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Did You Know?
If you find it difficult to dedicate 30 minutes at a time to being active, you can break it up into 10-minute bouts throughout the day. Just be sure you are working at a moderate or vigorous intensity.
Being active is important for your health. It can help you achieve or maintain a healthy weight, lower disease risk, improve your mood and even help you sleep better. But, did you know, it can also be fun?
There are any number of activities that can help you get fit quickly while having fun. Whether it's dancing, military-inspired workouts or even long-distance running, there's never been a better time to get active and get healthy. Just pick an activity you enjoy and you'll be more likely to stick with it. Here's what you need to know!
The Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, endorsed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, focus on helping people of all ages meet physical activity requirements. For healthy adults age 18 to 64, the recommendations include:
For moderate-intensity activities, participate in at least 150 minutes each week. That is 30 minutes, five days per week.
If you choose vigorous-intensity activity, you should participate in at least 75 minutes each week
In addition to aerobic activity, adults should also participate in muscle-strengthening activities.
|Muscle Strengthening Activity|
|These activities should be performed two days per week, working all major muscle groups including legs, hips, back, chest, abdomen, shoulders and arms.|
|Do 8-12 repetitions of each exercise to equal one set. You should aim for 2-3 sets of each exercise.|
|You can do muscle strengthening activities on the same day as aerobic activity. You need at least one day of rest in between days of muscle strengthening activity.|
Here are some examples of activities that can help you reach your weekly goals.
|Moderate-Intensity Activities||Vigorous-Intensity Activities|
|Ballroom and line dancing||Aerobic dance|
|Biking on level ground||Biking faster than 10 mph|
|General gardening||Heavy gardening|
|Tennis||Running, jogging or race walking|
|Walking briskly||Sports with a lot of running like basketball, hockey or soccer|
To determine if you are exercising at a moderate or vigorous intensity, use the "talk test." Here's how - when exercising at a moderate-intensity, you should be able to to talk but not sing. If you're exercising at a vigorous-intensity, you should only be able to say a few words without stopping to catch your breath.
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Propylene, also known as propene or methylethylene, is an important organic compound used in many industries and products, including medical supplies, construction materials, and plastic manufacturing. It is considered a relatively safe environmental product because it can be re-used and recycled many times. One of its polymers, polypropylene, in particular is widely used in laboratory equipment, textiles, packaging and labeling, automotive parts, and reusable containers. It is typically used in such products as it is a durable polymer that can withstand degradation from a large number of chemical acids, bases and solvents.
Its high rate of use prompted the creation of propylene plants that would ensure the steady supply of the compound at predictable prices. Prior to the existence of propylene plants, the compound was largely a by-product of petroleum refining and ethylene processing. Despite its benefits, however, there are dangers inherent to working with propylene.
Because it is a volatile and flammable compound, it can be dangerous if not handled properly. Propylene is a gas at room temperature. This was the problem when an accidental tear in one of the propylene pipes at the Formosa Plastics plant in Port Comfort, Texas exposed the compound to the air. As the plant does not produce propylene, but rather uses it, it is kept in storage tanks. Normally stored as a liquid, the escaping substance turned into gas at it hit room temperatures, forming a deadly layer of flammable vapor. The resulting propylene explosion was triggered by a stray spark and burned for 5 days. Because of a flaw in the plant safety system, the pipeline could not be shut off. As a result of the explosion, some workers were badly burned.
Most of the time, such accidents can be avoided if due care and caution is used when handling propylene. According to Williams Kherker in Houston, TX, there is only one propylene plant in the US, also in Texas, but more plants are planned to be in production by 2015. These have a higher potential for explosion accidents because these plants have a capacity of 455,000 metric tons of propylene at the minimum. In order to avoid such explosions and serious accidents, plant managers and owners need to take the proper precautions and follow all necessary regulations. | <urn:uuid:1819d924-d816-4412-81b1-1a93287aa0df> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.itaa.org/blog/tag/volatile-chemicals/ | 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 | 0.961013 | 478 | 3.65625 | 4 |
For the Hanes family, Moravian baking traditions run deepBy Pamela A. Keene
Evva Hanes, the woman behind Mrs. Hanes’ Moravian Cookies, started baking almost before she could reach the kitchen table. Today, Mrs. Hanes’ Moravian Cookies are shipped around the globe, and they are still hand-rolled and hand-cut in a kitchen on the same farm property where she was born.
Evva, a 7th generation Moravian, says “My mother allowed me to actually help take the cookies off the pans and stack them when I was 5 or 6, but I was much older before I was allowed to handle and roll the dough.” Her ancestors immigrated to North
Carolina in the early 1700s, from an area east of what is now the Czech Republic. “Even before I was born, my mother Bertha Crouch Foltz baked Moravian cookies to sell as a way to help support our family that included her, my father and seven children, so baking just comes naturally for me.”
It was a big day when Davidson EMC (now EnergyUnited) electric cooperative brought electricity to Clemmons when Evva was 4 years old.
“Until then we had a wood-burning stove, and Mother was very skilled at getting the temperature right so that the cookies wouldn’t burn,” she says. “These days, things are a bit easier, but we still roll, cut and pack all our cookies by hand. Ours are the only Moravian cookies in the area that are still being made by hand.”
A growing family
In 1952, she married Travis Hanes. In the early days of their marriage, Travis attended college while Evva worked at Hanes Hosiery Mill (no relation) and continued to help her mother bake cookies.
“As she got older, Mother couldn’t roll the cookies, so I took on more of the responsibility, helping every day after work and on Saturdays. We were also raising our two children, Mona and Mike, so it was a very busy time.”
Ten years later at the birth of her third child, Jonathan, Evva left Hanes Hosiery and turned to cookie making fulltime, shifted her baking kitchen to the family’s remodeled basement. They installed air conditioning and two ovens, making it possible to increase the capacity to bake thousands of Moravian sugar cookies to sell each day.
“At that time, I was only making sugar cookies, but I also developed a serious allergy to flour dust, so I had to ask two neighbors to help me,” she says. “Still, I kept baking and soon added molasses cookies to our choices. By the time Caroline, our fourth child, came along in 1968, we decided to hire two fulltime employees to do the work and get me out of the flour dust. Caroline literally saved my life.”
Building a brand
It was time for a business decision. In 1970, she and Travis constructed a dedicated building on the family farm. After several additions, it has become the official home of Mrs. Hanes. By 1985, they incorporated and formally named the company Mrs. Hanes’ Moravian Cookies/Moravian Sugar Crisp Co. Inc.
The recipe is the exact same one that her great- great-grandmother brought to America more than 200 years ago, when they settled near Winston-Salem with others who founded the Friedberg Moravian Church and one of the two largest Moravian communities in the United States. Baking these special cookies is part of the tradition still honored today in Moravian communities.
Over the years, she expanded the flavors to include Sugar Crisps, Ginger Crisps, Butterscotch Crisps, Black Walnut Crisps, Lemon Crisps and Chocolate Crisps.
“Today, my children and grandchildren are running the business,” says Evva, who will celebrate her 88th birthday this November. “But Travis and I are very much involved in many ways. I’m so proud of our Moravian traditions we can share with others through our family.”
Their daughter, Mona Hanes Templin, who is president of the company, and her son, Jedidiah Templin, are the most actively involved, but others including cousins, nieces and nephews also work there.
Looking back over her memories of growing up on the farm where she and Travis live and where her family’s cookies are still baked, she smiles.
“Never in my wildest dreams as a young girl, did I imagine that I would be baking Moravian cookies and have such a wonderful husband, children and grandchildren,” she says. “I have been blessed beyond measure.”
How to Order
There are several ways to get your hands on some delectable Moravian cookies.
- You can order via email.
- You can order by phone at 336-764-1402 or toll-free at 888-764-1402. They offer $9 flat rate shipping.
- If you're local, you can arrange curbside pickup at the bakery at 4643 Friedberg Church Rd., Clemmons, NC 27012. Call 336-764-1402 ahead of time to place and pay for your order. Then, once you've arrived, call again and have the cookies delivered to your car.
- Download a catalog to help you order by mail.
- You can also order online.
About the Author
Pamela A. Keene is a freelance journalist who writes for magazines and newspapers across the Southeast and nationally.
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As of today, companies as Jaguar – Land Rover creates too many jobs in order to decrease unemployment rate and receive subsidies from state. We should see beyond the horizon and create fully automated organizations. Automation will bring better production effectivity, management and logistics, which will also improve environmental protection.
Another threat for Internet projects financing is caused by Adblock-like services.
For example Gmail; in free version, it offers 15GB of free space. Google depends on financing from advertising. User who uses Adblock-like services is pure loss for Google.
Example based on Facebook ad performance report:
From 1000 viewers in automotive industry, only 0,297% click on advertising, which is 2,97 persons. Average cost per click is 0,22€. It makes 0,6534€ + 0,66€ for 1000 advertising views. Advertising income for 1000 users is 1,31€
Human work replacement by automation will increase the effectivity of production.
Product’s final cost is also composed of employee salaries. This amount of money can be used to finance basic income.
We can see the upcoming trend in providing paid content. In Slovakia, Piano was the pioneer. However, disagreements with publishers and nontransparent fee distribution system caused that Piano failed.
Introducing online payments for content can be observed on every established media provider. Offline print media transition to online world requires change of the attitude towards content monetization. For example, Slovak media provider DenníkN’s monthly subscription costs 4,99€. Another media publisher TREND costs 3,99€. In case, we want to have access to multiple media, we need to pay extra.
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In the last article we guided you through the history of modern medicine’s understanding of the endocannabinoid system. We were met with a rather strange surprise ending for both the scientific and medical cannabis communities. Put simply, the focus of the entire medical cannabis movement had been cannabis itself; the plant and medicines produced via refining that plant. Yet, the underlying reason that cannabis is such an effective medicine is found in the body’s own endocannabinoid system. This system is activated not only through externally applied exocannabinoids, such as those in smoked or vaporized cannabis, but also the body’s own naturally-produced endocannabinoids, and finally by artificially produced cannabinoid receptor activators. The star of the show is not cannabis at all but the endocannabinoid system, which is activated through numerous pathways. Cannabis just happens to have been mankind’s first interaction with being able to affect, manipulate, and repair the body’s own endocannabinoid system. In that way, humans are very lucky for this unlikely intersection of evolution, where a chemical group a plant produces for its own benefit coincides with a chemical group that the human body uses to regulate itself. The cannabis plant still remains one of the cheapest and most energy efficient ways to produce cannabinoids that would require more complex and costly resources to produce in a laboratory setting. Because of this efficiency, the cannabis plant will likely continue to play a large role in the medical community even after more direct, more controllable means of directing the endocannabinoid system are possible. In this article, we will conduct a brief review of general areas in which the endocannabinoid system has shown medicinal value.
Anxiety research has shown that the two cannabinoid receptors, CB1 and CB2, are both capable of decreasing anxiety when activated. Since CB1 receptors are grown more densely in the brain than CB2 receptors, CB1 receptors and their receptor activators have been the focus of most anxiety research. However, readers should be aware that almost all research has indicated that CB receptor activation is biphasic. Biphasic is a term used to describe a substance that produces opposite behaviors at different doses. In other words, a moderate amount of THC may alleviate anxiety, whereas an extreme dose may heighten anxiety and lead to paranoia. This is one reason that all medical cannabis patients should experiment with dosing (titration); despite the mental trap of thinking that more medicine leads to more healing, the truth is that more is not always better.
One issue remaining with treating anxiety with cannabis is that cannabinoids are applied all throughout the brain, rather than produced on the spot, exactly when and where needed. The ability to target a specific area of the brain would decrease unwanted side-effects, while also treating anxiety in a way that is much more native to the brain than blood-borne cannabinoids. For this reason, some research has focused on experimenting with blocking the enzymes that break apart or remove cannabinoids, which would allow the level of cannabinoids to increase only where they are already being produced.
Sadly, the most damning proof that the endocannabinoid system receptors are tied deeply to an emotional state and depression came in the form of Rimonabant, a discontinued weight loss drug manufactured by Sanofi-Aventis. Noting the ability of cannabinoid receptor activation to increase appetite, Aventis developed a drug to completely block the receptor to achieve the opposite result. Although the drug was technically “successful” at reducing appetite, it also led to suicidal thoughts, depression, and anxiety in many patients, despite the fact that all patients had been screened prior to the study to ensure no history of mental illness or depression. While this was a costly, unfortunate experiment for many patients, it also gave researchers the chance to see the consequences of deactivating the endocannabinoid system on a large scale.
The endocannabinoid system has also been shown to impair short-term, working memory, while leaving long-term memory intact. Multiple rodent tests have confirmed that rodents with increased levels of CB receptor activation show delays in memory recall as well as hampered new memory formation. This memory loss is related to other changes in brain function and thought patterns, but appears to be reversible and to only occur during periods of cannabinoid use, with cannabinoid cessation leading to recovered ability. Furthermore, evidence seems to indicate that moderate cannabinoid receptor activation can actually protect memory loss during older age. Regardless, medical cannabis patients should consider all the research especially when medicating during memory-intensive tasks.
Outside of its receptors, the endocannabinoid system is capable of affecting the body in even more numerous ways. Cannabidiol (CBD) is one cannabinoid not produced within the body that does not normally bind to either cannabinoid receptor, CB1 or CB2. However, it does function as a direct antagonist or limiter to molecules that do activate those receptors. This is why high-CBD strains are generally attributed as “creeper” or delayed onset as the CBD delays the onset of THC. CBD may also have some interaction with the brain’s modulation of serotonin and has already shown value in its own right in various anti-inflammatory roles all throughout the body. In other words, it is important to remember that the body is more than the sum of its parts, and the presence and impact of the endocannabinoid system in the brain goes beyond mere activation of its receptors. What we are seeing now is the tip of the iceberg in terms of understanding how cannabinoids, endocannabinoids, and various other molecules relate to a system now confirmed beyond doubt to play a large role in all of our lives.
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I’ve waded through Matt Comyn’s presentation of CBA’s results and some things struck me as, bluntly, lacking clarity.
There’s no doubting CBA has a valuable franchise inherited mainly from its government owned history and its does have leading tech in delivering customer outcomes, but when it comes to the capital and liability side of the balance sheet, facts disappear and bankers rhetoric takes over.
The most important factor in the balance sheet of a bank is how much regulatory capital a bank must hold against its assets whether actual or risk weighted. The level of capital determines the level of gearing which is instrumental in the return on equity and therefore the value of equity. If anything significant came out of the Murray Financial Inquiry it is the notion that our banks should be “unquestionably strong” relative to international peers.
The important measure of capital is Common Equity Tier 1 (“CET1”) which is made up of ordinary shares and some forms of preference capital. Simply put a bank’s balance sheet is Capital (ordinary and preference share etc) plus Liabilities (borrowings, deposits etc), equals, Assets (loans etc).
Firstly it’s interesting that CBA states that the bank is on a “clear path to unquestionably strong” and produces this graph in slide 12.
This graph shows that CBA’s CET1 capital ratio has decreased and will only increase very modestly, post divestment of its wealth management and broking businesses. Hardly a clear path to “unquestionably strong” but we’ll have more observations on this topic later in the paper.
CBA’s group margin is outlined in slide 19 and clearly demonstrates how the bank protects its margins by asset repricing balancing against higher funding costs. The recent increases in the basis risk ie the spread of BBSW to the cash rate has the effect of “every 5 bpts of elevated BBSW/OIS spread costs ~1 bpts of Group NIM”.
My focus on margin however, is the very large 5 bpts of margin gained in the second half of the financial year by repricing the home loan book, primarily interest only and investment loans. Repricing the loan book to maintain margin maybe a survival strategy but its hardly a growth strategy.
This brings us to the predictable lack of information on arrears or at least home loan arrears. As we can see from the slide 24, home loan arears (90+ days) have increased 35% in the last 3 years from 0.52% to 0.70%. With one’s rose coloured glasses on perhaps we could say that its pretty immaterial, but is it? Here is where there is a lack of information to answer the question.
Nowhere in the presentation is the CBA definition of what constitutes a 90+day arrears or more detail provided on arrears. Is it a missed payment or a scheduled balance definition, or more importantly are those borrowers who’ve been granted hardship status and therefore payment holidays of up to 12 months included in arrears or not, (most likely not)? Why can’t CBA in these times of increasing mortgage stress present 30 and 60 day arrears as well as the 90+ days?
It’s very important for the market to know how many borrowers are not making monthly payments on their mortgages and how long they have been in arrears no matter the circumstances. CBA (and other banks) failure to supply this data is not conducive to the market being able to properly value the bank.
Fortunately, there is another source of information on CBA mortgage risk through the Basel III Pillar 3 Report and that report produces the following table showing the estimated probability of default bands for CBA’s retail exposures.
Some highlights from this table would be that the percentage of residential mortgages in default ( 90+ days in arrears) is over 0.8% (not the 0.70% disclosed in the presentation) and the total amount of loans with a probability of default above 3% (high risk for mortgages) is over $20Bn (>3.5%). My experience tells me that most if not all of the $20Bn would be at least 30 days in arrears. Perhaps not so rosy in a weak housing market.
My next observation concerns slide 52 and the mighty CBA (and wider bank) rort. CBA purports to internationalise their CET1 ratio to make the balance sheet appear much stronger, or unquestionably strong, when it’s demonstrably average.
CBA (as do other major banks) represent that on an international comparison basis that their capital ratios are much stronger than the APRA regime reflects. In the case of CBA a massive >50% better. This is patently an unprovable claim and can be proven false when each individual item is analysed.
I have been battling to shine a light on this issue for years both as Deep T and personally and have been the subject of abuse and threats for my efforts. I’ve been battling the banks, the ABA, PwC and APRA but no matter how they persist in the defence of the international capital comparison the lie is still a lie, even if only a few understand. The argument put forth is that APRA is a hard regulator and imposes rules on Australian banks that are tougher than overseas regulators so if we are to compare banks internationally then the APRA capital requirements should be adjusted to take into account these adjustments. The issue is that the argument does not stack up under scrutiny.
Let me again point out a few elementary but significant factors that prove the banks and others international capital comparison representations are false. First from CBA’s Pillar 3 disclosures.
The Basel framework has three Pillars as above. Pillar 1 are the basic minimum capital requirements whilst Pillar 2 allows local regulators (like APRA) to adjust minimum capital requirements as they see fit for the circumstances. APRA does these Pillar 2 adjustments both publicly and privately as does every other regulator. In which case it’s not possible to directly compare Australian Banks capital requirements with international banks by adjusting APRA’s Pillar 2 requirements to MINIMUM Pillar 1 capital requirements. It does not make sense nor could it ever be accurate because the banks, APRA, the ABA nor PwC do not know what Pillar 2 adjustments all the other regulators are making to their regulated banks’ minimum capital requirements.
The 3 Pillars of the Basel Capital Framework were designed so that you could compare internationally or across regulators without adjustments. Theoretical adjustments to minimum requirements without knowledge of all Pillar 2 adjustments that all regulators make does not stand up to any close scrutiny.
To provide one demonstration of the absurdity of a purported adjustment, on slide 131 that outlines the adjustments to capital, the following is the adjustment for residential mortgages:
On Table 9d (ii) of CBA’s Pillar 3 report above, it states clearly that the average risk weight for residential mortgages is about 25%. So according to that tough regulator APRA, CBA has minimum capital requirements against its mortgage book of 8%*25% = 2%. Nevertheless CBA represents that if CBA was regulated by any other regulator using the Basel regime, rather than APRA, that an adjustment of a massive 1.8% should be added to CBA’s CET1 capital. This implies that any other regulator would require CBA to hold almost no capital against its residential mortgage book; and APRA agrees with this absurdity. What more can I say?
Why is this issue so important?
It’s all about raising capital and return on equity. Unquestionably strong is meant to represent Australian banks being in the top 25% of international bank peers. CBA representing that internationally their CET1 ratio is 15.5% rather than 10.1% says they, and the rest of Megabank, are unquestionably strong, as per the CET1 ratios on slide 126.
Using the true comparison of CBA’s CET1 ratio of 10.1%, CBA and no doubt the rest of Megabank, would be right down the tail of the graph and nowhere near top 25%. As further demonstration of both the inaccuracy and the sloppiness of the international comparison, three of the banks that CBA adjusts its capital comparison against are big American banks, Wells Fargo, JP Morgan and Bank of America that are not even on the Basel framework that CBA adjusts. Seriously inept.
The CET1 ratio misrepresentation by CBA is about saving a minimum of $25Bn in ordinary capital that they should raise to be “unquestionably strong” and that’s without any stress in the mortgage market. That’s the burden being taken by the Australian taxpayer under the too big to fail doctrine. As the rest of MegaBank and the total amount of undercapitalisation would be close to $90Bn.
So my takeaways from CBA’s latest accounts are that CBA will use any excuse to reprice the back book to protect margins; CBA is not forthcoming with details on loan arrears in its mortgage book but the available information does indicate that there are some red lights flashing; and the CBA balance sheet is materially less strong than its accounts indicate to the tune of $25Bn of Tier 1 capital, and at the expense of the Australian taxpayer.
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Science Week 2015 runs from 8th to 15th November. The theme this year is “Design your Future”.
Some of the activities that will take place in the school are as follows:
- Year I will participate in a Science Quiz on Friday 13th November, 2015
- Year II have the opportunity to participate in a Poster Competition entitled ” Design your Future”
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Another side to the Jewish story
Many Jews left Arab countries because they wanted to live in Israel, not because their lives back home were miserable
· Friday June 27, 2008
· Article history
·Justice for Jews from Arab Countries (JJAC) thinks that Middle Eastern Jews and Palestinian refugees should somehow be offset against each other – the rights of one side counterbalancing the rights of the other. It's a neat argument: Jews were forced to abandon material assets and leave Arab countries; Palestinians similarly fled or were expelled from their homes. Ergo, the region witnessed an exchange of populations and if Palestinian refugees are to be compensated by Israel, so too must the Jewish "refugees" from the Middle East, by the Arab nations that expelled them.
Nice try, but there are many reasons why this formula is all wrong. First off (as David Cesarani points out), it's tasteless. There is no need for the fate of these two peoples, Middle Eastern Jews and Palestinians, to be so fused materialistically. Middle Eastern Jews may indeed have a claim to lost assets, but those genuinely seeking peace between Israel and its neighbours should know that this is not the way to pursue it.
Second, defining Jews from Arab lands as "refugees" is problematic – and many Middle Eastern Jews would be angered by it. Countless Israelis recount leaving former homes in Arab countries and illegally, dangerously migrating prior to 1948. Such experiences do not include a component of expulsion: they left because they wanted to.
could say that any Middle Eastern Jew ("Oriental" or "Mizrahi"
Jew) who defines their migration to Israel as "Zionist" cannot also
be a refugee: the former label has agency and involves a desire to live in the
Jewish state; the second suggests passivity and a lack of choice. Demanding the
refugee label to bloc-define this group denies every other scenario: such as
that Jews weren't all driven out of the Arab world; that they didn't all want
to leave; or that many actually chose to do so.
Middle Eastern Jews recall that Jewish Agency officials dazzled them with
stories of a better life in Israel. Many of them felt betrayed when they set
foot in the new Jewish state – and continue to feel that way today.
Middle Eastern Jews were stuck between two opposing currents, Zionism and Arab nationalist anti-colonialism – and squeezed out in a pincer manoeuvre.
situation at national level did not always sour relations on the ground.
Talking to Middle Eastern Jews now in Israel, there are many positive tales
about former days in Arab countries: good lives; full rights; friendly Muslim
neighbours. These recollections jar with the picture JJAC paints, of a rampant
Arab antisemitism during this period.
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It is immoral not to recognize reality.
Dreaming Boy, Walter Gramatté, 1921
British science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke proposed that “any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” I would also submit that whatever does not recognize reality is also magic, but of a devilish kind. And of these, ideologies would qualify.
Ideologies naturally abjure reality. They are the refutation of reality. They deny expressions of reality and deny disinterested inquiry. Ideologies are pitched as revelations regarding reality through which to improve the imperfect world, to create a more moral world. Yet, it must be immoral not to recognize reality, as “You cannot improve something you do not understand.”—Marian Tupy
But to expand, reality includes no revelations. Revelations are something humans have. Whatever reality is, it likely has no idea that we even exist. (Unless God exists and then . . . what a game changer.) So to think of reality as a thing which we paint through our awareness, is the essence of narcissism. In truth,
“The (ideological) system imprisons us within a self-consciousness limited by the ideas it imposes, presenting as truths what are actually disguised points of view. Under a system of domination, the real significance of any assertion is disclosed by asking not “Is it true?’” but “What interest does it serve”.”—David Guaspari in a review of Alien Powers: The Pure Theory of Ideology by Kenneth Minogue
This observation fits quite neatly within Critical Theory’s separating of the human drama into opponents: the oppressor and the oppressed. This current onrushing ideology creates strange bedfellows everywhere, as who in the crowd would not vouchsafe compatibility with a tyrant?
It’s come as a great awakening that the ‘social justice’ crowd and the corporate world have unexpectedly found such harmony. But it’s one of those realizations that ‘clicks’ like a jigsaw puzzle piece fitting into place once one realizes the hallmark of dark magic is its ‘compatibilities’ – which is something one might expect after considering the implications of all reality being relative. For example, what differences really are there between safe places and the corporate maxim, “the customer is always right”?
Visions at the End of Life
Whatever Did You Mean By That?
Our lives become like businesses with not
much to discuss beyond well-oiled routine,
what must be done and unanimity with the future.
We prepare again for what has been to be repeated,
shore up our resources, check and re-check
our dreams: a child, a wife, a house a car.
So far, so good. Now check the oil and coolant.
Our tea leaves are our everyday words,
to be read and re-read, once the tea’s been drunk.
“Whatever did you mean by that?”
It’s a tradition with sci fi movies of catastrophe by alien invasion of one sort or another, that all of our normal methods of combat (especially those of the hidebound arrogant military) prove useless and in fact, those actions often feed the very creatures we seek to destroy. This holds but for a small band of heroes who persevere to uncover the monsters’ one vulnerability which will take these monsters and all their minions down with one quick administration. In the first Sci Fi of this sort I remember seeing as a youngster, The Day of the Triffids, it was seawater which proved to be their vulnerability. In the latest movie of this sort I watched just a few nights ago—a comedy, Evolution —the monster’s vulnerability was Head and Shoulders shampoo with selenium. (Product placement takes a big step forward.)
Currently, as all civilization reels before ‘woke’ culture, all of our usual weapons likewise refuse to repel it. The frustration is nearly tactile among pundits and writers as historical lessons, common reason and the facts on the ground bounce off their slogans like ping pong balls shot at an Abrams tank run by a toddler. It’s a madcap experience, thinking nowadays. If those masterfully researched and reasoned articles by Victor David Hanson or the columns and essays of Roger Kimball are of no effect, what possible argument of mine could be of any effect either? The conservative intelligentsia must feel likewise, as the jarring impotence of all their writings as I mentally thumb them feels nearly tactile. It’s as if our opposition is under a spell which has strategically detached them from reality—since our administered reality seems to be no corrective. Pitching (or hurling) reality at them seems of no use. The Woke bray constantly of progress, social justice and morality when in fact, to my mind, ignoring reality might reckon as the highest injustice, as “You cannot improve something you do not understand.” —Marian Tupy
So, it is natural that after being conditioned throughout my life to recognize that alien invasions require the identifying of the one vulnerability which will cause its collapse across the entire spectrum – it would also seem that the finding of the one vulnerability with which to wake the Woke, would be a way to proceed. But so far we’re (I’m) stuck. But . . .
Angling for Thought
Casting from a flyleaf . . .
Oh, how I love to fish!
These are tough streams of words
a lot of knowledge, rafts of facts.
The mind flits past lives, scholarship, knowledge, even husbandry . . .
bobbing up to the dappled margin,
in the sparkle and burble of words flowing,
as a solid movement of paragraphs through the printer’s gutter . . .
To snag that big lunker, a hell of a notion!
slipping and weaving between the waving leaves—
lurking in the dim recesses of some forgotten tome . . .
Perhaps the problem in dealing with the Woke is the same as the conundrum in which we search for our lost keys outside of the tent without success—because the light is better there. Perhaps we must enter within the Dark Magic of the Woke’s creation, to discover its purgative—that the battlefield is not on the terrain of clear analysis and reason but within the world of art. We seem to have lost the keys to our Civilization somewhere among where the Dark Arts are practiced. So that the cure might very well lie in that very place which, to be quite frank, Conservatives shy from or allow to God. Conservatives, who vouchsafe the stamp of reality so, have figuratively left the Arts to the demons. And demons will do what demons do.
What’s the solution (in my opinion)?
Conservatives must rekindle their artistic fires and light this demon haunted world, for surely the world has gone medieval. And their brethren within the Main Street bourgeoisie Babbittry must likewise unleash their tolerance for mystery, awe, and inexplicable persuasion. Loosen up. Wander. Treat your local Johnny Appleseed passing through with respect. They’ve had a lot of experiences, and travelled widely. Enjoy them; embrace them. Employ our faith.
Inside of these, I would foster art which acknowledges trade-offs—or as Thomas Sowell says, “There are no solutions, there are only trade-offs; and you try to get the best trade-off you can get, that’s all you can hope for.”
This is the economist’s expression of the fallen world. We must take back the reins from melodrama and Marvel Comics to repeat and replay the human condition. Trade-offs are the nature of the cosmos and so the natural nature of our being. Everything we do will come back to bite us—if only as a mosquito. No blame. Let’s all build our arts around this; chant this until it is no longer news, and society is grounded once again.
But, until then… nothing.
Where life reigns,
the seasons turn religiously
on Hindu litanies of muddy magic.
With shaky hands,
grayish blues and crystal spectacles,
short dark hair and arched eyebrows,
the reader folds her terror neatly as a past tense
into the book and closes it.
The outside window of glass blocks suggested a prowler,
as the utility room dryer turned monotonously
with a thump, thump, thump!
It’s all Sartre and No Exit.
Uncertainties molt and fly like incredulities
sprinkled throughout existential desperation,
until everyone, everywhere, in every which way
are pretty much swatting.
As when you understand something
the pieces will slip together. But, until then . . .
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We all use elevators in daily life to reach great heights. Is not it really boring to be inside an elevator? You cannot look at each other because everyone is extremely close and you have to look up at the ceiling and wait for the door to open.
That is why some elevator designers have changed the traditional outlook of the interior of elevators and made it interesting so that people can have a jolly time being inside it. Check out the unique and unusual elevators that exist around the world.
Check Out 13 Unique Elevators Around The World
Location – Berlin-Mitte, Germany
The elevator is surrounded by an large aquarium containing 260 thousand gallons of seawater and 1500 different fishes. Who would not like to stand inside such an elevator the entire day?
2. Golden SkyView
Location – Stockholm, Sweden
The Ericsson Globe is hemispherical building, and the exterior SkyView elevators provide a mindblowing trip along of the curve, and you will get the best view of the skyline from it.
3. Luxor Hotel Inclined Elevator
Location – Las Vegas
The hotel has a construction design of a pyramid, and hence, the elevators are inclined at an angle of 39 degrees. It is a unique experience and a sensational ride.
4. Rising Tide Elevator
Location – Florida
It is the most exciting elevator ride of them all. Cocktails are served for the passengers, and it is located inside MS Oasis of the Seas which is the largest cruise ship in the world.
5. Sky Tower
Location – Auckland, New Zealand
This is a very popular elevator in the world as it offers a thrilling ride. The floor is made up of glasses, and you will feel like there is no floor and you are going to fall. It is amazing to see your elevation from the ground.
6. Bailong Elevator
Location – Zhangjiajie, China
It is situated on the side of a cliff, and the ascent and descent provide an amazing natural view that you can never get anywhere. It is also the tallest outdoor elevator in the world.
7. Paternoster Elevator
Location – Scandinavia
This is a very unusual elevator collection where the elevators revolve in a continuous loop as it ascends and descends. The safety issue is still a concern raised by many; there are hundreds of these cyclic elevators working across the globe.
8. Autostadt Silos
Location – Wolfsburg, Germany
It is the home of Volkswagen, and the elevators are unique to watch as they carry finished cars from one floor to another. The elevators are completely open.
9. Falkirk Wheel
Location – Falkirk, Scotland
It is a rotating boat lift, and it transports boats between two canals. It is one of its kind and it is a spectator thing to watch.
10. Umeda Hankyu Building Elevator
Location – Osaka, Japan
It is the largest elevator in the world in terms of area, and it can carry 80 passengers together. It is designed to carry the employees to the 15th floor and upwards as offices start from there on.
11. Gateway Arch Tram
Location – St. Louis, USA
It is actually a train that takes the passengers through a 4-minute ride, and the surrounding is surreal as if you are in a dream.
12. Maritime Museum Birdcage Elevator
Location – Victoria Museum, London
It is one of the oldest operating elevators in the world. It is absolutely old-school design and the interior and the exterior have gold works.
13. Louvre Elevator
Location – Paris, France
The elevator has no roof and has a futuristic design that has made it a landmark in Paris. It is the same type of elevator you use in shopping mall except it is circular and fun to ride.
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Getting Started with Industry Research
Locating all the information for a particular industry can be challenging. One way to ensure a comprehensive search is to use the NAICS code for the industry you're researching.
NAICS (North American Industry Classification System) was adopted in 1997 as the standard used by Federal agencies to classify business establishments.
Many sources provide information based on these codes. Once you have identified the code for your industry you can use it to search the databases on this guide to find all the information related to the industry.
NAICS Code Tips
Note that codes are arranged from broad categories (2 digit codes) to narrow (6 digit codes)
31 - Manufacturing
311 - Food Manufacturing
31111 - Animal Food Manufacturing
311111 - Dog and Cat Food Manufacturing
If you aren't finding much information on a narrow code, try searching the broader industry by removing the last digit.
NOTE: The codes themselves are an accepted standard, but the assigning of codes to companies is not centralized or standardized. Additionally, companies may have one or more secondary codes for different business segments. Try using related codes and check multiple sources.
Finding a Company's Code
If you are having trouble determining the NAICS code for an industry, but know a company that is part of that industry, you can use one of the sources below to help you determine the appropriate industry code.
Prior to 1997, SIC codes were used to classify industries. If you are conducting historical industry research, try searching with the SIC code as well.
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Are you looking for a way to enhance your gourd or wooden bowls? Come and learn how adding simple designs with pyrography will add value and appeal to the most basic bowl. You will burn a sampler design inside a border on your bowl, learning while burning what the different tips can do.
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- Teleseminars – We use them to get information out to parents on their time schedules.
- You know, whenever the house is calm and you grab a few minutes, sit down with a cup of coffee, close your eyes and just listen. From what I remember that happens no more than once a quarter.
- We record teleseminars so people can listen to them in the form of MP3 recordings on their phones or computers.
- These teleminars are full of information parents can use today to improve their lives in noticeable ways. You will become aware of a peacefulness in your home as you use the principles in our first teleseminar in the series titled Three Secrets to Parenting Success, available now.
Here are some of the benefits of listening to and following the ideas in the teleseminar:
- You will remain calm no matter what is going on around you. You will understand the value of bringing calm into the chaos.
- Relationships in your home will improve noticeably. Even if the change is gradual, it’s a change.
- Relationships your children have at school will also improve as they discover they have tools to use when they are having a hard day.
- You will experience less missed time (and money) from work due to calls from the school, or worse, trips to the school to deal with upset teachers. Did you know that studies have shown that taking time from your job to repeatedly go to schools could result in lost wages up to $400 a month?
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Teaching After Childbirth
When is it safe to return to the studio?
Johnette Rutledge didn’t exactly take it easy when she returned to teaching after giving birth to her first daughter. “I literally did across-the-floor—leaps and turns after two weeks,” says the mother of three, who teaches at Summit Dance Shoppe in Minnesota. “That was probably a mistake, but it just felt good to move,” she says.
Like Rutledge, you may be excited to get in the studio again after taking time off. But it’s important to acknowledge that your body will function differently from what you’re used to. Recovering takes patience, and it must be done moderately to ensure your safety.
Each person’s recovery plan will be different depending on various factors. “If you have a vaginal birth and have no lacerations, it will take about four to six weeks to fully recover,” says Dr. Robert O. Atlas, chairman of OBGYN at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore. But Deborah Vogel, neuromuscular educator and co-founder of the Center for Dance Medicine in New York City, doesn’t believe in following a specific timetable for returning from giving birth. “I want people to really learn to translate what their body is saying,” she says. “How did that feel?”
During the first four to six weeks, the uterus will return to its normal tone and shape. Because of this, overexertion puts you at greater risk for an injury such as a pelvic organ prolapse, which can lead to urinary incontinence. Before getting into the studio, Vogel says to work within a normal range of motion. Focus on walking with proper alignment, doing daily Kegel exercises and performing gentle abdominal movements, like drawing the navel back to the spine as you exhale, to slowly redevelop the core.
Stretching should also be done lightly. When the body prepares itself for childbirth, it releases hormones that loosen joints and ligaments. These effects can remain in the body many months after birth, which may cause you to overstretch. Often, dancers feel especially tight in the hip flexors because of the extra weight carried on the front of the body, which puts more stress on back muscles. Vogel says that gentle stretches like a runner’s lunge can take strain off back muscles and will help in returning to proper pelvic alignment. You can also roll a tennis ball on the hips and under tight places, like the feet, to relieve excess tension.
Your body may not be the only thing that feels off. Having a child can strain your emotions as well. You may feel down in the two weeks following birth. This is normal and can be caused by hormones, lack of sleep and anxieties from being a new mom. If depression lasts longer, Atlas advises immediately seeking a professional. “Postpartum depression is an extremely common silent illness that it is often underdiagnosed,” he says.
For Rutledge, getting back to her dance community helped her feel better. “It’s really easy to sit in your house and be depressed or lonely,” she says. “I think therapeutically, I just needed to get out of the house and be with my students and do what felt natural.”
The mother of three attributes her picture-perfect recoveries to staying active until giving birth. It only took about four weeks to return to her full teaching and fitness routine after each delivery. Her advice, with your doctor’s clearance, is to keep moving throughout pregnancy. Your body will thank you throughout labor and recovery. “You will crave movement, and I think it really does help in healing,” she says. “The body is an amazing vehicle.” DT
These tips from Dr. Robert O. Atlas will help you through a safe, moderately paced recovery. Clear all exercise plans with your doctor before beginning.
Weeks One and Two
Practice walking in your new body. Begin Kegel exercises. If you’ve experienced tearing or have had an episiotomy, avoid opening the legs wide while the perineum heals. Limit your activity if you’ve had a C-section.
Begin mild exercise such as walking, postnatal yoga or gentle dance. Focus on achieving a normal range of movement with light stretching before advancing to other forms of cross-training. Continue Kegels to tone the pelvic floor. Those who had tearing or an episiotomy should still avoid opening the legs. With a C-section, you can increase walking distances, but you should avoid anything that utilizes the abdomen.
Weeks Four to Six
For normal births, exercise routines may be resumed if the new mom feels ready and prepared from work in previous weeks. Be mindful that the uterus may still be healing, and avoid overexertion. If you’ve had a C-section, seek clearance from your doctor to resume a regular exercise routine.
Tess Jones is a freelance writer and hatha, prenatal and postnatal yoga instructor in Seattle.
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NATO European allies must dedicate more money to defense spending, and all are ready to do their part in the follow-on operation in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said at NATO headquarters in Brussels today.
The secretary spoke at a news conference after meetings with alliance defense ministers.
Russia’s actions in and around Ukraine were a major concern for the ministers, Hagel said, adding that Russia’s actions “constitute the most significant and direct challenge to European security since the end of the Cold War.”
The NATO allies agreed they must continue to uphold the credibility of the alliance, and the credibility of the international order that European security has anchored for seven decades.
“To date, NATO has acted with strength and resolve,” Hagel said. “All 28 NATO allies have contributed to NATO’s reassurance measures in Central and Eastern Europe, ranging from new joint exercises to an enhanced air, ground, and sea presence. And we are exploring ways to do more.”
The United States will continue to do its part, Hagel said, and he referenced the $1 billion European Reassurance Initiative that President Barack Obama announced yesterday. “This initiative will enable the United States to help maintain the readiness of allied forces, and expand our reassurance measures throughout Central and Eastern Europe,” the secretary said.
Hagel told the ministers that the United States will review its force presence in Europe. “In light of the new regional security environment,” he added, “it would be irresponsible for us not to.”
Money remains a problem, Hagel said, noting that the allies discussed Europe’s declining defense budgets. This decline means the United States has shouldered a more and more disproportionate share of the alliance’s burden, he said.
“Over the long term, current spending trends threaten NATO’s integrity and capabilities,” the secretary said.
The American commitment should be matched by renewed European resolve to invest in its own defense, Hagel said, calling on the allies to issue a definitive declaration to reverse current trends and rebalance the alliance’s burden-sharing. The NATO summit scheduled in Wales in September would be the best place to make this declaration, he added.
Latvia, Lithuania, and Romania have committed to spend more. Poland and the Czech Republic announced new commitments to increase their defense spending. NATO’s goal is for member states to spend 2 percent of gross domestic product on defense.
The ministers also discussed Afghanistan, Hagel said, adding that he was able to provide the details of Obama’s decision last week to maintain a limited military presence there after the current International Security Assistance Force mission concludes at the end of the year. The United States will provide 9,800 service members for Operation Resolute Support, provided the new Afghan president signs the bilateral security agreement.
“My discussions today with ISAF defense ministers underscored that our allies and partners remain committed to Afghanistan’s long-term security, and to the pledges made at the Chicago Summit two years ago,” Hagel said.
The defense ministers also agreed that the alliance must be prepared for the full spectrum of missions, including those against sophisticated adversaries with advanced technologies, and against new, asymmetric threats. “We need capabilities that balance NATO’s three core tasks: collective defense, crisis management, and cooperative security,” he said.
Hagel also participated in the NATO-Ukraine and NATO-Georgia Commissions. “We welcomed Russia’s recognition of Ukraine’s recent election results as a step in the right direction,” he said, “but we will continue to stand united against Russia’s aggression in Crimea, and its destabilizing actions in Eastern Ukraine.
“I outlined American assistance for political and economic reform, and our nonlethal assistance to Ukraine’s armed forces and border guard,” he continued. “The United States has already offered $18 million in nonlethal security assistance to Ukraine, and today, President Obama announced another $5 million for the purchase of body armor and other equipment, bringing our total security assistance to $23 million.” | <urn:uuid:8e9cac36-d6d5-4d1b-8341-cc2e8cd8e0a9> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.defencetalk.com/hagel-urges-european-nato-members-to-boost-defense-budgets-59777/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282926.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00400-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945576 | 873 | 1.632813 | 2 |
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5) Will I have to pay the deceased person’s debts?
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Do you wish you had made less mess as a child? Jumped in fewer puddles, not licked the cake bowl, or gotten less muddy? Probably not. No one ever wishes they'd made less mess as a child, yet when it comes to our own children we can forget just how important – and fun – making a mess is.
Playing in our free time is not just part of growing up, it’s part of learning too. The opportunity to explore, create, build and learn is crucial to developing Executive Functions. Experts agree that children need to have fun outside of academic pursuits to build their Executive Functions like creativity, determination, organisation, self-control, social skills and autonomy.
Make friends, make mistakes, make a mess
We all have times in our lives where we remember learning a lesson – but how many of those were actually in the classroom? For most of us, they probably came when we were fearless and adventurous, unafraid to make mistakes and take risks. Experimental learning helps us find out more about the world around us and who we are, so we can take better care of ourselves and other people, and make better decisions. It’s a vital part of childhood. As much as we want to protect our children, the odd grazed knee is worth all the memories of running in the park, making friends and trying out new hobbies.
Persil has launched the Kids Today Project to encourage parents to give their children the space to explore the world around them and get messy, because Dirt is Good. There is a world of opportunity out there for your child. Time with parents, other children and even time alone to take in the world around them are all part of a child’s journey towards adulthood.
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Watch and share Persil’s Kids Today videos and get a fresh perspective on childhood. Find out what city-living children would like to see in their neighbourhoods and remember how important your child’s play face is. See the world through a child's eyes and remember how it felt to be an explorer every day, discovering new territories, games and corners of your imagination. | <urn:uuid:915678dc-4514-43f7-9361-3eef511312ff> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://brightfuture.unilever.co.uk/stories/473031/Kids-Today-Project.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279169.4/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00216-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960528 | 443 | 3.328125 | 3 |
MELBOURNE—On American TV and in professional tennis, 2013 has been about the return of the girls. First, the hip HBO series of that name began its second season, accompanied by another avalanche of media analysis. This week the girls of the WTA have been one of the big stories of the Australian Open. They’ve gotten their fair share of press as well.
But the teen dream is nearly at an end, at least for this Grand Slam. On Saturday, the last two under-20s on the women’s side, the U.K.’s Laura Robson and the U.S.’s Sloane Stephens, will face each other for a place in the fourth round. Still, the kids made some waves before they went, something that hasn’t happened often in recent years on either tour.
There raw potential to go round, with youngsters representing the U.S., the U.K., Russia, Croatia, France, and even lowly Australia, whose players have been mostly abysmal on their home court. The question from all sides was: Can a teenager still win big in women’s tennis? It has been nine years since Maria Sharapova won Wimbledon at 17, the last under-20 to go all the way at a Slam.
This wouldn’t be a subject of interest if the women's game hadn't had such a tradition of teenage world-beaters. Chris Evert, Tracy Austin, Steffi Graf, Monica Seles, Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, Serena Williams: It used to be that if a woman hadn’t broken through by their 20th birthday, chances are they never would. Those fresh faces, as they swept up the rankings and overturned the established order every few years, were a big part of what kept the game exciting.
What changed? The standard answer from coaches and other experts, as I’m sure you know, is that women’s tennis, like men’s tennis, has become too physical for young bodies to keep up, that it takes more time to develop the consistency to go with the pace needed to compete at the top. And it's certainly true that success is coming later in most women's careers. Also cited are the long-term effects of the Capriati Rule, named for legendary burnout case Jennifer Capriati, which limits the number of tournaments that young girls can play and perhaps slows their development.
But Serena Williams, who won the U.S. Open at 17 in 1999, didn’t want to hear about either of those things when she was asked about the subject after beating 19-year-old Garbine Muguruza of Spain in the second round. Williams wasn't buying any excuses.
“I think it will happen again, probably soon," Serena said of the possibility of a teenager winning a Slam. "If they’re strong physically and mentally, I think it’s completely possible.”
Serena’s attitude is, “It’s impossible until somebody does it.” And there is a history of rapid and surprising change in tennis, or at least American tennis. In the late-1980s, fans in the States wondered where the successors to the aging John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors were—a young Andre Agassi already looked burned out at that stage. In short order, Michael Chang, Pete Sampras, and Jim Courier won majors, Agassi joined them in 1992, and it was another decade before the talk of American decline began again.
Still, that’s no guarantee of anything. We’ve gone this long without a breakout young champ, what’s to say we won’t go a lot longer? And yesterday's prospect is often today's disappointment. Last season, 20-year-old Christina McHale of New Jersey was deemed to be on the rise; at this year's Australian Open, she went out to Yulia Putintseva, a player two years her junior, in the first round.
Tennis history, as Serena knows, is made by individuals as much as it by larger forces or global trends—it only takes one talented, headstrong person to change it. What are the chances that any of the individuals we’ve seen this week are ready to change WTA history? Here’s a quick overview of the upsides and downsides of five of them.
MADISON KEYS, 17
For Her: The Floridian is already nearly 6-feet tall, and very athletic. She has a big first serve, a good kick second serve, and has point-ending power from both ground-stroke wings. That latter characteristic is the one prerequisite among women’s Slam champs today. And, as Serena noted yesterday, she has time.
Against Her: Physically, Keys is something like a young Venus Williams. At first glance, though, she doesn't have the messianic confidence that has always characterized the Williamses. The WTA’s Top 3—Azarenka, Sharapova, Serena—have one thing in common: near-maniacal desire. Can this lawyer’s daughter match it? We’ll see.
LAURA ROBSON, 19 (she turns 19 Monday)
For Her: As she showed last night in her win over Petra Kvitova, this lefty Brit can put a wallop on the ball, especially since she began working with taskmaster coach Zeljko Krajan last year. Her two-handed backhand is a weapon, and her serve, when she’s not catching the toss, can win her free points.
Against Her: The doubts about Robson have always centered around her speed, and it's true, scrambling is not her thing. While her confidence has risen dramatically in the last year, she can still tighten up with a lead. But she’s already gone farther than I thought she would.
YULIA PUTINTSEVA, 18
For Her: If near-maniacal intensity is what we’re looking for, Putintseva is the answer. This short and stocky fire plug from Kazakhstan via Russia is a walking fist-pump. And when she throws up a moonball, she typically makes it a good one.
Against Her: She’s 5-foot-1.
SLOANE STEPHENS, 19
For Her: The Florida native, who has made a steady climb to No. 25 in the world, has Top 10 speed and power.
Against Her: Stephens is a fun character, but is she more personality than player? On court, she goes through passive patches, where she doesn’t use everything she has. If she's going to win a major as a teen, this is Sloane's last shot. She turns 20 in March.
(See Stephens in the Laura Robson video above.)
DONNA VEKIC, 16
For Her: First, the Croatian is 16, so time is on her side. Second, she’s from Eastern Europe, which has a good recent track record of sending tennis champions into the world, especially compared to the U.S and Great Britain. Third, she's already 5-foot-10, strikes the ball with power, and seems to have an attacking mentality. Plus, she has a cool retro first name.
Against Her: The odds. For every promising teen who turns into Maria Sharapova, there are many many many—ad infinitum—more who don’t.
You might ask, after all of this: Does it matter? The men’s game, for instance, is as healthy as it has ever been, yet there have been very few fresh faces of late. Plus, we’ve seen over-20s like Angelique Kerber, Agnieszka Radwanska, Sara Errani, Li Na, and Sam Stosur rise up in the rankings over the last couple of years. They’re older, but they're new to the top of the sport.
As much as I like to see a Kerber blossom or a Radwanska make the most of her unique game, there’s something about the quasar, the player who comes screaming—or, in this case, grunting—out of the sky to take over the world, the way Seles did. It’s what makes even the most jaded of us tune in to see Madison Keys and Donna Vekic play—to experience the most exciting thing of all: Possibility. It’s what keeps us writing, and reading, articles like these. | <urn:uuid:289c83f3-95ea-4d9e-b757-15d8a1b4d572> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.tennis.com/pro-game/2013/01/teen-dream/46062/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719215.16/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00200-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.9614 | 1,833 | 1.5 | 2 |
In these Covid times, we’ve all done more video chatting than ever before. Some people love it. Some people are missing in-person.
What are the personality, cognitive, and communication style correlates with someone preferring Zoom/video chat meetings to in-person or vice versa? This is not an exhaustive list of pros and cons of video vs. in-person companies or meetings, but specific to the individual personalities of people who seem to prefer one over the other.
People who prefer in-person meetings tend to be:
Extroverts. Extroverts report that socializing makes them feel *more* energized, whereas introverts get their batteries drained and then need solitude to recharge. In-person involves more energy transfer between and among the people involved than on a Zoom — either energy addition (for extroverts) or energy subtraction. (H/t ToddS)
Kinesthetically communicative. With physical touch, hugs, slaps, rubs, hand gestures, etc.
Good at reading other people’s body language. These tend to be people with a high degree of emotional intelligence which helps them read eye contact, body gestures, and “wayfind” in a conversation through subtle cues.
Physically attractive. And aware of how to use attractiveness in the room.
More “quiet” or reserved in meetings. Because they can get shouted over or interrupted more easily on videochat. In-person it’s easier for them to signal to a group, “I want to speak.”
“Personal” relationship builders who don’t always prioritize short term efficiency. These people bridge to personal topics as well as professional ones in meetings, broaching intimate topics based on the trust that’s usually only established in-person. Even if it means going off the agenda and “wasting” time to explore these areas.
People who prefer video chat meetings tend to be:
Introverts. For the inverse of the extravert reason above. Energy transfer in-person is more draining.
Focused on efficiency and productivity in meetings in the micro sense. There’s less random chit chat on a Zoom. On a video meeting, you get straight to the agenda, usually. If you don’t love small talk, you get to skip a lot of that when doing a video meeting. Easy to do a 15 minute video call; not easy to do a 15 minute coffee meeting.
Focused on efficiency and productivity in the macro sense. You can do 12 back to back Zooms in one day. No travel time. No walking between meetings. No down time. All meetings, all the time.
People who are socially awkward in person. Or people with body image issues. If your physical appearance isn’t a plus — Zoom helps level the playing field.
People with high computer cognitive skills and good multitasking skills. They can multitask while on a Zoom and get more done. In-person, you can more easily be “caught” and seen as rude if you’re multi-tasking in a meeting.
The fourth dimension
Myself? I find a lot to like about both videochat and in person. One of our founders recently said: In-person for innovation; remote for iteration. I think that captures it well: In-person seems superior for the most complex conversations. Videochat works well for small iterations on top of an agreed plan.
I don’t think we’ll ever go back to having as many in-person meetings as we did pre-Covid, given how effective Zoom is in so many use cases.
Nonetheless, I suspect that when people return to sustained in-person interaction, post-Covid, they’ll realize just how unsatisfying so many of their video calls are in comparison. They’ll remember the richness of being in person. I’ve certainly experienced this in the outdoor meeting I’ve participated in since Covid.
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Dear Ms. Schroder,
In your article Linux for Newbies, you wondered who actually buys and uses computer books. Well, I do, and Id be in bad shape without them! I dont fit the profile of Incipient Geek. I'm 75 years old, and the last time I had more to do with a computer than emailing and surfing was in 1960, when I had to write some Fortran programs as a grad student.
About a year ago I read something about Linux by an author who had a fine and sophisticated sense of humor, and it occurred to me that if someone like that was a proponent of Linux, there must be something interesting about it that I might like.
I started as any former academic would with books: Ubuntu For Dummies (Paul Sery), Introducing Ubuntu (Brian Proffitt), Beginning Ubuntu Linux (Keir Thomas). I ran a couple of the live CDs, which showed me an interesting new desktop, but of course they ran VERY slowly on my little old Compaq.
I also looked into some of the Help forums, but the endless accounts of unexpected crash and burn from people who seemed to know computers far better than I totally discouraged any notion I might have had of dual booting Linux with Windows on my only computer. You see, the forums are to offer help, so they are all about problems that can occur.
A few weeks ago a relative offered me an old eMachines with no operating system on it (she had had it professionally wiped, she said). I had no idea how or even whether a computer in such a condition could be reanimated, but I cheerfully accepted the gift. I figured that even the dumbest things I did on that box could leave me no worse off than when I started.
First I armed myself with what looked to me like the most authoritative book on the subject: A Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux, by Mark Sobell. I was blissfully unaware it was intended for folks setting up and administrating servers, but it certainly went right to the nitty-gritty of Ubuntu for somewhat over 1,000 pages.
I was pleased to see that the machine woke up and ran a live CD of Ubuntu 8.10, so I tried the installation. It went smoothly for a while, but suddenly the screen went blank. I didnt know that was just because the disk wasnt saying anything to the monitor at the time, so I panicked and did a hard stop. (Shows you how clueless I am about this stuff!)
I was about to conclude the whole thing was far beyond my abilities, but since the machine had cost me nothing, I decided to try again.
It worked! Eventually (the box has only 384MB available memory) I had an operating system up and running! I played with it for a while, trying to decide on a type font that was small enough to get decent word count per page yet was easy on my elderly eyes. I tried to reset the screen resolution and pow diagonal lines, no response from mouse or keyboard, another hard stop.
I figured I must have created some problem when I aborted the first installation. On the second install, the ubiquity partitioner had indicated there was a 5.4GB partition already on the drive and it put the new version in the remaining space.
Could that have created problems? I decided to take my life in my hands and do a text mode install (me, the ultimate non-geek!), setting up my own idea of what partitions should look like.
I read Mr. Sobells instructions for doing that (read them at least 8 or 9 times!), took a deep breath, and went at it. WOW! In a lot less time than the other attempts had taken, I had a solid Ubuntu 8.10 desktop up and running with two primary partitions (/ and /home) and a great big extended partition where swap and /usr now live and theres room for lots more company.
My point is this: a book is a more reliable source of answers than a forum or a Help icon a book doesnt go black unexpectedly, it doesnt time-out a session, it doesnt flame you as a clueless newbie when you ask a dumb question, and above all, the best of them give you a why to do something as well as a what. An old gaffer like me wouldnt stand a chance of gaining any geek creds without BOOKS! | <urn:uuid:584158a0-3b54-4dbc-8631-487efb5644e8> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.datamation.com/osrc/article.php/3819831/Elderly-Ubuntu-User-Says-Books-Far-Better-than-Forums.htm | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988718423.28/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183838-00271-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978286 | 907 | 1.640625 | 2 |
Does Obama in fact know the relationship, for example, between "Passover" and "Christian blood" ..?!
Or "Passover" and "Jewish blood rituals..?!
Much of the chatter and gossip about historical Jewish blood rituals in Europe are real and not fake as they claim; the Jews used the blood of Christians in the Jewish Passover ...
Nawaf al-Zaru, in Hanan Ashrawi's MIFTAH
In response to Elder of Ziyon's post about Passover blood libel in Hanan Ashrawi's "Miftah" website, Ashrawi's first response was to remove the offensive post from the MIFTAH without comment or apology.
|Hanan Ashrawi claims article promoting Passover Blood |
Libel was posted to create open dialogue. So why was it posted
only in Arabic? Credit: Wiki Commons
Now, however, Ashrawi has gone on the attack, posting the following statement in English on the MIFTAH website:
Such a feeble response would be laughable if not for its being so insulting to one's intelligence.
MIFTAH denounces smear campaign against it
Date posted: March 30, 2013
The Palestinian Initiative for the Promotion of Global Dialogue and Democracy, MIFTAH strongly denounces the smear campaign being carried out against it and, by association, its founder Dr. Hanan Ashrawi. The obscure pro-Israeli website “The Elder of Ziyon” has wrongly accused MIFTAH and Dr. Ashrawi of promoting Jewish blood libel during Passover through its publication of an Arabic-language article that briefly addressed the subject.
The disclaimer at the opening of the “News and Analysis” section clearly states that, “The views represented in [News and Analysis] are solely those of their authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of MIFTAH, but rather fulfill its mandate for open dialogue.” For the record, to avoid further misunderstanding, Al Zaru’s article has been taken down from MIFTAH’s website.
MIFTAH has and always will promote the principles of democracy and a peaceful solution to the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. Articles published in its name on both its Arabic and English websites are proof of this philosophy. Neither MIFTAH nor Dr. Ashrawi has ever been associated with anti-Jewish or anti-Semitic campaigns due to their philosophy of promoting accurate and credible information. MIFTAH has always been focused on the promotion of the Palestinian narrative in the service of achieving a free, democratic Palestine, part of which is honoring freedom of speech.
It is in this spirit that MIFTAH is deeply disturbed by this recent slander campaign against it. Not only is the premise of their argument erroneous in characterizing MIFTAH and Dr. Ashrawi, but the underlying purpose of sabotaging MIFTAH’s reputation with its international partners is nothing short of abhorrent.
MIFTAH has been in existence for well over decade and has published countless articles on Palestine, which show its true colors. It is fair to say that its work speaks for itself.
- We are supposed to sympathize with Ashrawi and MIFTAH that Elder of Ziyon is sabotaging their reputation by pointing out their promotion of the Passover Blood Libel -- one of the oldest and most vicious lies told about Jews, and yet to this day widespread and popularized in the Muslim world.
- Ashrawi and MIFTAH would have us believe that spreading this calumny further among the Arabs is in the interest of "open dialogue" -- as if the accusation that Jews use the blood of non-Jews is something that should be discussed and sorted out, rather than be condemned outright.
- Neither Ashrawi nor MIFTAH see any contradiction between their claim to be dedicated to "promoting accurate and credible information" and this horrific defamation they are promoting.
- If Hanan Ashrawi and MIFTAH believe so strongly in open dialogue, why won't they address Elder of Ziyon directly, considering that all he has done is accurately report that they are actively foster the Passover blood libel?
- If Hanan Ashrawi and MIFTAH honestly were aiming for open dialogue on the issue of the Passover Blood Libel -- and not just to incite hatred of Jews among Arabs -- why did this article only appear in Arabic?
If Miftah is so convinced that it has nothing to hide and it is so proud of its work, then it should welcome people emailing to the EU and US NGOs that fund it to question its editorial policies. It should not be running scared about the possibility of losing funding, rather it should be confident that it acted appropriately when it published the article by Nawaf al-Zaru, whose anti-semitism has been on display for at least four years. It should be proud of its adamant refusal to apologize for publishing pure Jew-hatred. Isn't that how a liberal, pro-democratic organization should act?Read the whole thing.
The only proper response after endorsing the belief in the Passover Blood Libel would be for both MIFTAH and Hanan Ashrawi to offer a public apology.
Their failure to do so will only validate the suspicion that they have been caught red-handed spewing Antisemitic hatred which they fervently champion and are eager to encourage among others.
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Institute of Banking Personnel Selection (IBPS) has successfully conducted IBPS Clerk Mains Exam 2016 in two sessions on December 31, 2016, and January 1, 2017. The candidates who have appeared for IBPS CWE Clerk 2016 were interviewed by us regarding the details of question paper. As per their memory, the IBPS Clerk Mains Question Paper was of moderate level. Some changes have been made in the type of questions asked. The question paper included more application based and situational based questions.
Here is an analysis of this exam which is based on feedbacks received from candidates.
Detailed Analysis of IBPS Clerk Mains Exam Analysis 2016-17
Reasoning Sections: As per the information provides by IBPS Clerk aspirants, the questions were asked from Square – In/out, Inequalities, Data Sufficiency, Syllogism, Row/Floor Arrangement, Coding/Decoding, Number/Symbol Series.
English Language Section: The candidates interpreted that the English language section included Errors, Fillers, Reading Comprehension, Cloze Passage, Sentence Improvement, and Para Jumbles.
Quantitative Aptitude Section: In quant sections, most of the questions were asked from the topics including Data Interpretation, Simplification, Series, Numeracy (Arithmetic).
General Awareness: As per the memory of the aspirants for IBPS Clerk Exam, questions were asked from the following topics including Banking Sector, Indian Economy, World Economy, and Static GK.
Computer Knowledge: The Computer Knowledge section of IBPS Clerk Mains exam included questions from Hardware, Software, Memory, Binary Code, MS Office, Networking, and the Internet.
Here is good attempt for each section.
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The CAPs function is prepared by your Assessor Organization and the Assessor as applicable, and will also serve to describe a ‘Corrective Action Plan (CAP)’. These measurements describe the plan to correct deficiencies identified during the Assessment for validation or certification.
- CAPs – Find all of the deficiencies you have made in your Assessment and review the CAPs placed by your users within this category and the statuses coupled for each Statement.
- CAP Steps – Find the Information related to your CAP steps entered back under Adding Corrective Action Plans.
- CAP Status – Here you will find the whereabouts on where your CAPs stand as well as insightful charts that label your GAPs and CSF Compliant status.
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A study released in April by Hnuti Duha (Friends of the Earth, Czech Republic) and the CEE Bankwatch Network found that World Bank resources “are directly supporting nuclear facilities in the Czech Republic”. This finding contradicts World Bank policy of non-involvement in nuclear power.
A Bank loan allowed the Czech power utility to move forward with an investment plan focussing on a half-built nuclear power plant which is five years behind schedule and five-fold over budget. Bank money was also used directly for auditing safety standards at the plant and connecting the transmission grid to the Temelin plant, according to the newsletter of the Czech power utility, CEZ.
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- Development & Aid
- Economy & Trade
- Human Rights
- Global Governance
- Civil Society
Thursday, January 19, 2017
An interview with Hanaa Edwar, general secretary of Iraqi Al Amal Association and head of the Iraqi Women Network.
- From full literacy declared in the seventies, Iraq is down to 40 percent literacy for women. From the first woman prime minister and the first woman judge in the Middle East in 1959, Iraq has slipped to a place where an abnormal number of widows struggle, and where child marriages are on the rise. Hanaa Edwar is putting up a fight to win Iraqi women their freedoms again.
Q: What kind of work does your organisation do to protect women rights?
A: Through Al Amal we have been administrating the Iraqi Women Network, an office that promotes outreach amongst local women organisations by enhancing relations with many international organisations as well as involving women in different activities and training courses. One of our biggest achievements has been the Parliament quota thanks to which 25 percent of the MPs are female. Now we’re working on a new campaign in the frame of the Arab Spring to protect personal freedoms.
Q: What are the most pressing problems for Iraqi women today?
A: We represent more than 55 percent of the Iraqi population but we are buried in a society which has been exclusively drawn on male patterns. We cannot see any women leading political blocks or occupying high positions in the government. However, I would say that marginalisation of the local women is due to cultural reasons more than political.
A painful issue is that of the million and a half widows in the country left by the war. Before 2003, Iraq was already full of them but their number increased after the invasion in 2003. They live in very dire conditions and they can hardly make a living with a 100 dollars pension.
Q: Wasn’t Iraq a pioneer country in the region in social development?
A: In 1959 Iraq had the first woman minister and the first female judge in the whole Middle East. One of our biggest achievements that year was the personal status law, according to which marriages would be registered in court. Today a big number of marriage contracts are illegal, so women are left in a very fragile situation because it leads to many legal problems which also affect their children.
Speaking about children, girls are often forced to marry at the early age of 10 or 12 and, today, we even have the ‘temporary marriage’, something which has obviously been imported from Iran. Worrying cases of domestic violence crimes are on the rise amid the government’s total indifference. The government is supporting religious orthodoxy which imposes strict dress codes. Women not wearing hijab – the Islamic veil – are being discriminated against and, what is worse, girls are being brought out from schools and mothers from their jobs.
Q: Is the women quota in Parliament working as expected?
A: There is a representative share of 25 percent thanks to which there are 84 women in the Iraqi parliament. However, most of them got their seats due to their personal affinity with the leaders of the political parties, and not because of merit. It’s doubtless true that, despite the difficulties, there is still a large number of women able to hold these positions with responsibility, but most are relegated to the background.
Q: There’s also a Ministry for Women in the current Iraqi executive. Isn’t it effective either?
A: It’s called the ‘State Ministry for Women’ and there’s a draft law to change it to ‘State Ministry for Women and Family’. This speaks volumes about the role Iraqi women are supposed to play in our society. Anyhow, we are against any sort of ministry for women because we think that women issues shouldn’t be linked with one particular ministry but with society as a whole. Besides, it has very little budget. A Ministry for Women will always be linked to a political party, so what we need is a more independent commission that monitors government policies and empowers programmes to improve women’s lives.
Q: Senior NGOs have recently pointed to a dramatic increase in the number of suicides among Iraqi women. Even cases of female genital mutilation have been reported.
A: The alleged ‘suicides’ often help to hide murders, and help family members to wash the ‘honour’ of the family. And they are committed amid the biggest impunity because they are seen as ‘domestic issues’ by the judicial system. The FGM cases occur in some remote areas of Kirkuk, Suleymania and some parts of Erbil in the Kurdish Autonomous Region. About 70 percent of women have reportedly suffered this aggression in the mentioned areas but hardly any in the rest of the country.
Q: How is sectarian division affecting Iraqi women and the society as a whole?
A: This is a fabricated sectarian hatred which started in 2006 and which has been imposed and boosted from the highest levels to divide and rule through violence and fear. The lack of dialogue between the leading political parties, and the ever growing role of religion is choking our society. Many families won’t let their daughters marry somebody from another sect, and that’s something new in our society.
Q: Next spring will mark the tenth anniversary of the invasion of the country. Can we talk about any social improvement since 2003?
A: It is true that after the invasion we wiped off our isolation in the international arena as well as the taboo over free thinking. Before 2003 you simply could not talk of political pluralism, active civil organisations or any kind of contact with the outside world. But after the invasion and destruction of the country, our borders opened to terrorist groups that added to the local militias, both Shia and Sunni. We are mired in a mess where instability and the lack of security are the only constants. Today we are facing a tremendous political crisis; we have moved from a three-decades long dictatorship to a state which has no effective government. | <urn:uuid:c48fbc43-dc7e-4752-bd3c-a9bbe313ce10> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.ipsnews.net/2013/01/iraqi-women-seek-a-new-liberation/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280730.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00250-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968484 | 1,245 | 2.171875 | 2 |
Road maintenance could suffer because of budget cuts, PLP MP warns
A lack of cash may slow efforts to repair Bermuda’s roads, a government backbencher has warned.
Christopher Famous said in an opinion piece published inThe Royal Gazette today, that the economic impact of the Covid-19 pandemic would continue into 2022 and cause spending cuts in some areas.
Mr Famous added: “Increased spending, coupled with decreased revenue, equates to the deficits that we have seen for far too long.
“The stark reality is that capital spending will have to be cut in order to direct funds to other avenues.
“So those potholes, broken railings, and overgrown cane grass may very well not get attended to in the short term.”
Susan Jackson, the Shadow Minister of Transport, said last week it was unacceptable that some roads had been left in a “deplorable state” after trenching work.
A transport ministry spokesman said in September that much of the surfacing at roadworks around the island was temporary.
The spokesman added that roads needed time to “settle” before they were resurfaced and advised road users to proceed with caution.
Curtis Dickinson, the Minister of Finance, earlier this year said that capital expenditure was cut in the 2021-22 financial year in a bid to meet the budget deficit target of $124.7 million.
He explained that capital expenditure was already lower than predicted because of the pandemic.
Mr Dickinson did not outline projects that would be affected.
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What is the Directors Loan Account?
At certain times you may lend your company money from personal funds, such as a capital sum to start the company, amounts to cover business costs if the company is currently making a loss, or for business costs which are paid personally on a regular basis as mileage, subsistence, or travel expenses, which have not yet been reimbursed.
The above examples would add up to leave a balance, or sum owed to you personally by the company known as a ‘Directors Loan Account’.
In practice the Directors Loan Account (DLA) acts like a bank account, which at the end of the year or period can be in credit, meaning the company owes you money, or in debit, meaning you owe the company money.
If you have a positive balance, the funds can be withdrawn from the company at any time, with no tax implications, as long as the cash is available in the bank. Many directors choose to be reimbursed monthly from the company, guided by our financial report as to the amount which is currently available to draw.
However, if a company has been running at a loss for some time, it can be many years before the cash is available in the bank to repay the Director.
What if I the account is in debit?
HMRC defines a Directors Loan Account as money taken from your company which is not:
- A salary, dividend or expense repayment
- Money you’ve previously paid into or loaned the company.
Business expenses are expenses which are ‘incurred wholly, exclusively and necessarily in the performance of duties of the business’, so if you have withdrawn funds for any other reason, then they meet the criteria of a ‘personal expense’ and should be recorded in the DLA.
If you have drawn too much out of your company, it leaves a debit balance, known as an ‘Overdrawn Directors Loan Account’. This usually means you have drawn out all available dividends, any loans previously made to the company, all reimbursed expenses, and more, effectively drawing out funds which should ideally be put aside in a company tax savings account, ready to pay corporation or direct tax liabilities.
It is good practice to ensure your account does not go overdrawn, and that your account has a small credit balance, particularly at the account’s year end, otherwise it can attract taxes of 32.5% on any balance which is not repaid in full within nine months and one day of the financial year end.
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Fairy tale wolf used to illustrate a serious subject on new U.N. stamps
By Denise McCarty
Six new stamps from the United Nations Postal Administration promote a UNICEF initiative to end violence against children and adolescents.
In announcing this initiative on July 31, 2013, UNICEF said, “Violence against children is all too often unseen, unheard and under reported. ...”
UNICEF executive director Anthony Lake said: “In every country, in every culture, there is violence against children. Whenever and wherever children are harmed, our outrage and anger must be seen and heard. We must make the invisible visible.”
The issue date for the stamps is Aug. 20 with a first-day ceremony at the American Philatelic Society’s Stampshow in Grand Rapids, Mich. The ceremony begins at 12:30 p.m. in the DeVos Place Convention Center at 303 Monroe Ave. NW.
The UNPA reports that the stamps represent the following themes: armed violence reduction, 49¢; sexual violence against children, $1.20; child marriage, 1 franc; child trafficking, 1.40fr; gender-based violence, 0.68; and child labor, 0.80.
Chris Sharp, an illustrator based in New York City, created the designs for the stamps, his first for UNPA.
In these illustrations, Sharp uses a wolf to symbolize violence. This wolf is reminiscent of the “big bad wolf” of various fairy tales, such as Little Red Riding Hood and The Three Little Pigs.
Children, a teddy bear, a doll, a book, a web, a gun, flowers and pickaxes also are included in the stamp illustrations.
Cartor, a security printer in Meauce, France, printed the stamps by offset-lithgraphy in sheets of 20.
Each stamp measures 50 millimeters by 35mm and is perforated gauge 14½ by 14¼.
The quantities printed were 120,000 each of the two stamps for use from the post office at U.N. headquarters in New York City (49¢, $1.20); 100,000 each of the two stamps for use from the Vienna International Center in Vienna, Austria (0.68, 0.80); and 90,000 each for the two for use from the Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland (1fr, 1.40fr).
For ordering information for the End Violence Against Children set, visit the U.N. Stamps website; e-mail firstname.lastname@example.org; telephone 800-234-8672; fax 212-963-9854; or write to UNPA, Box 5900, Grand Central Station, New York, NY 10163-5900.
UNICEF has delineated the following four objectives of its end violence against children initiative: raise public awareness that violence against children is everywhere; engage the public and mobilize action; strengthen cultural attitudes and social norms that support nonviolence; and spur new innovative ideas.
For more information about the UNICEF initiative, visit the website.
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For February 2013, we’re going back to basics with TransLink 101—a series of posts explaining TransLink and its work!
So what is TransLink, anyway?
Put simply, TransLink is the authority responsible for transportation in Metro Vancouver. And when we say transportation, we mean more than just public transit!
Our work includes:
- managing our public transit system: buses, SeaBus, SkyTrain, West Coast Express, HandyDART
- managing major roads that connect our cities, plus six bridges (Golden Ears, Knight Street, Pattullo, Westham Island, the Expo Line’s SkyBridge, and Canada Line’s North Arm Bridge)
- TravelSmart programs to encourage people to explore their travel choices: biking, walking, riding transit, carpooling, and more
- supporting cycling, through planning a regional cycling strategy and helping fund bike infrastructure like bike lockers, cycling paths like the Central Valley Greenway, maps, and more)
- AirCare vehicle emissions testing
- transportation planning and research: ongoing work to plan transportation services that achieve the goals of our region, and studies to examine options for the future
- ….and more!
The TransLink family tree
At the top, TransLink is governed by a Board of Directors, who have oversight from the Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation, and the Regional Transportation Commissioner. For more on their specific duties and how they all relate to each other, check out our Governance Model page.
Under TransLink, a number of fully-owned subsidiary companies, and a few contractors deliver our transportation services.
Our fully-owned companies include Coast Mountain Bus Company, BC Rapid Transit Company, and AirCare. The services are contracted out include:
- The Golden Ears Bridge, operated and maintained by the Golden Crossing General Partnership
- Canada Line is operated and maintained by InTransit BC
- West Vancouver transit is planned by TransLink, but delivered by the Municipality of West Vancouver
- HandyDART transit services for those with mobility issues are run by MVT Canadian Bus Company
- A few Community Shuttle services are planned by TransLink but delivered by private contractors (Bowen Island, New Westminster).
But for more on all our operating companies and their roles, see this terrific overview on the TransLink website.
Where did TransLink come from in the first place?
The short version is that traffic and congestion in the 1990s were huge issues for the Metro Vancouver region—so the Greater Vancouver Regional District and the Province of BC worked together to create a regional agency to address transportation issues. That agency was TransLink, which launched in 1999!
TransLink was the world’s first transportation authority to run multiple modes of travel in a region. We were tasked with creating an efficient transportation network to move people and goods, in coordination with land use plans from our region’s cities.
And since we were given authority over both major roads and public transportation when we were created, TransLink is able to plan our transportation network as a strategic whole.
If you’d like the full version of TransLink’s origins, check out The Road Less Travelled, our history book from 2008. It’s got everything you need!
Is TransLink public or private?
We often hear people saying TransLink is a private agency—but in fact, we are public!
Our agency is created and governed by a provincial act, and much of our revenue comes from public funding: property taxes, fuel taxes, and more.
Our annual plans
Finally, here’s a little bit about our ongoing work that you might find helpful.
Every year, you might hear about our yearly plans in the news from time to time. That’s because by law, TransLink writes a Base Plan every year describing the transportation work we’ll engage in, including exactly how we’ll pay for it. This plan is reviewed by the Mayors’ Council and an independent Regional Transportation Commissioner, then approved by our Board of Directors.
If we want to go beyond our budget, we need to write a Supplemental Plan, outlining what we’ll do and where we’ll get the new money to pay for it. This plan is subject to review and approvals, too.
And every five years, we develop a long-range plan, asking the region for its 40-year vision to guide our annual work. Our last plan was called Transport 2040, and we’ll update it in 2013.
Questions or comments?
And that’s it for the first installment of TransLink 101! Keep an eye on the Buzzer blog in February to read more about who we are.
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Boxwood hedges are an upright, evergreen plant commonly found in yards across the country in USDA hardiness zones 5 to 9. Boxwood hedges can be planted in formal or informal landscapes as borders, dividers or focal plants and respond well to pruning. Transplanting boxwoods is sometimes necessary if the hedge no longer fits in the present location or you simply decide to change the appearance of the landscape. Moving boxwood hedges requires advance planning.
Plan to root prune the boxwood hedges six to 12 months before transplant date, if possible. This strengthens the root system within a compact area, making it easier to move boxwoods. The best time to move old boxwood hedges is in the fall, with spring being a second option.
Place a shovel firmly in the ground immediately inside the canopy line of the boxwood to root prune it. Continue around the perimeter of the hedge, but do not pick it up. Leave the boxwood alone until moving day.
Tie a piece twine on the north side of the boxwood hedges. Face the transplanted hedges the same direction in the new location. Use the twine to tie up the branches of the boxwood, if needed for protection. Attach it to a lower branch, circle it around the hedge and tie it at the top.
Dig a trench farther out than the root pruning cut with the shovel facing backwards. This should be large enough for a root ball of at least 14 inches for boxwoods with a 2-foot canopy and up to 27 inches for a hedge with a 7-foot canopy, according to Clemson University. The depth of the root ball should be from 1 to 1 1/2 feet deep.
Sever any roots encountered with the shovel or use lopping shears for large roots, if needed. Place the shovel at a 45-degree angle to uncut the root ball. Lift up one side and slide the burlap under. Lift the other side and pull it across slowly.
Dig a hole double the width of the root ball, but the same (or less) depth of it. The transplanted boxwood should be at the same height previously planted (or above to allow for settling), but never lower.
Place the boxwood hedges facing in the correct direction. Push the burlap down in the hole and remove the twine holding the branches. Backfill the hole halfway and then fill with water. This removes air pockets and pushes the soil around the roots. Fill the remainder of the hole, step on the soil gently and saturate with water again.
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SDG 6 Global Acceleration Framework
The SDG 6 Global Acceleration Framework was developed by UN-Water. In early 2020, HLCP welcomed and took note of the Framework and expressed support for its further development and implementation through UN-Water. It was subsequently welcomed by the CEB in May 2020 and launched at a side event in the margins of the High-level Political Forum (HLPF) on sustainable development in July 2020, which included the participation of the UN Secretary-General and other 10 Executive Heads.
The SDG 6 Global Acceleration Framework is a new, unifying initiative that aims to deliver fast results at an increased scale. It is part of the UN Secretary-General’s Decade of Action to deliver the SDGs by 2030.
The SDG 6 Global Acceleration Framework
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With the beginning of mass distribution of the Internet, many citizens managed to “bury” TVs as a class of technology, but TV manufacturers quickly caught trends and made their products universal, able to perform monitor functions for a computer or player for flash drives. Some people have long refused to watch TV channels, and from desktop PC as a cumbersome and inconvenient attribute of the recent past, but a TV for such a person is still relevant as a large screen, convenient for watching movies or sports broadcasts through Stringing Services.
At the same time, high-quality TV will help “pull out” even a medium film, but a classic “box” will ruin the impression even from the best movie. Probably one of the best solutions to the problem will be a modern TV from Samsung.
Most of the average consumers in the world do not like to go into the nuances of choosing a particular technology – it is often easier for them to blindly trust a manufacturer with high recognition and a decent reputation. It should be noted that in many cases this approach is partially justified – at least you can count on the reliability of the purchase and the impressive service life. When it comes to televisions (and many other types of household appliances), the Samsung brand turns out to be exactly the pleasant music in the buyer’s ears, which will force a person without a doubt to post the right amount for the units liked.
Samsung – This is a gigantic South Korean corporation with an annual turnover of a trillion dollars, founded in the late 30s of the last century. Already the fact that during this time the company not only disappeared anywhere, but also explicitly gained his capital, suggests that its employees perform their work responsibly and professionally. It should be noted that the activity of the brand actually concerns different areas, including even the automotive industry, construction, chemical industry and insurance, but all these industries are developing a firm mainly in Korea.
Around the world they know it mainly due to smartphones and TVs – it means that the company gets best.
It is the electronics that brings the corporations maximum incomes, and in our country the brand technique is so popular that in 2008 the company opened its own factory in Russia. To date, Samsung’s new TVs are a combination of high reliability with the most modern characteristics in terms of image display technology. The company’s model range is sufficiently diverse to meet the requests of each cointer, and the leading models will necessarily fall into different ratings of the best TVs and often head them.
Description of series and models
SAMSUNG TV manifold is so great that we decided to stay in our review only on the newest models of the manufacturer, who are all as one are built on the basis QLED technology. In essence, it is the same LCD TV, but working on quantum dots, which has reflected in the title, where Q is a quantum.
If you move away from unimprovandable physical terms for the manaron, it will turn out that it is a LED-TV, which is better than its more ancient plasma colleagues due to increased permission. The diagonal can remain similar, but the points even on a modest 22-24 inches are noticeably more, due to which the increased clarity of the image is achieved.
The technology is present on the market for several years, but still considered a very new. Actually, thanks to her, it was possible to produce 4k and even 8k monitors of relatively small sizes, like 28 inches, which have not been associated with outstanding image parameters a few years ago.
Today, even on such a TV, it is possible to enjoy 3D – for this, the monitor has such a modest dimensional dimensions almost close, but even the viewer will not notice individual points, and its impression from viewing will not deteriorate.
As for the resolution of HD, thenIn the new Samsung TVs, such a matrix is no longer used as outdated, because even a pocket smartphone is now able to issue higher quality.
Given the stunning characteristics of fresh models of the company, it should be understood that TV, especially if it is larger than 40-42 inches, can cost impressive money – such a plasma can have a six-digit price tag. At the same time, judging by consumer reviews, it is worth it, and the quality of the picture should not even try to compare with more budget solutions. We decided to make a comparison only between new series, highlighting the differences between them and leading examples of the best.
This series is fair consider the most advanced and modern in the whole line – It is in it that the most “smart” TVs with a mass of functions, which for some decade ago it was impossible to dream. For example, Model Q90r – This is not just a TV with 4k, and a full-fledged modern gadget to display a different video content that allows you to do even without a remote control, since it is equipped with voice control. You can receive a signal from external sources of any types – here and Wi-Fi wireless protocols with Bluetooth, and a network cable connector, and an HDMI port, and a decoder to get a digital television signal.
The technique is already equipped with all the necessary codecs to understand all the common media formats. For convenience of consumers, the model diagonal allows the choice – there are models in 55, 65 and even 75 inches.
Toy, naturally, not cheap – price tags about 110-120 thousand rubles should not be surprised.
True, the real flagship should be considered another model – Q900r. Excess zealik easy to miss sights, but you will not confuse two TVs thanks to the price tags – this model is worth the breathtaking 3.5 million rubles! From the point of view of most technical characteristics of the difference with the previous model, there are no two fundamental differences: Q900R issues the most advanced permission to date 8k and has a space diagonal in 249 cm!
It is also worth mentioning the advanced set of wireless protocols, which are added to the miracast and widi. This TV is largely a step into the future, because today you will not find TV channels broadcasting in 8k, and the cinema in such a format is also a great rarity.
In view of this, some of the stunning characteristics of the expensive TV will simultaneously be disclosed yet.
This series today is no longer new, but it is impossible to say that the purchase of TV from its model range is any omission. A vivid example of her representative is TV Q80R – in all respects it is very similar to the Q90R described above, but it has a more modest price tag – in the region of 85-90 thousand rubles.
The picture will be the same 4K, and the principal difference consists only in one – the older model of the processor is somewhat weaker. This imposes some restrictions on you only if you plan to drive a “drawer” as a full-fledged universal gadget with installing third-party programs, and when watching TV channels or video from a flash drive, you will simply not notice.
This series was presented in 2018, and therefore it cannot be considered too new nor outdated. For example: in terms of technology, it is still quite relevant and approximately corresponds to newer models, but at the same time on the purchase can be saved a little due to the fact that such a TV cannot be considered flagship. Those who have always dreamed of buying a TV size with a wall, but not ready to spend millions of rubles for such technique, it is worth considering the purchase option Q77R with a diagonal of 208 cm.
A modern picky consumer could criticize such a TV for the fact that when it sizes, he is “just” 4k, and not 8k, but we understand that the last technology appeared just recently, and it is impossible to use it anyway, so to overpay it makes no sense. The two-meter version of the device will cost the consumer about 350 thousand rubles, and there are more compact analogs, up to 49 inches, for modest 50-55 thousand – speech about Q70R.
Today it is the oldest Samsung QLED TV line from those that have not yet been removed from sale. It is easy to assume that the most budget models can be found here, but the consumer who wants to get a maximum at the level of a decent gadget, such a purchase may not like – no matter how cool, these TVs have been developed a few years ago.
Model Q67r Modern observers consider several revalued – for not the most obvious reasons, it stands just more expensive than almost similar models of more than fresh series. Doubtful title of the most cheap brand TV claims Q60R, But from her more expensive and new colleagues The unit is distinguished by both reduced quality pictures, and a limited number of interfaces.
Serets of selection and main parameters
It is unlikely that anyone will doubt the quality of the TVs of the South Korean giant, but it does not mean that you should blindly choose any model and assume that you hit the point. There are general rules, following which will help consider their investment ideal. The first moment to pay attention is screen diagonal, which largely determines the cost of the “box”. Many buyers believe that it is more, the better, and in many ways it is.
Another thing is that you can be limited to the size of the room, and after all, too close the location to the giant screen will only lead to the fact that you cannot fully cover the whole picture. On the brand website, it is not clearly said that the optimal distance from the screen is that the display takes 40 degrees of your horizon. To find your perfect diagonal, think from what distance you will watch and movies, and share this figure by 1.2.
For small rooms, where it is impossible to retire from TV more than one and a half meters, 43 inches will be a ceiling opportunity.
It is important to remember that the screen diagonal does not describe the size of the housing, and in reality the TV may be even larger – Buyer must make sure that the acquisition will fit there, where it is planned to put. If it seems that a huge plasma does not fit into the classic (or any other) interior, give preference to interior models – they are able to portray the specified picture or even act in the best traditions of chameleon, disguised as a wall!
Also note that a large diagonal with a small resolution is money for wind. Whatever size is a picture, it consists of separate points, the area of which is significantly different. All sorts of Full HD is because they came out of fashion that on large diagonals these points becomes visible to the naked eye, and the picture is crushed. 4K, and even more so 8k this problem is solved and allow you to enjoy the picture even on a two-meter screen – but provided that the source signal supports such permission.
In general, by purchasing a TV from Samsung, if possible, rate the dynamic image mode in the store, that is, the ability of the purchased TV brightly display the colors even with a powerful lighting of the room. The brand is known for the fact that it works productively on solving this problem, but you can not doubt that in some models, white and other shades can be slightly less saturated than that of the representatives of a newer series.
Considering how many different functions today possesses modern TV, Ask for the seller the presence of an intelligent or even sensory console for a specific model.
If the console is equipped with separate custom buttons, you can give a lot to give the team gadget and significantly simplify the use of the device for those people who, in principle, are not friends with modern appliances.
Although we are the generation that familiar with the TVs since childhood, the new Samsung models are much more complex samples of technology whose opportunities you just do not open completely without preliminary readinginstructions. Make it necessary before you decide to fix the bracket on the wall or will attach to TV legs – you see, it will be a pity if the dear TV will fall due to the error of the self-confident owner. By installing the TV to the bracket, it is worth removing the table stand, and this also need to be able to. In the same instructions, it is described in detail how to connect the power supply, the console or computer, and if it is necessary – then the microphone that is useful for communication through video program programs.
If you understand the mount, it is still intuitive, as well as turn on TV, then in the ability of the control panel is also the most reasonable to go into instructions in hand. To begin with, playing with color settings so that the parameters of the displayed picture correspond to the manufacturer’s recommendations and your wishes. After that, it is necessary Create your own account operating system for entering the application store, or logged in the system if you already have an account.
Next, you can download various software available from the Internet, thanks to which you actually get a modern tablet with a huge screen and you can use TV for video calls, viewing the same YouTube or receiving an IPTV signal for foreign channels.
At the same time, Samsung products are not deprived of both functions that are considered classic for TV. Love to fall asleep under the television – you can put Timer sleep, Which after a while will pay off “Blue Screen”. Have access to some channels whose content is undesirable for minors – set up parental control and enjoy. Some channels and the same YouTube allow Translation of subtitles – They can be enabled, if it is more convenient to watch the transmission in the unfamiliar language, or disable if they interfere.
The description of all these features with available commands is also contained in the instructions, and the management of the model to the model may vary, so it should not be reed only for your own preliminary experience. In the end, Samsung TV, like any other “smart” gadget, is able to clog its own cache over time, which adversely affects its performance.
Clear memory using the console is easy, but in older TVs you obviously did not do it, so that you will also help the instruction manual for a specific model.
Like the prevailing majority of modern electronics manufacturers, Samsung does not welcome the attempt to independently repair the factories, especially since the Russian network of authorized service centers is extensive enough to solve problems for you. In essence, the only problem that can be tried to solve independently – this is when the TV does not respond to the remote, But even then in this case, the user is recommended only to change the batteries or try to replace the console itself, without disassembled it nor TV.
Any more serious problem that requires an autopsy of the unit of the unit, implies a mandatory appeal to authorized specialists. If the sound disappeared, and dark stripes or stains appeared on the screen, some owners may have a temptation to appeal to “folk crafts”, because so cheaper. In view of the complexity of modern gadgets, in particular Samsung televisions, such an intervention may end up with a deplorable for technology, which before such interference still has been subject to repair.
For this reason, any unauthorized opening of the hull means the automatic end of the warranty for goods.
User Comments on Samsung TVs on various forums are predictable are predominantly positive – It is not for nothing about the existence of such equipment knows absolutely every person in our country. Regardless of the methods of using the TV, whether it is classic viewing of a telecast or installing applications from the store with the transformation into a full-fledged gadget, two are considered the main qualities – two – Stunning picture with decent sound and good durability. Of course, televisions of any company are early or later break, but if the owner does not want to change an old unit to a newer, it can always be surrendered to repair – a technological giant opened a lot of authorized service centers throughout the country.
However, Samsung TVs are not just another good “drawer”, and the abundance of modern technologies, allowing to talk about the transformation of technology and its output for the usual framework. The newest models today support voice commands and allow you to connect to the Internet directly both wired and wireless – and therefore combines the features of the TV and monitor. At the same time, in any system unit, they do not need, and therefore, they are independent gadgets, allowing a person in principle to do without a computer and tablet.
Interior models are capable even to more – in the form turned off, they can show the “fireplace”, that is, they perform the functions of another popular modern device. All this can not not cause delight from consumers.
Justice for sake, look and minus, although more than one cannot find. Price about price – being the most advanced on the market, South Korean TV predictably do not cost cheap. Not too picky consumer can really give preference to cheaper Chinese products, but then it should be ready for the fact that it will not be able to count on corporate quality, and the functionality will certainly be cut off.
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Bilateral mastectomy for gynecomastia; I have complete nipple necrosis on the right breast and a small divot. Options? (Photos)
Doctor Answers 4
How to correct male nipple death (necrosis)?
Thanks for your question and photos. I am extremely sorry that you are going through this. This outcome is extremely rare especially in experienced hands. Based on your photos is does not appear like a total mastectomy was done as there still appears to be breast tissue around the area of nipple necrosis. To fix the issue, what I have done for other patients that have presented like you after they were treated by other surgeons is to move the skin around and shift some fat or transfer some fat from the surrounding areas. On the tissue is closed and has a stable base, nipple reconstruction and tattooing is possible to improve the overall appearance.
The pain that you are having could be from the scar tissue trapping nerves or a neuroma or just the slow healing process. I recommend being seen by a board certified plastic surgeon with lots of male breast surgery experience. Good Luck!
All the best,
Carlos Mata MD, MBA, FACS
Board Certified Plastic Surgeon
Nipple Necrosis on Right Side After Gynecomastia Surgery
Hello, and thank you for your question. Here are some common post-operative healing issues that can occur with this procedure:
- Asymmetry during the healing process
- Lumps or firmness under skin
- Prolonged swelling (edema)
- Skin Pigment changes
- Prolonged redness of the incision
- Blood clots
- Breast contour or shape irregularities
- Anesthesia risks
- Fluid accumulation
- Persistent pain
- Temporary or permanent changes in breast or nipple sensation
And some definitions of these issues:
Contour Abnormalities: Although the doctor will make every effort to give you a “perfect” result, the area of excess tissue removal may end up with a contour that is slightly too high or too low. You may feel the “edge” around the areolar dissection. Massage and time (4-6 months) usually eliminates or reduces this problem, if it occurs.
Reduced sensation of nipple: Any surgery of the breast can lead to reduced nipple sensation. Reduced sensation is usually temporary, but may take months to resolve. In unusual cases, some permanent loss of sensation may occur.
Recurrence of Breast Enlargement: This is uncommon, but can occur. If this happens, you may require further surgery later.
Seroma Formation: A collection of fluid under the skin occurs occasionally during the postoperative period. Aspiration of the fluid with a needle is frequently helpful. Secondary surgery is rarely necessary.
Harness Within Breasts: Postoperative scarring within the breast tissue may cause areas of hardness. Occasionally, areas of hardness, when discovered later may cause worries about cancer. Mammography or even biopsy is occasionally indicated.
Now, one of the best things to remember is that if you find yourself concerned at all about the healing process at any point you should visit your surgeon to have the area examined and make sure that everything is progressing as it should. There can always be complications, but revisions are possible if needed. Best of luck.
This is unfortunate but it does happen. I would suggest that you allow things to settle down and let the healing process proceed. Local wound care on the open area will eventually result in its closure. I would start using a Roller device over the chest to help soften things over the coming months as well as hand massage to any areas that are firm.
Then I would go back and treat the chest so the tissue layer is even and symmetrical which will improve the appearance significantly. A new nipple-areola complex can be "built" by a good surgeon but often this isn't needed as the scar "appears" like a nipple-areola and patients are often comfortable with the result without the need for additional procedures and risk.
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Hello and thank you for your question. I am sorry to hear about your surgical course thus far. To correct the depression it may be possible to break up the scar tissue underneath and do some lipofilling to improve the contour. For the nipple that has died I would consider a tattoo in order to match the color of your native nipple.
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So what do you do when you have several pounds of dyed pasta laying around from a previous tutorial? If you are like me, you leave the mass of colorful bits on your art table until inspiration strikes. Such as when you pull out an embroidery hoop for another project and then start gluing pasta to it. I mean isn’t that the logical thing to do?
In any event you might already know I love suncatchers so of course we turned our pasta into a suncatcher craft for kids; the translucency of the pasta makes it looks especially pretty as light filters through it.
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Pasta Suncatcher Craft
Learn how to dye your pasta here:
- Step One Pour glue in the bottom of a lid. The more glue, the more sturdy your final suncatcher will be. If doing the lid/hoop version run a thick bead of glue around the edge of the lid/hoop.
- Step Two Add your pasta! The hoop lid version is suitable only for long pasta shapes that can span the open center.
- Step Three Let dry. Depending on how much glue you used, these will take a few days to completely dry. The hoop ones will only take a couple hours to dry.
- Step Four When completely dry, gently pop your suncatcher out of the lid and hang it in a window!
- Be sure to use heavy-duty tape when hanging these! They do have some weight to them and will shatter if dropped. I recommend hanging them with duct tape.
- Larger pasta shapes may crack as the glue dries and shrinks. Smaller shapes are sturdier and resist cracking.
- You may also leave the suncatcher in the lid if it is particularly delicate or you used small amount of glue.
Serghei Pakhomoff Artist Serghei Pakhomoff crates miniatures using pasta! His creations take hours to make and are brilliant in their repurposing of different pasta shapes to mimic real life items. His work shows that you can get creative with just about anything if you really look at in a new light! You can see some of his masterful creations here.
Conclusion & More
Now you know what we do with pasta around our house ….. I think these turned out quite lovely and our whole family got in on the action, from my daughter and me to my mother-in-law, no one could resist a mountain of colorful pasta!
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June 13, 2008
Salmonella Sanitpaul, Illinois Case Summary
State public health director urges awareness of Salmonella outbreak and tomato consumption
Nationwide outbreak includes Illinois
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – At this time the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has confirmed 29 cases of Salmonella Saintpaul in Illinois that have a genetic fingerprint that matches the national outbreak pattern. However, this number will most likely change as more cases are identified. A person may become ill with Salmonella and not seek medical attention, which is why the reported 29 cases may not provide a complete picture of the number of cases actually occurring in the state. All 29 cases are in northeastern counties of Illinois and six people have been admitted to the hospital.
“The Department is still investigating these cases to determine the source of this strain of Salmonella in Illinois, but I urge people to follow the food and drug administration’s (FDA) recommendations regarding tomato consumption,” said Dr. Damon T. Arnold, Director for IDPH.
The FDA recommends that consumers not eat raw red Roma, raw red plum, raw red round tomatoes, or products that contain these types of raw red tomatoes unless the tomatoes are from safe sources as listed on the FDA website. Consumers can continue to eat cherry tomatoes, grape tomatoes, and tomatoes sold with the vine still attached, or tomatoes grown at home. For the most current information on the FDA recommendations, please visit www.fda.gov.
Salmonellosis is often mistaken for the “stomach flu” and symptoms, which last from 24 hours to 12 days although longer incubation periods have been reported in this outbreak, include headache, muscle aches, diarrhea, chills, fever, nausea and dehydration. Symptoms usually appear six to 72 hours after ingestion.
In recent years, fresh fruits and vegetables have been implicated in outbreaks of salmonellosis.
Tomatoes were identified as the culprit in 1990 and 1993 and cantaloupes in 1990 and 1991.
Investigations of these incidents did not identify the source of contamination. It possibly could have occurred in the fields where the produce was grown, during processing after harvest or during handling in the distribution system.
At this time the FDA has not determined the source of contamination.
For additional information on food handling safety and food borne illness, please visit the IDPH website at www.idph.state.il.us and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has new question and answer page at http://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/saintpaul/faq.html.
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Two events this week. Details below. I've been kept busy all weekend. This morning we put up a temporary display on our art wall to replace Aries's beautiful paper art sculpture. Next week students from Maryland Avenue Montessori will fill the wall, but for now, we're talking up our afternoon event with Michael J. Lisicky, author of Gimbels Has it! He's doing another talk on the book at the Milwaukee County Historical Society at 12 Noon (I think) so our event at 3 is more about holiday store traditions. Alas, my battery on my camera gave out, and my phone does not seem to be sending photos to my email. It reminds me how simple the technology is on a printed book!
Winner of the August Prize*, Sweden’s most important literary prize, and translated by Sarah Death, The Emperor of Lies tells the story of the second-largest Jewish ghetto, in the Polish city of Łódź . Established by the Nazis in 1940, they appointed as its leader, Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski, a sixty-three-year-old Jewish businessman and orphanage director, whose authoritarian rule over the ghetto defined its existence. Driven by a titanic ambition, he sought to transform the ghetto into a productive industrial complex and strove to make it—and himself—indispensable to the Nazi regime. These compromises would have extraordinary consequences not only for Rumkowski but for everyone living in the ghetto.
Here's a quote from Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall, the 2009 winner of the Man Booker Prize:
"This is fiction of moral force, brilliantly sustained and achieved...Fiction here is operatinig at its best, to close the gap between past and present, between them and us: not through sentiment, but through real understanding. This is a stunning achievement and one to be applauded."
And just one more quote, from Sebastian Barry, author of The Secret Scripture and On Canaan's Side:
"Sem-Sandberg has achieved something monumental, but with a strange and necessary lightness of tough. The Emperor of Lies is sobering scarifying, and in its hunger for the truth, enthralling."
Wednesday, November 23, 7 pm, at Boswell:
Mark Wisneiewski, author of Show Up, Look Good.
Set in NYC before and just after 9/11, Show Up, Look Good is a novel about a jilted woman whose move to Manhattan and relationship with an elderly, mute former New York Yankee help her accept her innocence in her mother's death and admit her complicity in a secret crime too disturbing to report.
“Show Up, Look Good is a rollicking, laugh-out-loud romp of a novel, a picaresque spin through fin-de-siecle New York as seen through the eyes of its intrepid, Midwestern-born heroine. Love, loneliness, roommates from hell, hipsters, the mob, and murder all play starring roles in this delightful book, and Wisniewski does justice to them all.” —Ben Fountain, author of BriefEncounters with Che Guevara.
Milwaukee native Mark Wisniewski is the author of the novel Confessions of a Polish Used Car Salesman, the story collection All Weekend with the Lights On, and a book of poems, One of Us One Night. His fiction has appeared in magazines such as Virginia Quarterly Review and the Antioch Review.
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Ortiz had given permission to her teenage daughters to march, because everyone they know has connections to the immigrant community. It's important to stand together, she said.
"The people in Mexico are so poor," Ortiz said. "I think they have the right to work to get their families going."
The march was staged on Monday, April 10 in objection to HR 4437, a bill that passed the national House of Representatives and would make living here illegally a felony, as well as provide funding to build a wall on the border. Many protesters said they wanted immigration reform that made it easier for people to come to this country and make an honest living.
"One of our messages is an absolute 'no' to HR 4437," said Maryada Vallet, an organizer with humanitarian group No More Deaths. "We're going to continue being vocal about what principles a comprehensive immigration-reform bill would encompass: permanent residency; a safe, just, humane border; and family reunification."
Thousands of marchers slowly made their way from a southside church to downtown's Armory Park, absorbing crowds that lined the streets along the way. The sea of faces included people of all colors and ages, but there were large numbers of young people and children--some walking solemnly hand-in-hand with adults, others splashing each other with water bottles as they darted through the fringes of the march.
"All of our friends are here," said 13-year-old Melinda Torres, a student at Wakefield Middle School. "We're all here to support our families."
But not everyone felt as the marchers did. Standing with his wife at the northwest corner of 10th Avenue and 29th Street--on the opposite side of the road from immigrant supporters--Barry Coe expressed frustration with a government that seemed unwilling to stem the flow of foreigners into the United States.
"The way it is now, they're displacing a lot of workers in Tucson," he said, citing his son, who has been unable to get a job in construction, as an example. "They're not poor immigrants. They're shopping at Circle K. They're shopping at Kmart. They're shopping at Wal-Mart."
Coe held his sign protesting the loss of American jobs high as wave upon wave of marchers surrounded him a short time later.
Eventually, the march entered Armory Park after snaking through downtown neighborhoods, prompting people to step outside homes and businesses to watch. More supporters, as well as about a dozen non-supporters calling themselves the Border Guardians, were waiting at the park.
Waving American flags and signs saying things like "America not Mexico," the Border Guardians took a position on a shuffleboard court in the northeast corner of the park, as thousands of people continued streaming in from the south.
Dozens of pro-immigrant marchers then locked arms and formed a ring around the Border Guardians. They turned their backs and beseeched onlookers to ignore the Border Guardians inside of the ring. However, that did not work; bystanders--many of whom were teenagers or young adults--gathered to see what was going on or to shout at the counter-demonstrators.
A man with the Border Guardians, who was wearing white clothes and had tape over his mouth, danced on a Mexican flag. Another man wore a shirt that said "Proud Nativist American." Perennial congressional candidate and self-avowed racist Joe Sweeney, who stood with the Border Guardians, attempted to chat with reporters who were more interested in monitoring the tension between the two crowds.
Kenneth Moore likened Sweeney to a well-known man in Austin, Texas, who often posed for pictures with tourists wearing a bikini top, a thong and high heels.
"No one pays attention to him, but he's there all the time," Moore said. "If he (Sweeney) had a beard, he'd kind of look like him. He's like the person that you never invite to the party, but he shows up."
Police later augmented the marchers' barrier with a ring of their own as the crowd began pushing toward the Border Guardians. One of the counter-demonstrators, Roy Warden, then started insisting that members of the media stand outside the ring, after abruptly pushing a Telemundo cameraman out of the circle. He also shouldered a photographer who he thought was encroaching on the group's space.
"You need to push out, because when we start burning flags, a whole lot of people may get burned up, too," he told a woman who was part of the ring surrounding the Border Guardians.
"They're trying to provoke violence," said Michelle Golden, as she was shoved around while trying to maintain her part of the human barrier separating the demonstrations. "This is what they do. They want attention."
"It's their country, too," said Democratic state Rep. Tom Prezelski. "A lot of what they're saying is based on mythology, I think, about America and how this country was settled. They seem to not want to acknowledge that human rights are universal and that our immigration policies are not working."
The two demonstrations coexisted uneasily for several hours as the rally unfolded on a dais at the opposite end of the park. A few people tossed empty water bottles or bits of trash at the Border Guardians as they took turns using a bullhorn. A full bottle of water also glanced off the side of Warden's head.
Things quickly turned chaotic, however, after Border Guardians burned two flags at about 2 p.m.
Officers escorted 16-year-old Marisol Luna--who one witness said threw water at one of the burning flags, dousing an officer--toward the nearby downtown station. A large crowd chanting, "Let her go!" followed as she was led away
A man then tried to break through the ring of officers surrounding the girl, and a scuffle broke out. As many as six people were reportedly detained after police, sirens blaring, descended upon the intersection of McCormick Street and Scott Avenue to restore order.
In addition, at least three people, including 14-year old Marina Estrella, were pepper-sprayed as the crowds pressed toward McCormick Street and Scott Avenue.
Estrella, who was coughing, gagging and spitting, could be seen lying on the ground, pouring water over her face. Her mother, Mayte, said an officer pushed her daughter's head back and sprayed her in the mouth.
"What kind of peaceful march is this? Arresting kids? Spraying kids? You're protecting the wrong people!" yelled Estrella's aunt, Sara Sandoval, as officers formed a line to push the crowd back toward the park.
After the scuffle with police, Christina Pina, who was wearing a bandana around her mouth, worried the fight would overshadow the purpose of the rally.
"They're not going to show the American people the peaceful march," she said. "All they're going to show the American public is what went down. Everything that we've done is now undone.
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'Now again I live in a river-mirrored house, the house a cottage, and the river that mirrors it broadening out twice a day into an estuary lake fished by otters and herons and, when the salmon are running, by a sole old seal. One of the herons I know. Screeching and croaking an angelus that announces only himself, he comes in flying low over the water and, the rhetoric of his wingfolding perfect, he stands there, outstandingly, poised for the kill. Young though he is in this lifetime, he is old in incarnations. Night not in them even when he closes them, his eyes are for opening outwards only. Outwards always. Even in sleep. Him especially. Him looking so priestly, so poised for death-dealing in his chasuble of fine feathers. Him, if I could, I would talk to.' This autobiography, a sequel to Nostos, concludes the story of John Moriarty's life in Connemara during the 1980s and subsequent return to his native Kerry. He writes with compelling detail about his time at Roundstone and environs, restoring gardens at Leitirdyfe House and Lisnabrucka, and building his own house at Toombeola. He reflects on his Kerry childhood and the death of his father; he describes his adopted family, a sortie to Dublin for Christmas, the writer Tim Robinson, and his neighbourhood and community; he celebrates the returned pine martens and the fauna and flora of a historic landscape; he undertakes a lecture tour in Canada organized by his former students; and throughout he engages with the immensities of the natural and spiritual worlds that form his habitat. In this posthumously published work, completed just weeks before his death, John Moriarty calls to account the literatures and legacies of European thought made manifest in the western extremities of Ireland. They bore witness to his own inner and outer journey, now documented in this compelling, writerly masterwork. | <urn:uuid:ce2d422b-4146-49a0-ab62-19ae0ff9ef0b> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://readrate.com/deu/books/what-the-curlew-said | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282926.64/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00402-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.980334 | 418 | 1.53125 | 2 |
VB.Net and the Transition to OOP
When Microsoft first launched .NET, there was quite a confusion that this suite is limited to building web-based applications. Not really, take the case of VB.NET. It can be used to create three different type of programs. They can either be web applications, windows applications, or console applications. All Visual Basic .NET programmers have one thing in common--they're learning a new language. But those who have previous programming experience, especially with Visual Basic or an object-oriented language, will find the learning curve much more accessible than those who have chosen VB.NET for their first language.
A dearth of good instructional books geared toward the novice has left the latter group feeling like outsiders--until now. Jesse Liberty, author of the best-selling books "Programming C#" and "and "Programming ASP.NET," has written Learning Visual Basic .NET (O'Reilly, US $34.95), an entry-level guide to learning the VB.NET language. Written in Liberty's characteristically warm and friendly style, this new book assumes no prior programming experience and provides an easy introduction to Microsoft's newest version of VB.
"Learning Visual Basic .NET" introduces the reader to fundamentals like Visual Studio .NET, object-oriented programming principles, and the Visual Basic .NET language itself. Readers will learn about the syntax and structure of the Visual Basic .NET language, including operators, classes and interfaces, structs, arrays, and strings. Liberty then demonstrates how to develop various kinds of applications--including those that work with databases--and web services.
This book also introduces the Virtual Studio .NET Integrated Development Environment (IDE), a tool designed to help in writing .NET applications.
Once they have mastered the subjects in "Learning Visual Basic .NET," readers will be ready to move on to more advanced books in VB.NET and .NET programming, with an aim to developing Windows and web applications. This book includes pointers to many print and online resources that will help readers in that pursuit. In the meantime, readers will find Liberty's book a lively and approachable introduction to Visual Basic .NET programming.
Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
Nowadays, aside from having expertise in a programming language, object-oriented programming methodology is a knowledge most sought after too because of the flexibility and scability that it gives to the developer. In Visual Basic .NET this is a feature that developers have been demanding for years. Now that VB.NET has facilitated object-oriented programming, developers are making a new discovery--that there is a difference between using these tools and using them well.
In his new book, Object-Oriented Programming with Visual Basic .NET (O'Reilly, US $34.95), author J.P. Hamilton brings a fresh perspective to object-oriented programming by focusing on writing sound code and object-oriented design. Hamilton shows developers how to take advantage of VB.NET's new features to create and maintain scalable .NET components and applications.
In "Object-Oriented Programming with Visual Basic. NET" developers learn how to use object-oriented language features such as implementation inheritance, interface inheritance, object constructors, method overloading, and method overriding. Hamilton teaches readers how to think about similarities in their application logic and how to design and create objects that maximize the benefits and power of the .NET Framework. He also includes a discussion of refactoring, a kind of retroactive OOP in which generalizations are discovered after the fact, so that parent classes are written only after child classes.
Packed with examples that will guide readers through every step, "Object-Oriented Programming with Visual Basic .NET" is a guide for those with some programming experience. Written for those who know Visual Basic 6.0 and are ready for or have started the process of developing with Visual Basic .NET, this book is an essential tool for building strong object-oriented programming skills. | <urn:uuid:699d64e7-c95b-4a52-8e2a-6d0990ba251d> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.influentialblogger.net/2003/05/vb.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988720380.80/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183840-00056-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.91563 | 822 | 2.859375 | 3 |
Today it’s more critical than ever for businesses to differentiate themselves from their competitors and make memorable connections with their audience by creating unique, recognisable brands.
Colour in Brand Design
Every touch point of a brand plays a vital role in brand recall, but the brand mark is the heart and soul of a brand’s image. Whilst it’s the interplay between colour, typeface, and symbol that creates a brand mark, colour is registered by the brain before either images or typography. A University of Loyola, Maryland study recently found the correct use of colour could increase brand recognition by up to 80%.
Standing out from the crowd
As awareness of branding grows and more businesses invest in their brand’s identity, colour is becoming more important for companies looking to differentiate themselves visually. Consider the success of Heinz Green ketchup. In the first seven months following its introduction more than 10 million bottles were sold. The result was the highest sales increase in the brand’s history, all because of a simple color change. Apple introduced colourful iMacs into a marketplace where colour had not been seen before. The Apple brand was the first to say, “It doesn’t have to be beige”. The iMacs reinvigorated a brand that had suffered $1.8 billion of losses in two years.
A World of Colour
Colour also provides communication cues for brand attributes such as traditional or cutting edge, calm or excited, as well as cultural cues, cues about environmental credibility, cues about political affiliations and a plethora of other meanings. In the world of brand design, choice and use of colour provides the potential for a wealth of carefully crafted and powerfully communicated messages about your brand.
Recognisable Brands Test
Most of the most recognisable brands in the world rely on colour as a key factor in their instant recognition. Below are snapshots of twenty of the world’s most recognisable brand marks cropped to show a clear representation of their brand colours, but only a fraction of their logotype of symbol. Test yourself to see how many of the brands you can identify with colour being the primary visual driver.
04. British Airways
11. Coca Cola
12. Olympic Games
So how’d you go?
18 or more correct: You’re brand obsessed (you’d fit in well around here)
15-17 correct: You’re pretty brand aware (and probably addicted to TV)
10-14 correct: Observation skills are not your strength – likely to leave home wearing different coloured socks
9 or less correct: You’re suffering brand avoidance – might be worth getting checked-out for colour blindness
If you’d like to talk to some people who spend way too much of their life eating, sleeping, thinking about the role of colour in developing a highly recognisable and unforgettable brand identity give us a call.
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by Mike Hatfield
In most circles, when people talk about moving people up the energy ladder they are speaking of moving away from simpler traditional forms of energy, such as wood, to more concentrated forms such as natural gas. At Aprovecho we like to turn things around a bit and throw in a bit of science along the way. As you may know, Aprovecho has taken part in the global movement of helping to develop improved cook stoves for the 2.6 billion people who presently cook with biomass on traditional stoves and have to endure the many detrimental side effects of that cooking method. While many people talk of moving our 6 billion and growing population up the energy ladder, we are looking at alternatives for saving fuel and growing local forests that could allow people to indefinitely provide and have control over their own energy needs. As I write this I am presently in Sao Tome, a small island off the west coast of Africa where I am working on a project for the United Nations World Food Program. I am designing a stove to be built at schools and orphanages that will cook for 250-1000 children a day. This is one of the most exciting types of projects we work with, as the savings for each stove built are so great when compared to how many people they are serving. I am digressing a bit and you will have to wait for a future article to hear about how this trip turned out (shameless pitch to become a member and supporter of our organization). What I wanted to talk about was our own move down the energy ladder as we put solar water heating panels on our straw bale dorm and shut off our large propane tank.
At the Aprovecho Campus up to 15 students per semester come to study appropriate technology, organic gardening, and sustainable forestry (and yes, a shameless pitch for our educational program at www.aprovech.net). About 5 years ago we mostly cooked on propane in our dormitory. In my appropriate technology class I would usually suggest that people attempt to cook entirely on wood, using our outdoor kitchen and solar ovens in the summer and our cooking/heating stove in the winter. About 50% of the time it would succeed. Having the ease of just turning a knob instead of having to start a fire (as most people in the world do) often got the better of our students as the semester got busier. Then finally came the group of students that
challenged us to pull out the safety net of a propane stove. We removed the stove and have never looked back. As our students now study the technologies we are developing for third world situations, they are also gaining the day-to-day experience and motivation to design and build to the best of their abilities. Along with cooking on sun and wood I have also worked with the students to design and build low tech solutions to providing for our own hot water needs with solar and wood fired technologies. We have had now for some years the means for every student to use only wood or sun to heat their water for cooking and cleaning. Once again, having the convenience of an indoor shower in the strawbale dorm, powered by propane, was often too convenient to override the desire to fire up a stove or even to go outdoors to the simple solar shower we have built.
We have now installed a more conventional solar hot water heating system on the strawbale dorm. With the help of a grant from the Lane Workforce Partnership, South Lane School District, and the federal government, we were able to install a two panel system that should supply the majority of our hot water needs. Being Aprovecho, we wanted to take it a step further and make this an ongoing experiment to help people decide between some growing options for solar hot water heating.
With the help of Newt Loken and his company Solar Assist, based out of Eugene, we decided to install the two most popular types of panels on the market and set them up in a way that we are able to compare the difference in efficiency between the two in a variety of light conditions.
Flat Plate Collector vs. Evacuated Tube Collector:
A flat plate collector consists of a thin absorber sheet of thermally stable polymers, aluminum, and steel to which a black or photo absorbing coating is applied. Behind this is a grid or coil of fluid tubing, usually made of copper that is firmly attached to the absorber plate and treated with the same heat absorbing coating. This is placed on top of a bed of insulation within a weatherproof shallow box with plastic or glass glazing.
Fluid is circulated, using either the natural convection of a thermal siphon or an electric pump, through the tubing to remove the heat from the absorber and to transport it to an insulated water tank. This fluid can either be the same water that is used in the household (called a open loop) or a separate freeze protected liquid, such as propylene glycol, (called a closed loop) that will not freeze but must be run through a radiator in the water tank to transfer heat to the household water. If the open loop system is used, then an extra device for draining the panel in case of freeze (a mechanical temperature controlled drain back system or a very attentive person) must be installed. In the end it is a 6 of one ½ dozen of the other situation, and we have chosen to go with the closed loop system under advice of our solar installer.
I have read of an alternative to metal tube collectors, new polymer flat plate collectors that are now being produced in Europe. These have freeze-tolerant water channels made of silicone rubber instead of metal. By dispensing with a heat exchanger in these flat plate panels, temperatures need not be quite so high for the circulation system to be switched on. These direct circulation panels, whether polymer or otherwise, can be somewhat more efficient, particularly at low light levels. As of now, metal flat plate panels are the standard in the US and so these are what we used in our system.
Evacuated tube collectors are made of a series of modular tubes, mounted in parallel, whose number can be added to or reduced as hot water delivery needs change. The type of tube we are installing consists of an inner copper tube with a flat metal absorber plate that is about 2 inches wide attached to it. This sits inside a glass tube that is surrounded by a vacuum that is in turn surrounded by another tube of glass. The sunlight comes in, is turned into heat via the absorber plate, and is trapped (insulted) by the vacuum space. For a given absorber area, evacuated tubes are believed to maintain their efficiency over a wide range of ambient temperatures and heating requirements. The absorber area only occupied about 50% of the collector panel on early designs (as shown in diagram below), however this has changed as the technology has advanced to maximize the absorption area.
Both designs have made claims of better efficiency in different environments. It is our hope that with a controlled experiment with both types of collectors in an identical side-by-side configuration, we can add to the growing scientific backing or non-backing for these claims. I hope you will continue to follow our organization (and why not support us while you are at it) and read about the result of this and other experiments we are working on in future publications. For now from the mixed lingual Sao Tome Island…..ciao!! | <urn:uuid:4df31722-7eb8-47b2-8e84-134fd87f468f> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.aprovecho.net/2009/09/a-step-up-the-energy-ladder-aprovecho-style/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280872.69/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00312-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.96379 | 1,514 | 2.921875 | 3 |
Canadians Standing Up to COVID – Ep. 04: Amy Carter
”When I think of front line workers, I think of our people out at the branches who are keeping our company going [...] And I just wanted to do something to help out.“
April 17, 2020 By Anthony Capkun
In this episode of “Canadians Standing Up to COVID”, Anthony Capkun is joined by Amy Carter, technical solutions manager with Gerrie Electric Wholesale Ltd., whose technical aptitude extends beyond automation and instrumentation into the realm of fabrics, threads, needles… and face masks for her front line colleagues at Gerrie Electric.
“When I think of front line workers, I think of our people out at the branches who are keeping our company going,” says Amy. “Without people delivering the goods, and without people keeping the branches running, the company comes to a stop. And I just wanted to do something to help out.”
Are you a member of Canada’s electrical community and doing something to help Canadians stand up to COVID? Tell me your story! Email Anthony at firstname.lastname@example.org .
MORE INFO… Amy has shared the links below. These are examples of the crafting/maker community coming together to help others with free patterns and resources. Check them out!
3D models community group
Files & instructions for 3D-printed face shields
Craft store patterns
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Issue No. 01 - January/February (2010 vol. 16)
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/TVCG.2009.46
Peter J. Mucha , University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill
Greg Turk , Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
Florian Hecht , Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta
We present a visualization technique for simulated fluid dynamics data that visualizes the gradient of the velocity field in an intuitive way. Our work is inspired by rheoscopic particles, which are small, flat particles that, when suspended in fluid, align themselves with the shear of the flow. We adopt the physical principles of real rheoscopic particles and apply them, in model form, to 3D velocity fields. By simulating the behavior and reflectance of these particles, we are able to render 3D simulations in a way that gives insight into the dynamics of the system. The results can be rendered in real time, allowing the user to inspect the simulation from all perspectives. We achieve this by a combination of precomputations and fast ray tracing on the GPU. We demonstrate our method on several different simulations, showing their complex dynamics in the process.
Rheoscopic fluid, flow visualization, tensor field visualization, ellipsoidal particle dynamics.
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Revista Brasileira de Medicina do Esporte
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BARBANERA, Márcia; ARAUJO, Rubens Correa; FERNANDES, Tulio Diniz and HERNANDEZ, Arnaldo Jose. Evaluation of the passive resistive torque in female athletes with ankle sprain. Rev Bras Med Esporte [online]. 2012, vol.18, n.2, pp.112-116. ISSN 1517-8692. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1517-86922012000200010.
INTRODUCTION: The ankle sprain is one of the most common injuries in athletes. Direct evaluation of the ligament laxity can be obtained through the objective measurement of extreme passive inversion and eversion movements, but there are few studies on the use of the evaluation of the passive resistive torque of the ankle to assess the capsule and ligaments resistance. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to compare the inversion and eversion passive torque in athletes with and without ankle sprains history. METHOD: 32 female basketball and volleyball athletes (16.06 ± 0.8 years old; 67.63 ± 8.17 kg; 177.8 ± 6.47 cm) participated in this study. Their ankles were divided into two groups: control group (29), composed by symptom-free ankles, and ankle sprain group, composed by ankles which have suffered injury (29). The resistive torque at maximum passive ankle movement was measured by the isokinetic dynamometer and the muscular activity by electromyography system. The athletes performed 2 repetitions of inversion and eversion movement at 5, 10 and 20°/s and the same protocol only at maximum inversion movement. RESULTS: The resistive passive torque during the inversion and eversion was lower in the ankle sprain group. This group also showed lower torques at the maximum inversion movement. No differences were observed between inversion and eversion movement. CONCLUSIONS: Ankle sprain leads to lower passive torque, indicating reduction of the resistance of the lateral ankle ligaments and mechanical laxity.
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Lessons from 2014’s biggest viral success story
Social media feeds have quietened down since July and August when people were posting videos of themselves being doused in freezing iced water. As the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge shapes up as 2014’s most successful viral success story, Dr Margaret Faulkner, senior research associate at the Ehrenberg-Bass Institute, provides some local lessons by looking at what local charity, MND Australia, got out of the primarily US-driven campaign.
The Ice Bucket Challenge was a huge success story for the American charity ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Association). $US100 million was raised in a month compared to $US2.8 million in the same period last year. Over $115m was raised, thanks to a simple call to action strategy – take the challenge yourself, donate and then nominate three others to follow your lead. Social media has helped to spread this challenge internationally.
There is no doubt that the Ice Bucket Challenge raised awareness and funding for the ALS Association. It also shows how the charity sector can benefit from activities that are fun and activate a wide network of family and friends. We may not be able to predict what the next big thing will be, but it will come and as marketers we want to maximise the benefit to our brand whenever possible.
In Australia, Motor Neurone Disease (MND) Australia is the name of the charity that provides support for what is known as Lou Gehrig’s disease or ALS Association in America. ALS is the most common form of MND. The Australian charity thanks 47,000 Ice Bucket challengers for donating over AUS$2 million.
This is great, but how many Australians have donated directly to the American charity due to being unaware that MND is the Australian charity associated with the Ice Bucket Challenge? Could the number of supporters and funds raised be even greater if they had consistent branding in Australia and America? Or does everyone know that MND and ALS are one and the same, so it does not matter?
The Ehrenberg-Bass Institute recently conducted research (n=797) in the South Australian charity sector. We included the term ‘Ice Bucket Challenge’ to see what charity brands would be mentioned.
Around half of those surveyed (48%) associated the Ice Bucket Challenge with a charity, with most (40%) correctly identifying it with either ALS, MND or Lou Gehrig’s disease.
The problem for MND Australia is that it doesn’t hold a unique association with the Ice Bucket Challenge as it is also often linked to ALS. MND was associated by one in four-and-a-half and the American name was identified by one in five. The popularity of two charity brands with the one activity means that MND Australia has half the number of potential supporters linking their brand to the challenge.
This means that now and in the future its MND Australia branded campaigns will have fewer people making a connection with the Ice Bucket Challenge when deciding whether or not to support the charity.
What can MND Australia do now to capitalise on the Ice Bucket Challenge popularity? MND Australia needs to remind potential supporters that they are linked to ALS so they can continue to benefit from the Ice Bucket Challenge.
Of course this would be much easier if charities had consistent branding. MND Australia is not the only charity that makes it difficult for supporters by creating distinct organisations and branding.
The movement away from the term ‘spastic centres’ provided an opportunity to build a larger brand across Australia with international linkages. Instead, in South Australia we now have SCOSA as one of 12 state and territory member organisations of the Cerebral Palsy Association. Novita Children’s Services and CARA also provide support and raise funds for people with similar disabilities.
This requires more precious resources for marketing activities to cut-through, but with so many charities it is difficult for supporters to quickly identify the causes they wish to support.
Be innovative in your marketing approaches and do whatever you can to build a bigger brand with unique associations that makes it easy for everyone to support you.
My challenge for charity marketers is to consider their brands as assets and not things to be updated and refreshed when new management arrives. No ice, and only one bucket required.
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Sometimes we just want a simple, delicious meal that is easy and fast to make. If that’s you, you’ll love my Kale and Tofu Sandwich.
And the winner of the giveaway is #13 Anna Rabhan! Please check out her article at her website the Organic Adventurer on Palm Oil and Orangutans.
The long ago day when I overheard people talking about the book the China Study was the day that changed my life. I had already been leaning towards a plant based diet, but the facts about the proteins in animals and dairy scared me enough to finally make that change. The authors studied the instances of cancer, diabetes and heart disease in populations of rural China that ate little to no animal foods. They then took these findings back and performed laboratory studies where they found they could turn on and turn off cancer cells with the addition of the protein found in milk.
Even if it isn’t true the more I ask questions and facts I learn about the treatment of animals, especially dairy cows in most of the commercial farming industry, the happier I am that I found this book and the more I celebrate plant proteins like tofu, tempeh and legumes! Do you ever wonder…..What happens when it is time to retire that dairy cow? What happens to the male goats? What about male chicks in the egg industry? How do we harvest down and foie gras?
Ultimately each person is free to make their own decisions absolutely free of judgement. I encourage all of us to simply make informed decisions. Just like in all areas of life, it is so important to educuate ourselves on the facts as best we can and then select what is right for us.
For those of you that are thinking about adding more plant based foods into your diet but don’t know what to do with tofu, the first thing you need to know is that you have to press the water out of it to get a firm texture that is reminiscent of animal protein. You can do this by putting a bunch of paper towels under the tofu and placing two plates, one on top and one on bottom, and topping with some weight (usually heavy books work well) for an hour up to overnight. OR you can get this super easy tofu press! My tofu press I bought from TofuXpress years ago is one of my all time favorite kitchen gadgets that gets used at least weekly. I can’t tell you how much I love this thing! No more plates and messy towels – this press will not only press the water out, you can marinate right in it!
I am so excited to bring you a giveaway of a TofuXpress!
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This is one of my favorite ways to eat pressed tofu – SIMPLE, with kale, seasonings and a great dressing. Lately a kale, tofu and Annie’s Light Goddess dressing salad is all I bring for lunch. The great thing is that the hearty kale can stand up to being dressed that morning so I don’t have to worry about it turning to mush and at the same time it can marinate to the tofu. Yesterday for lunch I decided to try it as a sandwich and it was really good. The toasted bun gives it a nice crunch and the flavor of the Annie’s dressing is a soy/tahini/cider vinegar base which gives it a nutty and slightly salty flavor.
It is important to season firm, pressed and uncooked tofu because, just like any animal protein, it needs some flavor. Have you ever tried an unseasoned piece of chicken? I remember what it tastes like – bleck!
If you are not sure about leaving the tofu uncooked – you can marinate it in the dressing and then roast, grill or pan sear it.
Easy Saucy Kale and Tofu Sandwich
1 bagel thin, I used Rudis Whole Wheat Flatz
2 curly kale leaves
1/4 block pressed organic tofu
Coarse sea salt, fresh ground pepper, to taste
1/8 tsp garlic powder
2 Tbsp Annie’s Light Goddess Dressing
1. Toast bagel thin; top with 1 kale leaf; top with tofu; sprinkle salt, pepper, garlic powder and dressing; top with remaining kale leaf.
Full Nutrition info not available for this recipe
12.8 grams protein
1/2 your daily calcium
Enjoy my Easy Saucy Kale and Tofu Sandwich!
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In our new “5 Questions With” series, we meet with leaders from across the Global Citizen movement to learn more about them, their departments, and what drives them to come to work every day.
This is an interview with Michael Sheldrick, Global Citizen’s Head of Policy, Impact and Government Affairs. Michael has been with the organization since its founding and was one of four co-founders who spearheaded the first major Global Citizen advocacy campaign – The end of poliomyelitis — in 2011, resulting in new commitments of $118 million in funding for polio eradication. Since then, he has campaigned around the world, making advocacy a legitimate way to achieve noble goals.
1. In very basic terms, what does Global Citizen actually do? As if your grandmother asks you what you do for a living, what do you answer?
I would say that in a perfect world, there would be no need for Global Citizen because there would be no asymmetry in the distribution of power. Everyone would have a seat at the table and the power to make decisions or contribute to decisions that impact their lives.
But, unfortunately, we live in a world in which it is not considered popular or legitimate for politicians to address the causes of extreme poverty, whether in their own communities or in communities outside foreign. We force governments to recognize it as a legitimate need in two ways:
First, we focus our energy on pressuring those in power and the means to make decisions that impact the lives of ordinary people. Global Citizen enables the ordinary citizen to be able to do this. Regardless of their place of origin, gender, religious affiliation or socio-economic status, our platform legitimizes the power of individual voice. In practical terms, this means using their voice and taking action, whether it’s signing petitions, tweeting or sending emails, and saying to their elected officials: “This must be a priority “.
We force governments to recognize that tackling the causes of extreme poverty is a legitimate need.
The second way is to organize campaigns and events like the Global Citizen Festival. We also produce content that prioritizes and supports the tremendous efforts of our partner organizations, from the World Health Organization to grassroots grassroots organizations, like this incredible organization called Namati that ensures people have access to legal representation. in the poorest communities. Partnership is truly in our blood; it’s what we do to achieve our goals.
2. So it comes down to what is considered legitimate?
Our model is ultimately that civic responsibility is essential to ensure that everyone’s needs and rights are taken into account. This is rooted in our belief that citizens and advocates have a legitimate role to play in shaping government policy – that charities and NGOs, like Global Citizen, and the communities we represent, should not be ousted and ousted from the corridors of power, that they have a legitimate voice.
Because if we weren’t in these halls of power, campaigning for the interests of the communities we serve, government policy would be left to those who can afford it – it would be left to the defenders of the biggest corporations. .
In a healthy democracy, without the active participation of charities and NGOs, you will not get inclusive policies that meet the needs of the most vulnerable. And we’ve seen in countries around the world, even in wealthy countries like Australia, where I come from, that there’s been a refusal of charities to participate in public dialogue.
Michael Sheldrick (left) in Sierra Leone with Global Citizen Advocate Idris Elba and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
3. Your title is Head of Policy, Impact and Government Affairs, which sounds very important and very cool. Concretely, how do you work with governments to influence their policies and decision-making?
I remember over 10 years ago, when I was still at university, I was describing to one of my professors our model, if you will, “pop and politics”, and I used the popular culture to enter politics and get the attention of world leaders who otherwise don’t care.
My teacher said to me, “So you really are a political entrepreneur. He said: “We think of entrepreneurs and businesses, but you really use innovative tools and techniques, you have developed this model in order to set the agenda and influence government decision makers and engage policy.”
4. So you are political entrepreneurs. What does it look like every day?
I lead a small but mighty team of exceptionally hardworking and passionate activists and advocates who will leave no stone unturned. Day in and day out, they engage with government officials and business leaders and spend a lot of time going door to door to bring politicians’ attention to the legitimate concerns, interests and priorities of vulnerable communities. Then, they ensure that these leaders listen to the needs of citizens and do what is necessary to end extreme poverty.
Michael Sheldrick attends a menstrual health workshop, co-hosted and supported by Global Citizen partner Procter & Gamble, in Gauteng Province, South Africa.
People know us for the Global Citizen Festival, but beyond the glamour, it’s exhausting work, and it also involves the hard work of many organizations and partners, locally, and sometimes other governments as well. At this time, we join Prime Minister Mia Mottley of Barbados, in calling on the wealthiest governments to keep their promises on finance and Sustainable Development Goals and an end to extreme poverty.
5. And does it really do anything?
Well, it really comes down to whether politicians react to the issues we campaign on and whether we get those breakthroughs. It’s really about whether our pressure on those in power has been effective. Ultimately, if this work has an impact, then we have succeeded.
Sometimes that means defenders aren’t always recognized for their role, and that’s okay. Because if we were established to win the applause of those in power, and only to amplify governments that are already doing the right thing, then what’s the point of existing?
Michael Sheldrick (center) greets South African President Cyril Ramaphosa at the Global Citizen Festival: Mandela 100 in December 2018.
We’re not here to be a PR platform and get the applause – we’re here to amplify the voices of those difficult structures that hold people back from poverty. Sometimes that means we’re pressuring politicians to do something they don’t want to do, so they’re barely going to thank the advocates who knocked on their door.
We see examples of frontline organizations, partners, beneficiaries and even governments providing feedback on the positive value and contribution of the pressure we have helped generate and strengthen. But, no matter where the credit is given, we’re always ready to review what was most impactful and helpful.
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The International Truth and Justice Project is deeply concerned that Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena appears to be rolling back on his commitment in Geneva to include international involvement in a future judicial mechanism.
In an interview with the BBC yesterday, the President reportedly stated, “I will never agree to international involvement in this matter”.
This flies in the face of the recommendation of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights that Sri Lankan establish “an ad hoc hybrid special court, integrating international judges, prosecutors, lawyers and investigators”.
High Commissioner Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, who is due to visit Sri Lanka shortly, has been very clear about the “total failure of domestic mechanisms to conduct credible investigations” in Sri Lanka.
“The High Commissioner is right: international involvement is essential for victims and witnesses to have trust in the justice process because Sri Lanka has such a long history of failed domestic processes,” said ITJP Executive Director Yasmin Sooka.
ITJP is also shocked that the Sri Lankan President should question that crimes took place after the detailed and graphic revelations of the year-long OHCHR Investigation, as well as reports by many other credible international and Sri Lankan organisations.
ITJP notes the BBC reported that President Sirisena said, “it was important to determine whether such crimes actually took place”.
“This is an insult to the thousands of victims and witnesses who testified to the UN inquiry and other bodies,” said Yasmin Sooka, adding, “it’s rather late in the day to question whether crimes took place”.
President Sirisena also suggested in his BBC interview that because the UN did not specify names of alleged perpetrators, there was some doubt about the allegations.
“Just because the UN decided from the outset not to mention names of alleged perpetrators does not mean they do not have such information. It is usual for an UN inquiry not to disclose the names but to hand this over to a credible prosecutorial body when established. Quite frankly enough evidence exists already for a tribunal, if it’s run in a way that protects witnesses,” said Ms. Sooka.
President Sirisena also dismissed reports that the Sri Lankan security forces have continued to abduct, torture and sexually violate Tamil detainees during his period in office. He said such reports came from people “close to the Tamil Tigers”.
ITJP documented twenty such cases that occurred in 2015, while Freedom From Torture has an additional 7 cases that do not overlap.
“It is disappointing to see the new President defame all those who allege there are still ongoing violations as linked to the LTTE”, said Ms. Sooka, “this is the sort of rhetoric and denial we’d hoped would change.”
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E. Cobham Brewer 18101897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Caliph of the Ottoman empire; noted for his hospitality and splendour. His palace was daily thronged with guests, and in his seraglio was a beautiful young slave named Leila (2 syl.), who had formed an unfortunate attachment to a Christian called the Giaour. Leila is put to death by an emir, and Hassan is slain by the Giaour near Mount Parnassus. (Byron: The Giaour.)
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From the rise of the real-time web to mainstream society's adoption of virtual reality applications, social media has had an enormous impact on consumers' lives in 2009.
Emerging technology website, VatorNews, has released their top ten list of the biggest social media stories in 2009.
The featured stories include Twitter's rise to fame in 2009 and its valuation at $1 billion dollars, Facebook's acquisition of FriendFeed, social gaming company Playfish getting picked up by one of the largest game publishers in the gaming industry Electronic Arts (EA), citizen journalism taking on a leading role in televised and online news coverage, and the rise of Augmented Reality mobile applications.
VatorNews's Biggest Social Media Stories of 2009:
1. Twitter valuation at $1 billion
2. Facebook buys FriendFeed
3. EA acquires Playfish for $275 million
4. Zynga worth $1 billion
5. MySpace acquires iLike for $20 million
6. MOL acquires Friendster
7. Citizen Journalism
8. The Rise of Augmented Reality
9. Google + Bing go real-time
10. US Government 2.0
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Only a few years ago Advanced Precision Engineering (Ipswich, Massachusetts) was a small job shop machining parts on inexpensive machine tools in a small garage. There was nothing particularly wrong with that since they were making money. But president and owner Alan Soucy had a different vision for the business. He wanted to move from being a garage operation to becoming a more vertically integrated supplier. He wanted to move beyond cutting parts at the whim of purchasing agents to offer value-added services that appeal to customers' higher manufacturing objectives. This was the way, he believed, to maintain the kind of good margins that would allow him to consistently grow and invest in his business yet still lower customers' total costs through such services as prototyping, manufacturability assessment and process development, producing subassemblies, and just-in-time manufacturing.
With a healthy combination of courage and financing, Mr. Soucy set out to turn his idea into reality. It depended, he knew, not just on building a good attitude toward customer service, but also on building the kind of machining capabilities that would be flexible and efficient enough to deliver the performance his service-oriented business model demanded. He would no longer be competing with low overhead small machine shops. Indeed, he knew he couldn't remain competitive with garage operations as his business grew larger; no one can. But he would have to offer the flexibility those shops deliver when they want to—and do it all the time for all his customers, with consistently high quality, and while keeping an ever vigilant handle on cost control. It was no easy task, and it left virtually no aspect of the business untouched by change. But just five years later what has emerged is the 25,000-square-foot manufacturing enterprise Mr. Soucy envisioned from the beginning.
You can't point to just one or two things to explain Advanced Engineering's success because there's so much this shop does well: Superb process engineering. A meticulously organized and efficient shop. An ISO-certified (9002) quality system. A class 1000 clean room for assembly of computer industry components. Very special relationships with the engineering function at key customers. Rapidly acquired product design expertise. A highly skilled and engaged workforce. What these things all contribute to, however, is the ability to rapidly mobilize the sum total of this shop's formidable resources to the net gain of its customers. Here's how the company built a broader set of manufacturing capabilities, and how they are applied to maximum effect.
Better Equipment, Better Processes
When Advanced embarked upon its transformation, the first order of business was to build more muscle on the shop floor. The existing equipment was old and not productive enough to offer the performance the business needed. Mainly, it was too slow, both in terms of the cutting capability and in tool changes, not to mention the time devoted to setup and part load/unload. "We knew we had to look at a higher level machine," says Mr. Soucy, "even if we had to pay more to get the capability." They also believed it was critical to have as much commonality among the production equipment as possible—which we'll explain later.
Advanced had thus settled on Kitamura (Wheeling, Illinois) as the standard platform for machining centers, which they've been systematically acquiring every year since 1994. Included in the current complement of equipment are two Kitamura Mycenter 0 vertical machining centers, three Mycenter 3 VMCs, four Mycenter 3X VMCs, two Mycenter 4 VMCs, a Bridge 10 VMC, and a Mitsubishi M-H60D horizontal machining center. The machines are by no means the cheapest in their class, but Mr. Soucy indeed believes that their higher function is consistent with capabilities he wants to have in place across the shop.
For one thing, the machines are fast, with X-Y rapid rates on the Kitamuras ranging from 945 to 1575 ipm, depending on the model. Most have 10,000-rpm spindles and very fast toolchangers. Many also have pallet changers, which are still not all that common on vertical machining centers. But it's not just about speed. "We've had fast machines before, but they couldn't cut," says Mr. Soucy. "We might start 8,000 rpm, but they'd quickly bog down to five (thousand)." The newer VMCs also have heavier and more accurate cutting capabilities than you expect on machines traveling at those speeds, with box way constructions on the larger machines and better-than-normal torque delivery at the lower end of the speed range. For a job shop cutting everything from light aluminum to tough stainless steels, the combination of speed and torque is a necessity.
Having this broader range of machining capability provides Advanced with both more productivity and flexibility in their machining processes, an advantage they put to good use. As equipment was upgraded, they systematically re-examined existing machining processes and standard methods to make the most of their new capabilities. That meant boosting feeds and speeds, certainly, but it also brought more scrutiny to other aspects of the process. "Some of these machines have 2-second pallet changers," says Mr. Soucy. "That, combined with higher machining rates, creates a real incentive to build a better fixture." It also allows many workpiece features to be generated to a given tolerance level with a more efficient process. Holes are a good example. Says Mr. Soucy, "If we had to hold more than five `tenths' on our old equipment, we'd have to bore the hole. Now, unless it's a really tight tolerance, we just interpolate it."
A better machining process is the fundamental tool that underlies Advanced's ability to perform. But they need more than that to differentiate themselves from the pack. "Anyone can buy machines; we're selling labor and capacity," says Mr. Soucy. So, what truly matters is how effectively they deploy that labor and capacity to deliver maximum value to their customers. And it is here that Advanced truly excels.
There are several important principles in play at the shop. Perhaps foremost among them is how they manage capacity. Rather than placing the emphasis on maximum utilization of their assets—though they do that quite well too—the key is to maintain emergency capacity that can be deployed at a moment's notice. This as much as anything allows the shop to remain flexible to customers' delivery requirements, many of which are difficult or impossible to manage without elaborate planning systems.
Does that mean the shop is stocked with idle machines just waiting for a hot order? Not at all. Mr. Soucy's approach is to maintain a uniformity and redundancy of production capability across the shop, particularly in milling and turning processes so that they are seldom dependent on a single machine. "With the exception of very expensive machines—a half million (dollars) or more—we never buy one of anything," he says. The "companion" machines allow production work to be moved easily from one machine to another without sacrificing setup and running efficiency or quality. It's not just that these machines are similarly capable, they are truly identical, right down to the ability to interchange part programs without having to regenerate postprocessors if a job is moved from one machine to another.
Having identical controls is particularly advantageous for the way that Advanced prepares and executes jobs—a system with equal measures of thorough preplanning and on-the-fly adaptation to the realities of the process that can't be proved anywhere other than the shop floor. Like many shops, the initial job planning and part programming happens off-line, though consultation with machinists on job planning is common. Optimization of machining routines is entirely within the domain of the machinists, however. Indeed, they are expected to play a major role in continuous process improvement.
Each job is kitted in the tool crib for the machinist, meaning that all job documentation, tooling and material is prepared and delivered to the workcenter well before the setup is to begin. Typically, three jobs will be in cue for each machine at any time. The tool crib attendant has direct access to all part programs via the shop's DNC system, and thus can look at the tool lists for the current running job and the next job to determine what additional tools will be required for the next setup. He prepares the tools, loads them in a cart along with the job documentation and fixturing, and delivers it all to the workstation. The operator never has to leave his machine.
Rather than presetting the tools in the crib, Mr. Soucy feels it is just as efficient to establish tool offsets right on the machine. It's another advantage of common equipment. All the machines have the same "TLO" tool location offset features on their Yasnac controls, meaning that tools are touched off automatically on a machine-mounted sensor with a single command. Thus each tool setup procedure is exactly the same on all the Kitamura machining centers, and can generally be accomplished quickly, depending on how many new tools must be loaded. They do their best to gang like-tooled jobs together, which means that loading tools usually takes just a few minutes.
Because operators are responsible for both the quality and the efficiency of a process, they have a great deal of latitude to edit part programs as they see fit. "They are all skilled machinists, and they are right there," says Mr. Soucy. "It's their responsibility to change what needs to be changed." And it is this shop-proven program that will be archived for the next run of the job, no questions asked.
This principle of standardization is applied across the shop wherever possible and in particular with shopfloor personnel. "We keep away from specializing the operator," says Mr. Soucy. All are skilled machinists, both for the flexibility they provide, and for the broad contributions they can make toward continuous improvement. Knowing a lot only about a little area is only marginally useful in this shop's holistic approach. They want people who can understand the entire process, people who can figure out how to fit all the pieces together in the best possible way. Moreover, by having interchangeable assets—both human and technical—they all get utilized at very high levels, and can be applied easily to shifting patterns of demand.
One area where Advanced doesn't worry about machine utilization is in the prototyping cell. Here they keep a combination of manual and CNC milling machines as well as appropriate turning equipment at the ready to help the shop's best customers execute rapid product development.
There are many strategic reasons why hard prototyping—as opposed to making plastic models through stereolithography or other rapid prototyping processes—makes so much sense for the business. Most obviously, a company that wants a machined prototype is itself nearing production of a new end product if all goes well. Prototypes frequently turn into production orders for Advanced, and sometimes in a remarkably short period of time. And here, having an equally firm command of the prototype and production manufacturing process offers greater service value to customers.
A good example of this capability in action was a new subassembly that was conceived, but not completely designed. The customer was in a hurry to get a working component built, and the best case scenario through all other channels was to get a prototype in six weeks. Advanced was able to do it in three. Not only did they get the prototype, they also landed the subsequent production work they would otherwise never have had a shot at.
Even more important than having first crack at a production order is the learning and enhanced customer relationships that being part of the product development process fosters. For one thing, when it comes time for production, they are already intricately familiar with all the qualitative requirements for the job, facilitating a quicker and smoother course through production process planning. But it goes much deeper than that. Advanced frequently participates in the process of evaluating product designs from the standpoint of determining the cost ramifications of the various workpiece attributes and tolerances, providing the opportunity to generate value far beyond the shop's ability to make chips.
Of course, many a shop manager has longed for a shot at having a heart-to-heart with whoever had control of a workpiece design. The question is: How does Advanced get the access, and how do they get themselves listened to? Mr. Soucy says it boils down to confidence that's been built up over time. The first step is taking an interest in the customer's real needs. Advanced makes it their business to understand the functional requirements of the part, and to question needlessly difficult-to-machine features or in some cases to suggest adding features that may enhance the machining or assembly process. "You have to be proactive with the customer," he says. "We get preliminary prints from the customer whenever we can, and make a point of clarifying any vague points with the engineer. We ask a lot of questions, like: `Do you really need this kind of tolerance?'"
Now Advanced has a proven track record of creative cost reduction that is recognized and appreciated by their good customers, and that is good business for the supplier. "We're cutting cost on the part, not cutting our margin," says Mr. Soucy. "A lot of suppliers are afraid to do that. They think that if you find a way to cut cost for a customer one time that they'll constantly cut you up for more and more. But we embrace it, and for the most part our customers have been very loyal. When they come back for price, we do that through continual process improvement. Besides, you don't have to be cheap if you have the quality and the delivery."
But you do have to have customers that have a sense of their total costs. Fortunately for Advanced, some of their customers do, and that is what led the company into the subassembly business, which is essentially an extension of what they were already doing with single part prototype and manufacturability issues. It began a few years back with a customer who'd been urging the shop to broaden their value-added services. The customer—a manufacturer of wafer processing equipment for the computer industry—had too much overhead tied up in assembly and not enough engineering resources to keep their own market responsiveness at the level they desired. That resulted in Advanced taking a sketchy design for a positioning table, which they then detailed and created a prototype. It was, in fact, the previously mentioned job that got done in three weeks, faster than the customer could do the design work alone.
The job has led to others, and other equipment and capabilities, as well as the realization on Mr. Soucy's part that there might be far more opportunity in high tech assembly work. That led to a study of the regional market for even greater services, and Mr. Soucy found that there was great potential for contract clean room assembly services in the area. So he built one. It took two months to land the first order, but now the company is actively and profitably engaged in a contract business with very little competition.
Bringing design and assembly functions into a job shop environment does considerably complicate management, and Advanced has encountered its share of growing pains along the way. While that's not exactly why the shop first considered going through the ISO 9002 certification process, it's been invaluable in helping management keep a grip on the business.
The first reason to get certified, which was started in early 1996 and completed in 1997—was one of pure pragmatism. It was mandatory to continue doing business with some key customers. But Mr. Soucy and quality assurance manager Rick Ludwick soon came to see ISO as the tool that brought a new level of discipline to a business that was growing more chaotic by the day. "In a couple years we went from a mom-and-pop shop to a pretty good size business," says Mr. Soucy. Add to that the substantially more complicated operational requirements of assembly work, and leadtimes that were growing progressively shorter.
ISO forced the company to take stock of all their procedures, and to bring them into a consistent alignment. It was that thorough housecleaning that most shops always seem to be too busy to get done, yet the lack of which keeps them from ever getting under control. ISO brought precisely that level of control to Advanced, and it continues to pay dividends. "It brings consistency to your management process, not just in terms of quality, but from a business standpoint," says Mr. Ludwick. "You always do things the same way, and know the state of the business at all times. It also provides great traceability for your work, and is a great way to track effective yields."
Bottom line, Advanced is today one of the most organized manufacturing facilities you'll find anywhere, and that is critical to their ability to perform to demanding customer standards. Perhaps the most important benchmark by which they measure that performance is on-time delivery, which consistently stays above 99 percent. Indeed, the company had one 15-week period earlier this year where they did not miss a single delivery—a perfect record over some 1800 orders.
But perfection is a tricky target, always moving just when you think you have it in your sights. So the search goes on, sometimes looking for greater systemization where it makes sense, other times looking for the little tricks that end up yielding the process improvements they continuously seek. Many times these ideas are generated internally, but they're not so proud that they won't take a good one from just about anyone. To that end, Advanced tries to foster the kind relationships with their suppliers that they do with their customers.
In some cases, Advanced will ask for a formal evaluation of the shop's practice to see what can be improved. A good example is the fluid management program that was developed in conjunction with A.W. Chesterton (Stoneham, Massachusetts). They began the initiative looking for a solution to a rancid machine tool sump, and ended up taking stock of fluid use throughout the company's entire manufacturing process, from machining coolants on through parts cleaning. Now they have coolant specially formulated for the shop's mix of machining practice and materials, and a cleaning compound specially formulated for the coolant. While that may strike some shop managers as overly fussy, and needlessly costly, Mr. Soucy and Mr. Ludwick see it as an investment that's more than paid for itself. First of all, the evaluation showed that Advanced had been using overcon-centrated coolant all along—knowledge that immediately cut their coolant acquisition cost in half. The discipline of better coolant management has also paid dividends, they believe, in better quality, longer tool life, and certainly in a better work environment for the employees.
Advanced also gets a lot of help with basic process issues. A favorite example of Mr. Soucy's was a troublesome application in which they were drilling a 2.8-inch diameter hole 8 inches deep in 316 stainless steel. It was taking nearly an hour to finish a single hole. Then Mr. Soucy discussed the problem with his primary cutting tool supplier, Jim Burd of American Tool Supply (Chicopee, Massachusetts), as he does with many process problems. The supplier suggested an alternative drill and the addition of high-pressure coolant through the tool. That cut the cycle time down to 8 minutes.
Advanced would have eventually come across a process solution on their own. But because the supplier helped them solve a problem quickly, they were spared the management resource it would have taken, not to mention all the costly holes that would have been made in the meantime. Mr. Soucy knows full well what that kind of help means to his business. It's exactly the kind of service his business is structured to offer his customers too. | <urn:uuid:182061e5-f635-4ba4-b5b3-a8844818c911> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.mmsonline.com/articles/process-and-profit | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280242.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00078-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975483 | 4,066 | 1.515625 | 2 |
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In the 1880s or thereabouts, there arose a phrase, "air line," which seems to have referred to a railroad route running (I think) through open country in more or less a straight line between two or more cities, and I believe it referred only to passenger service. Why "air" line? Is the from "open air," or "air like bird can fly through"? Any solid source for this once very commonly used term? | <urn:uuid:19cf8a40-e1ac-4136-ac2e-c816e5b83e71> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.phrases.org.uk/bulletin_board/56/messages/73.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560285315.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095125-00568-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979216 | 102 | 3.265625 | 3 |
[en] The activity patterns adopted by brain neuronal populations differ dramatically between wakefulness and sleep. However, these vigilance states are not independent and they reciprocally interact. Here, we provide evidence that in humans, regional brain activity during wakefulness is influenced by sleep regulation, namely by the interaction between sleep homeostasis and circadian signals. We also show that, by contrast, regional brain activity during sleep is influenced by the experience acquired during the preceding waking period. These data reveal the dynamic interactions by which the succession of vigilance states support normal brain function and human cognition.
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Millipedes are worm-like and have many legs. They have many legs with 2 pairs of short legs on many segments of their bodies. Most are brownish or blackish in color. Some have light markings. Millipedes are often found under stones, bricks, in debris or soil. They feed on plants and decaying material and are slow moving. They do not bite. Millipedes do not cause damage indoors and do not pose a health hazard. Sealing cracks and other openings to the outside helps prevent them from entering.
Contact the branch office nearest you to find out how you can help control millipedes in your yard.
The reddish brown, wingless insects are about the size of an apple seed.
Easy to identify by their wormlike bodies, slender antennae and pairs of legs on most of their body segments.
Cockroaches are typically dark brown in color and as long as 1½-inches in length.
Oh that unmistakable sound... a cricket is hiding somewhere!
Fleas are small, reddish-brown, wingless insects that feed on the blood of humans and animals.
Grasshoppers are known for their long hind legs which they use to make a chirping sound.
June bugs get their name from the time of year they emerge from the ground. They are blackish or reddish brown in color.
The ladybug is also known as 'ladybird' or 'lady beetle' and is typically 7 millimeters in size.
Moths are known for their distinctive pair of wings, which are drab in color and typically resemble earth tones like brown, white, gray or black.
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Stalin's Russia Paperback
by Chris Ward
Part of the Reading History series
The ebb and flow of debate about Stalin's Russia is brilliantly captured in Chris Ward's account, which not only conceptualises the field in a clear and helpful way, offering a synthesis of the vast secondary literature in the area, but also provides the author's own evaluation of the key issues at stake.
The first edition of the book was deservedly popular with readers wanting a succinct introduction to the subject or needing to 'get up to speed' in areas of the subject unfamiliar to them.
This edition retains all the virtues of the first but is able to take more account of the new opportunities afforded to historians - both Russian and Western - by the collapse of Communism and the greater availability to researchers of archival sources.
This is a valuable revision of a now standard work, acknowledging the various problems and perspectives in interpretation that have emerged since the end of the Soviet Union and including for the first time a chapter on Stalin's foreign policy.
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 304 pages, maps
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date: 28/05/1999
- Category: European history
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Описание презентации Overview of Network Security Davydenko Pavel Presentation по слайдам
Overview of Network Security Davydenko Pavel
Presentation Content • What is Internet? • What do we need to protect? • Threat Motivation • Attack Types • Security Objectives • Security mechanisms • References
What is Internet? • The Internet is a worldwide IP network, that links collection of different networks from various sources, governmental, educational and commercial.
What do we need to protect • Data • Resources • Reputation
Threat Motivation • Spy • Joyride • Ignorance • Score Keeper • Revenge • Greed • Terrorist
Types of Attacks • Passive • Active – Denial of Services – Social Engineering
TCP 3 way handshake Server SYN(X) SYN(Y), ACK(X) ACK(Y)Client X, Y are sequence numbers Half open Full open
TCP Session Hijack Server SYN(X) SYN(Y), ACK(X)Attacker Client, 146. 135. 12. 1 Half open Valid TCP Connection Initiate TCP with 146. 135. 12. 1 as source Complete TCP Connection
Security Objectives • Identification • Authentication • Authorization • Access Control • Data Integrity • Confidentiality • Non-repudiation
Identification • Something which uniquely identifies a user and is called User. ID. • Sometime users can select their ID as long as it is given too another user. • User. ID can be one or combination of the following: – User Name – User Student Number – User SSN
Authentication • The process of verifying the identity of a user • Typically based on – Something user knows • Password – Something user have • Key, smart card, disk, or other device – Something user is • fingerprint, voice, or retinal scans
Authentication Cont. • Authentication procedure – Two-Party Authentication • One-Way Authentication • Two-Way Authentication – Third-Party Authentication • Kerberos • X. 509 – Single Sign ON • User can access several network resources by logging on once to a security system.
C l i e n t U s e r I D & P a s s w o r d S e r v e r I D & P a s s w o r d A u t h e n t i c a t e d S e r v e r O n e — w a y A u t h e n t i c a t i o n T w o — P a r t y A u t h e n t i c a t i o n s
E x c h a n g e K e y s E x c h a n g e D a t a C l i e n t. S e r v e r S e c u r i t y S e r v e r T h i r d — P a r t y A u t h e n t i c a t i o n s
Authorization • The process of assigning access right to user
Access Control • The process of enforcing access right • and is based on following three entities – Subject • is entity that can access an object – Object • is entity to which access can be controlled – Access Right • defines the ways in which a subject can access an object.
Access Control Cont. • Access Control is divided into two – Discretionary Access Control (DAC) • The owner of the object is responsible for setting the access right. – Mandatory Access Control (MAC) • The system defines access right based on how the subject and object are classified.
Data Integrity. • Assurance that the data that arrives is the same as when it was sent.
Confidentiality • Assurance that sensitive information is not visible to an eavesdropper. This is usually achieved using encryption.
Non-repudiation • Assurance that any transaction that takes place can subsequently be proved to have taken place. Both the sender and the receiver agree that the exchange took place.
Security Mechanisms • Web Security • Cryptographic techniques • Internet Firewalls
Web Security • Basic Authentication • Secure Socket Layer (SSL)
Basic Authentication A simple user ID and password-based authentication scheme, and provides the following: – To identify which user is accessing the server – To limit users to accessing specific pages (identified as Universal Resource Locators, URLs
03/18/16 ms ms 2424 SECURE SOCKET LAYER (SSL) • Netscape Inc. originally created the SSL protocol, but now it is implemented in World Wide Web browsers and servers from many vendors. SSL provides the following — Confidentiality through an encrypted connection based on symmetric keys — Authentication using public key identification and verification — Connection reliability through integrity checking • There are two parts to SSL standard, as follows: The SSL Handshake is a protocol for initial authentication and transfer of encryption keys. The SSL Record protocol is a protocol for transferring encrypted data
Secure Socket Layer Cont. . The client sends a «hello» message to the Web server, and the server responds with a copy of its digital certificate. The client decrypts the server’s public key using the well-known public key of the Certificate Authority such as Veri. Sign. The client generates two random numbers that will be used for symmetric key encryption, one number for the receiving channel and one for the sending channel. These keys are encrypted using the server’s public key and then transmitted to the server. The client issues a challenge (some text encrypted with the send key) to the server using the send symmetric key and waits for a response from the server that is using the receive symmetric key. Optional, server authenticates client Data is exchanged across the secure channel.
Cryptographic Techniques • Secret Key Algorithm • Public Key Algorithm • Secure Hash Function • Digital Signature • Certificate Authority
Secret Key Algorithm. C l e a r T e x t S e c r e t K e y B o b. A l i c e E n c r y p t i o n S e c r e t K e y D e c r y p t i o n C l e a r T e x t. C i p h e r T e x t
Public Key Algorithm. C l e a r T e x t A l i c e ‘ s P u b l i c K e y B o b. A l i c e E n c r y p t i o n A l i c e ‘ s P r i v a t e K e y D e c r y p t i o n C l e a r T e x t. C i p h e r T e x t
Secure Hash Function. C l e a r T e x t K e y B o b. A l i c e O r i g i n a l C l e a r T e x t H a s h F u n c t i o n M e s s a g D i g e s t H a s h F u n c t i o n C o m p u t e d M e s s a g D i g e s t. K e y O r i g i n a l M e s s a g e D i g e s t C o m p a r e ? N o n — S e c u r e N e t w o r k
Digital Signature. C l e a r T e x t A l i c e ‘ s P r i v a t e K e y A l i c e. B o b E n c r y p t i o n A l i c e ‘ s P u b l i c K e y D e c r y p t i o n & A u t h e n t i c a t i o n C l e a r T e x t. C i p h e r T e x t
Certificate Authority. A l i c e. B o b C e r t i f i c a t e A u t h o r i t y. P u b l i s h P u b l i c K e y R e q u e s t B o b ‘ s P u b l i c K e y B o b ‘ s P u b l i c K e y C i p h e r T e x t
X. 509 Certificate • Is a ITU-T Recommendation. . • Specifies the authentication service for X. 500 directories • X. 500 specifies the directory services. • Version 1 was published in 1988. • Version 2 was published in 1993. • Version 3 was proposed in 1994 and approved in 1997. • Binds the subject (user’s) name and the user’s public key.
X. 509 Certificate (cont. . ) • X 09 certificate consists of the following fields: – Version – Serial Number – Algorithm Identifier – Issuer name – Validity period – Subject name – Subject public key information – Issuer unique identifier (Version 2 & 3 only) – Subject unique identifier (Version 2 & 3 only) – Extensions (Version 3 only) – Signature
X. 509 Certificate (Cont. . ) • Version 1 – Basic • Version 2 – Adds unique identifier to prevent reuse of X. 500 • Version 3 – Adds extension to carry additional information and some of them are • Distinguish different certificates • Alternative to X. 500 name • Limit on further certification by subject • Policy and Usage
X. 509 Certificate Revocation List (CRL) • Is to prevent fraud and misuse. • A certificate may be revoked for one the following reason: – The user’s private is compromised – The user is no longer certified by this CA – The CA’s private key a compromised • Version 1 was published in 1988. • Version 2 was published in 1997.
X. 509 CRL (cont. . ) • X 09 CRL consists of the following fields: – Version – Serial Number – Revocation Date – Algorithm Identifier – Issuer name – Last update – Next update – Extensions (Version 2 only) – Signature
Internet Firewall • A firewall is to control traffic flow between networks. • Firewall uses the following techniques: – Packet Filters – Application Proxy – Socks servers – Secure Tunnel – Screened Subnet Architecture
Packet Filtering • Most commonly used firewall technique • Operates at IP level • Checks each IP packet against the filter rules before passing (or not passing) it on to its destination. • Very fast than other firewall techniques • Hard to configure
Packet Filter Cont. . P a c k e t F i l t e r i n g S e r v e r N o n — S e c u r e N e t w o r k
Application Proxy • Application Level Gateway • The communication steps are as follows – User connects to proxy server – From proxy server, user connects to destination server • Proxy server can provide – Content Screening – Logging – Authentication
Application (telnet) Proxy Cont. . N o n — S e c u r e N e t w o r k T e l n e t d P o r x y S e r v e r T e l n e t d
SOCKS Server • Circuit-level gateways • Generally for outbound TCP traffic from secure network • Client code must be installed on the user’s machine. • The communication steps are as follows: – User starts application using destination server IP address – SOCKS server intercepts and authenticates the IP address and the user. ID – SOCKS creates a second session to non-secure system
Socks Servers Cont. . N o n — S e c u r e N e t w o r k S o c k S i f i e d C l i e n t S t a n d a r d S e r v e r S o c k s s e r v e r
Secure Tunnel Cont. . W o r k s t a t i o n L a p t o p s e r v e r R o u t e r I n t e r n e t W o r k s t a t i o n L a p t o p s e r v e r R o u t e r C o p o r a t e I n t r a n e t B u s i n e s s P a r t n e r B r a n c h O f f i c e R e m o t e A c c e s s
Secure IP Tunnel • A secure channel between the secure network and an external trusted server through a non-secure network (e. g. , Internet) • Encrypts the data between the Firewall and the external trusted host • Also identifies of the session partners and the messages authenticity
VPN Solutions • IP Security (IPSec) • Layer 2 Tunnel Protocol (L 2 TP) • Virtual Circuits • Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS)
IPSec Solution • IPSec is an Internet standard for ensuring secure private communication over IP networks, and it was developed by IPSec working group of IETF • IPSec implements network layer security
Principle of IPSec protocols • Authentication Header (AH) – Provides data origin authentication, data integrity and replay protection • Encapsulating Security Payload (ESP) – Provides data confidentiality, data origin authentication, data integrity and replay protection • Internet Security Association and Key Management Protocol (ISAKMP) or Internet Key Exchange (IKE) – Provides a method for automatically setting up security association and managing their cryptographic key. • Security Association (SA) – Provides all the relevant information that communicating systems need to execute the IPSec protocols.
Operation Modes of IPSec • Transport Mode – The IP payload is encrypted and the IP headers are left alone IP Header Payload The IP datagram is encrypted
Operation Modes of IPSec Conti. . . • Tunnel Mode – The entire original IP datagram is encrypted and it becomes the payload in the new IP New IP Header Payload The original IP datagram is the encrypted and is payload for the new IP header
IPSec Example • This example combines IPSec protocols and is AH in tunnel mode protecting ESP traffic in transport mode. This example assume that the SA’s for communicates points have set up. Workstation Laptop server H 1 G 1 Internet Coporate Intranet Workstation Laptop server H 2 G 2 Branch Office AH in Tunnel Mode ESP in Transport Mode
IP Header H 1 to H 2 Payload New IP Hdr. G 1 to G 2 IP Header H 1 to H 2 H 1 to H 2 Payload ESP Hdr. ESP Trl. ESP Auth. AH Hdr. Encrypted Authenticated
New IP Hdr. G 1 to G 2 IP Header H 1 to H 2 Payload ESP Hdr. ESP Trl. ESP Auth. AH Hdr. Encrypte dd Authenticated IP Header H 1 to H 2 Payload ESP Hdr. ESP Trl. ESP Auth. Encrypte dd IP Header H 1 to H 2 Payload
Screened Subnet Architecture Cont. . D N o n — S e c u r e N e t w o r k P a c k e t F i l t e r i n g T e l e n t P r o x y S e r v e r S o c k s S e r v e r H T T P P r o x y S e r v e r F T P P r o x y S e r v e r S c r e e n e d S u b n e t D e m i l i t a r i z e d Z o n e ( D M Z )
Screened Subnet Architecture • The DMZ (perimeter network) is set up between the secure and non-secure networks • It is accessible from both networks and contains machines that act as gateways for specific applications
Firewall Conclusion • Not the complete answer • The fox is inside the henhouse • Host security + User education • Cannot control back door traffic • any dial-in access • Management problems • Cannot fully protect against new viruses • Antivirus on each host Machine • Needs to be correctly configured • The security policy must be enforced | <urn:uuid:9c489cc3-f2e4-4a92-af01-2b8a355dfe34> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://present5.com/overview-of-network-security-davydenko-pavel-presentation/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281162.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00535-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.743023 | 3,470 | 2.8125 | 3 |
It looks like an average doctors visit, but it’s not. Here cameras are rolling, the doctor is a student, and the patient is an actor.
“Yes, you could say that the standardized patients are actors, but they act within the script that we give them,” says Dr. Elma I. LeDoux of Tulane Univeristy School of Medicine.
This is a glimpse inside Tulane Medical Schools Standardized Patient Program. It’s a simulated clinic where our future doctors get to practice on real people and work out the nerves.
Student Brian Agganis says, “For a lot of us, we just come into med school and a lot of people just don’t have experience working with people in that setting, so this is really our first chance to practice in what ends up being a very realistic setting.”
“These are participants who are trained in organ systems, and they are also trained to assess the students in terms of specific test points,” says Dr. LeDoux, “Medcine has changed. Many years ago patients would stay in the hospital a week or two perhaps having tests. In the very least some of the patients were not as critically ill as they are now, so many years ago students had more of an opportunity, more time to spend with patients. Now patients are treated, and they’re sent out, so there isn’t a lot of time to develop those skills that normally would be a function of the patients leangth of stay.”
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Left to Tell by Immaculee Ilibagiza is an amazing story of a young woman who survived the Rwandan genocide of 1994. Believe it or not, this woman was hidden for three months along with 7 other starving women and girls in the bathroom of a Christian pastor while gangs of killers constantly lurked around searching for new victims. A difficult and often gruesome story, but one that shows the power of the human spirit in the face of incredible suffering. A story of a woman’s faith in God, and the power of God’s grace and and a woman willing to forgive those who had murdered her family.
So how does such madness happen? Why do people, and large numbers of them, succumb to such brutal savagery and mass murder? And are we exempt from such behavior?
I choose to examine these questions in the context of our own nation’s current political climate. Perhaps the Rwanda story can offer some telling truths:
- The Rwandan genocide killed an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 Rwandan Tutsis at the hands of Rwandan Hutus.
- The genocide was caused by hatred of one group for another.
- The genocide was caused by bigotry.
- The genocide was caused by a stirring up of hatred and fear at the highest levels.
- The genocide was caused by ignorance.
- The genocide was caused by tribal intolerance.
- The genocide was caused by the lack of respect for the dignity and rights of others.
- The genocide was caused by the will to power.
- The genocide was one of a series (and by far the worst) of wars between Hutus and Tutsis.
- The genocide was supported and coordinated by the national government as well as by local military and civil officials and mass media.
- The genocide was implemented for the most part with spears, knives and machetes, not guns.
In short the genocide was the result of the depravity of man, a Biblical truth about human nature and the nature of government that our founding fathers understood, and that we would do well to recall and understand.
Can such a thing happen here in America?
Perhaps that’s the wrong question given the 600,000+ deaths this nation suffered during our own Civil War for reasons not unlike what is described above. The question is … can it happen again?
Our nation is divided more than I have ever seen it in my lifetime, and this includes the Vietnam War era. The divisions during the 1960s and early 1970s, though often violent, were the reactions against the war, and the governments policies towards that war. In the mix were extreme left wing radicals exploiting the war with many actually seeking an overthrow of the government. In any case, the divisions at that time were for the most part bi-polar, and came from forces outside the government.
Our current divisions are multi-polar, and to a large extent are created by our national government, namely President Barack Obama. Since his election campaign of 2008 he has proceeded to create or intensify a series series of enemies, beginning with George W. Bush and including: banks, insurance companies, doctors, private jet owners, Tea Party members, Republicans in the House of Representatives, Republicans in the Senate, Republicans in general, Gun owners, the NRA, Fox News, Rush Limbaugh, conservatives, Catholic and other Christians holding to pro-life and pro traditional family beliefs … and I’m sure I must have left some out. In addition, the President has intensified racial divisions, and I believe has betrayed to a large extent the dream of Martin Luther King of a society where “ … people are judged by the content of their character and not the color of their skin.”I realize that some on this list are naturally in opposition, but I would argue that this opposition has been intensified under Obama to a much greater degree, and more dangerous, than in past years and eras.
Many if not most of these enemy tensions don’t lend themselves to the type of violence seen in Rwanda, or our own Civil War; the bankers and insurance companies are unlikely to go to war with anyone. At this point I don’t worry so much about mass insurrection and violence as I do about an insidious government take over and “fundamental transformation” of our republic turning it into a Soviet style collectivist nation with few freedoms or creative economic opportunities, or leaving us with a massively dysfunctional society. Top down, command driven, socialistic governments of whatever flavor, when followed to their natural completion, always fail; the concern I have over the trajectory of our current socialist leaning experiment is the destruction that it will invariably leave in its wake.
Don’t you hope I’m wrong?
I do! … But in the mean time shouldn’t we be vigilant concerning our Republic and our liberties?
“It is the first responsibility of every citizen to question authority.”
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She just completed her sixth embed with American troops in Afghanistan and her fourteenth trip to that country.
The judge said the right to not be discriminated against under the First and fourteenth amendments applies to the plaintiffs.
Does that mean that the fourteenth Amendment permits states to define marriage in that way?
In fact, the Court mentioned these cases in passing and relied on the due process clause of the fourteenth Amendment.
The constitutional provision at issue in these cases is the Equal Protection Clause of the fourteenth Amendment.
At night I had yours of the fourteenth, and this night that of the tenth.
Bullfights were introduced into Italy in the fourteenth century.
It was but the fourteenth of March still, and there were six weary weeks to come.
They reappeared from time to time through the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
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Bible Study / Commentaries and Meditations
- Cycle: A - 30th January 2011: What Love Will Endure - Aidan Nichols O.P. - What we are given as the gospel for today is St Matthew's preface to his account of the teaching of Jesus to his disciples. Matthew thought of it as...
- Cycle: A - 3rd February 2008: Let Him Who Boasts... - Simon Francis Gaine O.P. - What do we have to boast about? What are we to boast about? I mean, what do we amount to that would justify a boast?We normally think of people...
- Cycle: A - 30th January 2005: Comfort for All - Peter H. Harries O.P. - Today's gospel is Matthew's version of the Beatitudes. I often seem to be preaching on the beatitudes at funerals, as I can usually find some theme...
- Cycle: A - 3rd February 2002: Pure in Heart - John Orme Mills O.P. - Today the Gospel reading is one of the most famous in St Matthew's Gospel: the Beatitudes, or 'blessings', which open Jesus' Sermon on the Mount...
- Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time - Homilies by J.A. Loftus, S.J. and Robert VerEecke, S.J.
- 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A - St. Anthony's Guild
- 2014: The Four Daughters of God - 2008: Maybe Yes, Maybe No - 2005: Pagan vs. Christian Happiness - 2002: How to Achieve Happiness - 1999: Catholic School & Culture of Death- Fr. Phil Bloom
- A Few Simple Words Blog by Fr. Bob - 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time Year A - 2014: May the peace of Christ reign in our hearts... - 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time Year – A - 2011
- St. Margeret Mary Church, Naperville, Il – Rev. Paul A. Hottinger - Beatitudes—Our Attitudes and Desires - Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time/A - Beatitudes—Being Godly
- Fr. O’Shea’s homilies – Redemptorists Province of Oceania – 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time
- Vincentian Reflections – Ordinary Time 04, Year A
- Fr. Tommy Lane – Homily – Jesus’ Prescription for Happiness - the Beatitudes
- The Beatitudes were lived perfectly by Jesus 2008
- The Beatitudes show us the Heart of God 2011 - Jesus’ description of happiness
- Father Roger J. Landry - Diocese of Fall River, Massachusetts – Homily - Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A, I), January 30, 2011 Audio Homily - The Beatitudes Personified: The Only Way to True Happiness, 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time (A), January 30, 2005 - The Fully Catholic Response to the Scandals, 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time (A), February 3, 2002
- DaCapo Foundation - Cycle A 2004-2005 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time
- Fr. Joe's Homilies – January 30, 2011 Fourth Sunday of the Year: Blessed Are Those Who Mourn
- Father Andrew M. Greeley – "Rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven"
- Saint Vincent Archabbey, Latrobe, Pa – Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Classic Sunday, January 29, 2017 Matthew 5: 1-12a Modern - Classic
- Father Lasch Homilies – Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time 'A' 2011
- Thome wa Akamba, Pastor, St. John Apostle and Evangelist Church, Diocese of Honolulu, Hawaii - Podcast Audio Fifth Sunday Ordinary Time 2008 - Fourth Sunday Ordinary Time Year A 2011
- Canon Dr. Daniel Meynen - Homily for the fourth Sunday in the Year (Matthew 5:1-12) (1999) - Homily for the fourth Sunday of the year (Mt. 5:1-12) (2005) - Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time (2008)
- Augustinian online homilies - 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time
- Sunday Homilies and Reflections from Australia - Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time 1 - 2
- St. Martha Adult Faith Formation – Homilies – OT 4
- Fr. West's Catholic Blog - Homily on the Beatitudes Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time
- Homily - Catholic Doors Ministry: All Saints
- Dominican Order - Homilies for the Solemnety of All Saints
- Solemnity of All Saints: Stephen J. Baker, O.S.A. - Arthus P. Purcaro, O.S.A..
- www.lifeissues.net | Homilies - All Saints
- Fr. Ian Dalgleish - The Beatitudes and Holiness - Solemnety of All Saints
- Homilies (Fr. Phil Bloom, Pastor St. Mary of the Valley, Monroe, WA) -Something for You Week 2: Communion "There's a second reason not to worry. In heaven we will have nothing to hide. When Peter introduces himself, he will not say, "I was the first pope." No, he will say..." (November 1, 2015 - All Saints Day) - Perfect Joy "Jesus, like St. Francis, teaches us the way to beatitude, to perfect joy..." (November 1, 2009 - All Saints Day) - Loneliness and Lasting Communion: "I asked her about her dreams. She said what she was most looking forward to was retiring! For sure, she was not thinking about retirement as the elderly experience it..." (All Saints Day, November 1)
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Folks rave about guineafowl for their tick-eating capacity. Yet, what most people don’t tell you is how incredibly loud and obnoxious these birds are! Or the fact that they can fly a fair distance, so containing them is nearly impossible. I kept guineas once before, about 10 or 12 years ago, and vowed I would never ever do it again. Stubbornly, I’ve held onto that vow all these years─right up until I received a call from Herb, one Saturday morning a few weeks back.
Originating in Africa, guineafowl are a heavy bird from the same family as chickens, grouse, and pheasants. Their heads are featherless, making them look distinctly prehistoric, while the plumage on the rest of their body tends to be some shade of grey with little white spots. I can concede, at least, that they’re a pretty cool looking bird.
Guineas evolved to follow behind African herd animals, and monkey troops, to forage in the manure left behind. In this way, they serve an important role in their native ecosystem by controlling populations of mosquitoes, flies, gnats, locusts, scorpions and other such invertebrates.
But they’re freaking LOUD!
These birds are seriously loud animals. When they get going, their raucous racket can be heard for quite some distance. It is a harsh interruption to the peaceful tranquility of the rural landscape. Personally, I find it downright offensive. I like the sounds of the wind moving through the forest canopy. I like listening to the bird-songs, and the trilling of insects. I don’t like guinea-noise drowning everything out.
And then the phone rang.
“Runamuk Acres,” I said brightly into the phone receiver. This particular Saturday was sunny and mild for late-October. I was happy to be on the farm, gearing up for a day of outdoor projects.
It was Herb.
I’d never met Herb before, but the old man knew me─and Runamuk─thanks to his wife. Apparently the woman had seen a story in the paper about Runamuk some years back, and it had resonated with her. She’d always wanted to come visit Runamuk Acres to meet me, of all people, to see if she couldn’t learn something new. Herb told me she’d passed away 2 days ago, after 47 years of marriage.
“Oh I’m so sorry, Herb!” I lamented. In that moment, grief for my late-father, my grandmother, and my beloved Aunt Lucy welled within me. They’ve all passed within the last 6 years, so I knew something of what this man was going through.
They were part of that self-sufficient older generation, Herb and his bride. They gardened, canned and stored food, hunted and processed their own meat. These people are real, honest-to-goodness Mainers. Herb described his wife as an avid herbalist, too, collecting edible and medicinal plants from the land. He said she was always putting unusual things in their salads, and getting creative with adding wild-harvested foods to their basic diet.
“I don’t know what I’m going to eat now.” Herb said several times. “She’s got jars upon jars of stuff she’s collected, all stored in the cupboards, but I don’t know how to cook anything. She did all that.”
I Said Yes
His wife was also the one who tended their small flock of poultry: a couple of aging hens, and a half-dozen guineas. He talked about funeral arrangements, sounding generally overwhelmed with life. My heart went out to the old man, and when he asked if I could take the birds off his hands, you know I said yes.
“We honor the friendship by remaining true to dreams shared in common.” Deron reminds me sometimes, when I am sad and missing my Dad, or my Nana, or Aunt Lucy.
Later that same day, Herb brought his late wife’s flock to Runamuk Acres from Norridgewock, about 40 minutes south-east of the farm. When he stepped out of his vehicle, I could see that he was a man small of stature, but big of heart. Why else would a man go to such lengths, but to honor the woman he loves?
We settled the birds into the coop, then chatted awhile in the sunshine. Mostly I listened while Herb talked about his late wife. It was plain to see that Herb had loved her dearly. He was lost without her, bereft and adrift in life at his late age. I knew that listening, and promising to care for his wife’s flock was the most compassionate thing I could do for the man.
And so─much to my chagrin─I have guineafowl yet again.
Honoring the Dream
Yes, they’re loud, and I feel a little guilty for the cacophonous racket coming from Runamuk that my neighbors must now endure. Mostly though, I feel good about taking in these birds to help Herb honor his beloved, aiding him in his grieving process. I feel good about honoring this woman I never met, who believed in me and in Runamuk. And I feel good about honoring the dream she and I shared in common. The dream to live a free and productive life, as self-sufficiently as possible, in close connection to nature, with love in our hearts.
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by Mindy Chapman, Esq.
Job postings go up … they come down. They go up … they come down. It all seems quite normal. That is, unless a job posting is pulled down to avoid a specific type of candidate. As this new case shows, you can’t delist a job or try to hide the position when you don’t like who applies. Peek-a-boo, the court will catch you!
Case in Point: Tanya Lewis had more than 20 years’ experience as an electrician and she’d supervised many male electricians. She took a job as an acting electrical supervisor at the D.C. Department of Consumer Affairs.
Lewis, however, couldn’t shake the “acting” title.
Over the course of 13 months, she applied five times in response to job postings for a permanent electrician position. But each time she applied, the posting was quickly canceled without being filled. And each time, shortly afterward, the District would post a new job-opening announcement.
The sixth time the job was posted, the District hired a male applicant who was less qualified than Lewis.
Lewis sued for sex discrimination. The District’s defense? It claimed that it didn’t discriminate against Lewis because it never hired anyone else during the five times Lewis applied.
Result: The court saw through the city’s hide-and-seek game. It sent the case to a jury trial, saying the city failed to give a good reason for pulling down the job posting each time Lewis applied. (Lewis v. District of Columbia, D.D.C., No. 07-429)
2 lessons learned
1. No magic tricks. When it comes to job postings, don’t try to fool anyone. Your actions leave a record of when the job is posted and when it comes down. If you pull jobs down in an act of discrimination, you will come down, too.
2. Hire the best qualified. The court doesn’t generally “get up in your business.” But it will if you hire less qualified applicants in an attempt to discriminate against others who are qualified.
________________________________________ Author: Mindy Chapman is an attorney and president of Mindy Chapman & Associates LLC. She is a master trainer, keynote speaker and co-author of the ABA book, Case Dismissed! Taking Your Harassment Prevention Training to Trial. Sign up to receive her blog postings at BusinessManagementDaily.com/Mindy.
Author: Mindy Chapman is an attorney and president of Mindy Chapman & Associates LLC. She is a master trainer, keynote speaker and co-author of the ABA book, Case Dismissed! Taking Your Harassment Prevention Training to Trial. Sign up to receive her blog postings at BusinessManagementDaily.com/Mindy.
- How to Fire an Employee the Legal Way: 6 Termination Guidelines
- 10 Secrets to an Effective Performance Review
- Lancaster plant finds itself on losing end of federal case
- After employee has complained, be prepared to defend even minor work changes
- NYC business owners settle ESOP fraud case for $10 million
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Explore the words cloud of the PROBOSCIS project. It provides you a very rough idea of what is the project "PROBOSCIS" about.
The following table provides information about the project.
FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA
|Coordinator Country||Italy [IT]|
|Total cost||3˙473˙438 €|
|EC max contribution||3˙473˙438 € (100%)|
1. H2020-EU.1.2.1. (FET Open)
|Duration (year-month-day)||from 2019-11-01 to 2023-10-31|
Take a look of project's partnership.
|1||FONDAZIONE ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA||IT (GENOVA)||coordinator||1˙642˙947.00|
|2||UNIVERSITE DE GENEVE||CH (GENEVE)||participant||818˙635.00|
|3||SCUOLA SUPERIORE DI STUDI UNIVERSITARI E DI PERFEZIONAMENTO S ANNA||IT (PISA)||participant||471˙500.00|
|4||THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM||IL (JERUSALEM)||participant||416˙515.00|
|5||PHOTOCENTRIC LIMITED||UK (CAMBS)||participant||123˙841.00|
Universal robotic gripping remains a challenge at the frontiers of science. In contrast, elephants perform soft yet strong reaching, grasping, collection, sucking, siphoning, and manipulation of both solid and liquid matter, on a very large range of payloads and sizes – all with their prehensile, tactile-sensitive trunk. In PROBOSCIS we will establish a totally new paradigm for extremely versatile tactile-driven robotic manipulation, embodying the extraordinary functionality of the elephant trunk. This ambitious research programme aims at: morphological and behavioural characterisation of the African bush elephant trunk; bioinspired design of a continuum manipulator with elephant-like dexterity and versatility; multifunctional materials for reliable perceptive soft robotics; bioinspired control for tactile-driven soft manipulation; bioinspired tough tactile skin and 3D sensing strategies. A remarkable sample of an adult elephant trunk will be analysed by scaling up 3D histology techniques. Based on the trunk morphology, we will design a continuum robotic arm consisting of proprioceptive biomimetic artificial muscles and an artificial tactile skin with unique sensitivity-toughness trade off. To this aim, novel materials and additive manufacturing techniques will be developed starting from our proprietary compositions and technologies. We will also have extraordinary access to tamed elephants in Africa, on which we will perform quantitative behavioural studies with sensorized objects and marker-less motion capture. Based on elephants’ behaviours, we will formulate original control strategies for tactile-driven soft grasping and manipulation in robotics. PROBOSCIS will result in technological breakthroughs, such as a new generation of robotic manipulators with unprecedented capabilities, that are deeply rooted in and enabled by new science in elephants’ biology, triggering successful assistive, industrial, domestic, rescue and environmental applications.
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For instance: the website url (it has not provided by EU-opendata yet), the logo, a more detailed description of the project (in plain text as a rtf file or a word file), some pictures (as picture files, not embedded into any word file), twitter account, linkedin page, etc.
Send me an email (email@example.com) and I put them in your project's page as son as possible.
Thanks. And then put a link of this page into your project's website.
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|History of the museum|
The creation and the most important milestones of the Toy Museum in a nutshell:
April 23, 1982, the dream of 17 enthusiastic founders becomes reality: the Toy Museum officially opens its doors.
For the real beginning, we have to go back in time, until 1980.
An exhibition on games and toys of the Folklore Festival of Mechelen in 1980 led to the creation of the “Center for Toys and Folk Art”.
Autumn 1981 a space of 2400 m2 is rented, the first floor of the present Museum. Hardly five months later, the place is ready to receive its first visitors.The Toy Museum grows. In 1984 also the second floor (again 2400 m2) became available to display toys. In 1992, at the occasion of the 10th anniversary, the name was changed into “Toy Museum Mechelen”.
At this moment the Museum has an area of 10 000 m2 to its disposal.
The exhibition of ‘Europa Ludens’ in 1992, with the participation of 27 musea, was the first step to internationalization. The Toy Museum also participated in several cultural activities abroad. Highlights were: exhibitions in Chengdu, China (1993), Arvada, USA (1996), Yuki City, Japan (1998).
In 1995 the Museum received the title of “Cultural Ambassador of Flanders”.In the Museum itself there were many very prestigious exhibitions: “Royal Toys” (1998), “Play, toys and leisure in the era of Charles the Fifth” (2000), “Character Bears by Helga Torfs” (2002) on the occasion of 100 years Teddy Bear and 20 years Toy Museum and the deeply moving exhibition “No Child’s Game” (2003) on the toys of Jewish children during the Second World War.
In 1998, the Toy Museum received the official title of “recognized museum”. In the meantime, a lot of work is done regarding the infrastructure, the accessibility, the care for the collection, an interactive presentation and a profound educative support.The several qualities of the Toy Museum got an official appreciation in 2003, when the Museum received its recognition on the regional level. This will assure an even stronger professional extension of the Museum in the future, where young and old can get to know our play-culture and realize the vital role of toys and games in our society. | <urn:uuid:6be1a86e-37b8-46f6-8db6-2809a5750874> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.speelgoedmuseum.be/EN/museum-history.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570767.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20220808061828-20220808091828-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.942947 | 533 | 2.1875 | 2 |
Tom and his Pidgeons / The Favourite Rabbit
JOHN RUSSELL (1745-1806)
Tom and his Pidgeons
The Favourite Rabbit
Pair of stipple engravings printed in colours
by C. Knight from paintings by J. Russell, RA,
Crayon Painter to his Majesty and their Royal
Highnesses the Prince of Wales and Duke of York.
London, Published June 1st, 1792 by C.Knight
Engraver Boston Row Brompton
10¾ x 14 in / 27.5 x 35.5 cm
John Russell (1745 – 1806) was the outstanding British pastellist working in this medium from the early 1770s to his death in 1806. Apprenticed from 1762 for five years to Francis Coates a leading portraitist in both pastels and oils,
Russell married Hannah Faden, the daughter of the printseller William Faden, in 1770. After a precarious start to his career, he was made an associate of the Royal Academy at the age of 27 and elected a full academician in 1788. He was to exhibit regularly at the Royal Academy from 1769 displaying there over 329 of his pastel portraits and “fancy pictures”, and by the early 1790s was recorded as earning over £1,000 per annum for his increasingly busy portrait practice. Several of his pictures featured his patrons’ children with pet animals and, the father of seven children himself, “Tom and his Pidgeons” portrays his son Tom whilst “The Favourite Rabbit” is believed to be Maria one of his daughters. | <urn:uuid:e751ea29-0fed-44cb-9c11-a9381a8c50cb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.pricefineart.com/product/tom-and-his-pidgeons-the-favourite-rabbit/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571198.57/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810161541-20220810191541-00276.warc.gz | en | 0.983311 | 350 | 1.9375 | 2 |
WPS is a Federal program that authorizes cellular communications service providers to prioritize calls over wireless networks. Participation in the WPS program is voluntary. Participating service providers typically deploy WPS in stages until service is available in most coverage areas and functionality has reached full operating capability.
Authorized users dial *272 on a WPS enabled device to receive calling queue priority. WPS calls do not preempt calls in progress, but provide priority status over cellular communications networks.
To get priority status over the wireline communications network, you need to use the Government Emergency Telecommunications Service (GETS). WPS and GETS can be used in combination.
The WPS program is in effect all the time--it is not contingent on a major disaster or attack taking place.
Who Should Enroll?
You should enroll if your organization is a Federal, state, local, and tribal police department, fire department, public safety answering point or 9-1-1 call center, EMS entity, essential healthcare provider or any other organization that uses telecommunication services necessary for the public health, safety, and maintenance of law and order.
Why Should I Sign Up?
If you rely on cellular communications services on a daily basis to perform critical national security and emergency preparedness functions, including those areas related to safety, maintenance of law and order, and public health, you need WPS. By dialing *272 on your WPS enabled device, your call receives a calling queue priority over regular calls, thereby greatly increasing the probability that your cellular call will get through the network, even with congestion.
This program can be extremely beneficial during a major disaster or attack in which the public telecommunications networks are congested by high call volumes and/or damage to the telecommunications infrastructure.
How Do I Enroll?
By filling out an application and providing a point of contact for your organization. In your application, you will need to certify that your mission meets national security and emergency preparedness requirements as set forth in the WPS program information. If your organization qualifies, the WPS Program Office will contact your cellular communications service provider and complete the process. WPS is an added feature to your phone; the software changes necessary are handled by the WPS Program Office. You do not need to do anything with your phone or take it to your cellular communications service provider.
What Does It Cost?
A one-time activation fee of $10, along with a monthly fee of $4.50, and charges of 75 cents per minute apply to WPS.
WPS Contacts & Support
Department of Homeland Security
- Phone: 866-627-2255
- Phone (DC Metro Area): 703-676-2255
- Phone (24/7): 703-235-5080
- Email: firstname.lastname@example.org
- Phone: 202-418-1190
- Email: email@example.com
FCC 24/7 Operations Center
- Phone: 202-418-1122
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We’re talking about trick training for dogs; it’s fun and easy! Can you remember the very first thing you trained a dog to do and how you went about training it? The first thing I trained a dog to do was to dance. It was when I was a kid with our family dog, Tina the Poodle. Training tricks with our dogs is something I consider important, and there are three favourite tricks that I think all dogs should learn.
In the episode you'll hear:
- About our feelings when we are training tricks.
- What I noticed about my Border Collie, Stoni, in the Obedience Ring.
- Why everything can be a trick to bring joy to us and our dogs.
- My progression as a dog trainer and transitioning to shaping behaviors.
- How trick training provides a model for clarity for our dogs.
- Why trick training teaches our dogs never to give up.
- About the elements of strength, flexibility and proprioception when choosing tricks.
- How to train your dog to hand target.
- About the ways to shape your dog to pivot on a perch.
- The steps for training your dog to wave.
- Home School the Dog
- Video: Target Training for Dogs Part One - All About Targets
- Video: Target Training for Dogs Part Two - Step by Step Training Plan
- Podcast Episode 62: 12 Keys to Helping My Dogs Live a Long and Happy Life
- Game: Learn How to Play ItsYerChoice (IYC)
- Crate Games Online
- Podcast Episode 59: Why Your Treats Aren’t Working for Your Dog
- Podcast Episode 22: The Invisible Bubble of Pressure and Your Dog
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- Watch this Episode of Shaped by Dog on YouTube
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[Beowulf] copying big files
henning.fehrmann at aei.mpg.de
Fri Aug 8 08:37:13 PDT 2008
Coping a big file onto all nodes in a cluster is a rather common problem.
I would have thought that there might be a standard tool for
distributing the files in an efficient way. So far, I haven't found one.
Assuming one has a network design which allows non blocking full duplex
wire-speed connections between N/2 pairs of nodes where N is the number
of nodes in the cluster. It is basically a non blocking coreswitch.
In this case the following scheme would be convenient and rather simple:
The file is placed on node n1 and one builds a chain of nodes n1 , n2 .... nN.
One splits the file into many packages (p1..pM), lets say a fragment fits
into one TCP package. In the first step n1 transmits the package p1 to node n2.
In the second step n1 transmits the package p2 to n2 and n2 transmits p1 to node n3.
The transmission of a single package is fast. The time of passing a particular
package through the whole chain of nodes is short compared with time of the
entire copying process. E.g., using jumbo frames a package can have the size of ca 10kB.
In Gb network the transmission time of a single package between nodes is
of the order of 0.1 ms. Even in a cluster with 1024 nodes it takes
in an ideal case just 0.1s to pass a package from node n1 through all nodes to n1024.
On each node the package is stored and, in the end, one reassembles the file.
For big files (size >> 10Mb) the required time is approximately
the same as one needs for copying the file between two nodes plus 0.1s.
One needs basically a daemon which handles copying requests and establishes
the connection to next node in the chain.
Has somebody written such a tool?
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Every Shut Eye Ain't Asleep is a rich collection of the work of post-World War II African-American poets. It brings together the voices of the most important African-American poets of our time, beginning with the highly influential Robert Hayden and Gwendolyn Brooks, and covers an astonishing range of styles and techniques.
This extraordinary body of poetry is the flowering of an artistic tradition established earlier in this century by Paul Laurence Dunbar, Countee Cullen, and Langston Hughes. The newer work comprises many different visions, ranging from the chiseled and layered modernism of Jay Wright to the plainspoken ferocity of Sonia Sanchez, from the dazzling witticisms of Ishmael Reed to the plangent lyricism of Rita Dove. Edited by the distinguished poet Michael Harper and his star student and colleague Anthony Walton, this notable collection of work will be the standard anthology in the field for years to come.
Using Robert Hayden and Gwendolyn Brooks's poetry as ``emblematic'' successes, this anthology selects 35 African American poets (spanning three generations) who were born between 1913 and 1962 and came of age after 1945. Besides the well-known Amiri Baraka, Lucille Clifton, Rita Dove, and Etheridge Knight, the editors feature little-known or younger poets like Elizabeth Alexander, Gerald Barrax, Jayne Cortex, and Dolores Kendrick. (Curiously, James Baldwin, Nikki Giovanni, June Jordan, and Quincy Troupe are omitted.) With an introduction, headnotes, and selective bibliographies, this valuable work from a mainstream press updates Robert Hayden's Afro-American Literature, Dudley Randall's New Black Voices , and Abraham Chapman's New Black Voices . Recommended for public libraries. --Frank Allen, West Virginia State Coll., Institute | <urn:uuid:b06d754c-cbb5-41f2-8d22-9cf5b1ae8d22> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | https://www.cheaptextbooks.org/9780316347105 | 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 | 0.893534 | 364 | 2.09375 | 2 |
John Cassian Quotes About ReadingQuotes about: Reading
Everything we do, our every objective, must be undertaken for the sake of... purity of heart... we must practice the reading of the Scripture, together with all the other virtuous activities... to hold our hearts free of the harm of every dangerous passion and in order to rise step by step to the high point of love.
Fasts and vigils, the study of Scripture, renouncing possessions and everything worldly are not in themselves perfection, as we have said; theyare its tools. For perfection is not to be found in them; it is acquired through them. It is useless, therefore, to boast of our fasting, vigils, poverty, and reading of Scripture when we have not achieved the love of God and our fellow men. Whoever has achieved love has God within himself and his intellect is always with God.
It is not our free will but 'it is the Lord who sets the captive free' (Ps. 145:7). It is not our own virtue but 'it is the Lord who lifts up those who were laid low' (Ps. 145:8). It is not application to reading but 'it is the Lord who gives light to the blind' (Ps. 145:8). It is not our cautiousness but 'it is the Lord who protects the stranger' (Ps. 145:9). It is not our endurance but 'it is the Lord who raises or gives support to the fallen' (Ps. 144:14). | <urn:uuid:ed96469f-6ae9-4e4f-8d65-1b2e18f4c82e> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.azquotes.com/author/23687-John_Cassian/tag/reading | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988722459.85/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183842-00343-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958075 | 308 | 1.726563 | 2 |
Beatrice is best known for her acorn flambé. She finds it very important to taste her ingredients before mixing, especially the liquid ones. Unfortunately this also means that on occasion her flambés turn into burnt soufflés!
Lucy is a bookworm! Her favorite books are: ‘Little Mice’ by Louisa May Mouscott, ‘Jane Eyrat’ by Charlotte Brontmouse and ‘Pride and Prejumice’ by Jane Moustin. Somewhat myopic, she consequently often finds herself in the wrong section of the library and begins to read treatises on farm implements.
When the weather gets chilly, Mousdalena Carmen Frida’s tail hurts more than usual. She hides away in the Castle solarium, paintbrush in hand, and wiles away her woes painting surreal royal portraits and personal images of the great wheat famine.
Exploring the wild-cat territories in the far east is Captain James Mouse’s specialty. Ever daring, he can fly within a tom-cats reach and come away with nary a scratch. His favorite maneuver is the ‘tail-spin’, involving a tactically difficult wing dip and then a sharp swing towards the furry side. Hard bumps are expected but also part of the fun!
O Romeouse, Romeouse, wherefore art thou Romeouse? Deny thy father and refuse thy cheese, or if thou wilt not, be but sworn my love, and I’ll no longer eat Camembert.
Pinocchi-mouse is of course very very fond of cheese! But ask him if he was the one who finished the last bit in the cupboard and he will respond, “No, No, it wasn’t me!” Ask him is that a spoon you have Pinocchi-mouse? “No, No, it my stick-horse who doesn’t eat at all!”
Ernest is a professor’s assistant at the local ‘Verminersity’. His work with rodent skeletons from the Mouselithic age has led him to discover that at one time mice actually had prehensile tails, capable of a multitude of dexterous movements – an exciting discovery sure to make mouse history!
Professor Cedric Braxton II has too many interests and too little time. He recently discovered a brand new galaxy! Unfortunately, it was also discovered that in his absentmindedness he had polished his telescope with Brie instead of lens cleaner.
Every young mouse in Mouse Castle knows that if you leave your shoes out on the eve of December 6th, St. Nicholmouse is sure to come with a treat or two. Plump grains of wheat and ripe red winterberries usually fill the shoes, but occasionally he also has been known to throw golden coins into the royal coffers!
Rupert unfortunately finds himself listed quite often in the ‘Big Book of Mouse Sins’. St. Nicholmouse hands over these offenders to his trusty cohort ‘Krampus’. What, you may ask, has Rupert done to deserve a spanking from Krampus’ fierce birch switches this year? He put his little paws into each and every cheese in the kitchen pantry to pick his favorite; he hid in the Castle secret passage-way and listened to the political negotiations on Cat-Catching; and he also ran across the laundry line with muddy feet!
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Not news that pediatricians recommend against juice. But the news this week is clearer: no juice for babies, only tiny bits for toddlers, and less than a cup a day for the rest of us. Fruit juice is widely thought of as a healthy and natural source of vitamins and hydration. And although I won’t vilify having juice in the diet of an older child, I can’t endorse it’s ever good for a child. Pediatric recommendations for juice got stricter this week. Juice is never really recommended in an a child’s diet past ounces to a cup a day but now it’s recommended as a NEVER during infancy.
Although whole fruit (i.e. an apple or an entire avocado or apricot) is one of the main focus foods in the Dietary Guidelines of Americans, fruit juice may feel a thoughtful substitute, but it’s not. In fact, even 100% fruit juice offers no real nutritional benefit and it’s never needed. The short list for why?
- Juice is just a bunch of water and simple sugars (naturally occurring sugar is sugar) and lacks fiber or protein.
- When you obtain calories from juice you take them in at a faster rate than is ideal. Juice is known to contribute to overweight and excess energy imbalance in children. We don’t need to drink these calories.
- Whole fruit has the advantage of containing quality fiber that’s good for us.
What is Fruit Juice
- Predominantly water and carbohydrates (sucrose, fructose, glucose and sorbitol)
- Some juices have naturally occurring high contents of potassium, vitamin A and vitamin C, and many store-bought juices have vitamin additives (orange juice often will have added vitamin D, for example).
- Juice for infants typically do not contain sulfites or added sugars yet has nearly twice the carbohydrate load of more ideal breast milk or infant formula. It’s never ideal to replace breast milk or formula with juice. Water, after 6 months, and whole fruit/mushed up fruit is better.
Know what you’re buying:
To be labeled as a fruit juice, the US Food and Drug Administration mandates that a product be 100% fruit juice. For juices reconstituted from concentrate, the label must state that the product is reconstituted from concentrate. Any beverage that is less than 100% fruit juice must list the percentage of the product that is fruit juice, and the beverage must include a descriptive term, such as “drink,” “beverage,” or “cocktail.”
Many products on the market have juice ingredients and aren’t entirely juice even when they appear that way. I think of those as sugar-sweetened beverages much like soda.
Effects of Fruit Juice
- Fruit juice offers no nutritional benefits for infants younger than 1 year – drinking juice fills them with approximately double the load of carbohydrates than breast milk for formula.
- For toddlers and children it replaces things that have fiber and protein.
- Sipping on juice throughout the day (in a bottle or sippy cup) leads to increased risk of dental decay. In a cup or nothing!
- Excessive juice consumption is associated with diarrhea, flatulence, abdominal distention, and tooth decay.
- Excessive juice consumption may be associated with malnutrition (over-nutrition and under-nutrition).
American Academy of Pediatrics Juice Recommendations
The latest recommendations for juice during childhood include:
- Do not give juice to infants before 1 year of age.
- Do not put juice in bottles or sippy cups, and do not give it to them at bedtime – reduce time allowed to consume juice easily throughout the day.
- Encourage eating whole fruit to meet their recommended daily fruit intake.
- Avoid juice if your child has diarrhea – it is not appropriate in the treatment or management of dehydration.
- Recommended maximum amount of juice:
- 1 to 3 years old – 4 ounces/day
- 4 to 6 years old – 4 to 6 ounces/day
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Says majority of Nigerian refugees in Benin Republic have returned home
Farmersherders clashes occur every year in neighbouring communities
By James Ogunnaike, just back from Benin Republic
The Ologunba of Ogunba Kingdom, Egelu in Benin Republic, Oba Adul Wahab Adio Ogunji has appealed to the Nigerian government to end the killings in resulting from famers-herders clashes by emulating Benin Republic by banning open grazing.
Their communities border Nigeria. Recently, some Nigerian farmers in Ogun State were forced to flee into Benin Republic communities for safety when herdsmen attacked their communities. The Oba however disclosed that majority of Nigerians who went to Egelu, and Igana in the Republic of Benin in the wake of the Fulani herders’ attack on some communities in Yewa North and Imeko-Afon local government areas of Ogun State had gone back to their communities
Oba Ogunji, who said this, when Saturday Vanguard visited the two communities in anticipation of…
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To obtain a Millennium Brick order form call 619-460-4353 or email email@example.com.
Millennium Brick Project and Angles’ Walk
The Millennium Brick Project began with the rehabilitation and development of the First Congregational Church of Lemon Grove in 1997 and its adaptive reuse as the Lemon Grove Parsonage Museum. One hundred years earlier the Rev. Isaac Atherton, the first pastor of the Congregational Church, gave $100 to start a construction fund for a new church.
To honor Rev. Atherton’s commitment to the young community and to fund the rehabilitation and upkeep of of this historic building, the Lemon Grove Historical Society created the Millennium Brick Project in 1997. The project allows people, businesses and organizations to purchase one or more Bricks for installation on Angels’ Walk in Treganza Heritage Park between our two historic sites.
Virtually every living pioneer family participates in the project. Their names are memorialized in brick for future generations.
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Work number - P 32 FILED
Presented by the State Higher Educational Institution "Ukrainian State University of Chemical Technology".
Authors:Busygin B.S., Drobot S.A., Kravchenko O.V., Kublanovs’kyy V.S., Pivovarov O.A., Rudakov D.V., Stus’ V.P., Khomenko O.Ye.
The aim of the work is to create and implement a modern eco-geotechnological cycle that combines prospecting (mapping), mining, and primary processing of uranium ores based on scientific fundamentals of GIS mapping of deposits, underground geoenergetics, low-temperature plasma-chemical electrolysis, and complex GIS and bio-radiochemical monitoring,thus making the grounds for highly efficient and environmentally safe production of strategic raw materials.
The newest GIS basis for mapping uranium deposits consists offirst developed (or improved) tools for an integrated analysis of geological, geophysical and geochemical data and aerospace geo-images united by a specialized “Rapid” system. The authors substantiated and implemented a fundamentally new technology of cleaning liquid radioactive wastes by glow discharge plasma in continuous reactorsin the technological chain of radioactive oreprimary processing. In addition to cleaning from radionuclides, complex organic compounds and pathogenic micro-flora are neutralized in the reactor.
The environmental safety components of the technological cycle are united by a system of integrated monitoring created by the authors, including GIS and radio-biochemical components (the scientific and methodological basis for structuring and functioning GIS models for the geo-ecosystem of the uranium mining region, a mass transfermodel, forecasting and monitoring of possible radioactive chain material movement from thedepository sources with account for daughter radionuclides). The procedures of sanitary and hygienic measures based on the revealed mechanism and biological significance of the combined effects of radiation and heavy metalsby the bio-summation type have been developed.
Practical effectiveness owing to implementing the created eco-geotechnology at uranium mines, primary ore processing plants and waste storage facilities has been confirmed by the economic component (0,5 billionUAH) and the value of prevented environmental damage (245 million UAH).
The number of publications is 25 monographs and 231articles. The total number of references to authors’ publications / h-index makes 108/5according to SCOPUS database, and 1095 according to Google Scholar database. 38 granted patents of Ukraine have protected the novelty and competitiveness of engineering solutions. Six doctoral and 16PhD dissertations have been defended on this subject. | <urn:uuid:bfad8c22-a331-40c6-933d-8e5bb942739c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.kdpu-nt.gov.ua/en/content/eco-geotechnological-cycle-mining-and-primary-processing-uranium-ores | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00672.warc.gz | en | 0.874082 | 552 | 2.28125 | 2 |
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How to break the argument habit
Whatever side of the blue-red chasm you sit on, dialogue can clear the smoke of polarization obscuring the divide
Polarization is an equal opportunity phenomenon - hardly the monopoly of political candidates, activists, paid lobbyists, and televised "shouting heads." Given the fevered pitch of this election season, many of us may want to award politics and the media the polarization prize. However, few if any sectors of our society are immune from its temptation. Polarizing behavior compromises the health of some of our nation's oldest, most respected voluntary associations, social service agencies, and faith communities.
Despite our best intentions, the odds are that we all have contributed to polarization at some point, in some area of our lives. Each of us plays our part in polarization when we paint those whose views differ from ours with a broad brush; when we assume that everyone who uses the same label to describe themselves has the same concerns, values, and goals; when we act as if there are two, and only two, ways to think about an issue; when we ignore questions that might uncover new ground. Many of us have been using polarizing speech for so long that we're no longer aware of doing it.
It can be easier to recognize polarizing practices when we're on the receiving end. For example, you may recall times when you felt stereotyped, silenced, or unseen by those who have different views. Or when you were dismissed as muddled for expressing a complex perspective. Or when the language or tone of a discussion became so intolerably offensive or painful, you lost your cool, tuned out, or walked away.
The process of polarization is easier to spot when you have a practiced ear. Notice when participants in a discussion share only their certainties and none of their doubts; when they speak as members of a group rather than as individuals with unique experiences and thoughts; when questions are rhetorical challenges or veiled statements rather than genuine invitations to share perspectives and gain understanding. These are some of the telltale signs that a conversation is moving toward an unproductive, polarizing style of debate.
Further, when listening to "experts" on radio and TV or speaking to your neighbor, ask yourself whether speakers offer only predictable "arguments," or whether new information and ideas surface. Do they express only pat positions, or do they also share underlying values, assumptions, hopes, and fears? Do they interrupt and make personal attacks, or do they listen to others with respectful interest? Do they simply attempt to persuade and refute, or do they seek to understand? These questions highlight some of the factors that help determine whether discussions are negative, attacking, and stuck in the same old unproductive exchanges, or whether conversations can become affirming, exploratory, and solution-focused.
There are good reasons to be concerned about the cumulative impact on our democracy of polarizing private and public conversations. I am alarmed by how polluted the atmosphere of our public squares has become. The smoke generated by polarized debate and advocacy has become too thick for our civic health.
In this vulnerable moment, each of us has a responsibility to stop using polarizing rhetoric and to oppose its use by others. Also we need to have constructive conversations with those who are "ideologically" different from us, even though it feels unnatural.
In the past 14 years, my colleagues and I at the Public Conversations Project have helped hundreds of people to engage in constructive conversations across the dividing lines of a range of hotly contested issues, including homosexuality and faith, the environment, abortion, and the Middle East. Participants have been attracted to dialogue for many reasons, including the promise of an alternative to bruising or frustrating exchanges they've experienced; the wish to avoid a costly protracted conflict; the desire to prevent the fracturing of valued coalitions; the wish to deescalate chronic animosity that erupted into a murderous attack.
It takes less time than you'd imagine - often less than a few hours - for people to rediscover their common humanity and begin identifying shared concerns previously concealed by polarization.
Taking the first step toward a more accurate understanding of our political opponents becomes easier when we grasp that it is not the substance of our differences - neither their content nor their intensity - that polarizes us, but the way in which we express our passionate perspectives. Polarization comes less from what we think and feel than from the ways we treat and are treated by those whose views differ strongly from our own.
We do not need to change our views, but our "attitude." It is possible to continue disagreeing without demonizing others. It is also possible to continue disagreeing about some issues while working together on others. Most of us recognize this in some areas of our lives.
One reason I know this comes from the dialogue that I helped facilitate between six Boston-area pro-choice and pro-life leaders in the years following the 1994 fatal shootings at two Boston-area clinics that provide abortions.
Their conversations had a paradoxical effect: Their mutual caring and understanding deepened, and they all became firmer in their original views about abortion! They held strongly to their core beliefs even as their embrace expanded to encompass on another as people, citizens, and, eventually, friends. Along the way, they stopped using demonizing language in the public square and worked together to prevent further assaults on Boston-area citizens. As they wrote in the Boston Globe in 2001, they glimpsed "a way in which people can disagree frankly and passionately, become clearer in heart and mind about their activism, and, at the same time, contribute to a more civil and compassionate society."
These leaders "got" the difference between the content - the what - of their passionate views, and the process - the how - of the way those views are expressed. When we are unthreatened and motivated, most of us are capable of making this distinction.
However, when we are blinded by the smoke of polarization, we may view an invitation to engage in dialogue as some kind of stealth strategy intended to seduce us into a "compromise." This suspicion is understandable as long as we see the world in terms of black and white. Then, the only verbs are "agree" and "disagree" and the only imaginable option other than black and white (all wrong and all right) is an unacceptable shade of gray.
Participating in a dialogue is one way to get some color back into our views. Dialogue increases mutual understanding, builds respectful relationships, and stimulates fresh ideas about complex issues. In other words, dialogue is a vital threshold through which the Unthinkable crosses over to the Possible, generating hope for those involved. Crossing this threshold generates hope in those who make the journey.
Hope is a precious commodity in uncertain, anxiety-provoking times. These days, my greatest hope stems from the wealth of knowledge now available about how to foster resilient, respectful, authentic relationships - even in the heart of intractable and polarizing conflict. We already have the tools to inspire powerful, positive shifts in even chronic, polarized conflicts. We can transform "us" and "them" into an effective, multiminded, working "we."
Fostering this transformation is the best way I know to have a positive impact on public matters close to my heart and central to my understanding of our collective welfare. But this "climate change" will happen only if a critical mass of citizens make it their business to learn what resources are available and develop the will to use them.
No matter who wins on Nov. 2, on Nov. 3 it is essential that each of us reach out to people who voted for the "other" presidential candidate. We need to clear the air and join forces in grappling constructively with the serious dilemmas confronting our neighborhoods, nation, and world.
Each of us has a catalytic role to play in transforming the largely embattled frontier along which our demographic and ideological differences meet. The new hospitable outposts we build on the boundary "between" will hatch the dialogues and innovative ideas that will make it possible for our sprawling democracy to survive.
• Laura Chasin is founder and executive director of the Public Conversations Project, a multiservice nonprofit organization that promotes constructive alternative approaches to divisive public issues.
Join the effort to stop polarization
• Develop the courage and savvy to overcome the seductions of polarizing language. Ask anyone who uses sweeping generalizations to cite some specifics they're referring to.
• Refuse to ask or answer rhetorical questions.
• Be as dedicated a citizen as you are a consumer: Spend as much time shopping for candidates - and exploring issues - as you do exploring the mall.
Fight for Technicolor
• Don't reduce everyone and everything to black and white. Stand up for the multicolored reality of yourself and others.
• Listen to your internal dialogue. In thinking about people who disagree with you, have you developed mental habits that narrow the spectrum you see?
• Have a conversation with someone who thinks differently from you. Seek only to understand and to be understood rather than persuade.
• Don't assume - ask!
• Express your views so they become sources of contact and learning, rather than antagonism. Avoid words likely to raise your listener's defenses.
Spread the word
• Bring people together who think differently about an important issue. Support others' efforts to resist polarization and identify shared concerns and goals.
• For those looking to find or start a dialogue group in their area, the following groups offer ways to get involved in local and national issues:
The Public Conversations Project
The National Coalition for Dialogue and
Let's Talk America (www.letstalkamerica.org)
By the People (www.pbs.org/newshour/btp)
The World Café (www.theworldcafe.com)
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The first Free Schools in the UK opened in September 2011, just 15 months after the Secretary of State, Rt Hon. Michael Gove MP, invited proposals from groups interested in setting up a new school. That in itself is testament to the incredible energy and commitment of the first pioneering projects. Following their lead are hundreds of other groups with exciting and innovative projects. And as a result of their immense hard work and effort, there will be a greater opportunity for children to learn and develop in the way that’s best for them.
In this clip, the Secretary of State speaks about the 24 Free Schools that opened in September 2011.
What are Free Schools?
FREE Free Schools could be primary or secondary schools. They could be located in traditional school buildings or appropriate community spaces such as office buildings or church halls. They could be set up by a wide range of proposers—including charities, universities, businesses, educational groups, visionary teachers or committed parents—who want to make a difference to the educational landscape. They might be needed because there simply aren’t enough schools in a local area and children have to travel too far to get to the nearest one.
What unites all Free Schools is that they’re being set up in response to real demand within a local area for a greater variety of schools, they meet rigorous standards and they’re all absolutely committed to providing young people with the best possible chance to succeed.
It’s clear from the Academies programme that this autonomy has transformed the life chances of pupils. Free Schools will have some additional freedoms. For example, teachers in Free Schools will not necessarily need to have Qualified Teacher Status.
Like academies, Free Schools will be funded on a comparable basis to other state-funded schools. Groups running Free Schools cannot make a profit. They will be subject to the same Ofsted inspections as all state schools and will be expected to maintain the same rigorous standards.
The admissions arrangements of any Free School must be fair and transparent. Free Schools are expected to be open to pupils of all abilities from the area and cannot be academically selective. Free Schools will need to take part in their local coordinated admissions process, and so parents apply for places for their child in the same way as any other local school.
Who can set up a Free School?
A Free School could be set up by any suitable proposer, where there is evidence of parental demand such as a petition or declaration from interested parents and a clear and compelling business case. This could include one or more of the following groups:
- academy sponsors
- independent schools
- community and faith groups
- businesses (on a not-for-profit basis)
While the Government is making it easier to set up a new school, proposers are still required to go through a robust process. The Secretary of State will consider each proposal on its merits, and take into account all matters relevant to that proposal.
He would expect that all proposals will comply with all aspects of the rigorous suitability and vetting tests throughout the application process, including CRB checks, and will reject any proposers who advocate violence, intolerance, hatred or whose ideology runs counter to the UK’s democratic values.
For those interested in having a new school in their area, but without the time or experience to set one up, there is advice available from the New Schools Network (NSN), an independent charity. NSN can also link them with more experienced groups to help make a new school a reality. The Department is running a competitive process to grant fund an organization to provide support to potential applicants.
What will the impact be?
A similar system in the United States of America—the Charter Schools programme—has shown how particular schools with these freedoms, coupled with inspirational teachers and leaders, can have a huge impact on academic performance and the numbers of pupils staying on in education. These schools are normally set up in areas where there are high levels of deprivation. They demonstrate that when the right conditions are put in place, young people can thrive. One of the most successful chains of Charter Schools is the Knowledge Is Power Programme schools (KIPP). Nationally more than 85 per cent of KIPP students have gone on to college despite over 80 per cent of students coming from low-income families.
In the UK it is clear from the academies programme that when schools have autonomy on what is taught and how a school is managed, it has transformed the life chances of pupils who attend these schools.
Any groups interested in establishing a new Free School may contact the New Schools Network (NSN) to discuss their ideas before making an application.
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Here, we present methods for the development of assays to query potentially clinically significant nonsynonymous changes using in vivo complementation in zebrafish. Zebrafish (Danio rerio) are a useful animal system due to their experimental tractability; embryos are transparent to enable facile viewing, undergo rapid development ex vivo, and can be genetically manipulated.1 These aspects have allowed for significant advances in the analysis of embryogenesis, molecular processes, and morphogenetic signaling. Taken together, the advantages of this vertebrate model make zebrafish highly amenable to modeling the developmental defects in pediatric disease, and in some cases, adult-onset disorders. Because the zebrafish genome is highly conserved with that of humans (~70% orthologous), it is possible to recapitulate human disease states in zebrafish. This is accomplished either through the injection of mutant human mRNA to induce dominant negative or gain of function alleles, or utilization of morpholino (MO) antisense oligonucleotides to suppress genes to mimic loss of function variants. Through complementation of MO-induced phenotypes with capped human mRNA, our approach enables the interpretation of the deleterious effect of mutations on human protein sequence based on the ability of mutant mRNA to rescue a measurable, physiologically relevant phenotype. Modeling of the human disease alleles occurs through microinjection of zebrafish embryos with MO and/or human mRNA at the 1-4 cell stage, and phenotyping up to seven days post fertilization (dpf). This general strategy can be extended to a wide range of disease phenotypes, as demonstrated in the following protocol. We present our established models for morphogenetic signaling, craniofacial, cardiac, vascular integrity, renal function, and skeletal muscle disorder phenotypes, as well as others.
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gDNA Enrichment by a Transposase-based Technology for NGS Analysis of the Whole Sequence of BRCA1, BRCA2, and 9 Genes Involved in DNA Damage Repair
Institutions: Centre Georges-François Leclerc.
The widespread use of Next Generation Sequencing has opened up new avenues for cancer research and diagnosis. NGS will bring huge amounts of new data on cancer, and especially cancer genetics. Current knowledge and future discoveries will make it necessary to study a huge number of genes that could be involved in a genetic predisposition to cancer. In this regard, we developed a Nextera design to study 11 complete genes involved in DNA damage repair. This protocol was developed to safely study 11 genes (ATM
, and TP53
) from promoter to 3'-UTR in 24 patients simultaneously. This protocol, based on transposase technology and gDNA enrichment, gives a great advantage in terms of time for the genetic diagnosis thanks to sample multiplexing. This protocol can be safely used with blood gDNA.
Genetics, Issue 92, gDNA enrichment, Nextera, NGS, DNA damage, BRCA1, BRCA2
Live Imaging of Mitosis in the Developing Mouse Embryonic Cortex
Institutions: Duke University Medical Center, Duke University Medical Center.
Although of short duration, mitosis is a complex and dynamic multi-step process fundamental for development of organs including the brain. In the developing cerebral cortex, abnormal mitosis of neural progenitors can cause defects in brain size and function. Hence, there is a critical need for tools to understand the mechanisms of neural progenitor mitosis. Cortical development in rodents is an outstanding model for studying this process. Neural progenitor mitosis is commonly examined in fixed brain sections. This protocol will describe in detail an approach for live imaging of mitosis in ex vivo
embryonic brain slices. We will describe the critical steps for this procedure, which include: brain extraction, brain embedding, vibratome sectioning of brain slices, staining and culturing of slices, and time-lapse imaging. We will then demonstrate and describe in detail how to perform post-acquisition analysis of mitosis. We include representative results from this assay using the vital dye Syto11, transgenic mice (histone H2B-EGFP and centrin-EGFP), and in utero
electroporation (mCherry-α-tubulin). We will discuss how this procedure can be best optimized and how it can be modified for study of genetic regulation of mitosis. Live imaging of mitosis in brain slices is a flexible approach to assess the impact of age, anatomy, and genetic perturbation in a controlled environment, and to generate a large amount of data with high temporal and spatial resolution. Hence this protocol will complement existing tools for analysis of neural progenitor mitosis.
Neuroscience, Issue 88, mitosis, radial glial cells, developing cortex, neural progenitors, brain slice, live imaging
A High-throughput Automated Platform for the Development of Manufacturing Cell Lines for Protein Therapeutics
Institutions: Merck & Co., Inc.
The fast-growing biopharmaceutical industry demands speedy development of highly efficient and reliable production systems to meet the increasing requirement for drug supplies. The generation of production cell lines has traditionally involved manual operations that are labor-intensive, low-throughput and vulnerable to human errors. We report here an integrated high-throughput and automated platform for development of manufacturing cell lines for the production of protein therapeutics.
The combination of BD FACS Aria Cell Sorter, CloneSelect Imager and TECAN Freedom EVO liquid handling system has enabled a high-throughput and more efficient cell line development process. In this operation, production host cells are first transfected with an expression vector carrying the gene of interest 1
, followed by the treatment with a selection agent. The stably-transfected cells are then stained with fluorescence-labeled anti-human IgG antibody, and are subsequently subject to flow cytometry analysis 2-4
. Highly productive cells are selected based on fluorescence intensity and are isolated by single-cell sorting on a BD FACSAria. Colony formation from single-cell stage was detected microscopically and a series of time-laps digital images are taken by CloneSelect Imager for the documentation of cell line history. After single clones have formed, these clones were screened for productivity by ELISA performed on a TECAN Freedom EVO liquid handling system. Approximately 2,000 - 10,000 clones can be screened per operation cycle with the current system setup.
This integrated approach has been used to generate high producing Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cell lines for the production of therapeutic monoclonal antibody (mAb) as well as their fusion proteins. With the aid of different types of detecting probes, the method can be used for developing other protein therapeutics or be applied to other production host systems. Comparing to the traditional manual procedure, this automated platform demonstrated advantages of significantly increased capacity, ensured clonality, traceability in cell line history with electronic documentation and much reduced opportunity in operator error.
Medicine, Issue 55, Manufacturing cell line, protein therapeutics, automation, high-throughput, FACS, FACS Aria, CloneSelect Imager, TECAN Freedom EVO liquid handling system
Paradigms for Pharmacological Characterization of C. elegans Synaptic Transmission Mutants
Institutions: University of Alabama.
The nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans, has become an expedient model for studying neurotransmission. C. elegans is unique among animal models, as the anatomy and connectivity of its nervous system has been determined from electron micrographs and refined by pharmacological assays. In this video, we describe how two complementary neural stimulants, an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, called aldicarb, and a gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor antagonist, called pentylenetetrazole (PTZ), may be employed to specifically characterize signaling at C. elegans neuromuscular junctions (NMJs) and facilitate our understanding of antagonistic neural circuits.
Of 302 C. elegans neurons, nineteen GABAergic D-type motor neurons innervate body wall muscles (BWMs), while four GABAergic neurons, called RMEs, innervate head muscles. Conversely, thirty-nine motor neurons express the excitatory neurotransmitter, acetylcholine (ACh), and antagonize GABA transmission at BWMs to coordinate locomotion. The antagonistic nature of GABAergic and cholinergic motor neurons at body wall NMJs was initially determined by laser ablation and later buttressed by aldicarb exposure. Acute aldicarb exposure results in a time-course or dose-responsive paralysis in wild-type worms. Yet, loss of excitatory ACh transmission confers resistance to aldicarb, as less ACh accumulates at worm NMJs, leading to less stimulation of BWMs. Resistance to aldicarb may be observed with ACh-specific or general synaptic function mutants. Consistent with antagonistic GABA and ACh transmission, loss of GABA transmission, or a failure to negatively regulate ACh release, confers hypersensitivity to aldicarb. Although aldicarb exposure has led to the isolation of numerous worm homologs of neurotransmission genes, aldicarb exposure alone cannot efficiently determine prevailing roles for genes and pathways in specific C. elegans motor neurons. For this purpose, we have introduced a complementary experimental approach, which uses PTZ.
Neurotransmission mutants display clear phenotypes, distinct from aldicarb-induced paralysis, in response to PTZ. Wild-type worms, as well as mutants with specific inabilities to release or receive ACh, do not show apparent sensitivity to PTZ. However, GABA mutants, as well as general synaptic function mutants, display anterior convulsions in a time-course or dose-responsive manner. Mutants that cannot negatively regulate general neurotransmitter release and, thus, secrete excessive amounts of ACh onto BWMs, become paralyzed on PTZ. The PTZ-induced phenotypes of discrete mutant classes indicate that a complementary approach with aldicarb and PTZ exposure paradigms in C. elegans may accelerate our understanding of neurotransmission. Moreover, videos demonstrating how we perform pharmacological assays should establish consistent methods for C. elegans research.
Neuroscience, Issue 18, epilepsy, seizure, Caenorhabditis elegans, genetics, worm, nematode, aldicarb, pentylenetetrazole, synaptic, GABA
Fundamental Technical Elements of Freeze-fracture/Freeze-etch in Biological Electron Microscopy
Institutions: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Freeze-fracture/freeze-etch describes a process whereby specimens, typically biological or nanomaterial in nature, are frozen, fractured, and replicated to generate a carbon/platinum “cast” intended for examination by transmission electron microscopy. Specimens are subjected to ultrarapid freezing rates, often in the presence of cryoprotective agents to limit ice crystal formation, with subsequent fracturing of the specimen at liquid nitrogen cooled temperatures under high vacuum. The resultant fractured surface is replicated and stabilized by evaporation of carbon and platinum from an angle that confers surface three-dimensional detail to the cast. This technique has proved particularly enlightening for the investigation of cell membranes and their specializations and has contributed considerably to the understanding of cellular form to related cell function. In this report, we survey the instrument requirements and technical protocol for performing freeze-fracture, the associated nomenclature and characteristics of fracture planes, variations on the conventional procedure, and criteria for interpretation of freeze-fracture images. This technique has been widely used for ultrastructural investigation in many areas of cell biology and holds promise as an emerging imaging technique for molecular, nanotechnology, and materials science studies.
Biophysics, Issue 91, Freeze-fracture; Freeze-etch; Membranes; Intercellular junctions; Materials science; Nanotechnology; Electron microscopy
Flash Photolysis of Caged Compounds in the Cilia of Olfactory Sensory Neurons
Institutions: International School for Advanced Studies, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italian Institute of Technology.
Photolysis of caged compounds allows the production of rapid and localized increases in the concentration of various physiologically active compounds1
. Caged compounds are molecules made physiologically inactive by a chemical cage that can be broken by a flash of ultraviolet light. Here, we show how to obtain patch-clamp recordings combined with photolysis of caged compounds for the study of olfactory transduction in dissociated mouse olfactory sensory neurons. The process of olfactory transduction (Figure 1) takes place in the cilia of olfactory sensory neurons, where odorant binding to receptors leads to the increase of cAMP that opens cyclic nucleotide-gated (CNG) channels2
. Ca entry through CNG channels activates Ca-activated Cl channels. We show how to dissociate neurons from the mouse olfactory epithelium3
and how to activate CNG channels or Ca-activated Cl channels by photolysis of caged cAMP4
or caged Ca5
. We use a flash lamp6,7
to apply ultraviolet flashes to the ciliary region to uncage cAMP or Ca while patch-clamp recordings are taken to measure the current in the whole-cell voltage-clamp configuration8-11
Neuroscience, Issue 55, caged compounds, caged cAMP, caged Ca, olfactory sensory neuron, olfaction, whole-cell patch-clamp, flash photolysis, flash lampc
An Affordable HIV-1 Drug Resistance Monitoring Method for Resource Limited Settings
Institutions: University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, Jembi Health Systems, University of Amsterdam, Stanford Medical School.
HIV-1 drug resistance has the potential to seriously compromise the effectiveness and impact of antiretroviral therapy (ART). As ART programs in sub-Saharan Africa continue to expand, individuals on ART should be closely monitored for the emergence of drug resistance. Surveillance of transmitted drug resistance to track transmission of viral strains already resistant to ART is also critical. Unfortunately, drug resistance testing is still not readily accessible in resource limited settings, because genotyping is expensive and requires sophisticated laboratory and data management infrastructure. An open access genotypic drug resistance monitoring method to manage individuals and assess transmitted drug resistance is described. The method uses free open source software for the interpretation of drug resistance patterns and the generation of individual patient reports. The genotyping protocol has an amplification rate of greater than 95% for plasma samples with a viral load >1,000 HIV-1 RNA copies/ml. The sensitivity decreases significantly for viral loads <1,000 HIV-1 RNA copies/ml. The method described here was validated against a method of HIV-1 drug resistance testing approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the Viroseq genotyping method. Limitations of the method described here include the fact that it is not automated and that it also failed to amplify the circulating recombinant form CRF02_AG from a validation panel of samples, although it amplified subtypes A and B from the same panel.
Medicine, Issue 85, Biomedical Technology, HIV-1, HIV Infections, Viremia, Nucleic Acids, genetics, antiretroviral therapy, drug resistance, genotyping, affordable
Imaging Centrosomes in Fly Testes
Institutions: University of Toledo.
Centrosomes are conserved microtubule-based organelles whose structure and function change dramatically throughout the cell cycle and cell differentiation. Centrosomes are essential to determine the cell division axis during mitosis and to nucleate cilia during interphase. The identity of the proteins that mediate these dynamic changes remains only partially known, and the function of many of the proteins that have been implicated in these processes is still rudimentary. Recent work has shown that Drosophila
spermatogenesis provides a powerful system to identify new proteins critical for centrosome function and formation as well as to gain insight into the particular function of known players in centrosome-related processes. Drosophila
is an established genetic model organism where mutants in centrosomal genes can be readily obtained and easily analyzed. Furthermore, recent advances in the sensitivity and resolution of light microscopy and the development of robust genetically tagged centrosomal markers have transformed the ability to use Drosophila
testes as a simple and accessible model system to study centrosomes. This paper describes the use of genetically-tagged centrosomal markers to perform genetic screens for new centrosomal mutants and to gain insight into the specific function of newly identified genes.
Developmental Biology, Issue 79, biology (general), genetics (animal and plant), animal biology, animal models, Life Sciences (General), Centrosome, Spermatogenesis, Spermiogenesis, Drosophila, Centriole, Cilium, Mitosis, Meiosis
Investigating Protein-protein Interactions in Live Cells Using Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer
Institutions: Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour.
Assays based on Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer (BRET) provide a sensitive and reliable means to monitor protein-protein interactions in live cells. BRET is the non-radiative transfer of energy from a 'donor' luciferase enzyme to an 'acceptor' fluorescent protein. In the most common configuration of this assay, the donor is Renilla reniformis
luciferase and the acceptor is Yellow Fluorescent Protein (YFP). Because the efficiency of energy transfer is strongly distance-dependent, observation of the BRET phenomenon requires that the donor and acceptor be in close proximity. To test for an interaction between two proteins of interest in cultured mammalian cells, one protein is expressed as a fusion with luciferase and the second as a fusion with YFP. An interaction between the two proteins of interest may bring the donor and acceptor sufficiently close for energy transfer to occur. Compared to other techniques for investigating protein-protein interactions, the BRET assay is sensitive, requires little hands-on time and few reagents, and is able to detect interactions which are weak, transient, or dependent on the biochemical environment found within a live cell. It is therefore an ideal approach for confirming putative interactions suggested by yeast two-hybrid or mass spectrometry proteomics studies, and in addition it is well-suited for mapping interacting regions, assessing the effect of post-translational modifications on protein-protein interactions, and evaluating the impact of mutations identified in patient DNA.
Cellular Biology, Issue 87, Protein-protein interactions, Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer, Live cell, Transfection, Luciferase, Yellow Fluorescent Protein, Mutations
Monitoring Intraspecies Competition in a Bacterial Cell Population by Cocultivation of Fluorescently Labelled Strains
Institutions: Georg-August University.
Many microorganisms such as bacteria proliferate extremely fast and the populations may reach high cell densities. Small fractions of cells in a population always have accumulated mutations that are either detrimental or beneficial for the cell. If the fitness effect of a mutation provides the subpopulation with a strong selective growth advantage, the individuals of this subpopulation may rapidly outcompete and even completely eliminate their immediate fellows. Thus, small genetic changes and selection-driven accumulation of cells that have acquired beneficial mutations may lead to a complete shift of the genotype of a cell population. Here we present a procedure to monitor the rapid clonal expansion and elimination of beneficial and detrimental mutations, respectively, in a bacterial cell population over time by cocultivation of fluorescently labeled individuals of the Gram-positive model bacterium Bacillus subtilis
. The method is easy to perform and very illustrative to display intraspecies competition among the individuals in a bacterial cell population.
Cellular Biology, Issue 83, Bacillus subtilis, evolution, adaptation, selective pressure, beneficial mutation, intraspecies competition, fluorophore-labelling, Fluorescence Microscopy
Use of LysoTracker to Detect Programmed Cell Death in Embryos and Differentiating Embryonic Stem Cells
Institutions: University of Southern California.
Programmed cell death (PCD) occurs in adults to maintain normal tissue homeostasis and during embryological development to shape tissues and organs1,2,6,7
. During development, toxic chemicals or genetic alterations can cause an increase in PCD or change PCD patterns resulting in developmental abnormalities and birth defects3-5
. To understand the etiology of these defects, the study of embryos can be complemented with in vitro
assays that use differentiating embryonic stem (ES) cells.
Apoptosis is a well-studied form of PCD that involves both intrinsic and extrinsic signaling to activate the caspase enzyme cascade. Characteristic cell changes include membrane blebbing, nuclear shrinking, and DNA fragmentation. Other forms of PCD do not involve caspase activation and may be the end-result of prolonged autophagy. Regardless of the PCD pathway, dying cells need to be removed. In adults, the immune cells perform this function, while in embryos, where the immune system has not yet developed, removal occurs by an alternative mechanism. This mechanism involves neighboring cells (called "non-professional phagocytes") taking on a phagocytic role-they recognize the 'eat me' signal on the surface of the dying cell and engulf it8-10
. After engulfment, the debris is brought to the lysosome for degradation. Thus regardless of PCD mechanism, an increase in lysosomal activity can be correlated with increased cell death.
To study PCD, a simple assay to visualize lysosomes in thick tissues and multilayer differentiating cultures can be useful. LysoTracker dye is a highly soluble small molecule that is retained in acidic subcellular compartments such as the lysosome11-13
. The dye is taken up by diffusion and through the circulation. Since penetration is not a hindrance, visualization of PCD in thick tissues and multi-layer cultures is possible12,13
. In contrast, TUNEL (Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling) analysis14
, is limited to small samples, histological sections, and monolayer cultures because the procedure requires the entry/permeability of a terminal transferase.
In contrast to Aniline blue, which diffuses and is dissolved by solvents, LysoTracker Red DND-99 is fixable, bright, and stable. Staining can be visualized with standard fluorescent or confocal microscopy in whole-mount or section using aqueous or solvent-based mounting media12,13
. Here we describe protocols using this dye to look at PCD in normal and sonic hedgehog
null mouse embryos. In addition, we demonstrate analysis of PCD in differentiating ES cell cultures and present a simple quantification method. In summary, LysoTracker staining can be a great complement to other methods of detecting PCD.
Developmental Biology, Issue 68, Molecular Biology, Stem Cell Biology, Cellular Biology, mouse embryo, embryonic stem cells, lysosome, programmed cell death, imaging, sonic hedgehog
A Restriction Enzyme Based Cloning Method to Assess the In vitro Replication Capacity of HIV-1 Subtype C Gag-MJ4 Chimeric Viruses
Institutions: Emory University, Emory University.
The protective effect of many HLA class I alleles on HIV-1 pathogenesis and disease progression is, in part, attributed to their ability to target conserved portions of the HIV-1 genome that escape with difficulty. Sequence changes attributed to cellular immune pressure arise across the genome during infection, and if found within conserved regions of the genome such as Gag, can affect the ability of the virus to replicate in vitro
. Transmission of HLA-linked polymorphisms in Gag to HLA-mismatched recipients has been associated with reduced set point viral loads. We hypothesized this may be due to a reduced replication capacity of the virus. Here we present a novel method for assessing the in vitro
replication of HIV-1 as influenced by the gag
gene isolated from acute time points from subtype C infected Zambians. This method uses restriction enzyme based cloning to insert the gag
gene into a common subtype C HIV-1 proviral backbone, MJ4. This makes it more appropriate to the study of subtype C sequences than previous recombination based methods that have assessed the in vitro
replication of chronically derived gag-pro
sequences. Nevertheless, the protocol could be readily modified for studies of viruses from other subtypes. Moreover, this protocol details a robust and reproducible method for assessing the replication capacity of the Gag-MJ4 chimeric viruses on a CEM-based T cell line. This method was utilized for the study of Gag-MJ4 chimeric viruses derived from 149 subtype C acutely infected Zambians, and has allowed for the identification of residues in Gag that affect replication. More importantly, the implementation of this technique has facilitated a deeper understanding of how viral replication defines parameters of early HIV-1 pathogenesis such as set point viral load and longitudinal CD4+ T cell decline.
Infectious Diseases, Issue 90, HIV-1, Gag, viral replication, replication capacity, viral fitness, MJ4, CEM, GXR25
Modeling Astrocytoma Pathogenesis In Vitro and In Vivo Using Cortical Astrocytes or Neural Stem Cells from Conditional, Genetically Engineered Mice
Institutions: University of North Carolina School of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine.
Current astrocytoma models are limited in their ability to define the roles of oncogenic mutations in specific brain cell types during disease pathogenesis and their utility for preclinical drug development. In order to design a better model system for these applications, phenotypically wild-type cortical astrocytes and neural stem cells (NSC) from conditional, genetically engineered mice (GEM) that harbor various combinations of floxed oncogenic alleles were harvested and grown in culture. Genetic recombination was induced in vitro
using adenoviral Cre-mediated recombination, resulting in expression of mutated oncogenes and deletion of tumor suppressor genes. The phenotypic consequences of these mutations were defined by measuring proliferation, transformation, and drug response in vitro
. Orthotopic allograft models, whereby transformed cells are stereotactically injected into the brains of immune-competent, syngeneic littermates, were developed to define the role of oncogenic mutations and cell type on tumorigenesis in vivo
. Unlike most established human glioblastoma cell line xenografts, injection of transformed GEM-derived cortical astrocytes into the brains of immune-competent littermates produced astrocytomas, including the most aggressive subtype, glioblastoma, that recapitulated the histopathological hallmarks of human astrocytomas, including diffuse invasion of normal brain parenchyma. Bioluminescence imaging of orthotopic allografts from transformed astrocytes engineered to express luciferase was utilized to monitor in vivo
tumor growth over time. Thus, astrocytoma models using astrocytes and NSC harvested from GEM with conditional oncogenic alleles provide an integrated system to study the genetics and cell biology of astrocytoma pathogenesis in vitro
and in vivo
and may be useful in preclinical drug development for these devastating diseases.
Neuroscience, Issue 90, astrocytoma, cortical astrocytes, genetically engineered mice, glioblastoma, neural stem cells, orthotopic allograft
Ex vivo Method for High Resolution Imaging of Cilia Motility in Rodent Airway Epithelia
Institutions: University of Pittsburgh.
An ex vivo
technique for imaging mouse airway epithelia for quantitative analysis of motile cilia function important for insight into mucociliary clearance function has been established. Freshly harvested mouse trachea is cut longitudinally through the trachealis muscle and mounted in a shallow walled chamber on a glass-bottomed dish. The trachea sample is positioned along its long axis to take advantage of the trachealis muscle to curl longitudinally. This allows imaging of ciliary motion in the profile view along the entire tracheal length. Videos at 200 frames/sec are obtained using differential interference contrast microscopy and a high speed digital camera to allow quantitative analysis of cilia beat frequency and ciliary waveform. With the addition of fluorescent beads during imaging, cilia generated fluid flow also can be determined. The protocol time spans approximately 30 min, with 5 min for chamber preparation, 5-10 min for sample mounting, and 10-15 min for videomicroscopy.
Biomedical Engineering, Issue 78, Developmental Biology, Cellular Biology, Molecular Biology, Anatomy, Physiology, Respiratory Mucosa, Trachea, Ciliary Motility Disorders, Animal Experimentation, Microscopy, Fluorescence, Interference, Polarization, Video, Airway, mucociliary clearance, microscopy, animal model
Isolation of Fidelity Variants of RNA Viruses and Characterization of Virus Mutation Frequency
Institutions: Institut Pasteur .
RNA viruses use RNA dependent RNA polymerases to replicate their genomes. The intrinsically high error rate of these enzymes is a large contributor to the generation of extreme population diversity that facilitates virus adaptation and evolution. Increasing evidence shows that the intrinsic error rates, and the resulting mutation frequencies, of RNA viruses can be modulated by subtle amino acid changes to the viral polymerase. Although biochemical assays exist for some viral RNA polymerases that permit quantitative measure of incorporation fidelity, here we describe a simple method of measuring mutation frequencies of RNA viruses that has proven to be as accurate as biochemical approaches in identifying fidelity altering mutations. The approach uses conventional virological and sequencing techniques that can be performed in most biology laboratories. Based on our experience with a number of different viruses, we have identified the key steps that must be optimized to increase the likelihood of isolating fidelity variants and generating data of statistical significance. The isolation and characterization of fidelity altering mutations can provide new insights into polymerase structure and function1-3
. Furthermore, these fidelity variants can be useful tools in characterizing mechanisms of virus adaptation and evolution4-7
Immunology, Issue 52, Polymerase fidelity, RNA virus, mutation frequency, mutagen, RNA polymerase, viral evolution
Production of Haploid Zebrafish Embryos by In Vitro Fertilization
Institutions: University of Notre Dame.
The zebrafish has become a mainstream vertebrate model that is relevant for many disciplines of scientific study. Zebrafish are especially well suited for forward genetic analysis of developmental processes due to their external fertilization, embryonic size, rapid ontogeny, and optical clarity – a constellation of traits that enable the direct observation of events ranging from gastrulation to organogenesis with a basic stereomicroscope. Further, zebrafish embryos can survive for several days in the haploid state. The production of haploid embryos in vitro
is a powerful tool for mutational analysis, as it enables the identification of recessive mutant alleles present in first generation (F1) female carriers following mutagenesis in the parental (P) generation. This approach eliminates the necessity to raise multiple generations (F2, F3, etc.
) which involves breeding of mutant families, thus saving the researcher time along with reducing the needs for zebrafish colony space, labor, and the husbandry costs. Although zebrafish have been used to conduct forward screens for the past several decades, there has been a steady expansion of transgenic and genome editing tools. These tools now offer a plethora of ways to create nuanced assays for next generation screens that can be used to further dissect the gene regulatory networks that drive vertebrate ontogeny. Here, we describe how to prepare haploid zebrafish embryos. This protocol can be implemented for novel future haploid screens, such as in enhancer and suppressor screens, to address the mechanisms of development for a broad number of processes and tissues that form during early embryonic stages.
Developmental Biology, Issue 89, zebrafish, haploid, in vitro fertilization, forward genetic screen, saturation, recessive mutation, mutagenesis
Combining Magnetic Sorting of Mother Cells and Fluctuation Tests to Analyze Genome Instability During Mitotic Cell Aging in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Institutions: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
has been an excellent model system for examining mechanisms and consequences of genome instability. Information gained from this yeast model is relevant to many organisms, including humans, since DNA repair and DNA damage response factors are well conserved across diverse species. However, S. cerevisiae
has not yet been used to fully address whether the rate of accumulating mutations changes with increasing replicative (mitotic) age due to technical constraints. For instance, measurements of yeast replicative lifespan through micromanipulation involve very small populations of cells, which prohibit detection of rare mutations. Genetic methods to enrich for mother cells in populations by inducing death of daughter cells have been developed, but population sizes are still limited by the frequency with which random mutations that compromise the selection systems occur. The current protocol takes advantage of magnetic sorting of surface-labeled yeast mother cells to obtain large enough populations of aging mother cells to quantify rare mutations through phenotypic selections. Mutation rates, measured through fluctuation tests, and mutation frequencies are first established for young cells and used to predict the frequency of mutations in mother cells of various replicative ages. Mutation frequencies are then determined for sorted mother cells, and the age of the mother cells is determined using flow cytometry by staining with a fluorescent reagent that detects bud scars formed on their cell surfaces during cell division. Comparison of predicted mutation frequencies based on the number of cell divisions to the frequencies experimentally observed for mother cells of a given replicative age can then identify whether there are age-related changes in the rate of accumulating mutations. Variations of this basic protocol provide the means to investigate the influence of alterations in specific gene functions or specific environmental conditions on mutation accumulation to address mechanisms underlying genome instability during replicative aging.
Microbiology, Issue 92, Aging, mutations, genome instability, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, fluctuation test, magnetic sorting, mother cell, replicative aging
Fluorescence-microscopy Screening and Next-generation Sequencing: Useful Tools for the Identification of Genes Involved in Organelle Integrity
Institutions: Michigan State University.
This protocol describes a fluorescence microscope-based screening of Arabidopsis
seedlings and describes how to map recessive mutations that alter the subcellular distribution of a specific tagged fluorescent marker in the secretory pathway. Arabidopsis
is a powerful biological model for genetic studies because of its genome size, generation time, and conservation of molecular mechanisms among kingdoms. The array genotyping as an approach to map the mutation in alternative to the traditional method based on molecular markers is advantageous because it is relatively faster and may allow the mapping of several mutants in a really short time frame. This method allows the identification of proteins that can influence the integrity of any organelle in plants. Here, as an example, we propose a screen to map genes important for the integrity of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Our approach, however, can be easily extended to other plant cell organelles (for example see1,2
), and thus represents an important step toward understanding the molecular basis governing other subcellular structures.
Genetics, Issue 62, EMS mutagenesis, secretory pathway, mapping, confocal screening
An Introduction to Worm Lab: from Culturing Worms to Mutagenesis
Institutions: University of Texas at Arlington.
This protocol describes procedures to maintain nematodes in the laboratory and how to mutagenize them using two alternative methods: ethyl methane sulfonate (EMS) and 4, 5', 8-trimethylpsoralen combined with ultraviolet light (TMP/UV). Nematodes are powerful biological systems for genetics studies because of their simple body plan and mating system, which is composed of self-fertilizing hermaphrodites and males that can generate hundreds of progeny per animal. Nematodes are maintained in agar plates containing a lawn of bacteria and can be easily transferred from one plate to another using a pick. EMS is an alkylating agent commonly used to induce point mutations and small deletions, while TMP/UV mainly induces deletions. Depending on the species of nematode being used, concentrations of EMS and TMP will have to be optimized. To isolate recessive mutations of the nematode Pristionchus pacificus
, animals of the F2 generation were visually screened for phenotypes. To illustrate these methods, we mutagenized worms and looked for Uncoordinated (Unc), Dumpy (Dpy) and Transformer (Tra) mutants.
Basic Protocols, Issue 47, Mutagenesis, Caenorhabditis elegans, Pristionchus pacificus, ethyl methane sulfonate (EMS), 4, 5', 8-trimethylpsoralen (TMP).
In vivo Visualization of Synaptic Vesicles Within Drosophila Larval Segmental Axons
Institutions: SUNY-University at Buffalo.
Elucidating the mechanisms of axonal transport has shown to be very important in determining how defects in long distance transport affect different neurological diseases. Defects in this essential process can have detrimental effects on neuronal functioning and development. We have developed a dissection protocol that is designed to expose the Drosophila
larval segmental nerves to view axonal transport in real time. We have adapted this protocol for live imaging from the one published by Hurd and Saxton (1996) used for immunolocalizatin of larval segmental nerves. Careful dissection and proper buffer conditions are critical for maximizing the lifespan of the dissected larvae. When properly done, dissected larvae have shown robust vesicle transport for 2-3 hours under physiological conditions. We use the UAS-GAL4 method 1
to express GFP-tagged APP or synaptotagmin vesicles within a single axon or many axons in larval segmental nerves by using different neuronal GAL4 drivers. Other fluorescently tagged markers, for example mitochrondria (MitoTracker) or lysosomes (LysoTracker), can be also applied to the larvae before viewing. GFP-vesicle movement and particle movement can be viewed simultaneously using separate wavelengths.
Neuroscience, Issue 44, Live imaging, Axonal transport, GFP-tagged vesicles
A Strategy to Identify de Novo Mutations in Common Disorders such as Autism and Schizophrenia
Institutions: Universite de Montreal, Universite de Montreal, Universite de Montreal.
There are several lines of evidence supporting the role of de novo
mutations as a mechanism for common disorders, such as autism and schizophrenia. First, the de novo
mutation rate in humans is relatively high, so new mutations are generated at a high frequency in the population. However, de novo
mutations have not been reported in most common diseases. Mutations in genes leading to severe diseases where there is a strong negative selection against the phenotype, such as lethality in embryonic stages or reduced reproductive fitness, will not be transmitted to multiple family members, and therefore will not be detected by linkage gene mapping or association studies. The observation of very high concordance in monozygotic twins and very low concordance in dizygotic twins also strongly supports the hypothesis that a significant fraction of cases may result from new mutations. Such is the case for diseases such as autism and schizophrenia. Second, despite reduced reproductive fitness1
and extremely variable environmental factors, the incidence of some diseases is maintained worldwide at a relatively high and constant rate. This is the case for autism and schizophrenia, with an incidence of approximately 1% worldwide. Mutational load can be thought of as a balance between selection for or against a deleterious mutation and its production by de novo
mutation. Lower rates of reproduction constitute a negative selection factor that should reduce the number of mutant alleles in the population, ultimately leading to decreased disease prevalence. These selective pressures tend to be of different intensity in different environments. Nonetheless, these severe mental disorders have been maintained at a constant relatively high prevalence in the worldwide population across a wide range of cultures and countries despite a strong negative selection against them2
. This is not what one would predict in diseases with reduced reproductive fitness, unless there was a high new mutation rate. Finally, the effects of paternal age: there is a significantly increased risk of the disease with increasing paternal age, which could result from the age related increase in paternal de novo
mutations. This is the case for autism and schizophrenia3
. The male-to-female ratio of mutation rate is estimated at about 4–6:1, presumably due to a higher number of germ-cell divisions with age in males. Therefore, one would predict that de novo
mutations would more frequently come from males, particularly older males4
. A high rate of new mutations may in part explain why genetic studies have so far failed to identify many genes predisposing to complexes diseases genes, such as autism and schizophrenia, and why diseases have been identified for a mere 3% of genes in the human genome. Identification for de novo
mutations as a cause of a disease requires a targeted molecular approach, which includes studying parents and affected subjects. The process for determining if the genetic basis of a disease may result in part from de novo
mutations and the molecular approach to establish this link will be illustrated, using autism and schizophrenia as examples.
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The Laws and the Loopholesby Revati Tongaonkar August 25 2017, 8:14 pm Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins, 35 secs
A new video by YouTube channel Vitamin Stree talks about how India compares to other countries in terms of the condition of women in the country.
Created by Mumbai-based production house Supari Studio, the video takes into account several sectors- laws, the workforce, education, safety, rights. It compares all the rights we have with other nations. However, it does go out on a limb, and explains how, although we've got some of the most well-meant laws for protecting and empowering women, in reality, laws fall flat in several cases due to a variety of causes.
The video covers several important laws such as Dowry Prevention Act, Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, Indecent Representation of Women (Prevention) Act, Married Women Property Act, Equal Remuneration Act, Maternity Benefits Act, counting off the entire list of rights that we have available to us.
It is heartening to see that we are quite ahead, having already had a female president and prime minister, two women speakers of the parliament, and several state heads, maintaining a steady ratio since the 1960s. Compulsory 1/3 rd reservations for women in village panchayats give us a 25-40% representation of women in politics across the nation. However, in the Lok Sabha, we're just 12% women, a number much lower than in notoriously gender-biased countries such as Saudi Arabia, North Korea, Kenya, South Sudan and Syria.
In primary education, too, we are outshined by all our neighbouring nations, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka fare better than us. Although initiatives by states such as free education for girls in Punjab, and subsidized education for girls in Gujarat have come up, things haven't changed much in people's mentalities, and girls drop out of school more often than boys. This generates fewer opportunities for women, and less women get hired. In fact, the number of women working actively in the labour force has fallen to 27% in 2016 from almost 35% in the 90s; we seem to be going backwards. Policy-wise we are pretty forward- India has the third highest paid maternity leave policy in the world. But, the government gives no compensation to the companies, which prompts companies to hire women less. This leave also does not apply to most women labourers in the unorganised sector.
Some numbers are eye-openers, such as those regarding women's safety- in spite of all these laws to protect our women, cases of molestation are on the rise. India sees 34,000 reported rapes every year. This counts down to 93 rapes a day, meaning 4 rapes per hour, equally one rape per 15 min. And these are only the ones reported. We are yet to account for the numbers of unreported rapes, marital rapes, molestation cases, and honour killings.
The video does fall short on some crucial areas such as the Vishakha Guidelines, or The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013. More or less, though, it was a fairly perfect eye-opener. We can only wait and hope to see a follow-up video, showing how these laws can be used. | <urn:uuid:c5db013d-e329-48b1-8a9a-d099ef4736dd> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://thedailyeye.info/priorities/the-laws-and-the-loopholes/a7e08563c4be3f18 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572408.31/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816151008-20220816181008-00666.warc.gz | en | 0.966508 | 697 | 2.796875 | 3 |
金曜日 KinYoubi Friday. You can practice tracing your finger over it OR hide the animation, practice tracing on a blank screen, then bring the animation back to see how well yours looks in comparison! Click on the button to see the pages with the stroke order included. There is an English-Chinese dictionary inside, which can be turned to the Bishun page after searching. It’s the future and everything is digital! The stroke order speed can be set. Essential Kanji (P.G. That depends… to some students who are learning Japanese especially Kanji, memorizing the stroke order(s) helps on memorizing the characters itself. Perfect for … Learn your first 300 or so Kanji with proper stroke order - be diligent about it. You can learn and practice 110 JLPT N5 level Kanji stroke orders. ほとんどのキリスト教徒には休息と礼拝の日とされる. “Online Japanese N5 Kanji Character Stroke Order” is a learning video for beginners of the Japanese language. 1&2 (Bonjinsha Co., Ltd., 2016/2017) INTERMEDIATE KANJI BOOK VOL. Pastebin is a website where you can store text online for a set period of time. 火曜日 KaYoubi Tuesday. More than 50 million people use GitHub to discover, fork, and contribute to over 100 million projects. Common sense force to answer the stroke order of correct kanji. 4:09. My understanding is that this is essentially how they teach Kanji in Japan: watch stroke order like a hawk until middle-school or so, then they stop bothering to teach it (or, at least, … leafdigital Kanji draw is a simple application that lets you draw Japanese characters (kanji) using the touch screen. All Right Reserved. - 5 types of exercises to exercise and memorize each kanji. It is intended for Japanese language learners who might need to enter characters in order to look them up in a dictionary or enter them on a website. With these stroke order diagrams, anyone can learn and practice writing kanji characters without any prior knowledge. [How to Play] 1. attempts to return to the original Chinese characters to choose the parts of Chinese characters that fell apart! … These two books focus on mnemonic- and etymology-based methods of learning instead of repeating meaning and stroke order (Riekkinen 2015). This site uses the EDICT and KANJIDIC dictionary files. Japanese is written top to bottom, left to right. 1&2 (Bonjinsha Co., Ltd., 2016/2017) INTERMEDIATE KANJI BOOK VOL. Description Study kanji the fun way using mnemonic pictures and check your understanding with two types simple of games! There is a preview of stroke order for reference The stroke order can be followed by handwriting. WaniKani does not teach stroke order or handwriting. Let’s now take a look at a bigger picture. Is the stroke order of Kanji, hiragana and katakana that important? No Copy without linking back :). The Japan Kanji Aptitude Test (日本漢字能力検定, Nihon Kanji Nōryoku Kentei) evaluates one's knowledge of kanji.The test is more commonly known as the Kanji Kentei (漢字検定), or the shorter Kanken (漢検).The test is administered by the Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation (日本漢字能力検定協会, Nihon Kanji Nōryoku Kentei Kyōkai).. ※ Display stroke order animations for Kanji and Kana ※ Search the dictionary using your voice ※ Earn Badges and track your progress ※ Prepare for common certifications e.g. My Humble Study Room Copyright © 2009 Paper Girl is Designed by Ipietoon Sponsored by Online Business Journal, Donation side for Japan Earthquake + Tsunami Victim, Copyright to PersephoneQ 2011-2012. If you have any questions about this entry, or would like to write a sample sentence using the vocabulary, please do so below. Please see the project page for … My 7-year-old and I … ALL GRADE I KANJIS… Get started View demos 9000+ characters. “Online Japanese N5 Kanji Character Stroke Order” is a learning video for beginners of the Japanese language. Pass rate for this level: 90.1% (in 2016-17) Tests the 240 kanji learned up to the second grade of elementary school (age 8); see Level 9 kanji… 1週間の最初の日. To check the strokes order click on the link or search 8A9E on Nihongo Ichiban. Animation of Kanji stroke order and text sound of vocabulary included. 1. Essential Kanji (P.G. The Review feature displays a kanji's stroke order (with animation), meaning, ON and KUN pronunciations as well as a number of examples of the kanji's use in Japanese words or phrases. Puzzle games that require two of ability "order Kanji puzzle"! Can’t you just write it in whatever order you want? The kanji data is copyright (C) Ulrich Apel 2009 and is used under the terms of a Creative Commons licence. Practice Sheets 1-214 Write English Word. It focuses on how to write the correct stroke orders. Learn Japanese From Zero! 万 | 丈 | 三 | 上 | 下 | 丸 | 久 | 亡 | 凡 | 刃 | 千 | 口 | 土 | 士 | 夕 | 大 | 女 | 子 | 寸 | 小 | 山 | 川 | 工 | 己 | 干 | 弓 | 才 | 之 | 巾 | 乞 | 于 | 也 | 々 | 勺. Our do-it-yourself kit for Kanji writing. Solid kanji app If I could control the music volume I would give this 5 stars. Kanji Practice is a site which helps learners of Japanese to master reading and writing kanji. With the following visual stroke-by-stroke guide, you will learn to write hiragana characters か、き、く、け、こ (ka, ki, ku, ke, ko). That means you learn the correct direction and order of the strokes that make up the kanji. 部分. Stroke order. Learn and master the most important Kanji for the JLPT N4 Level Self … You can register your free 楽しい Japanese account here. They always ask "how can you tell?". 3. will try again and would choose the stroke order and the wrong parts. Puzzle games that require two of ability "order Kanji puzzle"! I show them. These files are the property of the Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, and are used in conformance with the Group's licence. Essential Kanji (P.G. ★ Word ( ) + 5 ( ) + Mouth ( ) = Five word spoken is already a language. If you learn the pieces, it is straightforward to put the pieces together into full kanji. Meaning: Word, to talk Onyomi: Go [ご] Kunyomi: Kata(ru)/Kata(rau) [かた(る)/ かた(らう)] Vocabulary : 日本語 - にほんご - nihongo - Japanese. 分. Learn and master the most important Kanji for the JLPT N3 Level.19 … Electronic Dictionary Research and Development Group, observed as a day of rest and worship by most Christians. Also the stroke order diagrams need to be printed in a certain size for the numbers to be readable. This app is simple to use, and I love that it has a practice mode and a battle mode. "On" and "kun" readings are given, plus translations in English, Chinese, and Korean. New: Training mode for quiz. Sunday = Day of Sun. Part 6B will cover specific kanji and patterns! Animation of Kanji stroke order and text sound of vocabulary included. All kanji are divided into N5-N1 levels PLUS there's kana stroke order for … Seeing Things with 鏡 kagami. It identifies the character you have drawn using a special form of handwriting recognition. Nonetheless, there is a little variation in the pronunciation depending on whether it is Hiragana chart with the Hiragana chart you will need to make use of both hands to compose a … This is an app based on best-selling Kanji textbooks for Japanese Learners (New Edition) BASIC KANJI BOOK VOL. In principal, the stroke orders of kanji should follow commonsensical orders which are widely accepted in the society. Some kanji are almost identical except for their stroke order, so it does make a difference how you write them. Use stroke guidelines and stroke order hints to practice writing kanji correctly. Click a kanji for details, including animated stroke order and JLPT vocabulary. 香港標準字形及筆順 - stroke orders following the Hong Kong Department of Education's List of Commonly Used Characters Others 黃沛榮: tw+cn: 黃沛榮（Huang Peijung）: 兩岸語文比較:肆、筆順 (en: Comparative study of the two Chinese characters systems: Section 4, Stroke order) tw+cn 兩岸漢字規範筆順比較, 2013 Stroke order is important for electronic dictionaries and kanji recognition apps, so you might as well learn it the right way from the beginning. Premium features: … Stroke order. Synonyms: 水曜日. the fourth day of the week. Your comment will appear in the forum for other users of the site to view and discuss. 5 Basic Rules of Writing Kanji - Duration: 4:38. first day of the week. Pastebin.com is the number one paste tool since 2002. Solid kanji app If I could control the music volume I would give this 5 stars. Multiply Your Japanese Vocabulary with 大 . [How to Play] 1. attempts to return to the original Chinese characters to choose the parts of Chinese characters that fell apart! There are a few reasons for this: We teach kanji using radicals, so we don’t want you focusing too much on strokes. Hiragana charts are easy to utilize, yet they do not have the ability to instruct the letter by the image in the same way as the Hiragana chart. O’Neill) 98 Japanese Kanji Flashcards (Max Hodges and Tomoko Okazaki) 2025 Japanese Names (P.G. Mother bought me a nice dress last Sunday. Well played, Kanji! 木曜日 MokuYoubi Thursday. When you purchase this you will be able to print out worksheets from the pdf and use them to physically write. 服 【フク】 clothes (esp. It gives an easy to follow, numbered stroke order animation of each kanji. Cut marks at the … - Kanji search function with different criteria (Kanji, meaning, radical, number of strokes) Line thickness: Thinner: Thicker: Size: Smaller: Bigger: Number size: Smaller: Bigger: PNG image Canvas image: The kanji information used to make the above graphics comes from the KanjiVG project. Sun. One more thing! Labels: kanji , nihongo , stroke order. ... Kanji Radicals with stroke order 1-214. If you learn the rules of stroke order, you should be able to write just about anything without having to think about it. By always using the same stroke order, your brain will associate that order with kanji learning and every time that you repeat and use the same stroke order, it will get easier and easier to write it correctly. There are 12 levels (levels 10 through 3, pre-2, 2, pre-1 … On reading compounds. Stroke order is important for electronic dictionaries and kanji recognition apps, so you might as well learn it the right way from the beginning. study japanese vocabulary kanji stroke-order Updated Sep 5, 2019; C++; nicolas-raoul / kakasi-java Star 39 Code Issues Pull requests Kakasi in Java. It is easy to understand because it is explained with animation. Are you a kanji otaku? As you select the parts in order as of stroke order we have combined the parts. This book is a pdf workbook that you can download and print - it allows you to practice writing Kanji the right way! 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Catholic Inspiration is a micro blog dedicated to highlighting the author’s favorite “snippets” of Catholic images, places, culture and thoughts. The site is not a forum for theological discourse; there are many other fine websites administered by sound and educated theologians that serve this purpose.
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Sheng Wu Gong Cheng Xue Bao. 2022 Jun 25;38(6):2169-2186. doi: 10.13345/j.cjb.210772.
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Annual Meeting of the Western Trauma Association. Alta, Wyoming (USA), 1996/02/26.
To assess the incidence and consequences of small bowel injury (SBI) in children suffering blunt abdominal trauma managed with the intent to treat nonoperatively.
Retrospective chart review.
A total of 168 consecutive hemodynamically stable children admitted to a Level I pediatric trauma center during a 24-month period.
Nine of 168 children (5%) sustained SBI : three underwent early (<4 hours) operation for recognized SBI (identified on computed tomographic scan) ; and six had delayed (36 ± 16 hours) operation for missed SBI (not identified on computed tomographic scan).
Increased temperature and heart rate, or decreased urine output at 24 hours suggested occult SBI.
The hospital course was unaltered by delayed diagnosis.
Fifty-seven percent of the children (95) suffered intra-abdominal injury ; 10% required laparotomy for SBI (9) or solid organ injury (7) ; 90% (152) were discharged without laparotomy.
SBI is uncommon in children suffering blunt abdominal trauma.
The diagnosis can be made using clinical and radiographic findings.
Limited diagnostic delay does not seem to affect outcome.
We conclude that clinical diagnosis of SBI is safe, permits the nonoperative treatment of most blunt abdominal injuries, and reduces the risk of unnecessary laparotomy associated with alternate approaches.
Mots-clés Pascal : Traumatisme, Abdomen, Enfant, Homme, Intestin, Epidémiologie, Incidence, Pronostic, Traitement, Surveillance, Délai, Diagnostic, Abdomen pathologie, Intestin pathologie, Appareil digestif pathologie
Mots-clés Pascal anglais : Trauma, Abdomen, Child, Human, Gut, Epidemiology, Incidence, Prognosis, Treatment, Surveillance, Time lag, Diagnosis, Abdominal disease, Intestinal disease, Digestive diseases
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One of the problems with tutor feedback to students is that a balanced combination of socio emotive and cognitive support is required from the teaching staff, and the feedback needs to be relevant to the assigned grade. Is it possible to capitalise on technology to build training systems for tutors in Higher Education, that will support them with their feedback to students, and which will encourage their students to become more reflective learners? One approach to this question was to build an electronic tool to support tutors in the feedback process. Our work has involved building an open-source mentoring tool for tutors, known as Open Mentor. This tool analyses and displays the different types of comments provided by the tutor as feedback to the student. It then provides reflective comments to the tutor about their use of feedback. Open Mentor was not designed for use at institutional level, but to give teaching staff a tool that can be used in training and also later as personal support that will enable individual tutors to track their use of feedback to students. | <urn:uuid:ef008f9d-ff23-4b11-b185-049306b8465d> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.mysciencework.com/publication/show/e5e8e13e3ce8fdf27ab22d4eaa1aa4ec | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280242.65/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00079-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971357 | 203 | 1.984375 | 2 |
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Strategic Management of Private Schools: Recruitment, Compensation, Development, and Retention of Teachers, and Appendices.
Unless investments in education increase significantly, schools will probably experience difficulty competing for talented teachers. This report presents findings of a study that investigated issues of teacher recruitment, compensation, development, and retention in private schools. Data were obtained through a questionnaire of 652 teachers at 21 different independent schools in the United States and abroad, from a case study of one independent school, and a review of research literature. The study concluded that: (1) the demand for teachers, particularly mathematics and science teachers, will intensify during the next decade; (2) the structure of a compensation system has less impact on teacher satisfaction than does the school's salary in comparison with the salary offered by competitors; (3) a school's board of trustees and head should design a compensation system that complements the mission and philosophy of the school; (4) a school's faculty should be included in any substantial effort to design or redesign a compensation system; (5) school leaders have three basic choices in considering salary systems: a strict scale in which salary depends on years of experience, a "band" scale, in which a school head has the discretion to calibrate pay in part according to performance, and no scale, in which a school competes under a free market system; and (6) schools that are not clear about their compensation policies will create the perception among some teachers that the school is biased against women in its salary practices, particularly if there is no salary scale. Twenty-two figures are included. Appendices contain survey responses from the 21 schools and a summary of survey data. (Contains 74 references.) (LMI)
Descriptors: Compensation (Remuneration), Competition, Elementary Secondary Education, Free Enterprise System, Incentives, Personnel Policy, Private Education, Private Schools, Professional Development, Teacher Employment, Teacher Recruitment, Teacher Salaries, Teacher Selection, Teacher Supply and Demand
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Prasad, SSSV and Shethna, YI (1974) Purification, crystallization and partial characterization of the antitumour and insecticidal protein subunit from the delta-endotoxin of Bacillus thuringiensis var. thuringiensis. In: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA), 362 (3). pp. 558-566.
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The antitumour protein from the α-endotoxin of Bacillus thuringiensis var. thuringiensis has been purified, crystallized and partially characterized. The same protein also shows the insecticidal activity. According to amino acid analysis it is an acidic protein with a molecular weight of approx. 13 000.
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Tuesday is projected to be the area's third Code Red air quality after several Code Oranges this summer.
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Originally published in 1981. Many of the classics of children's literature were produced in the Victorian period. But Alice in Wonderland and The King of the Golden River were not the books offered to the majority of children of the time. When writing for children began to be taken seriously, it was not as an art, but as an instrument of moral suasion, practical instruction, Christian propaganda or social control.
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(E) Balkan ghosts By Jeffrey T. Kuhner
By Jeffrey T. Kuhner
January 05, 2004
The Washington Times, Commentary
The recent victory by radical nationalists in Serbia's parliamentary
elections signals that Belgrade will likely once again seek to forge a
Greater Serbia. Neighboring states and the West need to revise their
foreign policies in order to prevent another Balkan war.
The neo-fascist Serbian Radical Party, led by Vojislav Seselj, won
nearly 30 percent of the vote. More moderate parties, such as the
Democratic Party of Serbia and the governing pro-Western Democratic
Party, finished a distant second and third place respectively. Although
the Radicals did not win enough support to form the next government,
their strong showing indicates that Serbian politics will become more
nationalistic and anti-Western.
Mr. Seselj ran his party's campaign from a prison cell in The Hague,
Netherlands. He is indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for
the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) for war crimes in Croatia and Bosnia during
the Balkan wars of the 1990s. His Radical Party is based directly on the
methods and structure of Adolf Hitler's Nazi Party. Mr. Seselj is a
virulent ultranationalist, who champions the creation of a Greater
Serbia and the expulsion of all non-Serbs from Serbian lands.
The Radicals' strong showing is likely to trigger regional
instability, reawakening fears among Serbia's neighbors of a possible
new round of ethnic fighting. Moreover, even if Belgrade's bickering
pro-democracy parties can put aside their differences and form a ruling
coalition, the next government will be weak, unstable and most likely
short-lived. The result: that Serbia will continue to slide toward
deeper political and economic chaos. This will only strengthen support
for Mr. Seselj and his policies of national socialism.
Outgoing Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Zivkovic has equated the
widespread anti-Western feeling among many Serbs with Germany's sense of
betrayal after World War I. "Even Hitler came to power through
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military alliance. The benefits for Zagreb would be that such a treaty
would act as a significant deterrent against Serbian expansionism. The
administration, on the other hand, would gain by having Croatia play the
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Sterling Bank plc has been a major player in reducing housing deficit in Nigeria; the bank financing role on both the demand and supply side of the housing sector is designed to contribute to a reduction of the deficit.
Nigeria has a worrisome deficit in housing, which as at 2012, was estimated at a minimum of 17 million units. Recently, the figure was raised and, according to experts, it could be up to 20 million units, if a proper investigation of the state of affairs in the sector was undertaken.
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Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, who was at the event with other senior government officials, remarked that Nigeria has been contending with a huge deficit in the housing sector over the years. He decried the current situation which effectively enables only one per cent of the Nigerian population access mortgage facilities, saying it is extremely low relative to a country like the United Kingdom with 77 per cent.
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GLAND, Switzerland (18 January, 2017) – Today, NASA and the U.S National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) declared 2016 as the hottest year on record globally.
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