a new folder, opt for one made of FSC-certified e-materials.
When beginning a new project in Microsoft Word or Excel, be mindful of the impact your document will have on the planet. Choose the smallest font size possible, even if it means overriding the defaults. Widen the margins to create a larger writing space. Together, those simple steps can result in up to 40 percent fewer screen pages — 50 percent fewer in print preview mode!
As a welcome side-effect, limiting the number of files and folders — not to mention draining the battery before travel — keeps a laptop lighter, making it less of a burden to carry.
Search-engine emissions standards haven’t changed much since the days of Netscape, but though technology may be lagging behind public sentiment, it won’t be long before users have the option of using hybrid search engines. Until then, try to keep your e-footprint small by only visiting web addresses within a 50-mile radius of your computer.
When it comes to disposing of electronic waste — the deleted messages, documents and files that form the detritus of a typical system — the computing powers-that-be are oddly inconsistent.
Most PC-based operating systems offer users the option of recycling such items in a desktop bin, while the otherwise progressive Apple systems still cling to dated and unsustainable trash cans. And while it’s easy enough to recycle PC desktop matter, word processing, e-mail and accounting programs still require users to “trash” unwanted data without an easy recycling alternative.
At The Nature Conservancy, we advise computists to load trash files onto portable drives, transfer them to PC-based systems and then manually recycle the data. Time-consuming, perhaps, but worth it. It’s important to remember that not all computer data is recyclable, though. Tweets and IMs should, whenever possible, be composted.
Few things are worse for cyberspace than viruses. From Trojan horses and blaster worms that compete with native species for precious nutrients to rampant overphishing of personal resources, invasive viruses threaten the very fabric of our digital world.
And while prescribed firewalls can be an effective means of control, vigilant monitoring is the safest way to keep these meddlesome pests out. Unfortunately, the harsh coding within most virus sweepers and scrubbers can be harmful, too. The environmentally minded should consider organic virus scrubbers, such as those containing natural exfoliants made from oatmeal, lemon or sea salt.
Wrap it Up
For dozens of months now, The Nature Conservancy has been working with computing experts around the world to design sustainable, Earth-friendly computing systems.
From creating pasture rotation plans on our server farms to eschewing pen-raised servlets in favor of those written in free-range coding, we are helping to ensure that the cyberworld of tomorrow will contain blue cloud-computing skies…and that the Internet’s rich and bountiful harvest will remain intact for nextgen users.
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Cowley students from 7R1, 7B1, 8R1 and 8B1 will take part in the 2020 Junior Mathematical Challenge ran by the UK Mathematics Trust.
This year, the challenge will take place online with Cowley students taking the challenge on Wednesday 1st July at 11:00am.
The Junior Mathematical Challenge is a 60-minute competition with 25 multiple choice challenging maths questions to answer. Students across the whole of the UK take part.
Bronze, silver and gold named certificates will be awarded for the top performers in the challenge.
The Cowley students involved should have already received details of their user names and password to log in to the system via email, alongside information of practice papers to help them prepare for the challenge.
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The rules of redaction: identify, protect, review (and repeat)
The frequent data leak reports in the press attest to the difficulty of identifying and protecting sensitive content. Redaction is particularly challenging because it seeks to protect documents by selectively removing sensitive portions, rather than by quarantining or encrypting the whole document. We review current redaction practice and technology and describe a prototype system that supports the natural redaction workflow and addresses some limitations of current technology. In particular, our system supports all phases of the redaction process, through the use of linguistic content analysis, an interactive user interface, and inference detection algorithms.
Bier, E. A.; Chow, R.; Golle, P.; King, T. H.; Staddon, J. The rules of redaction: identify, protect, review (and repeat). IEEE Security and Privacy Magazine. 2009 December; 7 (6): 46-53. | <urn:uuid:b27be553-93d1-4d8b-94d6-ce6370b69a97> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.parc.com/publication/2364/rules-of-redaction.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280364.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00037-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.823478 | 185 | 2.0625 | 2 |
How to send and receive messages from an ipad
How to send and receive text messages from an iPad. How to use the text message forwarding feature available on the iPhone. How to send messages from an iPad using the number of an iPhone. How to send messages from the iPad. How to receive all messages on the iPad.
If you own both an iPhone and an iPad, then you can send and receive messages on your iPad using your iPhone's phone number with the new "Text Message Forwarding" feature available on the iPhone. Here is how you do it:
- Make sure both your iPhone and iPad are turned on and connected to the same WiFi connection
- On your iPhone, go to Settings > Messages and you should see "Text Message Forwarding"
- Once you select Text Message Forwarding, you will then see the available Apple devices.
Switch ON the toggle beside the iPad
- You will then be prompted to enter a code. If you grab your iPad now, there should be a popup window with the code you must enter into your iPhone
- Once the you enter the code into your iPhone, you will able to send and receive text messages from your iPad! | <urn:uuid:7834db5b-3c9f-4652-883b-408807ed7da7> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.thecellguide.com/iphonehowtoipadsms.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560284405.58/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095124-00042-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.883913 | 241 | 1.960938 | 2 |
Malaysia law resource page with links to the Malaysia constitution, Malaysia government, Malaysia law firms, Malaysia law, Malaysia bar association, Malaysia dispute resolution, Malaysia legal research, Malaysia prime minister, Malaysia legislature, and Malaysia law guide.
"The Malaysia Government's Official Portal." English and Malay.
- Federal Government
From The Malaysia Government's Official Portal. List of ministries and prime minister's department. English and Malay.
- CLJ Legal Network
Cases, land law, and more. Password required.
- Federation of Malaysia
From the Law Library of Congress. "The Guide to Law Online is an annotated compendium of sources accessible through the Internet. Links provide access to primary documents, legal commentary," and more.
- Governments on the WWW: Malaysia
- Laws of Malaysia
"Full text of Malaysian statutes." From Tay & Partners.
"Lawyerment is a leading Malaysian legal site for consumer & small businesses. It provides general legal information to help people understand their legal rights in Malaysia...."
From WorldLII. Includes courts and case law, government, legislation, and more.
- State Government
From The Malaysia Government's Official Portal. English and Malay.
- Law Firms
HierosGamos. Select by City or Practice Area.
- Parlimen Malaysia
In English and Malay.
- Cabinet Line-Up
From The Malaysia Government's Official Portal.
“NATLEX, the database of national labour, social security and related human rights legislation maintained by the ILO's International Labour Standards Department. Records in NATLEX provide abstracts of legislation and relevant citation information, and they are indexed by keywords and by subject classifications." | <urn:uuid:c93b6851-e9d7-42e5-a9fe-b26fc24b99d8> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.washlaw.edu/forint/asia/malaysia.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279410.32/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00168-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.832758 | 354 | 1.84375 | 2 |
decided: March 17, 1930.
STATEN ISLAND RAPID TRANSIT RAILWAY COMPANY
PHOENIX INDEMNITY COMPANY
APPEAL FROM THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW YORK.
Hughes, Holmes, Van Devanter, McReynolds, Brandeis, Sutherland, Butler, Stone
[ 281 U.S. Page 103]
MR. CHIEF JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the Court.
This case was submitted to the state court upon an agreed statement of facts, and presented the question of the validity of a provision of section twenty-nine of the Workmen's Compensation Law of New York under the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Joseph Perroth, in the course of his employment by one Anderson, was killed through the negligence of the appellant, The Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway Company. Perroth left surviving him a dependent, his widow. The administratrix of Perroth brought an action against the appellant to recover damages caused by his death, and the claim was settled by the payment of an amount in excess of that which the dependent would have been entitled to receive under the Workmen's Compensation Law. In these circumstances, there being no right of recovery by the dependent of Perroth against his employer, subdivisions
[ 281 U.S. Page 104]
eight and nine of section fifteen of the Workmen's Compensation Law became applicable.*fn1
[ 281 U.S. Page 105]
The scheme of these provisions was the creation of two special funds in the hands of the state treasurer, the one to be used in paying additional compensation to employees incurring permanent total disability after permanent partial disability; and the other, in the vocational education of employees so injured as to need rehabilitation. These special funds were to be maintained by payments by the insurance carrier, as defined in the act,*fn2 of five hundred dollars for each of the two funds in those cases of injury causing death where there were no persons entitled to compensation under the act, and the payments made out of these special funds for the benefit of employees of the described classes were to be over and above the compensation which the act required to be made by the respective employers of such employees.
In the present instance, the respondent, as the insurer of Perroth's employer, paid to the state treasurer the amount of two awards, of five hundred dollars each, made jointly against Perroth's employer and the respondent under subdivisions eight and nine of section fifteen. The respondent then brought this suit under section twenty-nine of the Workmen's Compensation Law to recover this amount from the appellant which had wrongfully caused the death. That section provides:
"In case of the payment of an award to the state treasurer in accordance with subdivisions eight and nine of section fifteen such payment shall operate to give to the employer or insurance carrier liable for the award a cause of action for the amount of such payment together with the reasonable funeral expenses and the expense of medical
[ 281 U.S. Page 106]
treatment which shall be in addition to any cause of action by the legal representatives of the deceased."
Two questions were submitted to the state court:
"First. Was the state treasurer entitled to the awards made in his favor and paid by the plaintiff?
"Second. If the first question is answered in the affirmative, is the plaintiff entitled to recover the amount of said awards from the defendant by reason of section twenty-nine of the Workmen's Compensation Law?"
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State answered both questions in the affirmative, and the judgment entered accordingly for the respondent was affirmed by the Court of Appeals. That court decided that the provision of section twenty-nine which was held to justify the recovery did not violate the Fourteenth Amendment as denying either due process of law or the equal protection of the laws.
The due process clause is invoked on the ground that there is no reasonable basis for the creation of a cause of action against the appellant, and that the statute arbitrarily takes the property of one person for the private use and benefit of another. It is recognized that the State may create new rights and duties and provide for their appropriate enforcement. Recovery for an injury causing death and employers' liability and workmen's compensation acts are familiar illustrations. But it is argued that the appellant committed no wrong against the respondent, and that for the wrong against the deceased and his widow the appellant has made full restitution. The fact of this restitution, however, is an inadequate basis for the conclusion sought. It can not be said that in providing for the recovery of the loss sustained by the dependents or next of kin of a deceased, the State has exhausted its authority to provide redress for the wrong.
[ 281 U.S. Page 107]
The State may permit the recovery of punitive damages in an action by the representatives of the deceased in order to strike effectively at the evil to be prevented. Pizitz v. Yeldell, 274 U.S. 112, 116. The State might also, if it saw fit, provide for a recovery by the employer for the loss sustained by him by reason of the wrongful act. The wrong may also be regarded as one against the State itself, in depriving the State of the benefit of the life of one owing it allegiance. For this wrong the State might impose a penalty. This is not contested. And it is well settled that the mode in which penalties shall be enforced, and the disposition of the amounts collected are matters of legislative discretion. Missouri Pacific Railway Company v. Humes, 115 U.S. 512, 523.
But it is said that the legislature can not cause a liability to accrue to a stranger against whom the wrongdoer committed no breach of duty. If, however, the State might penalize the wrongdoer by requiring a payment to be made by him directly to the state treasury, there would seem to be no reason why the State can not compel the wrongdoer to indemnify the employer, and his insurance carrier, for payments properly required of them and made to the State where the liability for such payments has arisen by reason of the death caused by the wrongful act. The State in this instance could have imposed a penalty on the wrongdoer and turned the amount over to the employer or his insurer for their indemnity. It could accomplish the same purpose without circumlocution.
There is no question here as to the validity of the provisions for the creation of the special funds in the hands of the state treasurer, in order to provide additional compensation to employees in cases requiring special consideration, or as to the validity of the requirement of payment by employers and their insurance carriers in order to maintain such funds. The constitutionality of these statutory
[ 281 U.S. Page 108]
provisions has been sustained by this Court. R. E. Sheehan Co. v. Shuler, 265 U.S. 371; New York State Railways v. Shuler, 265 U.S. 379. These provisions were an appropriate part of the plan of the Workmen's Compensation Law. It was not considered that the due process clause was violated because the additional compensation, to be made in the described classes of cases, was not paid to the injured employees by their immediate employers or because payment was to be made out of public funds established for the purpose. R. E. Sheehan Co. v. Shuler, supra. Thus, the respondent is in no proper sense a stranger to the wrongful act of the appellant. The respondent under the law of the State insured the employer of the deceased, and, as insurer, was required by the statute to make the payments in question to the state treasury. As these payments became obligatory because of the death caused by appellant's wrongful act, the indemnification of the respondent was a natural and reasonable requirement in consequence of that act. In creating the cause of action in order to obtain this indemnification, there was no lack of due process of law, as there was none in the means afforded by the State for enforcing the liability. In the action to enforce it the appellant could, as the state court has held in the present case, "avail itself of any defense which it has or ever had. It has a right to establish, if it can, that there could have been no recovery in the negligence action which it settled, and may test the validity of the awards against the insurance carrier by any defense which the carrier could have interposed, as it was not a party to that proceeding and is not bound thereby".
Nor do we find any sufficient ground for the contention that the statutory provisions in question denied the equal protection of the laws. The classification is attacked as arbitrary because it is said to rest on the circumstance
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whether or not there are persons entitled to compensation under the statute in the particular case, and that this depends on the further circumstance whether there are dependents and, if there are, whether they recover at least as much as the compensation for which the act provides. But this is the classification with respect to the requirement of the payments by the employer or his insurer for the maintenance of the special funds. That can not be said to be an unreasonable classification, as it provides for those cases where there are no persons entitled to compensation under the act, and thus the immediate employer and his insurer are relieved of the obligation to pay compensation. And, in view of the decisions of this Court, above cited, the validity of subdivisions eight and nine of section fifteen of the statute, as construed by the state court, requiring the payments by the employer and the insured in this instance, have not been questioned. So far as the provision of section twenty-nine is concerned, it operates uniformly against all wrongdoers in like circumstances, that is, whenever awards as required by subdivisions eight and nine of section fifteen have been made against the employer, or his insurer, and such awards have been paid to the state treasurer.
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Buccal drug delivery systems can be defined as the administration of the drug via the buccal mucosa (the lining of the cheek and area between the gums and upper and lower lips) to the systemic circulation.
In the buccal route, the medicament is placed between the cheek and the gum for local or systemic action. In the buccal route, rapid absorption of the drug occurs with no first-pass hepatic metabolism and no degradation of drugs.
Advantages of Buccal Drug Delivery System
- Drug absorption through the buccal epithelial lining of the oral cavity (mucosa of the cheek) for local or systemic action.
- Ease and convenience of dosing.
- Precise localization.
- Increased permeability of the buccal mucosa compared to other transepithelial routes.
- The rich supply of blood vessels and lymphatics in the buccal mucosa results in rapid onset of drug action.
- Drugs absorbed from the buccal mucosa may directly enter the systemic circulation by way of the jugular vein, minimizing the first-pass liver metabolism.
- Minimize the gastric acid or enzyme-mediated degradation.
- When compared to other mucosal delivery routes, buccal drug delivery offers a higher degree of control and reproducibility.
Disadvantages of Buccal Drug Delivery System
- Drug transport is by passive diffusion
- Drug absorption is low, which results in low bioavailability.
- Buccal mucosa, like the small intestine, offers a lipoidal barrier and this route is usually practical for small lipophilic molecules.
- Only a few hydrophilic drugs or compounds such as certain amino acids and monosaccharides have been reported to be transported via a carrier-mediated process.
- Taste masking may be necessary for drugs that are bitter or irritable.
- The total area for drug absorption is small (100 to 170 cm2) when compared to the total area of gastrointestinal absorption.
- The dosage form must be kept in place for effective absorption because salivary flow may wash away the dissolved drug and the dosage form may be swallowed before drug dissolution.
Anatomy of Buccal Drug Delivery System
- Non-toxic, non-irritant.
- Good spreadability, wetting, swelling, solubility & biodegradable if possible.
- Adhesion should be quick & with sufficient mechanical strength.
- Should have peel, tensile, shear strength.
- Should easily incorporate drug in formulation & it should not be an obstacle in drug release.
- Buccal Film
- Buccal Strip
- Buccal Patch
- Buccal Tablets
- Buccal Spray
- Buccal Gels
- Buccal patches have been evaluated over the past several decades as a viable means of drug delivery to the tissues of the oral mucosa (i.e., buccal, palatal, and gingival tissues).
- Buccal adhesive patches are generally modified-release dosage forms that have the potential to provide for controlled drug delivery from 1 to 24 hours depending upon their biopharmaceutical and dissolution characteristics (i.e. Slow dissolving vs. non-dissolving).
- Offer a Metered-dose as an alternative to the use of needles for injections.
- The gel-forming bioadhesive polymers include crosslinked polyacrylic acid that has been used to adhere to mucosal surfaces for extended periods and provide a controlled release of drugs.
- Buccal bioadhesive semisolid dosage forms consist of finely powdered natural or synthetic polymer dispersed in polyethylene or an aqueous solution.
- Hydrophilic matrices that are capable of swelling when placed in aqueous media.
- Release the drug by swelling allowing drug transport through the spaces in the polymer network, Polyacrylic-based hydrogels.
- Glucagon-like insulin tropic peptide gel; Chitosan glutamate buccal hydrogel with local anesthetic activity.
- Used for the delivery of drugs that act topically within the mouth including Antimicrobials, Corticosteroids, Local anesthetics, Antibiotics, Antifungals.
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Fragmentation of natural and semi-natural areas
Published (reviewed and quality assured)
Justification for indicator selection
MAIN ADVANTAGES OF THE INDICATOR
Methodology: this indicator is based on a simple methodology, which includes mathematical calculations and GIS analysis on Corine Land Cover (CLC) data.
Biodiversity relevance: the indicator has a high relevance for biodiversity because it indicates changes in the patch size of natural and semi-natural areas of any type of ecosystem across Europe. If the patch size of these areas decreases drastically, it will have a negative influence on the habitat types present and the species dependent on these habitat types.
Geographical and temporal coverage: For details on geographical and temporal coverage for Corine Land Cover, see
- No rationale references available
This indicator shows the proportion of and trends in natural and semi natural areas, on the basis of land cover maps produced by the photo-interpretation of satellite imagery.
Percentage change of area
Policy context and targets
The indicator is intended to address the question of ecosystem integrity by providing a measurement of 'disintegration' of the countryside across Europe.
Land use in Europe has changed substantially during the past century. The changes in land use have, in turn, affected the size of natural and semi-natural patches of land and have introduced fast growing fragmentation of the wider countryside. This indicator gives information on the trends in surface area of natural and semi natural areas at pan-European level, through the calculation of values derived from land cover maps.
Land cover maps are developed from satellite imagery based on the spectral properties of each pixel within a scene. For this indicator we use data from the Corine Land Cover database (CooRdinate Information on the Environment - Corine).
By calculating the areas belonging to these land cover classes, information on the extent of fragmentation that has occurred in the natural and semi-natural areas is obtained, within the limitations of the CLC data (see Section on main disadvantages).
Relation of the indicator to the CBD Strategic goals and EU targets
Natural and semi-natural areas represent an important integrity component of any given ecosystem, by supporting the full range of ecosystem services and the majority of species and habitats to be found in this type of ecosystem. If the size of such areas decreases, the integrity of the whole ecosystem is at risk. This in turn might affect the potential of the given ecosystem to deliver goods and services.
EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy - target 2
Related policy documents
EU 2020 Biodiversity Strategy
in the Communication: Our life insurance, our natural capital: an EU biodiversity strategy to 2020 (COM(2011) 244) the European Commission has adopted a new strategy to halt the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services in the EU by 2020. There are six main targets, and 20 actions to help Europe reach its goal. The six targets cover: - Full implementation of EU nature legislation to protect biodiversity - Better protection for ecosystems, and more use of green infrastructure - More sustainable agriculture and forestry - Better management of fish stocks - Tighter controls on invasive alien species - A bigger EU contribution to averting global biodiversity loss
Key policy question
Are European natural/semi-natural lands becoming more fragmented? Are forest landscapes becoming more fragmented?
Methodology for indicator calculation
Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4 use data from Corine Land Cover (CLC) for the years 2000 and 2006. Hence, they have the same geographical coverage and class definition as CLC itself. Please note that the CLC map provides broad patterns of land cover/uses with a minimum mapping unit of 25 hectares and therefore enables the observation of broad patterns of change.
Patterns of natural/semi-natural landscapes (Figure 1)
For the calculation, natural/semi-natural lands include the following CLC classes: Forests (3.1), Scrub and/or herbaceous vegetation (3.2), Open spaces with little or no vegetation (3.3), Inland wetlands (4.1) and Maritime wetlands (4.2).
Three landscape patterns enable the landscape fragmentation in European countries and the trend in the period 2000-2006 to be described. They are based on a mosaic index (Estreguil et al., 2012, 2013) that is defined according to the composition in terms of natural/semi-natural, artificial surfaces (CLC class 1) and agricultural areas (CLC class 2) in the 1km2 surroundings of each natural/semi-natural land pixel (1 ha): (1) ‘core natural’ pattern, where natural/semi-natural lands are distributed in relatively ‘unfragmented’ large patches (with at least 80% natural neighbourhood), (2) ‘mixed natural’ pattern, where they are fragmented by agricultural and/or artificial land, still in a natural/semi-natural context (with at least 60% natural neighbourhood), and (3) ‘some natural’ pattern, where they are embedded in predominant agricultural or artificial context (less than 60% natural neighbourhood).
Patterns of forest landscapes (Figure 2)
For the calculation, forest lands include the CLC classes Broad-leaved forest (3.1.1), Coniferous forest (3.1.2) and Mixed forest (3.1.3), as well as young plantations with 500 subjects per hectare and transitional woodland where canopy closure is greater than 50%. Natural/semi-natural non-forested lands include CLC classes 3.2 and 3.3 (natural/semi-natural non-wooded vegetation), wetlands (CLC class 4), young plantations (<500 subjects/ha), other transitional wooded land, clear cuts, burnt areas and forest nurseries.
Similarly to the patterns of natural/semi-natural lands, forest lands are described according to three pattern types based on a mosaic index (Estreguil et al., 2012, 2013), which describes how much forest land (1 ha) is likely ‘unfragmented’ or adjacent to mainly natural/semi-natural lands in their immediate (1 km2) surroundings (‘core natural’ pattern, with at least 80% natural neighbourhood) and how much is fragmented by agriculture and/or artificial lands, still in a natural context (‘mixed natural’ pattern, with at least 60% natural neighbourhood) or embedded as islets and linear features in predominantly agricultural or artificial lands (‘some natural’ pattern, less than 60% natural neighbourhood).
The trend of the ‘core natural’ pattern share for 2000-2006 is shown according to these intervals: below -1% (--), between -1% and -0.1% (-), between -0.1% and 0.1% (=), between 0.1% and 1% (+) and above 1% (++).
Forest connectivity (Figures 3 and 4)
Forest connectivity is measured at landscape level as a function of forest availability (forest area), forest topology, distance and landscape suitability between forest patches for a given species dispersal capability. A forest connectivity index (Estreguil et al., 2012, 2013) is calculated per landscape unit of 25 km x 25 km for forest dwelling species dispersing on average 1 km. Landscapes including woods have a varying connectivity index that ranges from above 0% (few woodlands and highly isolated) to 100% (all woods maximally connected). The shares of landscapes in three different connectivity ranges (<30%, 30-50%, >50%) are shown per country in Figure 3. The change of forest area is studied at landscape level in relation to the change in connectivity for the period 2000-2006 (Figure 4).
JRC EFDAC (European Forest Data Centre) Map viewer at http://efdac.jrc.ec.europa.eu/ (go to map viewer and select Forest Pattern Query)
JRC Forest Action Web site: http://forest.jrc.ec.europa.eu/activities/forest-pattern-fragmentation/
Methodology for gap filling
No methodology for gap filling has been specified. Probably this info has been added together with indicator calculation.
- Fragmentation of natural/semi-natural landscapes in Europe Estreguil, C., Caudullo, G., 2014. Fragmentation of natural/semi-natural landscapes in Europe. JRC scientific and policy report EUR xxEN. JRC Pubsy request nb 92408. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. doi: (in preparation).
- Forest landscape in Europe: Pattern, Fragmentation and Connectivity. Estreguil, C., Caudullo, G., de Rigo, D., San-Miguel-Ayanz, J., 2012. Forest landscape in Europe: Pattern, Fragmentation and Connectivity. JRC scientific and policy report EUR 25717EN. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. doi: 10.2788/77842.
- A proposal for an integrated modelling framework to characterise habitat pattern Estreguil, C., de Rigo, D., Caudullo, G., 2013. A proposal for an integrated modelling framework to characterise habitat pattern. Environmental Modelling & Software, Vol. 52 (February 2014), pp. 176-191, ISSN 1364-8152. doi: 10.1016/j.envsoft.2013.10.011.
EEA data references
- No datasets have been specified here.
Data sources in latest figures
No uncertainty has been specified
Data sets uncertainty
No uncertainty has been specified
MAIN DISADVANTAGES OF THE INDICATOR
Data set resolution: the main disadvantage of using the CLC data set is that fragmentation occurring below the threshold of minimum resolution of 25 Ha is not detectable. The CLC data, however, is the best currently available to cover large areas of Europe in a harmonised way.
MAIN ADVANTAGES OF THE INDICATOR
Biodiversity relevance: the indicator does not provide direct information on the impact of habitat fragmentation on the status of species populations, but can contribute to the forest ecosystem assessment and semi-natural landscapes.
Short term work
Work specified here requires to be completed within 1 year from now.
Long term work
Work specified here will require more than 1 year (from now) to be completed.
Responsibility and ownership
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Frequency of updates
Typology: Descriptive indicator (Type A - What is happening to the environment and to humans?)
For references, please go to http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/indicators/fragmentation-of-natural-and-semi-1 or scan the QR code.
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Organisations actively using Cloud, mobility, Big Data or security technologies are experiencing up to 53 percent higher revenue growth rates than those that have not invested in these technologies.
So says Dell’s second annual Global Technology Adoption Index (GTAI 2015), which claims that despite this strong link between technology use and revenue growth, cost was cited as a main barrier to implementation or expansion of these technologies.
“We’re enthused to see more organisations recognising the strategic importance of technology investments,” says Paul J. Walsh, CIO, Dell.
“We believe this new research will help companies see the correlation between technology use and revenue growth, improved efficiencies and organisational growth.”
In releasing the global results of the survey, Dell - who recently announced its intentions to merge with EMC for US$67 billion - claims four major global trends emerged from the first wave of findings.
Perhaps unsurprisingly given recent analyst rhetoric and forecasts, findings suggest investment in cloud, mobility, big data and security is correlated with revenue growth.
“Organisations that have invested in technology are growing faster, recognising the advantages of security and are becoming more strategic in their security-related investments,” the report states.
Globally, organisations actively using big data, cloud and mobility have up to 53 percent higher growth rates than organisations not investing in these technologies.
More specifically, those organisations using big data experience 50 percent higher growth rates, on-premises cloud have 46 percent higher growth rates while off-premises cloud have 51 percent higher growth rates.
Also, BYOD show 53 percent higher growth rates, mobile applications show 44 percent higher growth rates.
Meanwhile, companies globally are recognising the advantages of security and are becoming more strategic in their investments.
On average, 54 percent of an organisation’s security budget is spent on implementing security plans rather than simply reacting to threats.
In fact, organisations with ‘better security’ as a business goal are more likely to have security plans in place for some or all types of security incidents (69 percent versus 58 percent of their counterparts where ‘better security’ is not a business goal).
These technologies also fuel company benefits, including efficiency and organisational growth goals, the study reports.
The GTAI 2015 found a link between these technologies and organisational efficiency and growth goals.
For mobility, improved efficiency is the biggest benefit (39 percent) while other efficiency-related benefits include business process improvement (21 percent) and reduction in paperwork (21 percent).
For cloud, the top three benefits are also efficiency related, including cost savings (42 percent), getting things done faster (40 percent) and better allocation of IT resources (38 percent).
However, for big data, the report claims the key benefits are related to driving competitive advantage and customer growth and retention, including better targeting of marketing efforts (41 percent - one of last year’s top three goals as well), optimisation of ad spend (37 percent) and optimisation of social media marketing (37 percent).
In a similar vein, for security, the ability to more quickly respond to market conditions is a key benefit (77 percent of organisations with fledgling IT security programs, and 78 percent of organisations with established security solutions).
Finding show that cost joins security as a chief barrier to technology adoption, use and expansion.
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By Amira Esseghir
Importance of Self Improvement in Islam
Islam is a way of life that teaches Muslims to focus on bettering themselves by following the Quran, the holy book of Islam, and the teachings of the final prophet, Muhammad, peace be upon him (pbuh). Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) once said, “Truly I was sent as a Prophet for the purpose of perfecting human character.” This prophetic tradition defines a very important aspect of Islam: self improvement through spiritual and physical purity.
An old Arab proverb aptly states: “The one who lacks something cannot give it to others.” This saying establishes the fact that in order for one to spread “good” in terms of his or her character, manners, words, or actions, he or she must first strive to possess it. One should not neglect to improve one’s own faults even as they attempt to assist others.
Of course, this does not mean that one has to be perfect in order to be of benefit to others; for instance, some people think that they cannot spread knowledge because they are not scholars. Instead, this adage goes hand in hand with the English saying, “Practice before you preach.” As Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said, “Who are the learned? Those who practice what they know.” [Read more: Muhammad, the Man, the Prophet]
In Islam, it is of utmost importance for Muslims to seek self improvement in regards to every aspect of their lives. As a result, one’s good character will impact others and therefore improve society as a whole. This dynamic change all begins at the individual level. In this regard, God says in the Quran:
“Truly God does not change the condition of a people until they change what is in themselves.” (13:11)
Before an individual consciously embarks on this journey, he or she must define and cleanse their intention. A pivotal teaching of Islam is derived from the prophetic statement, “All actions are judged by their intentions, and each person will be rewarded according to his or her intention.”
Hence, a desire to genuinely improve oneself, please God, and provide benefit is paramount. On the other hand, having impure intentions such as seeking the admiration of other people or showing off is counterproductive. For these reasons, purifying one’s intentions is critical to the success of one’s pursuit of self development.
Cleansing of the heart is also a large component of self improvement because it directly impacts one’s actions. God says in the Quran:
“God did confer a great favor on the believers when He sent among them an apostle from among themselves, rehearsing unto them the signs of God, sanctifying them, and instructing them in scripture and wisdom, while, before that, they had been in manifest error.” (3:164)
This verse demonstrates the role of Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) and the importance of self improvement in Islam. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) taught the pagan Arabs of Mecca to believe in the One God and to live righteously; he implored them to renounce idolatry and their impulsive lifestyles. Over the course of 23 years, his message uplifted the status of women, brought God-consciousness among people, and safeguarded the poor and needy. In doing so, not only did he help individuals to attain self improvement, he rehabilitated an entire society: racial discrimination was practically eliminated, tribal warfare was replaced with united ties of brotherhood, usury and alcohol were completely forbidden. [Click here to find out if today’s Muslims are truly inspired by Muhammad’s example.]
Self development begins at the individual level and requires a vast amount of discipline. Along with striving to become more physically pure by maintaining a healthy and clean body, it is equally important for an individual to maintain his or her spiritual health through righteous actions. Purification of the soul allow an individual to become closer to God and exhibit more positive behavior which will translate into his or her deeds.
In order to purify and enhance oneself, Islam outlines several pragmatic steps:
- Core worship, such as prayer, fasting, supplication, etc. Performing these allows Muslims to draw closer to God by increasing the individual’s awareness of God throughout the day. This will, in turn, decrease his or her likelihood to commit acts that would displease God, enabling people to raise their moral and ethical standards.
- Smiling, being kind, and staying positive when interacting with others. This leads to mercifulness and forgiveness, which are attributes which God loves in human beings. Prophetic traditions mention that smiling is an act of charity and removing obstacles from the road is a sign of faith; others encourage people to spread good news and exchange gifts as a way of increasing love between people.
- Having self discipline and managing one’s time so that the person is more productive throughout the day. <translation of Surah Asr>
- Lending a helping hand to those in need. Once Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) was asked, “What actions are most excellent?” He answered, “To gladden the heart of human beings, to feed the hungry, to help the afflicted, to lighten the sorrow of the sorrowful, and to remove the sufferings of the injured.”
- Striving to increase one’s knowledge whether it be religious or academic. Working towards becoming an informed and proactive citizen. According to Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), “The seeking of knowledge is obligatory for every Muslim.”
- Maintaining good company and friends that will influence the individual in a positive manner. Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) has stated, “It is better to sit alone than in company with the bad; and it is better still to sit with the good than alone. It is better to speak to a seeker of knowledge than to remain silent; but silence is better than idle words.”
- Performing sincere repentance for one’s sins and seeking the mercy and forgiveness of God. Feeling guilty for transgressions that one has made, and then making an active effort to learn from one’s mistakes and never repeat them again.
As you may have noticed, many of these steps involve interacting with others. Even though spiritual purification is important, it is critical to note that seclusion and neglect of worldly responsibilities are not condoned by Islam. Prolonged seclusion for the purpose of spiritual purification is in fact inconsistent with Islamic teachings. A large component of self enhancement involves treating others with compassion and respect, and helping the less fortunate. This is not possible if one leads the life of a recluse.
One of the prophetic traditions encourages people to look at those less privileged when making worldly comparisons with others: “When you see a person who has been given more than you in money and beauty, look to those who have been given less.” This advice is very important because it enables us to be grateful for the blessings we have and be less greedy or miserly. Such an attitude allows one to remain focused on the quest of attaining self improvement and eternal success in the hereafter rather than the transient materials of this temporary life.
The Virtues of Selfishness
Self improvement plays a significant role in the lives of Muslims also due to another key Islamic concept: that every individual will be held accountable for only him or her self in the hereafter. On the Day of Judgment, God will question each soul on its actions, and how it spent time on earth. On that day, each person will solely be concerned about the magnitude of his or her deeds.
The importance of self development cannot be overemphasized in Islam although it may seem like a selfish endeavor on the surface. However, such “selfishness” may actually be considered a virtue rather than a vice. When one is constantly struggling for self improvement, he or she becomes more willing to help others and disperse the good that he or she has gained to society at large.
As a result, one person’s efforts contribute towards collective development. Such commitment is not possible in the individual who is self-absorbed for the sake of self-gratification. Therefore, “selfishness” for the purpose of self improvement and the greater good is the first step to selflessness.
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The official press release of samba 4 can be found on the Samba website.
In short, you can join a Windows (all recent releases should be supported) machine to a Samba Active Directory, and it will behave much as it does in AD, including Kerberos domain logins where applicable. Samba 4 is now at a point where it can begin replacing existing production deployments, and users are encouraged to try out Samba 4 in a test environment before implementing it in a work environment!
Samba as a Active Directory Domain Controller
Here you find everything to setup a Samba Active Directory Domain Controller and all that is related to this topic.
- Samba Active Directory HowTo: Contains everything for setting up a basic Samba Active Directory Controller
- Migrating a samba3 PDC to a samba Active Directory: If you are running a samba3 NT4-style environment and want to move to an Active Directory, this is the documentation that contains all neccessary information
- Beyond Samba: Connecting other services/daemons to your samba Active Directory (e. g. authentication, etc.)
Samba as a domain member server
General documentation on samba
- v4-0-test (replaced by master)
- v4-0-stable (current branch for 4.x.x releases)
- master (current Samba development) branches
- For more info on available branches, as well how to obtain the sources via a Git client, see the samba.org devel page.
Historical documentation on development of samba4
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Full list of Nuggets
Composite concrete/profiled steel sheet slabs are a popular form of construction for suspended floor slabs, as they are simple and economical to design and construct. Generally they are found to be satisfactory in service. However, visible cracking is one aspect that occasionally causes problems and complaints from building occupiers. As the majority of composite floors are covered (by finishes, flooring or a raised computer floor) cracking is generally not readily visible. Sometimes the floor use dictates that the surface of the composite slab is left uncovered, e.g. power trowelled floor finishes. It is on exposed floors that cracking can be an issue.
The Concrete Society document Advice 13 Cracking in composite concrete/metal decking floor slabs outlines the causes of the cracking and steps that could be taken to control or minimise it.
Acknowledgement: Concrete Society
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An Examination of Kingdom-, Dominion-,
and Latter Rain Theology
An Examination of Kingdom Theology - Part 2/3
Inherent Fear and Guilt
The use of fear and guilt to bring people into line with the dictates of self-appointed authority is not the exclusive property of Shepherding-Discipleship. Were we to analyze each movement germane to Kingdom Now Theology we would find strong elements of such fear and guilt at the core of their structures. They all subordinate the individual's relationship to Christ to the dictates of the religious leaders. To illustrate, let's take the other movements with which we've already dealt and briefly see how fear and guilt play a part. Identity:
Fear and guilt are essential ingredients in any racist, authoritarian structure - especially where the use of para-militarism is utilized to foment hatred and threaten bloodshed. Manifested Sons of God:
Extreme fear and guilt for those who do not move forward to perfection in order that the Kingdom of God may be established. Restoration:
A strong condemnation of utilizing judgment breeds guilt in those who question the teachings of others, resulting in fear that God's displeasure will be the consequence. This applies even to the righteous judgment of sin and doctrinal error. Reconstruction:
Guilt results from not becoming involved in attempting to establish the Kingdom of God through politics and other societal strategies. Charismatic Renewal:
Guilt is instilled in those who balk at attempts to meld them into unity with others whose doctrines are seriously in conflict with Scripture. This results in a fear of God's displeasure for hampering unity, and fear of men's reprisals for speaking out against error. Positive Confession:
Fear that if one doesn't act and speak in a prescribed manner God will not answer. Guilt that one's faith is deficient should his prayers not be answered to his satisfaction. These are sketchy but accurate assessments of how religion based on fear and guilt has encroached upon the modern Church. The individual relationship of the Christian with his Savior is a sacred trust to be nurtured and strengthened by the teaching and counsel of the elders in his church. While the corporate expression of faith is vital to the life of the Church, that life is only as strong as the strength of the individual links in the corporate chain. The subordination of the individual to the corporate body at the expense of individuality actually weakens the Church in its ability to stand against deception and, ultimately, even against the overt evil influences of the world.
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Background. This study was to establish whether there was a difference in the characteristics of people who received a disability grant and those who did not in rural and urban samples of isiXhosa-speaking people with disability in South Africa. Sample. The sample was a convenience sample and was identified through a 'snowballing' process. Instrumentation. A demographic survey and isiXhosa versions of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) and EQ-5D, a health-related quality of life measure were utilized. Results. The sample consisted of 244 rural and 61 urban respondents, demonstrating a preponderance of physical disabilities. The groups who received or did not receive grants were equivalent in terms of age, gender, marital status and employment status. A significantly higher proportion of rural dwellers accessed the grant. The grant holders displayed significantly more problems related to mobility and to technology and policies and services relating to mobility and transport. Those who did not receive grants reported more barriers with regard to the attitudes of health workers but not with regard to any other aspect of social support. Conclusions and recommendations. The majority of men and women with disability identified in this study received the grant, whether or not they lived in remote rural or in urban areas. As there were few differences between the groups, it is likely that several non-grant holders might qualify if they were informed of the grant and applied. The role of medical doctors as 'gate-keepers' to the grant might need to be examined. | <urn:uuid:c87117f0-deb8-49fb-84a1-72c55271eee9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.sintef.no/en/publications/publication/1273481/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573029.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817153027-20220817183027-00264.warc.gz | en | 0.977508 | 310 | 2.34375 | 2 |
The Liberal Democrats have called on the government to set out a clear plan to keep schools open in January.
It comes following reports in the Sunday Times that Boris Johnson has committed to keeping schools open, without making clear what mitigation measures will be put in place to keep Covid cases down.
Lib Dem Education spokesperson Munira Wilson MP tells the Government it has a week to act before schools reopen.
Liberal Democrats estimate that putting an air purifier in every classroom in England would cost around £140 million, around half the price of Boris Johnson’s pet project – the new £250 million Royal Yacht.
The cost would also be a fraction of Government expenditure on a botched Test and Trace system and dodgy PPE contracts.
At present, Government guidance suggests that teachers should open external windows and internal doors to improve “natural ventilation” and schools “should balance the need for increased ventilation while maintaining a comfortable temperature” – difficult to do during the cold winter months.
With criminal record checks acting as a brake on moves to get retired teachers to return to the classrooms, and barely half of teenagers yet to receive one jab, the dangers of schools remaining closed at the beginning of January are acute.
Instead of a proper solution – purifying the air – the Department for Education has made CO2 monitors their target. While the monitors give useful information on where more airflow is needed, they do not fix the problem in themselves – especially when it is cold outside and opening a window does not solve the issue.
To add insult to injury, the DfE has opened a “market place” for Dyson purifiers that are six times the price of others on the market. But the DfE has still not agreed to pay for them.
Anne Pallett and the local Lib Dems are working hard to get the current plans for the Eastern Gateway changed.
The developers’ proposals will add hundreds of houses to the town but won’t bring the benefits local people want to see. Too many of the houses will be unaffordable for local people.
“Local families need homes they can afford, hundreds of more houses that local people can’t afford is not what Soham needs,” says Anne.
Anne pictured above at the allotments on Kents Lane describing the plans for the proposed Eastern Gateway development.
There is no doubt that last year’s changes to the layout of the BP roundabout on the A10 at Ely have made the junction even more dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists.
Crossing the A10 and A142 at this point has always been difficult. But the new layout means people travelling on foot or by bicycle are taking their life in their hands. Some residents are already telling us they are stopping their children cycling to school as it’s now just too dangerous.
The Conservative approach would mean waiting a decade. They say that dualling the A10 will include a safe crossing at this junction, solving these problems at a stroke. But no funding has been offered, let alone guaranteed, for such a scheme - and the overall plan will cost half a billion. Such a scheme could easily take ten years or more to complete.
Liberal Democrats in East Cambridgeshire have ensured the District Council will back a Local Electricity Bill currently making its way through Parliament.
On 16 July, Cllr Mark Inskip (Lib Dem, Sutton) proposed to East Cambs’ Full Council meeting that the Council should support the cross-party Bill, which would enable local renewable energy generators to sell their electricity to local customers.
The Bill would make the setup and running costs of selling electricity to customers more proportionate to the size of the supplier. Councils and local community co-operatives could then become providers of locally generated renewable electricity directly to local people, businesses and organisations.
A Liberal Democrat move to increase affordable housing in rural parishes in East Cambridgeshire is set to be backed by Conservative councillors tonight.
A motion from the Liberal Democrats to the Council meeting on Thursday (22 October) includes a call for the Council’s Finance & Assets Committee to examine the potential for the Council to apply for them to be formally designated as a rural area so that they can have greater influence over housing developments. Where parishes have been designated as a rural area the District Council can set for itself the point at which a housing development must make a contribution to local affordable housing needs—opening up the possibility of more affordable homes in small villages.
Some of the East Cambridgeshire District Council Lib Dem group after being denied the chance to scutinise the Council's trading companies
East Cambridgeshire District Council’s Liberal Democrat Group, consisting of 13 of the 28 councillors on the council, has issued an open letter concerning the governance of the Council’s trading companies, and in particular East Cambs Trading Company Ltd (ECTC).
The published accounts of ECTC disclose losses of £3/4m. We are concerned that the finances of ECTC, its business plans and the governance of the company place both East Cambridgeshire District Council and the residents of East Cambridgeshire at risk of serious financial loss.
'Faceless bureaucrats' blamed by Ely Folk Festival for banning traditional Morris and molly procession through the city's market place
Ely Standard 30 June 2019
In response to the threat by East Cambs Markets not to allow the traditional parade through Ely Market Place, the Liberal Democrat Councillors wrote the following to the District Council expressing their concern that the 22 year old parade would not be able to go ahead.
In response, the District Council are now planning a meeting with the organisers to try and find a solution.
newly elected Liberal Democrat councillors for Ely North Alison Whelan and Simon Harries at the MOD site in Ely.
Liberal Democrats on East Cambridgeshire District Council are calling for half the soon to be refurbished MOD homes in Ely to be affordable.
A significant number of those affordable homes should be for rent, they add, in a motion they have submitted for debate at the Annual Council Meeting on 30 May.
Cambridgeshire’s notorious Mayor, James Palmer, is to employ two extra spin doctors at taxpayers’ expense.
The plans were approved by his Conservative colleagues on the Combined Authority Board.
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Long before I was a Machine Learning Director, I recall one of my friends telling me about his part-time work in college. He landed a new job at a contact center and frequently talked to me about the training program. One training exercise that stuck out to me was his role-play simulations for customer service calls. Role-play simulations are a powerful tool to help people master best practices through hands-on learning before they engage with live customers. But my friend found it somewhat inefficient and awkward role-playing with managers and fellow new hire agents.
Little did I know, my friend’s experiences would be the foundation of my current passion – creating AI Conversation Simulation that delivers hyper-realistic immersive learning experiences that augment the learning power of role-play for call center agents. Preparing agents to solve complex customer problems is essential with the rise of automation and chatbots leaving agents with the most challenging customer problems to solve. By amplifying role-play benefits through advanced technology, we are able to make hands-on immersive learning highly efficient and scalable to develop large communities of top-performing agents delivering superior customer experiences and performance.
Role-Play in Call Centers
According to Training Industry, “The objective of role-play is to learn the skills necessary to be successful in a specific position.” Historically, these interactions happen between a trainee and a manager. The challenge?
Human-to-human role-playing is expensive, awkward, and difficult to scale.
AI Conversation Simulation in Call Centers
AI Conversation Simulation amplifies the power of role-play by allowing agents to master best practices from home or office before they engage with live customers. AI Conversation Simulation removes agent anxiety by taking role-play private and enables leaders to efficiently scale top-performing agents through hands-on learning.
AI Conversation Simulation is a human-centered AI approach creating highly realistic and impactful learning experiences for any voice and chat scenario. The platform allows customer-facing agents to learn through practicing, solving problems, making mistakes, and building confidence. Agents train in a life-like customer environment without any of the risks of a live customer.
There are three essential steps in the AI Conversation Simulation process:
- Agents listen to a best practice example of how to handle a call or chat scenario.
- Agents engage with the AI Conversation Simulation platform simulating a call or chat scenario with life-like accuracy. If the agent doesn’t use the best and required practices, the platform will pause the simulation, provide the agent real-time feedback to improve the skill and ask the agent to try again.
- Contact center trainers assess agent readiness to engage with live customers through a Simulation Scorecard and Immersion Call Listening.
AI Conversation Simulation actively empowers agents to master high-impact conversation scenarios quickly and conveniently in a safe environment from home or in the office. Contact center agents report that AI Conversation Simulation improves their confidence, removes their anxiety, and prepares them to succeed with live customers.
Leaders report that AI Conversation Simulation translates to improved business metrics like faster agent speed to proficiency, higher first call resolution, better CSAT scores. And leaders report that AI Conversation Simulation reduces hiring and training costs, improves agent retention, and boosts contact center morale from agents excelling in their role.
At Zenarate, we’ve created the world’s #1 AI Conversation Simulation platform supporting global banks, large BPOs, and leading companies in the healthcare, technology, and services industries. With AI Conversation Simulation, contact center leaders develop top-performing agents delivering 56% faster speed to proficiency, 33% higher CSAT scores, and 32% lower employee attrition.
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When storing tires mounted on rims, should they be left sitting on the treads or can they be stacked, sitting on the sidewalls? – Andre
Try to avoid resting the tires on the tread, even without the weight of the vehicle on them. Stack them.
But, before doing so, there are some simple steps you can take to ensure minimal damage and aging. First: clean the wheels and tires, being sure to get off any residual brake dust. This stuff can be corrosive and, while it eats away at wheels, it can also hurt tires. Wash thoroughly. If the wheels are any type of alloy, use a cleaner approved for that type of wheel.
Make sure to remove all moisture. A nice, windy fall day will help in this respect. Dig out some garbage bags or other impervious plastic bags. Each wheel/tire should have its own.
Before sealing the bag, get as much air out as possible – you can use a vacuum cleaner to accomplish this. Seal the bags and, if using tire carriers or another method to transport them, place the wheel/tire wrapped in plastic inside the carrier.
Give some thought as to where to store them. Find a cool, dry space – preferably indoors where there will be less variation in temperature and humidity levels – away from any electric motors such as those on a furnace, hot water system, well or sump pump. These motors produce ozone, which can be very harmful to the tire compound.
My 1995 Chevy Monte Carlo with the 3.1-litre V-6 has given me 322,000 kilometres of pleasure driving with one exception – the air conditioning system. On two trips from Manitoba to British Columbia during hot summer conditions, it worked well on the prairies and once we crested the mountains, but shut off completely when climbing the Rockies. The first time this occurred three years ago, I had the local GM dealer check the system and they found nothing wrong. Then, again this summer, I retraced the same route and encountered the same problem. I contacted the GM dealership on return, discussed the continuing inadequacy of the a/c system – they were to look into it further, but have had no contact back from them. Can you shed any light or a fix for this aggravating problem in the summer? – Hartley
If the system is still providing airflow from a different outlet such as the defrost vents, it could be a vacuum leak. While under load, an engine produces little or no vacuum, so the door directing airflow may not operate properly.
But I suspect your a/c system is shutting down when the engine is under heavy load to prevent the engine from overheating. The a/c compressor is driven by a belt connected to the crankshaft pulley. The extra drag created by the a/c is likely enough under extreme conditions – high ambient temperatures and extreme load – that a sensor is shutting it down.
The fact you have more than 300,000 km on an engine not noted for having an excess of power when new might be a contributing factor. It could also be that factors related to that sensor have gotten out of whack, or that the sensor itself needs replacement.
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September 5, 2013
Results for English Learners Leave Much to be Desired
State prepares for major changes to instruction, standards, and assessment for English Learners
(Salem, Ore.) – Today, Deputy Superintendent Rob Saxton announced the release of the Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives (AMAO) report for the 2012-13 school year. This report describes the progress that school districts are making in teaching English to Oregon’s 56,800 English Learners (EL) as measured against federal targets. This report is required under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) and was largely un-impacted by Oregon’s federal flexibility waiver. This year’s report shows that fewer students made the expected gains in language acquisition, language proficiency, and program exits than last year. As federal targets continue to increase, the declines in the percent of students meeting targets this year result in a widening gap between federal goals and student outcomes.
“Our education system is in a time of change, but unfortunately, that change isn’t happening fast enough for our English Learners,” said Deputy Superintendent Rob Saxton. “While I don’t believe that these federal targets are an ideal measure of language acquisition and student learning, the results are clear. We need to move forward aggressively with our reform efforts to ensure we are providing our English Learners with the instruction, supports, and opportunities they need to master academic English and graduate ready for college and career. Declines like we saw this year just reaffirm the need for significant changes to how we support, teach, and assess our state’s English Learners.”
The goal of English Language Development (ELD) programs is to help students acquire academic English skills while at the same time providing instruction in the academic content that all students are required to know. Language acquisition and progress toward proficiency are assessed through students’ performance on the state’s English Language Proficiency Assessment (ELPA) which is administered to all English Language Learners in kindergarten through 12th grade each year. Oregon identifies five levels of language proficiency from beginning to advanced, and students are expected to progress annually across the proficiency levels.
Change on the Horizon
Oregon has adopted the new, more rigorous, Common Core State Standards in English language arts and math that are designed to help all students prepare for future success. In addition, Oregon, in partnership with Stanford University, the Council of Chief State School Officers, WestEd, and 10 other states, have been developing new English Language Proficiency (ELP) standards that correspond to the Common Core. These new standards, designed to ensure English Learners receive the same rigorous and engaging instruction as their peers, are scheduled for review and adoption by the State Board of Education this fall. Initial implementation of the new ELP standards is scheduled to begin in the 2014-15 school year, with instructional materials aligned to the new standards required in Oregon classrooms in the fall of 2015. In addition to new standards, Oregon is leading an 11 state consortia which received a $6.3 million federal grant to develop an improved English Language Proficiency Assessment. Known as the ELPA 21, this assessment will test students’ English proficiency based on the newly developed standards.
“I believe that these new standards, the changes to instruction that they will prompt, and the better information provided by the new assessment, will start to turn things around for our English Language Development programs,” said Deputy Superintendent Saxton. “However, we can’t stop there. Helping students develop strong academic English skills is a critical step – but it is only one step. Reaching true educational equity in our state does not simply mean ensuring all kids have access to the same opportunities or the same level of education. Equity is not about access; it’s about outcomes. And our success with our English Learners should not simply be measured by how many students exit our language programs, but by how many of our formerly EL students go on to college and career success. This is the goal. This is what we are aiming for, true equity in student outcomes.”
Education Equity Unit
Beginning this year, the Oregon Department of Education created a new unit to help districts in their efforts around educational equity, closing the academic achievement gap, and providing services and supports to English Learners and students of color. This unit, led by Assistant Superintendent David Bautista, will provide an unprecedented level of support for, and focus on, equity issues around the state.
This past year, Oregon received a federal waiver to certain elements of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (formerly No Child Left Behind). This waiver allowed the state to design a new home-grown accountability system that is more based on student learning and growth and less on getting over a specific bar. However, this flexibility did not extend to the requirements for English Learners and the AMAO report remains largely unchanged, except for one piece. As Oregon’s new accountability system no longer uses AYP, districts are now rated on whether their students meet new Annual Measurable Objectives (AMOs) for AMAO Target 3. One of the main differences between AYP and AMOs is that AMOs do not include a margin of error, which makes meeting the target more challenging than in the past. Oregon has requested federal approval to examine this final AMAO target and make adjustments to align it with our new state accountability system and better reflect district progress in providing instruction to English Learners but that flexibility was not available for this year’s report.
As was the case in the past with AYP, the AMAO targets increase each year according to a set schedule. The three targets track progression in English Language acquisition, the percent of students exiting programs or obtaining proficiency, and whether districts met Annual Measurable Objectives (AMOs) for their English Learners. The 2012-13 targets and results are provided below.
AMAO Target #1 – Progressing in English language acquisition
For an audio clip of Deputy Superintendent Saxton, go to: http://video.orvsd.org/ode/eng-lang-devel.MP3
For an FAQ on AMAOs, go to: http://www.ode.state.or.us//wma/superintendent/release/amao-faq-12-13.pdf
For the 2012-13 AMAO report and additional details, go to: http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=3408.
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Does kindness REALLY make us happy?
In brief. Yes. Experts have been studying the science of kindness for decades and much has been written about the benefits of being kind. Kindness makes us feel good, mentally and physically. Read on...
Aside from the fact that being kind makes you feel good, it’s also really important. Now more than ever, we live in a world where we’re constantly exposed to negative messages via social media and the news... and it’s not always easy to deal with.
Being kind helps to create an overall climate of trust, acceptance and comfort - the perfect antidote to this age of online cruelty and general snarkiness. Here’s why:
It helps to combat the ‘negativity bias’
Although we’ve evolved as a race since our caveman days, our brains haven’t. As a result, we still have an innate ‘negativity bias’ - a defence mechanism which makes us pay more attention to the bad than the good in order to keep us safe.
Back in the day, it was vigilant to keep worrying about the last place we’d seen a sabre-tooth, whereas acknowledging the pretty flowers wasn’t important. Today, the brain works the same way even though we’re almost never in any imminent danger. For example, getting a single mean comment on an Instagram post can make twenty positive ones seem to fade into the abyss.
The good news? Being kind can help, as it gives us something good to focus on and boosts our opinion of ourselves. After all, it’s harder to dislike yourself when you know you’re helping to make the world a better place!
It helps to create a sense of community
Humans are naturally a tribal race. Coming together as a community used to be essential for our survival, but it kept our happiness levels up too. Today, we rely less and less on each other for survival and as a result, communities are diminishing. Where humans used to gather round to share food from the day’s hunt or keep a lookout together for potential predators, today we have 24/7 convenience stores and burglar alarms.
The reasons to communicate with other people face-to-face are dwindling, meaning our social circles are too. Being kind to strangers, acquaintances and friends helps to strengthen bonds and the sense of community, creating a deeper and more meaningful connection than you could ever get through Facebook.
It’s good for your health
In January 2018, a study found that 85% of UK adults are experiencing stress regularly whilst research by the World Health Organisation found that approximately 3 million people in the UK are suffering with anxiety. With numbers so huge, it can be easy to feel somewhat powerless from time to time… but there’s something that each and every person can do to help, even if only a little bit.
When we’re kind, our bodies release oxytocin (a.k.a. ‘the love hormone’) into our bloodstream. This triggers a chemical reaction which dilutes our blood cells and shrinks inflammation in the cardiovascular system, thus reducing blood pressure and the chances of heart disease. But that’s not the only trick up its sleeve. Oxytocin can also help with mental, as well as physical, health by modulating fear and anxiety and producing antidepressant-like effects.
So, being kind is important for your physical and mental wellbeing and overall happiness. And, as most of you probably know, happiness is contagious!
Have we missed out some reasons why kindness matters? Share them with us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram!
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Gravel Lane Repair Program
Every year, The City invests in maintaining gravel back lanes to improve mobility and conditions for Calgarians. The City maintains over 2,000 lane km of gravel back lanes. From mid-June to mid-October, The City inspects the gravel lane network and schedules repairs in priority order. The City uses an evaluation system to determine if gravel lanes require treatment and following inspection, crews complete repairs.
Signs that a gravel back lane needs maintenance may include:
- Severe potholes and ruts
- Insufficient drainage
- Low/high manhole covers
2022 Gravel lane repair schedule
Schedule is subject to change due to weather and availability. Updated Aug. 8, 2022
Typical repairs include:
- Lane grading to improve drainage and surface condition
- Addition of gravel
- Application of Calcium Chloride to control dust as necessary
- Compaction of the lane as necessary
Help us complete the annual program quickly and cost-effectively by removing any obstacles such as:
- Black, Blue, Green Carts*
- Cars, motor homes, trailers
- Construction bins, stored material
- Debris, excavated dirt piles
- Low-hanging tree branches
* When lane repairs occur on a scheduled collection day, please set your bins on the grass, driveway, boulevard or sidewalk next to the back lane, but not on the back lane as normal. Leave enough space around your cart to avoid any surrounding objects. If you can walk between and around your carts, you have allowed enough space.
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Jackie Buchanan is a Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD) specialist at Katie Bell Physiotherapy & Wellness, she provides expert treatment to reduce and allow you to take control of your symptoms and return you to optimum health. Here she gives us the Lymph low down, facts and top tips:
- There are approximately 640 lymph nodes in your body, 160 of which are in your neck
- Lymph nodes are an essential part of your immune system
- Lymph nodes contain the majority of lymphocytes which fight bacteria and infection
- If vessels become blocked, your lymphatic system will be impaired
- Healthy lymph flow clears away cell debris and excess fluid from all parts of the body
- It’s your natural detox system that helps clean up after almost all of the other systems in the body
- Unlike the blood circulation, the lymphatic system doesn’t have a pump to move fluid around the body. It relies on muscular movement and the pumping action of deep breathing
- If the lymph system gets blocked or overrun, lymph fluid backs up.
- Lymph blockage can cause symptoms such as: Headaches and migraines, sinusitis, joint pain and arthritis, menstrual cramps, frequent cold and flu like infections, muscle cramping, tissue swelling, fatigue, depression/mood irregularities, digestive problems and breast tenderness.
Top tips to achieving a healthy, fully functioning lymphatic system.
- Keep lymph flow moving. Because lymph flow moves slowly, inactivity or lack of movement can severely restrict the flow. Regular lymphatic massage (especially around the abdomen, axillary nodes and breasts) can be great for maintaining lymphatic health.
- Hydration. Drink 6-8 glasses of water daily to keep body fluids running properly
- Making healthier food choices reduces the toxic burden on the body. Cutting down or avoiding processed food reduces the load through the lymphatic system.
- Deep breathing exercises stimulate the lymphatic system. Breathe from the diaphragm, not shallowly from the chest – this also relieves stress.
- Regular physical exercise on a daily basis is a great way to get the lymphatic system pumping. Anything from running to walking, Pilates, yoga, swimming etc. will all assist the lymph flow.
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Despite the availability of retail fashion, more and more people are turning away from the assembly line toward one-of-a-kind clothing, decorations, and accessories. The Everything Sewing Book provides readers with easy instructions for creating beautiful garments, gifts, and decorations for the home. From selecting the right needle and thread... more...
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Knitting and crocheting have never been so hot - even celebrities like Julia Roberts and Vanna White can be found with a needle or hook. Today's top knitting and crochet designers present updated patterns from Workbasket magazine in this perfect instruction book for anyone wanting to learn these popular crafts! Features 35 projects as they originally... more...
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Felting brings crochet enthusiasts into an exciting new dimension of their hobby in Felted Crochet. This resource provides instructions for easily creating 30 beautiful accents for home and wardrobe.Crocheters will learn techniques for experimenting with felted crochet, as well as discovering what works in felting crocheted items and what might be... more...
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The soft clacking of needles, the repetitive looping of yarn--you've fallen under the spell of knitting. For you, and for knitters the world over, this ancient craft is more than just a hobby, it's a soothing practice whose pacing, rhythm, and mystery echo that of its sister in poetry, the haiku. Written just for you, the passionate knitter, Knit... more...
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Machine felting is one of the hottest things in fiber arts, building on the rich history of hand felting. With top sewing manufacturers adding felting accessories to their lines, sewers can look to this new guide to efficiently explain this history of this practice and demonstrate the unique felting techniques which use moisture, pressure and abrasion... more...
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The aviation industry is perhaps the most affected by the ongoing global pandemic. As air travel around the world has come to a screeching halt, one is left wondering how the simple act of getting on a plane to reach a destination will drastically change in a post COVID-19 world. There are assumptions, lots of speculation, and a general air of uncertainty that surrounds the future of air travel. How will things change? What will become of the future traveller? Is this a much-needed reset?
Will a uniform set of global regulations work for the industry?
As airlines attempt to incorporate safety measures to reassure their passengers about air travel, there are a lot of contrasting opinions. While one airline may decide to leave the middle seat empty for precaution, another airline may choose to refuse to do this citing massive revenue loss. Temperature checks might be adopted by certain airports, while others may select different technological measures to check passengers for symptoms.
The International Air Transport Association’s (IATA) Director General Alexandre de Juniac believes that a single system will be most effective. “A single system, that is absolutely key for the restart of our industry so it is something we are working on. The sooner the new measures were decided upon, the better, as they were key to allowing the recovery to start.” However, he also offers a caveat, explaining that while creating a new set of rules authorities must be careful not to harm the economics of the industry. A range of different rules would only make things more complex and come in the way of the industry’s complete recovery.
Technology will aid the recovery of the aviation industry
A general sense of anxiety and paranoia has become the new normal for people around the world. Leaving your house could potentially expose you to a deadly virus, it is only natural then to be constantly hyper-aware. This is why once air travel resumes, both passengers and staff are going to be very particular about hygiene and sanitation. In such a scenario, technological advancements can help make many processes streamlined.
Temperature screening, facial recognition thermal screening, UV sanitation, and more advanced air-filtration systems will all help ease worries and concerns. Additionally, electronic passports and IDS, boarding passes, and robot cleaners may begin being used to limit physical contact between people and surfaces. Touchless technology within airports and airplanes will be the way forward.
However, it is crucial for these technologies to be developed at an accelerated pace with a significant degree of reliability. Airports and airplanes will have to quickly integrate these new technologies into their daily functioning to contain the spread of the virus in the future.
Things will get inconvenient, but it’s worth it
These new measures may make things more complicated for travellers by being extremely time-consuming. There are reports that in the future, passengers who disembark from high-risk locations will have to continue to remain in quarantine once they return. This could deter many passengers from booking flights in the first place. Passengers may also need to acquire health certificates to fly which is only going to complicate things.
Extensive health checks at the airport may slow down immigration significantly. Travellers may have to start arriving several hours in advance for the flights because of all the new measures that will be implemented. Queues will be long and the number of passengers waiting inside or outside a terminal will only increase. The process of travelling will become more tedious but the price of staying infection-free seems to be worth it.
Airlines are working overtime for revenue creation. When air travel slowly normalises, airlines may still have some trouble regaining their lost glory. Stringent hygiene rules will cause obstacles in ancillary revenue generation involving things like food sales and priority boarding.
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In urban mass transit, there is nothing that seems to elicit an outpouring of enthusiastic public support, acclaim, and excitement so much as the opening of a brand-new rail transit line – particularly light rail transit (LRT). And that certainly is the case with the opening of the Los Angeles area's new 13.7-mile Gold Line LRT running from Pasadena to LA's Union Station this past weekend (26-27 July 2003).
"70,000 Riders Go for the Gold Line" headlined the Los Angeles Times, in a July 27th article by reporters Kurt Streeter and Steve Hymon, who relate the tragic news that "transit officials found themselves with an unusual problem: The masses overwhelmed the mass transit system with more than 70,000 passengers." in fact, estimates of riders by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Authority totalled between 70,000 and 80,000 for the day.
"The onslaught overwhelmed a railway expected to handle about 30,000 rides on weekdays", the Times reports, adding:
The scene seems curiously similar to other recent openings of new LRT lines, such as those in Denver and Dallas (see our article Light Rail's Besieged With Riders! This is a Problem?).
Opening day riders on the Gold Line are
reflected in LRT car windows as they queue up to board a train at the Del Mar station.
The Times reporters also noted that "It would be hard to find more passionate riders than those who made their way to Union Station for the first round-trip ride." They interviewed one rider, Jed Hughes, described as a "retired workers compensation specialist from Long Beach" who " recalled the days when there was a vast network of commuter [rail transit] lines across the region" (i.e., the extensive, 1000-mile Pacific Electric interurban railway, which was ultimately crippled by government promotion of motor vehicle travel and finally dismantled in the early 1960s).
"In the '50s and '60s I rode on the last trains of the old electric cars" Hughes told the Times reporters. "I saw the old ones die out. Now I'm riding the first train to Pasadena."
"Most of the riders said that they would use the Gold Line occasionally", the reporters related. "People in Chinatown said they would go to Pasadena to shop. People in Pasadena said they would ride to Chinatown to eat."
At LA's Union Station (the western terminus of the Gold Line), much of the day prospective passengers waited around 45 minutes in line to get to the LRT platform where they could board a train. The line reportedly stretched two-thirds the length of the main pedestrian tunnel and out its east end into switchbacks in the MTA parking structure.
At the opposite, Pasadena, end, the line was even longer, extending over a pedestrian bridge above the tracks and over the length of the Sierra Madre Villa/East Pasadena parking structure.
Lines were usually shorter in most of the intermediate stations. Eight two-car trains ran fairly reliably on 8-minute headways. One opening-day volunteer worker counted peak loads of up to 80-100 standees in addition to the 76 seated passengers per car on afternoon trains. Typically, 175 passengers were loaded onto trains leaving Union Station; according to one report, from 170 to 230 passengers were counted exiting from arriving trains.
LA Times reporter Kurt Streeter reported informally that he met a woman riding from Highland Park, taking the new service not for fun, but already to her work cleaning houses in Santa Monica. The train took half the time of her former bus to downtown.
For one opening-day Gold Line volunteer, it was an event not to be forgotten:
The following article from the Pasadena Star News provides further details of the Gold Line opening and opening-day festivities.
Pasadena Star News
Start of a Golden Age
Thousands jam stations for free ride on new trains
By Mary Bender, Staff Writer
PASADENA – Whether it was the first-day novelty, pent-up anticipation or just the free ride, swarms of people jammed aboard Metro Gold Line trains Saturday for the grand opening of the Los Angeles-to-Pasadena light-rail line.
By 9 a.m., it was standing-room- only aboard the trains, which travel between Sierra Madre Villa Avenue in east Pasadena and Union Station in downtown Los Angeles. The route is 13.7 miles and on a normal day will take 36 minutes to go from one end to the other.
Saturday wasn't a normal day.
"Push on in, darlin'. Push on in,' a Metropolitan Transportation Authority security guard urged a rider boarding a mid- morning train at the Del Mar Station. The brisk passenger loading and unloading times around which the Gold Line schedule is built went by the wayside Saturday, as drivers had to linger at each stop much longer because of the crowds.
A few miles east, lines snaked inside the multilevel Sierra Madre Villa parking garage, across the attached pedestrian bridge over the Foothill (210) Freeway, and onto the station platform in the freeway median.
The wait to get on a southbound train heading back to Los Angeles averaged two hours most of the day, Los Angeles County sheriff's deputies said. It was a scene repeated at Union Station for those waiting to board a northbound train to Pasadena.
The stops in between weren't much better, because already- full trains would pull into a station with many wanting to get on, but few willing to get off.
"Starting at 8:30 a.m., we had to force them off the train,' said Tom Jasmin, an MTA manager in charge of the Sierra Madre Villa Station on Saturday.
In all, MTA officials estimated that 70,000 to 80,000 people rode the trains Saturday.
The long-delayed $859 million project joins a light-rail network that includes the Metro Red Line subway, the Metro Green Line, and Metro Blue Line to Long Beach.
The new rail system is operated by the MTA, which on Saturday put 22 of its 26 Gold Line trains into service, said MTA spokesman Ed Scannell.
"The trains are really packed,' said Callier Beard, an MTA transportation planner posted at the Del Mar Station. Beard was one of the dozens of agency employees in gold T-shirts who, communicating via walkie-talkie to workers at other stations, tried to balance the passenger count on each train.
"We had to shut this down at 10:30 in the morning,' Jasmin said, pointing to the Sierra Madre Villa garage. The stop was closed off for a while to passengers arriving by foot and by car because the line to board trains grew too long.
"I'm disappointed. It's too crowded. You're like a pack of cigarettes,' groused Nina Bonilla, a resident of L.A.'s Cypress Park district.
"They should have a limit only so much people (allowed on board) and that's it,' Bonilla said at the Del Mar Station, noting she boarded the train at the Heritage Park/Arroyo Station and couldn't get a seat.
Crowds aside, some could not be deterred.
"We've been waiting for this for over 20 years,' said Sam Huddy of Pasadena, who, at age 13 1/2, apparently was speaking for his father, Bob, as well.
"I was on the last (Amtrak) train in 1994,' the eighth-grader said. It's been nine years since passenger trains traveled the Los Angeles-to-Pasadena right-of-way, which for more than a century belonged to Santa Fe Railway.
"We wanted to be on the first new train. I think it's going to be a real shot in the arm for Pasadena,' added Bob Huddy, who for several years served on Pasadena's Transportation Advisory Commission, helping to plan the route and stations.
On Monday, Huddy will ride the Gold Line to work in downtown L.A. using a monthly pass that his employer pays for, he said.
Saturday's horde was a melting pot of ethnicities, age groups and demographics, with the introduction of new passenger rail service an irresistible event for train buffs, little kids and traffic-weary commuters alike.
"Look, Mom, the gate's shutting! Let's listen to this!' said 8-year-old Nick Farewell, scurrying from the ticket machine to the platform of the Del Mar Station, as ringing bells signaled the approach of a train.
The San Gabriel third-grader, who wore a small yellow hard hat for the occasion, was fascinated by the Gold Line all during its construction. "This will be his first train ride,' said the boy's mother, Jackie Farewell.
One train had problems with one of its brake systems shortly after leaving Union Station at 3:35 p.m., forcing rail officials to empty it of passengers at the next stop, the Chinatown Station. The train was taken out of service, Scannell said.
Free rides continue today [Sunday] on the Gold Line, with trains running the normal 4 a.m.-to-2 a.m. schedule all weekend.
The head of the MTA and the politician most responsible for getting the light-rail project built will greet passengers today in Pasadena. Roger Snoble, MTA chief executive officer, and Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Pasadena, will be at the Memorial Park Station from 11:30 a.m to 12:30 p.m.
Staff Writer Lisa Faught contributed to this story.
Mary Bender can be reached at (626) 578-6300, Ext. 4456 or by e-mail at email@example.com.
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The Holy, Divine Child
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The universal, religious stirrings that originate in the depths of the human psyche often emerge in the form of the holy, divine child. Whether or not a person is of Christian background, this powerful motif flows through the dream imagery of modern men and women. The symbol of the holy child points to hope, new goals, and religious meaning. Case material and drawings generated during analysis will be presented and discussed in order to better understand the importance of this symbol in the psychic depths of us all.
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Kathrin Asper, Ph.D., was born in Kusnacht near Zurich. She is an analyst in private practice, a training analyst, lecturer and member of the Curatorium at the C.G. Jung Institute in Zurich-Kusnacht. She is the author of The Inner Child in Dreams; The Abandoned Child Within-On Losing and Regaining Self-Worth and numerous articles. Dr. Asper studied literature and education at the University of Zurich and wrote her doctoral thesis on Gustave Flaubert.This event has passed. | <urn:uuid:9871ea43-6f5b-4d29-8d78-ba0e70bdfebd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ofj.org/event/the-holy-divine-child/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573760.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819191655-20220819221655-00671.warc.gz | en | 0.947605 | 263 | 1.695313 | 2 |
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Recently I spotted the most beautiful young fox as I was driving past. For a moment I thought it was going to cross the lane in front of me, thankfully not. It is only the second fox I have seen in the seventeen years of living here.
Then as few days later, driving into the nearest town down a quiet lane, I saw what at first I thought was a person crouching on the grass verge. As I got nearer, it looked like a huge cockerel, but it turned out to be a cream pheasant. No tail, and absolutely stunning. It zig zagged in front of my car, and was so close that I could take in all the details. When I got home, I googled "cream pheasant", and sure enough, that was what I had seen.
I guess it was a domestic one that escaped. We used to get black ones in the wild around here, they were wild ones with a mutation - a bit like albino.
"He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals."
None of them are native birds. I think I read that the shoots deliberately include some fancy breeds as they are easier to spot once released
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Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is abnormally high blood pressure that occurs in the arteries of the lungs (the pulmonary arteries). Some cases of PH have no identifiable cause (idiopathic pulmonary hypertension). However, genetic defects and immune system disease may be contributing factors to the development of this disease.
Another type of PH, called secondary pulmonary hypertension, occurs when the arteries in the lungs become too narrow for blood to flow through the vessels normally or because there are too few vessels to begin with. As a result, the heart works harder to pump blood through the lungs, causing pressure in the pulmonary artery to rise. Narrowing of the vessels in secondary hypertension can be caused by an associated medical condition such as blood clots, congenital heart defects and liver disease.
The first symptoms of PH are typically shortness of breath during mild physical activity, although some patients may have fainting spells, especially with exercise. However, because the symptoms of PH aren’t specific to the condition, it can be difficult to diagnose.
While for most patients there is no “cure” for pulmonary hypertension, certain medications can help lessen symptoms and improve lung and heart function. Careful monitoring by a cardiologist can help your child live as normal life as possible.
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The old theory that a butterly flapping its wings can cause a hurricane on the other side of the world may be somewhat far-fetched. But that a ship dropping anchor can disrupt the lives of millions has become painfully evident.
That is what happened off the Kenyan coast when, by unlucky chance, an anchor scored a direct hit on an underwater fibre-optic cable.
The knock-on effect is a predicted 20% slowdown in internet speeds in Kenya, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Ethiopia and South Sudan, the BBC reported.
The offending ship was waiting to enter the port of Mombasa at the weekend when it halted in a restricted area.
The damaged cable, owned by The East African Marine Systems (Teams) – in which the Kenyan government has a share – is one of three serving east Africa. It could take up to three weeks to repair.
Joel Tanui, general manager of Teams, said: "We wish to notify all our stakeholders of ongoing emergency repair works and apologise unreservedly for any inconvenience this may cause. The cable should be fully operational within the next three weeks."
Fibre-optic cables are typically composed of about four strands, each the diameter of a human hair and capable of carrying millions of phone calls and data connections simultaneously. They are protected by an armour of thick steel.
Teams will send remote-controlled submarines to assess the damage and raise the cables to the ocean surface, where specialist engineers will carry out repairs.
The cable links the region to the United Arab Emirates. Internet service providers and mobile phone operators have rerouted to a 10,625-mile cable provided by Seacom, which since 2009 has linked east Africa to Europe, India and South Africa, putting pressure on its bandwidth capacity.
Eassy, another connection activated in July 2010, links countries along the east African coast.
Toby Shapshak, editor of Stuff magazine in South Africa, and author of a forthcoming book on innovation in Africa, said: "Sadly, this reveals how fragile the physical infrastructure for Africa's internet access is. Because of the distances involved, the primary connections, in the main, are undersea cables which can be easily disrupted by a careless anchor.
He added: "But it does show there has been progress in African connectivity. Luckily, we've moved on from single cables, so there is at least some redundancy when events like this occur. Losing 20% of East Africa's connectivity is a lot better than losing all of it, as would've been the case had this happened a few years ago.
"The enormous cost of laying the cables - and the delays in fixing them, as this shows - is part of the reason internet access in Africa remains expensive."
The slowdown has caused irritation to east Africa's growing band of Facebook and Twitter users, as well as the rapidly growing hub of internet startup companies in Kenya.
Internet subscriptions in the country increased from 1.8m to 3.1m in the first year after the information pipelines arrived. There was also a huge growth in e-commerce.
Users vented their frustration on Twitter. Harry Karanja, posting as @startupkenya, wrote: "Looks like all isps have now routed their traffic to Seacom. Internet is crawling!"
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Last month, the renowned School of the Art Institute of Chicago announced they'd be awarding Kanye West with an honorary doctorate at the Class of 2015's commencement ceremony, alongside AIC director Douglas Druick, gallerist Rhona Hoffman, artist and alum Janet Byrne Neiman, and the German painter Albert Oehlen. Among alums and the art world elite, the news was received with equal parts enthusiasm and scorn: many celebrated the school's bold choice at recognizing West's contributions to the popular arts, while others claimed the rapper was not befitting of such a distinction, and it would ultimately reflect poorly on the institution. The decision has also inspired debate on campus among students themselves, with some distributing flyers and starting online campaigns both critical and supportive of the choice. We spoke to SAIC President Walter E. Massey and Dean of Faculty Lisa Wainwright, who spearheaded the cause to give the college dropout the degree they felt he deserved.
What exactly does an honorary degree entail? Who are some of the people it's been awarded to in the past? WAINWRIGHT: We use the honorary doctorate to recognize significant contributions to the cultural landscape, and this includes, often, not only artists and designers but musicians and actors and other forms of cultural expression. We're really delighted to have a mix of disciplines on stage during graduation because it reflects our commitment to [being] interdisciplinary. In the past we had Patti Smith, which was amazing, right after her book Just Kids came out. We had Philip Glass, which was great. Then we had the mayor one year receive an honorary doctorate, which we were very excited about because of the cultural contributions to the city. And we even gave it to Ed Harris one year, when the big Pollock film came out. We have a history of honoring notable figures in the field of cultural expression. MASSEY: I've received a number of honorary degrees myself; all colleges give them. As Lisa said, it's to recognize people who have attained excellence in some area of activity that your institution recognizes, and we think Kanye has done that for us.
He's not the only one who's receiving a degree this year. WAINWRIGHT: There are four others.
When did you make the decision to give Kanye a degree? WAINWRIGHT: We have a speaker every year who gives the final commencement address; we try to get that done early. We did choose Albert Oehlen, who is a really significant painter in Germany who's changed the landscape of painting, frankly. We figured that out months ago, and then started to consider our honorary doctorates after that. Kanye came up right toward the end of our deliberations. It was perfect timing: we hadn't finalized our discussion. We got word from Twitter that he said something about his wishing he got his degree from the Art Institute. We thought, "Wow, this is wonderful that he's mentioning us, that he's mentioning art school again." We reached out to him.
You had contact with him? Or his camp? Was he excited? MASSEY: I had not spoken with him; we have been in touch with his camp. We sent him a formal letter, of course, and he's very honored, he's very moved by it. I can't speak for him, but I can imagine… We are a very interdisciplinary institution, and what he does cuts across so many disciplines. We have a course in our liberal arts program on hip-hop, and Kanye is a subject of study in that course. We have another professor, Jon Cates, who specializes in glitch art and digital art, and he says Kanye successfully mobilizes critiques of various aspects of our cultures through his projects. "This is the complexity of our current situation that he exemplifies," Jon once told me. "He is both inside of and critical of systems; he is enthusiastically engaged in creating while also critiquing." We have faculty members who use him as the subject of their teaching, so this is perfect.
"This is the complexity of our current situation that he exemplifies. He is both inside of and critical of systems; he is enthusiastically engaged in creating while also critiquing." —SAIC President Walter Massey
For young people today, college is a difficult choice. What is most valuable about an education in art today? WAINWRIGHT: We're seeing more and more collaborative, iterative, inventive kinds of strategic thinking in the world around us, not just in the art world. I'm talking about the business world, the world of economics, the world of politics. Talk about post-enlightenment! The divisions that once drove the establishment of universities and knowledge's stratification is really changing. It's quite wonderful to see the overlay, the collaboration of different kinds of thinking and different kinds of education around the world in order to solve some of our most wicked problems. You know that term, wicked problems? The challenges we face as humans being on this planet are being addressed by clusters of thinkers. We have a physicist at the helm here. Maybe it's a coincidence, but it's interesting that we have so much art and science going at this school right now.
What art school teaches—what our art school teaches—is how to think creatively even outside of the field in which you operate, and Kanye does that. He slips between these disciplines in such interesting ways. And that's what art school teaches you: how to keep modeling new ideas, and by modeling I really mean physically modeling thoughts and concepts and issues. I think art school, in some ways, is going to jump ahead of college, universities, in providing an education for young people who don't really know what the field will be next. But to teach at the kind of innovating, creative, problem-solving, model iteration, flexibility, bad-ass radicalism that Kanye certainly engages—I think that's good. It's healthy for a society to have young people who are trained to imagine that they can do lots of things. That the status-quo ain't so good. And that you can break the status quo. This is a history of art, the history of modernism. There's this great expression in the modern era this French expression called Épater la bourgeoisie: shock the bourgeoisies. That's the rallying cry of early modern art. And I see it again. I see it in our students, let's shock us out of our complacency. Then let's cross over and work together and try to address these problems in our lives.
It sounds like some of Kanye's reputation for shocking the bourgeoisies is part of the reason why you guys wanted to honor him in this way. WAINWRIGHT: I'm the dean, so I dig that, I like that. We don't want to break the law; we're respectful. We're not like, "Let's insight wildness and anarchy…" MASSEY: We don't go out of our way to do things to shock people.
But you don't shy away from that either. MASSEY: Us giving Kanye this honorary degree shows a lot of complexity in his music and his creative persona that they didn't see before. I know you're going to ask whether we've had controversy, and, as you might expect, we've had some. But, what's been interesting is the people who have been positive. Those who seem to oppose it react in a kind of visceral way to what they see: his surface image, what they see on television about him taking the Grammy from Taylor Swift. So they haven't taken the time, haven't been interested enough, to really see behind those kind of surface images. What a good thing about this for me—I'm not an artist—is that this is provoking just the kind of discussion we like to have. What is art? Who's an artist?
"There's this sense that high art is what we honor, and pop culture is not what we teach in art school. I think that's a problem." —SAIC Dean Lisa Wainwright
I was surprised to find that there was a lot of discussion and debate on campus among the students themselves about the awarding of the degree. Have you seen push-back from students? WAINWRIGHT: Not much. A little from some alums. I actually think that's a high-low problem. There's still this sense that high art is what we do, is what we honor, is what we're about. And that pop culture is not what we teach in art school. Pop culture, mass culture—that's a whole other thing, and we're about high art. I think that's a problem. We're trying to collapse those boundaries a little bit. That's what I like about Kanye. Chicago's known for it. Chicago pop art. Harry Who and The Chicago Imagists. Chicago's known for really looking at source material that's popular. And yet we're associated with the museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, which features high art. A little bit of it was class within the art world. There are many classes in the art world, some of the push back was, "Wait a second, this is pop." That's what I dig. We're going to have, on stage, both the director of the Art Institute, Doug Druick, who's a very renowned historian of 19th century art and runs a major encyclopedic museum in the country, and Kanye West, who talks to the people on the street. It's perfect. I love the combination.
There was one student who started a petition to bake the degree in a cake. Other students opposed his use of profanity in his music, or claim, "He's not an artist, he's a celebrity." To see younger people take that stance is interesting. MASSEY: That hasn't been as widespread. They get maddened about it once they get on social media. People who have no connection with the school will comment on it. They're still young! People aren't fully formed in any of these areas. One of the things I said here that I'm liking more and more about this taking place is providing an opportunity to talk about those kinds of issues. Why do you think that? What's behind your immediate surface reaction? I think it probably wouldn't have been as good to me if there were no opposition. It would've been too bland. WAINWRIGHT: I think also we've had opposition to our speakers in the past. You can imagine Jeff Koons—some of the faculty and students had questions about. We had the Guerrilla Girls, a graduation speaker had a gorilla mask on her face at graduation, so we heard from the parents about that one [laughs]. You can't please all the people all the time.
How many tickets does Kanye get? Does the whole family get to come? He's got a lot of in-laws. WAINWRIGHT: [Laughs] Tickets are a real problem already, I heard scalping is happening. MASSEY: The other thing, of course, is that he's from Chicago. He's from Chicago!
Were you two fans of his work ahead of this? Does any of his material stand out? WAINWRIGHT: I have a 16-year-old, so I've been sort of listening to rap for the last five years in the background with me going, "Turn that down!" But now I've been listening to Kanye, and he's remarkable. I mean, it's a really fantastic sound. The sound itself, the music is phenomenal, and then the lyrics. I'm watching "Black Skinhead," that one is amazing to me. That's just such a powerful lyric, and very danceable, which is my criterion. "Jesus Walks," that's another one I think is really just powerful, powerful, powerful lyrics. My son has turned me on to rapgenius.com. This is what I do as an art historian, I deconstruct what works of art mean. Now I'm looking at his lyrics and reading about, he has this term "Chiraq." He's comparing Chicago to Iraq, and the violence to the youth. The guy is smart. The lyrics are smart, the music is beautiful, it's complicated, it's post-modern, it's hip, it's awakening, I couldn't be happier.
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Ponceau Stain Solution (Western blot)
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Microgram quantities of transferred protein can be detected with Ponceau‐S Stain, which generates reddish pink protein bands with a clear background.
The limit of detection for this stain is 100 ng BSA/ band transferred to nitrocellulose membranes.
Ponceau S is a negative dye that binds to the positively charged amino acids.
This staining technique is reversible to allow further immunological detection. The limit of detection for this stain is 250 nanograms of protein after separation by electrophoresis in polyacrylamide gels and transferred to nitrocellulose membranes. Ponceau S is a negative stain which binds to the positively charged amino groups of the protein. It also binds non-covalently to non-polar regions in the protein. (Note: Ponceau S is not suitable for use with nylon membranes.)
The stain is useful because it does not have a deleterious effect on the sequencing of blotted polypeptides and the user can completely remove it from the protein bands by continued washing.
Procedure for total protein detection:
1. After electrophoresis, immerse the blotted membrane in a sufficient amount of Ponceau S Staining Solution and stain for 5 minutes. Do this before blocking.
2. After staining, immerse the membrane in an aqueous solution containing 5% acetic acid (v/v) for 5 minutes, change the aqueous solution, and immerse the membrane for another 5 minutes.
3. Then, transfer the membrane into water for two washes of 5 minutes each.
4. Finally, remove the membrane and block as normal.
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Project Contract Management — A 2-Day Course
Please note that this course has been retired and is no longer available. Please see the Project Management Other page for courses currently available in this subject area.
This project management course has been developed to improve project delivery performance and efficiency by increasing the knowledge and skills of project/related staff in the areas of contract law and contract management.
Using a combination of case study application and practice exam questions (from law degree courses), the course will address the techniques and soft-skills necessary to effectively deliver projects in a contractual environment. Copies of all case law used are included.
By the end of this course delegates will be able to:
- Understand importance of the contract
- Be able to identify contractual obligations
- Be able to use common legal/contractual terminology
- Understand importance of the contract in the procurement process
- Understand key areas of risk in a contract
- Understand the key role that the contracting process plays in project success
The course is designed for anyone in a project management role requiring working knowledge of Contract Law and Contract Management who wish to gain a broad understanding of contract law.
2 Years+ Project Management or involvement with projects is recommended.
This course has been retired and is no longer available.
Outline Course Contents
- An opportunity to familiarise delegates with the course content, desired outcomes and individual requirements
Contract Essential Elements
- Each contract has a specific purpose. This session covers definitions, relationships and the importance of contracts.
- It considers what is required for a contract to be valid and enforceable, including offer and acceptance, consideration and intention
Law of Contract
- This session looks at specific legal aspects including doctrine of privity, vitiating factors and quantum meruit
Contract Performance and Non-performance
- Delegates will learn about contract performance including terms and conditions.
- They will also consider discharge, breach of contract and damages
- This session looks at the contract as a procurement tool considering procurement strategy and options, forms of contract, allocating risk, supply chain management, partnering arrangements and contracts, design and intellectual property
- Delegates will learn about tender documents, preparing for tender, tender return, evaluation and award
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Aberdeen academics were in Portland, Maine, last week to share their thoughts on science diplomacy and the post-carbon future as the 2022 UArctic Assembly got underway.
Gisele M Arruda, senior lecturer in the Business School, and David G. Anderson, Chair in Anthropology of the North at the School of Social Science, attended the event which was hosted by a consortium of New England education institutions.
The University of Aberdeen joined the UArctic in 2013 and is considered to be one of the leaders of Arctic science in Scotland. The 2022 event was focused on geopolitics and the difficulties created by the invasion of Ukraine by the Russian Federation. Important discussions revolved around the issue of science diplomacy, in particular the unique opportunity for the UArctic to continue speaking to Russian scientists during these times of trouble.
Professor Anderson raised the concern of the 'pausing' of the membership of Russian scientists in the institution suggesting that they be allowed to continue to participate as individual scholars. There was also a high-level panel on 'The New Future of the Arctic' moderated by Maine Senator Angus S King Jr. The panel was composed of representatives of indigenous societies and ambassadors and state department representatives from a number of circumpolar Nations.
One of the speakers was University of Aberdeen alumnus Karla Williamson. A central point of discussion was the transition to a post-carbon future which sits on the shoulders of Arctic indigenous peoples who are being asked to host the mining of rare minerals for electric vehicles and batteries.
Professor Arruda proposed the global institutionalisation/legalisation of the SDGs as a compulsory legal criteria to operate businesses, management, supply chains and education.
Professor Killerud, the UArctic president, drew upon his own background as a geologist to speak about redesigning mineral extraction along the model of small, sustainable Arctic mines designed to provide employment for generations instead of one or two decades.
A significant event at the meeting was the unanimous approval of a thematic network on Island Studies led by the University of the Highlands and Islands as well as another network in Arctic Design with significant participation of Scottish Universities. At this meeting the Assembly approved the application of the University of Edinburgh to join the organisation.
The format of the meeting then pivoted around a circle designed by indigenous youth delegates from across North American and Europe. The four-day meeting culminating in disrupting the linear layout of the assembly to create an enormous circle of chairs where each young Indigenous delegate shared their ideas with the Assembly. Professor Arruda actively participated with her knowledge of sustainable development and ethical practice within the sciences.
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Own a wireless hard drive? Was it made by Seagate? You'll want to download an update. Researchers at Tangible security have discovered a vulnerability in certain Seagate wireless drives that could give unauthorized users root access to the device. The flaw? A default username and password that activates undocumented Telnet services. It's a terrifyingly simple vulnerability. Luckily, the fix is almost as simple -- all you have to do is patch your drive's firmware.
Security researchers say the vulnerability can be found in Seagate Wireless Mobile storage, Wireless Plus Mobile Storage and LaCie FUEL drives dating back to last October, but warns that other drives may be affected as well. The report also highlights two other possible attacks that exploit the firmware's file-sharing protocols. Seagate has already tested and confirmed the flaws, and issued firmware update 188.8.131.52 as a fix. Have a Seagate drive? Why are you still readying this? Click here and update, already. | <urn:uuid:ed799999-9bba-43f0-9c32-95fbdfc10374> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.engadget.com/2015-09-07-root-password-flaw-leaves-wireless-seagate-drives-open-to-attack.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571692.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812105810-20220812135810-00076.warc.gz | en | 0.947982 | 200 | 1.867188 | 2 |
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Sample Description: This sample consists of Urban Mongolians from Ulaan Baatar, Outer Mongolia region.
- Brissenden JE, Kidd JR, Evsanaa B, Togtokh A, Pakstis AJ, Friedlaender F, Kidd KK, Roscoe J "Mongolians in the genetic landscape of central Asia: exploring the genetic relations among Mongolians and other world populations.". Human Biology 87:73-91. (2015) Online citation.
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In his classic Puritan work, The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentment, Jeremiah Burroughs devotes several chapters to the evils of a murmuring spirit. In speaking of this, he references the Apostle Peter’s denial of Christ and states that he had forgotten the Paternoster. The Paternoster is the Latin name given to the Lord’s Prayer (it begins “Our Father”), in citing Peter’s forgetfulness in this matter, namely the portion of the prayer “Hallowed be your name….Your Kingdom come”, Burroughs relates this to our own forgetfulness of the Paternoster when we murmur. He writes,
“When you have a murmuring and discontented hearts, you forget your prayers, you forget what you have prayed for. What do you pray, but, Give us this day our daily bread?” Now God does not teach any of you to pray, Lord, give me so much a year, or let me have this kind of cloth, and so many dishes at my table. Christ does not teach you to pray so, but he teaches us to pray, ‘Lord, give us our bread,’ showing that you should be content with a little.”
In reading through Burroughs’s example and application to our own condition, the thought occurred to me, how often are we likened to Peter and forget The Paternoster? It would seem this most often occurs as a failure to recognize the attributes of God’s character that are revealed in our model prayer found in Matthew 6:9-13. Though many more could be added, below are some practical examples of forgetting The Paternoster:
- When we forget Fatherhood of God
- When we forget the holiness of God
- When we forget the providence of God
- When we forget the sovereignty of God
- When we forget the mercy of God
- When we forget the grace of God
- When we forget the justice of God
- When we forget the authority of God
Each of these have a practical outworking in our daily lives and are most reflected in our attitudes such as
- When we murmur and complain
- When we are anxious
- When we are discontent
- When we are jealous or covetous
- When we think too highly of ourselves
- When we think too lowly of ourselves
- When we are quicker to condemn than to forgive
- When we are self-reliant, self-sufficient, self-exalting
- When we succumb to our temptations
The Lord’s Prayer, as it is so called, was Christ’s response to the disciples petition to teach them to pray. In His instructive model, He has taught us, among other things, a remedy against murmuring, namely that from Him and to Him and through Him are all things; said succinctly that God is a sovereign God. However, we far too easily forget the one to Whom we’ve prayed, because our hearts become so quickly disoriented by our selfish desires. As Burroughs adds,
“Where did Christ teach us provision for so long a time? No, but if we have bread for this day, Christ would have us content. Therefore when we murmur because we have no so much variety as others have, we do, as it were, forget our Paternoster. It is against our prayers; we do not in our lives hold forth the acknowledgement of the sovereignty of God over us as we seem to acknowledge in our prayers. Therefore when at any time you find your hearts murmuring, then do but reflect upon yourselves and think thus: Is this according to my prayers, in which I held forth the sovereign power and authority that God has over me?”
Christian, let us be vigilant to set our minds on the sovereign, providential God Who deserves our gratitude and praise, not our murmuring and discontentment, lest we find ourselves alongside Peter in forgetting the Paternoster.
Soli Deo Gloria!
Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done. On earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. Forgive our trespasses. As we forgive those who trespass against us. Lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, the glory forever.
Jeremiah Burroughs, The Rare Jewel of Christian Contentenment. Banner of Truth, pp. 152-153.
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Founded in 1952, the American University Law Review is the oldest and largest student-run publication at the Washington College of Law and publishes six issues each year. The Law Review is consistently ranked among the top fifty law journals in the nation and is the most-cited journal at WCL, according to the Washington and Lee University Law Library.
The Law Review receives approximately 2,500 submissions annually and publishes a wide range of legal scholarship from professors, judges, practicing lawyers, and renowned legal thinkers. The Law Review has published articles or commentary by Supreme Court Chief Justices Warren Burger, William Rehnquist, and Earl Warren, as well as Associate Justices Hugo Black, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Arthur Goldberg. The Law Review has also published articles or commentary by prominent legal figures such as Stephen Bright, Paul Butler, Erwin Chemerinsky, Tom Goldstein, Paul Kamenar, Judge Paul Michel, Judge Stephen Reinhardt, Nadine Strossen, and Laurence Tribe.
The Law Review is the only journal in the nation to publish an annual issue dedicated to decisions of the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit regarding patent law, international trade, government contracts, veterans affairs, and trademark law. A member of the National Conference of International Law Journals, the Law Review is also indexed in LexisNexis, Westlaw, HeinOnline, the Index to Legal Periodicals, and the Resource Index/Current Law Index. Each edition of the Law Review is distributed nationally and abroad to law school libraries, private law firms, public legal organizations, and individual subscribers. | <urn:uuid:fa22723d-587b-4db2-885f-c9f3b2260fbe> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/aulr/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280891.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00157-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935077 | 320 | 1.59375 | 2 |
UMassOnline, the online learning division of the University of Massachusetts, today announced a timely suite of three new program offerings in Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Environmental Public Policy and Green Building. These UMassOnline programs were collaboratively developed by, and are being offered through, UMass Amherst Continuing & Professional Education and its University Without Walls (UWW) unit, and UMass Dartmouth.
‘These quality programs have been developed in quick response to some of the most pressing environmental and ecological challenges facing our planet and a future generation of local, regional, national, and international business and community leaders,’ said UMassOnline Interim CEO Mark Schlesinger. ‘These innovative offerings and the speed at which they have been tailored for quality online learning,’ added Dr. Schlesinger, ‘speak to the University of Massachusetts’ online learning vision and our commitment to matching its educational programs, online and on-campus, with the ever-changing contemporary learning requirements needed to meet 21st century career opportunities.’
Complete program details about the Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Sustainability, Environmental Public Policy and Green Building Management can be viewed on the UMassOnline website at www.umassonline.net.
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Swan Lake leaps into 3D
St Petersburg’s Mariinsky Theatre staged the first ever 3D live ballet, filmed using James Cameron’s ground-breaking technology as seen in Avatar, and Peter Colley pulled on his 3D glasses to check out the results.
3D has proved one of the major new money-spinners of recent years, enticing audiences back into cinemas with promises of a fresh experience.
Of course, the format has been around since the birth of cinema, but the next level of 3D arguably came with the release of James Cameron’s Avatar in 2009. It therefore seems only fitting that his company – Cameron Pace – be the ones to give the world’s first 3D ballet its third-dimension.
Filmed at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersberg, the event was broadcast to 50 countries around the world.
Before the ballet began, we saw our first glimpse of 3D action with a visual tour around St. Petersberg. From buildings to rivers, everything was enhanced. And this dazzling depiction was a taste of things to come.
The scene cut to the Mariinsky Theatre, where we were acquainted with the various people participating in the evening’s event, including Russian actress and philanthropist Natalia Vodianova – who acted as the storyteller.
The footage briefly lost its synchronization during the interviews, but the impact of this fault was minimal.
Waiting for the performance to begin, the announcers at Mariinsky stated the prohibiting of photography, which felt obsolete considering the hazy screen effect without the 3D glasses.
The opening dances featured incredible dance cues, and it’s a credit to the Theatre’s multi-camera setup that the most intimate and vibrant moments were perfectly captured.
It took some time for the 3D to become prominent, or at least evident, but this could be interpreted as a positive sign that - despite the technical advancements - 3D did not distract from the main performances.
As the production continued, and the dances progressed to include greater numbers of more animated performers - almost leaping out from the confines of the stage - and it was through these synchronized dance cues that the 3D became more prominent.
Arguably, the highlight of the event – and the use of 3D – was during the first act, set by the lake. The scene depicted a night-time scene with the Swan Maidens and was mesmerizing, creating a visually-rewarding performance.
As the curtain went down, there was a collective feeling of being overwhelmed. Previous releases have shown that 3D is often best when depicting a spectacle, but in ballet the performances are the spectacle.
During the interval, Jonathan Phoenix of organiser Glass Slipper revealed there were more events lined up. “The more events, the more we can promote”, he said.
He also said that Swan Lake was an appropriate choice for the first live 3D ballet. “It is the ballet,” he added, citing the event as a good way to get people into the dance form.
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President Donald Trump inches nearer to his final decision on the Paris climate accord, while all signs seem to point to U.S. withdrawal. If so, that would leave the U.S. in the company of Syria and Nicaragua, the only other nations not a party to the global agreement.
Amid headlines predicting an exit, Trump tweeted this morning:
I will be announcing my decision on the Paris Accord over the next few days. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!
Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 31, 2017
“We’ve obviously got a discussion going on about our policy in this regard,” Secretary of Defense James Mattis said. “I’m quite certain the president is wide open on this issue as he takes in the pros and cons of that accord.” White House press secretary Sean Spicer would not elaborate on when to expect the decision or whether Trump thinks human activity contributes to climate change. “I haven’t asked him,” he told reporters.
In the meantime, thought leaders and lawmakers continue to urge the president to keep the U.S. in Paris. (Read yesterday’s batch here if you missed out.)
Rep. Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16): The Florida congressman joins others in his delegation to “strongly encourage the president to remain in the Paris climate accord.” In a statement, he wrote that “climate change is a serious issue, especially for a state like Florida that has two coastlines vulnerable to rising waters. Only Syria and Nicaragua are not part of the 197-country agreement, which lays out voluntary goals for reducing harmful greenhouse gas emissions. Our withdrawal would send the wrong message to the world. Protecting the environment and growing the economy are not mutually exclusive. We should be doing everything we can to accomplish both.”
Corporate America: Business leaders weighed in with a full-page ad in support of the Paris agreement that appeared in major newspapers such as the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. Interesting note, in 2009 Trump signed onto a similar ad calling for tough emissions targets in the Copenhagen climate conference. Separately, ExxonMobil chief executive Darren Woods sent a letter to the president urging that “by remaining a party to the Paris Agreement, the United States will maintain a seat at the negotiating table to ensure a level playing field so that all energy sources and technologies are treated equitably in an open, transparent and competitive global market so as to achieve economic growth and poverty reduction at the lowest cost to society.”
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A three-day workshop, “Sustainable Materials and Materials for Sustainability,” held recently at Qatar University (QU) brought together more than 50 experienced and early-career researchers from multidisciplinary backgrounds such as materials science, chemistry, engineering, and energy & environment.
The workshop was co-organised by the QU Centre for Advanced Materials and Ulster University under the Qatar-UK Research Networking Programme, and sponsored by British Council and Qatar National Research Fund in collaboration with the UK Science and Innovation Network and UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills.
The workshop programme featured lectures by QU Qapco chair Prof Igor Krupa, QU researcher Dr Anton Popelka, Ulster University Royal Academy of Engineering chair Prof Eileen Jones, University of Sheffield research fellow Dr Hassan El-Dassouky, Qapco head of R&D Dr Mabrouk Ouderni and Qatar Shell senior materials and corrosion engineer Dr Nick Laycock.
Key topics included sustainable design, energy & environment, advanced polymer composites & coatings, functional materials, environmental challenges faced by industries, and recycling & waste management. Also discussed were advanced lightweight polymer composites/nanocomposites used in aerospace, wind turbine blades, low-cost solar cells & fuel tanks as well as disposal issues.
The third day of the workshop consisted of a poster session in which more than 40 early career researchers from QU, Texas A&M University at Qatar, and Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute participated. It was an opportunity for the participants to get feedback from academic and industrial experts as well as network with colleagues.
Commenting on the forum, QU VP for research and graduate studies Prof Mariam al-Maadeed said: “Collaboration among researchers and institutes is essential for advancement in scientific discovery. Qatar University is pleased to be hosting such workshops that serve as a platform for researchers to build upon each other’s ideas as well as challenge them, hence paving the way for future collaboration”.
British Council director Dr Frank Fitzpatrick said: “In Qatar, we’re supporting research capacity and identifying common research priorities between Qatar and the UK. This helps us identify and back UK-Qatar partnerships that support greater economic engagement, and joint research and innovation with Qatar.”
Head of UK Science and Innovation Network (Gulf) Dr Malak Hamdan noted: “International collaboration in scientific research plays a crucial role in promoting prosperity and sustainable growth in every country. We hope to see a number of long-term UK-Qatar research projects established as a result of this research networking programme”.
QU post-doctoral researcher Dr Deepalekhsmi Poonnamma, who participated in the oral and poster session, added: “As an early-career researcher, this workshop was as an excellent opportunity for me.”
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Track renewal work is an ongoing effort for railroads, including the ‘L’ system. Over time, wear and natural aging of components can lead to conditions that require the implementation of slow zones pending repair or renewal efforts.
We perform regular maintenance and sometimes perform major track renewal/replacement projects to keep our system in safe, working condition—and to keep you moving quickly across town.
Learn more about regular maintenance and slow zone elimination
Recent, larger track renewal projects
Sometimes larger projects are done as a result of track conditions which have formed, other times they may be done because tracks in an area are due for replacement or even as a preventative measure.
Here are some of the more recent, larger track projects that have either eliminated or prevented slow zones or renewed tracks on our system...
Ravenswood Connector Track Renewal
Brown & Purple Lines, Armitage to Merchandies Mart
Work began in late 2013 on a $71 million project to perform major structural renewal and track improvement work on the Ravenswood Connector, the part of the Brown Line & Purple Line Express between Armitage and Merchandise Mart. Work, which continued through 2014, will eliminate about two miles of slow zones (as slow as 15 m.p.h.) on tracks that host 700 trains per day.
Work is now progressing on the second part of the project, upgrading signal systems across this part of the 'L'.
Your New Blue Track Work
Blue Line, Damen thru Belmont
In 2014, CTA began work to eliminate or prevent slow zones and reduce travel times on the Milwaukee Elevated portion of the Blue Line (which is the elevated line between Logan Square and Division) and in the Kimball Subway (through Logan Square and Belmont) and Dearborn Subway (Division through Clinton). The last major weekend closure for this work wrapped up at the end of August 2014.
This work was part of a major investment in the O'Hare Branch of the Blue Line, announced in December 2013 by Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Illinois Governor Pat Quinn.
Track work on Evanston Branch
Purple Line, Central thru Linden
Work to rehabilitate the tracks and remove slow zones was completed in December 2013 and included extensive tie replacement, placement of new ballast, and tamping of the track system and roadbed, when work finished between Milburn (near Central) and the north terminal at Linden. This followed work in a phase that was performed between Church and Milburn interlockings in the summer and fall of 2013.
This project was undertaken in several phases over the course of seven months using existing resources and was performed by CTA personnel in our Track and Structure departments. Work was performed overnight and on weekends and under single-track conditions (not requiring major track closures).
Dan Ryan Track Renewal (Red Line South Reconstruction)
Red Line, Roosevelt to 95th/Dan Ryan
From May thru October, 2013, we rebuilt the tracks along the South Side Red Line, from Cermak-Chinatown to 95th/Dan Ryan—a project that is providing faster, more comfortable and more reliable service for Red Line riders. Crews replaced everything in the track bed: ties, rail, third rail, ballast (the stone material that holds the ties in place) and drainage systems. The project included station improvements and made the remaining stations on Red South accessible to people with disabilities. Learn more...
North Side Main Line track work
Red & Purple Lines, Belmont to Howard
Partial slow zone elimination was completed in 2008. Work was also completed in the area of Sheridan station, with slow zones around the station removed in December 2009. In 2010, work was completed eliminating existing slow zones between Addison and Wilson.
In late 2011, Mayor Emanuel and Governor Quinn announced a $1 billion investment in the Red Line, which included some track and tie replacement and viaduct repair work on the North Side Main Line, eliminating approximately 7,000 feet of slow zones and speeding up service on the Red Line and Purple Line Express.
Much of this work was done as part of the Red North Station Interim Improvements project, plus work in the summer of 2015 to replace track ties and the restore track alignment to eliminate slow zones between Lawrence to Jarvis on the outer Purple Line Express tracks.
Track work on Ashland Branch (Englewood)
Green Line, 59th Junction to Ashland/63rd
...also used by Red Line trains during Red Line South Reconstruction Project and certain rush hour trains during work at 95th/Dan Ryan station renovations
Significant work was done to eliminate slow zones in Spring 2013, including track tie replacement work, on the South Side Green Line in anticipation of rerouted Red Line service to Ashland/63rd during track renewal on the Dan Ryan line.
Loop Track Renewal, Wells Street Bridge Replacement and Hubbard St. Curve work
Loop Elevated, downtown, and Brown Line and Purple Line Express
In 2012 and 2013, the second phase of major work was done to ensure safe and efficient operations on the Loop ‘L’, focusing on the Wells and Van Buren legs of the Loop, replacing tracks, ties and other elements. Major work was performed on and near both Loop junctions (Towers 12 and 18).
The earlier phase of Loop Track Renewal was completed in 2008 on the Lake and Wabash sides of the Loop.
The Wells Street Bridge, which leads into the Loop from the north, was replaced by the Chicago Department of Transportation (with the bridge and our tracks over the bridge reconstructed) in 2013 and the tracks on top of it, used by Brown Line and Purple Line Express trains, were completely rebuilt.
During the Wells Street Bridge replacement, work proceeded to replace Tower 18 (Wells/Lake junction), as well as work to repair and eliminate slow zones just north of the Loop and Merchandise Mart at the Hubbard St. curve.
Purple Line Viaduct Replacements
In September 2011, work began on the $15.5 million Purple Line Viaduct project, which will reduce slow zones and improve travel times for Purple Line customers by replacing three aging viaducts along the line at Greenleaf, Dempster and Grove streets in Evanston. Viaduct work also includes new abutments, retaining walls, foundations, and new waterproofing and drainage systems. Other project work includes rail tie replacement, new landscaping and lighting enhancements under the bridges.
Replacement of the three viaducts was complete this summer. The majority of project work completed by May 2013.
State Street Subway track renewal
Red Line, North/Clybourn thru Roosevelt
Work was done in the area between north portal of the State Street Subway (north of North/Clybourn) and Roosevelt. Almost 3.5 miles of slow zones were eliminated until completion in 2008.
Work was also done in February 2013 to eliminate slow zones by making track improvements across a handful of locations in the State Street Subway that needed maintenance from regular wear & tear and some heat damage sustained in 2012.
O'Hare-Kennedy track renewal
Blue Line, O'Hare Branch between Addison and O'Hare
Track renewal and slow zone elimination work was completed in December 2008. Over 21 miles of track were renewed and over 18 miles of slow zones were eliminated.
Dearborn Subway track renewal
Blue Line, Division thru Clinton
Slow zone elimination in the Dearborn Subway began during 2007 and 2008, when track tie replacement and other improvements were made between the Dearborn Subway's north portal (located between Damen and Division) and Clark/Lake to eliminate existing slow zones that were substantially impacting travel times.
The first phase of work resulted in the replacement of over 5,000 deteriorated wooden track ties with concrete ties in areas where slow zones existed.
A larger project funded by the Federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act during 2009 and early 2010 upgraded tracks and track ties along the full length of the Dearborn Subway, from Damen to UIC-Halsted. Many track components in the subway, including aging track ties, were replaced to provide even more reliable service in the future.
Track renewal on elevated Ravenswood Branch
Brown Line, Ravenswood Branch from Southport to Western
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As Nelson Mandela was being groomed in 1993 to take power as South Africa's first black president, he toured the Bryntirion, Pretoria, presidential home with his 3-year-old grandson, paying little attention to its grandeur.
"Here was a historical figure going into what had previously been the residence of the ceremonial heads of state of the apartheid government with a 3-year-old child, not being impressed with all of this," said Dave Steward, former chief of staff for President F.W. de Klerk, who shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Mandela that year.
"The real man was holding the hand of his grandson."
Those who knew the legendary figure, whose clan nickname was "Madiba," say that image speaks to Mandela's humility and charm, which was as powerful as his lofty goals for a multiracial South Africa and world peace.
Mandela, who died Thursday at the age of 95, had as many earthly passions as political ones: He was a notorious flirt, a boxer and a lover of ballroom dancing. His aristocratic charm mesmerized celebrities as well as everyday people.
"What you get is what you see," Steward told ABCNews.com in 2010. "He's not putting on an act.
"If he was just walking down the street or on the way to go into the Union Building, he would speak to the gardener and express genuine interest in his life," said Steward. "This would cut across all racial divides. He had just as much concern for the flight crew of the presidential aircraft as he would for anybody else.
"It was not an affected charm," said Steward. "He was incredibly thoughtful and considerate in his relationships with the humblest of people around him. He was a great reconciler."
Those who knew him said Mandela's sense of humanity and reconciliation sprang from the sense of duty that was part of his own noble African beginnings, as well as a life beset with hardship, loneliness and betrayal.
"I suspect that from the day that he committed to the struggle against apartheid, he meant genuinely to fully dedicate his entire life to that cause," said Bantu Holomisa, a member of the South African parliament and president of the United Democratic Movement.
"Little did he know the price he would pay," he told ABCNews.com in 2010. "A free South Africa became synonymous with his name, and that was what the public expected of him."
As a martyr for democratic South Africa, Mandela spent 27 years in prison, cut off from his four children.
Jailed Mandela Missed Life, Humiliated
Released from prison in 1990, Mandela emerged into a world in motion: Africa was engulfed in an AIDS crisis -- his son Makgatho and two other family members later died of complications from the disease -- and his own nation was poised to embrace majority black rule.
Mandela credited imprisonment with strengthening his character and giving him focus, and reconciliation with his white captors became a theme of his life.
Born July 18, 1918, in the Eastern Cape village of Transkei to a branch of the family known as the Left Hand House, Mandela was expected to become a traditional adviser to the chief of the 2.6 million-strong Thembu nation.
Sent to English schools where he was given the name Nelson, Mandela had a deep admiration for the principles behind the British parliamentary system.
As an activist with the African National Congress, Mandela led a general strike in 1950. He was later charged with treason in the longest trial in South African history.
When police shot 60 black protestors dead in the Sharpeville massacre, the ANC radicalized and Mandela formed the military wing and became its first commander in 1961.
By 1962, he was imprisoned for inciting a strike and sentenced in 1964 to life in prison.
George Bizos, his friend of more than half a century, said that Mandela's "noble birth" had shaped his respect for others, even his foes.
When Bizos, who is white, first visited Mandela on Robben Island prison a month after his conviction in 1964, no fewer than eight white guards surrounded the prisoner on all sides. After enthusiastically embracing his friend, Mandela politely turned to his captors.
"This place has made me forget my manners, not introducing you to my guards of honor," Mandela told Bizos. "He introduced each one of them by their first and second name. They were really numbed by his behavior, and a white man embracing a black man."
He was "never aloof," Bizos told ABCNews.com in 2010.
But the man behind the prison-bound martyr was as complicated as he was celebrated.
"Sometimes I feel like the one who is on the sidelines who has missed life itself," he wrote in one of his letters, chronicled in the Anthony Sampson biography, "Mandela."
Mandela's release from prison at the age of 76 led to negotiations that ended decades of racist white rule and set the stage for his presidency in South Africa's first democratic elections in 1994.
He served one term and then retired from political life in 1999, establishing the Nelson Mandela Foundation to fight poverty, AIDS and illiteracy in Africa. Since then, his life story has been a beacon to the world.
But Mandela's personal life was fraught with operatic tragedy.
When then-president de Klerk released him from Victor Verster prison Feb. 11, 1990, Mandela learned that his wife of 30 years had been unfaithful.
His oldest and favorite son, Thembi, never once visited him in prison, and Mandela only learned about his death in a car accident by telegram in 1969.
He married his first wife, Evelyn Mase, in 1944, but they divorced after arguments over his political involvement. They had four children, a daughter who died in infancy and two sons who perished in adulthood. Mase died in 2005.
But it was his second wife, Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, who caused him crushing humiliation, taking a lover to her home while he was confined to prison.
"It was real agony for him, genuinely horrible," James Sanders, researcher for the biography, "Mandela," said. "She was a big superstar and she had a lover in her house."
Their long, passionate romance began in 1957. She was a social worker and 16 years younger than the 38-year-old activist. Marrying a year later, the couple radiated both political and sexual energy. They had two girls.
Madikizela-Mandela was never allowed to assume the role of first lady because of her infidelities.
Still active in South African politics, she is held in both awe as the "Mother of the Nation" and contempt, for her alleged involvement in human rights abuses, including the torture and murder of 14-year-old activist Stompie Moeketsi in 1989.
Just this month, South African prosecutors said they are considering charges against her, which she denied, following the exhumation of bodies believed to belong to two young activists last seen at her home 24 years ago.
But Mandela loved again, capping his 80th birthday in 1998 with his marriage to Graca Machel, the 52-year-old widow of Mozambican president Samora Machel, who died in a 1986 plane crash.
"Late in my life, I am blooming like a flower because of the love and support she has given me," Mandela said of the child rights activist, whom he met shortly after he was released from prison.
"If I could say in a very modest way that's what I was able to give him back," Machel, a noted campaigner for children's rights, said in a 1998 interview. "I'm happy that in his sunset years I was able to be there for him. And he is there for me."
Mandela Myth 'Twisted by Time'
Mandela's three marriages produced 18 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren. His 13-year-old great-granddaugher, Zenani, was killed in a car crash after the opening ceremony at the World Cup in 2010.
Grandson Mbuso was particularly close to Mandela -- the same boy who toured the presidential palace as a toddler later attended a high-level state dinner as a 4-year-old in pajamas.
"Mbuso had been in Durban City and was expecting his grandfather to put on his pajamas and sleep with him that night," said Mandela's friend Bizos. "Instead, Nelson was dressed in a suit."
"Mbuso started crying, 'Grandpa, are you going to go out again?' So he brought him," Bizos said. "It didn't matter what the occasion was, the child got preference."
At the same time, Mandela relished his role as an international superstar.
"He loved it," Bizos said. "If it were not for his doctors and senior members of his family, protective as they are, he would accept every invitation.
"The whole world wanted to see him and he would willingly do it. He is a humanist down to the core."
In his later years, surrounded by devoted friends and family, Mandela has reconciled with his second wife, Winnie, as well as his former foes. Three daughters -- Makaziwe with Mase and Zindziswa and Zenani with Madikizela-Mandela -- are still living.
"He is too generous and forgiving of people," Bizos said. "I can't bring myself to be kind to some of the people who were so cruel to him by implication and others who were detained without trials, had their relatives tortured or killed. He says it's important for the future."
Every year, Mandela's birthday has been an annual cause for celebration across South Africa and on his 90th, two runners holding national flags circled Robben Island, Johannesburg children brought cakes to Mandela's foundation offices and the ANC headquarters unveiled giant banners with his image.
But that iconic image has been "somewhat twisted by time," said "Mandela" researcher Sanders. "He is really a human being with a lot of faults. He was always incredibly insistent that we not paint him as a saint.
"He's not a mythical figure," he said. "And I know that sounds odd, but one byproduct of racism is to create icons that are incredibly good or evil. He gets that 10 times over."
Although not particularly intellectual, Mandela was a "politician to his fingertips," Sanders said.
"He had enormous energy poured into him -- black liberation and white reconciliation or the global need for some progressive figure of good," he said. "And he didn't want to let them down."
Mandela's imprisonment, especially, shaped his view of the world and his ability to be a reconciler, Sanders said. "The only way you can survive is to go by a set of parameters of what is given," he said.
Still, Mandela gives South Africa, which continues to be challenged by poverty, the highest rate of AIDS in the world and lingering racism, the opportunity to "feel good about themselves," he said.
"He was a contested figure and he urges contestation of who is," Sanders said. "He tried to use his influence and power and the experience that gave him to positive ends and he was marvelous at that."
And to his fellow South Africans, many of whom fled to the United States during the apartheid years, Mandela is a symbol of determination.
"The most fascinating thing about him is he kept his eye on the prize," said Dr. Wulf Utian, a consultant in women's health, who left South Africa 33 years ago.
"He was focused and never allowed hate or bitterness or political factions or even pressure from different groups within the ANC to take away his clear thinking toward a multi-racial country."
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Checkout screenshots of my latest "web app" :
Pretty lame, right? Perhaps not, allow to me to explain.
What you're looking at are some interactions with web-apply, a crude framework for binding arbitrary Scheme functions to a web page. Here's how it works. First, you start with any old functions. Here's three toy ones:
(define (string-reverse x) (apply string (reverse (string->list x)))) (define (tip-calc amt) (map (lambda (percent) (cons percent (exact->inexact (+ amt (* (/ percent 100) amt))))) '(10 15 20))) (define (random-within x y) (+ x (random-integer (- y x))))
Then you bind these functions to a particular port and path:
(tcp-service-register! (list server-address: "*" port-number: 9000 eol-encoding: 'cr-lf) (web-fn-dispatcher `(("/rev" . (,string-reverse #t)) ("/tip" . (,tip-calc number)) ("/rand" . (,random-within number number)))))
tcp-service-register! is built into Gambit Scheme and takes care of accepting TCP connections. web-fn-dispatcher implements trivial HTTP handling and allows for interaction with a browser. The framework has one more trick up it's sleeve: you can pass an output parameter to declare how you want the output rendered. By default, a basic HTML page is generated, though you can pass in display or write to output the content using the aptly named Scheme function.
And here's the cool part: this framework was built in, and explicitly runs on Gambit Scheme on Android. So the above bindings effectively turn my cell phone into a resource an arbitrary user can browse to and interact with.
So why bother writing web-apply? I'm glad you asked. Here are three reasons:
- web-apply demonstrates just how powerful Gambit Scheme is on Android. Threads and sockets Just Work, including the ability to debug at the REPL. Combined with Droid Edit, you can really get creative and program dang near anything.
- If I try hard enough, I can imagine a circumstance where a team of individuals would want quick and dirty access to interact with some code, and web-apply gives you exactly this.
- web-apply should play nice with Tasker, as Tasker allows for easy execution of HTTP requests. This should allow you to code a task mainly using Tasker's standard environment, but jump into the Scheme world when it's convenient.
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Neural mechanisms underlying selection of motor responses are largely unknown in vertebrates. This study shows that in immobilized Xenopus embryos, brief mechanical or electrical stimulation of the trunk skin can trigger sustained fictive swimming, whereas sustained pressure or repetitive electrical stimulation can evoke fictive struggling. These two rhythmic motor patterns are distinct: alternating single motor root spikes propagate from head to tail during swimming; alternating motor root bursts propagate from tail to head during struggling. As both motor patterns can be evoked in embryos with the CNS transected caudal to the cranial roots, the sensory pathway responsible must have direct access to the spinal cord. Rohon--Beard sensory neurons provide the only such pathway known. They respond appropriately to brief stimuli applied to the trunk skin, and also to repetitive electrical stimuli and sustained pressure. The results suggest that Rohon--Beard sensory neurons can both trigger sustained swimming and `gate in' struggling motor patterns, and thus effect behavioural selection according to their pattern of activity. | <urn:uuid:2cb39ca2-0f11-452d-b2f9-d31a828cd09b> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/246/1317/197 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279650.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00432-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.924139 | 201 | 2.78125 | 3 |
Leonard Siegfried kept a logbook throughout his captivity in 1944-45. On the march from Stalag Luft IV, near the Baltic Sea, he wrote this letter in his book on March 14, 1945, at Rostock, Germany:
"It's impossible to mail you this letter, but I'll write just the same. This very moment I'm laying under my blanket in a barn with some 500 other prisoners. We are on the road five weeks and two days today, and in this time we walked over 400 kilometers [248 miles]. I'm thankful to say I'm still in good health and feeling fine. I hope I can continue throughout the trip and the war. One thing if nothing else that we're getting from the trip is the fact that we appreciate the very smallest things in life. To think of the eats we had and clean beds and baths, it all seems like a dream. I'm thankful that I can look forward to such a future. Again I'm sorry I can't tell you I'm fine at present, but I hope and pray that I may deliver this letter in person in the very near future.
"Hoping you are all well and may God bless and keep each of you. With all my love and luck, loving son Lenny."
While a prisoner at Stalag Luft IV, Siegfried wrote poems and drew pictures in his journal. He listed all 13 books he borrowed from the camp library and read: "Mutiny on the Bounty," "Charlie Chan Carries On," "Evidence of Things Seen," "Man from Peace River," "How Green Was My Valley," "Camera Clue," "Wings on My Feet," "Phantom Lady," "The Sky Pilot," "Red Raskall," "Dark Lady," "Destry Rides Again" and "Blazed Trail Stories."
He also listed:
•The contents of Red Cross Christmas parcels in 1944, including a pound of plum pudding, 4 ounces of Vienna sausage and a game of Chinese checkers.
•The letters he wrote while a POW — the date he mailed them, whether they were a card or letter and who the recipient was.
•Funny lines from letters fellow POWs received, such as: "January 1944, Darling, I was so glad you were shot down before flying became so dangerous" and "November 1943, Darling, you were reported missing for a month so I got married."
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Growing tomatoes requires a lot of care and attention. For their successful cultivation, it is necessary to ensure regular watering and feeding, as well as loosening, forming bushes and a number of other activities. But even with the most careful care, the gardener can lose crops due to the effects of various viruses, bacteria, fungi or pests. Diseases of tomatoes develop gradually, and often the farmer cannot detect the problem at an early stage of appearance. To save tomatoes, the gardener must be prepared in advance for such a situation. The basis of preparation is the ability to identify the symptoms of the disease and take timely measures to eliminate it. Also, an important point in the growing season of tomatoes is the prevention of possible diseases. All the main points of the fight against the most common ailments and measures of protection against harmful microflora and pests will be discussed in the proposed article.
The most common diseases
The main causative agents of diseases in tomatoes are fungi, viruses and bacteria. They can be in the ground or move through the air, get to the surface of the plant along with water. A feature of fungal pathogens is the fact that they can stay in a dormant state of spores for a long time until favorable conditions for reproduction come. So, the appearance of the first symptoms of the disease can occur much later than the moment of infection.
Each disease has its own symptoms, which must be known and determined in a timely manner. When they are observed, measures should be taken immediately to treat tomatoes. Among all the possible ailments of tomatoes, the most common are:
A viral disease is transmitted by contact with insect vectors (aphids) or the remnants of previous vegetation. Infection occurs through damaged areas on the tomato trunk.
Symptoms of the disease can be observed on the leaves of a tomato and its fruits:
- tomato leaves curl, yellow or brown spots and stripes appear on them. With severe damage, tomato leaves die off;
- the trunk and leaves of a tomato become very fragile;
- on the surface of vegetables, you can see rounded spots of a changed color;
- inside the vegetable there are green necrotic spots.
Important! Most often, indeterminate tomatoes grown in a seedling method in a greenhouse are ill with mosaics. Their infection occurs at the time of planting seedlings in the ground.
It is worth noting that the disease virus may be present initially on the surface of tomato seeds. In this case, it is possible to avoid infection of already adult tomatoes only if the strict rules for processing planting material are observed. So, tomato seeds should be treated with a manganese solution or a special chemical before planting. Breeders, in turn, offer farmers hybrids resistant to this disease: "President", "Anyuta", "Bella" and some others.
Unfortunately, already infected tomato bushes cannot be cured of the disease. Among effective methods of control, one can only apply preventive measures such as choosing a tomato variety that is resistant to the disease, treating tomato seeds before sowing, observing the light, temperature and humidity regime of growing, and regularly feeding tomatoes with nutrients.
Important! Tomatoes with signs of mosaic must be removed from the site. Putting sore bushes in compost will help spread the virus among the plants next year.
This is a fungal disease that occurs when the fungus of the same name - phytophthora - gets on the tomatoes. Phytophthora often damages tomatoes in open ground and shows its symptoms in the autumn or summer in unfavorable, rainy conditions.
The characteristic symptoms of the disease are brown spots on the leaves and fruits of tomato. Drying, dark spots can also be seen on the trunk. A vivid example of the manifestation of late blight symptoms is shown in the photo below.
For the prevention of the disease, it is necessary to observe the humidity and temperature regime of growing tomatoes. Proper watering can also significantly reduce the likelihood of tomato disease. So, experienced gardeners use plastic bottles with a cut off bottom for watering tomatoes. By touching the neck of the container in the ground at the very root of the plant, you can get an excellent reservoir for easy and safe watering of tomato bushes.
Important! Often, the development of phytophthora is facilitated by drops of water accumulated in the leaf axil when watering tomatoes by sprinkling.
For the prevention of the disease, you can use special drugs or some folk remedies, for example, an infusion of garlic with potassium permanganate. Whey also helps protect tomatoes from late blight. It is necessary to spray plants for prevention regularly when the weather is favorable for the development of the fungus, after prolonged rains, sharp temperature fluctuations. The preparations "Fitosporin", "Zaslon" and some others can also be used for preventive purposes. The most effective drugs include "Famoxadon", "Mefenoxam", "Mancozeb". These drugs are able to cope with the disease even with significant areas of plant damage, but after using them, tomatoes cannot be consumed for 3 weeks.
This fungal disease can be found under two names at once: black leg and root rot. The disease is often found at the stage of growing tomato seedlings, as well as in adult plants if the irrigation regime is not followed.
The main symptoms of tomato disease are blackening and decay of plant roots, and then of their cuttings. In addition to this, root rot can lead to wilting of tomato leaves and their drying out. Brown spots appear on the surface of the leaf plate during the spread of the disease.
For the prevention of the disease, it is necessary to process them with a preparation from the category of fungicides before planting tomato seeds in the ground. Also, a preventive measure to prevent the development of the disease is the disinfection of the soil by heating and ensuring drainage in containers with seedlings. If, nevertheless, the disease has caught up with already grown tomatoes, then you can use the drug "Ross" or "Pseudobacterin-2".
Important! Watering tomatoes sparsely but plentifully helps prevent blackleg development.
Tomato cladosporium disease (brown spot) is a rather dangerous, rapidly developing fungal disease that affects the leaves of tomatoes, and then the fruits themselves. Harmful fungi enter the tomato body through small lesions and wounds left, for example, after pinching or removing leaves. A favorable condition for the development of tomato cladosporiosis is high air humidity.
In the process of developing this tomato disease, a number of characteristic signs can be observed:
- light yellow concentric spots appear on the surface of the leaves, a brown "fluffy" bloom can be observed on their back side;
- damaged areas of tissue on the sheets of tomatoes eventually turn brown and dry out. At the same time, the leaves of tomatoes curl, sometimes fall off;
- the existing flowers wither and fall off, brown spots appear on the already formed fruits at the place of attachment of the peduncle.
Important! With the development of the disease, the described symptoms can be observed first on the lower leaves of the tomato, after which it rises up the plant.
There are various treatments for this condition. Among folk remedies, spraying tomatoes with a solution of baked milk and iodine is highly effective. For 5 liters of water, add 15 drops of iodine and half a liter of milk. When spraying, you need to especially carefully process the back of the tomato leaves. Wood ash decoction and whey solution can also be used to prevent and control tomato disease.
It is also possible to protect tomatoes and treat them from disease with the help of broad-spectrum fungicides, for example, with the help of the drug "Bravo". You can also treat tomatoes with a self-prepared mixture of chemicals. To do this, add 1 tbsp to a bucket of water. l. copper sulfate and 3 times more sulfur. Also, it is necessary to additionally add polycarbacin to the mixture in the amount of 1 tbsp. The resulting mixture is used to spray tomatoes. You can use the solution for tomato seedlings or already mature plants.
Important! Fungal diseases of the tomato must be treated, including by disinfecting the soil at the place of cultivation.
To do this, you need to shed the soil in the near-stem circle of the tomato with the working solution.
This tomato disease is not caused by fungi or harmful microflora. The reason for the development of the disease is unfavorable conditions for growing tomatoes: high atmospheric temperature and lack of moisture in the soil. Also, the factors provoking the disease are the low potassium content in the soil and its salinity.
A sign of the disease is the appearance of a brown rounded spot on the top of the fruit. The tissues of the vegetable under the dark skin begin to rot, over time, the damaged area becomes soft. At the slightest touch, these tomatoes can fall off.
Important! Disease-affected areas of tomatoes are often infected with various fungi, as a result of which the spots on the tomatoes change from brown to black.
To prevent the disease, it is necessary to regularly water the tomatoes, preventing the soil from drying out. Calcium deficiency can be prevented by liming the soil, as well as the introduction of various dressings containing this trace element. For example, the drug "Brexil Ca" contains both calcium and boron. You need to use the product for spraying tomatoes on a leaf (10 g of substance per bucket of water).
Preparations such as Megafol or Sweet can also be used to protect tomatoes from top rot. They allow tomatoes to better absorb moisture and nutrients from the soil, as well as transport the resulting energy to the most distant leaves and fruits of the tomato. Under the influence of these drugs, tomatoes ripen faster, become more juicy, accumulate a large amount of vitamins, and acquire resistance to low temperatures and stress.
Other types of rot
Diseases can occur on tomatoes completely unexpectedly. The number of possible diseases sometimes frightens even the most experienced farmer. There are several types of rot alone. Below are the most common tomato putrefactive diseases, their photos and treatment.
The manifestation of this tomato disease is a gray bloom on the tomato stem. As the gray spot spreads, the stem stops letting in nutrients and moisture, contributing to the death of the tissues of the plant's vegetative organs. Further development of the disease is manifested by the appearance of a gray bloom on the tomatoes themselves.
The treatment of this tomato disease consists in removing the section of the trunk or leaf damaged by the fungus, as well as treating the tomato with fungicides. For the prevention of the disease, you can use the drug "Glyocladinol".
The primary symptom of infection and spread of this disease is white bloom on the lower leaves of tomatoes. Gradually, tomato leaf plates become watery, losing their usual green color. The disease over time damages the entire tomato bush, rising from the bottom up. The fruits of tomatoes are also covered with a white fluffy bloom. Moreover, this is typical both for vegetables that are at the stage of ripening, and for already quite ripe fruits.
For the prevention of disease and treatment of tomatoes at an early stage of development of a fungal disease, you can use a solution of copper sulfate, urea and zinc.
The symptoms of this disease can be seen on tomato fruits. So, when tomatoes are infected with brown rot, a dark putrefactive spot is formed on the fruits of the tomato along the perimeter of the stalk. Its diameter can be only 3-4 cm, however, the damage inside the fetus is much larger than one would expect.
The disease occurs when the fungus enters the tomato fruit through the existing damage in its skin. The fungus can be brought in by a breeze or a drop of water. As a preventive measure, tomatoes should be treated with Bordeaux mixture or copper chloride.
All fungal diseases of tomato develop in a humid environment, which means that the fight against them is, first of all, in the restoration of a normal microclimate. It is also worth noting that regular feeding of tomatoes and the formation of bushes in the morning can act as preventive measures.
Signs of this viral disease can be observed in already quite adult tomatoes at the stage of ovary formation. The symptom of the disease is the appearance of small dark green cracks in the lower part of the tomato stem. In the process of development of the disease, air roots appear in the places of cracks, while a general wilting of the leaves of the plant is observed, the bush falls and dies.
Warning! Treatment of diseased tomatoes is pointless, after they are lodged, they must be removed from the garden and burned.
The soil where the infected tomatoes grew must be etched with a 2% solution of the "Fitolavin-300" preparation.
Sometimes on the leaves of a tomato, you can see strange formations that resemble flour dust. This symptom signals a tomato infection with powdery mildew. At the site of such spraying, ulcers appear on the tomato leaves over time, and the tomato leaves themselves turn yellow and fall off under the influence of the disease.
To prevent the disease, it is necessary to follow the rules for watering tomatoes, as well as to correctly use nitrogen-containing fertilizers, without overdoing it with their quantity. When observing the first signs of the disease, the amount of phosphorus and potassium in the soil, on the contrary, must be increased. If a disease occurs, tomatoes can be treated with soda or manganese solution, infusion of garlic or wood ash. For the treatment of tomato disease at the stage of progressive development, you can use the drugs "Topaz", "Fundazol".
All of these diseases can significantly harm tomatoes, destroy them or significantly reduce the yield of vegetables. Tomatoes with strong immunity, obtained as a result of proper plant care, can independently resist diseases. Timely detection of the problem and elimination of it at an early stage of development allows you to maintain the health of the tomato and prevent the destruction of the vegetable harvest.
More information about tomato diseases can be found in the video:
Malicious pests of tomatoes
In addition to all kinds of diseases, insect pests can pose a serious threat to tomatoes. Many gardeners do not even know about their detrimental effect on tomatoes, however, you need to know the enemy "by sight". Indeed, only in this case can a set of measures be taken to save plants and crops.
Pest insects live not only above the ground, but also in its thickness.So, sometimes, for completely incomprehensible reasons, tomatoes begin to die, and it is not possible to save them, since the cause of death is not clear. And the reason for this may be a small worm or an insect that eats the roots of tomatoes.
This pest is known to many under the name May beetle. Quite attractive flying insect can delight and surprise adults and children. However, before the appearance of the beetle, the insect is in the form of a larva, which is quite voracious and, being in the soil, does not mind eating tomato roots. As a result of the destruction of the root system, tomatoes begin to wilt or even die.
In the fight against pest larvae, the tomato can be helped by mechanical removal of the "enemy" when digging the soil. Also, an effective way to combat the pest is to mulch the soil on the near-trunk circle with sawdust, previously impregnated with urea. On the shelves of shops you can also find chemicals that will destroy the larvae of these pests ("Rembek", "Antichrushch").
Important! Often, pest larvae enter the ground along with manure or humus.
You can protect tomatoes from pests by pre-soaking the roots of tomatoes before planting in a solution of the drug "Aktar 25".
Drotyanka or wireworm
The wireworm is the precursor to the click beetle. Larvae in the form of worms are colored orange, have an oblong shape. These tomato pests are capable of devouring tomato roots or even trunks.
In the fight against the pest, you can use the same methods as with the beetle larvae. Among the unconventional methods of mechanical collection and destruction of the pest, one should single out a method involving vegetable cleaning. So, a few days before the expected planting of tomatoes, vegetable peels or peeled vegetables fixed on skewers are laid in the soil. Immediately before planting tomatoes, skewers with vegetable residues and pests collected in them are removed from the soil and destroyed.
This is not at all a small insect, which reaches a length of 10 cm, during its life cycle it can eat a lot of root crops and plant roots. In particular, the insect loves to feast on the roots of tomatoes.
The pest lives in moist soils, near water bodies and at a high level of groundwater. The insect has well-developed, massive forelimbs, which serve as an adaptation for digging holes in the ground. The pest creates nests and lays a large number of eggs. After 3 weeks, they become a whole colony of pests that can eat the roots of all tomatoes in a short period of time.
You can fight the pest in various ways, for example, with the help of strong smells and noise. So, to combat the pest, peeled onion heads or foul-smelling pieces of rotten meat are buried in the ground near the trunk of tomatoes. Noisy turntables are installed over the ridges. The pest can also be lured for subsequent mechanical destruction. Rotted manure or beer can be used as bait. To combat the bear, some chemical agents are also provided, for example, "Medvedoks", "Thunder".
The listed pests of tomatoes, being in the ground, are not visible to the gardener and therefore pose a particular threat to tomatoes. It is often possible to detect the problem only when there are clear signs of tomato death. It is possible to prevent the development of such a problematic situation with the help of preventive measures, by sifting the earth and dressing it before planting tomato seedlings in the ground. When pests are parasitized already on adult plants, the use of only special chemicals can become effective.
Tomato pests on the leaves can be very small, however, they are usually easy to spot with regular inspection of the tomato.
This pest moves in colonies. Aphids are small in size and can be colored black or green. The pest settles on the back of the tomato leaves and sucks out all the juices from it, as a result of which the tomato leaves wither, curl and may fall off. With an invasion of a pest, tomato bushes can die in a short period of time.
In the fight against aphids, insecticides are highly effective. Leaf treatment with this substance should be carried out during the day, in the absence of strong wind and rain. Among the most famous, effective drugs against the pest, we can recommend Proteus and Confidor Maxi.
These small butterflies are often found in greenhouses and greenhouses. Pests lay larvae on the inner surface of the tomato leaf. As a food product, the larvae of the pest consume tomato juice, which leads to the same result as when exposed to aphids.
Important! Under the influence of pests, the immune defense of tomatoes decreases, which can provoke the development of fungal and viral diseases.
To combat the pest, you can use the "Phosbecid" means. It is added in an amount of 10 ml to a bucket of water, and then used to spray tomatoes in the morning and evening.
While moths are in caterpillar form, they can cause significant damage to tomatoes. Pests up to 3 cm long are capable of largely devouring tomato foliage or completely destroying plants. At the same time, caterpillars are able to devour not only greens, but also tomato vegetables themselves.
The pest parasitizes only in a dry, warm enough environment. Often, scoops lay larvae on weeds, the removal of which can be a preventive measure in the fight against the "enemy". You can also fight the pest with the help of the preparations "Proteus", "Arrivo", "Strela". Experienced gardeners also advise using a folk remedy based on the use of a soap solution with the addition of ash and wormwood.
In conditions when there is no rain for a long time, and the weather is particularly hot, another pest is activated - a spider mite. It parasitizes on the inside of the leaf, enveloping it in cobwebs. To maintain its vital functions, the mite sucks the juices from the leaves of the tomato, as a result of which the leaf plates of the tomato become brown and dry.
You can eliminate the pest by spraying tomatoes with infusion of garlic or onion peels. Among the special chemicals for pest control, you can use "Actellic" or "Fitoverm".
The listed pests of tomatoes pose a particular significant threat to the crop. To prevent their parasitism, weeds should be regularly removed from the ridges, loosened and dug up the soil. Pungent odors are usually also a deterrent to pests. This knowledge helps to protect tomatoes from malicious pests. If preventive measures have not brought the desired result, then special chemicals should be used. It is also always worth remembering that tomatoes with strong immunity, with timely watering, feeding and bush formation, are not afraid of many diseases and pests. Therefore, proper tomato care is the most effective preventive measure in the fight against ailments. | <urn:uuid:d753a2e8-e9f8-4647-a26d-37b659d33193> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ug.psichapter.net/7308-diseases-of-tomatoes-description-with-photos.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00475.warc.gz | en | 0.941735 | 4,564 | 3.609375 | 4 |
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is to use the Irish American assistance to the Irish peace process as an example to other ethnic groups how to deal with their regional conflicts.
She has asked the State Department to host a conference later this year to share how the Irish American community succeeded in helping bring about peace in Ireland.
Speaking at the American Ireland Fund dinner in Washington this week, Clinton cited the fund as an example of an organization that helped create conditions for peace in Northern Ireland.
"We will continue to use the Northern Ireland peace process as a model for other nations struggling to end conflict, just as the work of the Irish American community in supporting that process is a model," she said.
"I have heard from leaders of several countries who have studied not only what happened in Northern Ireland but what happened in the Irish American community to enable it.
“And one of the ways that worked was through this Fund. And so taking the experience of this Fund and the Irish American community, I helped to celebrate the launch of the American Pakistan Foundation.
“And efforts are now underway to engage communities in America with ties to Mexico, Haiti, Kenya, Bangladesh, Nigeria, and other countries. These communities of the diaspora fill a critical niche. We want to begin to support them to do what the Irish American Community has done: to reach back, to make contributions, and to assist on the road to peace.
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Problems of Nation Building in Malawi
The identity of pre-colonial Malawi centered on the Maravi Empire, a very loosely organized society covering a large expanse of territory. In the late 1800 the British colonized Malawi that was called then Nyasaland. The general process of Westernization during the colonial era - through Christianization, education, modern commercial practices, urbanization and so forth - facilitated the replacement of parochial affinities by a commitment and loyalty to a more inclusive societal entity. The creation of a feeling of nationhood was therefore less problematic than in other colonized African territories.
From the early 1920's onwards a new political awareness became apparent. The so-called 'Native Associations' - interest groups geared towards articulating African public opinion - continually focused on issues such as the inadequacy of educational facilities and the assault on African land rights. By the 1930's it had become clear that the colonial policy of undermining the traditional authority of chiefs and headmen and of attempting to implement a form of direct rule in traditional administration was a failure.
This problem was temporarily resolved by the introduction of a system of indirect rule.
After the Second World War, the nationalist movement not only questioned the legitimacy of the existing colonial system but also actively challenged it. The goal was the overthrow of the status quo, as manifested in the colonial system, and the establishment of a new social and political order. A campaign of civil disobedience - aimed especially at agricultural measures and land rights - was launched and strikes, disturbances and violence became everyday events. The nationalist movement, in particular, was to play a key role in fostering a sense of national consciousness throughout Nyasaland. The rapidly growing radicalization of the African population, and the general condition of unrest and violence precipitated the crisis... | <urn:uuid:f3059d31-7252-441f-a0c3-370ef940499f> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.writework.com/essay/problems-nation-building-malawi | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280835.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00465-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959256 | 364 | 3.4375 | 3 |
|Topic Review (Newest First)|
|03-06-2012 03:39 PM|
Originally Posted by msjinkzd View Post
Maybe they were just sub par cones?
|03-06-2012 01:03 PM|
Another thing you can do to prevent fungus (for future breeding projects) is get some alder cones. Frank just got some from me as well, lol (he and I are old buddies). It is always so funny to see friends' names pop up in threads! I know Kurt (Johnston) as he lives up the road from me and was the pres of ACLC. Small world!
Anywho, you can add 1 alder cone per about 10g and it releases a natural anti-fungal (instead of using something like methylene blue)
|03-06-2012 05:47 AM|
So its day five and from my research that means its time to start feeding. Or is that supposed to be 4-5 days from hatching? Either way one premature feeding is better than a missed feeding I guess. Im just not seeing much of a yolk sac in comparison to my pleco fry, which is very obvious and yellow. These have a more clear/white head area that I suppose could be their yolk sacs.
I just crumbled into almost a powder, a mix of spirulina/egg/earthworm flakes and put it in the Tupperware after I poured out about 90% of the water, refilled with the water in the spawning tank, poured out 90% of the water and refilled (how I have been changing the water in the Tupperware daily). I'm planning on doing a water swap like I described above after a couple of hours of the food being in there.
The fry are looking great and I counted about 45 and I have only found one dead since hatching which was tonight and I removed it.
|03-01-2012 10:14 AM|
Man I did not think that removing ~35 eggs from the glass and putting them in a container would be so hard! It took me almost an hour to do and I still lost a few eggs.
I am using a 5"x5" Tupperware container to house the eggs. I have it floating in the tank they were laid in and have an air stone bubbling in the middle of the container. I pulled some moss and IAL from the tank and put it in there too. Hopefully they have the micro critters on them the fry like to eat.
Here are some pics.
The tank and Tupperware floating in it.
The container filled with stuff from the tank.
Ill post up and progress/setbacks.
|02-25-2012 08:42 AM|
I found a nice group of eggs on the glass this Tuesday the 22nd. I wasn't sure if it was the Schultzei's or the Barbatus so I posted over at Planet Catfish. The consensus was that it was from the Barbatus as the Schultzei's are, like most cories, egg scatterers and Barbatus lay eggs in the manner in which these were.
Here are some pics.
Pic of the eggs showing the inside of the tank.
Pic from the back.
Last pic showing the eggs placement in the tank.
Also over at PC it was recommended that I take the adult fish out as they may eat the fry. I didn't have any time at all to do any of that so this time around I believe, if any actually hatched they were fish food.
Well see what happens in the coming months as my L183's are also starting to display normal breeding activities too. Its amazing how fish can tell what time of the year it is even though they are in a climate controlled environment! If anyone can shed some light on this, im all ears.
|10-07-2011 01:42 AM|
Originally Posted by 150EH View Post
Ill kee you posted.
|10-06-2011 09:47 PM|
|150EH||I wonder if there could be a natural cleaner for the egg, like Amano shrimp or something. Yeah I hope it works out as well.|
|10-06-2011 06:26 PM|
Originally Posted by 150EH View Post
That's pretty cool, thanks for making me feel special! I am not 100% sure if the L183's are actually in the danger zone of the Belo Monte Dam but I know that there are tons of indigenous species that only live in those waters and need the specific tidal behavior the Amazon goes through in order to go through their breeding cycles. Its an absolute shame and I really hope that the BMD project gets postponed indefinitely but if you think politics here are jacked up you could only imagine the way they are in SA!
I know that the L183's are a tough species to breed. I only found that out after I fell in love with them so there was no point in even trying to not try breeding them. Fortunately it worked!
Hopefully the Barbatus and Schultzies follow the Starlights suit and get to it. I have had lots of one on one correspondence with Frank Falcone (coryologist on planet catfish and probably the most renowned and well know catfish breeder in the country) and he was just telling me that since these guys are starting to show the dimorphism that they MAY start trying to breed here in the next 6 months or so. He also told me that the eggs of the Barbatus are very susceptible to getting moldy and he has had to use melafix int he past to try to curb the growth of the mold.
We shall see...
|10-06-2011 05:20 PM|
It's only been a 5 month wait so not too long and I hope they are getting ready to do there thing, you have done a good job in the past with other fish delivering the fry so I hope it goes well.
It takes a long time for these guys to mature, I met a guy named Kurt from PA. I believe he is the president of "The aquarium club of lancaster county" he is mainly a Cichlid guy but I started talking about your breeding efforts and he knew who you were right away and stated one of the fish you are breeding is danger from a dam project in S.A., the L183 is this correct. Either way it nice that some one takes the time to breed these guys indangered or not, they are slow to mature and it keeps them from getting pulled from their natural habitat.
|10-06-2011 11:24 AM|
FREAKIN' AWESOME bunch of Cories!!!!
I LOVE Cories too!!! I have NEVER seen the Barbatus or the Schultzei before, and they are for sure worth the wait if you can get them to breed!!! Even if they don't they are still some of the coolest cories ever!!!
Best of Luck to Ya!
|10-06-2011 08:46 AM|
Well the Barbatus are starting to show their sexual dimorphism. I really dot know what this means like if this is a sign that they could start breeding sometime pretty soon but I certainly am happy that I can tell who's a male and who's a female!
M on the left F on the right.
I think a M n the left and F on the right, no dots in the head area on the right.
Male on the left female on the right
Female on left male on right
Paleatus, the black sheep of the tank!
Shchultzie and male barbatus.
|09-29-2011 07:13 AM|
|bsmith||I think that I am actually starting to see some coloration differences in some of the Barbatus. I hope this means that they are getting close to sexual maturity!!!|
|09-29-2011 04:24 AM|
Originally Posted by sampster5000 View Post
|09-29-2011 02:58 AM|
|sampster5000||These cories are awesome. I've only seen them once in my life and wish I had bought them. I was thinking like you in that I wanted to breed these as they are nowhere! Interested to see how it goes for you Good luck! Very cool cories.|
|08-27-2011 03:21 PM|
Originally Posted by 2in10 View Post
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freshening air and bringing smiles to children's faces.
Flu season can’t slow children down
At Yanagi Olive Nursery School in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, children grow vegetables in the garden, practice cooking, try hula dancing, study English, learn about nutrition, and enjoy many other experiences. We pay close attention to air quality. In addition to a hypochlorite water generator and mist emitter, we have installed air conditioners that feature nanoe™ X. Ever since, viruses seem less prevalent, even during peak flu season. I feel that this is one of the key advantages of nanoe™ X.
Quietly controlling temperature for a nice nap
During our daily nap time, it is especially important to keep room temperatures at a comfortable level so children can get the rest they need. Our indoor units efficiently circulate air throughout the space, so most children can sleep with just a thin cotton blanket over them year round. The air conditioners with nanoe™ X technology are so quiet that one can barely hear them. This also contributes to peaceful rest.
Untroubled by odours from lunches and nappy changes
Food odours during lunchtime, not to mention nappy changes, call for frequent ventilation. Previously, we had to open windows wide to let in fresh air. Now, with nanoe™ X keeping the air clean, ventilation is a matter of choice, and room temperatures can be kept constant. This is a welcome change for our staff.
Pollen allergy symptoms are rare, even during pollen season
One of our teachers suffers from severe pollen allergies and can’t stop sneezing while outdoors. Inside our building, however, the symptoms become barely noticeable, only to return again after school. This seems a testament to the positive effect of our air conditioners with nanoe™ X technology.
4-Way Cassette air conditioners (4 sets)
4-Way Cassette air conditioners (Twin) (1 set)
Ceiling-Mounted air conditioner for kitchens (Twin) (1 set)*
*Not equipped with nanoe™ X
1Deodorising effects on cigarette smoke odour, pet odour, BBQ odour, damp odour, and perspiration odour. Testing organisation: Panasonic Product Analysis Center. Testing method: Verified using the 6-level odour intensity indication method in an approximately 23㎥-sized test chamber. Deodorisation method: nanoe™ released. Target odour: Surface-adhered cigarette smoke odour. Test result: Odour intensity reduced by 1.2 levels in 2 hours. (BAA33-130125-D01). Testing organisation: Panasonic Corporation Product Analysis Center. Testing method: Exposure to hydroxyl radicals contained in water for 15 minutes in a 250 L chamber. Target odour: Surface-attached refuse odour. Test result: Deodorising effect verified in 15 minutes. Testing organisation: Odour and Aroma Design Course, Department of Integrated Informatics, Faculty of Informatics, Daido University. Test method: The device was operated for about 1 week in a pet shop gauge room (13 pets on average) in an approximately 27㎥-sized test chamber, and verify by odour concentration. Deodorisation / inhibition method: nanoe™ released (2 units). Target odour: Surface-adhered pet odour. Test result: Approximately 33.9% inhibition. Testing organisation: Odour and Aroma Design Course, Department of Integrated Informatics, Faculty of Informatics, Daido University . Testing method: Use of an approximately 23㎥-sized test chamber. Verified using the 6-level odour intensity indication method in an approximately 23㎥-sized test chamber . Deodorisation method: nanoe™ released. Target odour: Simulated body odour of middle-aged and senior citizens (scalp odour) adhered to a pillow cover. Test result: Odour intensity reduced by 0.65 levels in 6 hours.
2Airborne viruses. Effective after 6 hours in an approximately 23㎥-sized test chamber. 2 Adhered viruses: Effective after 8 hours in an approximately 23㎥-sized test chamber.Testing organisation: Kitasato Research Center for Environmental Science. Testing method: The number of viruses was measured after direct exposure in an approximately 25 m3-sized airtight test chamber . Inhibition method: nanoe™ released. Target substance: airborne virus. Test result: Inhibited by at least 99.7% in 6 hours. (Kitasei 24_0300_1) (Test conducted with only one type of virus). Adhered virus. Testing organisation: Japan Food Research Laboratories. Testing method: Measured the virus infectivity titer adhered to a cloth in an approximately 23㎥-sized test chamber. Inhibition method: nanoe™ released. Target substance: Adhered virus. Test result: Inhibited by at least 99% in 8 hours. (No. 13001265005-01) Test report publication date: February 11, 2013 (Test conducted with only one type of virus). | <urn:uuid:97767386-8289-4a65-8d39-2d1c2e75932c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.panasonic.com/my/air-solutions/case-study/keeping-kids-healthy-and-comfortable.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572215.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815235954-20220816025954-00678.warc.gz | en | 0.914265 | 1,153 | 1.828125 | 2 |
The United Kingdom, Germany and Italy have confirmed their first two cases of the new Omicron strain of coronavirus.
The variant has prompted several countries to impose restrictions such as travel bans on several southern African countries, against the advice of the World Health Organization, while others have imposed fresh lockdowns to contain the spread of COVID-19.
The Omicron variant, which scientists say has a high number of mutations, was first detected in South Africa last week. Cases have also been reported in travellers in Belgium, Israel and Hong Kong.
The mutations in Omicron, also known as B.1.1.529, could help the virus evade the body’s immune response and make it more transmissible, according to scientists. It could take weeks to know if current vaccines are less effective against it.
This live blog is now closed. Here were Saturday’s updates:
Saudi Arabia to allow conditional entry ‘from all countries’ despite Omicron
Saudi Arabia has said it will allow entry to travellers “from all countries” as long as they have received one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine inside the kingdom.
The ministry said the travellers would be allowed in from next Saturday and would need to quarantine for three days.
Saudi Arabia suspended flights on Friday to and from South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Lesotho and Eswatini.
President Biden getting updates on new variant: White House
US President Joe Biden has been briefed on the latest situation regarding the Omicron variant, the White House said.
“At the same time, senior health officials and the COVID response team have been monitoring the latest updates on Omicron and in regular touch with health officials around the world,” a White House official said in a statement.
Netherlands suspects detection of Omicron
Some of 61 COVID-19 cases detected among a group of passengers that arrived in the Netherlands from South Africa this week are likely to be the Omicron variant, health authorities have said.
“In a number of the tested persons the Omicron variant is presumed to have been found,” the Netherlands Institute for Public Health (RIVM) said in a statement.
A spokesperson for the RIVM said it was “almost certain” the cases were of the new variant but further testing is needed.
Kuwait suspends direct flights
Kuwait has suspended direct flights from nine African countries, the cabinet has said.
The countries include South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Lesotho, Eswatini, Zambia and Malawi.
Omicron detected in Italy
Italy says it has detected its first case of Omicron in a traveller from Mozambique.
“The patient and the members of their family are in good health,” the national health institute said in a statement.
UK announces test and quarantine rules for travellers
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced “temporary and precautionary” measures to be reviewed in three weeks, alongside a “boost” to the booster campaign.
Mask rules will be mandatory in shops and on public transport in the UK, Omicron contacts will have to self-isolate and new arrivals will have to quarantine until they test negative for coronavirus.
Johnson warned the new variant could reduce the effectiveness of vaccines, as he announced a strengthening of England’s rules at a Downing Street press conference, after the infections were identified in Nottingham, and Brentwood in Essex.
US issues ‘Do Not Travel’ advisory for eight African countries
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and State Department have advised against travel to eight southern African countries after the White House announced new travel restrictions.
The CDC raised its travel recommendation to “Level Four: Very High” for South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Mozambique, Malawi, Lesotho, Eswatini and Botswana while the State Department issued parallel “Do Not Travel” advisories.
On Monday, the CDC had lowered its COVID-19 travel advisory for South Africa to “Level 1: Low.”
Germany confirms first two cases of Omicron
Two cases of the Omicron variant have been detected in the southern German state of Bavaria, the regional health ministry has said.
The two infected people entered Germany at Munich airport on November 24, before Germany designated South Africa as a virus-variant area, and are now isolating, the ministry said.
UK in stronger position to tackle Omicron: PM Johnson
Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said the UK is still in a “much, much stronger position” to tackle the Omicron variant because of its vaccination programme.
“There’s nothing that we’ve announced tonight that changes for the position for hospitality and … I believe that as a result of the vaccination programme and of the booster programme that is going very, very fast now that the UK is in a much, much stronger position,” he told a news conference.
“And it’s in order to retain that strong position that we’re taking the sensible precautionary steps that we are taking today.”
Christmas will be better this year: UK’s Johnson
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said he is confident that Christmas this year would be “considerably better” than the last one, when the government introduced a lockdown to try to stem the spread of COVID-19.
“I think I am going to stick with the formula that I’ve used before which is I am pretty confident or absolutely confident that this Christmas will be considerably better than last Christmas,” he told a news conference.
UK sets out more measures
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has unveiled new measures to try to stop the spread of Omicron, saying all arrivals would have to take a test and it was time to step up booster jabs.
“We will require anyone who enters the UK to take a PCR test by the end of the second day after their arrival and to self-isolate until they have a negative result,” Johnson told a news conference.
He said those who had come into contact with people testing positive for a suspected case of Omicron would have to self-isolate for 10 days and that the government would tighten up the rules on wearing face coverings.
Reasonable chance of vaccine escape with Omicron: UK official
There is a reasonable chance that the newly identified Omicron variant of the coronavirus has some degree of vaccine escape, England’s Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty has said.
“There is a reasonable chance that at least there will be some degree of vaccine escape with this variant,” Whitty told a news conference, speaking alongside British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
COVID-19 positive Czech president discharged from hospital
Czech President Miloš Zeman has been discharged from the capital’s military hospital after testing positive for the coronavirus.
Zeman, 77, had already been discharged following more than a month’s treatment for an unspecified illness on Thursday, but was readmitted only hours later after testing positive for the coronavirus.
The president received monoclonal antibodies, a standard treatment for people belonging to risk groups. He is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, including a booster. Zeman has no symptoms of COVID-19, the hospital said.
German minister hopes patient transfers a ‘wake-up call’
Germany’s health minister has said he hopes that the sight of air force planes transferring patients across the country will act as a “wake-up call” to millions who are still holding out on getting vaccinated against COVID-19.
Health Minister Jens Spahn said there has been a welcome increase over the past week in the number of people getting their first shots, with 450,000 recorded. He put that down to pressure from Germany’s worsening coronavirus situation and to increasing requirements for people to provide proof of vaccination or recent recovery to take part in many activities.
But it is still not enough and “this figure of nearly 12 million unvaccinated adults is still far, far too high,” Spahn said at an online town hall event. So far, 68.4 percent of the population of 83 million people is fully vaccinated, below the 75 percent minimum threshold eyed by the government.
Blocking travel ‘gives us time to assess [Omicron] better’: Fauci
Speaking to NBC’s Today show, chief White House medical adviser Dr Anthony Fauci has said blocking travel from southern Africa is done to “give us time to assess [Omicron] better”.
“We have not detected it yet but when you have a virus that is showing this degree of transmissibility and you’re already having travel-related cases that they’ve noted in Israel, Belgium and other places … it almost invariably is ultimately going to go all over,” Fauci said.
“The issue of blocking travel from a given country is just to give us time to assess it better. That’s the reason for doing that. Not any reason to panic, but we want to give us some time to really fill in the blanks of what we don’t know right now.”
More patients flown out of overwhelmed German hospitals
The German state of Bavaria is operating further transfer flights across Germany for hospitals overwhelmed by the COVID-19 crisis.
Two patients were being flown from the Bavarian capital, Munich, to Hamburg in the north, and others to Cologne, Dusseldorf and Dortmund in the west. Another three were to be taken by ambulance to hospitals in the states of Saarland and Rhineland-Palatinate in the southwest.
Other flights have been operated using privately owned air ambulances. In total, some 30 intensive care patients are due to be flown out of Bavaria by Sunday evening.
England to add four more countries to ‘red list’
England will also add Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia and Angola to its travel “red list” from 4:00 GMT on Sunday, meaning British and Irish residents who arrive in the country must quarantine in a government-approved hotel for 10 days. Non-residents will be refused entry.
The list already contained Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the Chief Scientific Adviser Patrick Vallance and Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty will hold a news conference later on Saturday “to set out further measures”, UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid said.
Mauritius to suspend flights from South Africa from November 28
Mauritius will suspend all commercial passenger flights from South Africa from November 28, its foreign affairs ministry has said.
A ministry statement also said any passengers who have been physically present in South Africa, Namibia, Lesotho, Botswana, Eswatini and Zimbabwe will be denied entry or transit through Mauritius.
Suspected Omicron case found in Germany
The Omicron variant has probably arrived in Germany, a minister in the western state of Hesse has said, after mutations were found in a passenger arriving from South Africa.
“Last night several Omicron-typical mutations were found in a traveller returning from South Africa,” tweeted Kai Klose, social affairs minister in Hesse, home to Frankfurt airport, Germany’s biggest hub and one of Europe’s busiest airports.
He added a full sequencing of the variant was being carried out and the person was isolating. Anyone who has travelled from South Africa in the last few weeks should limit contact and get tested, he said.
South Korea curbs arrivals from eight southern African countries
South Korea has said it will restrict arrivals from South Africa and seven other nations.
The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said that from November 28 the issuance of visas for those from eight nations in southern Africa would be restricted while South Korean citizens returning from the region would be quarantined.
The eight countries subject to the new restrictions are South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho, Eswatini, Mozambique and Malawi.
Two cases of coronavirus Omicron variant detected in UK
Two cases of the Omicron variant have been detected in the UK, health minister Sajid Javid has said.
“Late last night I was contacted by the UK Health Security Agency. I was informed that they have detected two cases of this new variant, Omicron, in the United Kingdom. One in Chelmsford, the other in Nottingham,” he said in a broadcast clip.
“We have moved rapidly and the individuals are self-isolating while contact tracing is ongoing,” Javid said in a statement.
Barbarians-Samoa rugby cancelled in the UK
The rugby international between the Barbarians and Samoa has been called off only 90 minutes before kickoff at Twickenham, UK, due to six confirmed cases of the coronavirus among the Barbarians players and staff.
The decision was made following a recommendation by the Professional Game Testing Oversight Group, the Rugby Football Union said.
“We appreciate that this is an extremely disappointing situation for the many fans due to attend,” the RFU said, “but the safety of all members of both teams is our priority.”
‘[Omicron virus] looks potentially a lot scarier than Delta’: Immunology professor
An immunology professor has spoken about the threat posed by the Omicron variant and how it could be countered.
Talking to UK broadcaster Sky News, Professor Danny Altmann said that “if you look at the straight molecular biology limitations, it looks potentially quite a lot scarier even than Delta” but that there were no reports yet from South Africa that cases were more severe.
Altmann also spoke about how “foolhardy” it was that the African continent had not received similar amounts of vaccine compared with Europe or North America, thus increasing the risk of new variants spreading quickly.
Hungary to tighten controls on air travel
Hungary will impose restrictions on travellers from Botswana, Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe, the government has said.
Hungary said it was joining a European Union move to curb air travel from southern Africa and that its measures would be published in a government decree later in the day.
Hello, this is Mersiha Gadzo taking over the live blog from my colleague Farah Najjar.
Women’s Cricket World Cup qualifying tournament in Zimbabwe cancelled
The women’s cricket World Cup qualifying tournament in Zimbabwe has been abandoned after the discovery of the Omicron coronavirus variant in South Africa, the sport’s governing body said.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) took the decision after Saturday’s game between the West Indies and Sri Lanka was called off when a member of the Sri Lankan support staff tested positive for COVID-19.
“We are incredibly disappointed to have to cancel the remainder of this event,” Chris Tetley, the ICC’s head of events, said in a statement.
“But with travel restrictions from a number of African countries being imposed at such short notice, there was a serious risk that teams would be unable to return home.
“We have explored a number of options to allow us to complete the event but it isn’t feasible and we will fly the teams out of Zimbabwe as soon as possible.”
South Africa complains of ‘punishment’ for detecting Omicron variant
South Africa has said that it is being “punished” for detecting the new Omicron coronavirus variant.
South Africa’s foreign ministry said in a statement that moves by many countries to ban flights from southern Africa following the discovery of the variant “is akin to punishing South Africa for its advanced genomic sequencing and the ability to detect new variants quicker”.
“Excellent science should be applauded and not punished,” it said.
The ministry pointed out that new variants had been discovered in other parts of the world.
“Each of those cases have had no recent links with Southern Africa, but the reaction to those countries is starkly different to cases in Southern Africa,” it said.
Welsh, Irish Rugby clubs in South Africa face quarantine
Cardiff, Scarlets and Munster face quarantine and fixture disruption as they remained stuck in South Africa, hoping to leave this weekend despite travel bans.
The two Welsh clubs are unlikely to beat the Sunday deadline, set by the UK government on travellers from South Africa, to avoid hotel quarantine.
They had tried to charter a flight home on Friday but were refused permission by the United Kingdom’s Civil Aviation Authority, Cardiff and Scarlets said.
Cardiff said their players remained in good spirits at their Cape Town base while efforts to repatriate them were continuing. Scarlets said their players had returned negative tests but were following strict COVID-19 protocols.
Munster’s players will have to isolate at home for 10 days once they return to Ireland, where quarantine regulations are less restrictive, but all three teams face a knock-on effect with their fixtures.
Qatar Airways bans travellers from three countries
Qatar Airways said it has banned entry to travellers from South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique due to the spread of the new COVID-19 variant.
UK scientist backs vaccines against Omicron
The British scientist who led the research underpinning AstraZeneca’s coronavirus jab said a new vaccine could be developed against the emerging Omicron variant “very rapidly” if needed.
Professor Andrew Pollard, the director of the Oxford Vaccine Group, also said existing vaccines should work against the new strain, but that would only become apparent after more research in the coming weeks.
“It’s extremely unlikely that a reboot of a pandemic in a vaccinated population like we saw last year [with the Delta variant] is going to happen,” he told BBC radio.
But if required, “The processes of how one goes about developing a new vaccine are increasingly well-oiled, so if it’s needed that is something that could be moved very rapidly.”
Czechs report suspected case of Omicron variant
The Czech Republic is examining a suspected case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus detected in a person who spent time in Namibia, the National Institute of Public Health said.
“A lab is checking a possible find of a positive specimen of the Omicron variant. We are awaiting confirmation or refutation of the case,” spokeswoman Stepanka Cechova said in an emailed statement.
Suspected Omicron case found in Germany, regional minister says
A minister in the German state of Hesse said that the Omicron COVID-19 variant had very probably arrived in Germany.
“Last night several Omicron-typical mutations were found in a traveller returning from South Africa,” tweeted Kai Klose, the social affairs minister in the western German state that is home to Frankfurt airport.
He added that a full sequencing of the variant was being carried out.
Outcry in South Africa over ‘unnecessary’ travel bans
Al Jazeera’s Fahmida Miller, reporting from Johannesburg, said South Africa’s leaders are trying to reverse the travel bans, which many scientists regard as being unnecessary.
“That outcry comes specifically from scientists and the government in South Africa who have certainly been frustrated in the last 24-48 hours, saying that simply because South Africa has done its work and been transparent [in presenting its findings], now South Africa is being punished by being put on the red list. [They say] it is unjustified and it has created unnecessary panic,” she said.
“There is concern about the impact that these bans will have on South Africa – especially given the difficulties the economy has gone through throughout this pandemic and ahead of the holiday season when travellers come from Europe and the United Kingdom and bring in millions of dollars worth of revenue.”
India’s Modi orders review of reopening on Omicron COVID-19 concerns
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi told officials to review plans to ease travel restrictions as concerns rise over the new variant.
The world’s second-worst affected country by the pandemic had only on Friday decided to resume international passenger flights from countries deemed “at risk” of the coronavirus, while ordering tightened border screening.
But after the WHO declared the new variant to be “of concern”, Modi “highlighted the need for monitoring all international arrivals, their testing as per guidelines, with a specific focus on countries identified ‘at risk’,” the government said in a statement after he met with officials to review the COVID-19 and vaccination situation.
Modi said people must be more cautious and take proper precautions, such as wearing masks and social distancing. He “spoke about the need to be proactive in light of the new variant,” the statement said.
Variants may be a result of vaccine inequity: Analyst
Oksana Pyzik, a global health adviser and a lecturer at teaching fellow at University College London’s School of Pharmacy, told Al Jazeera that vaccine inequality will likely lead to more coronavirus variants as the pandemic is prolonged and that a more coordinated international approach towards vaccine distribution is needed.
“The World Health Organization has been warning repeatedly for months on end … that if vaccine inequity continues, if we continue to have high-income countries hoarding vaccines such that entire continents are left with very limited access to vaccines, this will inevitably lead to a [more powerful] virus, a potentially vaccine-resistant virus,” she said.
Pyzik said that less than 3.5 percent of people across the continent of Africa have been vaccinated against COVID-19.
“So only focusing on high-income regions has been a short term view of the issue, and we have also taken for granted that Delta is the worst variant that we could come across and now we have evidence that points otherwise – of course it is early days, but what scientists have come across is deeply worrying.”
Oil prices crash as fears loom over global recovery
Cornerlia Meyer, an economist and oil analyst, said oil prices fell more than 10 percent.
“That was probably an overreaction, it’s always overshoot and undershoot,” Meyer told Al Jazeera.
“But it shows real awareness amongst traders … in terms of what does this mean … what will that mean for air travel,” she said.
“Should this variant spread, and if transatlantic routes close down again, that would be bad.”
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‘Monitoring systems’ in place to detect new variants: WHO COVID-19 lead
Maria Van Kerkhove, the WHO’s technical lead for COVID-19, said despite people’s concern over the Omicron variant, the good thing is that “we have monitoring systems around the world to detect these variants very quickly”.
“This variant was detected a few weeks ago, and already, scientists are sharing research with us … so that we can take action,” she told Al Jazeera.
UK Labour Party calls for quicker COVID-19 booster jabs
Britain should cut the gap between the second dose of a COVID-19 vaccination and the booster jab from six to five months, Britain’s main opposition Labour Party said.
“This new variant is a wake-up call,” said Labour’s junior health spokesman Alex Norris. “The pandemic is not over. We need to urgently bolster our defences to keep the virus at bay.”
Japan tightening border controls on three more African countries
Japan will tighten border controls for the southern African nations of Mozambique, Malawi and Zambia, requiring a 10-day quarantine for any entrants, the Foreign Ministry said.
The new rules will take effect from midnight (15:00 GMT on Saturday) and come a day after Japan tightened border controls for those arriving from South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Zimbabwe, Namibia and Lesotho.
Travellers from South Africa in Netherlands positive for COVID-19
Dutch health authorities said that 61 people who arrived in Amsterdam on two flights from South Africa on Friday tested positive for COVID-19, and they were conducting further testing early Saturday to see if any of the infections are with the Omicron variant.
“Travelers with a positive test result will be placed in isolation at a hotel at or near Schiphol,” health authorities said in a statement.
“Of the positive test results, we are researching as quickly as possible whether they are the new variant of concern, now named ‘Omicron’.”
The Dutch government banned all air travel from southern Africa early on Friday.
Sri Lanka bans travellers from six African nations
Sri Lanka said it was barring travellers from six Southern African countries on Saturday over concerns about the new Omicron variant of COVID-19.
From Monday, travellers will not be allowed into the country from South Africa, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Lesotho and Eswatini, Colombo said in a statement.
Travellers who arrived from these six countries over the past two days will have to undergo mandatory 14 days quarantine.
Thailand bans entry from eight African countries
Thailand said it would ban the entry of people travelling from eight African countries it designated as high-risk for the new Omicron variant of COVID-19.
Starting in December, travel from Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe, will be prohibited, senior health official Opas Karnkawinpong told a news conference.
Thailand will not allow travellers from these countries to register to travel to Thailand starting on Saturday, he said.
“We have notified airlines and these countries,” Opas said adding that travellers from other African countries will not be allowed to use the country’s quarantine-free travel scheme for vaccinated travellers.
South African scientists brace for wave propelled by Omicron
South Africa’s numbers are still relatively low, with 2,828 new confirmed cases recorded on Friday, but Omicron’s speed in infecting young South Africans has alarmed health professionals.
“We’re seeing a marked change in the demographic profile of patients with COVID-19,” Dr Rudo Mathivha, the head of the intensive care unit at Soweto’s Baragwanath Hospital, told an online press briefing.
“Young people, in their 20s to just over their late 30s, are coming in with moderate to severe disease, some needing intensive care. About 65 percent are not vaccinated and most of the rest are only half-vaccinated,” said Mathivha.
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Rescue work is continuing in Chile to save the lives of 33 miners who have been trapped for 19 days deep in a goldmine in San Jose. Meanwhile, a new digging machine has arrived to accelerate the process.
Relatives of the trapped miners might face a long time watching and waiting as experts estimate the rescue operation will possibly last for 4 months. But they have not given up hope.
Jonny Quispe, Miner's Relative, said, "At the start it was a great tragedy but now there is great hope and I think we must work with more cooperation between the various authorities."
Rescue workers have prepared to install a drill to dig an escape shaft for the miners.
Engineers started sending drinking water and medication through plastic pipes to keep the miners alive during the long rescue effort and and have set up an intercom.
One of the main challenges ahead is how to keep the miners in good spirits to get through their long time in the darkness.
Laurence Golborne, Minister of Mines, said, "They are providing different kind of elements to make them be busy and to try and manage all the teamwork that they have to do, et cetera. So they are going to establish a work plan to do it in the following weeks."
The miners are sheltering in a 50 square meter refuge, 700 meters inside the winding mine.
On Tuesday, the last piece of a powerful machine with diamond-tipped drills arrived at the scene. Rescue workers hope the new drill would speed up the rescue operation.
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In this talk I defend a particular view on a recently popularized philosophical methodology known as conceptual engineering. Conceptual engineering refers to the attempt to improve upon our concepts or natural language terms, as opposed to just analyzing them. It asks, e.g., whether 'knowledge' *should* refer to Gettier cases, rather than whether it *does*. There's substantive disagreement over the feasibility of conceptual engineering, the conditions under which it can be considered successful, the proper characterization of its targets, and much else besides. I'll lay out my own answer to these questions, which I call the 'practical role account' of conceptual engineering. The practical role account attempts to minimize the role of metasemantics in the conceptual engineering enterprise. On the practical role account, the conceptual engineer targets neither concepts nor terms of language, but 'classification procedures' - essentially, recipes for categorizing. Such classification procedures, or perhaps the categories they pick out, each serve a variety of purposes that make up their 'practical role'. The category of free will, for instance, is implicated in the practice of assigning moral blame - this purpose makes up part of its practical role. The goal of the conceptual engineer, I'll argue, is to produce classification procedures which more effectively play these roles. I'll detail the relationship between classification procedures, practical roles, and more familiar categories from the philosophy of language like 'intension' and 'inferential role'. I'll also contrast this account with other available characterizations of conceptual engineering, including Herman Cappelen's semantic approach and the popular 'functionalist' approach endorsed by such authors as Amie Thomasson and Sally Haslanger.
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Elena Petryayeva – Ukrainian public figure and statesman, Honored healthcare worker of Ukraine – is the head of the initiative. She was born and raised up in Donetsk. Her professional career was linked to this city and the region.
She started her career as a therapist in the city hospital. During her work in the medical field, she has passed the path from this point to the Deputy Head – Director of health protection department of regional state administration.
During the work in Donetsk Regional State Administration, Elena Petryayeva guided complex and problematic pilot project of reforming the health care system in Donetsk region (it was also carried out in Vinnytsia and Dnipropetrovsk regions, and in Kiev). At the same time, she has repeatedly constructively criticized the central leadership. She was pointing out disadvantages and imbalances in the reform, offered the ways of solving the problems. Elena Petryayeva raised the issue on necessity of legislative securing of the prestige of medical workers during numerous meetings with the leadership of the country, representatives of ministries and departments. In its turn, it would prevent the shortage of personnel in state medicine.
Since the beginning of ATO, she has been talking about the need to review the state policy concerning the social obligations. In particular, it comes about the competent subordination of human settlements in ATO area to settlements, which are located among the demarcation line under Ukrainian control, in order not to leave it to its fate. She has repeatedly appealed to authorities in order not to leave uncontrolled territories without social payments and salaries, pension payments, to mitigate the conditions for payment of pensions to residents of ATO zone.
She was involved into the organization of the evacuation both ordinary citizens and institutions from ATO zone. She participated in negotiations between all the parties of the conflict. Elena Petryayeva took part in the evacuation of Artemovsk orphanages, institutions for the elderly from Gorlovka and Torez. She was organizing the evacuation of medical institutions from Slavyansk, Semyonovka, Kramatorsk.
Elena Petryayeva took part in the events, which were hold by representatives of the OSCE, World Health Organization (WHO), international medical humanitarian organization “Doctors Without Borders” (MSF) and “Red Cross”, in order to provide Donbas residents with the full access to medical services.
Biography of Elena Petryayeva
Elena Petryayeva was born in May 6, 1956 in Donetsk.
Graduated from Donetsk National Medical University (major – general medicine, physician).
1979-1981 – Internship at the Central Clinical Hospital № 1 in Donetsk.
1981-1985 – Local therapist at the hospital №5 in Donetsk. In 1985 she became the head of a polyclinic at the hospital, from 1991 to 2005 – deputy chief medical officer at the medical unit.
2005 – 2014 – State service. In 2005-2006 – The Head of the Department of Health Donetsk Regional State Administration. In 2006-2011 – Deputy Chairman of Donetsk Regional State Administration.
During 2011-2014 -The Deputy Head – Director of health protection department of regional state administration.
2014 – A member of the board of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine.
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Sydney City Council – Fit for the Future
There was an extraordinary meeting of the Council on Thursday 18 June to consider the Council’s submission to the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) concerning the NSW Government’s ‘Fit for the Future’ local government review process designed to reduce the number of Councils in NSW. Without any credible rationale, the Government has proposed the creation of a ‘mega-council’ for the City to include Botany Bay, Randwick, Sydney, Waverley and Woollahra – a local government area with a population of over 500,000 (the same as Tasmania), but with no increased responsibility or authority. Not one of the councils or local communities concerned supports the proposal. The Premier went to the last election promising that there would be no forced amalgamations, but he has refused to be drawn as to whether he intends to keep that promise.
The principal resolution put to the Council was ‘that the City of Sydney is “Fit for the Future” and that no major structural change be undertaken to the City’s boundaries at this time’. Before voting on the resolution, the Council went into a committee of the whole to enable members of the public to speak.
Most speakers raised all the obvious points; that the public would find it impossible to deal with a Council so large, that it would become the plaything of the major political parties since no independent could afford to mount an effective campaign, that it was yet one more example of the major parties’ ‘Get Clover’ campaign, and so on. I spoke on behalf of the Society, trying to tie the proposal back to our particular area. It is always hard to remember what one said extempore, but I hope the gist of it was as follows:
- I introduced myself as the current President of the Glebe Society. Ironically, the Society came into existence in 1969 mainly to oppose some horrendous planning decisions taken by the City Council when Glebe was part of the City up to 1968.
- I did not purport to represent the views of the residents of Glebe as a whole, but I believed I did reflect the views of at least a substantial majority of the 400-odd members of the Glebe Society.
- The Glebe Society is non-party-political, but that doesn’t stop us criticising any government which is acting in a manner designed purely to pursue its own political ends.
- And we do not support the amalgamation of the City of Sydney into the mega-council proposed by the Government – for all the reasons canvassed by other speakers.
- There has been a history of manipulation of local government boundaries so that the party in power in Macquarie St could have power over the City of Sydney.
- Glebe has form when it comes to amalgamations. In 1969, when there was a State Liberal government, we were hived off from the City to Leichhardt, presumably so that we could be more at home with our trendy lefty mates in Balmain, Lilyfield and Rozelle (who all, apparently, vote Labor). And that seemed to work – the Civic Reform Group took control of the City and retained power for a number of years.
- Then in 2003, when the ALP was in power, Glebe was shovelled back into the City so that Labor could take over the Town Hall – well, that worked, didn’t it!
- Since 2004, we have enjoyed stable, independent local government, highly responsive to local concerns. As far as we can tell, the City has achieved an ideal critical mass, and we can see no rational argument for scaling it up in the manner proposed.
- Of course, if the Government was really fair dinkum about its ‘Fit for the Future’ campaign and not just treating the City as its political birthright, it might be possible to mount a reasonable argument for NSW to be divided into say three mega-councils, and to devolve upon them the rights and obligations currently enjoyed and exercised by the State government. But the logical conclusion of that would be the abolition of the State Government itself. Perhaps that should be the preferred option.
The resolution was passed with the votes of all Councillors, with one exception.
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Cambodge: The Cultivation of a Nation 1860-1945 Penny Edwards
From Chapter 2: Urban Legend
“Elsewhere in French empire, the spatial and architectural foundation of colonial cities encouraged the possibility of combining modernism and tradition. In Cambodge, colonial architecture and town planning had a reverse effect. By promoting notions of the incompatibility of Khmer and non-Khmer symbols of national, grouped as these were in distinct milieux, they are implicitly segregated notions of antiquity (associated with Angkor and “Khmerness”) from modernity (associated with the French Quarter and the protectorate’s government offices.)
In 1889, a French visitor to Phnom Penh dismissed the colonial capital as a “place of transit”, preempting ethnologist Claude Levi-Strauss’ condemnation of the new Brazilian city of Goiania, some forty years later as a “place of transit – not of residence.” This trope of transience tallied with common colonial castings of indigenous lives and spaces as ephemeral, fleeting, shadowy, and transgressive.
Clear distinctions were made between the indigenously built environment of the “golden age” of Angkor – which was deemed, like one of many twelfth- and thirteenth-century stone structures that has survived, as marking a stage of civilization from which Cambodians had ever since been in a state of flight, like nomad of history who had not yet found a firm footing in firm structures and the present, seen as unanchored, both in its predominate form – flammable wood – and design.
Considering Khmer palaces too makeshift to represent real power, European planners were brought in to supervise the construction of lasting monuments to “majest” in stone, brick, cement and concrete. A primary facet of this transformation was the development of a “national style,” first articulated as such in the national pavilions designed in a presumed “purely Cambodian style” for Europe’s grant nineteenth-century exhibitions.
Like other French colonial cities, Phnom Penh’s emerging geometric cityscape paid tribute to Rene Descartes vision of a “well-ordered” town laid out “on a vacant plane as suits [the engineers] fancy.” Colonial approaches to the city also reiterated notions of an unspoiled rule essence versus a corrupting urbane environment. Constructing a Cambodian quarter was one way of quarantining that quintessential, rural Khmerness, colonial planners inscribed the notion of the vanished Khmer on the very Quartier cambodgien (Cambodian quarter) that they built. The grafting of Angkorean symbols onto the new capital’s streetscape correlated witht he crafting of a new profile for the Khmer monarchy, with the Angkorean undertones and opulent dimensions, through palace construction and ceremonial function that allowed Kind Norodom I and his successors to embody the splendor – but not the substance – of kingship on a scale unseen since the fall of Angkor.”
“In the first two decades of the protectorate, the king retained complete power over the treasury as well as the farming of opium, fisheries, pig farms, gambling and other concessions, and he was the undisputed owner of all land in the kingdom. At Oudung as in previous royal capitals, wood and that housed royalty, mandarins, and peasants, while masonry was generally reserved for temples, reliquary stupas, and funeral monuments. Wood has been used by royalty and peasants alike since at least the third century, and early Chinese accounts note that rulers in the region lived in tiered, wood buildings, while commoners resided in thatched wooden houses raised on stilts, know in French as paillotes. This trend continued after the fall of the Khmer capital at Lovek in 1594, with the construction of the new royal palace at Oudong as a walled compound of wooden buildings. Most elaborate was the house of the queen mother, who remained at Oudong after the transfer of the royal capital to Phnom Penh in 1864.
The quality of building materials – which ranged from bamboo matting and thatch to fine timbers — and craftsmanship varied from one dwelling to another according the the rank and status of their owners. But the location of a residence and its proximity to sacred sites acted as more significant indicators of power and status. Centuries of upheaval, the perennial threat of war and relocation, and indigenous notions of power all ensured that political potency was vested in enduring ceremonial items and human constellations of kin and clientele, both of which could be quickly mobilized, rather than elaborate palace complexes or lavish personal abodes. Displays of power and ways to earn and express merit in the built environment took the form of the construction or renovation of a Buddhist monastery or ancestral temple, hospice or library.”
“In 1884, the French Protectorate, anxious to end its dependence on the king’s gift or loan of land and buildings, dealt a fiscal deathblow to the Cambodian monarchy in the form of a convention that established four categories of property ownership: royal property, public property, inalienable public reserves that could be leased, and inalienable private property. In October 1889, to achieve his goal of “sanitizing, developing, and embellishing” Phnom Penh RSC de Verneville issued a new convention securing the protectorate long-coveted development rights over Phnom Penh, whereby Norodom ceded all land and property rights in Phnom Penh to the protectorate, in exchange for an annual rent of thirty thousand piastres.”
“…RSC de Verneville began work on a canal that flowed into the Tonle Bassac River to form a triangular moat around the French quarter, thus protecting and isolating Phnom Penh’s European population. The resultant landfill transformed large tracts of swampland into the foundations of a future roads and streets…. A new printing house, treasury, pharmacy, customs house, and a new streets completed the capital’s transformation from a rambling morass into a highly segregated and hierarchical city.”
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“The evil that men do lives after them,” William Shakespeare wrote in Julius Caesar. The magnitude of the human cruelty and violence is often reflected when the events have a name virtually everyone recognizes. One of those is the Bataan Death March, the name given to the Japanese forcing more than 70,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war to walk up to 60 miles from the Bataan peninsula in the Philippines to a central transfer point in April 1942, the midst of the hottest season, with little or no food or water and subject to being beaten, shot or bayoneted at the whim of their captors. More than 65 years later, that event is explored masterfully in Tears in the Darkness: The Story of the Bataan Death March and Its Aftermath.
The book, written by husband and wife Michael and Elizabeth M. Norman, combines broad perspective and history with specific, personal events from a wide range of observers and participants. The book is made even more powerful by the range of personal perspective it uses. Although the story of Ben Steele of Montana helps provide a framework, the Normans give us viewpoints of a significant number of Americans and Filipinos, as well as Japanese.
Steele, whose drawings illustrate the book, works well as an archetype of the American experience. He joined the Army Air Corps before the war and ended up being stationed in the Philippines. He was among the many U.S. military men on the island who were forced into combat roles for which they hadn’t really been trained. He was on the Death March and in the largest prison camp set up after it. He was placed on a road building crew in the middle of the jungle under conditions worse than the prison camp. He spent time in what passed for the central hospital for American prisoners, one the equipment available for a tracheotomy were a piece of rubber tube and a safety pin. He was then was crammed with more than 1,000 others into the hold of tanker and shipped to Japan as forced labor in a coal mine.
Thus, Steele saw virtually the entire spectrum of the Bataan experience. As noted, though, his story is just part of Tears in the Darkness. The Normans do an excellent job relating the events and circumstances leading up to the battle of the Philippines, the battle in the Bataan peninsula and the death march. Likewise, they follow Norman and others home after the war and report on the war crimes trial of Masaharu Homma, the Japanese general who commanded the force that invaded the Philippines.
Both for those aspects of the book and the core story — the march, its aftermath and the treatment of the prisoners — the Normans interviewed more than 400 people in the U.S., Japan and the Philippines for the book. They make use of private diaries and letters, including those of Japanese military men, to not only explore what happened but to provide first hand insight into how it impacted those involved. Many of these excerpts can only be called harrowing. Yet they not only reveal what the Japanese did, but the impact of continued brutality on the human psyche and the levels to it might lead a man to resort.
Yet Tears in the Darkness doesn’t read like some stodgy historical tome. It is cogent and engrossing but never dogmatic. Granted, we are all appalled at what takes place in the course of the book. With the contemporary firsthand accounts and even explaining, for example, just what lack of water does to a person, the Normans allow us to attempt to grasp just how excruciating and horrendous things were. “Every man was forced to look inward,” they write. “Those who saw nothing — and there were many — abandoned all hope of ever seeing home again. It was almost as if death itself had become contagious[.]”
There is, of course, no good reason for the maltreatment, starvation, torture and massacre of the prisoners. Still, the book goes beyond the emotional aspect of the story to look at how and why this may have happened. This examination is broad also. For example, the Normans look not only at cultural issues and the raw emotion of revenge, but also how American and Filipino preparedness played a role as this appalling chapter of American, Filipino and Japanese history opened.
It isn’t often someone recommends a book that explores such evil, horrifying and torturous events. Tears in the Darkness, though, is essential reading for anyone who wants a full picture of the Bataan Death March or a touch of insight into why evil lives longer than the men responsible for it.
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As part of this initiative, Facebook will add a Verification Badge to the profile/page in question, so that users are assured of authenticity. The company said, "There is no action required for Page admins to add a verification badge. In the coming days, we will automatically verify the largest Pages on Facebook that are at the greatest risk of duplication. At this time we cannot accept verification requests for all Pages."
Official pages and profiles that do not get the Verification Badge (a small blue-coloured tick mark) can contact the company via its help centre to address the issue. They can also report fake profiles and pages to Facebook.
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Well-traveled as the birth-control pioneer was at this stage in her life--she was 55 years old, a veteran of countless cross-country trips, European jaunts and even a 30-day stay in a New York jail--the state struck her as strange.
"Arizona was so unlike any place I had been before," she wrote in Margaret Sanger: An Autobiography, published four years later in 1938. "You either had to be enthralled by it or hate and dread it. Not being quick to come to conclusions, I was not at first sure. But I knew there was a delight in the cool nights and the translucent, sunny days with a lovely tang in the air."
Sanger had some co-writers on her autobiography, a couple of journalists who holed up with her in Tucson and polished up her taped conversations for the book. Historians consider it a toned-down version of Sanger's fiery life, and its genteel tone differs markedly from her private writing. In a letter written from Tucson on Oct. 8, 1934, to her secretary, Florence Rose, for instance, Sanger revealed entirely different sentiments about this peculiar desert place:
"It's sizzling hot--I drip. Sleep under the stars at night but with bats flying overhead & rattle snakes underneath & spiders watching for their midnight meal."
The two texts reveal the divide that is Margaret Sanger. If her public persona, at least in her later years, tended to be buttoned-down and respectable, her voluminous letters and diaries show her to be as feisty and outspoken as she was in her youth, and still endowed with a pointed Irish wit. Yet, as a resident of Tucson the last 30 years of her life, she moved easily among the city's upper crust, joining the Tucson Country Club, acting as president of the Tucson Watercolor Guild, donating money to the Tucson Little Theatre and serving on the founding board of Tucson Medical Center.
"A lovely lady by the name of Margaret Sanger Slee was very active in the early days of the formation of the community hospital," Roy Drachman wrote in his memoir, Early Tucson, speaking of TMC. Drachman and the other Tucson movers and shakers naturally were aware of Sanger's storied past, and a number of them, including Drachman, Cele Peterson and newspaper publisher William Mathews, were listed as sponsors on the letterhead of the Planned Parenthood Clinic of Tucson.
"Mrs. Slee was famed for her efforts in behalf of birth control throughout the world," continued Drachman. "On more than one occasion she had been jailed by officials who thought her philosophy regarding this sensitive subject was not only unpopular but against the law of the land. Subsequent events and conditions have proven how far she was ahead of the thinking at that time on this important subject."
But in her New York youth, Sanger was not just ahead of her time; she was a bona fide radical. She ran with the Socialists and the Wobblies. She published a daring magazine called The Woman Rebel, emblazoned with the slogan, "No Gods, No Masters." And she declared repeatedly and without quarter the shocking idea that women have the right to decide whether to have children--or not.
When her magazine announced its then-illegal intention "to advocate the prevention of conception and to impart such knowledge," she was indicted on felony obscenity charges. She fled to Europe and spent a year in exile; in 1916, when the charges were dropped, she defied the authorities again by opening the first birth-control clinic in America, in an impoverished immigrant district of Brooklyn. She spent 30 days in prison for her trouble.
For years, the hierarchy of the Catholic Church waged a protracted battle against Sanger; in 1946, when Tucson's bishop, the Rev. Daniel J. Gercke, denounced the principles of Planned Parenthood as "immoral" and a violation of "God's laws," he was just one in a long line of prelates and priests who targeted her and her cause. Archbishop Patrick Hayes of New York once called her work "satanic." But Sanger, an Irish-American raised by an anticlerical Irish father, gave back to the clergy as good as she got. Responding to Bishop Hayes, Sanger saucily wrote in an open letter that many of the Bible's greats could serve as models for birth control.
"John the Baptist was an only child," she noted, "and his parents were well along in years when he was born."
Sanger eventually turned away from her flamboyant radicalism, the better to sell her birth-control message to those in power. She became disillusioned with Socialists, who she thought were dismissive of women's issues. The feisty "Birth Control League" evolved into the more conciliatory "Planned Parenthood." By the 1930s, Sanger was a familiar figure in the halls of Congress, where she lobbied alongside upper-class progressives like Katharine Houghton Hepburn, mother of the actress, to legalize contraception.
By the 1950s, she was routinely feted abroad in nations from India to Japan to Finland. Her passport from those late years, held in the UA Library's Special Collections, details her journeys abroad as an international celebrity.
Mainstream as she had become by the time of her death in Tucson in 1966, Sanger still was able to ignite a skirmish in the culture wars 25 years later. In 1991, when her adopted state of Arizona named her to its Women's Hall of Fame, Sanger's mixed rep triggered a controversy so fierce that the state didn't nominate anyone again for at least 10 years.
The objections came from the right and the left, from the anti-abortionists who routinely denounce Planned Parenthood and all its works, and from civil-rights leaders who claimed Sanger's campaign was a thinly disguised effort to decimate minority groups, a charge Sanger's supporters passionately deny.
"We thought some people wouldn't like her," says Mary Logan Rothschild, a historian at Arizona State University and interim director of women's studies. She believes most of the protests were engineered by the anti-abortion camp. But with the nomination coming 25 years after Sanger's death, "We were surprised that the opposition was so visceral."
What Sanger saw as a public-health nurse on New York's Lower East Side in the early teens changed her life; the tragedies set her on course to make birth control accessible and legal. She was called again and again to care for women in the district below 14th Street, where masses of impoverished Jewish and Italian immigrants were crammed into appalling quarters. Apart from folk remedies, knowledge of contraception was practically nil, and "pregnancy was a chronic condition," she wrote in her autobiography.
Infant and child mortality was staggering. Poor women struggling to care for their children would get pregnant again, and they would try to abort the fetus with such folk remedies as "herb teas, turpentine, steaming, rolling downtowns, inserting slippery elm, knitting needles, shoe-hooks." Or they'd go to the neighborhood's "five-dollar abortionist," lining up by the dozens in the street on a Saturday night.
The oft-told tale of Sadie Sachs was a turning point for Sanger. Some historians believe the case may be a composite, or even an invention, but Sanger wrote that in 1912, she was called to the Sachses' Grand Street apartment. She found a 28-year-old woman fighting septicemia brought on by a self-induced abortion. Sachs survived but begged Sanger for information to prevent another pregnancy. Helpless, Sanger turned to the attending doctor.
"You want to have your cake and eat it to, do you?" the doctor demanded of Sachs. "Well, it can't be done. Tell Jake to sleep on the roof."
Three months later, after Sachs tried another abortion, Sanger came back to the woman's deathbed. After she died, leaving behind three wailing children and a distraught husband, Sanger folded Sachs' "still hands across her breast, remembering how they had pleaded with me, begging so humbly for the knowledge ... . I resolved to seek out the root of evil, to do something to change the destiny of mothers whose miseries were as vast as the sky."
The Lower East Side may have galvanized her, but Sanger was first radicalized by her upbringing in a large Irish family. She was born Margaret Louisa Higgins on Sept. 14, 1879, in Corning, N.Y., the sixth in a family of 11 children. Offspring of a big, redheaded Irish immigrant and his Irish-American wife, all the children had red hair, in shades ranging from carrot-top to Margaret's much-admired auburn. Sanger's autobiography sentimentally recalls the cottage in the woods where she was born, but her biographer, Ellen Chesler, says it was actually a shanty by the tracks.
Her longsuffering mother, Anne Purcell Higgins, gave birth to her first child in 1870 and to her last 22 years later, after the oldest had long since left home. A tubercular whose disease was aggravated by her repeated pregnancies, Anne often had to "brace herself against the wall to steady her coughing," Margaret remembered. Though her robust husband lived on to 88, Anne was dead by 50, dying of tuberculosis on Good Friday 1899, when her youngest child was just 7 years old.
Her husband, Michael Hennessy Higgins, was voluble, extravagant and poetic-- "homily and humor rippled unceasingly from his generous mouth in a brogue which he never lost," his daughter would write. He liked his whiskey, but his grandchildren, interviewed later in life, differed over whether he was a classic alcoholic. It seems to have been Michael's political views rather than drunkenness that helped impoverish his large brood.
Born in Ireland in 1846 at the height of the potato blight, Higgins was a famine refugee who fled his native land as a child with his widowed mother and a brother. Ireland's English rulers shipped food out of the country during the "Great Hunger," as the Irish more accurately call the famine; English indifference allowed some 1 million of their Irish subjects to starve to death and forced at least another million to emigrate. This disaster may have pushed him to his own radical views.
"A nonconformist through and through," Sanger wrote. "... he fought for free libraries, free education, free books in the public schools" and perhaps most importantly, "freedom of the mind from dogma and cant."
Unlike most Irish immigrants, who rallied around the church in America as a reminder of home, he loathed priestly power.
"He tried to inculcate in us the idea that our duty lay not in considering what might happen to us after death," Sanger wrote, "but in doing something here and now to make the lives of other human beings more decent."
Anne Purcell was an Irish Catholic from New Jersey; her parents took a dim view of a prospective son-in-law with "Higgins's independent mind, his contempt for religious authority, his sharp tongue and high spirits," wrote Chesler. (As an adult, Sanger traveled to Ireland, where she tried and failed to trace her Purcell roots.) The young couple married anyway, and though Anne stopped going to church and didn't baptize her children, she remained privately devout. And they certainly followed the Bible's injunction to be fruitful and multiply. By the time they landed in Corning in 1877, settling among their fellow Irish, they had five children.
Corning, then as now, was dominated by the glassworks. Its low-paid Irish workers lived in poor housing along the flats of the Chemung River, while the rich American executives lived on the hills looming above. Higgins labored as an independent stonecutter and maker of gravestones. An atheist, he didn't mind carving angels that would speed deceased Catholic believers on their journey to heaven. But after he got into serious conflicts with the church, his business declined and then failed.
During the late 1880s, with labor unrest sweeping the country, Corning's glass workers went on strike. Most of the strikers were parishioners in the town's Catholic churches, but their priests took the side of the factory owners against the underpaid workers. Higgins was furious at this priestly betrayal, and his "vocal apostasy won him few friends in any quarter and cost him dearly in work for church cemeteries," Chesler wrote. "His livelihood never transcended these indiscretions ... ."
In a separate incident, Higgins championed a visiting freethinker by the name of Robert Ingersoll--coincidentally, a proponent of contraception. When local Catholics got wind of his impending lecture, they ran him out of town hall. Michael led him to speak in an open field, as Margaret recalled. She admired her father's daring, but the family suffered for his views. The children were ostracized by their schoolmates. Catholics withdrew their business from the stone-carving apostate. The Higginses were evicted from their rented house and forced to move to the rooms above Michael's monument shop.
If his young daughter got a conflicting lesson in the virtues of free speech and the ultimate failure of radicalism, she later drew a lesson about the way men's freethinking often stops at the kitchen--and bedroom--door.
"He believed in the equality of the sexes ... . He came out strongly for woman suffrage," Sanger remembered, but not so much that he helped his overburdened wife. "Father took little or no responsibility for the minute details of the daily tasks. I can see him when he had nothing on hand, laughing and joking or reading poetry. Mother, however, was everlastingly busy sewing, cooking, doing this and that."
At 13, Margaret had herself baptized in the Catholic Church, possibly longing for the more conventional life enjoyed by her girlfriends. But the conversion was apparently short-lived. A teacher at the parish school ridiculed her one day for wearing fine kid gloves, a gift from an older sister. Margaret refused ever to return. Her two older sisters, Mary and Nan, already out working, paid to send her to a Dutch Protestant boarding school. She would not return to Corning until she was summoned several years later to nurse her mother during her final illness.
Musing on her childhood in her middle age, Sanger recalled her admiration for rich families like the one Mary worked for high up on Corning's hill, so unlike the chaotic Higginses on the flatlands. The difference, she decided, was not so much money but numbers of children.
"Large families were associated with poverty, toil, unemployment, drunkenness, cruelty, fighting, jails; the small ones with cleanliness, leisure, freedom, light, space, sunshine. ... To me, the distinction between happiness and unhappiness in childhood was one of small families and of large families rather than of wealth and poverty."
Sanger took a lesson from both parents. If her father taught her independence, her mother's short, hard life became a model of what women's lives should not be. In 1920, she dedicated her book, Woman and the New Race, to the memory of Anne Purcell Higgins, "a mother who gave birth to 11 living children."
Michael objected when Margaret left home in 1900 to train as a nurse, saying it wasn't a job for "nice girls." As much a rebel as her father, she marched out anyway.
By the time Sanger got to Tucson in 1934, she had married and divorced architect Bill Sanger, given birth to three children, buried one, taken on numerous lovers and married a second husband, J. Noah Slee, a millionaire industrialist. She had been in and out of jails and courtrooms, been censored in town halls around America, researched techniques of birth control, shared them in books and pamphlets, smuggled diaphragms into the country and battled with fellow activists for leadership of the movement she considered her own. Anti-birth-control laws were still on the books, but she was pushing and shoving Americans toward acceptance of contraception.
In the fall of 1934, Sanger and son Stuart, plagued by respiratory illnesses, came to town for a little R&R. Right after their arrival, in an interview published Oct. 6, 1934, she told the Star, "I'm in Tucson more mainly for a rest and in the interests of my son's health." But she hinted that birth-control plans were afoot for the Old Pueblo. "There's something in the air, but I have nothing definite in mind."
A month later, she was on the stump, giving a speech at the Santa Rita hotel to a gathering that included "every woman's organization in of Tucson," the Tucson Citizen reported on Nov. 23, 1934. Given lengthy and careful coverage, her talk was a curious combination of compassion and contempt for the poor, a mixture that in later years would give ammunition to her critics.
Pushing for birth control for the impoverished, Sanger complained of the "increase of these defective criminal classes," declared that the "majority of delinquent children come from large families" and bemoaned "palatial buildings" being constructed at taxpayers' expense to house the "feebleminded and the insane."
But she also chastised the well-heeled women in her audience for using contraception while doing nothing to help poor women who couldn't get it. She spoke passionately of the "suffering and the fear of undesired pregnancy of innocent women, too poor to defend themselves, too weak to rebel, to inarticulate to cry out."
After a winter in Tucson, "Stuart grew better," Sanger reported in her autobiography. "In the spring, we packed our bags once more in the little car and drove away, looking back regretfully at the indescribable Catalinas, on which light and clouds played in never-ending change of pattern."
By 1935, the papers were counting her as a winter resident, and soon, she moved here permanently. After 21 years at the birth-control barricades, Sanger was in need of a rest, and her husband was elderly and ailing. Arizona had what they needed.
"My husband and I found a house near Tucson of adobe, trimmed in blue," she wrote. "The mountains, not distant or aloof or towering over all, reached into the sky, but they were also somehow intimate, cupping the town gently on all four sides."
Still, Arizona's slower pace didn't stop her from all work. The "something in the air" materialized, in the form of the Clinica para Madres. Located at 28 E. Corral St. in downtown's old Mexican barrio, the Tucson Mothers' Clinic was the first birth-control center in Tucson. After urban renewal, the clinic moved to Fifth Avenue and evolved into Tucson Planned Parenthood's Margaret Sanger Center. (Today's Planned Parenthood of Southern Arizona facility, on Wyatt Drive, is still named for Sanger.) The next year, in 1936, she was able to celebrate the overturn of the antiquated Comstock Act, the federal obscenity law that led to her first indictment.
Tucson, then with a population of about 15,000, was dazzled by its famous new resident. The local papers breathlessly reported her comings and goings, veering schizophrenically among her names, calling her variously Mrs. J. Noah Slee, Mrs. Margaret Sanger Slee and just plain Margaret Sanger, "birth control pioneer." The town was still small enough that when her dog went missing, the Arizona Daily Star headlined an Oct. 17, 1937 story, "Mrs. Sanger Goes to Texas to Search for Lost Spaniel."
But the papers regularly reported seriously on her work. When Sanger and her foe Bishop Gercke were invited to speak to the American Legion Luncheon Club in 1946--on separate days--the Star noted the club president's tactful explanation that a "lack of time prevented having both speakers on one day."
News photos frequently pictured her at the airport, arriving home from international meetings in Asia, flying off to Europe, being collected by her son Stuart, being greeted by his two children. (An internist, Stuart had settled in Tucson with his wife, Barbara, and daughters Margaret and Nancy. Sanger's son, Grant, was also a doctor; a resident of New York, he fathered six children.)
After Slee's death in 1943, Sanger moved into town to a house on Elm Street adjacent to the Arizona Inn. By decade's end, she moved around the corner to Sierra Vista Drive, next door to Stuart's place. She had had a daring new house built, "as modern as tomorrow," the Tucson Citizen's women's editor gushed. The story goes that she first offered the commission to Frank Lloyd Wright, but he sneered that the small city lot was fit only for a pigsty. And when he quoted his price, Sanger turned to architect Arthur Brown, Tucson's leading exponent of modernism.
"Let's not put anything in this house that is conventional!" Sanger told Brown, as he later recalled in a written reminiscence. The architect complied. A red-brick house surrounded by gardens, the house is not startling from the outside, but inside an octagonal dining room leads to fan-shaped rooms affording spectacular views of the Catalinas. Brown put a second-story art studio upstairs on the sloping roof; by now, Sanger was a serious watercolorist, studying with Tucson artist Gerry Pierce.
The house allowed her to indulge the little granddaughters who lived next door, and she lavished on them the attention that her own children had sorely missed during her activist days, according to biographer Chesler. Her charisma charmed Tucson, as it had galvanized activists years before.
Logan Rothschild, the ASU professor, said that one of the early movement workers, Edna Rankin McKinnon, told her that "Sanger was electrical. You met her and you just knew you had to work with her."
She became known as a great party giver, specializing in curry and mariachi, and the world's rich and famous regularly made the trek to her home. Eleanor Roosevelt came to tea; John D. Rockefeller Jr. and his wife, Martha, to a party; Frank Lloyd Wright to dinner. Ansel Adams took photos of her in her Elm Street garden and declared "at least one of the photographs was about the best thing of its kind that I have done ... . The small figure in the garden is simply swell."
Peggy and Barry Goldwater, pioneers for birth control in Phoenix, were friends, Logan Rothschild said, though Goldwater once joked to her that "Margaret Sanger didn't like him very much--Peggy was always expecting another child when they met up."
Sanger's health slowly deteriorated; by 1959, she gave up the presidency of the International Planned Parenthood Federation. She insisted on taking a final trip to India for the group's conference, and Tucsonan Grace Sternberg accompanied her, watching over her frail old friend.
The world's press still journeyed regularly to her Tucson house, seeking quotable comments. She reminisced to Parade magazine that her father, "the most broad-minded Irishman I ever knew," had opposed her work, along with "the law, the police (and) the government." Irishwoman though she was, in 1960 she declared she would leave the country if the Catholic John F. Kennedy were to become president, since he had hewed to the church's birth-control line in Massachusetts. The story made the news the world round, but Kennedy was elected, and Sanger remained.
That same year, on May 9, the Food and Drug Administration OK'd the birth-control pill. An easy-to-take pill was Sanger's longtime dream, and she had helped raise money for its development. Stuart and his daughter Margaret ran over to give her the news. According to Time magazine, Sanger looked up from her breakfast, and said simply, "It's about time."
When she was already in a nursing home, in 1965, the UA awarded Sanger an honorary degree, "over the protests of several Catholics on the board of trustees," Chesler wrote. The Planned Parenthood Center of Tucson sponsored a glittering testimonial dinner the same year; though Sanger was too ill to come, Peggy Goldwater was there, along with the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Dr. John Rock, developer of the birth-control pill, and Mrs. B.K. Nehru, wife of the Indian ambassador to the United States.
Sanger died on Sept. 6, 1966. Her funeral was held at St. Philip's in the Hills, an Episcopal church, and a larger memorial was celebrated a few weeks later in New York. Among the New York attendees was 80-year-old Rose Halpern, one of Sanger's first patients at the daring illegal clinic in Brooklyn.
The New York Times ran an obit on the front page. The Arizona Daily Star called her "one of history's great figures"; the Tucson Citizen declared that "the world has lost a great woman. Tucsonans have lost a great friend."
In more recent years, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century. By any accounting, Sanger was remarkably successful. A year before her death, the Supreme Court overturned the last state law banning birth control. The church hierarchy hasn't budged, but American women nowadays use contraception as a matter of course. Their great-grandmothers could have been jailed for doing the same thing. Yet even Sanger's most ardent champions admit her flaws.
One can understand her rage at an officially celibate male Catholic clergy who insisted that women bear as many children as possible, and her grief at her mother's hard life. But her attacks on big families nowadays would be called culturally--or ethnically--insensitive, to the Mexicans in the barrio and the Irish back east, among others. And they seem a little hypocritical in light of the love and support Sanger got from many of her Higgins siblings and their children throughout her life. The bootstrap Higginses helped each other get a leg up; they were hardly like the "delinquent" big families Sanger zinged in her speeches.
Lefties recoil at Sanger's cozying up to the upper classes, and the large ego that had her embellishing her role in the movement. Just about everybody is dismayed by her associations with eugenicists in the 20s. Looking back from this side of World War II and the Nazis' plan for a master race, it's hard to understand that eugenics "enjoyed a surprisingly large intellectual following well into the 1930s among liberals and progressives in the United States and Europe," Chesler noted. Many mainstream intellectuals, even black leaders like W.E.B. Dubois, a supporter of Sanger's, openly argued that the fittest people should have the most children. But Sanger stopped short of racism.
"I'm willing to give her a lot of leeway," says historian Logan Rothschild. "She did get involved with unsavory characters, but she never herself personally believed in their racial issues. She didn't buy it, but she did take their support.
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Holy Baptism is like a door by which those that are baptized enter into the holy Church and become fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God (Eph. 2:19). And not just so, but before Baptism there are renunciations and vows:
1. We then renounced Satan and all his evil works. Satan is a wicked and evil spirit. He was created good by God, but he and those of like mind with him apostasized from Him, and so from light they became dark, and from good they became evil and wicked. His works are idolatry, pride, adultery, prodigality, all uncleanliness, slander, blasphemy and every sin; for he is the inventor of sin, and he beguiled our ancestors in paradise and led them into sin and apostasy from God. We renounce this wicked spirit and all his evil works before Baptism.
2. We renounce every vanity, pride and pomp of this world, as ones called to and renewed for everlasting life.
3. We promise to serve Christ the Son of God in faith and in truth together with the Father and the Holy Spirit, and to follow in His footsteps.
4. Thus we establish a covenant between God and us. We, who have renounced Satan, promise to serve God and be faithful to him. God accepts us in His supreme mercy and promises us an inheritance in everlasting life and the Kingdom, and washes us who are defiled by sin in the laver of Baptism. He sanctifies and justifies us, as the priest says over everyone who is baptized, Thou art washed, thou art sanctified, thou art justified (cf. I Cor. 6:11).
Beloved Christians, let us remember these renunciations and vows, and consider whether we keep them, for it is a grave thing to lie to God, and it is very dangerous to be found false before Him. Let us consider, then, whether any of us have not gone back to Satan, whether we have not renounced Christ and abandoned Him? Let us consider on whose side we find ourselves, on Satan's or on Christ's. One serves and belongs to him whose will he performs. He renounces Christ not only he who renounces His holy name and does not confess Him to be the Son of God and his Saviour, but also he who sins against conscience and recklessly breaks His holy commandments. This is the teaching of the Apostles. For the Apostle says, They profess that they know God; but in works they deny Him, and the rest (Tit. 1:16).
Do you see that people reject God in works too, and not just with their lips? Is anyone a prodigal, and does he commit adultery? He rejects Christ. Does anyone hate his neighbor and seek him out to harm him? He has apostasized from Christ. Does anyone steal; does he rob and take away his neighbor's goods? He has departed from Christ. Does anyone deceive and flatter his neighbor? He is no longer with Christ, but in all these things he submits to the enemy of salvation, and so he does not stand in the promises which he made to God, and so he has lied to God. Let us examine then, beloved, our conscience and our life. To which side do we belong, to Christ's or to His enemy's? To the good, or to the evil? To the lot of the saved or to that of the lost? He that is not with Christ is the enemy of Christ. For Christ Himself said, He that is not with Me is against Me (Matt. 12:30).
Beloved, let us watch ourselves and let us be with Christ here in this world, as we have vowed at Baptism: let us be with Christ here that we may be with Christ in the age to come, according to His promise that cannot lie, Where I am, there shall also My servant be (John 12:26). Let us serve Him here as our King and God, that on the Day of Judgment He will acknowledge us as His laborers and number us with His faithful servants and open unto us the doors of everlasting joy. Remember the vows made at Baptism.
So that you may act on the aforementioned points, you must remember the vows you made at holy Baptism. For though not you yourself but your sponsor made those vows before God on your behalf, you promised then, spitting on Satan, and on his pride, and on his service, and on his evil works-you promised, I say-and vowed to serve Jesus Christ your Lord and Redeemer in faith and in truth, together with the Father and the Holy Spirit.
Consider, Christian, what vows you made and to Whom. It is a grievous thing to lie to a man; how incomparably more grievous it is to lie to God. God is not mocked (Gal. 6:7). When a Christian does not stand on his promises and does not keep them, what mercy, then, should he expect from God, to Whom he lied? He that keeps his promises shall find himself in God's mercy and in His Kingdom. He remains faithful to God, and God will hold him in mercy and in His protection as His own. And this is what the prophet sings to God, With the holy man wilt Thou be holy, and with the innocent man wilt Thou be innocent. And with the elect man wilt Thou be elect, and with the perverse wilt Thou be perverse (Ps. 17:26-27).
Christians! All they that commit iniquity and act against their conscience do not keep their vows. These include fornicators, adulterers, and all defilers, robbers, thieves, brigands, the sly, and crafty, deceivers and the guileful, revilers and men of evil speech, drunkards, fault finders, the hateful, and the malicious; they that live in the pride and pomp of this world, and all that do not fear God. They have all lied to God and have not kept their vows, and are outside of the holy Church, though they may even go to churches and pray and receive the Mysteries and build churches and adorn them and display other signs of a Christian. Since they shall be powerfully put to the test at the Judgment of Christ and tormented more there than Turks and idolaters, avoid these deeds, Christian and do not imitate the aforementioned doers of iniquity, lest you be condemned with them to eternal fire by the just judgment of God, where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched (Mark 9:44, 46, 48), but by all means endeavor so to live and act as the word of God teaches, as was said above. Keep in mind those vows of yours, and this will guide you toward the Christian life and restrain you from every evil and do you good. If you notice that you do not keep those vows, then repent and begin the Christian life anew, lest you appear before God in a lie, and perish with liars.
The fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable,
and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers,
and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their
part in the lake which burneth with fire
and brimstone: which is the second death (Apoc. 21:8).
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By: Ulrich Oberprieler and Burger Cillie
296 pages, Col photos, col & b/w illus, figs, maps
Raptor watching can be frustrating for the birds are often difficult to identify. This book provides a section that makes identification of confusing species easy by comparing and contrasting their features.
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To work on a shoestring is to run a business or project with very little money or capital.
shoestring (noun) – a small amount of money: an amount that is inadequate or only just adequate for your needs.
Examples of use:
1. In the first year of my business I had no money and I had to work on a shoestring budget.
2. They worked on a shoestring to produce their latest movie.
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Review By CAROLYN M. MULLIN
This post is in honor of International Respect for Chickens Day (May 4).
In a genre of hard-to-find vegetarian and vegan children’s books (more specifically, chapter books), Anne Fine’s The Chicken Gave it to Me is a score. Released in 1992, the novel features two classmates, Andrew and Gemma, who happen upon a hen who urges them – with a bit of desperation – to read her own book, “The True Story of Harrowing Farm.” Her “chicken scratch” writings describe the horrid conditions she lived in and how one evening, a spaceship lands nearby, carrying green aliens that immediately free the birds of the smelly sheds and comment on their “twisted feet. Bare patches all over.” While the sheds air out, the green folk prepare the wire cages for the next occupants … humans. Yes, people are the aliens’ favorite fare and get a little taste of their own medicine, in terms of animal treatment on factory farms.
Apparently it isn’t in a chicken’s nature to be vengeful. The avian author-heroine hitches a ride to the aliens’ home planet to spread her message of mercy, that humans deserve to be treated well and preferably not as dinner since grains and vegetables are suitable substitutes. She makes it onto talk shows and other media outlets. After her television debut, a viewer poll is taken and finds that,
“Almost all of you think we ought to treat them better. Most of you said you were very shocked indeed by some of the things the chicken told you. Over half of you would be willing to pay a little more for your peopleburgers if you thought they’d be happier before they ended up on your little green plates. And quite a few of you said you were definitely going to try and eat less people and more grains and vegetables.”
This book is definitely a great introduction to the issues involved in eating sentient beings. Gemma refuses to eat chicken and Andrew stops as well until he knows exactly where and how the chicken was raised. But for the vegan in me, the endorsement of the welfare argument was a sore point. Fine even has the chicken offering up one of her eggs to the aliens to eat. She also occasionally portrays the chicken as a self-deprecating animal (calling herself feather-brained and chicken-dippy), which really irked me since I know they are far from it. But I will say that this book will prepare your little vegan for all the lame arguments he or she will undoubtedly hear from meat eaters on justifying their dietary choices (“I know they squawk and fuss and rattle the cage bars, trying to get out. But, honestly, they don’t mind, really. You see, they’re not nearly as sensitive as we are!”) | <urn:uuid:82292856-3a4f-4eec-80aa-0b4931b84af9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://vegbooks.org/index.php/2010/05/04/the-chicken-gave-it-to-me/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571758.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812200804-20220812230804-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.971564 | 615 | 1.59375 | 2 |
Throughout history there have been many days set aside to honor Mother’s and women in many different cultures. These celebrations can be traced all the way back to ancient Greek and Roman festivals. Mother’s Day is celebrated on various days in many different parts of the world today. This worldwide celebration honors mothers and commemorates motherhood, maternal bonds and the influence mothers have in society.
Not only do mothers have a great influence on the world today but they continue to influence Saranoni as a company. The name Saranoni is derived from the first names of the maternal great grandmothers of the two founders. Saranoni, with its products and operations, places high value on those things the founders’ grandmothers held dear including quality, service and family.
“As an employee of Saranoni I have noticed the personal and quality relationships Saranoni has with their customers and employees. Being the 3rd child in a family of 4 girls I found that my mom always found time for each and every one of us girls individually. Each week she set one day aside for each of us. I was really young and yet still remember these days with my mom perfectly. I always got to pick where we went and what we did. Usually “my day” consisted of Taco Bell, Wheeler Farm and stopping off at the local store to pick out a nail polish. These little outings meant a lot and showed me how much my mom cared for me and cared about how I was doing, even at a young age. I know these special times meant a lot to my sisters as well.”
Mothers are known around the world to be compassionate, loving, kind, helpful, strong, caring, patient, and much much more. They hold so many good qualities and deserve to have a special day devoted to them and to celebrate their strength and courage in raising a family. | <urn:uuid:d1127b45-3bbd-4215-8805-2fd9637e9751> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.saranoni.com/2012/05/mothers-day/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280266.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00502-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973993 | 384 | 1.898438 | 2 |
Modeling the Virus that Causes COVID-19
In this activity, students learn about the shape and relative size of the virus by constructing a paper model of a single virus particle. Virus particles are extremely small. They are completely invisible in ordinary white light. A particle (virion) of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, is approximately 100 nanometers across. How big is that? | <urn:uuid:f5999122-2295-4f0a-adcc-1a81f163aa00> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.bioedonline.org/slides/classroom-slides/covid-19/modeling-the-virus-that-causes-covid-19/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00277.warc.gz | en | 0.943275 | 88 | 3.734375 | 4 |
Kentucky Anabaptists' Knowledge of Newborn Screening
Keywords:newborn screening, Amish, Mennonite, Anabaptist, genetic disorders
The Plain Anabaptist population in Kentucky is growing, with the Amish population alone expected to double about every 20 years. Anabaptists in Kentucky are largely composed of Amish (both Old Order and New Order) and Old Order and Conservative Mennonites. All Anabaptists experience an increased incidence of recessive genetic disorders. Newborn screening (NBS) is a state-regulated program that identifies inherited and congenital disorders and conditions. The purpose of this study is to determine the knowledge of Kentucky Amish and Mennonite communities regarding NBS. A researcher-adapted questionnaire was mailed to Kentucky Amish and Mennonite households, and 292 respondents returned the questionnaire. The majority (85.2%) reported at least "a little" knowledge of NBS; however, only 6.8% reported "a lot" of knowledge. Respondents identified the midwife as the most common source of information related to NBS; however, 18% reported NBS was not offered by any provider. There was a statistically significant relationship between knowledge of NBS and children receiving NBS, indicating that knowledge of NBS increased participation in NBS. As the midwife is the most common source of NBS knowledge, an educational program for midwives as well as the Anabaptist communities throughout Kentucky is planned.
Copyright (c) 2022 Melissa K. Travelsted, M. Eve Main, M. Susan Jones
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Life Savers is turning 100, and to celebrate the company is taking its brand name seriously with a charity campaign. Since their introduction in 1912, Life Savers mints have come a long way. And now the Wm. Wrigley Co.-owned candy is planning to celebrate its centennial by giving back to the customers who brought them there in the first place. As part of its "Connect for a Cause" campaign, the newly released "100th Anniversary" packages of Life Savers hard candies, mints and gummies will contain codes allowing consumers to donate to their favorite charities.
The entire line is found right here. Chocolate maker Clarence Crane searched to find a sweet treat to withstand the summer heat better than his chocolate. In 1912 Crane produced Life Savers Pep-O-Mint candies with the unique idea of punching a hole in the middle of the mint. Because of their resemblance to life preservers the brand name Life Savers was chosen. | <urn:uuid:cdceeb00-14d3-440f-90a1-db901acb3a1c> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.nationwidecandy.com/life-savers-bx1-lifesavers.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280791.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00360-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94678 | 198 | 1.523438 | 2 |
2035 Community Vision Land Use Plan
What will Fuquay-Varina look like in the year 2035? If the past 20 years are any indication, it may look very different than it does today. Over the past 20 years, the Town of Fuquay-Varina’s population has grown from approximately 6,500 to an estimated 25,000 people making it one of the fastest growing towns in North Carolina.
The 2035 Community Vision Land Use Plan will be the Town's guide for shaping our future. At a kick off meeting in early October, the Town actively began engaging the community in the visioning process that will allow residents, business owners and stakeholders to have a voice in how the Town manages future growth and development.
A large, week-long series of meetings, called a charrette, was held in early November. The charrette was very successful with residents, business owners, and development professionals coming together with Federal and State agencies, elected officials and Town Staff to discuss a shared vision for Fuquay-Varina. Meetings included discussions on many different aspects that will shape land use in the Town and the final plan will address viewpoints expressed in the meeting. The 2035 Community Vision LUP will help our Town make more informed decisions as we plan for a successful future.
Results from the 2035 Community LUP charrette, as well as a draft land use plan map, were presented at the November 29th LUP Project Steering Committee meeting. It’s anticipated that the final plan will be presented to the Town Board in March 2017.
Working together, we can build a play book for our future, which will result in the 2035 Community Vision Land Use Plan.
Click HERE for a flyer of information and public outreach efforts.
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The aim of kinesiology is to regain that sense of balance – physically, emotionally and spiritually, by tapping into the body’s own wisdom.
A kinesiologist uses a combination of muscle testing and the principles of Traditional Chinese Medicine to assess the body’s levels of energy and identify factors that may be blocking the body’s natural healing processes. These factors can include stress, sensitivities, nutritional deficiencies and specific emotional issues.
Kinesiology may help to:
- Relieve pain.
- Identify allergies.
- Relieve muscular and nervous disorders.
- Assist in learning difficulties.
It taps into the true potential within us to find that all-important sense of balance and wellbeing.
What are the Options for Studying Kinesiology?
You could choose to do a short course in kinesiology as a taster, or look at a nationally accredited Certificate IV or diploma course.
You will study anatomy and physiology and learn the relationships between the muscles, meridians and organs. You will also be required to complete practical experience and also gain skills in communication, business management and first aid.
Depending on how deeply you want to go into the field, there could be options for using the credits acquired during your study to go on to do a degree course in a related field. Check with the education provider for these options.
Skills Needed in Kinesiology
Most courses will not require prerequisites, but it’s always best to check with the provider. To work in the field of kinesiology you will need good communication skills, as the day-to-day work requires extensive consultation and treatment of patients. Empathy and a desire to help others are also important traits.
Careers in Kinesiology
Kinesiology’s unique blend of eastern traditional forms of healing and western understanding of anatomy and physiology make it a fascinating field of study – one that will help you to help others find their sense of balance. Of course with any course of study, especially in the natural therapies field, you will also learn a lot about yourself.After completing your studies in kinesiology, practitioners may find work in hospitals, rehabilitation centres, health services, or even aged care facilities, and of course private practice.Most courses will not require prerequisites, but it’s always best to check with the provider. To work in the field of kinesiology you will need good communication skills, as the day-to-day work requires extensive consultation and treatment of patients. Empathy and a desire to help others are also important traits. | <urn:uuid:cb73eb9f-b133-4bc0-b6d9-755b8033bca0> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.naturaltherapypages.com.au/article/studying_kinesiology | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280891.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00154-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.921768 | 531 | 2.703125 | 3 |
The Perfect Setup - Fedora Core 5 (64-bit) - Page 6
ISPConfig has better support for proftpd than vsftpd, so let's remove vsftpd and install proftpd:
yum remove vsftpd
yum install proftpd
chkconfig --levels 235 proftpd on
To install webalizer, just run
yum install webalizer
13 Synchronize The System Clock
If you want to have the system clock synchronized with an NTP server do the following:
yum install ntp
chkconfig --levels 235 ntpd on
14 Install Some Perl Modules
ISPConfig comes with SpamAssassin which needs a few Perl modules to work. We install the required Perl modules with a single command:
yum install perl-HTML-Parser perl-DBI perl-Net-DNS perl-Digest-SHA1
15 The End
The configuration of the server is now finished, and if you wish you can now install ISPConfig on it.
15.1 A Note On SuExec
If you want to run CGI scripts under suExec, you should specify /var/www as the home directory for websites created by ISPConfig as Fedora's suExec is compiled with /var/www as Doc_Root. Run
and the output should look like this:
To select /var/www as the home directory for websites during the installation of ISPConfig do the following: When you are asked for the installation mode, select the expert mode.
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More Unswers to Your Questings
The fact that this is a good question is problematic, isn't it? It's almost a rhetorical question that provides it's own answer, like "why are you such a jerk?"
It's especially problematic that it is possible to ask such a question of a religion. If a religion doesn't even make you a better person, then what good is it? And what evidence do we have that Islam is producing superior and spiritually evolved people, cultures, institutions, and nations?
I didn't know anything about Islam on 9-10-01. However, even on 9-12-01, I retained an open mind. I was fully receptive to the MSM bromide that Islam was an essentially peaceful religion that had simply been hijacked by a few lunatics and radicals.
I am familiar with all the world's most venerated scripture and sacred writings--the Torah, New Testament, Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, Yoga Sutras, Tao Te Ching, etc.--and I have very high regard for each of them. Although each is "relatively absolute" and complete in its way, I nevertheless feel that they all supplement and complement one another and that, for example, a Christian can benefit by trying to reconcile the Upanishads with the Gospel of John.
Once you are on a spiritual path, you start to develop a sort of sixth sense, or "third eye" that helps you understand spiritual matters. I don't want to overly romanticize this notion--I don't think it's really fundamentally different from any other kind of expertise. For example, a trained psychoanalyst is able to "see" or "feel" unconscious communication in a way that the untutored individual cannot. Or even a baseball or hockey fan can watch a game and see all kinds of things that the non-fan misses. The fan and non-fan literally see a different reality on the field or ice.
Anyway, I read the Koran with my spiritual detector switched on, but it was a sobering experience. I really don't want to be accused of bigotry here. Certainly you could say that my response was subjective, and that's fine. But I actually found the Koran to be rather disturbing. Although there are undoubtedly some passages that contain spiritual "light," there are also many passages that convey a deep darkness--again, based only on my subjective experience. I find no such darkness at all in, say, the Upanishads or Tao Te Ching. They are almost pure light.
One thing we must do at the outset is distinguish between the revealed vs. the "natural" religions. Christianity, Judaism and Islam are revealed religions, whereas the Upanishads are unrevealed, "positivistic" scriptures. Rather, they are much more explicitly philosophical and metaphysical. In fact, they are mainly experiential. Both Buddhism and Jnana yoga say to the spiritual aspirant: do this, and you will experience that. In their purest form--such as Vedanta or Zen--these traditions are very much free of dogma.
In a certain way, all of the revealed religions are more inherently problematic, because even if we are dealing with a pure revelation from God, it still has to be revealed to someone, specifically, a flawed human being. Judaism, to my knowledge, has never pretended that the prophets were perfect people. Nor does Christian doctrine maintain that the writers of the gospels were perfect beings who simply took dictation from God. In Judaism the Torah is perfect, but it still must be interpreted. In Christianity the perfect ideal is located in Christ, but in a very complex way that I won't get into here.
But in Islam, both Mohammed and his message are considered perfect, inerrant, and not subject to interpretation. This is problematic, for a great deal is known about the historical Mohammed, and the fact of the matter is, he was not just your average quiet, introspective spiritual seeker. For one thing, unlike Jesus or Buddha or Lao Tsu, he was a warrior, a conqueror. Like it or not, he was also a worldly man. He was married, not just to one woman, but to many women. Christians are told to "imitate Christ." How different would Christianity be if Christ had been a violent warrior with several wives?
Of course, one could say, "look at history. Are you naive? What about the crusades? The inquisition? The endless religious wars?" First of all, the crusades were largely a defensive action against an expansive Islam. But even leaving that aside, I believe that the Christian message is entirely self-correcting, given enough time. That is, there is no possible justification in the gospels for violent conquest, for treating others as less than fully human, for unfair treatment of women, etc.
I would be happy to stand corrected, but I don't see a clear-cut, self-correcting mechanism in Islam. Islam has a long and bloody history, but instead of being a departure from Mohammed's message, there are many, many passages in the Koran that quite clearly and explicitly justify and encourage such behavior. Again, this is not Muslim bashing. I'm simply repeating what I read in the Koran with my own three eyes.
Does this mean that all Muslims are bad people? Of course not. I actually tried to dislike the music of Cat Stevens, but I can't. He seems like a genuinely sweet and well-intentioned person who does a lot of good in the world.
But one thing that really troubles me is the lack of outrage in the Muslim world about the almost irreparable damage the terrorists are doing to something they hold sacred. I think about that poor journalist who has been captured in Iraq. Why aren't Muslims all over the world--millions upon millions of them--standing up, demonstrating, and demanding that she be released? Let's just focus on America, where Muslims enjoy the fruits of Judeo-Christian liberty. Why are our most prominent Muslim groups, such as CAIR, such dubious people? Every time they open their mouths, they just do further damage to Islam, and make one suspicious of their real motives.
Can one even imagine Christians sitting by quietly while such evil were being perpetrated in the name of their religion? The largest demonstration in the history of Israel occurred after that savage, may his memory be cursed, opened fire on Muslims in a Mosque. Why has there never been anything comparable in the Muslim world except recently in Jordan, but only after they were attacked?
By the way, just to show that I am not inherently anti-Islam, I've studied a fair amount of Sufism, and I am quite favorably disposed to it. They seem to have succeeded in eliminating the darkness and retaining the light. However, my understanding is that they are generally regarded by mainstream Muslims as a fringe, if not downright heretical movement.
Again, my mind remains open, and I would love for it to be changed. The main reason I supported the liberation of Iraq was that I felt--whether naively or not--that it would engender a transformation of that part of the world, and show that Muslims could create a decent, tolerant, and democratic society. I pray that I was right. The world-historical implications of being wrong about the capacity of Muslim nations to transform themselves are just too awful to contemplate. | <urn:uuid:02f9bdea-43c5-4090-b901-d03bfcbf3fc0> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://onecosmos.blogspot.com/2006/01/more-unswers-to-your-questings.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282935.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00240-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.976787 | 1,521 | 1.648438 | 2 |
Stucky: A basalt column capital
of the early first millennium B.
One gilded column capital
survived; a model was made from it to cast in plaster the other three capitals.
Although totally rebuilt to today's highest standards of construction and engineering, echoes of the past are seen inside as well, such as the column capitals
and scalloped rosette surrounding the main ballroom's chandelier, and handcrafted mosaic tiles in the glass-enclosed pool area.
Carved column capitals
and half round corners add exquisite old world style to the Astoria, a 33-inch ClassicFlame Electric Fireplace, twinstarhome.
Those include old concrete beams on the ceiling, the original column capitals
, and the tall ceiling height, Seider said.
The equipment installed in 1906 took up a great deal of space inside the column capitals
and blocked the reflective surface, making it impossible to light the lower half of the fixture," Jacobi says.
Decoration of the column capitals
matches this liveliness with blends of dancers, horn players, apes, lions, bears, and eagles.
P dressing rooms feature an open grid ceiling affording the bride-to-be a view of the motorized antique chandelier as well as the floral column capitals
From the construction photo and "after" photo of the lobby, you can see that overhead plumbing and electric wiring have been reconcealed, but with a new, higher drywall ceiling that now leaves the bottom of beams and the column capitals
exposed to view.
The column capitals
are Corinthian, with a stripped-down and modified detailing style peculiar to the building's architect, George Albree Freeman.
Ulbert observes that reused column capitals
and a floor inscription with the same two names on them and found in Basilica A probably also came from Basilica B.
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overriding a tuple's __init__
adalke at mindspring.com
Mon Aug 18 20:08:59 CEST 2003
> class pair(tuple):
> def __new__(cls, *args):
> return tuple.__new__(cls, args)
Right. cls instead of self because it isn't passed the instance.
It would help me learn this new part of Python if I had
any use for it. :)
Though *args likely isn't what the OP wanted - I assume
that 'pair' takes only two elements.
dalke at dalkescientific.com
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Technora was used on January 25, 2004 to suspend the NASA Mars rover Opportunity from its parachute during descent.
It was also later used by NASA as one of the materials, combined with nylon and Kevlar, making up the parachute that was used to perform a braking manoeuvre during atmospheric entry of the Perseverance rover that landed on Mars on February 18, 2021.
Technora is produced by condensation polymerization of terephthaloyl chloride (TCl) with a mixture of p-phenylenediamine (PPD) and 3,4'-diaminodiphenylether (3,4'-ODA). The polymer is closely related to Teijin Aramids's Twaron or DuPont's Kevlar. Technora is derived from two different diamines, 3,4'-ODA and PPD, whereas Twaron is derived from PPD alone. This relatively simple process uses only one amide solvent, and therefore spinning can be done directly after the polymer production.
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Technora has a better strength to weight ratio than steel.
Major industrial uses
- Automotive and other industries:
- Linear tension
- Personal protective equipment
- Poi (performance art)
- "tensile strength | Definition, Unit, & Facts | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2 June 2022.
- Strickland, Amanda. "'Dare mighty things': The man behind the secret message in the Mars rover's parachute". cnn.com. Retrieved 2021-02-28.
- Stephanie Kwolek, Hiroshi Mera, Tadahiko Takata “High-Performance Fibers” in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry 2002, Wiley-VCH, Weinheim. doi:10.1002/14356007.a13_001
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Maybe I’m old fashioned, but if I was considering doing something illegal, I’d probably not choose a situation where there were thousands of cameras around. Then again, I’ve never been in a riot. As you’ve probably already heard, there were riots in Vancouver this week after the city’s hockey team Vancouver Canucks lost the Stanley Cup title to the Boston Bruins. All over the town, people were taking photos and videos of rioters looting and smashing cars. With a quick search for “Vancouver riots” we can find more than 1,000 videos on YouTube and close to 4,000 photos on Flickr from last week.
Conclusion: social media is a gold mine for those who wish to identify the rioters. And those are for example the Vancouver Police Departement and citizens that want to name and shame to looters. On Facebook, there are several groups and pages with titles like “Vancouver 2011 Rioters Public Humiliation Page” and “Help vancouver: post pics and video of rioters and looters”. Some of them claim to have identified individuals in the photos and reveal it in photos like the one below.
While taking the law into your own hands is not at all recommended, there are other ways to help. VPD, the Vancouver Police Departement uses social media to encourage citizens to help identify suspects in the riots. On the VPD Facebook page, the police have posted instructions for how to submit YouTube videos to VPD. And apparently the response from the public has been very positive:
“The response from the public wanting to help the police identify the individuals involved in criminal activity that occurred after Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals on the night of June 15, 2011 has been tremendous”, VPD says in a statement.
VPD is also actively using Flickr and YouTube to communicate, and the VPD Twitter account is used to help solve crime.
Finally, I love this photo that was posted on the VPD Facebook page. The VPD had parked a car in Greenville, to help with the clean up effort. When the policemen returned, the car was covered in post it notes with thank you messages. More photos here.
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Casablanca Records was synonymous with the excesses of the music business in the 1970s. Rumors about the label’s heyday and it’s exuberant president, the late Neil Bogart, have abounded for years, but no official history existed until the 2009 publication of And Party Every Day: The Inside Story of Casablanca Records.
Penned by Casablanca co-founder Larry Harris (with Curt Gooch and Jeff Suhs), the book traces the controversial company’s rise and fall in no holds barred detail. All the major players are here, from Casablanca’s exuberant president Neil Bogart to Kiss, Donna Summer, the Village People, and all the behind the scenes managers and promotion people that made Casablanca the most infamous record company in music biz history.
I recently interviewed Harris via phone and here are some of his reflections about those halcyon days of sex, drugs, disco, and rock ‘n’ roll.
On Seeing Kiss for the First Time
It was shocking. It was like “Oh my God! What’s going on here? Where did these guys come from”? You get a feeling that it’s really cool but to know that its going to be really big. When You know how hard it is out there for artists. We did know that we had something we could use as a hook, which worked in their favor and against them, was the makeup. The show that we saw was in a tiny studio and there were no special effects of any kind. So it wasn’t what it wound up being.
The Critics’ Initial Response
Well, they brought it to the next level. A lot of critics hated them.A few critics thought it was okay. Lester Bangs, one of the most famous rock critics ever, was in their court, as were the people at Creem and Circus. In those days, even Rolling Stone thought they were terrible.
Their First Tour
Once the word got it was impossible. We had to spend so much money and go into hoc They had to go out on the road and perform that was their strong point.Their music wasn’t the best. There were better musicians, but when it came to a stage show there was nothing really better out there.
We had a picture of her from Germany that was very heavily airbrushed. That’s all we had, one little picture of her, a headshot. “Love to Love You, Baby” that was the only song we had to listen to. Neil and Joyce, Neil’s wife, wound up managing Donna and developed her persona. I known that Donna said she was uncomfortable with being pushed as a sex symbol. She has since obviously changed but she does have an incredible voice. And she’s written some hit songs that are wonderful. “She Works Hard for the Money” is a great song.
To be totally frank with you, they were one of the easiest bands that I ever promoted. One of the easiest bands that I ever promoted. “YMCA” came out, boom!. “Macho Man” came out, boom! We hardly had to ask anybody to play it. It was like almost overnight they just jumped on the record. For a long time nobody noticed that the guy who did it add was gay and wanted to expose more of that lifestyle to the world and have some fun with it,-which he accomplished. And the music was infectious. How many people you know who don’t jump up and down at “YMCA?”
George Clinton & Parliament/Funkadelic
George was a definite “character” (in quotes). He was one of those people you meet and you never forget. He brought funk to the world and all the hip-hop musician’s were sampling him and still do. In those days they (Parliament) sold as many records as Kiss or Donna or The Village People. They sold a lot of records. And they held stadium shows. They’d play in front of 40,000 or 50,000 people.
Their show was not wonderful. It was not something a lot of rock fans could rock out to. After awhile, I think Greg Giuffria’s influence in using so many keyboards was too much. How many Emerson, Lake and Palmers do you need? I think the keyboard sound was probably too much for everybody. They didn’t write any great hit singles that would propel them to the next level in those days.
The rumor is that Spinal Tap used Angel screwing up on their pods as some kind of background for that. Whether that’s true or not we’ll have to ask whoever wrote the screenplay.
At Casablanca, we branded the company. We wanted people to know about the company.
It helped that we were so big in the disco genre that people would come into record stores and ask for Casablanca, not even (the individual) artists, but just what was new. We consciously took had Casablanca’s name on it. Today if you look at record ads, you don’t even known what label they’re on. They don’t say Sony, they don’t say EMI — they just don’t, and I don’t know why. I don’t understand it.
I think that’s what some of the problem has been with the music business. They’re not going out there and helping careers anymore. They certainly missed the boat on the Internet. They should have embraced it. It’s easy to look back. In hindsight, they lost the battle.
Old School Record Company Execs
There were still a lot of guys who brought themselves up on the streets running record companies, guys who started out as musicians or disc jockeys like Joe Smith from Warner Brothers. These people were entrepreneurs who really believed in the music. They tried to work as best they could with the artists. Some artists were easier to work with than others and there was more experimentation going on. Yeah, they wanted to make money but I don’t think anybody was going into it to be a superstar like they are today. I think they were going into it because of love of the music. Or just “I wanna have fun while I’m young”, and it was the whole period. Vietnam had ended in the mid-’70s, the women’s liberation movement, The Pill, Martin Luther King, civil rights — there were all these other things going on in the culture. It never happened before in America and that added to it all. It was like, “Well, the old people did a bad job. We’re not going to listen to anything they tell us — and now we find ourselves as the old people!
Drugs and Payola
We all did coke. We all smoked grass. We all did Quaaludes, to be honest, and I know about the company’s reputation. We didn’t do any more than any other company did. We didn’t hide it. For some reason, we weren’t really afraid of getting arrested. Lawyers and bankers for huge banks were doing them — really strait-laced looking bankers from huge banks were doing them with us. I talk about it in the book; during my first few days in L.A. the first person I smoked a joint with was David Janssen, “The Fugitive,” and that was a trip! Who would ever think — the Fugitive! It was part of the culture at the time especially in the music business. As for shady deals, there was payola going on all that stuff and again we weren’t the only ones doing it. Everyone in the business was doing it.
The Music Business Today
Albums sales are down. Concert sales are down. Things are changing. There’s too much for people to do. You have video games, the Internet, there are eight million things you can do with the iPhone and 200-300 TV stations. There used to be five. There are too many choices. It’s harder to get a niche into something. You got to really stand out like a Lady Gaga.Powered by Sidelines | <urn:uuid:e3288ddd-6797-4798-bdb8-9b93e886e6b8> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://blogcritics.org/interview-larry-harris-author-of-and/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282202.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00556-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.989512 | 1,757 | 1.578125 | 2 |
One Of The Best Chocolate Shops In America Is Hiding Right Here In New Jersey
The United States accounts for 20 percent of the world’s chocolate consumption. Hershey’s sells over three billion dollars of chocolate each year. More than 90 million pounds of chocolate are purchased each Halloween. Another fun chocolate fact? One of the best chocolate shops in North America is located right here in New Jersey.
Located just across from the Red Mill and Hunterdon County Art Museum, the scenic location offers an outdoor patio so you can enjoy spectacular views while you snack on your sweets. For more amazing chocolate options in the Garden State, check out this chocolate museum/factory and these mouthwatering milkshakes.
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