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If your family isn’t taking a vacation this summer, Little Passports can help your child “travel” and learn about different cultures around the world. For instance, did you know each year between June 21 and 24, different European countries celebrate Midsummer’s Eve and Midsummer Day (the longest day of the year!), including Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Norway? Traditionally, people prepare their houses for Midsummer celebrations by decorating their homes with colorful flowers and wreaths. Little Passports has fun facts for your children to learn all sorts of information at their own pace. You can sign up for a 1 month trial, 3 month subscription (Perfect for summer!) or a 1 year subscription. Let me know what you and your kids think of the Little Passports Box when you open the mail next month!
About Nicole Etolen
Nicole Etolen is the Editor-In-Chief of OurFamilyWorld & Dogvills.com. She is also a blogger and former Certified Nurses Aide. She's been writing most of her life and realized that she could combine her writing talents with her medical knowledge to help others in a new way. She is the owner of PrettyOpinionated. | <urn:uuid:74f236a9-249b-475a-9dcc-e4e67e2be34b> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.ourfamilyworld.com/2013/06/12/little-passports-takes-you-away-without-leaving-your-house/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281746.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00286-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962326 | 255 | 1.804688 | 2 |
I think I’ve been intrigued by building with Lego sets as far back as I could remember. I had a plastic case full of them that I would use to build spaceships and castles day in and day out. I think much of that building experience paid off when I walked into the real world and I started building data centers. Racks and rails are network engineering versions of the venerable Lego brick. Little did I know what would happen later.
Ashton Bothman (@ABothman) is a social media rock star for Juniper Networks. She emailed me and asked me if I would like to participate in a contest to build a data center from Lego bricks. You could imagine my response:
I like the fact that Ashton sent me a bunch of good old fashioned Lego bricks. One of the things that has bugged me a bit since the new licensed sets came out has been the reliance on specialized pieces. Real Lego means using the same bricks for everything, not custom-molded pieces. Ashton did it right by me.
Here’s a few of my favorite shots of my Juniper Lego data center:
This was fun. It’s also for a great cause in the end. My son has already been eyeing this set and he helped a bit in the placement of the pirate DC admin and the lights on the server racks. He wanted to put some ninjas in the data center when I asked him what else was needed. Maybe he’s got a future in IT after all.
Here are some more Lego data centers from other contest participants: | <urn:uuid:bfca42a1-27d6-463a-902b-a63b684bb283> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://networkingnerd.net/tag/lego/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572408.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816151008-20220816181008-00678.warc.gz | en | 0.978247 | 332 | 1.53125 | 2 |
Thursday, February 28, 2008
Oppose the Peripheral Canal - Delta Conveyance plan for the California Delta
California's water supply crisis is a fraud - we need a smarter water management policy.
Submitted to: Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger - Interact.
Subject: Water issues/concerns.
Dear Governor Schwarzenegger:
I oppose the Peripheral Canal (Delta Conveyance) plan. Our bankrupt state budget should not be further bankrupted by construction of foolish water projects. A water management policy that kills a part of northern California to serve special interests in southern California would be wrong. Any plan to make the necessary changes in our California Delta must be part of a comprehensive strategy that protects agriculture and fisheries in the California Delta together with providing water supplies to southern California.
In fact, most of the water exported south from the California Delta is used for irrigation of the selenium heavy metal poisoned soils of the western San Joaquin Valley. The Fresno Bee, Jim Crenshaw (president of the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance), Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and BRT Insights are all on the record advocating the end of selenium-poisoned irrigation in the western San Joaquin Valley. It is doubly dumb to destroy the California Delta and export our precious water resources to perpetuate this horrid, highly-polluting agriculture. California's water supply crisis is a fraud - what we have is a crisis of water management intelligence. These highly polluting farms must be bought out and retired from production, and then suddenly there will be plenty of water for everybody else in southern California.
• It's time to mop up west side's water debacle - FresnoBee 17march2003.
• Jim Crenshaw, president of the California Sportfishing Protection Alliance.
Farmers sue in fight over water - sacbee 31jan2008.
• Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility 20aug2007.
• BRT Insights - Conservation alone CAN be a big help to fix the water crisis in California 31oct2007.
• Contaminated valley drain water a problem yet unsolved - SF Chronicle 19july2005.
For more information:
• Water Supply Policy and River Conservation in California - BRT Insights.
• California Delta Directory - Conservation, Recreation & Water Policy. (75 sites).
• Selenium Directory - toxic waste in irrigation drainage from the western San Joaquin Valley of California (25 sites). | <urn:uuid:76f3d7d2-1588-4dfd-b823-e8e8460a1f43> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://brt-insights.blogspot.com/2008/02/oppose-peripheral-canal-delta.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988720972.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183840-00251-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.865179 | 499 | 1.5 | 2 |
Finally, schools shouldn’t bring back staring atime because of students after school activities. According to “Should Schools Start Later?” by Junior Scholastic, “A later start, say opponents, also interferes with some teens part time jobs and disrupts after school activities” (Scholastic 21). If schools start later, it would result in messing up everybody 's schedules. It could also result in students being more tired toward the end of the school day because they have no energy, because of the school
There are people out there who try so dang hard to get everything going the way they want to no matter what it is. Sometimes they try to hard and end up making it even worse for them. People who try way too hard to get things in control normally get angry because the bad things in there life isn't controlled by them and they can't change the outcome of what happens. For example if you were date a guy who you really like for awhile and you thought it was going to last then out of nowhere he said he needed to take a break from you
It is not fun and it should not happen to anyone. To the people with bad grades who dont find help or ways to fix it “goodluck”. I understand the struggle and sadness of getting bad grades. Some of my freinds have bad grades ans struggle to even care about it. That will someday be a big problem if poeple like me do not get help.
Regardless of how you sabotage a relationship whether it is distancing yourself from the other person, downplaying the relationship, or whatever it is that you do to slow down the relationship in order to protect yourself, you are really doing irreversible damage to the relationship. What you are doing without realizing it is destroying trust. You realize that you are beginning to have deeper feelings for the other person, but instead of showing them how you really feel about them, you 've chosen to hurt them to protect yourself. Now, if you think about it that makes no sense at all, but people do it everyday, and then wonder why they 're alone. They are alone because someone either got tired of the behavior, or got tired of trying to figure out the behavior and moved on.
It is a decision to not act; the real reasons - impulsiveness, hating the task, distraction and failing to plan. We procrastinate on important tasks by doing the unimportant ones. Remember, when tasks are left to the last moment, you can get sick, emergencies do happen, and work takes longer than thought. And as for the very bad outcomes resulting from your procrastination, imagine the worst. Delay makes bad things happen.
Suffering-- unfulfilled hopes, dreams, or expectations-- is unavoidable; one can try to minimize suffering, but it may have the opposite results since one has to become a shut-in: one has to shut themselves away from the world and keep social interactions to a bare minimum all to avoid being hurt. A lot of these shut-ins, including Oreki, are depressed and suicidal. Therefore, avoiding pain will just lead to pain--a catch-22 situation--; however, pain is essential because without experiencing pain one will never understand the true meaning of happiness. In fact, taking on challenges is a big learning experience. For instance, if I didn’t take English Honors, I probably wouldn’t have become a better writer.
However, the prejudgements, rumors, misinterpretations, etc. often lead to making that person a target not because of their own self, but for their appearance. Those same reasons also lead to the lack of empathy in an individual. The Maycomb County folks are, “... so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results.” (Lee p. 73). They are so busy worrying about protecting themselves that they even forget about the others.
Anyway, that 's where I 've been today. No other shoe dropped that I 'm aware of, although I was certainly waiting for it. Clearly, that was a waste of my time. If you have ever dealt with anxiety, don 't you think that might be the most frustrating part of all? That you realize it 's a time waster?
So making a bad decision is never fun. I’d like to think that most of us prefer not to make them but can’t help to sometimes because we think a bad decision isn’t that bad. It might even be a good one in the right mind set. The point of this paper being to reflect on a pass choice looking at it with the elements of critical thinking. My bad decision is one I think most are guilty of, waiting until the last minute on something important.
I feel vulnerable because someone could potentially say something that may hurt my feelings. I’ve been criticized my entire life, so if someone says something that is negative it lowers my self-esteem in a sense. I try extremely hard to do things that will make a difference in this world and it feels like I won’t ever improve or become better at anything. When someone constantly tells me that I’m not exceling in a certain area, whether it’s at home, college, or work I usually get depressed and feel like I’m a failure. I am putting my self-esteem at risk each time I give someone the opportunity to provide constructive criticism.
One day Jose Michard Teixeira responded to a writing prompt about patience. Teixeira doesn’t have patience for things like having feeling for people that doesn’t have his best interest in heart. He doesn’t feel like being used anymore. If I was him I would agree with him. I think that almost everybody had a time that a friend was disloyal to him or her once or that you don’t want to be nice anymore because you always have a negative response when you try to reach out. | <urn:uuid:2b5934a7-59f1-4623-b532-a241a9eb1d2b> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.ipl.org/essay/Causes-And-Effects-Of-Procrastination-Essay-PKV72NFJE8R | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572043.2/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814143522-20220814173522-00465.warc.gz | en | 0.971531 | 1,256 | 1.867188 | 2 |
Find Military Schools in Your Area...
Welcome to Military School, your one-stop site to learn about the fascinating world of military school life and opportunities. Whether you’re interested in a military school for yourself or your kids, or just to know more about the military school system, we are glad to offer you broad information.
Military schools (which can also be known as private schools, boarding school and boot camp) are a traditional and well reputed part of America’s education system, and an excellent gateway to get military jobs. Military schools are typically privately owned and operated prep schools modelled after the United States military based colleges and universities, such as West Point. Nowadays, a military school is both a popular and selective alternative to ordinary schooling. They are popular among young people willing to experience military values and structure, a high-level athletic program and perhaps get a military job in the future.
Military schools are also popular among parents who feel that their son/daughter needs this particular kind of education. But a military school is also a selective institution. Very few of them (if any) will accept students who refuse to join, and rule breaking may lead to expulsion just like anywhere else.
For more information on Military Schools please visit Military-school.org, offering the most complete information about Military Schools Programs.
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It’s June. Pride Month.
I’ve followed–and supported–the movement for LGBTQ equality for more years than I can count. When Indianapolis had a newspaper that served the gay community, I was a regular columnist; when I was Executive Director of Indiana’s ACLU, I established a “Project for Equal Rights”–a project focused on gay rights (back then, ambiguity in the title was advisable.)
So I’ve been gratified by the enormous cultural and legal changes that have led to wide acceptance of gays and lesbians (transgender folks not so much…), reflected in positive newscasts about upcoming Pride events and the enormous growth of participation in those events.
I attended the first Pride Parade (proper name: Cadillac Barbie Pride Parade–don’t ask me how that name originated; I have no idea). It was a resolute effort, but as I recall (granted, at my age, memory is fallible) a fairly sad affair. There were six or eight floats, and at most a couple hundred spectators. My husband, kids and (later) grandkids have attended every year since, and at the last parade–held before COVID imposed a hiatus–there were something like 80-100 floats and over a 100,000 spectators.
It isn’t simply that the numbers have grown; the nature of the participants has expanded. Initially, both the parade floats and festival were sponsored by bars and other businesses and nonprofits that catered specifically to the gay community. These days, marchers and floats include a mix of churches and synagogues, healthcare organizations, car dealerships, universities, civil rights groups, government officials and political candidates–an array broadly representative of the entire Indianapolis community.
LGBTQ progress is undeniable. But the current backlash isn’t limited to the determined assault on women’s rights. As the Brookings Institution recently warned, this year’s Pride comes at a perilous time for the LGBTQ community.
The report began with recognition of widespread cultural change
The year 2015 marked a historic milestone in the struggle for LGBTQ+ rights: the Supreme Court’s recognition of marriage equality. The court’s ruling both reflected and promoted an incredible sea change in American life. In the two decades prior to the decision, public opinion on LGBTQ+ rights improved more rapidly than any other attitude in the history of American opinion polling.
The author followed that paragraph with a description of research reflecting those changes, especially focusing on their effects for students and young people.
He then described the less-rosy findings of that research:
For the first time ever, the CDC included a question about sexual identity in its national Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS). This survey provided the first population-based, nationally representative portrait of sexual minority high school students since the Add Health study two decades prior. The results were sobering. Among students who identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or “not sure” (LGBQ), about 40% reported being bullied, 39% reported having “seriously considered” suicide, and a full 56% reported clinically significant signs of depression. Although some of the CDC’s estimates were later shown to be inflated by “mischievous responders,” these bullying and mental health disparities remained remarkably stable across analyses.
Since 2015, the story told by America’s LGBQ high school students has not improved. (Because these data do not assess gender identity or sexual identities beyond L/G/B/Q, I refer here only to LGBQ students). In Figure 1, I present estimates from the 2015, 2017, and 2019 National YRBS. For LGBQ respondents, the results show no change in bullying, no change in suicidal ideation, and a slight upward trend in depression. On every measure, LGBQ students report substantially worse outcomes than their straight peers: LGBQ students are about 70% more likely to report bullying, twice as likely to report suicidal ideation, and three times more likely to report depression. Population-representative data on transgender students are more limited. However, the data that are available provide a picture of an especially vulnerable population, reporting outcomes similar to or worse than those reported by LGBQ students. Early indications suggest that the experiences of LGBTQ+ teens only worsened during the COVID-19 pandemic.
And then there is the “far-reaching and well-orchestrated backlash against LGBTQ+ rights.” The Brookings report tells us that a record-breaking number of anti-LGBTQ+ measures have been proposed and passed across the country over the past three years. (In just the first three months of this year, 238 bills restricting LGBTQ+ rights have been introduced.)
These legislative initiatives also appear to have emboldened a wave of LGBTQ+ book bans, efforts to dismantle gay-straight alliances, and the forced removal of LGBTQ+-affirming materials from school spaces.
Given the success of Mitch McConnell and his Senate Republicans in politicizing the Supreme Court, rights like marriage equality “appear newly uncertain.”
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CRS – Returning to Full Employment: What Do the Indicators Tell Us? Marc Labonte, Specialist in Macroeconomic Policy. April 15, 2014.
“Until recently, the economy and labor market were experiencing an unusually slow recovery from the longest and deepest recession since the Great Depression compared to other expansions since World War II. The rapid decline in the unemployment rate from 7.9% in January to 6.7% in December 2013 (where it remained in the first quarter of 2014) would seem to indicate that the labor market is returning to normal. The current unemployment rate is only 0.5 to 1.5 percentage points higher than the consensus range of full employment. Unusually, the unemployment rate may not currently be a good proxy for the overall state of the labor market or economy. Some of the decline in the unemployment rate in 2013 is attributable to a recovery in employment, but some is attributable to workers dropping out of the labor force. The labor force participation rate has continued to fall during the recovery and is at its lowest level since the 1970s. In fact, it has fallen more in the past five years than at any time since data have been collected. Studies have identified multiple reasons for the decline. Some workers have left the labor force because they have become discouraged and given up on seeking employment. Others have left for reasons stemming from long-term trends that are unrelated to the recession, such as age or enrollment in school or training. This trend could reverse—for example, more workers returned to the labor force than found jobs in the first quarter of 2014, which prevented the unemployment rate from falling. Other evidence also points to more slack in the economy than the headline unemployment rate suggests. Economic output and employment have grown since mid-2009 and 2010, respectively, but at relatively sluggish rates. The long-term unemployment rate and youth unemployment rates have fallen only modestly since the recession ended and are still at historically high levels. Inflation has remained slightly lower than the Federal Reserve’s (Fed’s) goal of 2%. These other economic indicators could be sending a misleading signal about significant slack in the economy, however, if the economy’s potential capacity has been eroded by structural changes or by the length and depth of the Great Recession. Cyclical deterioration in the U.S. labor market is usually considered temporary—recessions are thought to have no lasting effect on overall employment and unemployment rates. This recession could cause a departure from conventional wisdom if labor market problems that started as cyclical persisted so long that they became structural. For example, long-term unemployment could have caused workers’ skills to erode, which would then prevent them from finding a job when the economy recovered. Congress conducts fiscal policy and oversees the Fed’s implementation of monetary policy, the two tools of macroeconomic stabilization. Policy makers are grappling with the transition from the highly expansionary monetary and fiscal policy put in place during the Great Recession. Many economists advocate reducing the budget deficit only when the economy is at or near full employment. Likewise, the Fed has stated that it would begin to raise interest rates once the economy is near full employment. If the economy remains far from full employment, then declining unemployment would not yet call for a tightening of monetary and fiscal policy. Alternatively, if lower unemployment is being driven by a cyclical upswing and the economy is now closer to full employment than historical experience would predict, policy would likely need to be tightened sooner in order to avoid rising inflation. It would also suggest that structural policies (e.g., those that increase the incentives to hire, seek work, delay retirement, or train) would be more effective at improving labor market conditions than counter-cyclical monetary and fiscal policies.” | <urn:uuid:a76c35ea-72c4-4541-9a6e-981c7eefe471> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.bespacific.com/2014/04/21/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719453.9/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00231-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967065 | 756 | 2.203125 | 2 |
Norgesskolen started up in 2003 and since then, we have welcomed children from all over the world annually. Norgesskolen is financed by school fees, as the school does not receive any state funding.
The Norwegian classes
The students are primarily taught the Norwegian language, but culture, history and social aspects are also vital parts of the curriculum. The teaching is divided into four daily sessions, each session lasting for about 50 minutes. The students also have classes where they focus on culture or do crafts like baking or making Christmas ornaments.
We adjust the teaching to the students individual level, so that they feel comfortable, yet challenged. The Norwegian language is taught both in the classroom as well as through all the activities they take part in. Attending Norgesskolen should be interesting and fun. Our teachers are experienced in creating a good learning environment, with varied teaching methods.
Some topics are repeated every year and some are unique.
Every year we cover the following topics:
Norwegian traditions such as outdoor activities, celebrating Christmas and May 17th.
Norwegian society (government, values, school system)
Norwegian culture (litterature, music, film and food)
Preparations for Bergenstesten
We offer our students a chance to prepare for Bergenstesten. Bergenstesten is an official test in oral and written Norwegian language proficiency, required to attend Norwegian higher education. The actual test can be taken three times a year, and is offered only by Folkeuniversitetet. We recommend to study their website for more information.
The oldest students (15-18 years) with good overall competencies in Norwegian, are offered to prepare for the test at Norgesskolen. These preparations are afternoon classes, and comes in addition to the regular classes. To offer these classes, we need a minimum of five students to sign up.
The students prepare for questions similar to those of Bergenstesten, covering both the oral and written part. The curriculum follows the competency goals of Norgesskolen. On one of the last days of school, the students have the opportunity to take a previously given original exam, in order to prepare. Please note that this will only be the written part of the test. Everyone taking the mock exam will receive feedback in writing from the teacher.
The curriculum at Norgesskolen is based on the Norwegian curriculum for linguistic minorities. It is an age independent and level based learning platform. Level 2 is higher than level 1. The students at Norgesskolen are between 9 and 18 years old, and have variying Norwegian language skills. Students are divided into groups depending on age and Norwegian language proficiency.
The age groups are as follows: 9-11, 12-14 and 15-18.
The division may vary depending on the group of students.
For more information about the Norgesskolen curriculum, click here.
Activities at the school
All of our activities are closely linked to the Norwegian tradition of sports and outdoor life, meaning lots of outdoor fun! The students will experience Norwegian traditions under the guidance of qualified instructors. The activities are an important part of learning Norwegian.
The students will have the possibility to try many different activities. At the beginning of the first week we have group activities to get to know each other and the school area. The afternoon activities vary from day to day, and the students may choose between several activities. We utilize the school facilities and the area around the school. We have a large gym with all types of sports equipment, a climbing wall, a bouldering room and a dance room available. We also offer activities such as sand volleyball, soccer, capture the flag, dodgeball, dance, swimming, canoeing, running and hiking.
Morning gatherings and other gatherings
During the morning gathering, we sing Norwegian songs. This gives the students an understanding of Norwegian culture, and the students will learn both new and older Norwegian songs. This is a very popular activity where everybody enjoys singing along. In previous years, songs such as "Forelska i Lærern" by The Kids and "Gøy på Landet" have been among student favorites. We also listen to Norwegian pop music.
In the evening, students socialize and eat together in the living room. They may stay outside, in the dorms or go outside the school area with dorm leaders. The students may play billiards, table tennis and various boardgames in the living room. We also have movie nights. The students also have access to pianos, guitars, drums and a dance room.
We will go on a day trip with cultural and historical content somewhere in Telemark.
The camping trip is always popular. The students hike to the camping site about one and a half hour each way. At the camping site, they can go swimming and enjoy different outdoor games. They learn how to set up and take down a tent. In the evening we barbecue “pinnebrød”, sausages and hamburgers.
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Level 3 IT Solutions Technician
IT Solutions Technicians develop, implement and maintain complete IT solutions, including their hardware infrastructure (such as servers and (networks) and software (such as operating systems, middleware and applications). They work as part of a multi-disciplinary team. Many such teams will be modern “DevOps” style teams, which carry out the full set of stages across the whole solution lifecycle: requirements gathering, solution development, testing, implementation and ongoing support. In more traditional organisations the team is likely to be focused more at one or other end of this broad set of activities. Such teams may well be in transition to a modern “DevOps” style team.
The Level 3 Standard as an IT Solutions Technician has been accredited by the qualifications regulators for
England, Wales and Northern Ireland, and is part of the Qualifications and Credit Framework (QCF).
Achieving this qualification
This apprenticeship is recognised for entry onto the BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, Register of IT Technicians confirming level 3 professional competence.
Those completing the apprenticeship can apply for registration.
Key Learning Points
IT Solutions Technicians undertake duties across the complete IT solution, working on the team’s core
activities so all apprentices take a common core (three units) and then choose one of two options:
IT Hardware Solutions Technicians undertake activities in the area of the infrastructure aspects of
solutions such as servers and networks (fixed or mobile)
IT Software Solutions Technicians (NOT Currently offered by UKSA) undertake activities in the area of
applications and supporting components such as databases.
The Core Units Are:
Unit One: Methodologies and Principles
This unit overs the range of concepts, approaches and techniques that are applicable to IT solution
methodologies and principles.
Unit Two: Core Technical IT Knowledge
This unit covers the range of concepts, approaches and techniques that are applicable to core technical IT.
Unit Three: Security and Legislation
This unit covers the range of concepts, approaches and techniques that are applicable to security and
legislation relevant to IT solutions.
In addition to the core, an IT Solution Technician will do ONE of the following two options:
Option 1: IT Software Solutions Technician
Software route – Software unit (not currently offered by UKSA)
Option 2: IT Hardware Solutions Technician
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IS it a wasp? Is it a spider? Journal reader Chloe Duncan wasn’t sure either when she discovered this unusual looking insect in her garden. A quick bit of research revealed it is a wasp spider from northern Asia and although they do bite, it is not dangerous and more like a bee or wasp sting.
The insect is about five centimetres long, has distinctive black and yellow markings and its web includes a zigzag design, thought to attract insects. “I’d never seen anything like it before,” said Mrs Duncan. “I certainly wasn’t expecting to find it in my garden in Salisbury. I looked it up on the internet to see if it is dangerous and although it isn’t harmful, it is a very different kind of spider.”
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|The Simple English Wiktionary has a definition for: spoon.|
A spoon is a tool for eating. It is usually used for eating foods that are like liquids (like soup and yogurt), and it can also be used for stirring. Humans use spoons every day. Spoons are mostly useful for eating liquids, such as soup, although some solids (like cereal and ice cream) are also usually eaten with spoons. A ladle is a type of serving spoon used for soup, stew, or other foods.
There are many different types of spoons. There are dessert spoons, soup spoons, baby spoons, teaspoons, tablespoons and others. There are also spoons that are collector items and are worth a lot of money. Some musicians even use two spoons as a musical instrument like a castanet.
Spoons have been used as tools for eating since Paleolithic times. Prehistoric peoples probably used shells, or small pieces of wood as spoons. Both the Greek and Latin words for spoon come from the word cochlea, which is a spiral-shaped snail shell. The Anglo-Saxon word spoon, means a chip or splinter of wood.
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So Syncd: A Online dating sites App Which Matches Nature Types to aid Create Long-lasting Relationships
The Section: Finding real compatibility are able to seem incomprehensible to the normal single human being, but some overseas dating apps manipulate psychology to help you earn things better. So Syncd is a ground-breaking dating practical application that suits users contingent on Myers-Briggs persona testing. Thus Syncd unveiled in 2020 and bought singles with lockdown your smarter tactic to match together with date via the internet. This science-driven dating apple iphone app has grabbed the eye a lot more than 30, 000 users inside U. Upgraded lenses. and the Oughout. K., and it has already started out many compatible dates in addition to meaningful happen to be.
Compatibility is a key part of a successful romance, but it’ s not necessarily absolutely easy for singles to flag down who’s good in shape for them. Quite a few swiping uses only boost more uncertainty and indecision to the program by featuring profile illustrations or graphics over in-depth bios and additionally encouraging " light " choices throughout the online dating area.
Launched within just 2020, Which means that Syncd goals to do advanced by it is actually users and give science-based compatibility recommendations. This approach dating demand is based on a Myers-Briggs personality test.
Meaning Syncd can be quite a new dating app that is definitely taking world dating in a brand-new direction.
The test choices personality designs based on the brain health principles involving human habit developed by Carl Jung inside 1910s. Your Jungian Archetypes explored the idea of the except conscious mind and additionally how of which influences conduct.
In the nineteen sixties, psychologist Isabel Briggs Myers and your girlfriend mother Katharine Briggs produced a four-factored personality break down that established Jung’ ohydrates theories much more accessible to your general public. A lot of these 16 identity types have become part of the vernacular to the following degree which often it’ lenses not unusual to see almost all people proclaim by themselves an INFJ or ESTP in a dating profile.
Now, So Syncd has taken the next logical measure and applied the Myers-Briggs theory to tell and increase its conceivable matches. Siblings Louella in addition to Jessica Anderson co-founded your app becoming a solution designed for relationship-oriented singles. The iphone 4 app leads a users to help you out romances apart from friendships which will made sense on a unconscious level.
Louella said the woman did a lot of research with the Myers-Briggs personal information types along with applied the crooks to her own reading books to see if they held up. “ Without oftentimes realizing the idea, I had been in a long-term relationship through the use of someone that had prior to this been my fantastic personality solution match, ” Louella referred to. “ The application made a great deal sense. ”
By harnessing the information of the Myers-Briggs test, As a result Syncd may also help single clients better fully understand themselves along with choose a very much the same value partner which will be in synchronize with them in a relationship.
Affected by a 365 days of Home work and Christmas
The idea for your So Syncd app can be sparked as a result of breakup, attaining some sort of soul-searching excursion, and a teenagers night out. Every thing started the moment Jessica, who had previously been working for any investment lender in England, decided to move to Sydney for you to with your ex Australian bank. Eventually, the girl changed career opportunities and the romantic endeavors ended.
Jessica decided to make use as an an opportunity to travel. That lady spent on an annual basis seeing the whole world and becoming a lot of thought to the mysteries of the midsection and whats the reason certain family relationships work even though some don’ m.
Sisters Jessica and Louella were stirred to create Subsequently Syncd to further improve the quality of AI matchmaking.
“ Because I would this break up, I started analyzing the idea from a personality perspective. That’ s precisely what sparked this approach interest relating applying personality types to be able to dating, ” she professed. “ Finished that season, I obsessively read factors behind having it and talked so you can people As i met on a trip, observed passionate relationships. I did a fantastic deep drop into personality types apart from love. ”
Jessica got here to The country with brand-new insights, even now no idea what to do amongst each other. Until 1 night this girl shared cold drinks with the woman's sister along with exchanged dating app difficult stories. The following sisters realized online dating wasn’ t being employed by them along with their mates, and they mentioned the areas that really mattered in a love.
By the finish of the occurrence, their online business was born, where by they began concentrating on So Syncd.
So Syncd is a various app whereby mutual will abide by are the generating rigorous diagnosis and subjected to testing psychological criteria. The Subsequently Syncd blog explains that this personality forms are sorted based on a few major dichotomies: extraverted vs introverted, recognizing vs user-friendly, thinking compared to feeling, and additionally judging versus perceiving.
Examples of these personality varieties mesh effectively together — the asking yourself person might benefit from the sincere insights of feeling man and vice versa. In contrast other a mixture may spigot out trouble. For example, when several judging character types (meaning structured, not necessarily judgmental) partners up, the call can deficiency spontaneity.
“ It generally works, ” Jessica stated of the Consequently Syncd online dating system. “ Some dynamics types really do just find out better for romantic members. ”
The following So Syncd app introduced in 2020 just before of which COVID-19 pandemic hit. Despite the lockdowns and uncertainty with its rise, So Syncd managed to produce a solid reducing open campaign and help a lot of singles infiltration things off of. To date, a app showcases responsibility meant for over 301 love memories, including a person's French people and Native american man whom met over the app in conjunction with recently received married.
“ That was just about the most exciting moment by far, ” Louella announced. “ We’ d seasoned touch together with the couple, together with kept most people updated. They’ re pretty much friends. ”
Users An increased level of Short Have a go with to Find Their own personal Type
Subsequently Syncd started in the Ough. K., but it surely is swiftly taking hold of the Us dating circumstances as well. Various its customers are vibrant singles basically New York in conjunction with California. That app generally seems to attract several serious service seekers, and yes it doesn’ w not have a predisposition toward some gender together with another. Actually, Jessica almost guaranteed us a gender separation is exactly 50-50.
“ It’ s very rare to savor that at dating demand. It’ ersus usually two-thirds men, ” Jessica noted.
The Because of this Syncd get matches owners based on character types instead than looks.
Transfering So Syncd is totally cost-free, and the join up process requires less than 10 minutes with start to conclusion. The at best part of the functioning is the five-minute personal information quiz, which is the app’ s take up the Myers-Briggs test. Ensure you be genuine in your results to the multiple-choice questions since those current email address details usually are the basis for each match produced in the app.
“ The user gets a contour and have the exam to learn a person's strengths and weaknesses and how you usually are a union, ” Jessica explained. “ Then, you’ ll pay for your ideal getting together with recommendations. ”
The personal information test effects separate singles into identified categories including idealists, rationals, guardians, and even explorers. That spectrum from personality can assist individuals discover themselves together with know what to watch out for in a superb match.
For the profile together with personality testing out is comprehensive, users is able to see the injections, personality designs, and other specifics of potential matches. So Syncd calculates ones compatibility % based on the character quiz results and shape information.
App users may only send messages that can help someone they've got already matched using, but Which means that Syncd supplies unlimited matches and limitless messaging at no cost.
“ People don’ t want several our users brimming with low-quality likes in addition to bad will follow, ” Jessica said. “ Users generate us opinions that they haven’ t skilled this various good matches on every other dating require, and that’ s just the thing we want to listen to. ”
Consequently Syncd Factors Connections to build Friendship in addition to Romance
Louella said your spouse really rises and enjoys working with a girlfriend sister, despite the fact that, interestingly enough, they aren’ t a proper match relating to the Myers-Briggs exam.
“ We’ re additional personality varieties and have diverse skill choices, ” this particular lady said. “ But combating my mother has been truly special. We entirely trust one another and can finish up honest with each other. We’ ve had very many years of put into practice. ”
Intending to the future, the sisters need big ideas for parenting So Syncd and supporting a quality-driven way to construct a date. And even make a associate. The siblings have bought a lot of tips from persons saying they’ d love to use the Myers-Briggs test to help friendships, thus the next advancement project throughout the works serves as a feature designed to specifically try to get and pick potential besties in platonic relationships.
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Greetings Explore! Community
This newsletter is intended to highlight space science information and opportunities for informal educators. If you have events, resources, news, or activities to share, or would like to give us feedback, please contact us at firstname.lastname@example.org.
August 28 Total Lunar Eclipse early before sunrise
September 25–26 Explore! Health in Space! The Lunar and Planetary Institute will be hosting a two-day workshop for Georgia librarians and after-school program facilitators at the Clayton County Public Library in Jonesboro, Georgia. For more information, or if you are a Georgian who would like to Explore! Health in Space, please contact Becky Nelson at email@example.com
October 18 Lights on After School! provides an opportunity to call attention to the
importance of afterschool programs. See Events and Opportunities below.
October 14-17 Pennsylvania Library Association annual conference.
Special Request to Explorers: In order to provide useful information in the Explore! Newsletter - without information overload - we would like input on what is useful to you. Following are a few specific questions, but we would also be interested in knowing about any other ideas you might have for how we can improve the newsletter.
- Do you find it helpful to have the state library conferences listed in the Calendar of Events - or is that something you have known about for months?
- Would information about specialized library conferences be of interest to you? For instance, the Tribal Libraries and Museums conference.
- Do you like knowing about space science events, like eclipses, shuttle launches, and missions?
As always, feel free to share anything (we've found chocolate is very comforting) and know that we consider your input invaluable! So, to let us know what you think email:
Jackie, Branch Manager of the Eldersburg Branch Library in Maryland, has not only been on field trips to Oregon and Montana with the LPI - she has been to the Moon and Beyond! Well, not really, but she did attend
the 2-day Explore! workshop, To the Moon and Beyond,
in Maryland two years ago
Since then Jackie has shared Explore! programs at her own library, at state workshops, with home school groups, and at local schools. Go, Jackie! Below are some ways in which Jackie has used Explore! and some ideas for how you, too, can share the excitement of space science with your community!
"At the Eldersburg Branch, our most recent Explore! programs were Health in Space and Rockets. We had over 30 children. They made UV Man, and protective clothing for him. We made connections to astronauts and the need for protective clothing in space. We are doing a series of programs in September on astronauts.
"The Rocket Explore! program is very popular. We have repeated it numerous times, and in the last program we talked about how rockets are fueled. The kids conducted various experiments, like designing the external parts of a rocket using the canisters as rocket bodies. Before they fueled their rockets with Alka Seltzer, I had them draw their destination (planet) with chalk in the parking lot. They had to predict how much fuel their rocket needed to reach its destination. Then we added payload (small beads & paper clips) to the film canister.The children predicted how adding payload would factor into the fuel requirements for their rocket. After all the experiments, we discussed how NASA decides when to launch a rocket and what calculations are needed to launch a rocket to the Moon or Mars.
"In May I spoke to three 5th grade classes about volcanos and volcanic rocks. I took rock samples to pass around. The kids LOVED the rock samples! I covered the different types of volcanos with them, then the children got to make a volcano of their choice.
"This June, we did the Luna and Moona Lisa puppet show from To the Moon and Beyond! for the second time. We had over 60 participants. After the puppet show, the kids knew ALL the answers to the questions the puppeteers asked!! We also let them make a Moon mask after the show for fun."
Jackie has a blast learning and sharing about Earth and Space science with kids, teachers, and parents through the Explore! program! If you would like to contact Jackie for ideas or suggestions on how to enhance your programming through the use of Explore!, you may contact her at: firstname.lastname@example.org
Lakes, geysers and gigantic storms. These are just a few of the surprises uncovered by NASA's Cassini spacecraft, which is studying Saturn, its moons and rings. A new slide show online at http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/slideshows/cassini-200706/ highlights some of the most memorable images from the mission's third year at the ringed planet.
NASA International Polar Year (IPY)
Visit http://ipy.nasa.gov -- your one-stop shop for the latest NASA images and videos on polar exploration combined with a searchable storehouse of related information. This Web site is an essential resource for formal and informal educators interested in the 2007-2009 IPY.
Earth and Space Science Explorers Poster
This poster highlights some of the people featured in the NASA Earth Explorers and NASA Space Science Explorers series of articles on the NASA.gov education pages. Some of the explorers highlighted on this poster are still in school, and some are adults who have chosen science as a career. Download the Earth and Space Science Explorers poster from the following location http://www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/topnav/materials/listbytype/Earth_and_Space_Science_Explorers_Poster.html
This Web site allows you to browse the features on the Moon, in commemoration of the first human landing on the Moon: http://moon.google.com/
Michael K. Shepard has produced a set of constellation cards and a Guide to the Constellations, free to educators to download and use. Available at http://facstaff.bloomu.edu/mshepard/star_deck/star_deck.htm
New Children's Book Releases
The following are recently released children’s books focusing on a particular aspect of Earth or space science. Their inclusion is not intended as an endorsement.
Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars: Space Poems and Paintings
Douglas Florian, Harcourt Children's Books, 2007, ISBN 0152053727
The perfect combination of Arts and Science! Fun and catchy poems about solar system objects for ages 9-12, each of which is complemented by an artistic rendering.
Project Constellation (Pocket Space Guide)
Tim McElyea, Collector's Guide Publishing, Inc., 2007, ISBN1894959493
For ages 15 and up, this pocket guide explains NASA's program to replace the shuttle, Project Constellation, and the plans for future space flight.
Life on the Edge
Cherie Winner, Lerner Publications Co., 2006, ISBN 9780822524991
This book explores mysterious microbes that survive, and even thrive, in environments that would destroy the strongest of our species, and investigates the implications for the existence of life in alien worlds with similar conditions.
As the activity designer for several of the Explore! modules, I am always on the lookout for great ways to engage children in Earth and space science. All activities in Becky Recommends! are designed for tight budgets and tight spaces, and are always educational and fun!
The following activity is the sixth in a series of activities on Health in Space. A more detailed version of the activity is available on the Health in Space website.
Bones of Contention!
For each child:
In Bones of Contention! children make models representing bones on Earth and bones that have been in space. They discover what happens to bones without proper exercise and nutrition!
- Younger children may need assistance poking holes in their cups
- Distribute the materials
- With the slightly sharpened pencil or stick, poke 5-8 holes, scattered randomly, in one of the cups, and about 25 holes in the other
- Label the cup with fewer holes Bone on Earth and the cup with more holes Bone in Space
- Stand each of the bones (cups) upside down on a flat surface
- Place your hand, palm down, on top of the Earth Bone and gently press down. Is it difficult or easy to crumple?
- Now, do the same to the Space Bone and observe how difficult or easy it is to crumple
One of the biggest challenges facing space travelers is the loss of bone mass. Bones need physical stress (exercise!) to maintain their health. In microgravity, bones do not get the kind of workout that they do on Earth, and they deteriorate and fracture. To counteract this bone loss, astronauts must spend up to two hours every day exercising and they must get proper nutrition (for example, adequate calcium and vitamin D). And it is not just astronauts that need to get enough exercise and calcium. Kids on Earth do, too!
NASA Partners with AGI on 2007 Earth Science Week
Earth Science Week is an initiative of the American Geological Institute (AGI). NASA is a partner in the tenth annual Earth Science Week, which will be celebrated Oct. 14-20. The 2007 theme, “The Pulse of Earth Science,” will focus attention on geoscience research, such as that associated with the International Polar Year (IPY) and the International Year of Planet Earth (IYPE). Earth Science Week Toolkits include educational resources from AGI, NASA, NOAA, USGS, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution, and other organizations. To order toolkits and learn about the latest plans for Earth Science week, go to http://www.earthsciweek.org/.
The Solar System and Beyond Webcast
The next program offered by NASA’s Digital Learning Network will be September 17 at 12 pm Eastern Standard Time. The Solar System and Beyond focuses on NASA missions and exploration. Participants can choose between two concentrations of either solar system exploration or exploration of the universe. Pre-conference and post-conference activities are available on the Web site. http://nasadln.nmsu.edu/dln/content/catalog/details/?cid=77
Scientists Keep an Eye on Martian Dust Storm
Modified from ASU scientists keep an eye on Martian dust storm
Scientists are monitoring a large dust storm on the Red Planet. The dust storm, which erupted during the last week of June, is affecting operations for all five spacecraft operating at Mars. The fleet includes two NASA rovers on the ground (Spirit and Opportunity), plus three orbiters, two of which belong to NASA (Mars Odyssey and Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter) and one to the European Space Agency (Mars Express). Beginning in the equatorial region west of Meridiani Planum, the storm moved into the heavily cratered southern highlands. It took roughly a week to grow large enough to spread around the planet south of the equator. Dust has now drifted into the northern hemisphere as well.
It is currently summer in the southern Martian hemisphere, when dust storms are more common. For nearly a month, a series of severe Martian summer dust storms has affected the rover Opportunity and, to a lesser extent, its twin, Spirit. The dust in the Martian atmosphere over Opportunity has blocked 99 percent of direct sunlight to the rover, leaving only the limited diffuse sky light to power it. Scientists fear the storms might continue for several days, if not weeks. Mars dust map images are available online at http://themis.asu.edu/dustmaps .
Water on Distant Planet
Modified from http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMBDZI2O3F_index_0.html
Scientists report the first conclusive discovery of the presence of water vapor in the atmosphere of a planet beyond our Solar System. Astronomers used data from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, analyzing infrared light as a previously discovered gas giant, HD189733b, passed in front of its star. As the gas giant’s outer atmosphere passed in front of the star, the light seen showed that water vapor in the atmosphere absorbed some of the star light.
Even though this planet has water, it is not a good candidate for alien life. Instead of a rocky planet like Earth, HD189733b is a gas giant, bigger than Jupiter but extremely close to its parent star, orbiting the star in only 2.2 days. Its atmosphere is almost 1,300 degrees Fahrenheit! Still, this discovery increases hopes for detecting water on rocky planets in the near future.
Pluto’s Moon Charon has Geysers
Modified from http://www.gemini.edu/icemachine
Astronomers have detected ice deposits on the surface of Pluto’s moon Charon. The observations show fingerprints of fresh water crystals and some ammonia hydrates in patches on the surface, and suggest that liquid water mixed with ammonia from deep inside the moon is spewing onto its surface by geysers, through a process called cryovolcanism.
Charon is very cold, about -650 degrees Fahrenheit. That’s too cold, one would think, for liquid water. In some thermal models of Charon, the antifreeze properties of ammonia result in reservoirs of liquid water deep beneath the crust. Some scientists suspect that heat from internal radioactivity creates a pool of melted water mixed with ammonia inside the ice shell. As the water sprays out through the crack, it freezes and immediately “snows” back down to the surface, creating bright ice patches that can be distinguished in near-infrared light.
Cryovolcanism in the outer solar system is a fairly common occurrence. Enceladus (a moon of Saturn) and Europa (orbiting Jupiter) both show evidence of water ice oozing or spewing out from beneath the surfaces. Enceladus and Europa are tidally squeezed by the gravitational forces of their giant planets and in some cases by large nearby moons. This forces water out through cracks. By contrast, Kuiper Belt Objects (KBOs) such as Charon, Quaoar, Orcus, and others are not tidally squeezed. Yet, they seem to show evidence of cryovolcanism. | <urn:uuid:110f3374-dd88-43b4-8a48-7bec67115362> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.lpi.usra.edu/education/explore/news/archive/jul_2007/index.shtml | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281331.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00223-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.918644 | 3,000 | 1.898438 | 2 |
Information by Country
UNICEF supports efforts to end sexual harassment of girls and women in Bangladesh
Eve teasing’ is become an often brutal form of sexual harassment that can result in permanent physical and psychological damage and profoundly alter the course of a girl’s life. The harassment manifests itself in different ways, ranging from verbal abuse and sexual innuendo to abduction, acid-throwing and rape.
In response, some parents choose to keep their daughters at home rather than send them to school, or they marry girls off at an early age in an attempt to protect their honour and safety.
Blame and stigma
Bound to domestic servitude and with little mobility, these adolescent girls find themselves deprived of both educational opportunities and social outlets. They are also vulnerable to the health risks associated with early marriage and pregnancy.
Too often, the victims of sexual harassment receive little support from parents and community leaders; instead, they are blamed and stigmatized.
In fact, the effects of harassment have driven some young girls and women in Bangladesh to commit suicide.
A sense of urgency
To help prevent such tragic consequences, the Ministry of Women and Children Affairs – with support from UNICEF, the Centre for Mass Education in Science and the non-governmental development organization BRAC – gathered parents, community members and adolescents in Narsingdi for a motivational workshop aimed at protecting adolescent girls.
“Blaming the victim will not solve the problem,” said Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, State Minister of Women and Children Affairs and the chief guest at the workshop. “We need to encourage girls to speak out so that we can create community awareness and work together to prevent Eve teasing.”
UNICEF and its partners are working to create such awareness by establishing and supporting local adolescent groups called 'Kishori Clubs’.
The clubs aim to provide a safe environment where girls and boys can come together and socialize in positive ways. Club members participate in a variety of activities and information sessions and are empowered to become agents of change.
There are now close to 3,000 Kishori Clubs operating in nearly 30 districts across Bangladesh, thanks to funding from the European Union.
Young people take action
At the workshop in Narsingdi, adolescents from a local Kishori group presented a play that explored the negative impact of Eve teasing and suggested ways to prevent it. The powerful performance reflected the strong opinions of the young people involved.
''I have a friend. A boy used to tease her,” explained performer and Kishori Club member Marzahan, 13. “But after we staged this play at our school, the boy began to understand. Our teachers also taught him about the damage that Eve teasing can cause. Now he is friendly to everybody and he doesn’t tease any girls anymore.''
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''One Has to Be in Favour of the UN Resolution''
Mr Zimmermann, you are one of the left-wing voices in Israel that are raised in warning; you are opposed to occupation. Is the conservative government now getting what it deserves for not having listened to people like you?
Moshe Zimmermann: If you look at it objectively, that is indeed the case; but the government certainly doesn't look at it like that. The objective and neutral observer will say that because Israel did not enter into talks with the Palestinians in recent years, public opinion among the Palestinians, in the Arab world and even in Turkey has come to the conclusion that the time has come to take a stance against Israel.
If Israel had made some constructive proposals to the Palestinians in recent years and stopped its settlement policy, it would have been much easier for the Egyptians, the Syrians, and the Libyans, who were involved in the Arab Spring, to understand Israel. The government in Jerusalem sees things very differently, as do its supporters. They consider what is happening now to be a confirmation of their conviction that the entire world is and always has been against Israel.
The Palestinians intend to put their application to the UN. Should Israel have reacted differently and perhaps even agreed to the foundation of a state as the Palestinians are demanding? After all, they want a two-state solution, so what's the problem?
Zimmermann: If one wants to represent the true interests of Israel, one has to be in favour of a UN resolution like this. Ultimately, the UN resolution in 1947 was for the foundation of two states side by side. So if one state, i.e. Israel, is legitimate then the other state is automatically legitimate too. That means that Israel should have actually taken action to ensure that such a resolution is accepted. However, the fact of the matter is that Netanyahu and consorts automatically oppose everything that will ultimately lead to the foundation of the Palestinian state.
But officially Netanyahu supports the two-state solution. That being the case, should he not be able to make some capital out of the Palestinian initiative?
Zimmermann: When Netanyahu speaks about two states, he is only paying lip service to the idea. When Netanyahu demands peace negotiations without preconditions, what he means is that he expects the other side to accept his preconditions, namely the continuation of the settlement policy. That is his objective and that is not in line with the foundation of a Palestinian state.
This is why attempts are being made to exert pressure on those states that are known here in Israel as the "moral majority" – the Europeans, the US etc., which are supposedly more important than the actual majority of around 130 states that are in favour of recognising Palestine. In this respect, I have to say, the Israeli policy is successful. Instead of reading the riot act to Foreign Minister Liebermann and Prime Minister Netanyahu, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Chancellor Angela Merkel and the German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle are trying to placate the government in Jerusalem. All you can do is shake your head.
So in your opinion, the West should have exerted much more pressure?
Zimmermann: It's not about pressure, it's about conviction. The Western powers should have convinced the Israelis that a decision at the UN in favour of the foundation of a Palestinian state would be advantageous for Israel. Instead, they are automatically adopting a stance that is opposed to the Palestinian state just because the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu insists that they do and because he protests against the "unilateral step".
In your opinion, what is the worst that could happen next?
Zimmermann: The worst case scenario would be that the UN General Assembly would in fact support the PLO's application in its current or a different form, the Palestinians would then launch major demonstrations, Israel would overreact to these demonstrations, and the settlers would make sure that the disputes get totally out of hand.
If it ends in violence, other countries will hold Israel responsible. How much Western anger can the country stand?
Zimmermann: Israel's reaction will be two-pronged. It will say: that is not our fault; the Palestinians are responsible for that. Consequently, they will expect America and Europe to exert pressure on the Palestinians. If that doesn't happen and if Israel is instead put under pressure, they will start singing the same old song again, namely that "the whole world is anti-Semitic". The whole world, mind you, not just the Palestinians, the Turks and the Egyptians, but the Germans and the Americans etc. as well.
The sad thing is that US President Barack Obama doesn't have an opposition in America capable of correcting him. The Republican opposition in the US is largely fundamental and supports Netanyahu. He is aware of this, a fact that allows him to continue pursuing his unbending policy. Obama is too weak, and the Republicans and the Evangelists are strong enough.
Is there anything that can be done, or are we condemned to simply watch from the sidelines and do nothing?
Zimmermann: It is now much more difficult to make up for missed opportunities, and the current government is not even going to try. It is only when people come to understand that their personal welfare is directly linked to Israel's Palestinian policy – an opportunity that has once again been missed in the social movement in Israel – only then will there be pressure from below; then change will be possible.
It is only when we and the entire region start pursuing policies that are less religious and less fundamentalist that change will be possible. As long as we remain hostages of the settlers and the occupation and collaborate with the hostage-takers, nothing will change.
Interview: Susanne Knaul
© Die Tageszeitung/Qantara.de 2011
Moshe Zimmermann is professor of Modern History at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. His book "Die Angst vor dem Frieden. Das israelische Dilemma (The Fear of Peace: The Israeli Dilemma) was published in German by Aufbau-Verlag in 2010. His focus of research are the social history of the 18th and 20th century of Germany as well as of the German Jews and Anti-Semitism.
Translated from the German by Aingeal Flanagan
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20 August 2020
FRANKFORT, Ky. - Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted preliminary July 2020 unemployment rate was 5.7 percent, according to the Kentucky Center for Statistics (KYSTATS), an agency within the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet (EWDC).
The preliminary July 2020 jobless rate was up 1.3 percentage points from June 2020 and up 1.4 percentage points from the 4.3 percent recorded for the state one year ago.
The U.S. seasonally adjusted jobless rate for July 2020 was 10.2 percent, down from 11.1 percent in June 2020, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.
Labor force statistics, including the unemployment rate, are based upon estimates from the Current Population Survey of households. The survey is designed to measure trends in the number of people working, and includes jobs in agriculture and individuals who are self-employed.
Kentucky’s civilian labor force was 1,861,723 in July 2020, a decrease of 58,934 individuals from June 2020. The number of people employed in July decreased by 80,243, while the number unemployed increased by 21,309.
“Estimates of the number of people working in Kentucky have varied more than normal over the past few months. For July, the estimates indicate that fewer Kentucky residents were employed,” said University of Kentucky’s Center for Business and Economic Research (CBER) Director Mike Clark, Ph.D. “Workers who lost their jobs are considered unemployed only if they are looking for work. Otherwise, they are classified as not in the labor force. As workers lost jobs, both the number of unemployed workers and people who are not in the labor force increased. Kentucky’s official unemployment rate of 5.7 percent only counts unemployed workers who are looking for work. It does not reflect those who have left the labor force.”
In a separate federal survey of business establishments that excludes jobs in agriculture and people who are self-employed, Kentucky’s seasonally adjusted nonfarm employment increased by 26,400jobs, or 1.5 percent, in July 2020 compared to June 2020. Kentucky’s employment was down 150,700 jobs or 7.8 percent compared to July 2019.
“While the number of employed workers was down in July, businesses reported an increase in nonfarm jobs,” said Clark. “This suggests that businesses continued to recover in July, but at a much slower pace than in June. Kentucky has now recovered 52 percent of total nonfarm employment losses that occurred from February to April.”
Nonfarm data is provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Current Employment Statistics program. According to the survey, employment increased for eight of Kentucky’s 11 major nonfarm North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) job sectors in July while three declined.
Kentucky’s leisure and hospitality sector recovered 13,300 positions from June 2020 to July 2020. This represents an increase of 7.9 percent from June. This sector was down 20,800 jobs since July 2019. The accommodations and food services subsector added 10,600 jobs from June to July. Employment in the arts, entertainment and recreation subsector increased by 2,700 jobs.
“Leisure and hospitality firms have recovered 72 percent of the jobs losses that occurred from February to April 2020,” said Clark.
Employment in Kentucky’s educational and health services sector jumped by 8,400 jobs in July 2020. The educational services subsector gained 1,000 jobs in July. Health care and social assistance subsector increased by 7,400 jobs from June to July. Since last July, the sector is down 11,100 jobs or 3.9 percent.
The trade, transportation and utilities sector added 2,100 jobs in July 2020, a growth of 0.6 percent. Retail trade subsector rose by 1,800 jobs in July. Wholesale trade added 100 jobs and transportation, warehousing, and utilities gained 200 jobs. Since July 2019, employment in this sector has decreased by 28,200 positions or 7 percent.
Kentucky’s manufacturing employment increased 2,000 jobs from June 2020 to July 2020, or 0.8 percent. Employment in durable goods manufacturing gained 1,500 jobs, while non-durable manufacturers added 500 jobs in July. Kentucky’s manufacturing employment has dropped by 13,800 jobs since July 2019.
The professional and business services sector gained 1,300 jobs or 0.7 percent in July 2020. The administration and support and waste management subsector added 100 positions; the professional, scientific and technical services subsector gained 900 jobs; and the management of companies subsector added 300 positions. Jobs in this sector have fallen by 31,600 since July 2019.
Employment in the other services sector increased by 700 jobs from June 2020 to July 2020. This sector was down by 2,200 positions since July 2019. The other services sector includes repairs and maintenance, personal care services and religious organizations.
Kentucky’s mining and logging sector rose by 300 jobs from June 2020 to July 2020, and was down 2,600 jobs or 26.3 percent from a year ago.
The government sector increased employment by 200 jobs from June 2020 to July 2020. Federal government employment rose by 300 jobs; state government employment increased by 700 jobs; and local government employment decreased by 800 jobs. Total government employment has declined by 29,300 jobs since July 2019.
Employment in the information services sector fell by 100 jobs in July 2020. This sector was down 3,400 jobs from a year ago. The industries in this sector include traditional publishing as well as software publishing; motion pictures and broadcasting; and telecommunications.
The financial activities sector declined by 500 jobs in July 2020. The finance and insurance subsector lost 700 jobs while the real estate, rental and leasing subsector was up 200 jobs from June 2020 to July 2020. The sector was down 6,700 jobs compared to last July.
Employment in Kentucky’s construction sector fell by 1,300 jobs in July 2020. This represents a decrease of 1.6 percent from June. The construction sector was down 1,000 jobs or 1.2 percent from one year ago.
“An increase in residential remodeling and a backlog of construction projects have helped maintain Kentucky’s construction employment over the past few months,” said Clark. “Reduced construction employment in July may indicate that firms are working through much of their backlog of projects.”
Civilian labor force statistics include nonmilitary workers and unemployed Kentuckians who are actively seeking work. They do not include unemployed Kentuckians who have not looked for employment within the past four weeks.
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Rebus Biosystems, Santa Clara, Calif, launched the Rebus Esper spatial omics platform. The new spatial omics platform will allow researchers to better understand the biology of tissues and could lead to advancements in neuroscience, cancer, infectious disease, and immunology.
Launched at the Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) virtual meeting, the Rebus Esper leverages the unique capabilities of Rebus Biosystems’ patented Synthetic Aperture Optics (SAO) technology, a super-resolution technique that allows routine quantitative analysis of tens of millions of cellular features across hundreds of thousands of cells.
“The Rebus Esper brings a whole new dimension to biological research. This fully integrated, automated instrument delivers high-throughput, quantitative, single-molecule, single-cell data with spatial context and subcellular resolution by bringing together advancements in imaging, fluidics, chemistry, and bioinformatics,” says Paul Sargeant, PhD, CEO of Rebus Biosystems. “Whereas other methods for spatial omics analysis require tradeoffs between quality and throughput, the Rebus Esper platform delivers an unprecedented combination of resolution, scale, and speed in a single instrument with walkaway operation.”
The Rebus Esper instrument is designed to be incredibly easy to use. No experience with imaging or image processing is required. Preparing a run follows a simple protocol that requires less than one hour of hands-on time. Using the instrument is as easy as loading the reagents and flow cell, starting the run, and coming back at the end to collect processed data that is ready for single-cell analysis and precise spatial mapping.
“We have been using the Rebus Esper platform to look at how genes are different in terms of their spatial position across different brain regions. It has allowed us to visualize our data with high sensitivity across individual tissue sections, as well as across different samples,” says Aparna Bhaduri, PhD, assistant professor of Biological Chemistry at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. “The number of genes, the speed of data collection, and the ability to image large areas has enabled us to look at more genes across more tissue than any other method currently available.”
The first assay to be released for the Rebus Esper platform is the Esper High Fidelity assay. This ultra-sensitive assay, based on cyclic single-molecule fluorescent in situ hybridization (smFISH) chemistry, can resolve and map individual RNA molecules in their original locations, giving researchers a complete picture of tissues across a wide range of expression levels for up to 30 custom genes.
Rebus Biosystems plans to rapidly expand the assay menu for the Rebus Esper platform. During 2021, the Esper High Fidelity suite of assays will enable higher level of multiplexing and protein co-detection. In addition, the company will focus on developing assays enabling multiplex gene expression in formalin-fixed, paraffin embedded (FFPE) samples and simultaneous analysis of over 1,000 genes.
For more information, visit Rebus Biosystems.
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When next summer’s Olympics roll around, the Beijing Weather Modification Office will be poised to intercept incoming clouds, draining them before they get to the festivities. No fewer than 32,000 people
nationwide are employed by the Weather Modification Office — "some of
them farmers, who are paid $100 a month to handle anti-aircraft guns and rocket launchers" loaded with cloud-seeding compounds.
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FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – Dawson Creek Secondary School will be placed into a functional closure on Monday, February 7th due to forty per cent of staff being absent due to illness.
School District 59 says the closure will extend to Friday, February 11th and advise parents that remote learning will occur during that week.
The District will do a re-assessment of staff illness levels on February 11th and anticipates returning to face-to-face learning on Monday, February 14th.
In a release, the District said that school staff and teachers will be reaching out to students and families on Monday, February 7th to initiate their Continuity of Learning Plans.
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Two couples meet to discuss in a civilized manner a dustup between their children. They do not even suspect how ridiculous and comical their attempts to sign a peace treaty between two families will look, when everyone has their own ambitions, fears, secrets and their relations with the «civilized world» in the first place. The tragicomedy of the French playwright Yasmina Reza was successfully staged in theaters in London and New York, won the Laurence Olivier Prize, and was directed by Roman Polanski as a feature film that received several Golden Globes. This is a subtle, witty and dramatic story of our contemporaries and the endless rules of behavior in modern society.
Translation — Sergey Samoylenko
Text consultant — Bleuenn Izambard
Director — Nadezhda Alexeeva
Stage designer — Igor Semonov
Production designer — Igor Semonov, Oxana Nemolochnova
Light Designer — Larisa Dedukh
Actors — Marina Vikhrova, Kristina Mashevskaya, Alexey Korshunov, Alexey Timofeev.
Age — 18+
Duration — 1 hour 30 minutes without intermission
Permission granted by Thaleia Productions , 6 rue sedillot 75007 Paris France
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1973 NCTE Annual Business Meeting in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Widespread misinterpretation of NAEP assessment results by individuals, news media, and other organizations caused concern in 1973 and continues to be an issue in testing. Be it therefore
Resolved, that the National Council of Teachers of English recognize the need for comprehensive reports on the findings and interpretations of the program for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP);
that the Council express its concern to the director of NAEP that his staff exercise professional responsibility in releasing to the press and public results of the assessment tests in reading, literature, and writing. Such reports should include a clear, comprehensive explanation of the interpretation of these results, including a detailed description of their scope, validity, and methodology, as well as a description of any limitations found in the development and use of the tests; and
that the NCTE Committee to Study the National Assessment of Educational Progress be instructed to move forward rapidly in its study and evaluation of the results of the national assessment with as much financial support as can be found and to prepare a comprehensive interpretation of the national assessment results and, further, that the committee membership include persons with expertise in reading, writing, literature, and curriculum; persons who work directly with those individuals being assessed; and persons who are minority members of NCTE.
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Republicans Hope, but Don’t Change
For much of the past few generations, the debate over balancing the federal budget has been a central feature of every presidential campaign. But over time, the goalposts have moved. As the amount of red ink has grown steadily larger, the suggested time frames to restore balance have gotten increasingly longer, while the suggested cuts in government spending have gotten increasingly shallower. In recent years, talk of balancing the budget gave way to vague promises such as “cutting the deficit in half in five years.” In the current campaign, however, it appears as if the goalposts have been moved so far that they are no longer in the field of play. I would argue that they are completely out of the stadium.
It says a great deal about where we are that the symbolic budget plan proposed last year by Congressman Paul Ryan, the newly minted vice presidential nominee, has created such outrage among democrats and caution among republicans. The Obama campaign warns that the Ryan budget is a recipe for national disaster that will pad the coffers of the wealthy while damning the majority of Americans to perpetual poverty. The plan is apparently so radical that even the Romney campaign, while embracing the messenger, is distancing itself from the message (it appears that Romney wants to bathe himself in the aura of fresh thinking without actually offering any fresh thoughts). In interview after interview, both Romney and Ryan refuse to discuss the details of Ryan’s budget while slamming Obama for his callous “cuts” in Medicare spending.
(It is extremely disheartening that the top point of contention in the campaign this week is each candidate’s assertion that their presidency could be the most trusted not to cut Medicare.: Mindful of vulnerabilities among swing state retirees, Republicans have also taken Social Security cuts off the table as well. What hope do we have of reigning in government spending when even supposedly conservative Republicans refuse to consider cuts in the largest and fastest growing federal programs?)
So what was the Ryan Budget’s radical departure from the status quo that has caused such uproar? If enacted today, the Ryan budget would so drastically upend the fiscal picture that the U.S. federal budget would come into balance in just… wait for it…. 27 years! This is because the Ryan budget doesn’t actually cut anything. At no point in Ryan’s decades long budget timeline does he ever suggest that the government spend less than it had the year before. He doesn’t touch a penny in current Social Security or Medicare outlays, nor in the bloated defense budget. His apocalypse inducing departure comes from trying to limit the rate of increase in federal spending to “just” 3.1% annually. This is below the 4.3% rate of increase that is currently baked into the budget, and farther below what we would likely see if Obama’s priorities were adopted.
Because there are no actual cuts in his budget, Ryan hopes that fiscal balance can be restored by 2040 only because he assumes that we achieve returns to the annual economic growth that are equal to levels averaged for much of the last century. In other words, he sees slow growth of the last four years as the aberration, not the new normal. As with all other government projections, this is on the extreme optimistic end of the spectrum. In truth, there is nothing on the horizon that should make anyone think these growth figures will be achieved. America’s crushing debt, burdensome regulations, political paralysis, and nagging demographic problems bode poorly for the return to trend line growth anytime soon. More likely, based on the speed towhich republicans will shrink from popular backlash, is that the “cuts” that Ryan proposes will be abandoned as soon as they prove to be politically unpopular.
In fact, among his other overly-optimistic assumptions are that the unemployment rate falls to 4% by 2015 and an unprecedented 2.8% by 2021, another real estate boom begins almost immediately, and there is an average inflation and ten-year treasury rate for the next ten years of 2.04 and 4.15 respectively. These are assumptions that would make even the most rabid economic cheerleaders sit on their pompoms. Despite these pollyannish economic growth and record low unemployment projections, Ryan still assumes interest rates will remain near historic lows and that none of the cheap money showered onto the economy will ever find its way into the CPI. In other words, it’s the economic equivalent of winning the lottery twice in a row while failing to account for the higher taxes that accompany such good fortune.
Like all other government forecasters, Ryan never considers how rising interest costs on the many trillions of dollars of outstanding government debt hold the potential to completely upend budget projections. For more on this, see my recent commentary “The Real Fiscal Cliff.”
More likely, the continued accumulation of unsustainable levels of debt under the Ryan plan will eventually cause our creditors to lose confidence in our ability to repay. It will cause interest to spike, the economy to tank, unemployment to soar, spending to rise, revenues to decline, and the budget deficit to spiral out of control. Rising interest rates hold the potential to spark a sovereign debt and currency crisis that will render the entire plan irrelevant anyway.
While I appreciate that Ryan has the courage to take a position at the vanguard of his party in the campaign for fiscal responsibility, the modesty of his plan is just the latest reminder of how utterly divorced from reality Washington politicians remain. Like all of his brethren, Ryan is pinning his budget battling plans on the pain free “grow your way out of it plan.” But as long the government consumes so much of the nation’s productivity, the conditions to create that growth will never occur. Hope is not a strategy.
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Today is St. John Chrysostom’s feast.
Ordained as a deacon, and then as a presbyter in the city of Antioch, Syria, this ascetic-turned-cleric became wildly popular for his clear and practical preaching – as well as for his unrelenting dedication to the poor. At the age of 49, St. John was taken somewhat against his will to the capital of the eastern Roman empire, Constantinople, to be made archbishop. Once there, he unleashed a radical top-down program of moral, fiscal and spiritual reform among the clergy. The elite in Constantinople would eventually rue the day he was consecrated their chief shepherd.
St. John is one of my favorite Fathers of the Church. I am particularly enamored by his (voluminous!) eloquent homilies, by his protective love of the poor, his teaching on marriage and family life, his reflections on the priesthood, his magnificent paschal homily, and his extreme boldness in confronting injustice and corruption.
This boldness would eventually lead to his 2x banishment from Constantinople. St. John embraced his trials in a manner he himself praised in the example of his beloved St. Paul,
Though housed in a narrow prison, Paul dwelt in heaven. He accepted beatings and wounds more readily than others reach out for rewards. Sufferings he loved as much as prizes; indeed he regarded them as his prizes, and therefore called them a grace or gift. Reflect on what this means. To depart and be with Christ was certainly a reward, while remaining in the flesh meant struggle. Yet such was his longing for Christ that he wanted to defer his reward and remain amid the fight; those were his priorities.
Now imagine Archbishop John preaching this homily in the presence of the Imperial court:
For our money is the Lord’s, however we may have gathered it. If we provide for those in need, we shall obtain great plenty. This is why God has allowed you to have more: not for you to waste on prostitutes, drink, fancy food, expensive clothes, and all the other kinds of indolence, but for you to distribute to those in need. Just as an official in the imperial treasury, if he neglects to distribute where he is ordered, but spends instead for his own indolence, plays the penalty and is put to death, so also the rich man is a kind of steward of the money which is owed for distribution to the poor.
Or again, preaching this sermon before the splendidly clad empress, Aelia Eudoxia:
If you wish to honor the Eucharistic Victim, offer your own soul for which the Victim was immolated. Make your own soul all of gold. If your soul remains viler than lead or clay, what good does it do to have a golden chalice? Do you wish to honor the Body of Christ? Then do not disdain Him when you see Him in rags. After having honored Him in Church with silken vestments, do not leave Him to die of cold outside for lack of clothing. For it is the same Jesus Who says, “This is My Body” and Who says “I was hungry but you would not feed Me. Whenever you refused to help one of these least important ones, you refused to help me.” The Body of Christ in the Eucharist demands pure souls, not costly garments. But in the poor He demands all our care. Let us act wisely. Let us honor Christ as He Himself wishes to be honored; the most acceptable honor to one whom we would honor is the honor which He desired, not that which we ourselves imagine. Peter thought he was honoring his Master by not letting the Lord wash his feet; and yet it was just the opposite. Give Him the honor which He Himself has asked for, by giving your money to the poor. Once again what God wants is not so much golden chalices but golden souls.
One of St. John’s contemporaries, also a bishop in Asia Minor, St. Basil of Caesarea, possessed a similarly audacious apostolic courage. Once Basil was confronted by the emperor Valens’ prefect of the guard, who threatened Basil with poverty, exile, torture, and death if he failed to give public approval to the heretical, and emperor-supported, Arian doctrine. Basil replied that none of these threats frightened him, since he had nothing to lose except a few rags and books. Banishment could not remove him from the care of God, torture could not significantly diminish a body almost dead already, and death could only come as a friend to hasten his last journey. The prefect exclaimed in amazed outrage that he had never had anyone speak thus to him.
“Perhaps,” replied Basil, “you have never met a bishop before.”
St. John was a bishop seven times refined, showing his mettle especially in his last days lived out in exile. At the age of 59, he was driven by the emperor’s orders to the northernmost boundary of the empire, subjected to physical and verbal abuse by the guard who accompanied him. He was forced to make long marches, was exposed to sun’s blazing heat, to the rains and the cold of the nights. His body, already weakened by several severe illnesses, finally broke down. On 14 September, after arriving at Pontus, Chrysostom asked to rest but he was forced to continue his march. Soon he succumbed to his weakness and later in the day Chrysostom died along the roadside. His last words were, δόξα τῷ θεῷ πάντων ἕνεκεν – Glory be to God for all things.
Here is the lovely Eastern “troparion” sung joyously for his feast:
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Canada isn’t the only place experiencing labour relations turbulence in the airline industry. There were airline strikes and lockouts in France and Australia last week. The lockout by Qantas was just ended by an Australian Tribunal.
The Qantas Situation and the Australian law
The Australian situation involving Qantas is especially interesting because of its similarities to the Canadian Air Canada fiasco. Here’s a very brief synopsis. The unions representing Qantas employees were in a legal strike position and began engaging in a series of short strikes, which disrupted the airline and caused it to cancel some 600 flights. Then, in a sudden and unexpected move, Qantas locked out all of the workers and grounded all flights over the weekend. Qantas, like Air Canada, is the major airline servicing Australia.
A centre-left, Labour government is presently in power in Australia. However, restrictive labour laws introduced by the previous right of centre government led by John Howard in the 1990s (the “WorkChoices” reforms) remain in place. One of the provisions in that legislation is of interest here in Canada, because it may be a model our Conservative government is looking at, as I noted recently.
The Qantas strikes and lockouts are now over because of a decision of a labour relations tribunal issued yesterday. Here is the decision. The government filed an application similar to our government’s recent “reference” that ended any possibility of an Air Canada flight attendant strike. Recall that our government had to pretend that an Air Canada strike posed an imminent threat to health and safety of Canadians, a ridiculous claim, in order to bring itself within Section 87.4 of the Canada Labour Code. That is the essential services section, which permits the government to ask the Labour Board to ban a strike until issues of health and safety have been dealt with.
In Australia, the Howard government added a part to the equivalent essential service section. Here is what the legislation says:
s. 424 Suspension or termination of protected industrial action
(1) [The Tribunal] must make an order suspending or terminating protected industrial action for a proposed enterprise agreement that:
(a) is being engaged in; or
(b) is threatened, impending or probable;
if [the Tribunal] is satisfied that the protected industrial action has threatened, is threatening, or would threaten:
(c) to endanger the life, the personal safety or health, or the welfare, of the population or of part of it; or
(d) to cause significant damage to the Australian economy or an important part of it.”
The Australian government asked the Tribunal to end the lockout and the strikes, arguing that the work stoppages were causing “significant damage to the Australian economy” and the tourist industry in particular. The government argued that tourism was “an important part” of the economy, amounting to 2.6% of GDP and employed 500,000 Australians, and that the strikes and lockouts were threatening significant damage to that industry.
Interestingly, the Tribunal found that the strikes did not cause or threaten to cause significant damage to the Australian economy or the tourism industry. However, the employer’s response to the strikes, the full-fledged lockout, did (see paragraph 9). As a result, the Tribunal ordered an end to the work stoppages, and ordered the parties to engage in further conciliation, failing which the Tribunal will act as an interest arbitrator and impose collective agreements.
Here is a Q&A with my labour law professor colleague Anthony Forsyth, from Monash University. Thanks to Anthony for providing me with the details of this situation.
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Section 424(1)(d) is precisely what our Canadian Tories want. Here’s the reform that I predicted last week that we would soon see from our majority Tory government:
87.4 (1) During a strike or lockout not prohibited by this Part, the employer, the trade union and the employees in the bargaining unit must continue the supply of services, operation of facilities or production of goods to the extent necessary to prevent an immediate and serious danger to the safety or health of the public or serious harm to the Canadian economy.
Look familiar? Watch for an Australian-like reform of the Canada Labour Code, coming soon to a Parliament near year.
Do you think that Canadian governments should follow the Australian lead and enact a power to order an end to strikes and lockouts whenever they “threaten serious economic harm”?
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1 hot dog (calculated without mustard and celery salt): 447 calories, 29g fat (12g saturated fat), 75mg cholesterol, 803mg sodium, 28g carbohydrate (5g sugars, 3g fiber), 20g protein.
Then, how many calories are in a hot dog Weiner?
A typical hot dog is energy-dense, considering the size of the sausage, with about 150 calories and 13 grams of fat.
One may also ask, how many calories are in a bar's hot dog? Nutrition Facts
|Calories 130||(543 kJ)|
|Total Carbohydrate||2 g||1%|
|Dietary Fiber||0 g||0%|
In this way, how many net carbs are in a hot dog?
|Calories 117||(488 kJ)|
|Total Carbohydrate||21.1 g||7%|
|Dietary Fiber||0.9 g||4%|
How many carbs are in a all beef hot dog?
Serving Size 1 Frank (53g), Amount Per serving: Calories 180, Calories from Fat 140, Total Fat 15g (23% DV), Saturated Fat 6g (30% DV), Trans Fat 1g, Cholesterol 30mg (10% DV), Sodium 510mg (21% DV), Potassium 280mg (8% DV), Total Carbohydrates 4g (1% DV), Fiber 0g, Sugars 1g, Protein 6g, Vitamin A 0%, Vitamin C 2%,
How many cards are in a hot dog?
Each player gets 10 hot dog cards in one color, 2 or 3 (depending on player number) table cards in the same color, and 3 one dollar cards.
What is in a Weiner?
The traditional wiener is made with a small, thin hot dog made of beef, veal and pork, giving it a different taste from a traditional beef hot dog, served in a steamed bun, and topped with celery salt, yellow mustard, chopped onions, and a seasoned meat sauce (the spices vary by vendor but always include celery salt
How many ounces is a regular hot dog?
What's in Bar S Hot Dogs?
Ingredients Mechanically Separated Chicken, Water, Pork, Dextrose, Modified Corn Starch, Salt, Contains 2% or Less of the Following: Beef, Corn Syrup, Flavorings, Sodium Phosphates, Potassium Lactate, Potassium Acetate, Sodium Diacetate, Sodium Erythorbate, Oleoresin of Paprika, Sodium Nitrite, Smoke Flavoring.
How many carbs are in a hot dog with bun?
|Amount Per Serving||% Daily Value*|
Can I eat a hot dog on keto?
Cured meats such as sausages, deli meat, hot dogs, pepperoni, salami and bacon are usually acceptable, but check their ingredients first.
Is boiling hot dogs healthier?
A healthier hot dog: Fat grams less than 7-8 g, nitrite free if possible, organic, sodium less than 400 mg., protein greater than 6 g. Boiling helps to plump up the hot dog and leaches out some of the salt. Most hot dog experts would say that this leaves the hot dog soggy and drags out the flavor.
Can you lose weight eating hot dogs?
Proponents of the plan claim you can lose up to 10 pounds a week or 30 pounds in a month while eating foods like vanilla ice cream and hot dogs. The diet claims to combine specific foods in a way that boosts metabolism and burns fat, however, there is no scientific evidence to support this.
Is there a healthy hot dog?
If you're looking for a healthy (or, let's face it, less unhealthy) hot dog, there are a few things to keep in mind. Brands like Applegate Farms sell uncured hot dogs (also sometimes with “no added nitrates”), which are by default healthier than nitrate-filled dogs, which some experts have linked to cancer risk.
Why are hot dogs bad for you?
The answer: Hot dogs aren't exactly nutritious – not even close. They're made of processed meat and they're loaded with cholesterol-raising saturated fat and sodium. The good news: If you read nutrition labels, you can find some wieners that are easier on your waistline and arteries. (Still, health foods they aren't.)
How many hotdogs should you eat?
The Council estimates Americans consume 20 billion hot dogs a year – more than twice the retail sales figures. That works out to about 70 hot dogs per person each year. Hot dogs are served in 95 percent of homes in the United States.
How many carbs should you have each day?
The dietary guidelines recommend that carbs provide 45 to 65 percent of your daily calorie intake. So if you eat a 2000-calorie diet, you should aim for about 225 to 325 grams of carbs per day. But if you need to lose weight, you will get much faster results eating around 50 to 150 grams of carbs.
Are hot dogs good protein?
The protein in hot dogs is a complete protein, meaning it offers all the essential amino acids our bodies need. Hot dogs are also a great source of Vitamin B12 with just one hot dog providing 30 percent of the DV.
How many calories should I be eating to lose weight?
The average woman needs to eat about 2,000 calories per day to maintain her weight, and 1,500 calories per day to lose one pound of weight per week. Meanwhile, the average man needs 2,500 calories to maintain, and 2,000 to lose one pound of weight per week.
What are hot dogs made of?
Pork and beef are the traditional meats used in hot dogs. Less expensive hot dogs are often made from chicken or turkey, using low-cost mechanically separated poultry. Typical hot dogs contain sodium, saturated fat and nitrite, which when consumed in excess have been linked to health problems.
What brand of hot dogs are on recall?
Vienna Beef Ltd., based out of Chicago, has issued the recall for approximately 2,030 pounds of “skinless beef frankfurters” bearing specific product packaging codes, and which were shipped to Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin, according to a USDA product recall notice issued Saturday.
What is a red Frank hot dog?
According to Cloverdale's website, their Red Franks contain beef and pork, water, salt, corn syrup, dextrose, flavorings, potassium lactate, sodium lactate, sodium diacetate, sodium erythorbate, smoke flavoring, sodium nitrite.
How much sodium is in a bar's hot dog?
What are chicken franks made of?
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The streets of Rome will be the backdrop for a race in the new Formula E world championship in 2014, it was announced on Saturday.
The series is being backed by McLaren which is supplying cars powered exclusively by electric energy.
The Formula E championship has the full support of motor racing's governing body the FIA.
FIA president Jean Todt said: "It gives me great pleasure to be in Rome for this exciting announcement that the eternal city has expressed its firm interest to host a race in the Formula E 2014 championship calendar.
"The contrast between this innovative motorsport series and the rich ancient history of Rome is one I am sure the public and the media will be intrigued and enriched by."
Rome is the second city in the world to welcome the FIA Formula E Championship following Rio di Janeiro's announcement in August this year.
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PayPal is one of the Internet's most popular payment processors. The payment solution works effectively for individual payments for goods online and businesses selling goods on and offline. PayPal does charge transaction fees to businesses for purchases made by buyers and a £20 monthly fee for business accounts.
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What is PayPal?
PayPal is an online transaction processor. PayPal collects money from purchasers and distributes it to sellers. PayPal also will accept donations from contributors on behalf of a business, transfer money from person-to-person and issue payment from businesses to, for example, freelance contractors.
PayPal services that are especially helpful for businesses
PayPal has many services that are especially helpful for small and large businesses. PayPal will allow you to accept credit cards on your websites. Businesses can also accept credit cards by phone by employing PayPal's virtual terminal. Businesses can also e-mail invoices for services rendered to customers that feature a "Pay Now" button, allowing customers to pay online.
How to open a PayPal business account
You can go to PayPal.com and open up a business account. You will be required to enter in your business name, address, average transaction price, average monthly volume and customer service information such as your customer service e-mail and phone number. PayPal will also need to verify your business banking account so that money secured on your business's behalf may be deposited.
Transaction disputes and security
PayPal can act as a middleman between buyers and your business if any dispute arises. PayPal will inform you of the dispute from the buyer and give you an opportunity to refund the buyer's money or work out a solution with the buyer. PayPal is also a trusted payment processor. A buyer's credit card information is never shared with the seller. Therefore, many buyers are comfortable buying from websites that have PayPal as their payment solution. This can in effect increase your business sales.
Withdrawing money from PayPal
It is easy for businesses to withdraw money from PayPal. PayPal will issue a check and send it to your business for a 90p fee, transfer money to your bank account usually within three to four business days for free, or you can withdraw funds using the PayPal debit card. (There may be fees charged from the ATM machine.)
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In “Tough Passages,” we’re looking at the difficult verses in the Bible that are often brought up by secular people as reasons the Bible doesn’t make sense, and discovering how they actually reveal the character, love, and glory of God in a beautiful way. Last month, we looked at Matthew 5’s convicting commands concerning lust; but for April, we’re going back to the Old Testament and saying some bad words.
A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
The Secular Response
Being born out of wedlock makes you filthy, apparently […] but what if your dad abandoned you and your mom after she had given birth to you… that means you’re going to be held responsible and deprived of God’s love… which…
Wow, this means that Christian orphanages are hypocritical institutions if they’re taking these kids to church. Brutal.
You can always count on the KJV to use language that makes you a little uncomfortable.
On the face of it, this verse seems pretty self-explanatory: if your parents weren’t married, you can’t be in the congregation. Which means you can’t be saved. Right?
Let me make it worse before I make it better: in ancient Israel, the word “bastard” referred not only to the child of unmarried parents, but also to a child with one Israelite parent and one non-Israelite parent. So this verse also refers to biracial children.
But what’s really going to cook your noodle is this: there was a particularly famous man in the Bible who was considered a ‘bastard,’ by this definition: Jesus of Nazareth. His mother, Mary, wasn’t married until after Jesus was born, and the popular interpretation was that (at best) Jesus was Joseph’s son, conceived before marriage, or that (at worst) Mary had cheated on Joseph and Jesus was a product of that sin. Of course, He was conceived in Mary’s womb by the Holy Spirit, buts other way, his parents weren’t married.
So if you misinterpret this (as is done above), you run into a thorny problem: that the son of God isn’t qualified to be a part of the Church that He came to redeem. Oops.
If you misinterpret this, you run into a thorny problem: the son of God isn’t qualified to be a part of the Church that He came to redeem. Oops.
And, in fact, they did; in John 8:41, after Jesus has rebuked some religious Jews for not loving God, they respond to this rebuke with thinly-veiled derision for His parentage: “‘You are doing the works your father did.’ They said to him, ‘We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father—even God.'” (John 8:41, ESV)
This is beautiful because it’s another example of how God didn’t sent the promised Messiah the way He was expected. He didn’t come with a crown on His head or an army at His right hand; rather, He washed feet and walked among us. He performed miracles for the weak and poor, and welcomed the children to come and hang out with him. Next time, He comes in glory with cavalry and infantry and tattoos on his leg; but this time, He was born into a manger to an unmarried mom.
[God] uses instruments you’d never expect to accomplish His plans. To bring about His glory, He can use anyone—and He will use everyone.
But where does that leave us with Deuteronomy? Well, if you remember last month’s appendix about the different laws in the Bible, you’ll remember that some laws God passed down in the Bible are for Israel as a nation, not Israel as a church. What God banned illegitimate offspring from wasn’t the church, it was public office. So a ‘bastard’ was welcome into the nation of Israel, and welcome into the Church; he could hold a job, be well-respected in the community, even become a Jew if he wanted. He just couldn’t hold public office.
And this is important because of Israel’s neighbors; nations on all sides were eager to invade and take over, and if an Ammonite or Moabite could marry in, convince their children to take public office, and hand over the nation to her enemies, it would be all the easier. The Israelites could even be led to worship a false god. But God loves His people, and His covenant was to protect them.
But now, God’s people are no longer a political group, they’re a spiritual one. This law was for a time, not for all time; He calls us to be discerning in choosing our leaders even today, but this law has been gloriously fulfilled.
How has it been fulfilled? Well, since Jesus isn’t qualified for office, that means that humans can’t choose Him to rule. We don’t have any responsibility for His rule because He can’t be appointed to rule the universe by your will. Nothing we can do can change that. Only God’s power can, and when Jesus rose from the dead, it did; in that moment, God fulfilled the law by placing His true son—considered an illegitimate son, a poor carpenter, and a friend of sinners—upon the throne of the universe.
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Thanks for reading Redeeming Culture! Next month in Tough Passages, we’re going to back up by one verse and look at someone else who was banned from holding a public office in Deuteronomy 23:1. In the meantime, there will be lots of great content coming out every week!
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The Number 378: Properties and MeaningsPrime Factors of 378=2x3x3x3x7.
378 is a Triangular Number.
378 is a Hexagonal Number.
378 is a 127-gonal Number.
"When Adam had sinned, he forfeited the garments of Hashmal, which were 378 sparks of light (the numerical value of Hashmal)."
The Year 378 ADIn the year 378 AD the Visigoths defeated the Eastern Roman emperor Valens near Adrianople. The battle was seen as a watershed in the decline of the Roman army and it's ability to stem the barbarian invasions.
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Patients Taking Invokana Have an Increased Risk of Leg and Foot Amputations
The FDA reports that the type 2 diabetes medicine Invokana (canagliflozin) causes an increased risk of leg and foot amputations. Two large clinical trials showed that leg and foot amputations occurred about twice as often in patients treated with canagliflozin compared to patients treated with placebo. Amputations of the toe and middle of the foot were the most common. Some patients had more than one amputation, some involving both limbs. Based on the clinical trial findings, the FDA is now requiring the most prominent Boxed Warning to be added to canagliflozin drug labels. Via FDA. Posted May 16, 2017.
Nonprescription use of Ritalin linked to adverse side effects, UB study finds
A University of Buffalo study found that the nonprescription use of the stimulant drug Ritalin was linked to unwanted side effects. Researchers examined changes in the brains of rats that received regular doses of Ritalin during what would be equivalent to adolescence in humans, a time of significant brain growth and development. Results found changes in brain chemistry associated with risk-taking behaviors, disruptions in the sleep/wake cycle and problematic weight loss. Via University of Buffalo. Posted May 17, 2017.
Too many postmarketing studies are never published
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As you see your little one grow day by day, you tend to be more careful about the foods that you choose for your baby. The first year is a crucial one, when it comes to following a healthy diet for your baby.
As your child is learning to eat solid foods, he/she tends to be more active. One should remember that variety is the spice of life, so you need to know more about the various foods that are good for your little one, especially in his/her first year.
A good nutrition gives your child what actually his/her body requires for growth and health. It also gives them energy to play, or move around and learn and grasp things easily.
So, check the list of best foods that you should give to your baby in his/her first year. These nutritional foods are really important, as they expose babies to the taste of different varieties of food.
This is one of the important foods that you should feed to your baby, as it is colourful and the child will relish its tangy taste. Serve some small or chopped berries as finger foods, or make a puree and add it on to a toast.
Omega-3 fatty acid that is essential for the cognitive development of a baby is the best available element that is found in a salmon. Mash some cooked or flaked fish into a puree and feed your baby with this nutritious food at least once in a week.
Onions and Garlic
To raise an adventurous eater, one should feed their baby with some flavour-boosters like onions and garlic. It's a good choice of foods that you must feed your baby before age one.
Let your baby get an earthy taste of spinach, kale, and chard. This is one of the best foods for a child who has just started eating solid food.
This food has more fibre and has many flavours associated with it. Try some cereals made from oats, quinoa, brown rice or other whole grains to expose your child to a variety of food.
Just blend a scrambled egg with some vegetable puree and feed your little one with this nutritious food.
You need to be more careful with this food, as few kids may have an allergic reaction to peanuts. So, start with a little peanut butter on toast as a finger food or stir a bit into a puree.
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Lasers make all sorts of things such as glass, metal and crystal easy to engrave. Invented by the Russians in 1990, a laser-engraving machine allows you to engrave the centre of glass or crystal blocks with a process known as subsurface laser engraving. The machines can cost more than £162,500. If you want a subsurface 3-D laser engraving of your own, you can visit a photo crystal shop and have one made.
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Visit a local photo crystal shop where you can find a 3-D camera and a subsurface laser engraving machine.
Sit for a portrait. You need to take your photograph with a special 3-D camera. It takes less than one second and is essentially the same as having a normal photograph taken.
Process and clean the image from the camera, which is called your 3-D acquisition. This only takes a few minutes.
Convert your 3-D acquisition into a point cloud.
Upload the point cloud into the laser engraving machine.
Confirm that you like the image. If you aren't happy with the picture, you can easily take another. You can also alter the brightness or contrast of the image before the engraving begins.
Place the crystal or glass block into the laser engraving machine. This machine resembles a small safe and you can't see what is happening inside as it works. Inside, however, a laser beam penetrates the glass or crystal and creates thousands of tiny cracks called points. When the machine is finished, these points will replicate the point cloud image you approved on screen.
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Kyrgyzstan to timely realize agricultural field works in 2014
The Government of Kyrgyzstan approved the measures for timely and orderly realization of the agricultural field works in 2014, announced the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation of the Kyrgyz Republic on February 1.
According to Janybek Kerimaliev, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, in 2013 the general planted areas under agricultural crops totaled 1.17 mln ha, an increase of 4.7 thsd ha compared with the index in 2012 (up 0.4%). At the same time, agrarians of Kyrgyzstan planted winter wheat for the harvest-2014 throughout actually 208.9 thsd ha, up 1.5 thsd ha compared with last year.
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Researcher George Barna describes the postmodern viewpoint as one in which each person makes decisions about how to live based on feelings and experience. He goes on to explain that in this world view no one has the right to say any of those decisions are wrong. Instead, if a choice is deemed right by someone, it is therefore right for that person and others must be tolerant of that choice. Because postmodern young adults see life as a series of subjective experiences, the things that matter most to them are having experiences and building relationships with others. Many postmodern young adults consider themselves to be quite spiritual and may even believe in the existence of a personal God, but they do not feel they have the right to compel anyone else to believe in God.
Because so many young adults now share this worldview, when church leaders attempt to share Christian concepts with these young adults, it may require different methods than in the past. One effective method is to use stories from our own lives, especially about our failures and weaknesses. Postmodern young adults grew up in a culture of brokenness. There is a good chance their parents are divorced. A large number of them have at least one parent who is suffering from some type of addiction. One out of three of the young ladies and one out of seven of the young men have been sexually abused. Life has been very hard on them even though they are still young. They are not interested in hearing how "perfect" we are or how "perfect" we think our faith makes us. They are not interested in hearing about a fairy tale world where people just say a prayer and all their problems go away. They know that world does not exist. Instead they need to hear about our own spiritual journey with all its bumps, setbacks, troubles and hardships. They need to hear about the times we doubted and were afraid. They also need to hear that somehow we received enough strength from our faith to keep going despite our troubles. They need to know that there is hope to be found through faith in Jesus Christ.
When we discuss spiritual issues with young adults, we should be prepared for them to bring up complex issues. Their questions will not be simple or easy. If a young adult has made the effort to show up at church or seek counsel from a pastor or youth minister, they are not interested in a light devotional or a pre-packaged answer. They want to wrestle with the tough questions about life and discover deep answers to life's perplexing problems. They want to know why evil exists and why there is suffering in the world. They want to know why God lets bad stuff happen to good people if God really is so powerful.
The day of eating pizza and having a 15 minute "feel good" devotional for youth group is over. Today, churches that want to minister to young adults had better plan for lengthy discussions that will not have simple conclusions or easy answers. That doesn't mean they still don't like to eat pizza, it just means that free pizza will no longer satisfy the deep longing young adults have for answers to the complex world they have been thrust into. Churches willing to invest the necessary time, energy and love into the lives of young adults and journey with them through the difficult questions and experiences, will find those young adults quite interested in what the churches have to say. | <urn:uuid:880d2481-de68-4bb3-9ab2-27c484af5e00> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://thoughtsfromdrt.blogspot.com/2010_02_01_archive.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560283689.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095123-00353-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974475 | 670 | 2.078125 | 2 |
Black Forest Park was established in 1980 with 141ha at McDonald Rd Outram (just 5 minutes from Dunedin Airport) it was early days in the NZ Deer Industry with breeding hinds in particular expensive and in short supply. However the intention was always to breed high quality genetically superior deer. The opportunity came with the importation of Stags and hinds from renowned Festl Park in Munich in 1985. Sons of the famous stag King Richard were introduced and an intense fully recorded breeding program began. Later European and English Park deer were introduced.
As the new technologies of AI and embryo transfer were available they were embraced – rapid progress was made and many Industry leading deer were produced for the Industry. Stags such as Kabul, Kurgan, and Bendigo are well known Sires instrumental in improving the performance of the Venison herd also over the years many of the Blackforest Sires have won National Velvet prizes and the herd is also known for being a prolific producer of leading trophy genetics Stags - such as Brusnik, Salvador, Columbia and Starr to name a few.
Black Forest has also operated a specialist velvet and trophy property at Clinton since 1996 which produces over 3 tonnes of quality velvet per year and up to 100 trophy stags for the Safari market.
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Pakistan at the Rio 2016 Paralympics
NPC Pakistan logo.
·Pakistan has claimed one medal at the Paralympic Games: S1.
·This only medal was collected by Haider Ali, who came in second in the men's long jump T37/38 at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.
·Pakistan made its debut at the Barcelona 1992 Paralympic Games.
·Pakistan is in joint 103rd place on the Summer Games' all-time medal table.
·The Pakistani men's 4x400m relay T42-46 team came close to the medals at the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games, but finished only fourth. Sixteen-year old Shafique
Muhammad was part of that relay team.
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The big thing with President Obama's economic-stimulus package is that much of the money will go toward projects that are "shovel-ready," and just waiting for money —all the planning's done, approvals are granted, and the only hold-up is the money. Which means that while we fritter around trying to figure out how to share the cost among struggling private companies, penny-pinching ratepayers, and broke government agencies, that pile of money is squandered. How can we get ready? What is our plan?
Boyles has one idea: "Don't build a bridge that's big enough just for the traffic that's using it [right now]," Boyles says. "Look longer term."
Deirdre Fulton can be reached email@example.com.
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In a shockingly outrageous incident in Bahawalpur, a metropolitan city in Punjab, an angry mob attacked an alleged blasphemer and burnt him alive. According to local reports, the alleged criminal was in police custody when a mob of 2000 frenzied people broke into the jail building and demanded the police to handover the prisoner to them. When the police refused to comply with their illegal demand, the mob started a riot and caused havoc. As a result the police was forced to use tear gas to disperse these rioters. Unfortunately, tear gas and shell came to no avail. The mob broke inside the jail, took the alleged blasphemer outside and burned him openly.
The mob says that the person had desecrated the Muslim's holy scripture, The Koran.
Was he a blasphemer?
There is no shred of evidence to proof that the person killed was a blasphemer. According to police reports, the person was mentally ill; he was taken into police custody when some people alleged he desecrated the Muslim holy book.
Nadeem F. Paracha, a notable columnist, considers him to be a vagabond. He had a Sufi background with no sense of the present world and time. He was a follower of the Mansur Al-Hallaj – the famous 10th century Sufi saint, scholar and poet who was put to death by the authorities in Iraq for committing blasphemy.
Can a mentally sick person be called a blasphemer? Is vigilantism a sane behaviour in any civilized society? Can an angry mob be the upholders of God's justice in the present world? Did they think God's ultimate mercy will come to them? Answer to all these question is a simple ‘No’. Nadeem Paracha writes:
“The nation heard and saw its faith and holy texts being ‘avenged’ not by God-fearing men, but by a mob of retarded, subhuman filth.”
The man burning on the street helplessly cried, while hundreds of men saw this barbarianism with their eyes wide open. Wajiha Noor aptly comments:
Maybe I am illiterate or don’t belong to their religion but I know no book of God that preaches such bigotry and brutality.
Blasphemy is a thorny issue in Pakistan. Last year, Mr. Salman Taseer, the governor of Punjab, was killed by his own security guard on the pretext of committing blasphemy. The governor was killed in broad daylight, while the killer is now considered a hero in Pakistan. He had sympathized with a poor Christian woman who was arrested after being accused for blasphemy when she was forcefully being converted to Islam.
A reason for the continuation on such horrendous acts is the improperly worded Blasphemy laws in Pakistan. An Amnesty international press release says:
Pakistan authorities must also urgently reform blasphemy laws to ensure they cannot be used maliciously to settle disputes or enable private citizens to take matters into their own hands.
A large proportion of people charged under these laws are Muslims. Mostly, these laws are used to settle down personal feuds and disagreements. It has nothing to do with religion whatsoever.
Secondly, the radicalization of Pakistani society also catalyses such acts. The electronic media is also a source of radicalization in the country. Mumtaz Qadri was inspired to kill Governor Taseer by a cleric's sermon. The government of Pakistan fails to handle media and the clerics in Pakistan, causing nuisance and terrorism everywhere inside the state.
Although words cannot cover up this barbarianism, the incident was condemned vehemently by the society at large.
Zara Mazhar comments:
“I have only got one thing to say – their God is going to burn each and every one of these in the same way.”
“Islam DOES NOT teach this ,the uneducated barbaric MULLAHS are responsible for brain washing the uneducated!”
The Bishop of Rawalpindi/Islamabad, Rufin Anthony, condemned this act in the strongest of words.
HRCP (Human Rights Commission of Pakistan) vehemently condemn this incident:
“HRCP also strongly condemns not only the burning to death of a man in Bahawalpur, who had been accused of desecrating pages of the Quran, but also the authorities’ failure to prevent a horrendous crime that was not at all unexpected
Salman Taseer's daughter, Sara Taseer tweets:
— Sara Taseer Shoaib (@sarataseer) July 6, 2012
Tufail Malik criticised the crime of silence:
Our electronic media is seen silent in many critical issues like, burning incidence in Bahawalpur ,bus killing in Turbat , drone attacks
— Tufail Malik (@mTufailMalik) July 6, 2012
Fizza Arrehman wants justice:
Came to know about the Bahawalpur incident. Sad enough. Such people should be hanged to death :/
— ChuLLbuLee (@fizzarahman) July 6, 2012
Zafar Malik criticises the role of Islamic clerics:
Mullahs and their brain-washed followers are turning Pakistan into a Nut-House. What a pitty.
As of 6th July 2012, two FIRs (First Investigation Reports) have been filled against the 2,000 people who broke into the jail. Meanwhile, not a single person is yet to be arrested for the crime. An investigation is also need to be done on the role of police. Feroz comments:
The first matter that needs investigation is the true role played by the Police in this incident and their claim that they put up heavy resistance.
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Oral history interview with Jere Osgood, 2001 September 19-October 8
Osgood, Jere, 1936-
Gold, Donna, 1953-
Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America
Place of publication, production, or execution:
Transcript: 64 pages.
Originally recorded on 7 sound cassettes. Reformated in 2010 as 12 digital wav files. Duration is 5 hrs., 46 min.
An interview of Jere Osgood conducted 2001 September 19 and Oct. 8, by Donna Gold, for the Archives of American Art's Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America, at Osgood's home, in Wilton, N.H.
Osgood describes his early childhood years in Staten Island, N.Y.; the influence of his architect grandfather and handyman father; his early interest in architecture; visiting museums with his mother and aunt; Vermont vacations; high school; and reading "Popular Science," "Popular Mechanics," and "Wildlife Magazine." He describes his architecture studies at the University of Illinois and the subsequent use of parabolic and catenary curves when making bowls; attending the School for American Craftsmen in the 1960s when it was "thriving"; selling bookends at America House; exhibiting in "Young Americans" (Museum of Contemporary Crafts, 1962); teaching at Boston University; studying bookbinding and weaving in a folk art school in Denmark in 1960; the distinction between "furniture makers" and "furniture designers" in Denmark; working in his father's basement workshop; setting-up a workshop in Connecticut; the appeal of root forms; developing lamination techniques; making curved forms; and experimenting with various woods. Teaching at the Philadelphia College of Art, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), and Boston University are discussed in detail, as are his typical workday, his design process and means of evaluating form, the growing craft industry, and sculptural furniture. Osgood recalls his teacher Tage Frid.
He also discusses his works of art including Elliptical Shell Desks, a walnut Semainaire, Writing Desk (1986), Angels in the Snow (1986), and Cylinder Front Desk (1989). He comments on selling his work at Pritam & Eames (East Hampton, N.Y.); the influence of Wharton Esherick on his career in the late 1950s; commissions; furniture making at RIT and the North Bennett School in Boston; his experiences teaching at Penland, Haystack, Arrowmont, and Peters Valley Craft Center; his involvement with organizations such as the New Hampshire Furniture Masters' Association, American Craft Council, and The Furniture Society; the importance of good photography; the economics of the craft business; and his appreciation of pure form.
Quotes and excerpts must be cited as follows: Oral history interview with Jere Osgood, 2001 September 19-October 8. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.
Funding for this interview was provided by the Nanette L. Laitman Documentation Project for Craft and Decorative Arts in America. Funding for the digital preservation of this interview was provided by a grant from the Save America's Treasures Program of the National Park Service.
Oral history: Renimiscenses of Jere Osgood; Columbia University. Oral History Research Office, Box 20, Room 801 Butler Library, New York, NY 10027.
Jere Osgood (1936- ) is a woodworker from Wilton, N.H. Donna Gold (1953- ) is an art writer from Stockton Springs, Maine.
This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
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Artificial Neural Network Approach for Mapping Contrasting Tillage Practices
AbstractTillage information is crucial for environmental modeling as it directly affects evapotranspiration, infiltration, runoff, carbon sequestration, and soil losses due to wind and water erosion from agricultural fields. However, collecting this information can be time consuming and costly. Remote sensing approaches are promising for rapid collection of tillage information on individual fields over large areas. Numerous regression-based models are available to derive tillage information from remote sensing data. However, these models require information about the complex nature of underlying watershed characteristics and processes. Unlike regression-based models, Artificial Neural Network (ANN) provides an efficient alternative to map complex nonlinear relationships between an input and output datasets without requiring a detailed knowledge of underlying physical relationships. Limited or no information currently exist quantifying ability of ANN models to identify contrasting tillage practices from remote sensing data. In this study, a set of Landsat TM-based ANN models was developed to identify contrasting tillage practices in the Texas High Plains. Observed tillage data from Moore and Ochiltree Counties were used to develop and evaluate the models, respectively. The overall classification accuracy for the 15 models developed with the Moore County dataset varied from 74% to 91%. Statistical evaluation of these models against the Ochiltree County dataset produced results with an overall classification accuracy varied from 66% to 80%. The ANN models based on TM band 5 or indices of TM Band 5 may provide consistent and accurate tillage information when applied to the Texas High Plains. View Full-Text
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Sudheer, K.P.; Gowda, P.; Chaubey, I.; Howell, T. Artificial Neural Network Approach for Mapping Contrasting Tillage Practices. Remote Sens. 2010, 2, 579-590.
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Subcellular localization of A) LGI1 and B) LGI2 GFP-tagged wild-type and mutant proteins. COS7 cells were transfected with GFP-fused protein (green) as indicated and treated with either an anti-PDI followed by alexa 546 (red) to stain the endoplasmic reticulum or TR Ceramide to detect the Golgi apparatus and DAPI (blue) to stain the nuclei and then examined by laser fluorescence confocal microscopy. The fields shown were visualized independently at the appropriate wavelength for GFP (488 nm) and anti-PDI or TR Ceramide (546 nm), and then the two images were merged. Magnification: 63×. Scale bar is 10 μm. | <urn:uuid:3bfa78a1-3576-49f1-9c31-a5d8b0c39bf9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://bmcbiochem.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2091-11-39/figures/5 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572198.93/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815175725-20220815205725-00266.warc.gz | en | 0.950912 | 162 | 1.523438 | 2 |
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Standard rail height is 36 to 42 inches; posts will need to be 10 inches longer.
Bolt the posts to the inside of the rim joists.
Maximum spacing of posts is 72 inches on center.
Bolts should be vertically spaced no less than 5-1/8 inch apart.
For a composite railing system, slide the post sleeve over the wood post, then the post sleeve skirt over the post sleeve; both should rest on the decking.
Attach the top and bottom rails to the inside of the posts using two 3-inch screws diagonally 2 inches apart.
Attach the top cap to the posts using two 3-inch screws diagonally 2 inches apart.
Screw the top cap to the top rail every 12 inches.
Screw the balusters into the top and bottom rails.
For a more finished look, bevel the bottom of each baluster.
Check your local building code for baluster spacing; maximum separation of balusters is usually 4 to 5 inches on center.
For a composite railing system, mount the support brackets, which the top and bottom rails will rest on, using two 5/8-inch mounting screws, making sure the hardware screws through the post sleeve and into the wood post.
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What is the 'Monetarist Theory'
The monetarist theory is an economic concept which contends that changes in the money supply are the most significant determinants of the rate of economic growth and the behavior of the business cycle.
BREAKING DOWN 'Monetarist Theory'
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As a global digital industrial leader with employees worldwide, GE Transportation supports the local communities in which we live and work.
The GE Foundation, the philanthropic organization of GE, has a rich history of building a world that works better. The Foundation empowers people by helping them develop the skills they need to succeed in a global economy, equips communities with the technology and capacity to improve access to better health and education, and elevates ideas that are tackling the world’s toughest challenges to advance economic development and improve lives. The GE Foundation is powered by the generosity and talent of GE employees, who have a strong commitment to their communities.
Discover the efforts of the GE Foundation.
GE Volunteers is a global network that includes employees, retirees, Affinity Groups, friends and family—“good people doing great things”—all supported by GE businesses and corporate resources. The global mission of GE Volunteers is to facilitate and support volunteering activities that improve life in the communities where GE people live and work. These are carried out through a wide range of projects in the areas of community-building, education, the environment and health.
See how GE gives back to the community through GE Sustainability.
GE Transportation Community Service Day 2015
GE Transportation sets potential in motion by giving back to our community throughout the year to make a difference through STEM
education, economic development, the environment, and health and human services.
The jobs of the future require significant skills, particularly in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). Through skills-based volunteerism, our employees engage K-12 students in interactive, team-based engineering projects to foster an interest in STEM careers. These initiatives give students powerful tools that enable them to fulfill their potential.
GE Girls at Penn State
GE Girls is a week-long summer program for middle school girls focused on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). The exclusive curriculum designed in partnership between GE Transportation and Penn State Behrend includes activities focusing on design, electronics, chemistry, structures, and energy. The program offers girls the opportunity to simulate the experience of driving a GE locomotive, create their own wind turbine, and learn about injection mold design in the largest plastics training lab in the country.
GE Transportation’s program is one of the nine GE Girls programs that work in partnership with universities in cities across the United States. Since its inception in 2011, GE Girls has reached 450 girls who will continue to engage with the program throughout their high school years.
Summer Engineering Experience for Kids’ program (SEEK)
The SEEK program is the National Society of Black Engineers’ (NSBE) premiere solution to the underrepresentation of African American students in STEM fields. Supported by GE Volunteers and members of GE’s African American Forum, the free three week program is designed to expose African American children in 3rd to 12th grades to STEM fields through interactive, team-based engineering projects.
Health & Human Services
Access to quality healthcare for all people is a challenge that spans the globe. At GE Transportation, we seek to make a positive contribution to the healthcare landscape through support of projects focused on health-related issues, organizations that provide health education, and by sharing knowledge and expertise with nonprofit organizations.
American Red Cross Telethon
The American Red Cross exists to provide compassionate care to those in need and prevent and relieving suffering through initiatives such as disaster relief programs and blood drives. Each year, GE Volunteers support the American Red Cross by working phones at the annual telethon. In 2015 and 2016, GE Transportation provided a matching donation of $10,000 during the telethon.
Children's Hunger Project
Each Friday, the Children's Hunger Project fills backpacks with food for elementary school children to carry home to ensure no child goes hungry over the weekend. GE Volunteers support the program by collecting and sorting donated food items as well as supporting Friday afternoon distribution of meals.
GE Volunteers help address environmental issues with creativity and resolve. Beyond creating awareness, their projects help establish relationships between GE and local communities, and instill personal ownership of environmental issues. Projects include public space clean-up, heritage conservation, environmental stewardship and Ecomagination efforts.
Asbury Woods Nature Center
Asbury Woods Nature Center provides members of the community with meaningful environmental, educational and recreational experiences that inspire a greater sense of environmental awareness, sustainability and stewardship. GE Volunteers have a long history of supporting Asbury Woods. GE Volunteers have built several bridges along the 4.5 mile hiking trail ensuring safe passage for all visitors.
Keep Australia Beautiful
Keep Australia Beautiful is a non-profit organization with a vision for a litter free and sustainable Australia. GE Volunteers support the organization’s mission through cleaning days held at Bibra Lake in Perth, WA, Australia.
GE Transportation supports many programs through which our employees can make a fundamental difference in addressing basic societal needs. Projects range from food bank drives and shelter renovations to beautifications and rebuilds to aid in disaster relief – all providing services that are part of building strong and vital communities.
Erie City Mission
The Erie City Mission is a Christian social outreach program that provides a wide range of services to their patrons. On average, the Mission serves an average of 200 meals a day to anyone in need of a free and nutritious meal. GE Volunteers have a long history of supporting the preparation and serving of meals. In 2015, GE Transportation announced their commitment to providing GE Volunteers to support the Mission’s new Serenity Garden.
North Texas Food Bank
Each day, the North Texas Food Bank provides access to 170,000 meals for hungry children, seniors and families. GE Volunteers support the food bank by sorting food items and assembling food packages helping the NTFB meet their 10-year vision to eliminate the hunger gap in its 13-county service area.
GE Transportation’s Impact
GE Transportation’s community relations initiatives and impact span the globe. We aim to inspire, engage and empower employees to embody purpose outside of GE Transportation by getting involved and giving back to causes they care about.
The GE Foundation Matching Gifts program matches dollar for dollar all eligible employee contributions of $25 or more. This is not the only way GE Transportation employees give of themselves to the local area. Employees also volunteer their time to local organizations and programs. Many of these volunteer programs run during hours when GE Transportation grants the employees ability to take time away from their normal daily work schedule to give back to their local communities.
Recent efforts focus on STEM and health & human services advancement, as well as community volunteerism:
- 800 GE Volunteers for Community Day in 2014
- $1M+ committed to Chicago STEM initiatives in 2014
- Mayor Rahm Emanuel and GE Transportation announced the expansion of the Dual Credit and Dual Enrollment programs for Chicago Public School students through City Colleges of Chicago in 2015. Learn more about the program.
Recent efforts focused on GE Volunteers and STEM advancement:
- Local GE employees volunteered more than 15,000 hours in the community in 2015
- In 2015, GE Transportation put more than $5,250,000 back into the Erie community through campaigns like Erie Gives, Bids for Kids, March of Dimes and United Way
- Employees participated in the 10th annual Engineering Day presenting workshops for young women, who came from 23 different high schools in Pennsylvania and New York
- GE Transportation offered leadership matching with local charities
- GE sponsored and mentored four local FIRST Robotics teams (Millcreek, Fairview, Erie and Harborcreek), committing $46,000 and close to 3,000 volunteer hours mentoring, fundraising and teaching
See how else GE invested in the Erie community in 2015 on the GE Transportation blog.
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Recent efforts focused on local education and health & human services advancement:
- 2,735 volunteer hours in 2015
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Parents should recognize that despite their good intentions to relocate their kids to a new place with better neighborhood and school, they will still inadvertently end up traumatizing their kids. Moving is a tough experience especially to the young children. The process can also be made triple times difficult particularly if the move is precipitated by any painful experiences such as a job loss for one of the parents, divorce, or perhaps, death of a family member. Being the adults and the mature ones in this situation, the parents must endeavor to help their kids to emotionally cope with the big move. How? Parents should try these steps below:
Talk with your kids
No matter what compelled you to move, it’s very important that you keep your kids informed about your moving plans early on. Talking with your kids and being honest with them is one of the best decisions you’ll ever make. You can’t keep mum about your plans to relocate. Talking to them will help your kids understand you and your reasons for leaving the place they considered home for their past short years. Be honest when you talk to them about your reasons for moving. Children will appreciate knowing the truth rather than be kept in the dark about the whole situation.
Give your kids some space
When you break the news of the move to your kids, expect an ensuing angry outburst from them. It’s normal for kids to cry, stomp their feet, slam the door and to be outwardly defiant at you. When this happens, don’t fight with your kids. Give them some space to adjust to the idea of the move. Kids will be naturally hurt to leave their friends and anything they feel comfortable with behind. Often vehement reactions are just manifestations of their fear. Instead of fighting, be calm and reassure your kids that everything will turn out all right.
Allow kids to take part in making decisions
Moving can make kids feel helpless. They’ll feel pushed into a situation which they are totally unhappy about. In order for kids to gain some control in the situation, make sure that they take active part in deciding some aspects of the move. If you haven’t found a house to move in yet, enlist the help of your kids in doing house-hunting. They should also be involved in searching for their new school. In this way, they’ll feel less railroaded into the whole process of moving.
Respect the relationship your kids have formed
As mentioned earlier, the process of moving can be hurtful for the kids because they’ll be leaving their closest friends behind. As a parent, you may be quick to say they can forge new friendships in the new neighborhood. But since kids may not have that flexible and mature attitude yet, it’s better to refrain from making such comments. Instead, show some respect for the relationships that they have already nurtured. At best, give reassurance to your kids that they still can communicate with their friends on an everyday basis. Thanks to technology nowadays, children can call, text or chat with their friends even if they are thousand miles away. | <urn:uuid:3ef48af3-18db-4e40-bd8a-92ecf305cd8b> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.americansfornewleadership.com/austin-movers/how-to-help-kids-emotionally-cope-with-the-big-move/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988720153.61/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183840-00323-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968343 | 631 | 2.328125 | 2 |
The United States’ legislation and jurisprudence regulating the deportation of legal permanent residents is harsh by many standards. The harshness of the legal regime is particularly acute as it relates to minor drug crimes. Under current U.S. law, possession of a single pill of Xanax leads to mandatory detention and can even lead to deportation. This Note explores the impact that the United States’ drug policy has had on deportation law, the current legislative regime surrounding drug-based deportations, the changing landscape of drug enforcement, and the lack of meaningful protection that current legislation and jurisprudence affords permanent residents facing deportation due to minor drug crimes. Finally, this Note argues that the harshest aspects of the United States’ drug-based deportation laws can be mitigated, either via the legislature or the judiciary, so that only truly dangerous criminal non-citizens face the prospect of mandatory detention and deportation. | <urn:uuid:cdf4fc54-b784-43e1-b0ae-35e2899ad633> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://lawdigitalcommons.bc.edu/jlsj/vol34/iss1/2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988717783.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183837-00076-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.921849 | 184 | 1.609375 | 2 |
There is often a lot of talk about the “need” for collaboration in the workplace. Yet it can sometimes appear surprisingly elusive to achieve.
Janine Garner knows all about collaborative leadership. As the founder and CEO of the LBD, (Little Black Dress Group) her vision is to promote open and transparent corporate relationships for continued change and success.
Having got to know Janine over the last six months, she embodies everything she stands for and her new book “From Me to We” due to be published later this year explores how collaboration is such an effective multiplier for success in all aspects of our lives and work.
The brain science tells us we are hardwired to connect.
What hasn’t been appreciated until fairly recently is just how strong that hardwiring actually is.
A neuroimaging study in 2012 examined how the brain reacts to threat (such as receiving an electrical shock). As expected the brain’s system associated with the threat response: the insula, putamen and supramarginal gyrus lights up. Asking a study participant to observe a stranger receiving the shock, elicited no response in the observer’s brain. But when they were asked to observe a friend who was about to receive a shock, their brain regions activity was almost identical as when it was their own body being threatened.
What does this tell us?
That those we are close to, we perceive as ourselves. We effectively become “synced”.
Coan, one of the researcher’s explains, “A threat to ourselves is a threat to our resources because threats can take things away from us. But when we develop friendships, those that we trust and rely on who in essence become we, then our resources are expanded and we gain. Your goal becomes my goal. It’s a part of our survivability.”
For workplace collaboration to succeed, it boils down to the relationships we make. Human social cognition is the true driver for human to human connection.
If we work with people we feel that we “know” and like, then the magic of collaborative excellence can flourish.
Ref: Beckes. L, Coan, J.A. and Hassselmo. K. (2012) Familiarity promotes the blurring of self and other in the neural representation of threat Soc Cogn Affect Neurosci (2013) 8 (6): 670-677. doi: 10.1093/scan/nss046 First published online: May 3, 2012 | <urn:uuid:75ca87b4-5a63-4a08-9d60-371056499c7d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.drjennybrockis.com/2014/8/10/from-me-to-we-how-the-brain-differentiates-self-from-others/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571222.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810222056-20220811012056-00668.warc.gz | en | 0.958774 | 521 | 1.601563 | 2 |
Egyptian archeologists have lifted out of the Mediterranean Sea an ancient granite temple pylon from the palace complex of Cleopatra, submerged in the waters of Alexandria's harbor.
Divers and underwater archeologists used a giant crane and ropes to lift the 9-ton, 7.4-foot-tall pylon from the murky waters Thursday.
The tower was originally part of the entrance to a temple of Isis, a pharaonic goddess of fertility and magic. The temple is believed to have been near the palace that belonged to the 1st century BC Queen Cleopatra in the ancient city of Alexandria, submerged in the sea centuries ago.
The pylon is to be the centerpiece of a planned underwater museum featuring relics uncovered from the Mediterranean seabed. | <urn:uuid:544ff6cc-db22-4bd8-b33f-f4d9d134846a> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.salon.com/2009/12/17/ml_egypt_sunken_treasures/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571993.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814022847-20220814052847-00667.warc.gz | en | 0.939061 | 155 | 2.828125 | 3 |
When on the job for long stretches of time, employees are bound to make personal calls. And, they should be able to, in moderation. It is a fact that is seen played out in workplaces across the country and the world.
If a need arises to monitor employees’ calls, specifically agent performance, then there is a solution. Call tracking and speech analytics technology can help employers learn more about the kind of calls (personal or otherwise) that are made.
Should All Personal Calls Be Eliminated?
There is some value to personal calls in the workplace. Businessweek.com points out the fact that getting rid of all personal calls may in fact be unrealistic and unhelpful. They say, “Eliminate them entirely? That can’t be necessary. When you work long hours, sometimes your personal life seeps into your professional duties because there isn’t enough time in the day to keep them separate.”
There are obviously a lot of potentially bad impacts on productivity that can be brought upon by personal phone calls. Not only does an employee answering personal calls take away from their work, but it is also possible that it can be distracting to other employees. As such, a lot of business owners would like to know what it is that their employees are talking about on company phones. As those phones are owned and paid for by the company, it is perfectly acceptable to track the activity made on those phones.
Learning From The Listening
Listening into the calls, and also tracking by Employee Codes, can give you insight into which employees may be using more than enough of their work time taking personal calls. This can be something that is used to address the issue as a whole or even to have one on one meetings with individuals who are using the phones for too many personal calls. If the issue persists, then employees who make too many personal calls may have to be let go.
Contact us about how call tracking, speech analytics and employee codes when used in conjunction, may be used to make for a better business environment. | <urn:uuid:7343d44e-6d1a-4622-8124-25a43f1f8464> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.mycallfinder.com/blog/2014/02/call-tracking-and-speech-analytics-keep-personal-calls-to-a-minimum/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571536.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811224716-20220812014716-00276.warc.gz | en | 0.9634 | 422 | 1.6875 | 2 |
Protozoa (in Greek protos = first and zoon = animal) are single-celled creatures with nuclei that show some characteristics usually associated with animals, most notably mobility and heterotrophy. They belong among the eukaryotes, and are often grouped in the kingdom Protista together with the plant-like algae. In some newer schemes, however, most algae are classified in the kingdoms Plantae and Chromista, and in such cases the remaining forms may be classified as a kingdom Protozoa.
Protozoa have traditionally been divided on the basis of locomotion, although this is no longer believed to represent genuine relationships:
Most protozoans are too small to be seen with the naked eye - most are around 0.01-0.05 mm, although forms up to 0.5 mm are still fairly common - but can easily be found under a microscope. Protozoa are ubiquitous throughout aqueous environments and the soil, and play an important role in their ecology. A few are also important parasites. | <urn:uuid:21d65ee0-e1f7-4991-99b9-0e0de04fc7c2> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.bio-medicine.org/biology-definition/Protozoa/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988720238.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183840-00189-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963361 | 214 | 3.609375 | 4 |
THE GREATEST TANK BATTLES ARE BROUGHT TO LIFE IN MILITARY CHANNEL'S NEWEST SERIES, PREMIERING JANUARY 5
(Silver Spring, Md.) - Capturing the intensity of a tank battle from the heart of the action has been a mission impossible for filmmakers who must always take a safe position at the edge of the battlefield. Now, Military Channel's new action-packed series GREATEST TANK BATTLES brings to life the most gripping and monumental battles ever fought on the front lines with these weapons on wheels. Filmed on battlefields across the world, the series uses stunning, ultra-realistic CGI animation to recount the step-by-step maneuvers used in the most colossal combats from the last century. In each episode, viewers witness the gritty realism and experience the thunderous tanks from perspectives never before possible. Coupled with first-hand accounts from the eyes of the very soldiers who manned the guns and guided the monster machines, this new original series puts viewers right in the heat of the action and inside the tank's atmosphere. As ten, one-hour episodes, GREATEST TANK BATTLES premieres on Wednesday, January 5 from 10-11 PM (ET) on Military Channel.
"While each episode of GREATEST TANK BATTLES captivates viewers by reliving those pivotal moments of warfare on the battlefield where each decision is do or die, the heart of this series is hearing the first person accounts from the real soldiers - and heroes - who lived through it all," said Henry Schleiff, president and general manager, Military Channel.
The premiere episode of GREATEST TANK BATTLES provides an in-depth account of the Gulf War's "Battle of the 73 Easting." As one of the most studied tank battles of modern times, this episode looks at how the American 2nd Armored Calvary Regiment used superior equipment and training to overcome a blinding sandstorm and hundreds of tanks manned by Iraq's elite Republican Guard. Other battles profiled in the series range from the 1973 Battle for the Golan Heights, where a few outnumbered tankers managed to hold off an enemy of overwhelming size, to the largest tank battle in military history, as elite SS troops faced off against Russian defenders at The Battle of Kursk on July 12, 1943.
GREATEST TANK BATTLES is produced by Breakthrough Entertainment for Military Channel. For Breakthrough, Ira Levy and Peter Williamson are executive producers. For Military Channel, Jack Smith is executive producer, Sara Kozak is vice president of production and Henry Schleiff is president and general manager, Military Channel and Investigation Discovery.
About Military Channel
The Military Channel brings viewers compelling, real-world stories of heroism, military strategy, and significant turning points in history. Currently available in more than 57 million homes, the network takes viewers "behind the lines" to hear the personal stories of servicemen and women and offers in-depth explorations of military training, aviation technology and cutting-edge weaponry. As the only cable network devoted to military subjects, it also provides unique access to this world, allowing viewers to experience and understand the full spectrum of human drama, courage, and patriotism intrinsic to the armed forces, as well as, the long-held traditions of the military. For more information, please visit military.discovery.com. | <urn:uuid:47091f1f-55a2-42aa-89c3-283af8fff391> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2010/12/21/the-greatest-tank-battles-are-brought-to-life-in-military-channels-newest-series-premiering-january-5-989403/20101221military01/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988720238.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183840-00190-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.915352 | 691 | 1.640625 | 2 |
From artist Acky Bright of Brightworks comes a DLE (Dream Link Entertainment) and Tokyo Direct co-production. A manga about kawaii transforming girls who are weapons of the government, used to fight terrorism but who start to emerge as individualist people like humans, leading their handlers to reassess the potential dangers of “living weapons.”
“Shin” means new in Japanese. This is SHIN HENKEI SHOUJO due to a previous DLE IP called simply Henkei Shoujo (Transforming Girls) that began as a short animation series, racking up millions of views and then producing one manga book.
DLE wanted a reboot so they chose Tokyo Direct and artist partner Acky Bright to handle creative. This resulted in a total reimagining of the property from a hard sci-fi standpoint. New girls, new story, new weapons, new vehicles, new villains, new everything. Hence SHIN HENKEI SHOUJO! (New Transforming Girls)
Acky Bright is a Japanese artist whose resume includes crafting a “cool Japan” variant of Optimus Prime for Hasbro’s Transformers, creating a MoMA-curated moving illustration exhibited at Narita and Haneda airports in Japan to welcome those for the 2021 Olympic Games, a months-long manga (Heroes of Rivalry) drawn for BMW’s League of Legends collaboration, several solo exhibitions produced by entities such as Parco in Japan and a few top-secret big-name IP art projects – with more to come!
Acky Bright’s star keeps rising and this is why we believe this first batch of NFTs, from the hand-drawn artwork of his first long-term manga series, are valuable and will appreciate in value over time as his accomplishments grow.
SHS NFT INFORMATION
This NFT collection exists with a purpose, and that is to ensure the completion of the SHIN HENKEI SHOUJO manga. The producers and artist embarked on a risky plan to release new artwork and story (in Japanese, English and Spanish to start) with the aim of completing book #1 in 6-8 months time. This means zero income until after a book can be published (also no guarantee of outcome). Since NFT’s have become a potential way for artists to support their projects, this selection and these releases are a form of crowdfunding or “paid social networking” for the artist/writer/producers of the series. If it does well, the manga continues.
We thank everyone for supporting the series!
For the SHIN HENKEI SHOUJO manga NFT series, the original manga pages have been augmented into a motion comic, with original elements such as voice, music, lighting and sound effects added to create a very unique set of art properties.
The production team have started off making limited runs of 4 types of NFTs. MANGA PAGES, STILL IMAGES, TIME LAPSE and KEY ART. Each one has a different level of rarity but all are quite rare. These first images are in very limited quantity, and later drops will keep adding new, original pages to the selection as well as different, unique bundles. Our goal is to please collectors and fans and we will move forward with that as our top aim.
WHAT IS AN NFT?
It stands for “Non-Fungible Token” and is a next level in how fans and investors collect and trade items. These assets exist in the growing world of digital assets. They represent real-world objects like art, music, in-game items and videos. Bought and sold online (mostly with cryptocurrency), they are encoded with the same underlying software as most cryptos, making them verifiably unique.
Although NFT’s have existed since 2014 they have gained notoriety during 2018-2021 and became an increasingly popular way to buy and sell digital artwork. About $180 million has been spent on NFT’s since November of 2017.
NFT’s are part of a larger, growing realm of authenticated original items that live on a blockchain. The world of crypto in 2021 is now large enough to require zero traditional funding such as from banks or venture capital.
The NFT market was haywire for a while but over the next few years there will be a refining of the process and products. While some predict a bubble, most are looking at this as here to stay for a long time.
Our perspective is that people have always collected and they will continue to do so with this new medium. The increase in gamification in our world exponentially expands by the month, lending validity to this method of collecting. | <urn:uuid:e2d02733-1027-4959-b20e-50a86a45c3a4> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://tokyodirect.jp/nfts/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570651.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807150925-20220807180925-00478.warc.gz | en | 0.958215 | 978 | 1.523438 | 2 |
The University of Regina has roots in Regina College, a small residential high school established by the Methodist church in 1911. The College grew in size and significance becoming a campus of the University of Saskatchewan and, ultimately, an independent degree granting university – the University of Regina – in 1974.
Its campuses in Regina and Saskatoon are located on Treaty 4 and Treaty 6 territories and the traditional homelands of the Métis. In Regina, the main campus and the historic College Avenue Campus utilize 239 acres and provide an attractive study and work environment for its students, faculty and staff. Both Regina campuses are located in Wascana Centre, one of the largest urban parks in North America and the first in Canada to be created by a tri-level government/education partnership.
The school is situated in a small city called Regina. It has highest rate of International Students studying as compared to any other University. The tuition is fair, and it offers lots of research opportunities. | <urn:uuid:84714823-54a2-4577-95b7-7e4372d86ca5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://schoolfit.ca/listing/university-of-regina/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00469.warc.gz | en | 0.964714 | 194 | 2.0625 | 2 |
When you read a book of poems, you know that someone else has likely read that book, so on one level you become a member of a community of people who have read it and developed a response to it. But you don’t have much awareness of that community. Your membership is not active or visible.
For an example of readerly membership, consider old-fashioned library cards. When I was in grade school, I’d check a book out by signing my name on a lined index card that was in the front of the book. The librarian would take the card and date stamp it. I could see on the card in the book a list of everyone else who had read the book before me. I could make myself known to them, and I’d be known as a reader of that book by anyone who read it after me or who had the impulse to look at the card. In this way I became aware of other kids who shared my reading tastes, my interests; as meta-information one level removed I became aware that two or three other kids in the school read as much and as widely as I did.
A poetry reading or spoken word event creates a visible literary community. The sharing of information is visible. You know who’s heard what you’ve heard. Even if you don’t say anything, by attending the event you become engaged in public discourse, or potentially engaged.
In blogging communities, the visibility of readership creates strong reading communities. For example, I feel a kinship of shared knowledge with someone who has been a regular commenter on a blog that we both read. I can see not only that they read it, and not only the tenor of their responses, but a glimpse of their level of engagement with the text. I may not know their own blog or their work, but I have a textual relationship with that fellow commenter.
Wanting a lot of people to come to your reading goes way beyond wanting to feel a diva-like popularity. When people come to a reading, their presence magnifies the importance of the event in each others’ eyes, because they personally become visible to a larger literary community. They have an opportunity to make connections with other listeners and to have conversations about the work. Events with only 6 people attending can be powerful too, if those 6 people respond strongly and put their information visibily into the mix. If they all go off and write reviews of the event, or poems in response to what they heard, or have a blog discussion the next day, then an event of literary importance has probably occurred.
In literature as it is treated in the literary-academic world, there are authors, readers/listeners, and critics. The categories overlap. It’s particularly powerful when we see their strong overlap, for example when poets write poetry about other poets’ poems, or when a novel has complex intertextual relationships. When this happens, we as readers realize we have a relationship to the text that is potentially creative and critical. In addition, the subjectivity of the critic is strongly exposed. We also as readers can now see something of the internal library, or the blogroll, the information feed, of the author. As a reader and critic, I want to know the information feed of whoever I’m reading.
I take notes at readings and think about what I’m hearing, about patterns and fashions in poetry. It’s difficult to write frankly about what’s good and bad in other people’s writing without being offensive or hurting people. I’m hoping I can strike a balance: focus on the positive without pulling my punches. I’d like to practice exercising judgement and drawing other people into critical thinking about poetry and translation.
Here’s a list of some of the readings and open mics that I have been going to over the last 5 years in the Bay Area:
Waverly Writers, in Palo Alto
Art 21, also in Palo Alto
Writers With Drinks, San Francisco
Kvetsh, San Francisco
Edinburgh Castle, San Francisco
The Saturday Poets, in Burlingame
San José Art League, in the Minor Street house around 2000-2002
Willow Glen Books, San José
Poetry Center San José
Redwood City Not Dead Yet Poets’ Society
Various reading at City Lights, Modern Times, Valencia St. Books, Chimera, Kepler’s, & other bookstores.
I hope I can expand this list and take a peek into other readings, other scenes that have their own particular thing going. I recently wrote an article for a book on the Waverley Poets on this specific subject: the academic/literary page poets and the spoken word poets don’t have a context for judging each others’ works, because they don’t know each others’ information feeds.
I’d like to get some of the people in different scenes around the Bay Area reading or listening to each other, and looking for each others’ ways of being intertextual and literary. | <urn:uuid:c02b3266-28bc-41b7-bf8f-2161cc4ed414> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://bookmaniac.org/tag/events/page/5/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573029.81/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817153027-20220817183027-00264.warc.gz | en | 0.967787 | 1,060 | 1.820313 | 2 |
How to deal with SAD (seasonal affective disorder)
When the damp and dreary winter months descend darkly upon you, do you find yourself a little down or depressed? Or perhaps you feel less productive, energetic and creative? Or maybe you are sleeping and eating more?
According to senior researcher Dr Norman E Rosenthal at the US-based National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), and author of Winter Blues, answering yes to any of these telling signs may suggest you suffer from seasonal affective disorder (SAD). This biochemical imbalance, triggered largely by lack of sunlight, makes the jovial Dr Jekyll morph into the hideous Dr Hyde during weary winter months.
It is common to feel a little lazy or lacklustre in winter, but according to clinical psychologist Dr James Courtney from the Australian Psychological Society (APS), SAD is beyond feeling a little blue.
While the condition is rarer in our nation compared to others further from the equator, research shows that approximately one in 300 Australians are affected by SAD. Relationships psychologist Michelle Thomson from Life Resolutions believes many sufferers reside in southern states where there is far less winter sun than summer rays.
“SAD is four times more common in women than men, and the average age of people when they first develop this illness is 23,” she says.
“SAD symptoms usually start in autumn, get worse in winter, ease during spring and disappear by summer. Without treatment, there is a risk of the symptoms becoming more severe, and in extreme cases there is a risk of suicide,” Thomson says.
SAD symptoms include: depression and anxiety; lethargy; overeating, especially carbohydrates and sweets; poor sleep, insomnia or hypersomnia; decreased libido; poor concentration; social withdrawal; and body aches and pains. Symptoms usually reappear each winter, and an official diagnosis is generally made after two consecutive winters.
The scientist knew that the flower housed a gene that made it move in synchronicity with daylight, and according to Collings we all have this gene in our bodies that puts us in a 24-hour rhythm – this is our circadian rhythm or biological clock gene.
“A recent discovery is that light is absorbed through the melanopsin ganglion cells in the eye, which goes through the retina hypothalamic tract (RHT) and into the brain, stimulating the pineal gland,” Collings says. “The light runs through the hypothalamus through a set of neurons called the suprachiasmatic neurons (SCN); they are the clock that regulates your circadian rhythm.”
It all sounds very complicated, but it is really quite simple. The eyes are the windows to the brain; the more we draw back the curtains and welcome light in, the more we stimulate serotonin and supress the misery and melancholy of melatonin.
Intensity of the treatment depends on the power of the light source – expressed as ‘lux’ – and the distance from it. The light used in light therapy is up to 10,000 lux, which is about ten times brighter than a normally lit room.
“Fifteen minutes in front of this blue light represents being out in the sun for two hours,” Collings says.
Potential side effects are minor and rare, and are generally alleviated by altering the light’s intensity and timing of treatment. Research suggests the pros greatly outweigh any cons.
A combination of exercise and light is one of the most effective treatments for SAD, according to US research. A study by Duke University found depressed people who walked for 30 minutes three times a week felt less depressed. So next time you’re feeling a little blue, look to the light and get moving! | <urn:uuid:e12e9050-8289-42fb-969f-bbf0ccbb7ce7> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.womenshealthandfitness.com.au/health-beauty/health-advice/287-the-winter-sads | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282140.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00127-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950537 | 779 | 3.1875 | 3 |
Numerology Mystical Numbers
Numerology can help explain your personal motivations, strengths, weaknesses, and emotional reactions to situations. A trained numerologist can even help you better understand your career path, health, and relationships.
This numerology study makes it possible to obtain various information about the future, about destiny, but also the character of each. How to highlight these numbers and decipher them? This is what we will find-out …
In contrast to the mathematical understanding of numbers, in which numbers have purely formal functions, number mysticism assigns additional meanings to certain numbers . In customs, mysticism and religion, figures charged with significance appear as symbols , as metaphors or in the structure of rites (e.g. oracles) or structures. These numbers have a specific character, an individual quality and properties, such as “male”, “female”, “auspicious” or “holy”, which can vary depending on the culture. In doing so, value judgments about things are often transferred to the numbers linked to them or, conversely, value judgments about numbers to the things linked to them.
Almost all number-symbolic systems consider the single-digit numbers from one to seven as well as ten. This is likely to be due to the phases of the moon and the cultural conventions derived from them, such as the seven days of the week. The number ten is also fundamental to the decimal system, based on the ten-fingered hand.
Number symbolism is common in numerous cultures and religions around the world. The first and comprehensive system of occidental numerology based on symbolic biblical exegesis was developed by Pietro Bongo in the late 16th century.
Converting Letters to Find Your Destiny Number with Numerology
You can also use numerology to derive the root number of names or words — this is where our ancient buddy Pythagoras lends a hand. According to his theories, certain letters have specific numerical values, which are as follows:
1 = A, J, S
2 = B, K, T
3 = C, L, U
4 = D, M, V
5 = E, N, W
6 = F, O, X
7 = G, P, Y
8 = H, Q, Z
9 = I, R
Know your birth year in terms of successes and hardships
Numerology also offers an opportunity to outline the successes and hardships that will mark the year you were born. In order to find out the trends, it is necessary to start calculations that take into account the date of birth (as we have seen for the path of life) but also the year of interest. Example to make things clear:
Suppose you were born on March 21, 1971 and you want to know the events that will mark your year 2021. Therefore, the calculation is 2 + 1 (birthday) + 3 (corresponding to March) + 1 + 9 + 7 + 1 (year of birth) + 2 + 0 + 2 + 1 (reference year) = 29, or 11, or 2!
How to calculate your Life Path?
Life Path: Find Out What Numerology Says About Your Destiny
There are various methods, but the best known remains the Pythagorean and Tibetan systems. Despite the complex name of the first (which reminds you of your college math lessons), the principle behind remains elementary. To calculate your Life Path in this way, nothing could be simpler!
Take your date of birth and add the day, month, and year horizontally to get a result between 1 and 9. If you get a two-digit number, add them up again. However, if, after your initial calculation, you come across the numbers 11, 22, or 33, do not reduce further. This means that you are wearing a Master Life Path number. Depending on where the Master Number is located, it can either be a blessing or a curse. It tests our character, patience and maturity, but it also gives us insight into the higher realms of existence.
On the other hand, if you get the numbers 2, 4, 6 or 8, take the time to check with a vertical calculation if the result has one of these mirror numbers. You have a mirror figure if you have, for example, a 2 in the result, but also in the vertical calculation. If this is the case, it is because the Universe is accompanying you on a journey of incarnation of your Master Number Life Path.
Calculate as in the example below:
If a person was born on December 13, 1994, then this is how their Life Path is calculated:
1 + 3 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 9 + 9 + 4 = 30
3 + 0 = 3
Number of life = 3
What do the Life Numbers correspond to?
The numerology according to the Tibetan calculation, you have 12 possibilities – much like the astrological signs in reality – ranging from 1 to 33, which represent different levels of consciousness, different vibrations. They break down as follows: Paths of life 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 22, 33.
Imagine each Life Number – or Life Path – as the journey of a traveler who sets out on the journey of his life and who will try to make it the best he can. Indeed, this traveler can evolve on a path by choosing either a very or too assertive way of life, corresponding to Yang (more masculine energy), or very or too passive, corresponding to Yin (more feminine energy). He can also move towards a more tempered path, integrating Yin and Yang in an ultimate balance.
When the traveler finds himself in this last option, it shows that he has evolved, that he has had experiences that have allowed him to move forward in life, and that he has understood that everything is fair, in moderation. things. In other words, he has managed to find balance in his life.
According to its meaning, a Path of Life, as its name suggests, is not fixed and will continually progress. Your numerological destiny reveals that you still have a way to go, to become the best of yourself.
The meaning of numbers in numerology
Number of life 1: Individuality
The Way of Life 1 traveler is a very active, enthusiastic and ambitious person with a very strong natural authority. This Path leads to accomplishment and surpassing oneself, not without effort. A true leader, this traveler knows how to assume his responsibilities, we can always count on him!
Characteristics: individuality, independent, ambitious, able to lead, quick-witted, self-reliance, proud, impatient, impulsive, thinks too much of being right, strong-willed, creative, very Yang.
Challenges: to be attentive to your character, not to fall into conformity, to spend too much energy to find more calm and serenity.
“If I were an astrological sign, I would be Aries! ”
Number of life 2: Cooperation (Peace)
The Path of Life 2 traveler is a very sociable, diplomatic and pleasant person. A little whimsical around the edges, this traveler can change his mood like his shirt! His desire to always take care of others can lead him to forget himself completely and, at times, become too clingy to those around him. In general, he will fear loneliness and would be very upset if he did not find a partner.
Characteristics: sociable, affectionate, balanced, gentle, peaceful, very good companion, naive, lazy, moody, susceptible, too hesitant, very Yin.
Challenges: overcome your shyness and susceptibility, avoid falling into emotional dependence, gain self-confidence.
“If I were an astrological sign, I would be Libra! ”
Life number 3: Self-expression
Life Path 3 is one of expression, lightness and dynamism. Beauty seems very important to this colorful traveler. A lot of harmony and joy emanate from her personality, which makes her feel very comfortable in society, even if it means becoming somewhat superficial.
Characteristics: cheerful, colorful, outgoing, creative, enthusiastic, generous, oratory, aesthetic sense, superficial, lack of seriousness, egocentric, carefree.
Challenges: more investment in what he does, knowing how to get serious when needed, not to fall into disillusion.
“If I were an astrological sign, I would be Leo! ”
Life number 4: Discipline
The Way of Life 4 reigns in stability, honesty and reliability. With a traveler of this Lifetime Number, nothing is left to chance. Everything seems planned and predictable, but it is also the path for those who do not like to be rushed in their daily life, in their habits, in their routine.
Characteristics: hardworking, organized, structured, very good at planning, reliable, patient, logical, pragmatic, honest, loyal, stubborn, intolerant, blunt, boring, always thinks he is right, hard on himself, very Yang.
Challenges: to succeed in letting go, to spice up your monotonous life, to be more subtle.
“If I were an astrological sign, I would be Virgo! ”
Life number 5: Freedom (Change)
If Life Path 5 were a road, it would be fraught with pitfalls, unforeseen events, dangers, adventures and surprises. The traveler of this Number of Life is heading in the path of all experiences, the discovery of his 5 senses, changes, but also that of freedom, curiosity, daring and courage.
Characteristics: adapts easily, freedom-loving, epicurean, extrovert, magnetic, flirtatious, ambitious, combative, daring, open-minded, always ready to experiment, lack of stability, lack of commitment, inconstant, impulsive.
Challenges: learn to control your desires, learn to ask yourself, more invest in your projects.
“If I were an astrological sign, I would be Taurus! ”
Number of life 6: Responsibility (Service)
The traveler of the Path of Life 6 is a sensitive, sincere person, and very committed to his responsibilities. He is very helpful, and likes to take care of others (too much sometimes), to the point of causing them to forget themselves completely. He/she can also be very emotional, because he needs love and recognition from others so badly that he may be dissatisfied with it.
Characteristics: responsible, mothering, sensitive, sincere, committed, good counselor, emotional, hates mediocrity, lacks ambition, hates conflict.
Challenges: not living by proxy, learning to assert yourself and make decisions for yourself, less guilt.
“If I were an astrological sign, I would be Pisces!”
Life number 7: Wisdom (Detachment)
Imagine the road of wisdom, of spirituality which leads to the deep world and inner richness, and you will obtain the Path of life 7! Life Path 7 is therefore that of the thinker, the philosopher, in search of an existential quest. It also supposes, sometimes, a road of loneliness, of stripping, the better to reveal itself.
Characteristics: intelligent, quick-witted, wise, curious, thoughtful, knowledge perfectionist, highly intuitive, mystical, not very talkative, introverted, enjoys solitude, sometimes harsh with others, cynical, aloof.
Challenges: learning to open up to others, giving more human warmth, reconciling your feelings with your intellect.
“If I were an astrological sign, I would be Capricorn!”
Life number 8: Authority (Power)
The Way of Life 8 is the road of ambition, of daring, where everything goes very quickly (sometimes too fast). The people belonging to this Life Number show themselves not only skillful, determined, assertive, but also authoritarian and eager for success. A true personality rich in emotions, the (large) 8 alternates between thrills and moments of calm and tranquility.
Characteristics: ambitious, determined, courageous, strong-willed, powerful, active, great strength of character, generous, affectionate, harsh, authoritarian, abusive, even tyrannical.
Challenges: not to abuse his thirst for power, learn to moderate his powerful emotions, no longer question himself.
“If I were an astrological sign, I would be Scorpio!”
Life number 9: Altruism (Compassion)
A life of progress and acquisitions, of success, of great changes awaits Life Path 9. This native’s road can also be a busy road, and emotions can become overwhelming. The 9 leans for helpfulness and turns to people, to others, with boundless generosity and benevolence.
Characteristics: intuitive, intelligent, educated, considerate, generous, understanding, tolerant, loves travel, too introverted, utopian, realistic, too sensitive, sometimes pessimistic, moralizing.
Challenges: protecting yourself from your emotions and learning to express them, need for balance and moderation.
“If I were an astrological sign, I would be Sagittarius!”
Life number 11: Revelation
The Path of Life 11 carries intuitive, charismatic and visionary natives. They are passionate about discoveries, inventions, great works. This personality resulting from a Master number will be at the same time idealistic and Cartesian, at the same time ambitious and realistic, and also dreamy and pragmatic. However, she can be difficult to deal with because of her angry and depressive nature.
Characteristics: superbly intelligent, inspiring, curious, very high idealism, spiritual gifts, excellent intuition, tense, impatient, selfish, difficult to live with, short-tempered, depressed.
Challenges: not to feel superior to others, not to impose your will, to pass on your knowledge and knowledge.
“If I were an astrological sign, I would be Aquarius!”
Life number 22: Sacred structuring
For the Path of Life 22, instead of a simple road, imagine instead a Formula 1 circuit, a track to go fast and surpass yourself. This path is that of large-scale construction and creativity projects which serve a city, a country, and even the world. The perfect combination of 11 and 4, natives are honest and open-minded, but can also be too assertive or lazy.
Characteristics: superbly intelligent, great energy, honest, sincere, stable, great practicality, avant-garde, realistic, conceited, nervous, lazy, sometimes impossible to live.
Challenges: to acquire a certain maturity, to remain balanced and stable, not to use your gifts too much for personal ends.
“If I were an astrological sign, I would be Gemini! ”
Number of life 33: Universal service
This Way of life is one of great responsibilities and great possibilities for advancing humanity. The 33 enlighten consciences, to help others, to bring their light to humans. They demonstrate tremendous natural skills, but her overflow of emotions can make it difficult for her to do her job here on earth.
Characteristics: compassionate, good counselor (psychic and spiritual), overpowered intuition, tolerant, emotional, acts for universal well-being, cosmic guardian of this world (who watches over all others), energetic, rebellious, intolerant, critical, too protective, is not responsible enough.
Challenges: learning to manage your powerful emotions, developing your skills, not using your gifts too much for personal ends.
“If I were an astrological sign, I would be Cancer!”
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In the middle of the former garden of Hohenschwangau, only a short walk away from the castle, is the little Schwansee (Swan Lake). This sleepy lake is attractively set in the Allgäu mountains, with the wooded Schwarzenberg and Kienberg, forming a backdrop. A path around two kilometres long leads round the completely unspoilt shore. There are impressive views looking east from the valley to Hohenschwangau Castle with its battlements, which is reflected in the lake, with Neuschwanstein Castle forming a picturesque backdrop.
The Schwansee has an area of approximately 0.2 square kilometres and measures seven metres at its deepest point. Since 1956 it has been part of the "Alpsee, Schwansee and Faulenbacher Valley" nature reserve.
General information on the lakes
(Moorings for boats/diving permissions)
The Schwansee is located 3 km southeast of Füssen in the park formerly belonging to Hohenschwangau Castle.
Paths round the lake; paths on the Kalvarienberg (935 m) and from here via the trail to Füssen ("Pilgerweg") as far as the Lech waterfall (Lechfall); "Alpenrosenweg" – a trail from Hohenschwangau down into the Lech Valley along the northern slope of the Schwarzenberg
Bus to "Hohenschwangau"
Car park at Hohenschwangau
Landsberger Straße 81
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Several different hunting opportunities are available on the Refuge, including firearms, archery, and muzzleloader deer seasons, as well as ruffed grouse and sharp-tailed grouse hunting. Youth waterfowl and deer hunts are permitted during State seasons in designated areas. Please see the hunting brochure for specific details and regulations.
NOTE: Agassiz Refuge is closed to wolf hunting.
The Walton Waterfowl Production Area (WPA) was purchased in 2012 using Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp dollars. The stamp, commonly known as the “Duck Stamp” is what waterfowl hunters are required to have in their possession while hunting. This property provides nesting habitat for a variety of waterfowl, grassland birds and other wildlife. This property also helps reduce erosion, clean and protect ground water and reduce flooding. The Walton WPA provides public access for wildlife-dependent recreation such as hunting, wildlife watching and photography.
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While playing Pokemon GO, you may have noticed that some Pokemon types are much easier to come by than others. For instance, Fire-types seem to be rarer even though you can catch them just about anywhere (even near water). Another of those rarer types is Steel Pokemon, of which there are only two in the game right now: Magnemite and Magneton.
Like most other types, Steel Pokemon seem to stick to very specific geographical locations, namely those that have a lot of industry around, or, at the very least, a lot of buildings. Areas with factories, warehouses, or just lots of structures (like New York City) seem to have a higher focus of these types in Pokemon GO than other areas.
While you can in fact capture a steel type outside of one of these areas, they are exceedingly rare. Parks seem to be devoid of these types, as are water areas not near factories. Your best bet is to stick to large concentrations of buildings and industry. | <urn:uuid:039460e2-0902-406a-bd24-46b1b1b573db> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://twinfinite.net/2016/07/pokemon-go-where-to-find-steel-pokemon/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719677.59/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00560-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980165 | 201 | 1.5 | 2 |
Folkehelse og livsmestring: Ein kvalitativ studie om korleis lærarar tolkar og operasjonaliserer det nye tverrfaglege temaet folkehelse og livsmestring
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This is a paper about the cross curricular theme Public Health and lifeskills which was introduced in the Norwegian school system in 2020. My thesis will investigate how teachers relate to and interpret the theme and how they are planning of implementing it in their teaching. I interviewed nine teachers and sent emails to two psychology professors and two healthcare-workers. I also did fieldwork in a mood department in a hospital in Norway. The paper shows that the teachers mostly have an individual approach to Public Health and life skills that focuses on the strengthening of the student itself. They have less focus on the structural levels around the student, which also are known to be contributing factors to the mental health and life skills of students. My findings are relevant for teachers who are interested in learning more about different perspectives, interpretations, and which challenges and opportunities that different teachers have on this matter. The paper also delivers a supplementary perspective from two psychology professors and various health-care workers which have knowledge and comments that comes from a different professional background.
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The Friends of Audubon is a non-profit organization formed in Henderson, Kentucky in 1984 as a means to support, promote, and enhance the John James Audubon State Park.
The first major project of the Friends was to raise money to purchase the Tyler Collection. This collection of original artwork and artifacts had been on loan from the descendants of John James Audubon to Audubon State Park since the Museum opened in 1938. This was no easy task, as the price tag was $2 million. The group set out to raise $1 million in local funds, which would then be matched by the state. The campaign was a success, with FOA raising $1.5 million, thus ensuring the collection would stay in the rightful place and care of those at the Museum for all to enjoy.
The surplus created an endowment fund, and meant the citizens of Henderson would always have an open link to the John James Audubon Museum and continue to preserve, support, and enhance what the FOA organization worked so hard to attain. FOA is proud to say the John James Audubon Museum hosts one of the finest collections in the world of art, history and artifacts by and regarding its namesake. Since the 1990s, the FOA has grown and has a full Board of Directors and many “Friends,” spread far and wide across the country and the world! The FOA Board has since made many more improvements to the Museum, and also lends a financial and physical hand to many events at the Park, fixing nature trails, constructing a 50-seat theater, and most recently acquiring a 649 acre property called Audubon Wetlands nearby, which will create peaceful trails and natural habitats for numerous local wildlife.
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There are concerns that the Mental Capacity Bill might let euthanasia in by the back door. Intense interest also surrounds the Report of the House of Lord’s Select Committee considering Lord Joffe’s Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill Bill, which if ever enacted would allow ‘front door’ physician assisted suicide with lethal injection back-up for patients incapable of swallowing medication.
Three arguments for euthanasia
Now is the time for all Triple Helix readers to have at their fingertips the arguments for and against legalising euthanasia. There are essentially three arguments for:
- We want it - the autonomy argument
- We need it - the compassion argument
- We can control it - the public policy argument
A previous Lords’ Select Committee reported on euthanasia in 1994, and unanimously recommended no change in the law. Its Chairman, neurologist Lord Walton of Detchant, later described in Parliament their fear that any such legislation would lead to ‘pressure, whether real or imagined, to request early death’. The debate in the 1990s centred on the compassion case, but because of cultural changes and palliative care’s success, has moved to arguments based on autonomy.
The word means ‘self-determination’ and the language now is of choice, control, freedoms and rights. The euthanasia lobby’s thrust, as evidenced in Lord Joffe’s Bill, has moved from euthanasia as a needed response to symptoms to euthanasia as an autonomous choice by those with, for example, degenerative neurological disease.
The theological case
The biblical case against euthanasia can be stated concisely. No Scripture can be found in favour and the sixth commandment ‘You shall not murder’ applies. This prohibits the intentional killing of the legally innocent but most practising doctors meet situations where they ask, however momentarily, ‘Why does God say that?’
Christians should generally support autonomy because it reflects the unique value of each human being made ‘in the image of God’. However, autonomy is not absolute. Four arguments against the autonomy case for euthanasia follow, which are derived from respect for autonomy. There are brief reflections only on the compassion and public policy arguments. These secular answers go some way towards helping us understand the ‘No’ an infinitely wise and loving God has given us, and interestingly similar points have recently been made by a self-declared atheist!
We want it
- the autonomy argument
1) Following patient autonomy to the hilt impacts others
Where a patient’s autonomy is followed so far that they receive a prescription for lethal medication or are dispatched by injection, the doctor’s autonomy is compromised. ‘So what? Lord Joffe’s Bill has a conscience clause. Objectors need not be involved.’ But the conscience clause in the 1967 Abortion Act has only worked partially, and abortion has kept doctors away from obstetrics and gynaecology and from general practice.
While abortion can be avoided as a doctor and still leave considerable career choice, there is no branch of medicine where one can entirely avoid issues of death and dying. What effect might enactment of such legislation have on recruitment and retention of medical staff? Further, the abortion conscience clause has only had limited application to colleagues in some health disciplines and none at all to other members of the team. What impact therefore might euthanasia legislation have throughout the National Health Service on staffing, which is already critical? And as the award winning pro-euthanasia Spanish film Mar Adentro (The Sea Inside) makes so clear, the autonomy of family, friends and others close to the patient is inevitably affected, often with serious long term consequences.
2) Most requests mean something else
Those working with the dying know the (relatively few) who currently ask for euthanasia usually have another question behind their question. This may be physical - a distressing symptom needs palliation; psychosocial - they may want an honest discussion with their family; or spiritual - wanting answers to‘Why me?’ and ‘Why now?’ Osler’s old adage counsels ‘No treatment without a diagnosis’. If doctors bother to make a real diagnosis and then treat that, requests for euthanasia usually go away. Therefore to prescribe euthanasia, even with the proposed safeguards, would far more often undermine autonomy than underline it.
3) But some requests are deliberated! Why can’t they have euthanasia?
Why with controls can’t there be a law to accommodate exceptional cases? The answer follows the previous one. For all the reasons hinted at there, and bearing in mind that prognosis is always uncertain, to change the law to allow euthanasia for this small minority within a minority would mean it was performed far more often when it was ‘wrong’ than when some would see it as ‘right’. To protect that majority, the minority forego a right they don’t actually have anyway.
This sounds utilitarian but that is how coexistence has to be in complex societies. For example, we all accept limitations on our road traffic ‘freedoms’ in order to protect vulnerable others, while John Donne’s famous words ‘no man is an island’ evoke the issues of community and relationships always present in the euthanasia debate. Respect for the right of autonomy has to be balanced with the responsibilities that recognise restrictions.
4) ‘Voluntary’ leads to involuntary
If we change the law to allow voluntary euthanasia for those who are suffering and have the capacity to ask for it, surely we should similarly provide euthanasia on compassion grounds for that patient who is suffering at least as much but has no capacity to request it? This logical slippery slope will follow if society ever gives doctors the power to decide that any patient’s life is not worth living.
The progression from voluntary to non-voluntary euthanasia (patient lacks capacity) or involuntary euthanasia (competent patient is not consulted) is well documented in the Netherlands. The Remmelink Report analysed all 129,000 deaths in the Netherlands in 1990. 3% were by euthanasia. Of that 3%, 1 in 3, 1% of all deaths in the Netherlands in 1990, were euthanasia ‘without explicit request’. In a mix of non-voluntary and involuntary euthanasia, Dutch doctors in 1990 killed more than 1,000 patients without their request. This is not respect for patient autonomy but doctor paternalism of the very worst kind.
We need it
- the compassion argument
This stands or falls on the answer to the question: Do we have to kill the patient to kill the symptoms? Palliative care has answered ‘No’, though the harder symptoms to deal with (and those more likely to lead to requests for euthanasia) are not positive physical ones but negative ones of loss - the things patients can’t do any more. The challenge to healthcare now becomes restoring a sense of dignity and bringing meaning and hope in the face of suffering.
We can control it
– the public policy argument
As the Dutch statistics confirm, we cannot. We never could control it, when the key witness is dead.
Nobody has a ‘right’ to be killed by a doctor, Britain does not need euthanasia, and no society could ever control it. All three arguments are found wanting. Let us take action to prevent the acceptability, practice and legalisation of euthanasia. Let us get on with the task of working for that genuinely ‘gentle and easy death’ all our patients deserve. | <urn:uuid:5e39d84d-6e1f-4af3-9ff7-1a7349d14c8d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.cmf.org.uk/resources/publications/content/?context=article&id=1607 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570741.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808001418-20220808031418-00079.warc.gz | en | 0.943474 | 1,617 | 1.851563 | 2 |
Throwback to our 2022 Steering Group Meeting hosted by BNDES in Manaus, Brazil8 July 2022
Publication of a Biodiversity Toolbox introducing the conceptual foundations for understanding the role of biodiversity for financial institutions. This functional document is mostly addressed members of the IDFC, their clients and any other financial institution willing to include biodiversity in its operations.
Co-organization – between BNDES and the IDFC Climate Facility – of a Technical Workshop with high-level representatives and experts from IDFC members and partners (NGOs, Universities, Climate funds) to unpack the concept of on Nature-Based Solution for Adaptation
This year IDFC Steering Group Meeting hosted by BNDES in Manaus, Brazil, June 30 and July 1st 2022 – During this meeting happening once a year, The International Development Finance Club (IDFC) of now 27 leading national and regional development banks, gathered in an hybrid manner, its Steering Group to speak about the perspectives and achievements of the Club and on Biodiversity more specifically both locally and within the work of all the members.
The Steering Group, comprised of the Chairperson and the Vice-Chairpersons elected from among the IDFC Members for two-year periods, meets at least once a year to review the Club’s work on the priority themes of climate and biodiversity finance, gender equality, and alignment with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in preparation for the annual IDFC meeting, and to positively contribute to and voice the role of public development banks at upcoming international meetings, including COP27 and COP15.
The 2-day agenda put the emphasis on biodiversity finance, recognizing the urgent need for mobilizing additional resources while reducing or redirecting those causing harm to biodiversity. IDFC members, as a group of public development banks, can play an influential role by offering a renewed approach in conducting their business, mainstreaming biodiversity in their funded operations and supporting biodiversity positive investments.
On this occasion, following the commitments made in its first position paper on biodiversity in 2020, the Club announced the exclusive publication of a Biodiversity Toolbox on integrating biodiversity into strategies and operations of Public Development Banks. This toolbox introduces the conceptual foundations for understanding the role of biodiversity for financial institutions. It is designed to help navigate the wealth of information in this dynamically developing field, for both newcomers to the topic and established professionals. It mostly addresses members of the IDFC, their clients and any other financial institution willing to include biodiversity in its operations. At its core, it provides a stepwise approach to integrate biodiversity concerns into the strategies and operations of development finance institutions. Each step is then illustrated with a selection of available methods, tools and examples.
Click here to read more
In its role in supporting the scaling up of climate and biodiversity convergence, the Club – thanks to the support of the IDFC Climate Facility – and BNDES – organized a technical workshop the previous day, on June 29, with the objective to build the capacities of its members on Nature-Based Solution for Adaptation – also called Ecosystem-based Adaptation (EbA).
This workshop brought together high-level representatives and experts from Club members and partners, including WWF, Oxford University, IUCN, GEF and French GEF, GCF, IKI, UNEP, SANBI and was an opportunity:
- to build a common understanding and framework for applying EbA,
- to exchange on the updated scientific knowledge,
- to take stock on the international agenda and on past and current operations,
- to discuss the role IDFC and national development banks may play in cooperation with the main stakeholders to foster and mainstream EbA,
- to elaborate and develop an initiative to proof the concept at a large scale.
This 2-day meeting was the opportunity to visit the Museu da Amazônia (MUSA), belonging to the National Institute for Amazonia Research (INPA), whose objective is to raise public awareness of the close links between our societies and natural ecosystems and to better understand the importance of preserving and enhancing Amazonian forest for the benefit of all. A panel was organized at ExpoAmazônia BIO&TIC to create a discussion between IDFC members, as Public Development Banks, and local entrepreneurs in order to highlight business opportunities linked to the bio-economy.
Finally, this meeting was the opportunity to remind the exclusive number referenced in last year Green Finance Mapping, a milestone deliverable from the Club, where IDFC members reported $185 billion of green finance, including for the first time a total of $14 billion investments in biodiversity, and to discuss the contributions and positioning to 2022 main events: COP15 to support the future Global Biodiversity Framework, the IDFC Pavilion on COP27 happening in Sharm Al Sheikh, Egypt from November 7 to 18 2022, and the contribution to the Finance In Common Summit (FiCS) happening in Abidjan, Ivory Coast from October 19 to 20 2022.
Ideally, the toolbox should be useful for both newcomers to the topic and established professionals. At its core, it provides a stepwise approach to integrate biodiversity concerns into the strategies and operations of development finance institutions. Each step is then illustrated with a selection of available methods, tools and examples.
The tools presented are merely a selection, as there are new advancements all the time. That is why this toolbox is supposed to be a living document that will be a reference and a source of inspiration for its users and facilitate a continuous exchange of knowledge and experience among IDFC members.
Gustavo Montezano BNDES CEO
“If we want to discuss ‘Nature-Based Solutions’, bioeconomy and climate urgency, it is important that we come here at the forefront, knowing concrete examples of the impact of our actions in the rainforest. And it is important that we pass this on to the world. There are people living here. There is wealth, there is poverty, there is entrepreneurship. Sustainability needs to be aligned with the socio-environmental development of this population. Leaving no one behind”.
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The Boll Weevil Monument in Enterprise, Alabama (Photo: Library of Congress)
In Enterprise, Alabama, there is a statue unlike any other in the entire world: A 13-foot woman in Grecian-style robes holding up … a giant bug. The Boll Weevil Monument reigns as the only monument to an agricultural pest on Earth, for obvious reasons. Why would anyone want to honor a blight? Especially one that destroyed thousands of farms throughout the Americas?
The Alabama Historical Association marker for the Boll Weevil Monument, with the Monument in the background to the right. (Photo: TampAGS/WikiCommons CC BY-SA 3.0)
But there’s no irony to the Boll Weevil Monument, since the town is legitimately grateful to the ferocious little bug.
The boll weevil, a very small variety of beetle, is native to Mexico, and nests in the boll–or seed capsule–of cotton, hence its name. With its distinctive long snout, the boll weevil is a legendary pest, one of the all-time greats on the list of most feared insects of the agricultural world. It moves where the cotton grows, and migrated across the Rio Grande from Mexico into Texas as soon as the land there had decent cotton fields for it to feed on, in 1892. It moves quickly; the beetle is a decent long-distance flier, and individual beetles have been found as far as 150 miles away from where they were tagged. By 1909, the boll weevil had landed in Alabama.
A boll weevil up close (Photo: Leong9655/shutterstock.com)
By 1915, the incorrigible weevil had made its way all the way to Enterprise, a small city near the state’s southern border. In Coffee County, where Enterprise sits, almost 60% of the cotton crop was destroyed that year. The weevil is extremely difficult to expel; farmers tried spraying with absurd amounts of pesticides, but the weevil quickly developed an immunity to the poison. Within a few years, farmers were losing entire crops to the weevils. Nothing was working. In fact, coupled with the Great Depression just over a decade later, the boll weevil very nearly destroyed the entire South.
An illustration from a 1910 Farmer’s Bulletin, produced by the United States Department of Agriculture. Part of the USDA’s education program was an effort to raise farmers’ awareness and knowledge of the boll weevil and how it could harm their crops (Photo: Public Domain/WikiCommons)
But not in Enterprise. Other areas that relied on cotton attempted to fight the boll weevil with hardly any success until the early 1980s, when a federal program to eradicate them began to make some headway. (Today they use pheromone traps, which mostly work.) Yet Enterprise, and the rest of Coffee County, decided to hell with cotton!
Cotton is full of weevils. Know what’s not full of weevils? Peanuts.
Alabama has a perfect climate for growing peanuts–Dothan, a town not far from Enterprise, claims the title of “Peanut Capital of the World.” And the early 1900s were a fine time to begin growing the beloved legume: peanuts were mostly ignored in the U.S. until the late 1800s, when P.T. Barnum began selling them at the circus. At the turn of the century, an array of new machines for planting, harvesting, and shelling peanuts were invented, and in 1915, George Washington Carver began his crusade on behalf of the crop. Enterprise began growing peanuts just after the weevils arrived, and by 1917, Coffee County was the leading producer of peanuts in the entire country.
The nearby town of Dothan, Alabama, named the ‘Peanut Capital of the World’, has various forms of peanuts depicted all around town. (Photo: Library of Congress)
The switch from cotton to peanuts is credited not just with saving the town from destruction by weevils, but also for introducing a level of prosperity that was new to in Enterprise. On December 11, 1919, the town unveiled a beautiful, earnest statue in honor of the boll weevil, for forcing the town to abandon one crop and adopt a far better one. Initially, the statue was just a Grecian-looking woman raising her hands above her head, but 30 years later, in 1949, a boll weevil was added on a pedestal atop her hands.
For some reasons, the statue was the victim of frequent vandalism; it was damaged beyond repair in 1998. A replica was made and stands in its place, while the original stands in the Pea River Historical & Genealogical Society, a museum dedicated to preserving the history of Enterprise.
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Anyone who has invested in stocks over the past 5 years will be all too aware that it is increasingly difficult to make returns in the traditional way. As the financial markets continue to deliver slim returns each year, investors that want to outpace inflation must look for alternative ways to secure for their future.
Unlike financial assets, such as stocks, a ‘real’ asset has intrinsic value. Real assets have a number of advantages over financial assets:
Most importantly, research from DGC shows that real assets tend to outperform financial assets year on year. While FTSE 100 returned just 0.7% in the ten-year period ending in 2011, real assets stormed ahead (more on this below).
It should also be pointed out that real assets are not without their drawbacks. Unlike stocks, they are susceptible to loss, theft and damage, so remember to take out airtight insurance to protect your investment.
No doubt you will have noticed a wave of gold buying companies springing up over the past few years. This is no coincidence: the demand for gold means that recycling old jewellery is a way to make quick cash.
But before you go rooting through your jewellery box, wait: there are other, more lucrative ways to cash in on gold. The first and most obvious strategy is to invest directly in gold items, such as coins, and store them somewhere safe. Just as with stamps, rare and proof coins are highly collectible and can fetch an eye-opening price from the right buyer. Arguably more exciting than coins are solid gold bars, known as bullion, made famous on the big screen.
Another route into the gold market is via a trust fund, although the cost of entry can be very high – and you don’t get the ‘Treasure Island’ satisfaction of owning a personal stash of gold.
Between 2011 and 2011, based on the value of one troy ounce, gold returned an impressive 18.7%.
The next time you pour yourself a drink, take a moment to consider the investment potential of fine wine. Certain vintages perform consistently well year on year, and top bottles can sell for thousands of pounds. In fact, wine commodities have an index of their own, called the Liv-Ex Fine Wine Index.
The value of wine is a simple equation of supply and demand: a finite amount of a given wine is produced each year, an amount that gradually decreases over time as it is consumed; the less in circulation, the more valuable it becomes.
When investing in wine, choose red over white (keeping an eye on top-performing vintages) and store it ‘en primeur’ (in the cask). Some prefer to take half their investment to drink at home, and recoup the costs when they eventually sell the half in storage. That’s the beauty of fine wine: if all else fails, you can always drown your sorrows!
Between 2011-2011, the Liv-Ex Fine Wine 100 Index returned an appetising 11.7%.
Wine is not the only alcohol that becomes more valuable with age. Sometimes called the ‘alternative alternative’ investment (wine being the first alternative), the demand for whisky is soaring. In fact, whisky sales increased by over 34% between the first quarters of 2012 and 2013, a trend that is not predicted to slow down any time soon.
This is largely due to the fact that whisky is becoming an aspirational drink in emerging market economies, where people are able to afford it for the first time; in fact, one businessman was prepared to spend £135,000 for a bottle at an airport in Singapore – before drinking it on the spot.
The principles of investing in whisky are similar to fine wine: old and discontinued bottles are the most valuable and, unlike wine, will not perish in the bottle, meaning that they remain good to drink for many, many years.
However, it is especially important with whisky that you do your research or seek expert advice before investing, as the gap between the top and bottom performing bottles is enormous.
Stamp collecting is more than just a hobby; the oldest and most rare stamps can fetch in excess of $1 million at auction. Stamps can be purchased online, at auction, from dealers, firms or private collectors. Classic stamps in good condition are the most valuable, particularly from the Victorian and pre-1900 eras.
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Reflect on the prior five weeks in the course. Please write a 250-500-word reflection using APA Style. In four paragraphs, discuss your: Academic background and your motivation for selecting and attending GCU Program of study or degree Future career goals or plans Although this course may not have necessarily aligned with your field of study, how have the concepts and assignments in this course prepared you for success in your future courses? Be sure to use APA Style to complete the assignment. Please review the APA formatting tutorial video for assistance using the Microsoft Word APA template attachment. The tutorial reviews how to update the title page, main body, references, and more. This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance. | <urn:uuid:c0f6e1fc-471e-417b-9464-b7c516dc1d37> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://blog.skilledessays.info/reflect-on-the-prior-five-weeks-in-the-course-please-write-a-250-500-word-refle/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571502.25/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811194507-20220811224507-00072.warc.gz | en | 0.900301 | 181 | 1.523438 | 2 |
Content Objectives of the Environmental Studies Major
Upon graduation, Environmental Studies graduates understand how humans and ecosystems interact with the dynamic Earth. They understand the basic physical and chemical processes and are knowledgeable about the atmosphere and climate change, the rock cycle, natural hazards, and the earth’s hydrologic and biogeochemical cycles. Environmental Studies graduates also have knowledge and basic skills in environmental economics, environmental health, sustainability, renewable resources, and environmental management. In addition, they have an in-depth understanding of the human-environment interconnection, knowledge of international and domestic environmental issues, and are well-versed in environmental policies and how these policies are set and changed.
Skill Set Objectives of the Environmental Studies Major
Graduates are able to contribute to society and effectively work on challenging problems that face humanity (e.g., climate change, renewable resources). They are able to critically analyze scientific literature, interpret scientific data, understand the scientific process, and conduct a basic research project. Graduates can also develop basic models of geographic, environmental or geologic systems. Graduates can collect and manage a complex data set. They can also manipulate environmental data with computer software. They know which basic statistical and graphical tests should be used and how to perform them to interpret the results, and apply the results to solve a question. Graduates are able to communicate complex information in written and oral form, and make a clear and compelling presentation in front of both technical and non-technical audiences. They also have the skills and knowledge to achieve admission to graduate school, professional degree programs, or gain employment.
Concentrations within the Environmental Studies Major
- Environmental History & Regional Studies
- Environmental Policy & Application
- Global Environmental Systems
- Sustainability & Environmental Management
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After a successful workshop with the then “Future Leaders” in 2015, the EU Policy Lab stepped up its work with these youths to organise two events this year: one for the Young Leaders and one with the Young Leaders for a broader audience during the EDDs. The first event on 10 June aimed at building a common understanding of interconnections between different Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
We discussed their implementation in light of major future trends such as urbanisation, growing inequalities, migration or climate change and identified a number of challenges and opportunities that needed to be addressed in the short and longer-term perspective. While the Young Leaders already come with a number of proposals for action in their respective areas, the purpose of this workshop was to help them situate these in the context of multiple SDGs and of the forces that will impact their future implementation.
It was fascinating to see Young Leaders from different parts of the world identifying similar challenges and discussing strategies of overcoming them. At the end of the activities, we talked with some of the participants about the process and the way the session influenced their way of thinking. You can have a look at the video below.
After a day of intense exchange a number of cross-cutting areas for actions were identified:
- Explore new development paradigms
- Transform Mindsets
- Activate Youth
- Foster Entrepreneurship
- Maintaining and strengthening social fabric in times of conflict / crisis
- Reform partnerships
These broad themes will serve as the basis for discussion at the EDD Brainstorming session. We will encourage the audience to engage with the Young Leaders and the JRC team in challenging and strengthening their actions and discussing other innovative approaches.
Please come and join us there!
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Here are some general tips I just wrote for friends. YMMV. HTH
1. Dont stess about cold calls. They are no big deal. Dont waste your time over preparing for class so you look good on the cold call. No one is actually paying attention to what you say. Try to keep your eye on the prize, which is the final exam.
2. Dont over contribute in class. No one likes that person. Theres a lot of material to get through, and usually when students comment or ask questions, it gets the lecture off track. The worst questions are hypothetics ("What if X..."). If the prof wanted to talk about a particular hypothetical, they will bring it up themself. Dont ask questions in the last 5 minutes of class, let the professor wrap everything up.
3. Find friends to study with, even if all you do is sit next to them in silence in the library. Reading and outlining all day can get really lonely really fast if youre on your own.
4. Its a competition. Almost everyone will be friendly, and at the very least civil, but at the end of the day everyone is competeing for the A. This is why having a close group of friends is so important. Kind of like survivor. People arent going to be freely handing out their outlines. Thats their work product; their playbook. No one wants to give their competition their playbook. It can get cliquey. Youll want to find friends that you can mutually benefit from. I had two friends in my section who I shared everything with (outlines, practice tests, notes, model answers). We would talk about the assignments in depth,answer each others questions, challange each other to do better, and encourage each other to keep working. We were each others best resources, and all definitely did better becasue of how much we were able to help each other.
5. Everyone is going to be smart. Its kind of amazing actually; to be in a room with so many smart people. Some curves are very tight. For most people, to do well, theyll have to work really hard and be really efficent with their time. There are only so many hours in the day. There will be people who study 12 hours a day. Studying 70+ hours a week isnt necessary, but in order to out perform people that do, youll have to be super efficient.
6. Read ahead. its makes everything less daunting when you dont have to read for the next day, but instead you choose to read to stay ahead. Plus, youll reinforce the laws more, becasue youll read it, brief it, let it sink in, and then review it quickly again before class. I actually read and outlined all of property class by the end of week 4. This was a huge relief, which gave me time to reinforce the lessons several more times over than everyone else.
7. Read the lesson in a supplement after you read the lesson in the case book. If it wasnt in the casebook or lecture, ignore it. These are the ones I would recommend:
Con Law: Chemerinsky
Civil Procedure: Glannons
Property: Understanding Prop, Gilberts
8. Find out what kind of final youre going to have immediately and tailor your studying and preperation accordingly. Is it a 3 hour exam? 4 hour? 8 hour take home? Is it all essays? How many essays? what does a model answer look like for their exam? What scores points on their exam?
9. Do practice tests. They are not fun, but it is the only way you will get better at articulating the law and applying law to fact in a sophistocated manner. Dont wait till 2 weeks before the exam to start practice testing. As soon as you finish a unit (for example, intentional torts) you should be able to practice writing essays on the topic.
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I would also highly recommend the Siegels series, which is a book of essay prompts and model answers. http://www.amazon.com/Siegels-Contracts ... 0735556865
10. Outline as you go. Once you finish a unit, go back over it, pick out whats important, and outline it.
11. Make attack outlines for easy access to the law.
12. Read getting to maybe and the leews primer immediately if you have not. These give you a foundation for how to write essays and how to extract the most important lessons from lectures/casebooks/supplements.
13. Prewrite answers to exam questions. DONT TELL ANYONE YOURE DOING THIS. Because its a great strategy and almost no one uses it.
14. use some sort of organizing system for you notes, whether it be onenote or the equivielnt for mac. It saves a lot of time.
15. Enjoy yourself! For some 1L year will be hell. However, 1L year can be a very rewarding experience if you let be.
For fun: http://ponyuplaw.tumblr.com/
16. Use TLS forums. lots of good insight. Here is a collection of guides viewtopic.php?f=3&t=123092
17. look at online case briefs and outlines to compare your extracted law to theirs. http://www.boalt.org/outlines/outlines.html#civpro http://www.4lawschool.com/casebrief.htmhttp://www.onelbriefs.com/ http://www.lawnix.com/http://www.invispress.com/law/http://www.ilrg.com/students/outlines/
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Although Feldstein uses a different methodology than we did, his analysis reinforces our central finding about the distributional impact of Romney’s tax proposals: the net effect would be cutting taxes on households above $200,000 and thus requiring net tax increases on households with less income. More broadly, both our analysis and Feldstein’s show that Romney’s tax plan cannot accomplish all of his stated goals. Either taxes must rise on those with income below $200,000, or tax preferences for saving and investment will have to be reduced, or revenues will be cut, or promised tax cuts for high-income households will have to be reduced. Trade-offs exist and solutions are possible, but tax reform cannot do everything that it is sometimes asked to do.
In addition, both Feldstein and we use stylized reforms that could not be implemented in practice and that overstate the progressivity of any cut in deduction or exemption. Under Feldstein’s proposals, for example, taxpayers earning $99,999 would pay dramatically lower taxes than an individual earning only one dollar more—implying enormous marginal tax rates. Any realistic, practical plan to limit tax expenditure cuts to a high-income group would require a phase-in of the cuts or other accommodations, which would add to marginal tax rates, reduce the potential revenue gain, and make the resulting tax change more regressive.
Finally, the debate over what is or isn’t possible distracts from the more important question of what the Romney plan actually is. The governor could settle this issue quickly simply by describing how he’d pay for his tax cuts.
As I've noted before, the TPC authors bent over backwards to try to find assumptions that would make the Romney plan satisfy all of his campaign promises and were convinced that it couldn’t. The conclusions hold even when TPC makes all the changes proposed by critics. The only thing that could reverse TPC's conclusions would be incorporating an implausibly large growth response. The kind of thing George H.W. Bush called “voodoo economics.”
The GOP’s continuing preoccupation with tax rate cuts is worrisome. We really can’t afford a repeat of the Bush II experience of large tax cuts offered with the promise of spending cuts that never materialized (and, indeed, an explosion of new spending). If Messrs. Romney and Ryan really want to plot a new course, they might promise to push spending cuts first and then tax cuts after the deficit is under control.
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Turns out I didn't actually need to print the inner track ring with support, I thought the overhang would have been too steep but it turned out it wasn't!
I've cleaned up the existing models and added a few beveled edges that should make it easier to maneuver. However, it didn't improve it as much as I would have liked, there is an improvement but not much. I've uploaded all the updated pieces with a '_v2' postfix.
I'm in the process of updating some new, improved, models that have been cleaned up and rounded to make them move much easier. Once I print them out and am satisfied with them, I will upload them here as a version 2.
This is a replica of the Rubiks Void cube. It moves exactly like a normal Rubiks cube, except it has no core. The lack of the core is actually a benefit for us, though, since that means there are no springs or other vitamins to deal with. The entire cube, minus coloring the sides, are plastic parts that can be printed!
All of the parts were modeled with printing in mind. The 'grain' of the layers factor into how the pieces move together to maximize its smoothness and practical strength. The final cube is a bit rougher to move, as to be expected since pieces aren't all perfectly smooth, but it still moves well. I suspect a dip in acetone or a proper sanding will make the cube move even smoother.
Once printed and assembled, all you need is to slap some colored stickers or paint on it and you have a fully functional void cube!
I hope you enjoy!
The models do not have any tolerance between the parts, so you will need to set up your slicer so the printed parts can actually fit within each-other snugly without binding.
I've managed to make most of the pieces in such a way that you can print them without support. The track ring is the most challenging, but with a well calibrated printer, dry filament, and printing with a raft, it can be done without support.
- x6 track rings
- x12 inner edges
- x12 edge pieces
- x8 corner pieces
Assembling this cube is rather complicated, so instead of trying to explain every little detail, I've included a sequence of pictures that show my build process. Also, here are a few tips to keep in mind:
- The pieces will feel quite loose while you are assembling and will fall apart very easily until that piece has been fully connected to all the tracks that they connect to (e.g. corner pieces need 3, edge pieces need 2).
- In most situations, twisting one track around will allow you to insert more pieces to that track as it turns.
- When you get towards the end, where you actually have to use some force to snap the pieces together, be very careful about breaking the pieces. You shouldn't need very much force and in most cases, just changing where you put the pressure on the piece will make it snap into place easier and with less chance of damage.
- Once assembled, I recommend you take a minute on each side and rotate it back and forth allowing any little obstructions and imperfections on that track to wear and smooth out.
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Download Windows 8 for your Windows PC – Grab Microsoft Windows 8 Developer Preview ISO 64-bit / 32-bit Now from HERE (below link). In Millions i am the One who is waiting for the Windows 8 OS to test drive on my Computer System. To experience the Touch Experience and Integrated with many best Advancements.
Microsoft Revealed Samsung’s Windows 8 Tablet too. So, we can Install Windows 8 on Desktops and Tablet as well and Install Windows 8 from USB Drive too. To get your hands and Grab Windows 8 Operating System, now it is chance. Microsoft is making the same developer preview it handed out to developers at BUILD today available to users around the world, free of charge and without requiring a registration.
With this move, Microsoft is clearly trying to get more users in the game as early on in the development process as possible. Today, there are three versions of Windows 8 Developer Previews are being made available.
1. Windows 8 Developer Preview 64-bit Version – Comes with all the Developer Tools built-in with simple Metro apps to get Developers Started, a 64-bit version only with the Sample apps and comes without the Developer Tools.
2. Windows 8 Dev Preview Builds 32-bit – Similar to 64-bi Version of Windows 8 comes without any Developer Tools.
All these versions should operate in a similar way, unless you are aiming to Develop Windows 8 Applicatuions, you will probably be fine with either one of these.
Important Note – There will be no in-place Upgrades are possible using Developers Preview, but only the clean Installation Support.
Which Computer Hardware System works with Windows 8:
If you are already Running Windows 7 on your System, then There will be no problem of Installing Windows 8,. To Install Windows 8 Developer Preview on your Windows 7 System, you require 1GHz Processor, 1to2GB of RAM, 16GB of Hard Disk Drive Space and must have a Graphic Card Installed supported with DirectX 9 with WDDM 1.0 or Higher.
Where Windows 8 support Multi-touch, so you will also need Multi-touch Capable Hardware on your Computer. Windows 8 indeed includes new usage paradigms that are unheard of on the Windows platform, such a full-screen tile-based user interface and an app store, among others. via
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Germany’s Siemens will supply a battery-based energy storage solution to the West Mira semi-submersible and turn it into the world’s first hybrid offshore drilling rig.
Siemens said BlueVault, the company’s advanced lithium-ion battery-based solution, would be installed on Northern Drilling’s West Mira offshore drilling rig set to operate in the Nova Field, approximately 120 kilometers northwest of Bergen in the North Sea.
West Mira, a sixth-generation ultra-deepwater semi-submersible designed by Moss Maritime, will become the world’s first modern drilling rig to operate as a hybrid with a diesel-electric power plant using lithium-ion energy storage solution (ESS).
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A presidential proclamation and a quirk in how North Carolina’s dual language programs operate are creating a shortage of bilingual teachers for the state. That’s leading to vacancies, restructuring of dual language programs, and even delays in programs starting.
A proclamation from President Donald Trump back in June halted the entry of workers from abroad that the president deemed as a risk to the U.S. economy as it tried to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. That ban included teachers. The problem for North Carolina is that it has many dual language programs, many of which rely on bilingual teachers from other countries.
There is, however, an exception in the proclamation for state-run programs. But in North Carolina, the largest sponsor of foreign teachers in dual language programs isn’t the state — it’s Participate Learning, a private organization.
David Young, CEO of Participate Learning, says that the state’s programs have been able to make accommodations and keep going for this year, but if the problem extends into next year, it could be a serious issue.
“Regardless of who is in office January 1, if we see the ban continue, that’s going to be a challenge for North Carolina as a whole.” Later, he added: “Without the overturning of the ban, dual language can’t survive.”
What is dual language?
Dual language programs are essentially when students are immersed in another language. There are different varieties. The General Assembly, for the purposes of granting exemptions from state class size restrictions, defined them as “classes in which (i) at least one-third of the students’ dominant language is English and (ii) instruction involves both English and a target foreign language with a minimum of fifty percent (50%) of core content taught in the target foreign language in order to promote dual language proficiency for all students.”
You may be familiar with such programs in a school near you. In North Carolina, there are 47 public school districts, six charter schools, and six independent or private schools with some form of dual language or language immersion programs, according to information from the state Department of Public Instruction. In total, there are more than 200 programs.
The most popular programs in North Carolina are in Spanish. There are 167 of those. The second most popular is Mandarin Chinese. There are 17 of those. But there are also programs in Cherokee, Greek, Urdu, German, Japanese, and French.
Young’s organization started in 1987 with the goal of bringing visiting teachers from other countries to the states. At the time, Participate Learning was called Visiting International Faculty (VIF). As Young describes it, North Carolina was ambitious about its language programs, and his organization began to find teachers from around the world, help them acclimate to the state, learn the system, and get housing — that sort of thing. Over time, Young’s organization became the largest such sponsor in North Carolina.
Dual language programs grew in number and scope, in part because they weren’t just about teaching kids another language.
“Over the years, what we learned was that immersion was more than just a language methodology,” Young said. “It was also an academic approach.”
Students in these programs had improved executive function and cognitive development, and often got higher scores on tests, Young said.
And it’s not just Young saying it. Type in “Dual language program outcomes” and you will see a number of articles and studies. The first hit is from a RAND Corporation study in 2017 titled: “Dual-Language Immersion Programs Raise Student Achievement in English.“
Young says the programs are effective across socioeconomic groups, and in rural, urban, and suburban settings. And these programs can be found in just about every educational setting imaginable: private, traditional public, charter, and religious, according to Young.
As the programs in North Carolina grew, the state became a national leader. And, as we mentioned, they basically rely entirely on international exchange teachers. This is partly because the number of American teachers qualified to teach in such programs is small. But it’s also because part of the purpose behind these programs is to expose students to the cultures of the language they are learning.
When Trump signed his proclamation in June, the stated goal was to protect American workers. Young said he doesn’t think the impact on dual language programs was intentional.
“What we think has happened is the administration kind of made a wholesale decision to shut down the teacher visa without necessarily having any knowledge or understanding that by shutting down the teacher visa, you’re effectively shutting down or impacting negatively this choice program,” he said.
According to data that Participate Learning keeps about the programs it runs, the impacts from Trump’s decision have ranged in severity. Sixty-eight programs had to make “minor to medium” changes to their programs; 21 had to make major changes; and eight couldn’t keep service going in all grades “and had to either pause the program for a grade level or are relying on a limited number of hours of virtual instruction from a remote teacher,” according to Participate Learning.
Young said that at least 200 teachers were supposed to come into North Carolina this fall. COVID-19 created some logistical challenges surrounding that, but the ban completely cut them off.
Hoke County Schools started a Spanish dual immersion program in one of its elementary schools about seven years ago, according to Donna Thomas, assistant superintendent of human resources for the school system. She said in an email that the decision was made because of all the evidence about how such programs benefit students. The school began its program in kindergarten, adding a new grade level each year. This year the program reached sixth grade.
The new teacher for this year was hired last spring. She was working on getting her J-1 Visa when Trump’s proclamation happened. That delayed her coming to the United States and left the Hoke County school with a vacancy.
The principal of the school had to split the fourth grade dual immersion teacher’s time between fourth and fifth grade to accommodate the vacancy. Meanwhile, because of COVID-19, that same teacher is also having to split her time between face-to-face fourth and fifth grade dual immersion students and online ones, according to Thomas.
Alyn Szymanski, the program choice coordinator for Cabarrus County Schools, said the district’s dual language programs are fast-growing and have a lot of parental interest.
The district offers Mandarin and Spanish in programs that reach about 1,415 students. The proclamation threw a wrench in the district’s plans for this fall.
“We had teachers hired for eight different schools who we found out mid-summer were not going to be able to be brought over to support those programs,” she said.
Amongst other things, the district had to postpone two of its programs as a result.
It could have been worse. When teachers come from abroad to teach in these programs, they are on three-year visas. That can potentially be extended for up to another two years. But after that, the teacher has to go. However, because of COVID-19, a one-year extensions were granted for teachers whose visas were about to expire. This was because of safety issues related to travel and the fact that at the start of the pandemic, it was virtually impossible to get flights or cross many borders.
“Luckily we retained some of the teachers who normally would have had to go home during this window,” Szymanski said.
Gerald Hernandez, principal at E. E. Miller Elementary School in Cumberland County Schools, runs the oldest dual language program in the district. It is Spanish immersion.
He was supposed to get four teachers from abroad for this fall. By chance, one made it in. The other three didn’t.
“This pretty much left vacant positions here at the school, and right now I can say that I’m still not sure of the future of the program because I can only imagine that this going to have long-term effects,” he said.
And Thomas, from Hoke County, said this isn’t just an issue for dual language programs in North Carolina. It can affect other classrooms as well. She said Hoke County had a science teacher who was supposed to start at the district’s early college back in July. The teacher hasn’t made it to the states. And Thomas said that she is hearing similar stories from some of her colleagues around the region.
“The reality is that when it comes to filling teacher vacancies, we have a workforce issue. Our domestic workforce is not currently able to fully meet the demands for qualified teachers,” she said in an email.
What will happen?
Caroline Spencer, director of government relations for Participate Learning, said her organization is trying to get the federal government to grant an exemption from the president’s proclamation so that these dual language teachers can come to the country. She said Participate Learning is working with the North Carolina School Superintendents’ Association and superintendents around the state.
Young said Participate Learning is in touch with North Carolina’s Congressional delegation as well.
“The delegation is aware and supportive of dual language, but I’m not sure that parents across North Carolina understand what’s at play here, what’s at risk,” he said.
Meanwhile, a case in California is challenging the Trump administration’s proclamation. A judge issued a preliminary injunction on the proclamation earlier this month. According to a Forbes.com article, that injunction will stay in place “pending trial,” or unless the injunction is overturned on appeal.
For the time being, teachers overseas can get visas again. According to Spencer, some have been issued, but so far no teachers that Participate Learning works with have made it into North Carolina.
Thomas said she is optimistic they will be able to make it to Hoke County soon.
“We’re very hopeful that they’ll be able to be here by Christmas,” Thomas said.
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“It’s weird that they would allow for states to continue to run the exact same program but cut off North Carolina who has had the most success with it by using a public/private partnership,” he said.
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Ruling the waves: Three generations of Royals join the Queen as she sets sail down the Thames on glorious Jubilee river pageant
- Thousands gather along the Thames to get the best view of the Queen to mark her 60 years of reign
- She arrives wearing a stunning silver and white dress with matching coat which was designed by Angela Kelly
- The 1,000-strong flotilla is the most spectacular nautical event in London for the past 350 years
- London Philharmonic Orchestra play 'Singing in the Rain' as they travel down the river
- Bad weather causes cancellation of flypast finale to Thames River Pageant
- Diamond Jubilee pageant sets new world record for the number of boats taking part in a parade
The Queen's Diamond Jubilee river pageant reached its end as a world record-beating 1,000-strong flotilla passed under Tower Bridge.
The belfry carrying The Royal Jubilee Bells was the first vessel through, followed by the million-pound row barge Gloriana led by Olympic gold medallists Sir Matthew Pinsent and Sir Steve Redgrave, rowing with 16 others.
A 41-gun salute was fired from the Tower of London to celebrate the Queen's 60 years on the throne while thousands of people cheered on the banks of the River Thames despite the wet weather.
Scroll down to watch highlights of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Pageant
The Queen, and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, wave from the Spirit of Chartwell during the Diamond Jubilee Thames River Pageant as thousands of well-wishers from around the world flocked to London to witness the spectacle of the weekend's celebrations
Hundreds of thousands of people crowded the Thames shoreline to watch the Royal Jubilee Pageant. From left to right, Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, Queen Elizabeth II, Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry watched proceedings from the Royal barge which formed part of a flotilla of 1,000 boats
Big day: The Queen smiles as she surveys the packed River Thames - and the crowds which have turned out to see her from the Royal barge
Prince Harry draws the attention of Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge and Prince William to events on the river during the spectacular Thames Pageant. They joined Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip aboard the Spirit of Chartwell during the Diamond Jubilee Pageant
The firm: Members of the Royal family (from left to right) Prince of Wales, Duke of Edinburgh, the Queen, Duchess of Cornwall, Duchess of Cambridge, Duke of Cambridge and Prince Harry
Royal fun: The Queen, left, waves at the crowds of well-wishers lining the river banks, as she, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, and Prince Charles travel aboard the Spirit of Chartwell during the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant on the River Thames
Weather watch: Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, casts a wary eye skywards as rainclouds darken overhead while he accompanies Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall during the Diamond Jubilee River Pageant
Splendour: The royal barge 'Spirit of Chartwell' carrying the Queen cruises down the River Thames during the Diamond Jubilee Pageant
The bascules of Tower Bridge opened
for the arrival of the royal barge, the Spirit of Chartwell, as the
Royal Family prepared to take their places on HMS President to watch the
rest of the seven mile-long flotilla making its way down the Thames.
Just after 2pm more than a thousand vessels set off in wave after wave of tugs, steamers, pleasure cruisers, dragon boats and kayaks with the Queen travelling at its heart.
The river-borne event was one of the highlights of the four-day Diamond Jubilee weekend and spectators refused to let the miserable weather dampen their spirits.
But the flypast finale to the Thames River Pageant was cancelled due to the poor weather.
Nine naval helicopters of the Fleet
Air Arm were scheduled to form a 'Diamond Nine' in the skies above
London to salute the Queen.
'Unfortunately because of the weather
conditions, the proposed helicopter fly past in diamond formation will
now not take place,' a spokeswoman for the Pageant organisers said.
Though, this did not ruin what proved to be a stunning spectacle for those who did brave the drizzle to line the shores of the Thames.
Tradition meets hi-tech on a day of history: The royal barge passes under Tower Bridge against a backdrop of ultra-modern glass buildings. Soaring high above them is the magnificent pyramid-shaped Shard, at 1,020ft the tallest building in the European Union, construction of which is almost complete
The view from the London Eye: Crowds pack Westminster Bridge as the royal barge and escort passes the Houses of Parliament
Anchors aweigh: The manpowered section of the Diamond Jubilee River Pageant headed along the River Thames to Tower Bridge, London
Braving the elements: The rowers who manned Gloriana had been on the river for hours by the time the conclusion of the pageant
Putting their backs into it: The Gloriana leads the manpowered craft towards Westminster Bridge during Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee Pageant on the River Thames in London
Sweet sound: The Royal Jubilee Bells, on Ursula Catherine Belfry Barge, passed the Palace of Westminster at the head of the Diamond Jubilee Thames River Pageant
Ringing the changes: Crowds cheer on the flotilla while the bell-ringers were hard at work in the floating belfry, which joined some of the near 1,000 boats that took to the Thames for the Diamond Jubilee River Pageant
Choppy waters: Boats of all sizes floated near Tower Bridge as part of the Diamond Jubilee Thames River Pageant
Bow to stern: Boats lined up to form a flotilla around 1,000 strong as the UK celebrates the Diamond Jubilee of a monarch for only the second time in history
Show: The New Zealand rowers perform a Maori war row on the Thames in front of thousands of spectators
Working up a sweat: Television host Ben Fogle, sporting a cream waistcoat and shorts, puts his back into it as he rows in the manpowered flotilla
Jubilation: A delighted crowd wave Union flags as they sail on a boat during the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant in London in one of the largest flotillas ever assembled on the river
Spectacular: Every available vantage point down the Embankment and the Millennium Bridge was packed as hundreds of thousands of people tried to getting a view of the Royal Pageant along the Thames
Dressed to impress: As the rain fell, this oversized hat on one of the boats in the thousand strong flotilla came in rather handy to shelter from the weather
Salute: The Honourable Artillery Company firing, the City of London's Territorial Army regiment and the oldest regiment in the British Army, fired a 41-round Gun Salute from Gun Wharf at HM Palace and Fortress to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee
Explosive finish: Fireworks go off at Tower Bridge as the pageant reaches its conclusion
Big bang: Fireworks are launched from the top of Tower Bridge marking the end of the record-breaking Diamond Jubilee River Pageant
RAIL NETWORK LEFT SWAMPED
The train network was in chaos yesterday as hordes of revellers swamped platforms trying to get to the Jubilee celebrations.
Children were left in tears as passengers were prevented from boarding trains because of overcrowding, and some services were badly delayed.
It is thought operators failed to schedule enough trains to cope with the extra tens of thousands flooding to the capital, despite laying on additional services.
Problems were reported with First Capital Connect and South West Trains, with London Bridge station one of the worst hit.
One passenger said: ‘It’s been absolute chaos on what should be a proud day for Brits.’
And by around 5pm, 419 boats had reached Tower Bridge in London - setting a new world record for the number of boats taking part in a parade. The event easily surpassed the previous record of 327 boats in Bremerhaven, Germany, last year.
first impressive vessel to greet spectators was the Gloriana, the £1m
row barge which led the manpowered section. It was rowed by 18 oarsmen
the vessel that carried Sir Winston Churchill's coffin during his state
funeral in 1965, is being used in the pageant by the Duke of York and
his daughters Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie and the Earl and
Countess of Wessex.
Princesses could be seen frantically waving to the crowds as they set
off with their father standing close by. The Princess Royal and her
husband, Vice Admiral Sir Timothy Laurence, both in naval uniforms, were
on the Trinity House no 1 boat.
Conditions remained dry for the start of the impressive event when the royal barge, The Spirit of Chartwell, carrying the Queen senior members of the Royal family took its place in the flotilla close to Albert Bridge.
The Queen was escorted down the river by the 1,000-strong flotilla to mark 60 years of her reign in an event that promised to be the most spectacular nautical ceremony in London for the past 350 years.
On the sumptuously decorated barge she was joined by the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince of Wales, Duchess of Cornwall, Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Prince Harry.
The boat has been described as a vessel 'fit for a queen' and has been decorated with nearly 10,000 flowers and was donated for use at the event by owner Philip Morrell and transformed in a project led by award-winning production designer Joseph Bennett.
Lavishly decorated with replica carvings and sporting a majestic red, gold and purple colour scheme, the vessel's design will echo the richly decorated royal barges of the 17th and 18th centuries.
The Queen alongside The Duchesses of Cambridge and Cornwall enjoy the the Jubilee Pageant on the Thames which broke a world record for the number of boats in a procession
The Duchess of Cambridge smiled as she waved to the crowds ahead of the Jubilee River Pageant. She will join her husband Prince William and the Queen on The Spirit of Chartwell
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge along with Prince Harry arrive ahead of the Queen to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee
Pippa Middleton, second from the right, was on-board one of the boats with her brother James, far right, and father Michael, third from right. They were invited by the Queen to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee
A delighted-looking Pippa Middleton, left, and
with her brother James as they make their way down the Thames. The
Middleton family were invited by the Queen
Spectacle: Pippa Middleton, with her brother James to her left and her father Michael behind, enjoy uninterrupted views of the Royal Pageant
Rapturous: Princess Anne, left, and Prince Philip, right, acknowledge the huge and vocal displays of support from the thousands of well-wishers lining the river bank during the Diamond Jubilee River Pageant along the Thames
Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex, watches the boats from the deck of 'Havengore' during the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant
Pride: London Mayor Boris Johnson, top, joins Sophie, Countess of Wessex, left, and Princess Beatrice, right, on a boat during the Diamond Jubilee River Pageant
Royal arrival: Sophie, Countess of Wessex, arrives at Imperial Wharf, Chelsea, clutching son James' hand, followed by daughter Lady Louise Windsor, to board on of the boats which made up the largest flotilla ever assembled for a parade
Princesses Beatrice, right, and Eugenie wave from a barge in a flotilla of 1,000 vessels, on the River Thames, during a river pageant to celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee
It now sports an ornate, gilded prow
sculpture featuring Old Father Thames, a pair of scaly, sharp-toothed
classical dolphins - a symbol of the Thames - and the royal cipher at
A lavish, red, velvet banner decorated with a version of the royal coat-of-arms made from more than half a million gold-coloured buttons hangs from the stern.
The Queen and Duke will be seated on the vessel's top deck in ornate chairs under a gold-coloured canopy.
The 64 metre-long cruiser has a top speed of 11 knots, will have rich red drapes decorating its sides and its bow will display the Queen's cipher, EIIR, below a crown with golden floral displays around it.
A huge cheer went up whenever the royal barge came into view of the thousands of spectators who lined the banks of the river.
It has a luxury interior designed to evoke the grandeur of the 1929 Cote d'Azur Pullman railway carriages, complete with artefacts from the original train and great ocean liners.
Tribute: The National Theatre arranged for its own special event to honour the Queen's Jubilee - by staging part of play War Horse on a rooftop overlooking the Thames
Colours to the mast: People living along the Thames delighted in showing their support for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee by draping the Union Flag their homes
Red, white and blue: Spectators clutched Union Flags as they watch the flotilla from Butlers Wharf, near Tower Bridge, during Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee River Pageant along the River Thames
Rooms with a view: People wave from a building on the river bank as a flotilla of 1,000 vessels passes by during the Thames River Pageant
The Spirit of Chartwell made its way down the Thames with the Queen and other members of the Royal family onboard as thousands of people watched from bridges and river banks
Then and now: A flotilla of manpowered craft rows past St Paul's Cathedral, in a 1747 painting, by Venetian artist Canaletto entitled "London, top. The skyline may have changed since then, but the latest pageant is still a striking image, bottom
Rowing boats made up one of the sections of the 1,000-strong flotilla which was the main event as part of celebrations for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee
Boats gets ready for the start of the Diamond Jubilee River Pageant as the UK celebrates a Diamond Jubilee for only the second time in history
The 1,000-strong flotilla promises to be one of the most spectacular to take place in London for the past 350 years
A steam train and pleasure boat of all shapes and sizes are seen from Battersea bridge on the River Thames as the Queen celebrates her Diamond Jubilee
Flowers from the Queen's gardens will adorn the barge and take as their theme the Commonwealth, the Queen's 1953 Coronation and the Gold State Coach.
Gardeners' World horticulturist Rachel de Thame created the floral displays which have a red, gold and purple colour scheme.
The water-borne extravaganza features a flotilla of 1,000 ships, boats, yachts and other vessels, expected to be seven and a half miles-long.
Organisers hope to recreate scenes not seen on the river for more than 300 years, since the reign of Charles II.
Chelsea pensioners will make up a Guard of Honour for the Queen, Philip, Charles and Camilla at Chelsea Pier, and a tender will take them to nearby Cadogan Pier where the royal barge will be moored.
The Queen wore a stunning silver and white dress and matching coat.
The outfit has been a year in the planning, was designed by Angela
Kelly and made by her small in-house Buckingham Palace team.
Its colour scheme was chosen to stand out against the red, gold and purple hues of the royal barge.
The Queen arrived wearing a stylish dress and
matching coat designed by Angela Kelly. She was delighted when the
crowds began cheering after she arrived
A jubilant looking Queen Elizabeth II greets the Chelsea Pensioners before she boards The Spirit of Chartwell ahead of the Jubilee celebrations
Prince Charles, accompanied by his wife the Duchess of Cornwall, and his sister the Princess Royal, right, were only young children when their mother became Queen sixty years ago
The Queen walks down the gangway to her launch wearing an outfit especially designed for the occasion by Angela Kelly. It has been a year in the making
The Queen and Duke of Edinburgh wave from the launch during the pageant celebration to mark 60 years of her reign in Britain. She celebrated the day with her family and hundreds of thousands of people who lined the banks of the River Thames
Prince Charles, who is patron of the pageant and made the suggestion of a water-borne tribute to his mother, wore his Royal Navy Admiral's ceremonial day dress uniform. His wife the Duchess of Cornwall chose to wear an Anna Valentine coat and dress with a hat designed by Philip Treacy.
A guard of honour formed of Chelsea Pensioners in their immaculate scarlet uniforms were lined up in front of the royal couple as they arrived.
Charles and Camilla had earlier ventured out into the rain to join a Big Jubilee Lunch street party in London's Piccadilly with the royal couple stopping to chat to revellers in the street and even sat down with them.
London Mayor Boris Johnson was upbeat from Putney Pier, declaring the rain had passed as he geed-up the crowds around him.
'I want you to know the rain has
stopped, hasn't it?' the politician said, turning to a crowd behind him
while being interviewed by BBC News.
He added: 'It's going to be a fantastic day, I've no doubt about that at all. We're are looking forward very much here in Putney to the kick-off, which I think is in a couple of hours time, but already the crowds are enormous here.'
Thousands of people had eagerly waited to catch a glimpse of the Queen with scores camping overnight
in the rainy weather.
They used Union flag inspired tents and umbrellas to keep themselves dry while others bought camping stoves, sausages, bacon and eggs so they could have a fry up.
Many said they would not let the miserable weather get them down and spent the night singing and dancing in a bid to try and keep warm.
Get cracking, then! A passenger, and dog, wait for their oarsman to get going on the Thames
Rowing boats start to gather in preparation for the Queen's arrival and will be part of the team that escort her down the river
Thousands of people watch from the banks and the bridge as the boats prepare for the Queen's arrival in London
Crowds of people gather near Tower Bridge to see the Queen as she cruises along on the Thames. This is only the second time in the history of the UK that a Monarch has celebrated a Diamond Jubilee
A group of women on one of the rowing boats smile as they get ready
Karen Chen, 32 and David Ip, 31, from Streatham, south London, said the rain had not put them off coming to the river early to get a prime spot. 'We got here just after 7.30 [this morning], it would have been earlier if we thought we would have more competition. The rain actually works to our advantage,' Ms Chen said.
The pair bagged a prime spot on a bench next to Battersea Bridge and said they were ready for the long-haul.
'We are wrapped up warmly and have waterproof sheets to shelter under.
We have got a picnic of marmalade and cheese and pickle sandwiches and
Mr Kipling cakes,' Mr Ip added.
'Today is a spectacular event, nothing would have stopped us from coming to see the boats. We are so excited about all the variety. It will only happen once in our lifetime and we will be here until the very end,' Ms Chen said.
Organisers had remained upbeat about the weather despite rain being forecast for most of the day, with Pageant Master Adrian Evans declaring preparations were in hand.
Participants row a boat flying the Italian flag as they prepare for the 1,000-strong flotilla
Fans of the Royal Family wait beneath an umbrella in the rain near Tower Bridge ahead of the river pageant
Two women brave the cold and wait on the banks of the River Thames so they can watch the 1,000-strong flotilla to start
Crowds gather on Westminster Bridge, London, ahead of the start of the Diamond Jubilee river pageant
Bunny Henderson comes prepared for the dreary weather and is determined not to let it ruin her day
People take cover under their umbrellas on Westminster Bridge as images of the Queen are projected onto a screen
'There is some
rain around, but it has not dampened any spirits,' said Mr Evans. 'We
in Britain are experts at not letting the weather spoil our fun.
The London Philharmonic Orchestra will be playing Singing In The Rain as they travel down the river, and the crowd can sing along with them.
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'We are all set to have one of the most spectacular pieces of river theatre that London, and the world, has ever seen. Excitement is building, and everything is ready.'
Prime Minister David Cameron will
also take part in the celebrations and will join his staff and guests
for a party in Downing Street.
The event is part of the Big Jubilee Lunch - which will see thousands of neighbourly meals being staged across the country in honour of the Queen's 60-year reign.
Speaking about the Queen and the Monarchy on the BBC's Andrew Marr show he said he believed there would be less stability in Britain if the Royal family did not exist.
'I think one of the great things that a monarch brings, and particularly a Royal Family and Her Majesty the Queen personally brings, is this sense of national unity and stability, someone who the whole country can identify with,' he said.
'It doesn't matter whether people are Labour or Conservative or Liberal Democrat or can't bear any politicians.
Prime Minister David Cameron with scouts at the Downing Street party in London. He said the UK needed the Monarchy because it provided stability
Supporters of the Queen gather in the cold weather as the Queen celebrates her Diamond Jubilee
A group of women who camped overnight celebrate as they wait for the Diamond Jubilee celebrations to start
Two women, one dressed as the Queen and another as a 'coronation chicken' go all out in celebration of the Jubilee
There's at the head of state someone who the whole country can revere and look up to, a great symbol of national unity, of continuity, that links British people with our institutions, with our history, with our relations with other countries, with the Commonwealth.
'All of those things help to anchor us, so I think it's a great source of strength and stability, both now and into the future.'
He also quashed the idea of the Queen abdicating in favour of her
grandson the Duke of Cambridge: 'It's hard to think of ever her putting a
And you get the sense with her that she will go on doing the amazing job she's done for this country as long as she possibly can and you never see any sign of her devotion getting any less.'
The street outside the official London home of the prime minister will also host charities, who have a royal patron or are supporters of the Lunch.
Peter Stewart, director of the Big Jubilee Lunch, said: 'We're thrilled Downing Street is hosting this lunch for people who are active in bringing communities together, which is what the Big Lunch is all about.'
Surprise guests: Charles and Camilla dropped in on Britain's poshest street party today, held outside the Ritz and Fortnum & Mason on London's Piccadilly
Prince Charles, with his wife the Duchess of Cornwall, gets into the swing of things as they celebrate the Queen's Diamond Jubilee
Local branches of the Scout Association, Girlguiding UK, Age UK and Contact the Elderly will join the staff from Downing street, and the party atmosphere will be created with games, music and face painting.
The Duchess of Cornwall is patron of the event, led by the Eden Project, which aims to encourage neighbourhoods to come together to share lunch and a few hours of community, friendship and fun.
The event stems from the Big Lunch movement, which started in 2009 and which last year saw almost two million people get together in their local communities.
This year people across all 54 Commonwealth countries are being encouraged to hold their own Big Jubilee Lunch events as part of the celebrations.
Almost six million Britons plan to throw a house party this weekend for the Diamond Jubilee, a study has suggested.
Some 12 per cent of people plan to hold celebrations at home to mark the Queen's 60-year reign, spending £83 each on average, amounting to £424 million spent across the country on food, drink and decorations, Santander Insurance found.
A young boy gets into the spirit by donning a mask of the Queen while a woman, right, sips on a cup of tea to keep her warm ahead of the celebrations taking place
Union Jack adorned tents were a favourite among those who spent the night camped along the banks of the Thames
Royal revellers wait in the rain on the South Bank of the River Thames for the start of the Diamond Jubilee
WHAT THE QUEEN WORE ON HER SPECIAL DAY
The Queen arrived for the Diamond Jubilee river pageant wearing a stunning silver and white dress and matching coat.
The outfit has been a year in the planning and was designed by Angela Kelly and made by her small in-house Buckingham Palace team. Its colour scheme was chosen to stand out against the red, gold and purple hues of the royal barge.
It is created from white boucle, a fabric which has a fine textured feel, and threaded throughout with silk ribbon. The boucle was embroidered with gold, silver and ivory spots and embellished with Swarovski crystals to reflect the River Thames.
The outfit was finished with a silk organza frill.The Queen's hat had a swept up brim, the crown of which was made of the same material as the coat.
Details on the hat included feathers hand dyed in Buckingham Palace by one of Miss Kelly's team who spent a number of months making the whole outfit. More silk organza and Swarovski crystals were used to decorate this uniquely shaped hat.
BRITONS EMBRACE THE SPIRIT AS SALES FOR JUBILEE INSPIRED GOODS SOAR
Sales for Jubilee inspired products have soared
What's red and white and blue all over? In Britain this weekend, everything.
As the country celebrates Queen Elizabeth II's 60 years on the throne, retailers are embracing the jubilee spirit, doing a roaring trade in tricolor British flags, bunting and party supplies.
'Anything with a Union Jack on it is selling like hot cakes,' said Matt Compton, party goods buyer for the Tesco supermarket chain. 'This is the biggest week we have had since the Millennium in terms of party sales, with demand far exceeding sales (during) last year's royal wedding.'
The patriotic outpouring stems from a mix of affection for the 86-year-old queen and delight at a four-day holiday weekend, granted for the second royal Diamond Jubilee in British history.
Only Queen Victoria, Elizabeth's great-great grandmother, ruled for longer than the current monarch. Hundreds of thousands of people planned picnics or street parties as the Queen's royal barge leads a 1,000-boat jubilee flotilla.
The weather report calls for cool temperatures and rain, but stores have all but sold out of Pimms, the gin-based liqueur that - mixed with fruit and fizzy lemonade - is England's archetypal summer drink. Supermarket chain Waitrose said sales of Pimms are up by more than 260 percent compared to last year.
It is a welcome boost for struggling retailers as The Bank of England warned that the extra holidays will hit economic output, but some stores, at least, have reason to celebrate.
Food and clothing chain Marks and Spencer said it had sold more than 200,000 jubilee teacakes, 50,000 commemorative cookie tins and 31 miles of bunting.
Gift shops and departments stores are stocked with souvenirs that range from classy to kitschy, and from cheap to cheekily expensive.
The Royal Collection is offering an official Diamond Jubilee tea blend, £8.95 pounds and a cake at £14.95, from a recipe by Fiona Cairns, who baked Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding cake. Don't forget the cake stand - yours for £395.
It would not be a British occasion without a touch of the eccentric, irreverent and even downright tacky.
House and garden supply chain B&Q says it has sold 3,100 jubilee garden gnomes - pointy-headed lawn ornaments styled on the queen and her husband, Prince Philip.
An online sex toy retailer is offering - to put it delicately - glittering royal adornments for the nether regions.
And enterprising English designer Lydia Leith, who had a cult hit last year with her custom-made royal wedding sick bags, has designed a series of temporary tattoos of corgis, crowns and carriages, as well as a jelly mold in the shape of the queen's head.
'It's not meant to be offensive in any way. It's just meant to be fun,' said Leith, who will be selling her wares at a jubilee festival in London's Battersea Park on Sunday.
'There's something for everyone. If you don't like the royal family you can buy a sick bag. If you do, you can buy a tattoo.'
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not for the faint of heart, young pigs' slaughter. Recorded in a country house's open yard near Cabra, S Spain. Sennheiser ME66 + MKH30, Shure FP24 preamp, Edirol R09 recorder. It was very hard for me to record this so I hope it's any use.
EDIT: I feel the need to clarify. This is the traditional way of killing the pig in Spanish (and many other countries) rural environment. It is based on bleeding (severance of the major blood vessels), which is not the norm in industrial slaughter houses nowadays. There stunning is applied previously to reduce suffering. I uploaded this to document a cruel traditional practice, for the sake of anthropological interest if you wish. Listeners can extract her/his own ethic/moral implications.
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Chocolate has many health benefits -- it can potentially lower blood pressure and cholesterol and reduce stroke risk. But just as connoisseurs thought it couldn't get any better, there's this tasty new tidbit: Researchers have found a way to make the treat even more nutritious -- and sweeter.
They will describe their research here today at the 249th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS), the world's largest scientific society. The meeting features nearly 11,000 reports on new advances in science and other topics.
Cocoa undergoes several steps before it takes shape as a candy bar. Workers cut down pods from cocoa trees, then split open the pods to remove the white or purple cocoa beans. They are fermented in banana-lined baskets for a few days and then set out to dry in the sun. Roasting, the next step, brings out the flavor. But some of the healthful polyphenols (antioxidants) are lost during the roasting process, so the researchers wanted to figure out a way to retain as much of the polyphenols and good flavors as possible.
"We decided to add a pod-storage step before the beans were even fermented to see whether that would have an effect on the polyphenol content," says Emmanuel Ohene Afoakwa, Ph.D., who is at the University of Ghana. "This is not traditionally done, and this is what makes our research fundamentally different. It's also not known how roasting affects polyphenol content."
Afoakwa's team divided 300 pods into four groups that were either not stored at all or stored for three, seven or 10 days before processing. This technique is called "pulp preconditioning." After each storage period passed, fermentation and drying were done as usual. He reports that the seven-day storage resulted in the highest antioxidant activity after roasting.
To assess the effects of roasting, the researchers took samples from each of the storage groups and roasted them at the same temperature for different times. The current process is to roast the beans for 10-20 minutes at 248-266 degrees Fahrenheit, he explains. Afoakwa's team adjusted this to 45 minutes at 242 degrees Fahrenheit and discovered that this slower roasting at a lower temperature increased the antioxidant activity compared to beans roasted with the conventional method.
In addition, the beans that were stored and then roasted for 45 minutes had more polyphenols and higher antioxidant activity than beans whose pods were not stored prior to fermentation, says Afoakwa. He explains that pulp preconditioning likely allowed the sweet pulp surrounding the beans inside the pod to alter the biochemical and physical constituents of the beans before the fermentation. "This aided the fermentation processes and enhanced antioxidant capacity of the beans, as well as the flavor," he says. He adds that the new technique would be particularly useful for countries in Southeast Asia and Latin America where cocoa beans produce a chocolate with a less intense chocolate flavor and have reduced antioxidant activity.
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Samburu National Reserve has not had lion cubs since May 2006. This was a major concern considering the lion population here has been declining, according to lion researcher and AWF Charlotte Fellow, Shivani Bhalla.
But in a place full of surprises, we received the good news that three new lion cubs had been found in the reserve.
I joined Shivani to locate the cubs, identify the mother, and check their health status. Shivani can read dirt like nobody's business. Where I see sand, she sees tracks and can tell how many different individuals there are, which sex, and roughly when they passed. So after several hours driving along the roads of the reserve, she had a good sense that the lioness and cubs were in a thicket of Salvadora bushes about a hundred meters from the river in a place called Hippo Circuit.
We killed the engine, stood out of the roof hatch, and listened. We heard rustling noises and soon three tiny cubs popped out from behind a bush. They chased each other, wrestling and biting. Pure kitten cuteness. Then the mother emerged and Shivani immediately recognized her as Nabo.
Three new lion cubs were found in Samburu National Reserve. The reserve has not had cubs in over two years.
It's a great relief to see three healthy lion cubs in the reserve. Reserve officials were concerned that the dry spell of cubs could indicate a reproductive problem with the resident males; so this should dispel fears. And with lion numbers dropping in the area, new cubs brings hope.
The cubs are about 8-9 weeks old, which means they've only just been brought out by their mother. Lion cubs are born in well-hidden spots like these Salvadora bushes. Their eyes open at 3-11 days; they can walk at 10-15 days. The mother will keep the cubs hidden and leave them while she hunts. The cubs are often left alone for over 24 hours. But at around 4-8 weeks, the lioness will begin leading the cubs from their hiding spot to feed on kills. The cubs will be weaned at 7-9 months.
Paul began with AWF based in Nairobi for a year, before moving to Washington DC. Paul has worked at the Madrid Aquarium and at The Marine Mammal Center in the Marin Headlands outside San Francisco. He was born in New Zealand but grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area. Paul received his B.S. in Wildlife Ecology and Management at the University of Michigan’s School of Natural Resources and Environment. He is a member of the Emerging Wildlife Conservation Leadership initiative and is working on a conservation campaign to combat the illegal trade of Asian pangolins. Paul enjoys photography, travel, hikes in the woods, music, and nyama choma.
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Yes, you read that headline correctly. As we approach the one year anniversary of the US withdrawal from Afghanistan it seems as though the United States government is once again playing musical chairs with whom it considers friend or foe. At least this appears to be the case due to a recent article published by AntiWar.com, in which a yet to be named spokesman for the US State Department asserted that the US “does not support organized violent opposition to the Taliban” rule in Afghanistan.
First reported by The Foreign Desk, the statement comes as resistance fighters claim victory over Taliban forces in the Baghlan Province as conflict in the region continues.
After a two day skirmish between Taliban fighters and Afghanistan’s National Resistance Front (NRF) which resulted in heavy Taliban losses and the NRF taking control of Baghlan province’s easternmost district of Khost wa Fereng, in northern Afghanistan, the resistance fighters took to social media to celebrate their victory.
Speaking to The Foreign Desk, the State Department spokesperson said ―
“We are monitoring the recent uptick in violence closely and call on all sides to exercise restraint and to engage. This is the only way that Afghanistan can confront its many challenges,”
Continuing on, emphasis our own,
“We want to see the emergence of stable and sustainable political dispensation via peaceful means. We do not support organized violent opposition to the Taliban, and we would discourage other powers from doing so as well,”
Although this position has not yet been publicly acknowledged outside of this interview with The Foreign Desk, as the piece from Anti War notes this is an awkward position for the administration to be in. Considering the last few decades spent vilifying the Taliban as the epitome of evil and the ultimate adversary.
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4th September 2018 at 5:18 pm #11688
Hi, do hedgehogs only make what I would describe as nests for their young , or would they make one just for day time naps ?
I had two hoglets and an adult in my boxes earlier on, but now the two wee ones seem to have left but the adult is still around . I peeked into the boxes yesterday and two of them have nests , round balls of hay with twigs and leaves . I had thought that there was probably a Hedgehog inside these nests so I placed a srunched up bit of newspaper in the entrance to check (I was careful only to lift the corner of the lid of the box and not disturb any hog inside). I was surprised this morning to find the newspaper still where I left it ! So no hogs in the boxes despite seeing the adult out and about last night .
I am wondering if these nests were made by mum for the hoglets , and am puzzled where the adult was sleeping if it wasnt in either of the boxes. He/she must have been snoozing in the bushes or in a neighbours garden. I have another box that looked like it hadn’t been used at all, no nest inside just some hay scattered around that I had placed inside . I’m thinking of using it as feeding station to keep the food dry and protected from the worst of the weather now summer is over.
Thanks .4th September 2018 at 5:28 pm #11691
Meant to say, the reason I peeked into the boxes was that I saw a mouse in the garden and had a horrible thought that there might be loads of them living in the boxes or even a rat and they were eating the food !
Fortunately not , must just have been a little field mouse visiting us who I’m sure is perfectly harmless to the Hedgehogs.5th September 2018 at 12:46 am #11709
Hedgehogs do change nests, especially in the Summer and at this time of year. They apparently even sometimes make new hibernation nests in the middle of hibernation.
The young ones seems to miraculously know how to make nests when they are quite young. It is quite possible that they may have made a nest of some description for overday stays. I had a hoglet here, late last year. He was heavy enough to hibernate but chose not to. He made a fairly elaborate nest in the feed box, but didn’t always stay in it. He used it for short naps between snacks and some overday stays.
The Mother could easily have made a new nest elsewhere. Maybe in someone else’s garden. Bearing in mind that hedgehogs can travel 1-2 miles a night, there is plenty of choice of potential locations.
I quite often have wood mice here eating some of the hog food, but they don’t bother the hedgehogs at all and the amount of food they eat is very minimal.
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DNA samples of 594 self-declared Indigenous Australians from around the country were analysed and classified into mitochondrial haplogroups - genetic groups that share a common ancestor and often show a distinct distribution.
The findings have been published in the Journal of Human Genetics.
Dr John Mitchell from La Trobe’s Department of Biochemistry and Genetics, who led the study, said the research revealed there was a high level of genetic diversity among Aboriginal Australians.
“This comprehensive genetic survey of Aboriginal Australian mitochondrial DNA supports long-term settlement of Australia by the ancestors of the Aboriginal Australians,” Dr Mitchell said.
“All indigenous haplogroups were found to be ancient, with estimated ages greater than 40 thousand years, and all were widespread throughout the continent.”
PhD student Nano Nagle, who was first author of the publication, said previous mitochondrial DNA studies on Aboriginal Australians usually involved less than 100 participants who were mostly from the Northern Territory and single locations in Western Australia and New South Wales.
“Therefore we had very little information with regards to the distribution patterns of these indigenous haplogroups,” Ms Nagle said.
“We also had limited data from South Australia and Queensland and none, until now, from Victoria, despite some of these states having large populations of Aboriginal Australians.”
Ms Nagle said Aboriginal Australians were one of the most poorly studied populations from a human evolution perspective, despite being one of the oldest continuous cultures in the world.
“There has been ongoing debate for years among archaeologists, anthropologists and geneticists about when they arrived in Australia and the path they took to get here. “
“Our research found their migration to Australia was both ancient and complex, with at least two routes of entry.
“It supports previous findings that Aboriginal Australians arrived in Australia up to 55,000 years ago via the Indonesian island chain, but we found no evidence of any subsequent significant immigration until 1788.
“Our findings confirm they were isolated in Australia for tens of thousands of years before European colonisation.”
Lesley Williams, an Aboriginal Elder and advisor to the study, said Aboriginal people were increasingly interested in finding out about their genetic history.
“I’m not surprised, but still heartened, to discover that this DNA analysis supports what our parents have taught us over many generations that we have lived here in Australia since the Dreamtime.”
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WE know well that every union must in the end disperse, and all things near some time draw apart. Such is God's wont with men as with lands, until such time as Allah inherits the earth and all that dwells thereon; and Allah is the best of inheritors
No calamity is there in the world equal to separation: if the souls of men should flow out of their bodies by reason of it-and much more the tears out of their eyes-it were but little to wonder at. A certain philosopher, on hearing a man remark that separation was the brother of death, said, "Nay, but death is the brother of separation".
Parting is divided into various kinds. The first is for a period of time which one can be sure will end, so that presently there will be a returning. Such parting is a load oppressing the heart, a lump obstructing the throat, that will not be mended save by a coming back. I know a man whose beloved was absent from his sight just one day, and he was so overcome by anxiety, fretfulness, preoccupation and successive paroxysms of anguish that he almost expired.
Next there is the separation that is due to a deliberate prevention of any meeting, a confining of the beloved so that she may not be seen by the lover. When this happens, though the person whom you love may be with you under the same roof it is still a separation, because the beloved is parted from you; and that engenders not .a little grief and regret. I have tried it myself, and found it bitter indeed. The following verses reflect my experience.
In every minute of each hour
To view her house is in my power,
But she who in the house resides
Eternally unseen abides.
What does this close propinquity
Of residences profit me,
Since spies are posted to forestall
My drawing nigh to her at all?
Alas, sweet neighbor dwelling near
Whose every footstep I can hear,
And yet am conscious that Cathay
Itself is not so far away!
So might a thirsty man espy
Deep in some well sweet waters lie,
But in his raging fever hit
Upon no way to come to it.
So too the dead within the tomb
Are hidden from us in their gloom,
With nothing else to intervene
But the cold slabs set up between.
In a long ballad of mine these stanzas occur.
When shall a soul, by grievous pain
Of passion wracked, be healed again?
When shall a house, whose inmates lie
Unseen afar, draw near and nigh?
Ah, happy days of memory
When Hind was neighbor close to me,
Yet India were a nearer goal
Then Hind, to the adventurous soul
Yea, but propinquity bestows
On neighboring lovers some repose,
As men athirst their pangs withstand
Knowing the fountain is at hand.
Then there is the separation which the lover deliberately seeks, so as to remove himself beyond the reach of slanderers, and because he fears that his continuing with the beloved may be a cause of further meetings being prevented, and an occasion for the spreading of malicious talk, thus leading to the strict seclusion of his loved one.
Separation may also be initiated by the lover because of some dreadful mischance which overtakes him. In this case his excuse is to be accepted or rejected, according to the urgency of the motive impelling him to take his departure.
I call to mind a friend of mine whose residence was in Almeria, but who was obliged by reasons of business to travel to Jativa. He lodged there in my house for the whole of his stay. Now he had an amorous attachment in Almeria which was the greatest worry and most pressing concern to him; and he was looking forward all the time to complete his arrangements and have done with his affairs, so that he could soon be on his way back and hurry home. But he had only been staying with me a trifling while, when al-Muwaffaq Abu '1 Jaish Mujahid, the master of the Balearics, mobilized his forces, moved forward his battalions, and opened hostilities against Khairan, the ruler of Almeria, intending to extirpate him. As a consequence of this war the roads were cut, all land-routes were patrolled, and the sea passages were blockaded by the fleets. My friend's anguish was thus redoubled, for he could not find any way whatever of departing; he was almost snuffed out by despair; he was unable to discover any comfort but in solitude, and took refuge in prodigious sighs and sullen grief. And upon my life, he was the kind of man I would never have supposed likely to yield his heart submissively to love; I could scarcely believe that his unsociable nature would respond to the tender call of passion.
I remember coming back to Cordova after being away on a journey, and then leaving the city once more; and on the road I was thrown together with a civil servant who had also set forth from Cordova upon important business, leaving behind him a little sweetheart. He was most exceedingly distressed about it. I know a man who formed a passionate attachment, and lived in miserable squalor, although he had vast prospects, boundless opportunities and innumerable avenues to worldly success. Yet all that meant nothing to him; he preferred to stay with his beloved. I wrote this little poem to commemorate the situation.
Vast prospects circle thy abode,
With signposts all along the road
The sword is little worth to wear,
Until it be unsheathed and bare.
Separation can be caused by a journey and a far removal of dwellings, when there is little certainty of a return, and the lovers cannot be sure of ever meeting again. That is a grievous catastrophe, a shocking anxiety, a most frightful eventuality, a stubborn sickness: greatest indeed is the ensuing fretfulness, when it is the beloved who goes away. I have a long poem on this topic, in which the following verses occur.
Ah me, the languor of her eyes,
The sickness baffling doctors' skill,
That leads me, as no doubt it will,
To waters where the drinker dies.
I am contented to be slain,
A ready victim to her love,
As one who swallows poison of
The sparkling wine he yearns to drain.
Alas, how little was their shame,
Those endless nights I sleepless lay,
Eager to steal my soul away,
Poor plaything of their ruthless game.
Some 'Abshami my fate must be,
'Uthman's revengeful kinsman, who,
Supposing me to `Ali true,
Would slay me for complicity.
In another poem I say
I think thou art a likeness true
Of Paradise, that rich reward
Assigned by loving Allah to
His saints, who labour for their Lord.
Elsewhere I say
That I may slake, in meeting thee,
This passion's thirst that burns in me,
This conflagration of desire
Inflamed like tamarisk afire.
I vanished out of human ken,
My passion patent yet to men
O strange, apparent accidents
Whose body is remote from sense !
The heavens all-encompassing
Spin ever like some giant ring
Thou, centred at the circle's heart,
Its coruscating bezel art.
Elsewhere again I have these stanzas.
Thou, with such loveliness endued,
Transcendest all similitude
The sun, resplendent in the skies,
Upon no ornament relies.
(I marvel how my soul lives on,
And did not die when he was gone
His parting meant the tomb for me,
His loss was my obituary.
I wonder at my body, yet
So tender and so delicate,
Such shocks still able to withstand,
Unwithered by Fate's cruel hand).
But to return after a separation so prolonged that the soul is filled with disquietude, and wellnigh despairs of ever coming back again-that is a joyous surprise surpassing all bounds; indeed its impact is sometimes fatal. This is how I have described it in verse.
After parting to unite
Is a wonder of delight,
Such as his, who issueth
From the very jaws of death.
This rejoices the poor heart
Languishing so long apart,
Brings to life the lover, nigh
(In his loneliness) to die.
Yet such ecstasy of joy,
When too sudden, can destroy,
And its onslaught prove his doom,
Lay the lover in the tomb.
Sometimes travellers athirst
Gulp the waters till they burst,
And the liquid that should save
From expiring, is their grave.
I know a lover who was constrained to remove far from his beloved for a time ; then he was able t return to her, but could remain no longer than the few moments necessary to fulfil thee formalities of exchanging greetings when he was obliged to depart again. On this he almost expired'. I put this drama into rhyme.
A weary while afar I spent
Till, when my time of banishment
Was done, and I stood nigh to you,
I must perforce remove anew.
For but the twinkling of an eye
My happiness, and you, were nigh,
Then I deserted you again,
To be revisited by pain.
So, when the traveller, astray
And sorely vexed to find his way,
Beholds the levin's sudden light
Illuminate the inky night
He hopes for its perpetual gleam,
But he is cheated of his dream;
And many hopes do but deceive,
And dreams exhilarate, to grieve.
On the theme of returning after separation I have these lines.
My eyes were cooled with gladness, when
I came to dwell with you again
But while you were afar, ah then
My eyes were hot with burning pain.
I offer God for what is gone
A spirit patient and resigned,
As too, for what ensued thereon,
The praises of a grateful mind.
News was brought to me of the death in a distant city of one I loved. I arose and fled to the cemetery, where I paced up and down among the graves, reciting the following verses.
I would this earth without
Were wholly turned about,
And that which lies below
Were mine wherein to go.
Would Death had ravished me,
Ere this calamity
Upon my spirit came,
And set my heart aflame.
Would all my blood were shed
To lave my dearest dead,
And in my hollow breast
His body lay at rest.
A little while later I learned that those tidings were false; and in joy I set pen to paper again and fashioned this poem.
Joy came, when desperate woe
Was now established well;
My heart was clapt below
The seven tiers of hell.
Joy clothed in living green
The heart within my breast,
This heart that long had been
In garb of mourning dressed.
The black of sullen gloom
Removed, as when the bright
Sun floods a shuttered room
And fills it all with light.
And yet I dare not look
For other union, save
The ancient oath I took,
The plight of love you gave.
So men will pray for cloud,
Not hoping for sweet rain,
But that in its spread shroud
Cool shelter they may gain.
In these two sorts of separation the leave-taking occurs, that is to say when the lover or the beloved sets forth upon a journey. That is a most moving spectacle, a very painful scene which tests to breaking-point the resolution of even the strongest will ; the power of the most perspicacious vanishes ; the driest eye is bathed in tears ; the deepest-hidden passion is exposed to the light of day. This is one of the aspects of separation requiring to be discussed, as we have spoken of reproach in the chapter on Breaking Off.
By my life, if a sensitive man should expire in the hour of leave-taking he might well be excused, when he reflects upon the situation in which he will find himself after all his hopes are shattered, and terrors grip his soul, and joy is turned to sorrow. It is an hour to soften the hardest heart, to melt the most unfeeling breast. The shaking of the head, the long unwavering stare, the sighs that follow after farewell tear aside the veil of the heart, and admit into its sanctuary disquietude as great as the agitation provoked in the contrary case by the animated countenance, the winks, the smiles, and all the other manifestations of loving harmony.
There are two kinds of leave-taking. In the first, there is no other possibility of demonstrating the emotions but by means of glances and signs; in the second, embracing and hugging are possible, which for some reason or other may not have been the case before, despite the propinquity of dwellings and the feasibility of the lovers meeting. Therefore some poets have wished for separation, and have praised the day of parting; but that is neither beautiful, right, nor well founded. The joy of one hour does not compensate for the sorrow of several; how then will it be if the separation should continue for days, months, perhaps years? That is indeed an evil speculation and a -crooked- -logic. Where I have praised parting myself in my poetry, it has only been because I yearned for the day of parting to return, so that upon everyday there might be a reunion and a farewell. The pain occasioned by this hateful name can be endured, especially if several days have elapsed in which no meeting has taken place; for then the lover actually longs for the day of separation, and wishes it might happen every day.
On the first type of leave-taking I have this stanza.
Her loveliness is deputy
For the sweet loveliness of light,
As substitute the sighs in me
For flaming embers burning bright.
I describe the second sort of leave-taking thus.
Before her face resplendent all
The lights of heaven prostrate fall,
A face of perfect loveliness
Augmenting not, nor growing less.
A grateful warmth, as when at morn
The sun is lodged in Capricorn,
A gentle coolness, when the sun
In Leo has his journey run.
Later in the same poem I have these stanzas.
Upon my life, I do not hate
The day when lovers separate,
Not fundamentally, although
My soul doth from my body go.
On such a day I took my leave
Of her I love, yet did not grieve,
Since she embraced me, which before
She would not, though I might implore.
Is it not strange and marvelous,
The lesson this can teach to us?
The hour of separation may
Be envied well by union's day!
Could anything more frightful be conceived, or could aught more painful enter into the thoughts of man, than that two lovers should break off their relations with reproaches, and then be overtaken by a sudden parting before reconciliation can be effected and the tangled knot of desertion be resolved? Imagine their feelings as they stand to bid adieu to one another: all reproaches are forgotten in the face of this catastrophe, which has overwhelmed their faculties and banished sleep from their eyes. I have been inspired to put, this situation into a poem.
Now silenced is the voice of blame,
All blotted out the old reproach
Lo, separation's troops approach
With speedy and unflinching aim.
Estrangement, scared and terrified
By separation, flees away,
And none can tell, this dreadful day,
Where it may find a place to hide.
So might some wolf, in lone delight
Stalking its prey, all suddenly
A lion in the offing see
Beside the copse, and take to flight.
If separation makes me glad
Because estrangement's at an end,
Yet it removes me from my friend,
And leaves me desolate and sad.
So, in the fearful hour of death,
The dying man wins some repose;
But then death's angel, ere he knows,
Assaults, and takes away his breath.
I know a man who came to bid farewell to his beloved upon the day of parting, and found that she was already gone. He paused in her tracks a full hour, passing to and fro over the spot where she had been; then he departed crestfallen, pale, dejected. Within a few days he fell sick and died, God rest his soul!
Separation discloses deep-hidden secrets in a most marvelous way. I once saw a man whose love was strictly concealed, and who took every pains to keep his feelings out of sight, until the event of separation occurred; then that which was hidden became apparent, and that which was secret stood forth revealed. I wrote a poem on this, from which I will cite three stanzas.
Thou gayest me the love
Thou hadst denied to me
Ere then, and didst thereof
I had no longer need
Of what thou then didst pour,
But had rejoiced indeed
To taste of it before.
Drugs may have some avail
Before the hour of doom:
The best specifics fail
To penetrate the tomb.
I have these verses also.
In this hour, when we must part,
Thou bestowest, full and free,
All the lode thy miser heart
Treasured, but refused to me.
This thy sudden kindness yet
Swells my sorrow more and more
O the pity and regret!
Why wast thou not kind before?
Now this has-reminded me that at a certain time I enjoyed the affection of one of the sovereign's viziers, during the days of his greatest glory. Then he manifested a certain reserve, and I kept away from him. In the hour when his triumph departed and his authority was at an end, he showed me not a little affection and comradeship; I countered his advances with the following well-chosen words.
When Dame Fortune smiled on thee
Thou wast good enough to frown,
But art gracious now to me,
Seeing Fate has let thee down.
Thou wouldst be my friend again
Now thy friendship has no use
Why didst thou not give me then
When it pleased thee to refuse?
Finally there is the separation which is caused by death, that final parting from which there is no hope of a return. This is indeed a shattering and backbreaking blow, a fateful catastrophe; it is a lamentable woe, overshadowing the blackness of night itself; it cuts off every hope, erases all ambition, and causes the most sanguine to despair 'of further meeting. Here all tongues are baffled; the cord of every remedy is severed; no other course remains open but patient fortitude, willing or perforce. It is the greatest affliction that can assail true -lovers; and he who is struck down by it has nothing left but to lament and weep, until either he perishes himself or wearies of his lamentations. It is the wound, which cannot heal, the anguish which never passes, the sorrow which is constantly renewed, as ever his poor body crumbles that thou hast committed to the dust. On this matter I have the following to say.
What things soe'er
May come to pass,
Cry not alas
While hope is there.
Haste not thy heart
To gloom to yield
All is not sealed
Till life depart.
But when the veil
Of death descends,
Then all hope ends,
All comforts fail.
I have seen this happen to many people, and can relate to you a personal experience of the same order; for I am also one who has been afflicted by this calamity, and surprised by this misfortune. I was deeply in love with, and passionately enamoured of, a certain, slave-girl once in my possession, whose name was Nu`m: she was a dream of desire, a paragon of physical and moral beauty, and we were in perfect harmony. She had known no other man before me, and our love for each other was mutual and perfectly satisfying. Then the fates ravished her from me, and the nights and passing days carried her away; she became one with the dust and stones. At the time of her death I was not yet twenty, and she younger than I. For seven months thereafter I never once put off my garments; my tears ceased not to flow, though I am a man not given to weeping, nor discovering relief in lamentation. And by Allah, I have not found consolation for her loss even to this day. If ransoms could have been of avail, I would have ransomed her with everything of which I stand possessed, my inheritance and all my earnings, aye, and with the most precious limb of my body, swiftly and willingly. Since her death life has never seemed sweet to me; I have never forgotten her memory, nor been intimate with any other woman. My love for her blotted out all that went before, and made anathema to me all that came after it. Here are some of the poems which I composed about her
She was a spotless maiden, bright
And lovely as the sun's first light;
Like stars all other maidens were
And faintly shone, compared with her.
Her love sent soaring from my breast
My heart, that was till then at rest,
And, like some bird upon the wing,
It swooped, and then hung hovering.
Among the elegies I wrote on her death is a poem in which the following curious lines occur.
Methinks my heart found little ease
To hear the words thy lips designed,
That blew like weird enchantresses
Upon the knots within my mind.
With such abundant hopes to choose'
Between, such chance to stake my claim,
I fear I made too little use,
And trifled with the hope that came.
This stanza comes in the same elegy.
They manifest antipathy,
Yet in their hearts fond love they bear;
They swear they will keep far from me,
But they are false in what they swear.
In another formal panegyric addressed to my cousin Abu 'l-Mughira `Abd al-Wahhab Ahmad Ibn `Abd al-Rahman Ibn Hazm Ibn Ghalib I have the following verses.
Halt, friends, and to yon ruins cry
"Where is your habitant to-day?
Has Time untimely passed you by,
Bequeathing nothing but decay?"
Ah me, how desolate and drear,
How naked stand they and apart!
Were ever people dwelling here,
Or dwell they only in my heart?
Men are divided in their opinions, which of those two disasters-separation, and breaking off-is the more cruel. Each of them is a hard ascent, a bloody death, a black calamity, a year of drought; in each there is something repellent and hostile to the instincts of us all. To the proud, noble, tender, affectionate, loyal soul nothing seems so calamitous as separation; for this comes upon a man as if of set purpose, these misfortunes seek him out deliberately and personally. And when the blow of separation falls, he cannot find any solace for his soul; he is unable to divert his thoughts in any direction, without discovering something to re-awaken his tragic passion and stimulate his grief, some new cause of pain, some new argument to emotion, some new encouragement to weep for his dear friend. Breaking off on the other hand is an invitation to oblivion, the forerunner of the pulling up of tent pegs. To the yearning, susceptible, sentimental, excitable, inconstant soul breaking off is a great sickness, and very liable to prove fatal; whereas separation is a consolation, and brings a blessed forgetfulness. For my own part death itself would be easier for me to face, than parting from my beloved; and breaking off only brings me sadness and, if it continue, may well provoke me to frenzy. On this point I have the following to offer.
"Depart!" they cried. "Begone!
Will come, and thou'lt be glad
To wish not to be sad."
"Oblivion?" I said,
"I would be rather dead
What fool takes arsenic
To see if he is sick?
I also say this.
Love ravished me
Her slave to be
She chose to part,
And slew my heart.
Love came a guest
Within my breast;
My soul was spread;
I have seen a man deliberately employ the device of breaking off relations with his beloved, because he dreaded the bitterness of the day of separation, and the excruciating sadness that would accompany the final rupture. Now although I do not myself approve of such a manner of conduct, nevertheless it is a convincing proof that separation is harder to bear than breaking off; how indeed should it be otherwise, seeing that some men take refuge in breaking relations for fear of separation? Yet I have never discovered anyone in the world who resorted to separation because he dreaded breaking off; and men always choose the easier course, and charge themselves with the lighter burden if they can. My reason for remarking that this is not a praiseworthy manner of conduct is as follows. Those who act so, precipitate the calamity before it actually descends, and gulp the choking draught of suffering fortitude prematurely; and it may be that what they so much fear will not happen at all, and that the man who precipitates unpleasantness without being sure what it is that he is precipitating will prove not to have been so wise in the issue. On this subject I have the following poem.
The lover in his amorous heart
Resolved for passion's sake to part
We count him not as one of us
Who will desert his darling thus.
Just like a millionaire is he,
Who lives a life of penury
That he may be from want secure,
And so makes certain to be poor.
I recall some lines on this theme, namely that separation is harder to endure than shunning, which my cousin Abu 'I-Mughixa wrote in a long poem he addressed to me when he was about seventeen years old.
What, does it trouble thee
That I must now be gone,
And grievest thou to see
The lumbering beasts pricked on?
Ah yes, it is a great
Distress, from friends to part;
Ah me, to separate
Breaks the poor lover's heart.
'Tis a pretension vain
To claim, in lying rage,
That banning is a bane,
A noisome pasturage.
Such men as this assert
Know naught of passion's fire;
They have not felt the hurt
Of overcharged desire.
To separate: ah, this
Fair takes away the breath
And, when it chances, is
A certain sign of death.
On this same subject I myself have a long ode which begins after this fashion.
The day when pilgrims stand and gaze
Afar on Mecca's holy shrine
Outglories not that day of days
When I first worshipped, love, at thine.
That day of gladness was as rare
In beauty and magnificence
As when a barren womb doth bear,
Or an adulteress repents.
I do not think the lightning gleam
Of union flahes without showers,
The garden of young passion's dream
A wilderness of withered flowers
Not when I view each virgin chaste,
And seem to hear her bosom say
"Come, take me", but her girdled waist
Demurely whisper, "Lover, stay"
Each draws her in a different way,
And the red roses in her cheek
Her deep perplexity betray,
Whether to parry, or to seek.
There is not any other cure,
Except her eyes, to heal my hurt;
Naught else in all the world is sure
My final ruin to avert.
The viper, whose envenomed throat
Is mortal malice to a man,
Bears in itself the antidote
Effecting what no other can.
It is separation that has moved the poets to weep over former trysting-places, so that they shed their tears freely upon the traces of old encampments, and sprinkled the ruined abodes with the water of yearning, as they remembered the happy hours they once passed there. Loud then was their lamentation, and bitter their cries of anguish; the sight of the fading footsteps revived their buried passion, so that they gave themselves up to weeping and ululation.
A visitor from Cordova informed me, when I asked him for news of that city, that he had seen our mansion in Balat Mughith, on the western side of the metropolis; its traces were wellnigh obliterated, its waymarks effaced; vanished were its spacious patios. All had been changed by decay; the joyous pleasaunces were converted to barren deserts and howling wildernesses; its beauty lay in shattered ruins. Where peace once reigned, fearful chasms yawned; wolves resorted there, ghosts frolicked, demons sported. Wild beasts now lurked where men like lions, abounding in wealth and every luxury, once paid court to statuesque maidens; who were all now scattered and dispersed to the four corners of the earth. Those gracious halls, those richly ornamented boudoirs, that once shone like the sun, the loveliness of their panorama lifting all cares from the mind, being now entirely overwhelmed by desolation and utter destruction seemed rather like the gaping mouths of savage beasts, proclaiming the end that awaits this mortal world, and revealing visibly the final destiny of those who dwell therein, the ultimate fate of those you now see abiding here below; so that you would be moved, after so long reluctance to abandon the world, henceforth eagerly to renounce it. Then I remembered the days that I had passed in that fair mansion, the joys I had known there, the months of my ardent youth spent in the company of blooming virgins, very apt to awaken desire in the heart of the most sedate young man. I pictured those maidens now lying beneath the dust, or dispersed to distant parts and far regions, scattered by the hand of exile, torn--to -pieces by the fingers of expatriation. I saw in my mind's eye the ruin of that noble house, which I had once known so beautiful and thriving, and in the shadow of whose well-ordered establishment I had passed my childhood; empty were those courts once so densely thronged. I seemed to hear the voices of owls hooting and screeching over those passages; astir of old with the busy concourse of people in whose midst I grew to manly estate. Then night followed day with the selfsame bustle, the selfsame coming and going
of countless feet; but now day followed night there, and all was forever hushed and desolate. These sad reflections filled my eyes with tears and my heart with anguish; my soul was shattered as if by a jagged rock, and the misery in my mind waxed ever greater. So I took refuge in poetry, and uttered the following stanza.
If now our throats are parched and dry,
Yet long its waters slaked our thirst;
If evil now has done its worst,
Our happiness was slow to die.
Separation engenders deep regrets, profound emotions, and melancholy recollections, as I have remarked in these verses.
Ah, would the raven but restore
To me that inauspicious day,
And, as it drove my friends before,
Now drive my loneliness away!
I speak; and over all extend
Night's shallows, like a mighty veil;
Night swore that she would never end.
Yon star, bewildered, hangs on high
Immovable in heaven's heart;
Lost in the desert of the sky;
It knows not whither to depart,
It calls to mind a man astray,
His spirit fearful and afraid,
Or under threat, and in dismay,
Some lover lovesick for his maid.
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The Solar Dynamics Observatory captured this view as the Sun let loose with its biggest solar flare of the year so far. It’s not a real big one — a mid-level flare classified as an M6.5 – but an associated coronal mass ejection is heading towards Earth and could spur some nice auroae by this weekend. Spaceweather.com predicts the expanding cloud (see animation below) will probably deliver a glancing blow to Earth’s magnetic field late on April 12th or more likely April 13th. The NOAA Space Prediction Center forecasts this event to cause moderate (G2) Geomagnetic Storm activity, and predicts geomagnetic activity to start in the mid to latter part (UTC) of April 13. They add that the source region is still potent and well-positioned for more geoeffective activity in the next few days.
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动态迷宫正在成都的“从跳棋到复杂系统”展览，其设计思想与方法发展成的研究成果参加了ACM主办的2021年“Creativity & Cognition”学术论坛；动态迷宫艺术作品即将在香港城市大学主办的第二届Art & Machine座谈会被展出。
The orderly fragments contribute to the disorder of the system. The rational and finite movement of each unit and the random, infinite nature of the entire system form a seemingly oxymoronic kit-of-parts.
The Moving Maze is a spatial system of an indeterminate world where the human agent and the environment are mutually responsive, a realization of a methodical idea born from our continuous contemplation on games. A multicursal maze is a misorienting system composed of repetitive parts. The maze is deconstructed into the non-subdivisible neutral unit, which can propagate through replication and orthogonal rotation into a field, under control of a computational system that reacts to the player’s movement by automatically rotating its parts. On the macro level, this field is an indeterminate miniature world where the player self-navigates; on the meso level, it is perceived as passage, corner, junction, and dead end; on the micro level, it is the repetition of homogeneous units. Ripped with the player’s local movement, the interactive maze adjusts itself incessantly, while the player continues to re-route among the disorder, adapting to strategic anticipation.
The Moving Maze is exhibited in “From Checkers to Complex Systems” in Chengdu, China; its design methodology and philosophy were developed into a research that participated in ACM Creativity & Cognition 2021 Conference; the artwork will also be presented in the Second International Symposium of Art & Machine at City University in Hong Kong, 2021.
Video game: The Moving Maze
Yiou is an architect, artist and theoretical researcher whose works encompass architecture, digital illustration, comic, and game. With a psychology/linguistic background, Yiou detects the invisible, immeasurable layers of physical and social phenomena, and uncovers them with unique techniques. Yiou’s artworks and research focus on gamified and ritualized spatial conditions, storytelling of paradoxical space and temporalities, Mixed Realities, and the gamer as the basic state of beings. Yiou’s recent works include Home of Day and Night, a gamified architectural proposal of the COVID-striken town; The Paradoxical Double Life of Otto, a serial comic of two converging storylines; Carbon Spring, an architectural proposal of a monument reacting to global warming; and Memory Miner, a video game of the futuristic reality of memory externalization with meta-game narratives. Yiou is currently a Master of Architecture candidate at Harvard University Graduate School of Design.
王宇杰是客观与主观世界的协调者，他通过塑造人和机器与人和环境的关系来增强人与人之间的连接。作为交互设计架构师、创意工程师和创业者，宇杰致力于通过协调人的感觉与机器的感知来探究未来的社会与技术体系。他在智能系统、感官体验和产品服务中塑造人如何与混合现实、脑机界面、自动驾驶车辆以及自适应的建筑环境等系统互动从而创造有意义的体验。宇杰目前在麻省理工学院学习，是Muser和AiRCAD的创始人，拥有Philips医疗和Bruce Mau Design的工作经历以及Media Lab媒体实验室和哈佛医学院的研究经历。
Yujie is a mediator between the objective and the subjective, enhancing human-human connection through shaping human-machine and human-environment relationships. As an interaction design architect, creative technologist, and entrepreneur working across intelligent systems, sensory experiences, tangible products, and intangible services, Yujie transforms how people interact with media such as mixed reality, brain-computer interface, self-driving vehicles, and adaptive built environment to empower their lives with meaningful experiences. He is currently a graduate student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Co-Founder of Muser and AiRCAD, with research experience at Media Lab and Harvard Medical School and professional experience at Philips Healthcare. | <urn:uuid:07d2380e-624b-4658-9a56-d3f00db11faf> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.slimeengine.com/oc2/yiouwang-yujiewang/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570741.21/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808001418-20220808031418-00076.warc.gz | en | 0.682916 | 2,643 | 2.125 | 2 |
Yuliya Minets, Postdoctoral Research Associate at Princeton University’s Seeger Center for Hellenic Studies, presents her research project, “Holy Men Speaking: Languages and Authority in the Ancient Mediterranean,” to an interdisciplinary group of NDIAS Fellows, guest faculty, and students.
Professor Minets' research focuses on the intersection of early Christian studies, history, classics, and linguistics. She is currently working on her book The Slow Fall of Babel: Languages and Identities in Late Antique Christianity, expected to be published with Cambridge University Press. The book explores early Christian ideas on languages and on linguistic history and diversity. It investigates how different languages and language-related socio-cultural stereotypes influenced the formation of specifically Christian and distinct confessional identities in the Western and Eastern Mediterranean, Europe, and the Near East.
Her articles “Languages of Christianity in Late Antiquity: Between Universalism and Cultural Superiority” in the Studia Patristica (2017) and “Xenolalia in Christian Literature of Late Antiquity” in the Language and Culture in Early Christianity: A Companion (2018) explore different aspects of linguistic ideas and language ideologies in the late Roman Empire and the Syriac Orient. Her article “Palladius of Helenopolis: One Author, Two Ways to Write” in the Journal of Early Christian Studies (2017) analyzes the narrative strategies and discursive conventions that Palladius employed in his works and discusses why one author could produce two very disparate compositions. She uses the concepts and approaches offered by reader-response criticism in order to differentiate between an implied audience of the historical narrative as the narrative mediates it and the actual historical audience (i.e., real people of flesh and blood who read the book in the past). She has written book reviews for Hugoye: Journal of Syriac Studies and a number of journal articles on Byzantine and Early Christian studies published abroad.
Minets' previous research projects have been supported by the Lindsay Young Visiting Faculty Fellowship at the Marco Institute for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (University of Tennessee, Knoxville), the Dumbarton Oaks Research Fellowship, the Mellon-Helis Fellowship for Studies in Early Christianity (Catholic University of America), and the Central European University Master’s Scholarship. | <urn:uuid:133878fe-b848-4507-9ea6-881600da9539> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://ndias.nd.edu/events/2020/01/28/yuliya-minets-holy-men-speaking-languages-and-authority-in-the-ancient-mediterranean/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570977.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20220809124724-20220809154724-00467.warc.gz | en | 0.882757 | 468 | 1.507813 | 2 |
YULA Boys High School
Going to: Yeshivat Orayta/University of Texas at Austin
David Shalom wants to broker a final status peace agreement between Israelis and Palestinians. While this goal may seem lofty, the YULA student has already taken big steps in pursuit of this dream.
Politics and music have been the two main ingredients in Shalom’s life, but as he looks ahead to college, he says politics and diplomacy will take center stage.
“I feel excited about the future, to study politics and to start my life in college, but in graduating I also feel like I have already accomplished a lot so far,” he said.
Shalom got his first taste of political life taking part in model U.N. conferences at Shalhevet School and interning for state Sen. Fran Pavley (D-Agoura Hills). He then transferred to YULA Boys High School in 10th grade, where he was accepted into a five-week political advocacy program in Israel called The Jerusalem Journey: Ambassadors. Shalom said this was where his passion for diplomacy began.
“On my summer program in Israel, I learned a lot about the history of the Arab-Israeli conflict,” he said.
Shalom turned his passion into his work when he set up “Israel Advocacy,” a course he teaches to 50 YULA students.
“When I was in Israel, I was trained to be an ambassador. I learned so many things I thought everyone else could learn, too. I have a skill to move things forward, and I will always try to make use of this skill in my work.”
Recognizing the barriers that impede peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Shalom decided to break down one of his own: language. Taking a night class in Arabic at Santa Monica College in his senior year, Shalom’s perspective on the Arab-Israeli conflict broadened immensely when he became friends with a Palestinian in his class.
“I took this class with a lot of Arabs, and ... I realized that they were like me and wanted the same things I want: peace for the Israeli-Palestinian region,” he said.
Shalom thinks peace between Israelis and Palestinians is possible — given the right leaders on both sides.
“When you look back at history, all it takes is leaders on both sides who can galvanize their people toward peace. With bold leadership, courage and bilateral negotiations, peace can be achieved,” he said.
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I’ve created a special recipe for Yogurt Week (19-25 May), an event created by The Yogurt Council to blow the horn about one of the UK’s favourite foods.
Brits eat enough yogurt every week to fill more than 3.5 Olympic size swimming pools – that’s the same in weight as 737 double decker buses. That is a whole lot of yogurt.
There are over 400 yogurt flavours for sale in the UK, and the most popular is strawberry. I prefer it plain – one of my favourite summer breakfasts is Greek style yogurt dolloped onto a bowl of fresh melon and strawberries and drizzled with honey and a scattering of granola too. Dreamy.
Yogurt and other fermented milk products were discovered accidentally centuries ago as a result of milk being stored by primitive methods in warm climates.
The word ‘yogurt’ is believed to derive from the Turkish verb ‘yoǧurt’ that means “to be curdled or coagulated; to thicken.”
Medieval Turkish writers have often referred to yogurt as being a type of health food and according to them, it was reputed to cure diarrhoea and sooth sunburnt skin.
Today its health benefits are widely recognised, as it contains a range of nutrients important in a balanced diet and a healthy lifestyle including B vitamins, calcium, iodine, phosphorus, potassium and protein.
It’s a great healthy dessert option to feed your kids. My two boys loved it when they were babies, and Sam my eldest (aka The Pudding King) still adores tucking into a pot or two from the fridge after he’s eaten his dinner.
Cooking with yogurt
It’s not just a dessert though. Yogurt is a truly versatile ingredient which many of us use in our baking and also to make savoury dishes like delicious creamy curries, tangy sauces and dips. Now the summer months are approaching I’ll definitely be getting stuck into some home made tzatziki.
Yogurt is one of the most effective marinades for meat as its mildly acidic properties and calcium break down the tough fibres and you’re left with a delicious soft texture. So that’s why I’ve created a special yogurt marinade recipe for you guys to try the next time you’ve got a BBQ planned.
You do need to think ahead and let the meat marinade for a good six hours to let the yogurt work its magic, so it’s not a recipe you can decide to throw together when you’ve got in from a busy day. But it only takes a minute to mix the ingredients together, pour over the meat and pop in the fridge, so you could feasibly do it in the morning before you go to work for the day and come back later and cook it in a griddle pan.
It’s a super healthy recipe, so if you’re trying to keep your diet light in time for the summer months then this is definitely one to add to your meal plan for the week.
Thai spiced griddled pork in a yogurt marinade with butternut and feta salad
Prep time: 20 mins plus 6 hrs marinating
Cooking time: 50 mins
For the Thai Spiced Pork
8 x thin cut pork loin steaks, fat trimmed
500g Greek Style Yogurt (I used fat free, but you don’t have to)
2 tbsp Thai Green Curry Paste
3 tsp Fresh Ginger
Handful coriander leaves, chopped
Juice and zest of half a lime
For the Salad
1 small butternut squash, peeled, deseeded and cut into 2cm cubes
1 tbsp sesame oil
1 tbsp Dukkah
150g Feta cheese cubes
1. Place the pork loin steaks in a large dish and season with salt and pepper. In a separate bowl mix the yogurt, curry paste, ginger, coriander leaves with the lime zest and juice. Pour this mixture over the pork and then turn the steaks so they get a full coating, smooth over the top of the dish to make sure the meat is all covered in marinade. Cover with cling film and then pop in the fridge for 6 hours or overnight to marinate.
2. Pre-heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Pop the butternut squash cubes into a bowl and toss with the oil and dukkah spices and a pinch of sea salt flakes. Turn out onto a baking sheet and roast for 30-40 mins until it starts to turn golden at the edges and is soft and squidgy inside.
3. Put your salad leaves into a large serving dish and lightly toss with the butternut squash and feta cubes.
4. You can either cook the pork on a BBQ or simply use a griddle pan on the hob. Take the pork loin steaks out of their marinading dish still coated in a little yoghurt, but not excessive amounts and cook for 2-3 minutes each side.
5. Serve 2 steaks per person with a generous portion of salad on the side for a light but very tasty meal.
Tips: Dukkah are Egyptian Style Spices, which you can get hold of from http://www.olivesetal.co.uk/. If you haven’t got them to hand try using a pinch of cumin seeds when roasting the butternut squash instead.
For more information about Yogurt Week visit loveyogurt.org and follow loveyogurtuk on Facebook and Twitter
For more yogurt recipe inspiration check out:
Helen’s White Loaf made using yogurt
Jan’s Low Fat – Greek-style Baked Yogurt Tomatoes Peppers Onions and Chilli
Michelle’s Rich Chocolate Cake
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For three days after September 11, the Federal Aviation Administration grounded commercial aircraft in the U.S., stranding travelers, hindering mail delivery and interrupting courier service, but for scientists at Penn State and the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater, the three-day shutdown provided a rare glimpse of the climate effects of jet contrails.
"In the past, some studies have compared the climate of areas with little overhead air traffic with those under heavily used flight paths," says Dr. Andrew M. Carleton, professor of geography. "Other studies looked at cloud cover before the advent of heavy jet traffic in the 1960s and afterwards, but these studies really provide circumstantial evidence."
Carleton, and Dr. David Travis, climatologist at University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and Ryan Lauritsen, then an undergraduate at UW-W, looked at high and low temperatures recorded throughout the country during the three days of commercial air shutdown and at satellite photos taken during that time. The satellite photos show where contrails were occurring, mostly absent over the U.S. between Sept 11-14, but still occurring in Canada and northern Mexico.
"We show that there was an anomalous increase in the average diurnal temperature range for the period Sept. 11-14, 2001," the researchers reported in today's (Aug. 8) issue of the journal Nature. "Because persisting contrails can reduce the transfer of both incoming solar and outgoing infrared radiation and so reduce the daily temperature range, we attribute at least a portion of this anomaly to the absence of contrails."
The diurnal temperature range is the difference between the nighttime low temperature and the daytime high temperature, usually for a given day.
"Because the shutdown occurred before noon on Sept. 11, the low temperature had already been reached, so we looked at 24-hour periods beginning with the high on Sept. 11 to the low on Sept. 14," said Carleton.
The change in the temperature difference was plus 1.1 degree Celsius, equal to plus 2 degrees Fahrenheit, above the 30-year long-term mean diurnal temperature range. The researchers compared the temperature ranges on these three days to those of the three days directly before Sept. 11 and the three days after Sept. 14, finding that the days before and after were similar, but that the three days in question differed by 1.8 degrees Celsius or 3.2 degrees Fahrenheit.
"Sept. 11-14, 2001, had the biggest diurnal temperature range of any three-day period in the past 30 years," said Carleton. Contrails form when water vapor and particles from jet engine exhaust enter the atmosphere. If the atmospheric temperature is cool enough, and the humidity high enough, the exhaust forms ice crystals that create the contrail. Contrails generally last one to two hours, but can last as long as six.
All jet exhausts do not create contrails. In warmer areas, contrails are rare, while in temperate areas, especially in the Midwest and Great Plains, contrails are common, especially in the winter and spring. Sometimes, the added moisture of a series of jets will increase the atmospheric humidity enough so that subsequent aircraft will form contrails even though earlier ones did not.
"The fact that the three jetless days were in the late summer should suggest that there was less of an effect than would have occurred during a cooler time of the year when more contrails occur," said Carleton.
Contrails alter temperature the same way that natural high clouds do. During the day, the layer of ice crystals shields the ground from some of the sun's energy. At night, the layer of ice crystals prevents some of Earth's heat from dissipating into the vacuum. Without the contrails, the daytime temperature would be slightly higher and the nighttime temperature would be slightly lower, creating the increased range between lowest and highest temperatures.
The researchers note that the greater range reported was an average and that some areas had an even larger range increase. They also investigated whether those three days were unusually dry, which would account for an absence of natural cloud cover and a greater temperature range.
"Satellite images showed that cloud cover on Sept. 11 was light, but that cloud cover and humidity increased on the 12th, 13th and 14th," says Carleton. "These clouds and greater humidity should have suppressed the range, but the temperature range was still the largest in 30 years."
Carleton and Travis are collaborating on a general study of contrails and climate change funded by the National Science Foundation that also funded this work.
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Power a Village seeks to provide the infrastructure for sustainable, renewable electricity to the villages which are in darkness, around the world.
Founder of 'Power a Village' Mohan Basnet is from a village in Nepal where, not so long ago, residents lived without electricity. To light their homes at night people burned kerosene lamps. Unfortunately, this gave many people asthma, lung cancer, and breathing problems.
However, an inexpensive 2 kilowatt hydroelectric generator or a 2 kilowatt micro solar grid can easily provide enough electricity to light up to 20 households. Not only is a hydroelectric generator mechanically simple and easy to repair, it also provides clean renewable energy with negligible environmental effects.
Walter introducing Hardeni Village Project in a fundraising event in 2013.
Hardeni Village after the successful implementation of the Project.
Furthermore, there are many local suppliers of hydroelectric generators and micro solar grid located in Kathmandu, meaning the technology does not need to be shipped halfway across the world. Should a mechanical problem arise that is not easily fixed by village residents, a solution can be navigated in their native language by people in their extended community.
We have the technology!
We start each project by selecting a village. Villages are evaluated based on need and villager interest by a member of our team (Sushil) who lives in Nepal. Once a village is identified as a good candidate for an electrification project, we work with vendors of hydroelectric, solar, and other renewable energy equipment located in Kathmandu. We then create a detailed estimate of final costs, and begin fundraising. Once enough donations have been amassed, we transfer money from our dedicated bank account in Nebraska to a dedicated bank account in Nepal, and the vendors are paid. Vendors begin manufacture and assembly of the quoted parts as soon as money is made available to them. Once completed, the parts are transported by Sushil to the village.
Once a village has been notified of selection, a committee is formed that includes members from each household to oversee the maintenance of the electricity source. In the Hardeni project, each household offered individual donations to support the project, which were collected by the head of this committee. During Hardeni project, villagers voluntarily made necessary preparations for the generator prior to its arrival, including the construction of a small hut to shelter it from the elements, and the rerouting of an elevated irrigation line to the hut. Furthermore, villagers ran wiring from the hut's electrical box to the village and from house to house. Villagers are the sole owners and creators of their own electricity, and have invested their own time to bring this project to fruition.
Power a Village, global change on a local budget! We are not asking you to pay for our expensive plane tickets, so that we can fly to Nepal and personally perform manual labor in the name of 'change,' when there are many capable Nepalis willing to do it themselves! We realize that there is a budget gap that keeps many villages from having their own electricity. All we ask is that you help us to eliminate that gap. We'll take care of the rest!
Want to chat, Skype, or meet in the Omaha/Lincoln, NE area? We are excited to talk to you, don't hesitate to contact us.
Power a Village is a registered non-profit in the state of Nebraska. We do not have 501(c)(3) status, however we do have a fiscal agent for larger donations, or if tax exemption is desired. Please contact Mohan Basnet for more information about making a tax exempt donation through our fiscal agent.
Would your organization like to bring power to a village? If your organization is interested in participating in a fundraiser, we can pair you with an individual village. A single village project generally requires funding in the range of $5000. This brings light to 20-30 homes. Contact us to learn more!
Power a Village is organizing a fundraising event on April 5, 2014. Tickets are on sale. Please see the flyer for details.
February 8, 2014
The Sorung Village Solar Electrification Project was carried out successfully! Thanks to your help, Power a Village was able to install multiple solar panels in the Sorung Village, providing many villagers with a clean, renewable light source. Pictures of the Sorung Village project have been added to the slideshow on our main page.
January 29, 2014
- We have added a new member to our executive team. Jubin Rajbhandari, a Mechanical Engineering student at the University of Texas, Arlington has joined our team in place of Rajeev, who recently graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Jubin organized a "Walk for Nepal" group in support of Power a Village and was instrumental in raising the funds required for completion of the Sorung Village Solar project. He is the Power a Village point of contact for those in the Dallas/Fortworth areas. His contact information can be found on our contact page.
December 11, 2013
- Power a Village has unveiled it's blog! Check it out by clicking the tumblr link in the upper left corner of the page. The blog features a wealth of technical information and more in-depth updates than are available here.
November 5, 2013
- The Dallas 'Walk for Nepal' event was a great success! We had many donors sign up in our support, and together they helped us raise over $800!
October 11, 2013
- Power a Village is proud to announce that it has become involved in the event 'Walk for Nepal' which will take place on November 10th in Arlington, TX. If you live in the area, sign up to walk, with Power a Village as your sponsored organization!
August 29, 2013
- Our member Rachel is running a half marathon in support of the Sorung village! Visit her YouCaring fundraiser page to support her, and donate to bring power to the people of Sorung village!
August 20, 2013
- The Hardeni Electrification project is complete! More pictures and videos to come!
June 18, 2013
- Power a Village raised enough funds to completely power the Hardeni Village! Soon pictures and video of the progress will be available for viewing on our website. To all of the donors, we must say thank you. Without your help, many people would be without a safe form of light. Your contribution, no matter how large, directly affects the lives of people without electricity. People, it is the year 2013. Don't you think it's about time for people to have lightbulbs in their homes? We sincerely appreciate your donations.
May 25th, 2013
- Executive positions are tentatively being chosen for the Board of Directors. So far, they are as follows:
Chair: Mohan Basnet
Vice Chair: Walter Bircher
Treasurer: Prawesh Khanal
Secretary: Rachel Gehringer-Wiar
Funding Director: Rajeev Neupane
Project Co-ordinator: Sushil Raut (Nepal)
May 20th, 2013
- Power a Village has officially been incorporated in the state of Nebraska as a non profit organization!
May 19th, 2013
- Power a Village was featured in an article in the Lincoln Journal Star! Click below for the article.
May 11th, 2013
- Power a Village is in the process of incorporating through the state of Nebraska as a nonprofit organization! Because we care about professionalism, we are becoming a legitimate NPO, rather than simply a group of students.
April 13, 2013
- NEPAL NITE 2013: American and Nepali students dancing the Sherpa Dance together at Nepal Nite 2070, in support of Power a Village.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln City Campus Union
Classical and Folk Dances and Ethnic Nepalese Cuisine!!
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Dashboards! Everyone loves having a clear, interactive dashboard to play with. They make it much easier to see trends, compare different items or approaches, visualize vital business metrics, and much more. With the amount and complexity of data often stored in Airtable, visualizing what’s up there often becomes a must. Luckily, creating an Airtable dashboard is easy, and often requires no technical background or particular analytical skills.
In this article, we’ll show you three different approaches to building a perfect dashboard in Airtable.
Why build a dashboard in Airtable?
There can be many different reasons for building dashboards because there are so many benefits of having one. Here are some top reasons:
- Better monitoring of business metrics – With thousands of records on your bases, it’s hard to see the big picture. Aggregating that data and putting it on dashboards as scorecards or charts gives you a quick overview of how a business or a project performs. This, as a result, streamlines decision-making and makes the company more data-driven.
- Spotting trends, opportunities, and bottlenecks – Raw data won’t tell you everything. Often, you need to draw a good-looking chart to spot what didn’t seem that obvious before. It could be sales or response time suddenly deteriorating, an increased engagement from a particular user segment, or a sudden roadblock you may have missed before. Staying on top of such events will allow you to react faster and capitalize on arising opportunities.
- Better transparency – dashboards are invaluable when working with multiple stakeholders, including those that don’t even use Airtable. They keep everyone in the loop, answer questions before they arise, and make every discussion more factual. Every stakeholder can find the information they need quickly, without the need to distract anyone from their work.
Three approaches to building an Airtable dashboard
We’ve tried various ways of building Airtable dashboards and have come up with three viable methods. Each is a bit different and will suit a slightly different audience. The first two approaches are available within Airtable and are accessible, to some extent, even on the free tier.
- The first method relies on Extensions (previously known as Apps) that you can add to your bases. There are many available options, the majority focus purely on helping you make more sense of your data.
You’ll read more about it in the How to create a dashboard in Airtable using Extensions? chapter.
- The other native method is with the recently launched Interface Designer. It’s a feature built specifically with dashboards in mind. It offers drag-and-drop functionality for adding new elements to your Airtable dashboards and can be customized to a great extent.
We talk more about it in the How to create a dashboard in Airtable using Interface Designer? chapter.
- The third option relies on exporting Airtable data automatically into a spreadsheet. It could be a final destination where you’ll build any custom dashboard or just the start of the data journey. Many Airtable users choose to plug in such data into DataViz tools like Tableau or Looker and end up with wonderful, interactive dashboards for their data.
We’ve covered this approach in detail in the How to build Airtable dashboards outside the platform? chapter.
How to create a dashboard in Airtable using Extensions?
Extensions (known as Apps until early 2022) are excellent for adding charts or scorecards to your base in just a few clicks.
It could be a bar or line chart demonstrating the revenues and expenses. Others could think of deploying a pie chart to showcase the content distribution among writers or a traffic split among sources. Extensions are also great for displaying metrics – MRR, total sales, goal completion %, and much more.
Each table can have a separate Airtable dashboard, demonstrating only the relevant stats. You can’t, however, display data from outside of a base and mix data from several different bases using the conventional method.
A workaround would be to sync data between bases using Airtable Sync. If you, however, don’t want to do that, you’ll need to settle with a dashboard outside of Airtable that lets you tap into data from any sources, even from other apps you use. More on that later.
To add an extension in Airtable or to have a look at your dashboard, click the Extensions button in the top-right part of the screen.
Then, use the Add an extension button to jump to the Airtable Marketplace. There, you’ll find lots of ready extensions built by their team themselves as well as by external developers. If you can’t find anything suitable, you can even build an extension using the available templates or write a script to pull up the desired data.
Airtable dashboard examples
Let’s now look at a few examples of Airtable dashboards suitable for different kinds of projects.
If you use Airtable for tracking your ongoing and closed sales deals, demonstrating them on a bar chart may be a suitable approach. In the example below, you can see a summary of the estimated deal values for each agent split for different funnel stages. The chart below displays the total value of all closed deals.
Both charts and numbers are refreshed automatically as the new data flows in, or any changes are made to the records.
Content teams want to stay on top of the content in their pipeline. A manager will want to see how the workload is split among their team members. Separately, they will appreciate a quick overview of where in the funnel the articles are.
Online stores using Airtable to manage their inventory will have completely different needs. They will certainly want to keep track of their inventory levels so that they always know when there’s a need to re-supply. They can do it with another bar chart, as shown below.
On the other hand, a pivot table may prove useful for monitoring vendors and the types of products they offer.
These are just a few very basic examples of what an Airtable dashboard may look like. Try the extensions yourself and see if they deliver what you need.
How to create a dashboard in Airtable using Interface Designer
Back in November 2021, Airtable released the beta version of a long-anticipated Interface Designer. The goals were to make your data more accessible, streamline the workflows, and foster making data-driven decisions.
Many people use Interfaces to build and share an Airtable dashboard with their stakeholders. It’s not the only use case, though.
The content teams can use an Interface to access the articles or videos next up in the publishing queue and publish them with a single click. The sales team may use the Interface to look up only the essential information about their clients without the need to scroll through dozens of irrelevant columns.
To create an Interface, jump into the base you want to build it for and click the Interfaces button on top.
As was the case for Extensions, Interfaces are also relevant only for the base they’re created for.
If you haven’t built an interface before, you’ll want to click on Start building which will take you to an intro sequence for this feature.
However, since we’re here to talk about Airtable dashboards, the aptly named Dashboard template is probably a good start.
Next, you’ll choose the table to fetch the data from and the types of elements to add to it right away. Of course, you’ll be able to add or remove any later too.
From our experience, the template helps a lot to get started. Not having any previous experience with Interfaces, we were able to build the following dashboard in less than five minutes. But even starting from a blank template but having an idea of what you want to visualize, it won’t take you much longer to bring this to fruition.
We’ve built a sales dashboard in Airtable. It features:
- Status selector so that one can quickly check how deals on each stage perform.
- Scorecards that demonstrate the number of deals on a particular stage, their estimated value as well as the latest data when each is set to close.
- Bar and pie charts that tell us the value of deals that agents work with and the numerical split of opportunities on their hand.
When editing, the Interfaces are not yet visible to the public. You can name and publish them using the button on top of the screen. Once you do that, Airtable will encourage you to share the dashboard with your stakeholders.
Any person you invite must create an Airtable account if they don’t have one yet. They’ll also be added to the base you’ve created the Interface for. Using the drop-down menu, you can decide on their permissions level.
Once you’ve saved your Interface, you’ll be able to access it from the Airtable home screen. Alternatively, you can enter your base and click the Interfaces menu on the top as you did when creating the dashboard in the first place.
How to build Airtable dashboards outside the platform?
And now onto the third available method that relies on automatically exporting data from Airtable and building a dashboard in the tools most suitable for it. This approach is particularly beneficial when:
- You want to calculate advanced metrics, build forecasts, or perform other complex operations on your data before you display it on charts.
- You wish to combine data from different bases or even from different apps. An example would be blending Airtable data with your apps for sales, marketing, accounting, advertising, and more.
- The dashboard or a report need to be shared with external stakeholders who don’t have an Airtable account.
Let’s look at an example of how it can be done. We’ll use Coupler.io to automatically export the data from Airtable and Google Sheets to build a simple sales dashboard. If you prefer, you may also do the same in Excel.
A spreadsheet doesn’t, however, need to be a final destination for your data. For example, it’s common to export the data from Airtable to BigQuery and then plug it in into data visualization tools, such as Tableau, Looker, or Data Studio. On the other hand, those that opt to export Airtable to Excel may be more inclined to connect their data to PowerBI.
- To get started, create a Coupler.io account, a 14-day trial is available, with no credit card required.
- Click the Add importer button.
- Select Airtable as the source app and pick the destination of your choice. We’ll go with Google Sheets.
- Now, jump into your Airtable base and pick the view you want to export first. You’ll also be able to export other views from this or any other base later in just a few clicks.
- From the menu, select Share view and then Create a shareable grid view link (if you export other types of views, the text will look slightly different).
- Copy your view address and optionally add a password. Then, paste it in the respective field in Coupler.io.
- If your view is password-protected, type in the password in the following window. Jump to the destination settings.
- Here, connect your Google or Microsoft account (in case you’re exporting to Excel). Authorize Coupler.io to import the data on your behalf. Also decide where to export the data.
- Since you’re building a dashboard, you want your data to be always fresh. In the Schedule part of the setup, you can choose how frequently the fresh data should be fetched from Airtable. For example, it can happen hourly, between 9 am and 5 pm, on weekdays.
- Finally, click the Save and run button to launch the importer. Once it’s finished, your data will look quite raw:
- But with just a little effort, you can turn it into a colorful and meaningful dashboard:
Now, it’s time to share the Airtable dashboard with your stakeholders!
Airtable dashboard – final words
As you can see, there’s not one, not even two, but three excellent approaches to building an Airtable dashboard. The choice really comes down to your needs.
- Go with Extensions if you just wish to add a few charts to a table you work with. The split-screen interface will make it convenient to work with your data and simultaneously watch how the metrics change.
- Go with Interfaces if you want a dedicated dashboard within Airtable with many more options and a straightforward setup.
- Go with Coupler.io and a dashboard outside of Airtable if you need more customization, wish to combine data from different sources, or want to process your data before it’s put on a dashboard.
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The Resistance defines sublunar space as the space below the Moon orbit and above the orbit of the lowest man-made orbiting satellites.
The Light forces have begun sublunar operations today, as the next logical step towards the completion of MOSS.
Sublunar space was always a region of intense Chimera activity, as it is the last line of defense before the planetary surface.
There are may man-made satellites orbiting the Earth, and some of them double as Chimera plasma strangelet bomb implant stations:
The most important to mention is the proposed Manned Orbiting Laboratory:
This project was officially canceled in 1969, but in reality it went deep black and is still now the most important Chimera implant station.
The second group of Chimera implant stations are some of the geostationary and geosynchronous satellites:
And the third group are some satellites in near Earth orbit (NEO), especially the Keyhole (KH) satellite group:
The sublunar space is constantly monitored for any sign of extraterrestrial contact by the Chimera, infiltrated into the US military:
Sublunar operations will remove all Chimera presence, their implant stations and all plasma strangelet and toplet bombs from sublunar space. All parts of man-made satellites, directly related to Chimera operations (such as ion-plasma chambers, some high definition spy cameras, etc.) will soon become dysfunctional.
It is a very interesting »coincidence« that sublunar operations have started on the same day that NASA's New Horizons space probe made its closest approach to Pluto and its moon Charon:
Fifteen years ago, Charon was the main exotic weapons warehouse for Chimera / Draco / Illuminati secret space programs. All this has been cleared by the Light forces a few years later. Now, Charon is the main portal between our Solar System and M 87 Galaxy in Virgo. Now, Charon is one of the most positive and beautiful places in the whole Solar System and will have a very important role in the liberation of our planet as one of the most important relay stations for the Event flash.
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Zoos Couldn’t Save The Passenger Pigeon
There are lots of interesting lessons (most of them cautionary) in the extinction of the passenger pigeon 100 years ago, and most of them are raised in Carl Zimmer’s excellent story about why it happened and what scientists are doing to try and bring the species back (did you know social media played a role in wiping the passenger pigeon out?).
But here’s a point that really caught my attention:
Soon this technology-driven slaughter was decimating the passenger pigeon. Its decline was so worrisome that Congress passed the Lacey Act, one of the first laws to protect wildlife in the United States. The Lacey Act would eventually help protect many species, but for the passenger pigeon it came too late.
In 1900, the year in which the act was made into law, naturalists spotted a single wild passenger pigeon in Ohio. They never saw another one in the wild again.
For the next 14 years, the species clung to existence in a few zoos. But the birds proved to be poor breeders in captivity. Martha, the last of her kind, was barren.
That history should be kept in mind the next time you hear a zoo or marine park justify captivity and their business model by saying they are helping preserve species that might be threatened or endangered in the wild. Some species will presumably be easier to breed in captivity than passenger pigeons. Some presumably less. That will affect how long a species can “cling” to existence. But the point is that zoos and captivity are not a way to save or preserve a species. That work has to take place in the wild.
And that is completely apart from the question of whether a species can be considered “preserved” or in “existence” if it only exists in a zoo. The difference between a wild passenger pigeon and “Martha” is like the difference between a facsimile and the real, dynamic, thing. Here is how Zimmer describes Martha’s life in the Cincinnati Zoo:
People coming to the zoo to see the last passenger pigeon were disappointed by the bird, which barely budged off its perch. As Joel Greenberg writes in his recent book A Feathered River Across the Sky, some threw sand into its cage to try to force it to walk around. But on that first day of September a century ago, Martha no longer had to put up with such humiliations.
It was a quiet end to a noisy species. As recently as the mid-1800s, deafening flocks of billions of passenger pigeons swarmed across the eastern half of the United States. But they proved no match for humans, whose rapidly advancing technology drove the birds to extinction in a matter of decades.
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Last month, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) released a modest two-page Enforcement Advisory to remind broadcasters that they must certify in broadcast applications that their advertising contracts do not discriminate. The Advisory also designated a senior member of the FCC’s Media Bureau to serve as a compliance officer for its Broadcast Advertising Nondiscrimination Rule. This represented the first formal steps to implement the rule, which had been adopted unanimously by the Commission in its 2007 Diversity Order.
What this Advisory lacked in length, it certainly made up for in tangible impact. As MMTC and 22 other national organizations observed in our letter praising the FCC’s enforcement of the rule, the Advisory represented the first new federal civil rights mandate since 1977 and the only one ever adopted without opposition.
The Broadcast Advertising Nondiscrimination Rule puts the FCC on record that it will not tolerate broadcasters entering into contracts with advertisers that discriminate on the basis of race or ethnicity. As made clear by the FCC in its 2007 Order and underscored in its recent Advisory, there is a long history of discriminatory actions by some advertisers that seek to prevent their ads from reaching certain audiences. In particular, over the last several decades, many advertisers have implemented “no urban/no Spanish dictate” provisions in written or unwritten contracts with broadcasters. These “NUDs” and “NSDs” are intended to minimize the number of African American or Hispanic customers patronizing an advertiser’s stores. Such schemes offend the public accommodations section of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and their practical impact on minority media owners has been devastating.
Why This Matters
The FCC Advisory that begins enforcement of the Broadcast Advertising Nondiscrimination Rule is significant for several reasons. First, it addresses a pervasive, market-distorting practice in the industry. MMTC has estimated that NUDs and NSDs drain away over $200 million each year from minority broadcasters. Partly as a result, many minority broadcasters have been forced out of business, resulting in a less diverse media sector.
Second, if the FCC reverses this trend, minority media ownership should rapidly increase, diversifying an increasingly homogeneous media sector. Diversity is the heart of a vibrant media ecosystem. Without a robust contingent of minority broadcasters, the media sector slouches toward consolidation and homogeneity.
Finally, this action hopefully symbolizes a recommitment to minority issues by the FCC. As discussed previously on Broadband & Social Justice, over 70 minority ownership and civil rights enforcement proposals are pending before the FCC. The FCC is to be commended for moving forward with the advertising nondiscrimination rule, but its civil rights work is hardly done.
Addressing Critics of the Nondiscrimination Rule
Several critics of the Advisory have challenged various aspects of the rule, including whether the FCC possesses the legal authority to enforce it, whether the rule is a form of affirmative action, whether the rule bars demographic targeting, and whether enforcement of the rule might have negative economic consequences for stakeholders across the media sector.
FCC’s Enforcement Authority
With regard to jurisdictional issues, the FCC has the ability to police the behavior of broadcasters since they are granted exclusive rights to control a valuable and scare public resource – spectrum. Moreover, in licensing spectrum to broadcasters, the 14th Amendment precludes the FCC from collecting regulatory fees derived from firms that operate with a discriminatory purpose. That’s been the law since 1961. The FCC stands on firm grounds where it can and should assert jurisdiction over broadcasters when enforcing this rule.
This leads to the question of whether enforcement of such a rule would be effective. The short answer is that just like any other provision in an advertising sales contract, it can easily be enforced. Nondiscrimination clauses in housing and employment contracts have been with us for decades, and they are universally observed and respected. With effective enforcement to root out covert and overt schemes, most discrimination will stop. The history of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the Fair Housing Act, and the Voting Rights Act proves this.
The rule will be effective because advertisers and broadcasters depend on each other. Their relationships are close. Neither side wants to harm the other by breaching an advertising sales contract.
To be sure, advertisers know NUDs and NSDs are morally wrong, which is why they’re seldom written down. Over the past two years I’ve collected over 60 NUDs and NSDs, and only three were in writing. But that doesn’t mean they’re a secret. Broadcast airtime sales is a small world, and a NUD or NSD is almost never a secret.
When a broadcaster hears of a NUD or NSD, the broadcaster should do exactly what it would do if it were confronted with a breach of any other provision of the contract: require the advertiser to demonstrate that there was no breach, or to cure the breach. If there is no explanation and no cure, the broadcaster should terminate the contract – just as it would if the advertiser breached the provision requiring timely payment for spots, or breached the no-indecency provision – and just as the advertiser would if the broadcaster failed to air spots or provide make-goods.
If standard contract compliance procedures are followed, advertising discrimination will be dead within two years, and that won’t be soon enough. Compliance would restore to minority broadcasters the more than $200 million per year that they earn – but never collect – because 5 to 10 percent of advertisers unfortunately go out of their way to try to ensure that few, if any, members of minority broadcast audiences will patronize their stores. Dedicated FCC enforcement of this rule will spell the end of advertising discrimination.
The contention that the rule is “affirmative action” is completely off the mark. On its face, the rule does not require preferential treatment. What the rule actually does is require broadcasters to refuse to participate in a scheme that diminishes minority broadcasters because of the race of their audiences rather than based on merit. The rule simply bans discrimination.
Prohibiting Demographic Targeting
Similarly, the rule does not bar demographic targeting of products and services for which race is a major factor affecting the use of the product or service (such as tanning salons and no-lye relaxers) or when the product or service is a political message (such as political or issue advertising, which is treated like political speech for First Amendment purposes). The regulation applies only to products and services that are commonly used by all people irrespective of race. Simply put, there is absolutely no reason for an advertiser to prevent ads for products of universal appeal – cars, furniture, amusement parks, hotel accommodations, housing, and countless other products and services – from reaching members of a particular race.
Some allege that an overly aggressive enforcement regime will drive ads to alternative platforms that are unregulated. According to this logic, the traditional broadcasting sector will suffer.
The exact opposite is true. Ultimately, it is in the economic interests of all broadcasters to stop discriminatory advertising practices. Minorities currently comprise about 40 percent of the total broadcast audience. As minority population growth accelerates in the coming years and decades, this audience share will grow rapidly. Alienating such a large segment of the audience will only motivate them to gravitate away from broadcasting to satellite and other audio delivery technologies – thus risking huge economic losses by all broadcasters.
A First Step on a Much Longer Journey
This is the time to show the world that the business of broadcasting has integrity, that the privilege of a broadcast license, the free and protected use of the public’s spectrum, really means something to broadcasters. If the broadcasting industry seizes this opportunity to demonstrate how inclusive it is, how respectful of civil rights it is, how eager it is to fight race discrimination, the industry will attract more minority consumers and build their loyalty and patronage. Broadcasters can do good and do well at the same time.
The FCC’s Enforcement Advisory was a cause for celebration, but there is still an enormous amount of work to be done. For example, the FCC still must clarify how it will enforce this rule and what constitutes a violation. The two-page Advisory provides little insight into how the Commission will apply this rule, the criteria it will use for assessing violations, and other practical information about actual implementation of the rule.
In addition, the FCC has yet to address MMTC’s petition for a rulemaking to expand the rule to cover other media providers regulated by the Commission. In 2009, MMTC filed a petition to extend the nondiscrimination rule to cable, satellite, and telecommunications services. As outlined in the petition, “Extending the nondiscrimination rule to all FCC-regulated industries that provide content to consumers would fall squarely in line with the Commission’s goals of platform neutrality and regulatory parity.” Moreover, extending the rule would further signal a firm commitment by the FCC to civil rights.
We cannot and must not rest on our laurels. We must ensure that the nondiscrimination rule is aggressively enforced and that the Commission addresses the remaining 71 diversity proposals pending before the Commission.
Every journey begins with a first step. The Enforcement Advisory is that first step and a teachable moment – what it teaches us is that we are all interconnected. As Dr. King reminded us on the night before he was assassinated, when he told the congregation that he’d been to the mountaintop, “We must live together as brothers or perish as fools.”
David Honig is MMTC’s President and Executive Director. He co-founded the Minority Media and Telecommunications Council (MMTC) in 1986. MMTC has represented over 70 minority, civil rights and religious national organizations in selected proceedings before the FCC, and it operates the nation’s only full service, minority owned media and telecom brokerage. | <urn:uuid:b5effd7f-d9f4-4be9-a292-8f481348155a> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://broadbandandsocialjustice.org/2011/04/broadcast-advertising-nondiscrimination-a-victory-for-civil-rights-at-the-fcc/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280900.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00002-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950626 | 2,019 | 2.171875 | 2 |
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The secret flight plans of American military planes have revealed for the first time how European countries helped send prisoners, including British citizens, to the Guantanamo Bay prison camp.
Despite widespread criticism of alleged human rights abuses and torture at the US base in Cuba, a Sunday Times investigation has shown that at least five European countries gave the United States permission to fly nearly 700 terrorist suspects across their territory.
Last week, Europe’s leading watchdog on human rights alleged that European countries had breached the international convention against torture by giving the US secret permission to use its airspace.
Thomas Hammarberg, the Council of Europe’s commissioner for human rights, said: “What happened at Guantanamo was torture and it is illegal to provide facilities or anything to make this torture possible. Under the law, European governments should have intervened and should not have given permission to let these flights happen.”
Gomes added: “It’s clear to me that Guantanamo could not have been created without the involvement of European countries.
Having done my fair share of reading on the Convention against Torture, and the ban contained in it against refoulment, of sending people out of your country to a country where you know they are likely to be tortured, I think the result of this, whether there is any outcry at all may be an interesting acid test of the provisions effectiveness in international law.
So far it looks like the legal obligation is worth very little, if it can be avoided by such a simple obfuscation of military flights. Indeed it would seem that the more organized and systematic the torture, the more and higher the level of state involvement, the more other states are willing to acquiesce in it.
That would totally disembowel the fundamental ethos of the Convention, protecting against state sanctioned torture. Instead as far as refoulment was concerned, it would be increasingly permissive as the state sanction increases. I may be overstating the argument a tad, but I believe this is one credible interpretation of where the norm is going.
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From 1997 to 2003, the Oregon Health Policy Institute at Oregon Health Sciences University conducted an independent evaluation of five demonstration projects in three states designed to implement and evaluate state efforts to remove barriers to employment for disabled people by increasing access to health care through Medicaid and Medicare as people become employed.
The project was part of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) Building Health Systems for People with Chronic Illnesses national program.
The demonstration projects were conducted by:
- Oregon Department of Human Resources.
- Vermont Agency of Human Services.
- Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services.
The evaluation posited three assumptions:
- Employment barriers faced by individuals with disabilities are largely associated with specific public policies.
- Removing policy barriers will facilitate return to gainful work.
- The primary sought-after outcomes are related to increased earnings, stabilization of health care utilization and increased quality of life.
George Washington University Medical Center also contributed to this project by supporting activities designed to build momentum toward a national movement.
Preliminary findings (reported by the evaluation team in November 2001; the evaluation will not be finished until November 2003) challenge all of the initial research assumptions.
- Researchers found, for instance, that the greatest barrier to employment was not created by public policy, but was keyed to the nature of each individual's disability.
- Clients reported that the challenges of employment (e.g., finding accessible and convenient transportation, supportive employer and co-worker attitudes and the ability to take time off for health reasons) remained formidable.
- Evaluators additionally found that, from the clients' perspective, the primary sought-after outcomes were not necessarily related to increased earnings, stabilization of health care utilization and increased quality of life. Rather, the perception of success was extremely individualized, based on the kind of disability, previous work history, Social Security beneficiary status, work readiness and demographic characteristics." | <urn:uuid:bdcd7450-b2a0-4745-8b66-743fe88c71a4> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.rwjf.org/en/library/research/2003/08/three-state-study-reveals-unexpected-barriers-to-work-for-the-di.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 | 0.95196 | 387 | 2.421875 | 2 |
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