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Hi I would like to wire a new element, thermostat and pilot light into my bain marie, (heated food storage)
Its a dry element and the thermostat has a 1,2,c and earth connectors.
ps the device is 240V
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Actually, the thermostat turns the light OFF, as in reaching the desired temperature. The light indicates that power is being applied to the heating element. If the element is blown, the light will come on, but no circuit is completed to generate heat. (the light is 120 vac on one leg of the 220 vac element) Unplug the unit, remove the back panel, locate the element connection and disconnect ONE. With a multimeter set to register ohms (resistance) measure across the element leads (not the wires, the actual connectors of the element itself). If this reading is infinite? you have a blown element and it needs to be replaced.
It sounds like the people who changed the elements did not connect them to the correct wires. The thermostat seems to have no effect on the elements, and the light switch seems to have no effect on the light, explain this to them and that you think they fitted the elements directly onto the power input to the device, instead of the correct connections.
Try removing the thermostat bulb from the oven and then turning it on. (Observe the elements carefully because they could over heat very quickly). If they do get hot under this condition, the thermostat is faulty and needs to be replaced. This is not a difficult task, just make a note of how the old one came out and replace the new one the same way. Make special note of the wire terminal positions.
Elements don't heat intermittently - if the element is good it will heat up every time. If the element is blown / burnt-out it wont ever heat.
As your oven is heating sometimes but not others, this means the power supply to the element has an interruption somewhere. This could be caused by any of the following:
1. Loose connection in the wiring at the switch or the element 2. Faulty switch 3. Faulty thermostat. 4. Faulty oven timer
The thermostat is effectively just a heat-sensitive switch. By default it should be "closed" allowing power to the element. When the oven reaches the desired temperature, this switch opens, cutting power to the element until the oven cools enough for the switch to close and allow power to the element again.
Any of these four could be the cause of your fault. Loose connections can often by located visually, however testing a thermostat for correct operation and calibration is more complicated and ideally requires test equipment. The timer is the least likely cause, so I would concentrate on the others first.
Repairing your oven or any other electrical appliance can be dangerous and many repairs require specialist knowledge and/or electrical test equipment. Please bear this in mind before and when attempting any repair or consider having your appliance professionally inspected.
If you are intending to investigate this problem yourself, please ensure the power is disconnected at the wall/breaker first. Initially, I suggest that you visually check the connections at the element and the switch. You may find a wire at one of these locations that is partially broken or detached. Personally, I suspect your thermostat may be faulty.
If you have replaced the element, and it does not heat up, then I would suspect the thermostat as being the cause of the problem, more so if it is the oven pilot light that is on.
To be certain, you really need to see if you are getting a feed to the element when you you set the thermostat.
Hope this helps.
Hi There I have found some stuff for you to read and hope this will help. Let me know how it goes. It won't bakeUsually,
when an oven won't bake, it's because the bake element is burned out.
The bake element is the black, pencil- thick tube at the bottom of the
oven. When the oven heats, the element glows red. This element has an
expected life-span of several years. It may last for only one; it may
last for many more. When the element burns out, you need to replace it.It bakes poorlyHere are two instances of when food "bakes poorly:"When
the food you're baking is done on top but not on the bottom--or when
baking just takes far too long to finish--the bake element may be
burned out. You
may get fooled into thinking it's working, because the oven is hot
inside. But many electric ovens use the broil element, too, during the
preheat and bake cycles. So the food may be getting heated only by the
broil element, which causes poor baking results. If
the bake element is burned out, replacing it should solve the problem.
Otherwise, you need to further troubleshoot the oven's electrical
system to locate the defective wire or component.When
the temperature is consistent but too high or too low, it could be one
of several different things. First check to see if the thermostat
sensing bulb has come loose from its holder. It could be lying on the
floor of the oven or resting on the heating element. This would cause
the oven to not heat correctly.If the thermostat bulb is not dislodged, it's likely that the thermostat or sensor is either mis-calibrated or defective. Electronic
ovens with a digital display use a sensor to monitor oven temperature.
To solve temperature problems for these models, you may need to replace
the sensor. On some digital-display models, you can calibrate the
temperature using the key pad. See your operator's manual for details. Ovens
without a digital display often use a mechanical system for controlling
temperature. On many of these units, you can remove the thermostat knob
and adjust the knob itself to more accurately represent the actual
setting of the thermostat. If,
when you remove the knob, there's a screw on the back of it with a
small calibration plate, you can loosen the screw, adjust the plate,
then tighten the screw again. If the knob isn't adjustable, and the
oven temperature is off by more than 30 to 40 degrees, you need to
replace the thermostat to solve the problem. Best Regards Richard
The power to the fan and thermostat is the fault. You will need to trace wiring from these elements to power source and I suspect that where the power cord meets the oven is where you'll find the cause.
Hi, it could be your, electric heating element and oven burner gas valve. both are located in oven burner compartment, remove last bottom panel, locate oven burner, the valve that feed gas to burner, has two wires connected to it, that's oven valve could be faulty, also look on side oven burner, you will see electrical heating element, could also be faulty, it's better to replace both oven valve and element, that's the most common problem, but first check oven thermostat, that's knob you turn to light oven, if thermostat o/k, then it's your oven valve or heating element, (used to ignite oven burner) or call a mechanic, good luck.
This tutorial will show you how to check your Zanussi element and how to replace your Zanussi cooker element.
Here are the 3 main faults to look for in your oven or cooker that is not heating
Your oven will not work until the clock/timer has been re-set after replacing an oven element or tripping the electrical supply. Consult your Zanussi manual.
If you're Oven is not getting hot or heating up it could be a faulty element, if the fan in the oven is running and the thermostat light is on, this will lead us to believe that the element has gone faulty. With grills the thermostat light should come on there should be heat, if not then this could be the grill element or the thermostat.
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As the little ones embark on a new year of study, new friends, exciting learnings and growth, I make dua that Allah guides us to be good role models to them, to help them along the way and keep them always motivated to seek knowledge and conscious of the great blessings that education is. May it indeed open many doors of goodness to them.
May Allah help them to make full use of these opportunities, ease their lessons and learnings, and help them to grow with Eeman and Taqwa, and all the beautiful values of Islam guiding them always.
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Health & Safety
Work can be dangerous. According to a newspaper report, Cork County Council workers were working on the public road in hazardous circumstances. They had, allegedly, created the hazard for themselves and passing traffic. Their superiors were, reportedly, upset to hear of the incident. Any such upset is understandable for a number of reasons. Road repair is a work of civil engineering and is regulated by the Construction Regulations 2006. Planning and correctly executing construction or engineering works is important. The […]
One in three accidents at work occurs in connection with “manual handling”. Employers owe a legal duty of care to their employees. The duty of care includes taking reasonable steps to ensure the health and safety of employees and to avoid accidents at work. The precise terms of the duty of care may be found in the law of negligence or it may be found in a statute, as a precise legal rule. In the case of the obligation to […]
We are rightly worried about our beef burgers. The supposed international criminal conspiracy undermining the meat industry is easily located; it is the meat industry. But the meat industry is not unique. Consider our bread. We have been suspicious about it for a long time. When white bread was invented or introduced it was popular with the rich; they felt more confident that they were not eating bread contaminated with mouse droppings or insects or their body parts. (Bleached excrement […]
Heat cramps will very likely ensue caused by a loss of salt through perspiration. Continued lack of attention to the problem can lead to heat collapse . There are variations of tolerance between individuals but heat collapse will ensue in more than two thirds of cases where body heat reaches 40-43° C. The worker will abruptly lapse into a coma. He/she will require immediate hospitalisation and immediate attempts to lower the body temperature. If the worker is to survive, his/her deep body temperature must be reduced to at least 40° C.
An estimated 3.4 million workers were treated in emergency departments in 2004 (the most recent data available) because of occupational injuries, and approximately 80,000 were hospitalized
EU-OSHA The European Agency for Health and Safety at Work The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) is an element of the European Union. Its purpose is that of an integrating and educational authority on questions of occupational safety and health for the EU and EFTA and EU membership candidate countries. It has, for example, produced an iPad App to assist employers in making occupational risk assessment. See it HERE. Its full range of publications on Occupational Safety and […]
Having so ratified these conventions, Ireland is, under international law, bound to observe their terms and where required, take positive steps to implement them.
The organisation runs courses and seminars on safety and health at work and has a library of booklets, leaflets and posters.
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Evapotranspiration of a high-density poplar stand in comparison with a reference grass cover in the Czech-Moravian Highlands
Faculty of Sciences. Biology
Agricultural and forest meteorology. - Amsterdam
, p. 43-60
University of Antwerp
This study reports on 3.5 years (2008-2011) of actual evapotranspiration (ET) measurements of two short-rotation poplar coppice (SRC) plantations in comparison with two reference grass covers (clipped turf grass and permanent grassland) in a rain-fed area of the Czech-Moravian Highlands in the Czech Republic. The Bowen ratio/energy balance method (BREB) was used to measure the ET of all the four investigated covers. Although the ET of the SRCs sometimes exceeded that of grass vegetation or the reference evapotranspiration (ET0) on an hourly, daily or monthly time scale, it was always lower over an entire annual cycle. The cumulative annual ET of the SRCs ranged from 344 to 549 mm year(-1), whereas that of the turf grass ranged from 561 to 573 mm year(-1), and the ET of the grassland reached up to 619 mm year(-1). The wide range of the annual ET totals for the SRCs was determined mainly by the different rotation periods and ages of the stands, along with the leaf area index (LAI), the state of the canopy closure, and tree heights. The lowest annual ET (344 mm) was observed during the 1st year of the 2nd rotation (following the winter harvest) in 2010. During that year, the SRC regrowth started only after mid-June, and the maximum LAI of the canopy, which was approximately 2 m in height and was not completely closed, reached 3.7. In contrast, in the case of a mature stand approximately 12 m in height in 2009, i.e., the 8th year of the 1st rotation, the maximum canopy LAI reached 7.5, and the annual ET reached its highest observed value (549 mm). The leaf area duration of the SRCs was always lower than that of the grass covers, and this seemed to be the main reason for the significantly lower annual ET totals of the SRCs. The absolute maximum daily ET of 6.3 mm day(-1) was achieved by the SRC in July 2011 when the stand was in the 2nd year of the 2nd rotation cycle. The highest daily ET of the grass covers (5.9 mm day(-1)) was reached by turf grass in June 2011. The maximum monthly ET occurred in July 2009 when the weather was wet and relatively warm; the ET was identical for the SRCs and the turf grass, reaching 107 mm month(-1), just slightly lower than the ET0 (109 mm month(-1)). These results are in the middle range of ET values from 21 recent studies on poplar and willow cultures. The results of this study indicate that conversion of arable land into poplar SRCs instead of grasslands does not result in significant differences in ET of the agricultural landscape. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. | <urn:uuid:9b045c1d-c3cb-423d-a25b-eebf0cb0f0c6> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://repository.uantwerpen.be/link/irua/111136 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560282935.68/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095122-00247-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.893703 | 665 | 2.203125 | 2 |
CMP (short for "CoMPare") is the mnemonic for a machine language instruction which compares the contents of the accumulator against that of the specified operand by subtracting operand from accumulator value, and setting the negative and carry flags according to the result. Unlike SBC, the result of the subtraction is discarded rather than stored back into the accumulator, which is thus unaffected by the CMP operation.
- Main article: Comparisons in machine language
To compare integers in machine language, first use a comparison instruction such as CMP, CPX or CPY to compare the numbers, then "test" the result using a conditional branch instruction that acts on the carry or negative flags, i.e. BCC, BCS, BMI, or BPL:
- If the compared values are unsigned integers, use BCC to branch if the contents of the accumulator is less than that of the memory address, and BCS to branch if the accumulator holds a number equal to or larger than that in memory.
- If the compared values are signed integers, use BMI to branch if the contents of the accumulator is less than that of the memory address, and BPL to branch if the accumulator holds a number equal to or larger than that in memory.
Addressing modes
CMP supports eight different addressing modes, as shown in the table at right.
In the assembler formats listed, nn represents a single-byte (8-bit) figure, and nnnn is a two-byte (16-bit) address.
With some addressing forms (marked with an asterisk, *, in the "Number of cycles" column) the execution time for CMP depends on the circumstances: In cases where the indexing requires the CPU to "reach across" a page boundary from the base address, the execution time is 1 cycle longer than listed here.
CPU flags
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A daytrip to Mývatn in Iceland’s snowy North
Seeing Iceland from the air can be an astounding experience. From the soft blue-grey washes of coastal estuaries and floodwater plains, to black flatlands with their gleaming silver rivers, to expanses of blinding white glaciers—a flight over the Icelandic heartland is often as much of a treat as the destination.
Grapevine sets off towards the North on a particular blustery April morning. The weather is against us, and we take off into a turbulent sky that stays swathed in clouds for most of our northward flight. But before long, familiar abstract snow patterns and muted green-grey hues appear below us as we descend towards Akureyri. Along with a group of three hardy tourists who’ve decided to veer off the well-trodden routes of The Golden Circle and the Southern coastline, we’re to spend the day taking in some of North Iceland’s natural wonders.
The flight takes just 45 minutes from Reykjavík, with AirIceland planes going both ways several times a day. Upon landing, we’re met by our guide and driver, a local named Trausti, who leads such trips several times a week. From his years as a tour guide, and via a generally inquisitive nature, Trausti is a wellspring of knowledge on a broad range of topics. As we pull away from the airport, he’s already drawing laughs by saying perhaps a country the size of Iceland just needs a well-qualified manager instead of the apparatus of government. Over the course of the day, his engaging monologue continues over the speakers of his comfortable people carrier, telling tall tales of folklore and the sagas, asides on genealogy, geology and geography, as well as facts on flora and fauna, language and aphorisms, conservation and industry, and more. Trausti offers lively insight into the life of the area and, indeed, the country as a whole.
As we arc away from the airstrip around the fjord opposite Akureyri, he points out some large-scale construction work. A torrent of steam pours from a gaping mouth in the mountainside—some heavy machinery has hit a seam of hot water whilst digging a tunnel to the neighbouring fjord. This will create a long-awaited solution to the perilous pass ahead, which is often impassable during the long Northern winter.
But despite the deep and glossy snow around us, the road is clear today, and before long we’re zooming past farms and frozen lakes as we traverse the Reykjadalur valley towards Lake Mývatn. Our tour will include geothermal hotspots, a famous tumbledown lava maze, and vantage points overlooking over various lakes before a final stop at the Mývatn Nature Baths.
t the first stop, we crunch across a field of untouched ankle-deep snow to Goðafoss, so-named after the pagan idols that were cast into the water at the dawn of Icelandic Christianity. It’s a thundering triple waterfall that looks particularly spectacular in the winter, the torrent spray having sculpted the surrounding ice and snow into a series of natural artworks. There’s nobody else around, a boon of the off-season for anyone who likes to avoid crowds.
During the worst weather we’ll see all day, we’re dropped off for a walk up to a nearby viewpoint from which practically nothing is visible in a sudden ferocious blizzard. After glancing at the white wall of snow that masks the vista below, we beat a hasty retreating to the car, shaking the ice from our coats and the chill from our limbs in a conveniently located shop that has, of course, anticipated underprepared visitors—several of us buy extra woollen garments for the remainder of the day.
Exploring The Dark Castles
After a walk around an impressive geothermal area featuring cauldrons of bubbling, molten clay, vast steam jets, and a Rothko-esque range of bright natural greens, ochres and reds in the muddy ground, we arrive at a place that’s quite the opposite. Dimmuborgir translates as “dark cities” or “dark castles,” depending on interpretation. It’s a sprawling area of wild lava, formed when the ceiling of a volcanic cavern collapsed long ago, leaving jagged pillars standing over a maze of smashed jet-black rock.
This place is rich with Icelandic folklore, and still now plays host to an annual Christmas festival at which the Yule Lads run around to the delight and terror of local kids. It was also thought to have been a gateway to Satan’s netherworld in the past, and it’s easy to see why—there’s a spooky stillness amongst the vivid outcrops and yawning cave mouths, all threaded with silver birch trees, and the whole area evokes a feeling of sublime age and vastness. It’s one of those special locations in Iceland where the landscape seems to whisper, somehow—the atmosphere of Dimmuborgir is immersive and affecting, and clings to me for hours after. The visit is all too short, and I resolve to return and explore further come summertime, perhaps making use of the nearby campsite.
Our final stop is the Mývatn Nature Baths. Entry is priced at 3,000 ISK, not included in the price of the tour, but with tempting steam clouds jetting up from behind the entrance, minds are made up quickly. The water of the Nature Baths has a different quality to that of the Blue Lagoon—it’s a vivid, clear aqua-blue instead of that distinctive pearlescent white. The water seems to coat the skin with a silky layer within minutes, and the natural warmth feels wholesome and enveloping. It varies in temperature from lukewarm to alarmingly hot, with unpredictable draughts passing through the water. There are only a few other people in the various hot pools and steam rooms dotted around the main outdoor pool at this off-season time, giving a pleasing sense of privacy. As I sit basking in the hotpot, lost in my thoughts, I realise my hair has frozen into icicles without me noticing, and head in for one last steam.
After some local harðfiskur, and a sip or two of Reyka, the group sits in awed silence on the return journey to Akureyri. Mývatn has given us an unforgettable day—the North has a Golden Circle all of its own.
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In a recent interview with Corriere della Sera, the Vatican’s head official on doctrinal matters discussed the importance of personal pastoral care for divorced re-married persons, while adhering to Church teaching.
“We must try a combination of general principles and particular, personal situations. Finding solutions to individual problems, though always on the foundation of Catholic doctrine,” Archbishop Gerhard Müller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, told Gian Guido Vecchi of the Italian daily in an interview published Dec. 22.
“You cannot adjust the doctrine to the circumstances: the Church is not a political party which does surveys to look for consent. A true, pastoral dialogue is necessary. There are different situations, which are to be evaluated in different ways.”
The archbishop’s comments follow months of back-and-forth between himself and bishops from his native Germany who have suggested that divorced and remarried Catholics could receive Communion under certain circumstances.
In November, Archbishop Müller wrote a letter to the emeritus archbishop of Freiburg clarifying that “no pastoral directions are sanctioned which are in opposition to Church teaching,” and he had made the same point in an essay published at L’Osservatore Romano the preceding month.
In his Corriere della Sera interview, the archbishop explained, “the truth is that we cannot clarify these situations with a general statement. On those divorced and civilly remarried, many think the Pope or a synod can say: of course, receive Communion. But this is not possible.”
He added that this is because a “valid, sacramental marriage is indissoluble: this is the Catholic practice, reaffirmed by Popes and Councils, in fidelity to the Words of Jesus. And the Church has not the authority to relativize the Words and Commandments of God.”
Archbishop Müller added that while the sacraments have a “medicinal aspect” and are not restricted to “the perfect,” an irregular marriage is an “objective obstacle to receiving the Eucharist.” This is “not a punishment” and the bar on divorced and re-married persons receiving Communion does not keep them from attending Mass.
He affirmed that annulments can be granted, adding that in many places, Christian tradition “has lost its meaning” and there is a “total confusion” about who man is and what is his purpose and dignity.
The archbishop also discussed Church structures in the wake of Pope Francis’ Nov. 24 apostolic exhortation “Evangelii gaudium”, in which he discussed a “conversion of the papacy” and suggested that bishops’ conferences could be given a greater role, including “genuine doctrinal authority.”
He said the interpretation of “some” who believe the exhortation means the Pope “wishes to promote a certain autonomy of local Churches, a tendency to distance themselves from Rome” “is not possible” and would be “the first step towards autocephaly.”
Archbishop Müller clarified that “the Catholic Church is composed of local Churches, but it is One. ‘National’ churches do not exist … the presidents of bishops’ conferences, while important, are coordinators, nothing more, not vice-popes!”
He emphasized that both the Roman Pontiff and individual bishops are of “divine right, instituted by Jesus Christ,” while patriarchates and bishops’ conferences are established by the Church, by man.”
“Each bishop has a direct and immediate relationship with the Pope. We cannot have a decentralization in the conferences, as there would be the peril of a new centralism: in which the president has all the information and the bishops are submerged in documents.”
The archbishop added that Pope Francis’ statements in “Evangelii gaudium” were in the context of Bl. John Paul II’s encyclical on ecumenism, and that the Church must find a “practical equilibrium” between the errors of conciliarism or Gallicanism on the one hand, and a certain curialism on the other.
The interview continued with a brief discussion of the Society of St. Pius X, which was founded by Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre in 1970 to form priests, as a response to what he described as errors that had crept into the Church following the Second Vatican Council. Its relations with the Holy See became strained in 1988 when Archbishop Lefebvre consecrated four bishops without the permission of Pope John Paul II.
The illicit episcopal ordinations resulted in the five being excommunicated, though in 2009 Benedict XVI, acting through Cardinal Giovanni Re, remitted the automatic excommunication from the four surviving bishops. After that time, doctrinal discussions between the Society and Rome were conducted, until the discussions effectively broke down in 2012.
Asked about the position of the Society of St. Pius X, Archbishop Müller said that while “the canonical excommunication” was revoked, “the sacramental one remains, de facto, for the schism: because they have removed themselves from communion with the Church.”
“Having said that, we do not close the door, ever, and invite them to reconcile. But they also must change their approach, accepting the conditions of the Catholic Church and the Supreme Pontiff as the definitive criterion of belonging (to it).”
The final question posed to the archbishop by Corriere della Sera was about Pope Francis’ Sept. 11 meeting with Fr. Gustavo Gutierrez, the “founder” of liberation theology, whom the doctrine head said “has always been orthodox.”
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Cape of Good Hope General Service Medal, with bar for Basutoland, awarded to Cpl. T. Tidmarsh, 1900
Obverse, a bust of Queen Victoria
Reverse, coat of arms of the Cape Colony
Cape of Good Hope General Service Medal, 1900
The British colony on the Cape of Good Hope, now part of South Africa, was run by an independent administration with its own armed forces. Various risings by the African peoples of their territory resulted in a number of military actions which were thought to merit a medal for these troops, of which this was the second. The first had been the South Africa Medal for the campaign that brought the Basotho tribes under the governance of the Cape Colony.
The bar for Basutoland (now in Lesotho) was awarded to participants in a campaign from 1880 to 1881 against Chief Lerothodi, who had inherited the mantle of Basotho resistance to the encroachment of British rule from Moirosi, defeated in 1879.
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It may not be easy to tell if your gyno is being as thorough as they should be, and I don't just mean in the physical examination sense. Many women aren't terribly comfortable going through the standard gynecological checkup in the first place, so they neglect to realize if everything's been appropriately covered. Women's health is complicated, and it's not your responsibility to be aware of absolutely everything that might denote a specific issue. After all, you're going to a doctor because there are things you can't always figure out on your own, right?
With that in mind, here are seven questions your gynecologist should be asking you at a regular checkup.
This may seem like a no-brainer, but the answer to this question will decide what kind of testing your gyno needs to do on your Pap smear. OB-GYN Alyssa Dweck, M.D., told Women's Health, "The more information that's disclosed that seems to be relevant, the more individualized care that can be given."
This goes hand-in-hand with the question above. If you've only been with one person for 15 years, your doctor may not suggest as many (or any) STD screenings as opposed to someone who's single and averaging three different partners a month.
A regular period cycle is 28 days, and you should be getting your period roughly every 21 days. If you're bleeding in between periods, having late periods or particularly long periods, that's known as an irregular period cycle. Dr. Amy Autry told Everyday Health, "At least 30 percent of women have irregular periods during their childbearing years," and it's usually not indicative of anything more serious. However, it sometimes can be — so your doctor should always check, especially if your period pattern suddenly changes.
If you experience pain once or twice during or after intercourse in your vagina or pelvis, it's likely nothing about which to be concerned. However, if the pain continues, you definitely want to be tested for a variety of possible issues from a basic vaginal infection to endometriosis. Most of these issues can be easily treated, but it's better to figure out what's going on before it gets worse.
This may be a bit uncomfortable for you to answer (which is why a lot of doctors don't even ask), but sudden changes in discharge color, consistency, and/or odor could denote a bacterial infection. Again, easy to take care of and better to have a little awkward moment versus a lot of physical discomfort later.
This is a huge part of your gyno's business, so if they're not asking you this question, they may want to re-evaluate their practice plans. It's their job to help you pick and regulate your birth control (if you choose to be on it), no matter the method. After learning your history, they should be able to help you pick the right type and brand for your lifestyle.
Yes, this one's more on you, and just like flossing, you should be doing it often and routinely. However, it's your doctor's job to remind you of the importance of self-checking and get on you if you've been lax about it. They should also demonstrate the most effective way to do it, you know, in case you've forgotten.
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Can Thieves Tamper with Your Wireless Alarm System?
Back when hardwired home security systems were widespread in American homes, a common concern was whether or not a burglar would cut the line, rendering one’s home security system useless. Since systems were connected to a phone line for the purposes of home monitoring, all that a burglar would have to do was to locate it and cut it.
Today’s technology has opened up the door to wireless home security systems, taking away the concern for a burglar’s potential ability to disable your system. But the question once again remains: is there a way for a burglar to disable someone’s wireless alarm system?
Luckily for home security customers today, the chances of having their wireless home alarm system disabled due to tampering is very small.
It would take a rather significant amount of work on the part of the burglar, and if the past has taught us anything, it is that burglars like to move in and out of homes as quickly as possible.
So if a burglar were to actually disrupt a wireless alarm system, just how would it be done? In one word: jamming.
Wireless home alarm systems are built to receive wireless signals at a designated frequency. If another device comes into play that is capable of “jamming” that frequency, a disruption would occur.
The thing is, not just anyone can go ahead and jam a signal on the spot. The practice, which is highly illegal, requires a basic understanding of how broadcast signals work, as well as special equipment.
On top of that, the burglar doing the jam needs to know what kind of wireless security system you have, since different systems receive different signals. As mentioned, it takes a lot of work and knowledge for the burglar to jam your wireless alarm system.
Luckily, companies that manufacture wireless home alarm systems keep the possibility of a frequency jams in mind, and build counteractive features to help combat any attack.
In the event that you have a wireless home alarm and experience an attack by someone, your system should notify you that a security-compromising event is taking place. At the least, you’ll be notified of a signal disruption of your system via email or text message.
So in short, while thieves can disarm your wireless alarm system, the likelihood of it happening is rare. There is not even enough data on the frequency in which jamming attacks take place. It’s a time-consuming practice that most burglars – unless they are really interested in attacking one specific home – aren’t interested or knowledgeable enough to even try.
What studies do show is that a burglar is less likely to attack a home that they know is armed with a home security system. Homes that aren’t backed by home security are more likely to be targeted.
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Researchers at the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering are developing robots that could help rescue people from fires.
The researchers are focusing on the networking and movement of autonomous robots, as well as developing algorithms the robots could use to communicate with each other. If successful, the robots could accurately communicate the details of a room with the least human input possible.
The researchers are testing whether mobile robots can use radio communication and sensors to help each other move around a room full of obstacles. "The vision is the robots would notify firefighters where to go and where not to go," says Ph.D. student Jason Tran. "These robots could detect a survivor's location or determine if the temperature and atmospheric conditions of a specific room may be too much for a human to handle."
Fellow Ph.D student Pradipta Ghosh says rescue robots may eventually help with firefighting in dangerous situations. Tran and Ghosh hope the mobile robots, along with the wireless networks needed for communication, will be functional by next year, while Ghosh says the biggest hurdle is linking the robots together so they work as a unit.
Doctoral student Shangxing Wang and colleagues are focusing on developing algorithms to withstand anticipated wireless communication problems, such as a collapsed ceiling blocking the relay of a signal.
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Many anuran monitoring programs now include autonomous recording units (ARUs). These devices collect audio data for extended periods of time with little maintenance and at sites where traditional call surveys might be difficult. Additionally, computer software programs have grown increasingly accurate at automatically identifying the calls of species. However, increased automation may cause increased error. We collected 435 min of audio data with 2 types of ARUs at 10 wetland sites in Vermont and New York, USA, from 1 May to 1 July 2010. For each minute, we determined presence or absence of 4 anuran species (Hyla versicolor, Pseudacris crucifer, Anaxyrus americanus, and Lithobates clamitans) using 1) traditional human identification versus 2) computer-mediated identification with software package, Song Scope® (Wildlife Acoustics, Concord, MA). Detections were compared with a data set consisting of verified calls in order to quantify false positive, false negative, true positive, and true negative rates. Multinomial logistic regression analysis revealed a strong (P < 0.001) 3-way interaction between the ARU recorder type, identification method, and focal species, as well as a trend in the main effect of rain (P = 0.059). Overall, human surveyors had the lowest total error rate (<2%) compared with 18–31% total errors with automated methods. Total error rates varied by species, ranging from 4% for A. americanus to 26% for L. clamitans. The presence of rain may reduce false negative rates. For survey minutes where anurans were known to be calling, the odds of a false negative were increased when fewer individuals of the same species were calling.
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Our colleague Susan Webber reviewed Tim Harford’s latest book, The Logic of Life, in the current issue of the Conference Board Review. Harford also penned the bestseller The Underground Economist and writes regularly for Slate.
Webber wasn’t terribly taken with it. While her entire article is worth reading, we thought this section stood out:
Why does this matter? Because economists are the only social scientists with a seat at the policy table, and they need to be careful with their recommendations. Compared to the physical sciences, social sciences are woefully limited in the depth and certainty of their findings. Human beings are difficult and costly to study; research rests on relatively few data points gleaned in particular circumstances. Generalizations should be made with great care and humility. Yet Harford frequently and annoyingly asserts that economists enjoy superior powers of perception: “It takes an economist to realize that . . . ” “The economist’s way of thinking suggests suggests a deeper answer . . . ”. Similarly, he claims that, “Tournament theory has stood the test of time and has been supported by many subsequent pieces of empirical research.” A friend who knows the literature disagrees, supplying citations.
It all reminds me of a recent argument over free trade, in which Harvard economist Dani Rodrik chided colleague Greg Mankiw, saying: “I want to take issue with the general philosophy behind Greg’s argument, which is that a less than full (and possibly misleading) story in support of your argument is OK as long as it helps disarm your opponents. . . . I am not sure I like this stance very much. For one thing, it goes against the grain of what I think is the most important job of economists in public debate—to educate and not simply to be an advocate. Second, it is bound to backfire, and ultimately undercut the credibility of economists.”
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ST. PAUL – U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx will join President Barack Obama today to announce that $600 million will be made available to fund transportation projects across the country under a sixth round of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s highly successful Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) competitive grant program. The announcement will be made at the Union Depot in St. Paul, which received $35 million in the first round of TIGER to renovate the facility and restore tracks. Combined with roughly $480 million in federal funding for the Central Corridor light rail transit line, St. Paul’s Union Depot is proof of the impact that transportation investment can make, leading to job creation, downtown revitalization and economic growth.
“President Obama knows that transportation means opportunity for so many Americans,” said U.S. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx. “TIGER investments answer the President’s challenge to expand opportunity through a strong transportation system that connects Americans with a better way of life.”
The TIGER 2014 grant program will place an emphasis on projects that support reliable, safe and affordable transportation options that improve connections for both urban and rural communities, making it easier for their residents to reach work, school and other ladders of opportunity. While continuing to support projects of all types, DOT will prioritize applications for capital projects that better connect people to jobs, training and other opportunities, promote neighborhood redevelopment and reconnect neighborhoods divided by physical barriers, such as highways and railroads.
The highly competitive TIGER program, which began as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, offers one of the only federal funding possibilities for large, game-changing multi-modal projects. These federal funds leverage money from private sector partners, states, local governments, metropolitan planning organizations and transit agencies. The $474 million 2013 TIGER round alone supported $1.8 billion in overall project investments.
In additional to supporting capital grants, Congress has provided DOT with the flexibility to use up to $35 million of TIGER funds for planning grants, the first time since the 2010 round. In addition to supporting the planning of innovative transportation, these funds can support regional transportation planning, freight and port planning and programmatic mitigation approaches that increase efficiency and improve outcomes for communities and the environment.
Since 2009, the TIGER program has awarded $3.5 billion to 270 projects in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico – including 100 projects to support rural communities. Demand has been overwhelming, and during the previous five rounds, the Department of Transportation received more than 5,300 applications requesting nearly $115 billion for transportation across the country.
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Class comparison of middle class attributes in China and South Korea
Choi, Kyung Yun (2012) Class comparison of middle class attributes in China and South Korea. [Dissertation (University of Nottingham only)] (Unpublished)
Using urban household income and expenditure survey of China and South Korea, the paper examines traditional beliefs on the middle class in regards to economic growth. First belief is that the consumption of the middle class is an important source of domestic demands for goods and services. Second, unlike extravagant upper class, the thrifty middle class saves more for a stable life thereby providing sources for investment in the economy. Third, the middle class values and invests in human capital which becomes valuable input for the economy. From the class comparison of household budget allocation, the paper finds that those three economic expectations of the middle class are not specific characteristics of the middle class, but rather show intermediate attributes between those of the lower class and upper class considering the size of shares allocated to each purpose and changes over time. In addition, the results suggest that the consumption pattern of the middle class in China and South Korea has become similar over the past years.
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Varieties of Crises and Their Dates
In: This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly
Throughout history, rich and poor countries alike have been lending, borrowing, crashing--and recovering--their way through an extraordinary range of financial crises. Each time, the experts have chimed, "this time is different"--claiming that the old rules of valuation no longer apply and that the new situation bears little similarity to past disasters. With this breakthrough study, leading economists Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff definitively prove them wrong. Covering sixty-six countries across five continents, This Time Is Different presents a comprehensive look at the varieties of financial crises, and guides us through eight astonishing centuries of government defaults, banking panics, and inflationary spikes--from medieval currency debasements to today's subprime catastrophe. Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff, leading economists whose work has been influential in the policy debate concerning the current financial crisis, provocatively argue that financial combustions are universal rites of passage for emerging and established market nations. The authors draw important lessons from history to show us how much--or how little--we have learned. Using clear, sharp analysis and comprehensive data, Reinhart and Rogoff document that financial fallouts occur in clusters and strike with surprisingly consistent frequency, duration, and ferocity. They examine the patterns of currency crashes, high and hyperinflation, and government defaults on international and domestic debts--as well as the cycles in housing and equity prices, capital flows, unemployment, and government revenues around these crises. While countries do weather their financial storms, Reinhart and Rogoff prove that short memories make it all too easy for crises to recur. An important book that will affect policy discussions for a long time to come, This Time Is Different exposes centuries of financial missteps.
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- Graciela L. Kaminsky & Carmen M. Reinhart & Carlos A. Végh, 2005. "When It Rains, It Pours: Procyclical Capital Flows and Macroeconomic Policies," NBER Chapters, in: NBER Macroeconomics Annual 2004, Volume 19, pages 11-82 National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Graciela L. Kaminsky & Carmen M. Reinhart & Carlos A. Vegh, 2004. "When it Rains, it Pours: Procyclical Capital Flows and Macroeconomic Policies," NBER Working Papers 10780, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Diaz-Alejandro, Carlos, 1985. "Good-bye financial repression, hello financial crash," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 19(1-2), pages 1-24.
- Reinhart, Karmen & Rogoff, Kenneth, 2009. ""This time is different": panorama of eight centuries of financial crises," Economic Policy, Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration, vol. 1, pages 77-114, March.
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German unemployment marks a sharp drop in September
The number of unemployed in Germany fell twice as fast as expected in September, and the unadjusted rate dropped to 7.2 percent, official data showed on Thursday.
The result underpinned hopes for sustained domestic demand in Europe's biggest economy, which is leading the rest of the continent as it pursues an uncertain economic recovery.
The number of people seeking work fell by a seasonally-adjusted 40,000 to 3.031 million people, the federal labour office said. Economists polled by Dow Jones Newswires had forecast a more modest decline of 20,000.
German unemployment stood at an unadjusted 7.6 percent in August and the level in September marked the 15th consecutive monthly decline.
On Tuesday, Chancellor Angela Merkel forecast the number of unemployed would possibly fall below three million by the end of the year.
"We may get to three million or perhaps slightly below," Merkel said after the economic research group GfK said the country's consumer climate was at a three year high, largely as a result of improvements in the labour market.
The labour office said the strong decline was the result of "the economic recovery and a typical surge in the fall" when young graduates often begin working.
During the global economic downturn, the German government subsidised shorter working hours to help companies pull through, but most have now put staff back on full-time hours.
Earlier on Thursday meanwhile, the IG Metall trade union said it has accepted a 3.6 percent wage increase for around 100,000 workers in the steel sector, a deal that is to run until October 31, 2011.
The union had initially demanded a pay increase of 6.0 percent.
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Due to various factors, such as a reduced traffic situation, the drivers’ driving times to be observed or technical problems, the delivery date of a product can be postponed at the customer’s request. In such situations, the ETA Center promises to be able to accurately calculate and continuously monitor the arrival times of trucks.
Especially in time-sensitive supply chains such as Just-in-Time and Just-in-Sequence (GIT/JIS), the agreed arrival time must be adhered to. If this cannot be guaranteed, a smart time management tool is indispensable for the further flow of materials and information in the supply chain. The new Estimated Time of Arrival (ETA) Center from LIS helps shippers determine the expected arrival of orders in case of delay or early arrival. The aim is to enable freight forwarders to proactively inform their customers about the current delivery status of the goods.
- Checking arrival and departure times
- Calculation of current traffic information
- Taking into account the rest, loading and unloading times and the loading and unloading times
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Liquid Product of Liquid Phase Pyrolysis
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Ligno-cellulosic feed is expected to contribute significantly to production of liquefied combustibles in the future, because of the quantity and the variety of feed material. Therefore the pyrolytic degradation properties of wood and its building blocks glucose and cellulose were investigated.
The process was carried out in a semi-batch reaction vessel under isothermal conditions at a temperature of T = 623 K and at ambient pressure. For optimum heat transfer the pyrolysis process was carried out in liquid carrier phase. Gaseous as well as condensable products were removed on top of the reaction vessel. Condensation temperature was T = 20 °C. After recording flux and composition the gaseous phase was incinerated in a flare. The condensed products were analyzed by GC-MS and NMR spectroscopy as well as elementary analysis.
The product yield was determined. Liquid CHO-products and water formed during pyrolytic degradation were evaluated for several feed materials. All biomasses generate nearly the same amount of liquid CHO-products, while the water quantity differs. Because of lignin content wood generates the least water fraction, whereas the mono-sugar glucose shows a high tendency of water formation.
The yield was examined for selected products generated by liquid-phase pyrolysis. Wood, with about 40% cellulose, shows different reaction paths than cellulose and glucose monomer. Degradation of cellulose is seemingly controlled by cleavage plus dehydration, while ligno-cellulosic feed leads to formation of methoxy-substituted phenols. Moreover wood degrades to acetic acid, whereas cellulose and glucose forms just traces of it.
Nikolaus Schwaiger is a doctoral student doing his Ph.D. studies at the Graz University of Technology at the Institute of Chemical Engineering and Environmental Technology. His work is sponsored by BDI-BioDiesel International AG. He has also studied at the Université de Rennes in Rennes, France as part of an ERASMUS stay. He has a degree from the Technical University Graz in Technical Chemistry and Chemical Engineering. In 2009 he completed a diploma thesis for BDI-BioDiesel International. Other work experience includes Sappi Austria, Gratkorn, where he was production operator. He was a...Read more
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Resistance bands are a fun alternative to weights. They are simple to use and inexpensive. There are two types, those with handles and those without. The ones without handles allow you to adjust your hold to anywhere on the band. They are all you need.
Bands come in different levels of tension. Start with a low resistance or medium resistance band. Used regularly these bands help you maintain your range of motion, build strength and improve blood circulation. Here are a few exercises to get you started.
Keep a medium tension on the bands throughout. You should be able to do 10 repetitions of an exercise with some effort for the last few reps.
Oblique Twist – stand and hold the band in two hands with your arms out in front. Turn arms and torso to one side, lifting the heel of the opposite foot. Turn to the other side. This warms up your lower back. Repeat for a few minutes.
Lateral Raises – sit on a stable dining chair. Sit on the resistance band and hold the ends. Start with your arms down at your sides. Then lift them until they form a T with your body. Then slowly lower your arms to the sides. Do not lock your elbows during this exercise. Adjust the band as needed. Repeat 5 times. Add in some single arm lateral raises. Finish with 5 more lateral raises with both arms. This exercise strengthens your shoulder muscles in particular.
Posture Pull – this exercise helps your posture by strengthening your upper back. Sit upright in a stable dining chair. Hold the band with both hands. Put your arms out in front of you at shoulder width. Inhale and slowly open your arms out to the sides. Exhale and return your arms to the relaxed position. Keep your torso, neck and head upright as you do this. Repeat 10 times.
Rowing – Sit on the floor with your legs out front and your band around your feet. Hold the band firmly in both hands. Pull your elbows back until they are slightly behind your body. Do not raise your arms up. Repeat rowing action 20 times. Work slowly, keeping the resistance on the band at all times. Rest and repeat another set.
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There are several links to how to use the Research Wiki on the left side of the page. The editing controls are at the top right of the page. The search field box is in the middle of the page. A user can click on the continents on the map to narrow a search. The three images at the bottom of the image are for "New to Genealogy - The Research Process;" "New to the Wiki? - How to Use the Wiki;" and "Want to Help? - Get Involved."
At the bottom of the hjome page are links to translate the Wiki pages into German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Swedish, Russian, Chinese, Japanese and Vietnamese.
I put "california" in the search field on the screen above, and saw (four screens shown):
The link for "California Online Records" is prominent above the map. The map of Counties is clickable. The clickable list of counties is below the map. The Record Types are available on the right side of the page. Near the bottom of the page are links for FamilySearch Resources and Additional Resources (other genealogy websites with California information).
Have you checked out the FamilySearch Research Wiki yet? You really should - it is my first go-to website when I start researching in a new locality or with a new record type.
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“And behold, I am coming quickly, and My reward is with Me, to give to every one according to his work. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End, the First and the Last.” Blessed are those who do His commandments, that they may have the right to the Tree of Life, and may enter through the gates into the city…
“I, Yeshua, have sent My angel to testify to you these things in the assemblies. I am the Root and the Offspring of David, the Bright and Morning Star.” And the Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” And let him who hears say, “Come!” And let him who thirsts come. Whoever desires, let him take the water of life freely.
Revelation 22:12-14; 16-17
- The Last Days are a common topic in prophetic Biblical literature.
- The language and poetry of prophetic literature must be understood. Jude and Revelation use language found in the prophetic literature in the Bible and in Jewish sources prior to the First Century (Enoch, etc.).
- The message of all prophetic books in Scripture is the same: Repent, the Kingdom of G-d is coming!
- Likely written by Yehuda, brother of Yeshua (Matt 13:55; Mark 6:3)
- Jude 1:4: Purpose: to exhort to contend earnestly for the faith – not an intellectual exercise, but a lifestyle.
- 1:9: Reference to non-canonical Testament of Moses
- 1:14: Quote from 1Enoch 1:9. This is draws from Dan 7:9-4. In the years leading up to the First Century, these concepts were well established regarding the Messianic hope. The Kingdom of Messiah is coming.
- 1:5: Repent!
- Rev 1:1; 2:5; 2:16; 2:21; 2:22; 3:3; 3:19; 16:9; 16:11: Purpose: to reveal Yeshua, and His soon coming Kingdom – and to exhort to repent. Even the wicked are told to repent.
- 1:10-20; Is 41:4; 44:6; 48:12: Messiah – with titles that are reserved for HaShem.
- 2:1-3:22: The language of prophetic books demands we treat “7 assemblies” as literal places. They are not chronological, but are listed geographically in a line from the coast inland in an arc. They may also speak of 7 types of congregations. Treating these as “dispensations” forces theology into the book where it does not exist.
- Although these are 7 congregations in Asia Minor, the messages to each of them use Hebraic themes, and unite in the call to repent.
- Rev 4 – 22: The model for understanding Revelation is Exodus. First, G-d hears Israel’s cry, and He moves to redeem all Israel from the Land of Egypt. Plagues are poured out on Egypt until their king releases Israel. In Revelation there are 7 Seals, 7 Plagues, 3 Woes, etc.
- 11:1-13: Zech 4:1-14: Two witnesses. Redemption draws nigh.
- Rev 2:7; 22:2; 22:14; Gen 3:22-24: An invitation to the Tree of Life. We are once again back in “the Garden” in the presence of the Almighty! Redemption is complete.
- We have seen the entire span of human history in the TaNaKh and Apostolic Scriptures.
- We have seen the problem, and the answer.
- We have seen the same message from beginning to end. It is all about Redemption. It is all about Messiah, restoring us to the “Garden.” It is all about fellowship with G-d forever.
- The message of the Gospel, from Genesis to Revelation is: Repent! The Kingdom of G-d is coming! | <urn:uuid:654e527f-c1dd-4e20-8468-f375885e1345> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://netzarimemunah.org/redemption-in-the-apostolic-scriptures/lesson-sixteen-jude-revelation/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572833.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817032054-20220817062054-00470.warc.gz | en | 0.924982 | 874 | 1.90625 | 2 |
Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) recently released its Solar Module & Inverter Bankability 2019 report. For the first time, the company made investigations into solar inverters, surveying the bankability of several inverter brands.
‘Bankability’ means banks are more willing to offer non-recourse loans to photovoltaic power generation projects that opt to use a particular inverter brand.
Solis’ inverters ranked third for Asian brands: a testament to the brand’s products being well-recognised by global technical experts and respondents. This incredible result also means project developers are more likely to receive bank financing if they use Solis’ products over those of other brands.
With a team of experts spread across six continents, BNEF analyses complex data from around the globe to procure in-depth forecasts which highlight the financial, economic and political implications of industry-transforming trends and technologies.
For this survey, BNEF sought information from banks, developers and technical due diligence firms about which brands, out of 48 module manufacturers and 17 inverter manufacturers, they considered to be bankable.
The complexity of inverters means that local support is an essential factor to consider when assessing bankability, and compared to modules’ c.25-year warranties, inverter warranties are only between five and 10 years. The shorter warranty generally means an inverter will require replacement of parts and maintenance throughout its lifetime.
Some Chinese inverter brands are considered bankable only by Chinese respondents. In contrast, European companies are considered bankable by the majority of respondents, although some Chinese respondents had never heard of them.
Interestingly, regional differences are far starker when considering the bankability of inverters compared to modules. Unlike panels, inverters are less of a commodity as modules have only one function — producing energy — while inverters have multiple purposes. Aside from converting direct current into alternating current, inverters interact directly with the grid and aggregate power output data. As such, there are different types of inverters for different project requirements (for example, some projects require central inverters while string inverters are more suitable for others).
About Ginlong Technologies
Established in 2005, Ginlong (Solis) Technologies is one of the oldest and largest manufacturers of PV string inverters. Presented under the Solis brand, the company’s portfolio uses innovative string inverter technology to deliver first-class reliability that has been validated under the most stringent international certifications. Armed with a global supply chain, world-class R&D and manufacturing capabilities, Ginlong optimises its inverters for each regional market, servicing and supporting its customers with its team of local experts.
For more information on how Solis delivers value while maximising reliability and cost-saving for residential, commercial, and utility customers, visit ginlong.com or contact your SegenSolar account manager. | <urn:uuid:29819456-81c9-4cb1-99d4-4c40cdae5083> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://segensolar.co.za/solis-ranks-third-among-asian-brands-on-bloombergs-solar-module-inverter-bankability-2019-report/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571719.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812140019-20220812170019-00278.warc.gz | en | 0.913073 | 597 | 1.78125 | 2 |
Rothe Training Tip Four: The Field Sprint
I can’t give away the “golden key” on how to win a field sprint (since there’s none) but there are a few things you can do (and avoid doing) in order to have a successful bid in a field sprint. Besides your own talent and genetics (think Type II or fast-twitch muscle fibers) your tactics will determine on how you do in a bunch kick.
Don’t be at the very front of the race with 2 or 1 lap to go. Think about the matches you’re burning and the Watts you’re pushing while the riders behind your enjoy that nice draft of yours and work up to 33% less. Be patient. If the field is organized and there’s a team riding hard at the front for their sprinter get behind it. If it’s very unorganized then stay towards the front and watch the riders you know have a good finishing kick. Follow the right wheels.
Know the distance to the finish. 200m is doable, 300m maybe but probably too far. So know the course and have a marker where you know you can sprint all-out until the finish line. When you’re ready to sprint, make sure you have the right gear for the right finish. When it’s fast and flat then that 53x12 or 11 will come in handy. If you have to race up the chicane (corkscrew) before the finish you do NOT want to be in your 11 as it will slow you down.
When sprinting, heads up or heads down as long as you go in a STRAIGHT line forward and/or follow the direction of the road. And one more thing, Never turn your head around when going 35+mph in a field sprint. Glance through your arms and under saddle to look back and check on competition. | <urn:uuid:d6887fc5-bd04-42a5-a3b2-871a9bb693f0> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://drivewayseries.com/rothes-tips/2016/3/25/tip-four-the-field-sprint | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281353.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00064-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938096 | 397 | 1.609375 | 2 |
St. George Middle School is located in “The Town of Friendly People” and the county seat of Dorchester County. St. George is a 2.7 square mile area in rural upper Dorchester County that is 76 miles southeast of Columbia, South Carolina and 50 miles northwest of Charleston, South Carolina. The Town of St. George is located strategically around the intersection of Interstates 26 and Interstate 95. St. George Middle School is populated by students from the town of St. George and other surrounding communities and towns (Reevesville, Grover, Rosinville, and Harleyville).
There are 320 students enrolled at St. George Middle School in grades six through eight. Williams Memorial Elementary School and Harleyville Elementary School are the two feeder schools. Our students in turn feed into Woodland High School. The commute to St. George Middle School can be from ten minutes to more than an hour for the majority of our students.
St. George Middle School, formerly St. George High School, has three wings that serve as the hub for academic instruction for the three grade levels. Each wing has its own computer lab. There are also two functional science labs. The entire school has wireless Internet capacity.
St. George Middle School’s administration and faculty/staff is comprised of:
- one principal
- one assistant principal
- 20 full time teachers
- one media specialist
- two computer lab facilitators
- one guidance counselor
- one in-school suspension supervisor
- one receptionist/attendance clerk/registrar
- one bookkeeper/secretary
- one full time nurse
- four custodians
- one school resource office
- four cafeteria workers
- one mental health counselor
- one .5 speech pathologist
Throughout the months, our parents come to support their children during the Wolverines in the News (W.I.N.) luncheon, academic programs, and student recognition assemblies. During the evenings, our parents attend Open House, Family Fun Night (hosted by the 21st Century Learning Center), Math and Science and Technology Night, and PTSA and SIC meetings.
Technology plays a part in serving our students. Each of our grade levels has a computer lab that is equipped with Study Island. Lab facilitators download student data and disseminate it to the grade level administrators and teachers, so instruction can be planned. Our students may check out Accelerated Read books from the media center. Lexile scores identified by MAP testing scores also aid in the process of selecting book titles on each student’s instructional level. Computers are also available in the media center for students to access the Internet in order to conduct research. All of our teachers have a Smartboard in their classroom. Students are also assigned individual Chromebooks to be used throughout the school day.
Students’ MAP scores are analyzed during the fall, winter, and the spring of the year. The fall scores are used for the baseline data; the spring scores measure students’ growth for the year. Students are placed in either math or reading intervention based on their individualized MAP scores from the fall testing.
Many non-academic variables can affect the academic performance and well being of our students. We are fortunate to have the 21st Century Learning Center (afterschool site) since 2005. There are approximately 120 students participating in the tutoring and enrichment activities within the program. | <urn:uuid:2eefd2e6-bba5-4980-bff6-cdad7f8ba0a2> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://stgeorge.dorchester4.k12.sc.us/?PageName='AboutTheSchool' | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560285315.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095125-00565-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.956249 | 696 | 1.773438 | 2 |
The Kaiser’s spotted newt could be the first creatures to have the dubious honour of becoming extinct because of e-commerce. That’s according to this article which highlights the threat the creature is under from internet trading.
The rare newt which is found only in Iran is highly sought after by amphibian enthusiasts who are willing to pay as much as £200 for one. An investigation into the sale of the newts has been monitoring at least 10 websites which stock them, one of which has sold more than 200 wild caught newts in a year. This may seem a small amount but when it is estimated that only 1,000 mature individuals remain it is a large portion of the remaining population.
Conservationists are now pushing for trade in wild caught Kaiser’s spotted newts to be made illegal. There are also numerous websites which offer captive bred newts from £40 each, some of which have been breeding them since 2008. As always though it’s hard to know which ones are wild caught and which are not. | <urn:uuid:6a0d5fbd-3bde-466e-83a9-5ca911895272> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.karennutton.co.uk/default,date,2010-03-26.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988720238.63/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183840-00188-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.984019 | 214 | 2.265625 | 2 |
UK citizens may soon need licenses to photograph some stuff they already own
Changes to UK copyright law will soon mean that you may need to take out a licence to photograph classic designer objects even if you own them. That’s the result of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013, which extends the copyright of artistic objects like designer chairs from 25 years after they were first marketed to 70 years after the creator’s death. In most cases, that will be well over a hundred years after the object was designed. During that period, taking a photo of the item will often require a licence from the copyright owner regardless of who owns the particular object in question.
The UK government is holding a consultation into when this change should enter into force: after a six-month, three-year, or five-year transitional period. An article in The Bookseller puts the starting date as October 2016 without citing a source. In any case, the change is definitely coming, and it’ll likely be quite soon.
Similar to the recent announcement that it is once again illegal to make private copies of music you own, it is unlikely the public will pay much attention to this latest example of copyright being completely out of touch with how people actually use digital technology. But for professionals, the consequences will be serious and not so easily ignored.
Photographers, for example, will need to worry about whether any of the objects in a picture they are taking is covered by copyright, in which case it may be necessary to obtain a licence to include them in the photo. And judging by its comments in the document accompanying the consultation on this issue, the UK government is not very sympathetic to the plight of photographers. “The Government considers that photographers and image libraries already bear costs for time and administration when assessing whether they need to obtain clearance when photographing other artistic works such as sculptures or paintings.” In other words, tough. | <urn:uuid:244a4d8a-fe59-401a-9219-e732cd6f3083> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.globaltruth.net/uk-citizens-may-soon-need-licenses-to-photograph-some-stuff-they-already-own/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560285315.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095125-00573-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.962125 | 388 | 1.882813 | 2 |
The PS4 has always been fairly, but the PS5 is more of the PC get good at race. The PS5 excels in object rendering detailed scenes and operating smoothly. Although PS5 won’t push the hardware for the maximum yet, games will be learning how to reap the benefits of its capabilities. When comparing the two main systems side-by-side, it’s not hard to see that the PS5 has the border. Here are some in the biggest differences between the PS4 and PS5.
The PS4 is easier to acquire, and is available at most major sellers. Many sellers are offering one of a kind bundles with the PS4 hence there’s no have to shop around to get one. However the PS5’s outstanding feature established may make you reconsider the purchase. So , how do you choose which console is better? Here are some aspects to consider when selecting between the PS4 and PS5.
The PS5 is drastically faster compared to the PlayStation 5. Its graphics are 58 percent quicker thanks to it is more modern architecture. It also has got 16GB of RAM, compared to the PS4’s EIGHT GIGABYTES. It’s well worth noting that your PS5 comes with an improved clock tempo than the PS4’s. The PS5 has more induration than the PS4 Pro, nevertheless both gaming systems include a good amount of space for storing.
The PS5’s design is very different from the predecessors. It’s a dramatic leaving from Sony’s ‘Black and White’ colour scheme. The PS4 is also thinner than the PS5, but it was phased out simply because the PS4 Pro came. But if you want to experiment with games that want a lot of processing power, the PS5 may be the right https://www.beachchannel.net/ choice. Really more powerful compared to the PS4 – and it’s superior to either of those. | <urn:uuid:b230576d-7218-4c03-98a5-374f4a4f6c6c> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://gonhuaqueenwood.com/ps4-vs-ps5-which-can-be-better/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572908.71/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817122626-20220817152626-00078.warc.gz | en | 0.948216 | 415 | 1.757813 | 2 |
There has to be a better way of tapping a lightning bolt than flying a kite in a storm, and a group of French and German scientists just may have found one. They have demonstrated in a laboratory that shining powerful laser pulses between two electrodes elicits a controllable form of lightning. They hope that their invention will eventually help to fend off lightning strikes on airports and power stations.
They employed their Teramobile laser, whose pulse lasts for a mere 100 femtoseconds and packs a peak power of 5 terawatts. The pulse rips the electrons from air molecules, creating a plasma; it also changes the refractive index of the air, a phenomenon called the Kerr effect. The effect focuses the light just enough to balance plasma-induced diffraction, creating a straight and highly conductive channel, called a filament, which can stretch up to 3.8 meters between the charged electrodes.
In the experiment, a 1- to 2-megavolt electrode simulates a thundercloud and an electrically grounded plate simulates the earth. The laser-induced filaments short-circuit the electrodes, triggering an electric discharge much like a lightning bolt. To complete the simulation, the researchers sprayed water between the electrodes. "We expected that the 'rainwater' would scatter light and perturb the filaments, but the filaments survived the interaction," says Jérôme Kasparian, a lead investigator and a member of the group from the University of Lyon, in France. Another team hails from the école Polytechnique, in Palaiseau, France; two others come from the Free University of Berlin and the Friedrich Schiller University, in Jena, Germany.
The main problem is the plasma's milliseconds-long life, which limits the distance between the two electrodes to 10 meters. Kasparian says that the research groups hope to keep the plasma going longer by heating it with a second laser. Still, they are far from getting filaments that could span the 5 to 6 kilometers separating a thundercloud from the earth.
Filament of Fire
The Teramobile laser shoots pulses from a shed to the space between an electrode charged by a generating tower and a grounded electrode [not shown]. The pulse ionizes the air, creating a conductive filament. Artificial lightning follows the filament's straight path.
Scientists have tried and failed to manipulate lightning with lasers for 20 years. One reason, Kasparian says, is that all experiments so far have employed lasers with relatively long pulses of high energy, which create plasmas so dense that they scatter the laser light, preventing the formation of a filament. The Franco-German team solved this problem with the Teramobile, the first mobile laser ever to emit ultrashort pulses of moderate energy. The titanium-sapphire laser was designed to track air pollution by analyzing light that bounces off atmospheric gases, but the researchers realized that it could also provide lightning "on demand."
Matters don't seem that simple to Martin Uman, director of the Lightning Research Laboratory at the University of Florida, in Gainesville. Every summer for 11 years, he and his group have launched about 70 rockets trailing grounded wire into thunderclouds, drawing lightning half the time. "The cloud charges itself back up in about 10 seconds. You don't know if you're going to put the rocket [or the laser beam] in the right place," he says. "Firing lasers or rockets is not going to make any difference to what's going on up there. You probably have to go a step further back and understand the physics behind it."
To understand lightning, however, you need to be able to produce it reliably and frequently, and here lasers might have advantages over rockets. Typical rocket racks allow only up to 10 launches, Kasparian points out, while the laser technique could provide a "virtually unlimited number of shots" at triggering lightning.
If lasers ever write glowing lines high in the sky, it should be possible to control the course of lightning bolts. Then people will not merely talk about the weather, but do something about it. | <urn:uuid:e4ecf11a-808a-4ff2-a631-ff4d59b5a112> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://spectrum.ieee.org/biomedical/devices/stealing-celestial-fire | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280835.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00050-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943151 | 839 | 3.421875 | 3 |
Riverview Community Bank, White Salmon Marketplace by Thriftway and The Enterprise are partnering to make an impact on hunger in Klickitat County.
The three businesses are participating in the Fill-A-Bag Program. This is the third year of the program in the White Salmon area.
During last year's campaign, 4,835 pounds of food was collected for the Washington Gorge Action Program Food Bank. Another $3,160 cash donations were made and Riverview matched the food collections with a cash donation of nearly $1,740.
"The need is as great as ever' said Riverview Manger Dale Connell. "The number of needy remains high."
In fact, according to WGAP executive director Linda Schneider, families that depend on food boxes will have less to eat over the holidays without additional help from the community.
WGAP's main sources of food donations in the past has been USDA Commodities, Second Harvest, and Northwest Harvest, all of which have cut the amount and/or variety of food available to the local food banks.
The number of families receiving assistance from the food banks has also increased -- by seven percent over the last nine months.
To participate in the Fill-A-Bag program, participants just need to fill up a bag with nonperishable grocery items, take the bag to the White Salmon Riverview Bank or the Thriftway store. Cash donations need to be made through bank tellers.
Bags were inserted into The Enterprise newspaper on Nov. 22. Additional bags are also available at The Enterprise, Riverview and Thriftway.
Food items needed include baby food/formula, canned meats, canned stew, canned tuna, canned vegetables, peanut butter, instant potatoes, macaroni, oatmeal, pancake mix, rice, soup and unsweetened cereal.
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|Número de publicación||US7079504 B1|
|Tipo de publicación||Concesión|
|Número de solicitud||US 10/886,172|
|Fecha de publicación||18 Jul 2006|
|Fecha de presentación||6 Jul 2004|
|Fecha de prioridad||26 Jun 2000|
|También publicado como||US6765892|
|Número de publicación||10886172, 886172, US 7079504 B1, US 7079504B1, US-B1-7079504, US7079504 B1, US7079504B1|
|Inventores||Kent K. Leung, Gopal K. Dommety|
|Cesionario original||Cisco Technology, Inc.|
|Exportar cita||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Citas de patentes (23), Otras citas (8), Citada por (15), Clasificaciones (14), Eventos legales (2)|
|Enlaces externos: USPTO, Cesión de USPTO, Espacenet|
This application is a continuation of patent application Ser. No. 09/603,808, entitled “Optimizing IP Multicast Data Transmission in a Mobile IP Environment,” filed on Jun. 26, 2000, by Leung, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,765,892, et al, which is incorporated herein by reference for all purposes.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to Mobile IP network technology. More particularly, the present invention relates to optimizing the transmission of IP multicast data in a Mobile IP environment.
2. Description of the Related Art
Mobile IP is a protocol which allows laptop computers or other mobile computer units (referred to as “Mobile Nodes” herein) to roam between various sub-networks at various locations—while maintaining internet and/or WAN connectivity. Without Mobile IP or related protocol, a Mobile Node would be unable to stay connected while roaming through various sub-networks. This is because the IP address required for any node to communicate over the internet is location specific. Each IP address has a field that specifies the particular sub-network on which the node resides. If a user desires to take a computer which is normally attached to one node and roam with it so that it passes through different sub-networks, it cannot use its home base IP address. As a result, a business person traveling across the country cannot merely roam with his or her computer across geographically disparate network segments or wireless nodes while remaining connected over the internet. This is not an acceptable state-of-affairs in the age of portable computational devices.
To address this problem, the Mobile IP protocol has been developed and implemented. An implementation of Mobile IP is described in RFC 2002 of the Network Working Group, C. Perkins, Ed., October 1996. Mobile IP is also described in the text “Mobile IP Unplugged” by J. Solomon, Prentice Hall. Both of these references are incorporated herein by reference in their entireties and for all purposes.
The Mobile IP process and environment are illustrated in
As shown in
Now, suppose that Mobile Node 6 is removed from its home base network segment 12 and roams to a remote network segment 14. Network segment 14 may include various other nodes such as a PC 16. The nodes on network segment 14 communicate with the internet through a router which doubles as Foreign Agent 10. Mobile Node 6 may identify Foreign Agent 10 through various solicitations and advertisements which form part of the Mobile IP protocol. When Mobile Node 6 engages with network segment 14, Foreign Agent 10 relays a registration request to Home Agent 8 (as indicated by the dotted line “Registration”). The Home and Foreign Agents may then negotiate the conditions of the Mobile Node's attachment to Foreign Agent 10. For example, the attachment may be limited to a period of time, such as two hours. When the negotiation is successfully completed, Home Agent 8 updates an internal “mobility binding table” which specifies the care-of address (e.g., a collocated care-of address or the Foreign Agent's IP address) in association with the identity of Mobile Node 6. Further, the Foreign Agent 10 updates an internal “visitor table” which specifies the Mobile Node address, Home Agent address, etc. In effect, the Mobile Node's home base IP address (associated with segment 12) has been shifted to the Foreign Agent's IP address (associated with segment 14).
Now, suppose that Mobile Node 6 wishes to send a message to a corresponding node 18 from its new location. An output message from the Mobile Node is then packetized and forwarded through Foreign Agent 10 over the internet 4 and to corresponding node 18 (as indicated by the dotted line “packet from MN”) according to a standard internet protocol. If corresponding node 18 wishes to send a message to Mobile Node—whether in reply to a message from the Mobile Node or for any other reason—it addresses that message to the IP address of Mobile Node 6 on sub-network 12. The packets of that message are then forwarded over the internet 4 and to router R1 and ultimately to Home Agent 8 as indicated by the dotted line (“packet to MN(1)”). From its mobility binding table, Home Agent 8 recognizes that Mobile Node 6 is no longer attached to network segment 12. It then encapsulates the packets from corresponding node 18 (which are addressed to Mobile Node 6 on network segment 12) according to a Mobile IP protocol and forwards these encapsulated packets to a “care of” address for Mobile Node 6 as shown by the dotted line (“packet to MN(2)”). The care-of address may be, for example, the IP address of Foreign Agent 10. Foreign Agent 10 then strips the encapsulation and forwards the message to Mobile Node 6 on sub-network 14. The packet forwarding mechanism implemented by the Home and Foreign Agents is often referred to as “tunneling.”
IP multicasting is the transmission of an IP packet to a “host group” (i.e., multicast group), a set of zero or more hosts identified by a single IP destination address. RFC 1112 sets forth the recommended standard for IP multicasting on the Internet. Internetwork forwarding of IP multicast packets is handled by “multicast routers” which may be co-resident with, or separate from, internet gateways. In addition, support for IP multicasting requires implementation of the Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP). Thus, through IGMP, a node (e.g., receiver) may join a multicast group in order to receive packets addressed to that multicast group IP address.
It is important to note that for multicast data transmission, packets must be replicated for transmission to the appropriate receivers. However, in a Mobile IP environment, the designated method of replication of packets is specifically addressed by RFC 2002. RFC 2002 defines a method to support IP multicast data transmission in a Mobile IP environment. More particularly, RFC 2002 specifically requires that the Home Agent replicate broadcast and multicast data packets for transmission to multiple devices (e.g., mobile nodes) destined to receive the packets.
Although RFC 2002 enables IP multicast data to be transmitted in a Mobile IP environment, this method is sub-optimal, since it requires the Home Agent to duplicate multicast packets for transmission to each mobile node via a tunnel to the Foreign Agent. This replication by the Home Agent is required, even if all mobile nodes are visiting the same Foreign Agent. It is important to note that the distance between the Home Agent and the Foreign Agent may be substantial, consuming network bandwidth and switch processing during the replication process. In view of the above, it would be desirable to optimize IP multicast data transmission in a Mobile IP environment.
The present invention optimizes the transmission of IP multicast data in a mobile IP environment. This is accomplished by performing packet replication and transmission at the Foreign Agent or associated multicast router rather than at the Home Agent. In order to modify the packet replication process, the present invention provides a mechanism for establishing a data path between the Foreign Agent and the Home Agent that enables this method of packet replication and transmission.
In accordance with one aspect of the invention, a Foreign Agent is configured to establish a data path between the Foreign Agent and a Home Agent, where the data path is adapted for transmission of multicast IP data packets from the Home Agent to the Foreign Agent so that the multicast data packets may be transmitted to one or more mobile nodes visiting the Foreign Agent. The Foreign Agent receives an information request associated with a host membership report sent from a mobile node, where the host membership report specifies a multicast group address identifying a host group to which the mobile node belongs. For example, the information request may ask whether the mobile node is allowed to join the host group, it may indicate that information identifying the Home Agent is requested from the Foreign Agent, and/or it may ask whether the mobile node is visiting the Foreign Agent. In response to this information request, the Foreign Agent provides information identifying the Home Agent associated with the mobile node to a multicast router process, thereby enabling the multicast router process to send a join host group message to the Home Agent. The join host group message specifies the multicast group address and operates to request that the Home Agent accept and deliver subsequently arriving multicast data packets destined to the multicast group address to the Foreign Agent.
In accordance with another aspect of the invention, a multicast router implements a multicast router process. The multicast router is adapted for receiving a host membership report sent from a mobile node. The multicast router then sends an information request associated with the host membership report to a Foreign Agent that the mobile node is visiting. For instance, the information request may request information identifying a Home Agent of the mobile node or it may ask the Foreign Agent whether the mobile node is visiting the Foreign Agent. The multicast router is further configured to receive any information identifying the Home Agent from the Foreign Agent. In addition, the multicast router may send a join host group message to the Home Agent, where the join host group message specifies the multicast group address and requests that the Home Agent accept and deliver subsequently arriving packets destined to the multicast group address to the Foreign Agent. For instance, the join host group message may be sent to the Home Agent when the mobile node is visiting the Foreign Agent.
In accordance with yet another aspect of the invention, a Home Agent is configured to establish a data path between a Foreign Agent and the Home Agent, where the data path is adapted for transmission of multicast IP data packets from the Home Agent to the Foreign Agent so that the multicast data packets may be transmitted to one or more mobile nodes visiting the Foreign Agent. The Home Agent is configured to receive a join host group message and send the join host group message toward a source of multicast IP data packets. The Home Agent then sets up a data path between the Home Agent and the Foreign Agent, thereby enabling packets addressed to the multicast group address to be forwarded by the Home Agent to the Foreign Agent. Thus, the Home Agent may forward multicast data packets using a single encapsulation step since the Home Agent is not responsible for replication of the multicast data packets.
In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. It will be obvious, however, to one skilled in the art, that the present invention may be practiced without some or all of these specific details. In other instances, well known process steps have not been described in detail in order not to unnecessarily obscure the present invention.
As mentioned previously, a mobile node that is connected to its home network functions in the same way as any other fixed host or router. Thus, when it is at home, a mobile node functions identically to other multicast senders and receivers. The present invention provides methods and apparatus for supporting IP multicast data transmission in a Mobile IP environment when a mobile node is visiting a foreign network.
In accordance with RFC 2002, the Home Agent is responsible for replicating and forwarding multicast and broadcast data packets to each mobile node.
As described above with reference to
Once the data path is established for transmission of multicast data packets, the source may transmit multicast data packets to a rendezvous point (e.g., Home Agent).
As described above with reference to
The invention can also be embodied as computer readable code on a computer readable medium. The computer readable medium is any data storage device that can store data which can thereafter be read by a computer system. Examples of the computer readable medium include read-only memory, random-access memory, CD-ROMs, magnetic tape, and optical data storage devices.
The apparatus (Home Agent, Foreign Agent, multicast router and/or node) of this invention may be specially constructed for the required purposes, or may be a general purpose programmable machine selectively activated or reconfigured by a computer program stored in memory. The processes presented herein are not inherently related to any particular router or other apparatus. In a preferred embodiment, any of the Home and Foreign Agents of this invention may be specially configured routers such as specially configured router models 2500, 2600, 3600, 4000, 4500, 4700, 7200, and 7500 available from Cisco Systems, Inc. of San Jose, Calif. A general structure for some of these machines will appear from the description given below.
Generally, the present invention may be implemented on software and/or hardware. For example, it can be implemented in an operating system kernel, in a separate user process, in a library package bound into network applications, on a specially constructed machine, or on a network interface card. In a specific embodiment of this invention, the technique of the present invention is implemented in software such as an operating system or in an application running on an operating system.
A software or software/hardware hybrid registration system of this invention is preferably implemented on a general-purpose programmable machine selectively activated or reconfigured by a computer program stored in memory. Such programmable machine may be a network device designed to handle network traffic. Such network devices typically have multiple network interfaces including frame relay and ISDN interfaces, for example. Specific examples of such network devices include routers and switches. For example, the routers of the present invention may be specially configured routers such as specially configured router models 1600, 2500, 2600, 3600, 4500, 4700, 7200, 7500, and 12000 available from Cisco Systems, Inc. of San Jose, Calif. A general architecture for some of these machines will appear from the description given below. In an alternative embodiment, the present invention may be implemented on a general-purpose network host machine such as a personal computer or workstation. Further, the invention may be at least partially implemented on a card (e.g., an interface card) for a network device or a general-purpose computing device.
Referring now to
The interfaces 1168 are typically provided as interface cards (sometimes referred to as “line cards”). Generally, they control the sending and receiving of data packets over the network and sometimes support other peripherals used with the router 1110. Among the interfaces that may be provided are Ethernet interfaces, frame relay interfaces, cable interfaces, DSL interfaces, token ring interfaces, and the like. In addition, various very high-speed interfaces may be provided such as fast Ethernet interfaces, Gigabit Ethernet interfaces, ATM interfaces, HSSI interfaces, POS interfaces, FDDI interfaces and the like. Generally, these interfaces may include ports appropriate for communication with the appropriate media. In some cases, they may also include an independent processor and, in some instances, volatile RAM. The independent processors may control such communications intensive tasks as packet switching, media control and management. By providing separate processors for the communications intensive tasks, these interfaces allow the master microprocessor 1162 to efficiently perform routing computations, network diagnostics, security functions, etc.
Although the system shown in
Regardless of network device's configuration, it may employ one or more memories or memory modules (including memory 1161) configured to store program instructions for the general-purpose network operations and mechanisms for registration and routing functions described herein. The program instructions may control the operation of an operating system and/or one or more applications, for example. The memory or memories may also be configured to store tables such as mobility binding and visitor tables, etc.
Because such information and program instructions may be employed to implement the systems/methods described herein, the present invention relates to machine readable media that include program instructions, state information, etc. for performing various operations described herein. Examples of machine-readable media include, but are not limited to, magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tape; optical media such as CD-ROM disks; magneto-optical media such as floptical disks; and hardware devices that are specially configured to store and perform program instructions, such as read-only memory devices (ROM) and random access memory (RAM). The invention may also be embodied in a carrier wave travelling over an appropriate medium such as airwaves, optical lines, electric lines, etc. Examples of program instructions include both machine code, such as produced by a compiler, and files containing higher level code that may be executed by the computer using an interpreter.
Although illustrative embodiments and applications of this invention are shown and described herein, many variations and modifications are possible which remain within the concept, scope, and spirit of the invention, and these variations would become clear to those of ordinary skill in the art after perusal of this application. For instance, although the specification has described routers, other entities used to tunnel packets to mobile nodes on remote network segments can be used as well. For example, bridges or other less intelligent packet switches may also employ the standby protocol of this invention. Accordingly, the present embodiments are to be considered as illustrative and not restrictive, and the invention is not to be limited to the details given herein, but may be modified within the scope and equivalents of the appended claims.
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The author of the book: Terence
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Date of issue: 28 August 2004
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Cumin oil, made from steam distilling the seeds of the Cuminum Cyminum plant, is a warming oil with a potent aroma and spicy, earthy notes. Cumin essential oil can be added to cooking for its wonderful flavor and many health benefits. Its anti-oxidant, anti-spasmodic and anti-microbial properties make it useful to use internally to treat digestive discomfort, and externally to relieve muscle aches and cramps, painful joints, stomach cramps and skin infections.
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This action research study investigated students’ perceptions about the use the use of technology in the classroom. The participants were English Language Arts students at a high school in Iowa. The participants included 33 freshman, 28 juniors and 15 seniors. Students were given a survey to gauge their perceptions of how the use of technology in the classroom impacted their engagement and allowed them to meet learning targets. Additionally, the survey examined students’ perceptions regarding the benefits and limitations of technology in the classroom. The results of this study suggest that students perceived the use of technology to be more engaging and to improve their ability to meet learning targets. Students in the study believed that technology helps them complete assignments in a more thorough and efficient way. However, along with the efficiency and thoroughness, the students believed that technology can be distracting.
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If you are wondering if massages can ease painful migraines, the answer is yes! In fact, massages can alleviate a variety of migraine symptoms such as: throbbing, aching and/or pulsating neck and forehead pain, light sensitivity, one-side temple pain, dizziness, visual auras, fatigue and mental confusion. If you regularly suffer from chronic migraines, massaging your main pressure points can help reduce the tension and relieve your headache pain. Moreover, massages will not only eliminate stress, they will also improve circulation in the constricted and/or congested area. If you are looking for migraine relief – you have come to the right place. This article will help you get rid of those painful, annoying, debilitating and downright pesky headaches in no time at all.
Which massages work best for migraines?
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How can a shiatsu massage reduce migraine pain?
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How can a neuromuscular massage help relieve my migraine pain?
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Can a deep tissue massage reduce my migraine symptoms?
Yes, deep tissue massages can reduce your migraine symptoms. In fact, deep tissue massages are especially beneficial if your migraine stems from overworked, fatigued and/or overactive neck, eye and/or back muscles. It is important to note that this type of massage should only be performed by a licensed massage therapist. A deep tissue massage will not only release your tension and relax your muscles; it will also improve your mental focus and concentration. During this massage, a massage therapist will increasingly deepen the pressure on your key pressure points and tender spots until your muscle relax and your migraine eases.
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Black Fungus Mu-Err (Cloud Ear), dried, 50g
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The edible black fungus, in Latin - “Auricularia polytricha”, grows on tree logs and is available as small, black, fragile, dried pieces that become 5 times bigger when soaked in water. They are usually used in Chinese dishes. Black fungus is also known as forest ear, forest fungus, tree fungus, brown fungus, black tree fungus, mouse ear, tree ear, mouse ear, Auricularia, cloud ear, kukurage. The mushrooms contain large amounts of iron, 20 times more than celery, 7 more than pork. Regular consumption of black fungi will improve your blood circulation, enrich your facial skin, and prevent iron deficiency in your body. Black fungus “sucks up” all the unnecessary particles that have got into the digestive system and reduces blood coagulation, helping to eliminate the chances of getting thrombosis, atherosclerosis, coronary heard diseases and cancer. It is not allowed to eat raw black fungi - they must be completely soaked in warm water before cooking. Raw. As a result of the harvesting an
|Typical values per:||100 g|
|Energy||880 kJ / 216 kcal|
|- of which saturated fat||0.9 g|
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Today's historical mythology lesson comes via Adramelech's Encyclopaedia Metallum page: "Adramelech is an Assyrian sun god. Adramelech became later depicted (like many other pagan gods) as a demon in Judeo-Christian tradition. He is being described as the president of the senate of demons, chancellor of Hell and supervisor of Satan's wardrobe by Collin de Plancy's book on demonology. In Milton's Paradise Lost Adramelech is a fallen angel." OK? OK.
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A dynamic interplay takes place between social, public, and internalized addiction and recovery stigma. This systematic literature review sought to further understand the pervasive relationship between social stigma and internalized stigma around addiction, as well as clinical implications for alleviating the effects of shame and empowering those in recovery. A total of 14 studies were included in the final sample. The results of this review depict three main themes which explore the nature of social and internalized stigma as well as implications for responding to the effects of internalized stigma: Individual Identity Transformation, Group Belonging and Social Support, and Public Education and Awareness. Each theme identified within this review further delves into the interconnected nature of social and internalized stigma while also identifying pathways for fostering awareness, inclusivity, and self-efficacy. Furthermore, the results of this review indicate the need for an integrative and collaborative approach to understanding and addressing addiction and recovery stigma on a micro, mezzo, and macro level. This research proposes the effects of internalized stigma can be alleviated by raising awareness, building belonging and inclusivity, and fostering self-efficacy.
Parker-Grewe, Trinity. (2017). Fostering Awareness, Inclusivity, and Self-Efficacy: Facing Social and Internalized Recovery Stigma. Retrieved from Sophia, the St. Catherine University repository website: https://sophia.stkate.edu/msw_papers/777 | <urn:uuid:a3f83286-b174-4d08-85e0-b88e259fb482> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://sophia.stkate.edu/msw_papers/777/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572089.53/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814234405-20220815024405-00069.warc.gz | en | 0.915454 | 354 | 1.898438 | 2 |
Board certified Health Psychologist and Eastern alum Dr. Jodie Eckleberry-Hunt has a history of teaching physicians for 13 years and now does executive wellness coaching with patients at Beaumont Health.
On top of her work at Beaumont Health, she is an author with the release of her new book: “Move On Motherf*cker.”
This self-help book is meant to assist people in combating the stress that 2020 has to offer us by “Blending evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, and profanity, this unexpected guide will show you how to respond to your negative inner voice with one very important phrase: Move on, mother*cker!”
Stress tips include guides for setting personal and professional boundaries, identifying toxic or codependent relationships, becoming assertive without being aggressive and quitting seeking perfection with journaling and other self-awareness exercises.
Eckleberry-Hunt said she has always wanted to write a book and that Rachel Naomi Remen, another inspirational author with works such as “Kitchen Table Wisdom” and “My Grandfather’s Blessing” as inspiration for her own work.
It wasn’t until a bad work situation arose for her that led to the discovery of her own voice that was the final push to write a book and help remind “ourselves that no matter how awful a situation feels that we do have some choice, some control over our attitude.”
She said the practices included in the book have not only worked with patients Eckleberry-Hunt has worked with, but have worked on herself as well to go on a journey of healing wounds.
“Life is a journey, and we all have to do what we feel is right in our gut,” she said.
When asked about how profanity comes into play she said it is “a way to get one’s own attention by using targeted cuss-words,” and that the use of profanity has been shown in studies to be helpful for not only pain management, but emotional management as well.
“I also found about psychology is sometimes what is written is good stuff, but it’s too academic or too long or people can’t relate to it…what makes my book different is I take evidence-based research on what makes psychology work and I package it in a way I think people can understand and a way people can relate to and laugh at. I think there’s something incredibly healing about being able to laugh at oneself and the pain we create in our own lives,” Eckleberry-Hunt said.
Eckleberry-Hunt said she hopes the book can be an affordable way for people who may not be able to go to therapy to gain knowledge on psychology and apply it to life.
She also spoke about her background as an Eastern alum, and said she chose Eastern for the close distance to her hometown in Fairfield, Illinois, as is the reason for many Eastern students.
She also said the small classroom sizes, along with individual attention, boosted her self-confidence so she could take off from here.
She now lives in Fenton, Michigan, and lives with her married partner, two teenage sons, as well as a labradoodle named Bacon.
She also had some words of wisdom for people who may be struggling.
“These are really trying times right now and no ones really at their best right now, but if we can all just try to remind ourselves that we’re all humans just out there trying to survive and be a little bit kinder to each other,” Eckleberry-Hunt said. “This is all going to pass, but I think that we have to really be careful. That we don’t let fear dictate everything that we do.”
“Move On Motherf*cker” will be available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble and New Harbinger.
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Military jointness is being put to the acid test with a proposal to shut down the U.S. Marine Corps recruit training (boot camp) facility at Parris Island, South Carolina, and moving the marine recruit training 240 kilometers to the army training base at Ft Jackson, South Carolina. The Parris Island base covers 8,000 acres, while Fort Jackson sprawls over 52,000 acres. The army has room for the marines, and Fort Jackson is the army's largest recruit training facility.
The Department of Defense wants to close over twenty percent of the bases it currently uses, mainly because it has more space available than it has troops. This unneeded space wastes billions of dollars a year. But closing a base arouses anger in Congress, since a military base long been seen as a prime piece of patronage to keep the folks back home happy. Take away a base, and the incumbent politicians (both local and federal), are at risk of losing elections.
Closing the smaller Parris Island base, and moving its activities to an army base in the same state, appears to have overcome some of the political danger. The benefits of the move are obvious. The marines could share the army base infrastructure for training areas, food service, medical care (especially the base hospital), security and fire service, maintenance and other services.
On the downside, some new facilities will have to be built. No matter what the army has vacant and available, it will not exactly suit what the marines need. This will also be a good test of the Department of Defenses proposal that there be more joint bases. However, the Parris Island base carries a lot of history with it, and the marines public relations machine can muster a considerable mass of public and Congressional opinion to the cause of saving the base. That said, most closed bases end up being a net gain for the surrounding community. But the process is contentious and painful for all concerned. | <urn:uuid:c1f60214-85d4-459d-9c5a-d64985d70372> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htmurph/articles/20041022.aspx | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571246.56/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811073058-20220811103058-00276.warc.gz | en | 0.956846 | 391 | 2.015625 | 2 |
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When it comes to creating portraits, some artists choose to work with more traditional mediums, such as acrylic, watercolor, or charcoal.
But for Amelia Fais Harnas, the medium of choice is a more unique one: red wine.
From celebrities to politicians to family members, Harnas has created many realistic portraits out of red wine, and from Aug. 29 through Sept. 30, the public will have a chance to view a series of 14 all-new wine stain self-portraits at the Hinkle Memorial Library.
About four years ago, Harnas said, her wine stain portraits began to attract a lot of attention on the Internet, though at around the same time, she started experiencing increasing trouble with her complexion. She was eventually diagnosed with rosacea.
“Of course, the irony was not lost on me, since red wine has long been thought to be the cause of rosacea,” she said. “So, taking inspiration from Monica Castillo’s brutally honest self-portraits, it is all too appropriate for me to finally create a series of self-portraits illustrating my plight using the very medium that many believe triggers it.”
Titled “#nomakeup,” the exhibit’s featured wines stains are all selfies on square pieces of white fabric with white prints, “intended to conjure up a sense of Instagram filters and format,” Harnas said. She noted that the title “speaks to the honest representation of my rosacea, as well as my dismay about how this hashtag is often used by women whose complexions and bone structure already highlight their innate beauty. For me, makeup is the only way I can attempt to conceal a stigmatizing medical condition.”
Harnas, who hails from Corning but has been living in Portland, ME for the last two years, holds an associate degree in liberal arts from Corning Community College and a Bachelor of Arts degree in graphic arts and arts business from SUNY Empire State College. She furthered her art education by visiting and studying the artwork in more than 50 museums in Austria, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Spain, and Switzerland.
An artist, designer and performer, her exhibitions, collaborations, and performances have taken place in Corning; Binghamton; Portland, ME; Portland, OR; Brooklyn; Hammondsport; and Elmira. She is also the co-founder of a small collaborative arts festival called “The Hours Festivals,” and will have an artist residency from Sept. 3-10 at Hewnoaks in Lovell, ME.
When asked what she hopes viewers of her #nomakeup exhibit will take away from it, Harnas said, “Even though it is tempting and increasingly easy to present yourself in a self-serving flat light via flattering filters on Instagram, and Facebook posts that are biased toward the rosy moments of life, it is through the honest showing of our vulnerabilities that true connection occurs.”
The exhibit will be open for viewing during normal library hours. To inquire about exhibiting your work in the Hinkle Gallery, email email@example.com or call 607-587-4313.
Dr. Richard Kellogg, professor emeritus of psychology at Alfred State, is the author of an article appearing in the most recent issue of Paperback Parade, a quarterly journal for readers and book collectors. The article is titled “Tales of Cosmic Disaster.”
In the article, Kellogg discusses two classic novels in the science fiction genre penned by Philip Wylie (1902-1971) and Edwin Balmer (1883-1959). “When Worlds Collide” (1933) and “After Worlds Collide” (1934) present a future scenario in which two rogue planets have strayed from their normal orbits and are hurtling through outer space toward earth. Mankind will only survive if a powerful spacecraft, aptly christened the Ark, can be built to transport a select group of people to another planet before the catastrophic collision in space.
The author points out that Wylie and Balmer were speculating on the possibility of space travel decades before the American space program and the successful flight to the moon. It is likely that many future pilots, engineers, and scientists were inspired by reading these thrilling tales of space exploration in their youth.
Kellogg writes frequently about detective fiction and the world of science fiction. He is the creator of a popular series of books for children featuring boy detective Barry Baskerville. The most recent entry, “Barry Baskerville Traps a Thief,” is available at the Amazon website.
Students may take a break for summer, but this is the time when Alfred State is working hard to improve the campus before they return in late August. Within the past few months, dozens of facilities have been upgraded, while others are undergoing exciting changes or additions.
Recent additions on the Alfred campus have included a food truck, 43-passenger bus, commodity barn, hay barn, basketball court at Shults Hall, diagnostic medical sonography suite, and radiologic technology suite. Some of the numbers for summer construction projects show their size and scope, such as the 6,700 feet of new gas lines, 150-plus new concrete steps, and 20-plus new pedestrian lights.
As for the School of Applied Technology campus, the $5 million Sustainable Advanced Manufacturing Center, which will house freshman and senior welding students and senior machine tool technology students, will be ready for fall classes. A new Health and Wellness Services Center will open in Wellsville for the first time this fall, as well.
Glenn Brubaker, director of Facilities Operations, said, “We’re excited about the improvements being made to both our campuses. Our hope is that when students arrive later this month, they’ll see that we’ve been hard at work over the summer making Alfred State even greater.”
Other projects on the college’s summer to-do list include adding a new Pioneer Trail complete with fitness stations, installing a 72-inch entertainment center at 10 Elm, resurfacing and striping multiple parking lots, and renovating the library art gallery and lounge, the nano lab clean room, and the equestrian pavilion.
“Our students are at the heart of everything we do here at Alfred State,” said President Dr. Skip Sullivan. “These renovations and upgrades have been undertaken with the goal in mind of making their college experience the best that it can be, and we continually evolve and progress to meet this goal.”
One of the biggest facilities projects is the makeover of the college’s largest residence hall, the MacKenzie Complex, which enters into phase one this fall. Preparation work includes installing new laundry areas closer to MacKenzie residents, clearing out the central quad to make way for construction, and relocating Residential Services offices to the Townhouse Commons. At Pioneer Stadium, construction will soon begin on a new set of locker rooms as construction projects continue to enhance the campus.
While working to repair and maintain the Statue of Liberty, Dennis Heaphy knows that he is preserving history.
In addition to the 62,000 pounds of copper that make up the 300-foot-tall monument, he is also preserving a proud history of tradesmen who helped build this great country. Heaphy, the resident tinsmith for the Statue of Liberty, recently came to Allegany County to celebrate how the region and Alfred State build interest in the craft and trades for the next generation.
Heaphy set up shop at the recent Allegany County Fair to tell his story that started when his great-grandfather opened a metal shop in Syracuse 124 years ago. Sharing his skills and talking with local residents about the need for young people to learn trades with hands-on education proved inspirational.
“My work on the Statue of Liberty is a grand achievement for me, but I was inspired and invigorated by the pride people expressed when they reflected on works of their relatives,” said Heaphy. “The spirit of a community is deeply intertwined with its craftsmen, they are at the heart of the arts and the character of that community, and the trades of today have their roots in the trades of the past.”
Since 1966, Wellsville has been home to Alfred State’s School of Applied Technology. Located on the site of the former Sinclair Oil Refinery, Alfred State’s campus is keeping a proud tradition of tradesmen alive, as each fall a new class of students arrive to learn skills that are not only passed down through the generations, but also evolve to meet the demands of today’s industry. The Allegany County Economic Development staff hope that Heaphy’s visit will be the first in a series of tradesmen who come to demonstrate their craft and generate more interest in education for the trades.
“Our campus in Wellsville is preparing for a big celebration to commemorate 50 years,” said Dean of the School of Applied Technology Ana McClanahan. “We will be inviting the community to join us on Homecoming/Family Weekend for a celebration on Oct. 14. We have a ton of history to celebrate, but also to cheer for what’s new and still developing on our vibrant campus.”
Heaphy’s partner, Anna Dobkowski, is actually an Alfred State alum, having graduated in 1976 with an architectural engineering technology degree. His connections to the college go even deeper, however.
“Not only did Anna graduate from Alfred State, but so did my uncle and many friends, and many friends of friends, and I am proud to say that my nephew will be attending in the fall,” Heaphy said. “Allegany County is the perfect atmosphere to nurture a culture of craftsmen who could find fertile ground to teach and learn the trades that have made us who we are.”
Employers often lament about the need for more young people to learn the trades and the open jobs waiting for skilled workers. Heaphy sees the need for continuing to teach the hands-on skills needed for trades and crafts as a way to prevent the extinction of a long proud tradition.
“When we look at a structure, a piece of furniture, or myriad other works of craft, we hear those voices telling their stories,” he said. “But like a dying language, once there are no more native speakers, it becomes the whisper of myth. I have labored most of my life to keep these languages alive so future craftsmen can understand those messages.”
Not long after the sound of pomp and circumstance rings through the halls of high school graduation ceremonies, some of those same students and parents are packing the car and heading to Alfred State for orientation.
While the number of high school graduates in the region has been declining, thanks to recruitment efforts that are attracting students from an ever-increasing radius, Alfred State is experiencing record numbers at orientation. In July, a total of 1,272 students, parents, and siblings came for orientation, including one session that peaked at 268 student participants, which is larger than any single orientation session in decades.
“Many of the students and parents come here focused on our school’s track record for graduates going on to successful careers, with 99 percent either employed or choosing to continue their education,” said Deborah Goodrich, associate vice president for Enrollment Management. “We have a wide variety of in-demand majors from which to choose, and at orientation our goal is to ensure that these families are on the right track from day one to make their college years pay off for the future.”
Through a series of six sessions, with many participants spending the night and some arriving by bus from New York City, they all converge on Alfred State’s campus. Some parents arrive apprehensive about their child leaving home. Others may come to Alfred with a spring in their step as orientation marks the beginning of an “empty nest” with no children left at home. But all of those parents and students at Alfred State’s orientation come armed with questions and lots of them.
“I’m not sure which group has more questions, the parents or students,” said Goodrich. “The start of college is life-changing for both. And we have an incredible team assembled to answer all questions, so that when school begins in late August, the transition will be easier. In particular, our student orientation leaders help inform those who are not familiar with Alfred State and perhaps unfamiliar with the area, to make the campus comfortable, friendly, and welcoming to our diverse incoming class.”
The orientation leaders are also a diverse group of 14 students who arrived on campus for their first time not so long ago. These students are athletes, Greeks, club members, and student government representatives. Orientation leaders are selected to assist the transition onto campus, stress the importance of thoughtful decisions for academic choices, and encourage students to engage in activities, clubs, and passions. Alfred State offers more than 100 clubs and organizations to match a wide variety of interests.
“Of course studying and achieving your degree is paramount for launching your career,” said Goodrich. “At Alfred State, we also encourage students to develop new interests, leadership skills, and lifelong friendships outside of the classroom. Those attending orientation are often amazed by all that is available to do in our small college town.”
Located within the beautiful natural surroundings of New York’s Southern Tier, many activities and interests at Alfred State naturally revolve around enjoying the environment.
The college is also dedicated to environmental stewardship and advancing the principles of sustainability. As a result, a number of environmentally conscious efforts have been or are being implemented at Alfred State.
According to Director of Facilities Operations Glenn Brubaker, one notable project that has recently been completed was replacing all of the outdoor parking lot and loop-road light fixtures on campus, the majority of which were 250-watt and 400-watt high-pressure sodium fixtures.
“We replaced all of those with LED heads, resulting in a 60-percent savings in energy and maintenance costs,” Brubaker said. “We’ve also submitted a proposal to procure new LED fixtures for all of the exterior lighting on the campus buildings.”
Other examples of completed sustainability projects include the Zero Energy Home Laboratory on the Wellsville campus, as well as the Bergey Grid-Tie 10 kW wind turbine located near the outdoor athletic complex on the Alfred campus that offsets the power consumption of Pioneer Stadium.
The college also has a larger Northern Power Systems 100 kW wind turbine, which produces enough energy to power 15 average American homes annually.
“The energy produced offsets energy consumption for several of the college’s smaller energy accounts through a remote net metering agreement,” Brubaker said. “This remote net metering process allows us to apply energy credits we earn from the energy the wind turbine generates to other utility accounts owned by the campus. Alfred State was the first college within the SUNY system to implement a remote net metering system on campus.”
As for projects that are currently underway, the college’s boiler decentralization project is now in its third year.
“Right now, we have a central heating plant with high-temperature hot water boilers that were installed in the 1960s and are very inefficient,” Brubaker said. “We are in the process of installing condensing boilers in each of the buildings on the Alfred campus and will see significant savings in gas consumption when the project is completed.”
Currently, the heating plant is still serving half of the buildings on the Alfred campus, while the other half of the buildings have new satellite boilers in them. If all goes as planned, according to Brubaker, that project should be completed by the start of the fall 2017 semester.
“We are also working on a multi-year and multi-phased renovation project at our largest residence hall,” he noted. “The Mackenzie Complex is a 1,200-bed residence hall built in the early 1970s. We are being energy conscious with new boilers, HVAC systems, controls, and new lighting throughout. The first phase is out for bid this summer, with construction to begin in October.” | <urn:uuid:1ffd37d3-10fa-4f57-a046-808b01d29be7> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.alfredstate.edu/campus-news?page=13 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280504.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00140-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957083 | 3,427 | 1.523438 | 2 |
When I hear people discuss nowadays their connections to i manmofo'na or Ancient Chamorros, it is always interesting to see their connections and how they express their similarity, their fidelity or their disaffection. There are things that we can identify as coming from ancient times up until today. Some of them are abstract, coming from the nebulous realm of values and ideas. Others are rooted in the land and those things which remain despite things appearing to be so drastically different.
When people want to draw affinity to those ancient ancestors it is rarely a reciprocal game. People will take up things that fit within their lives today, often times things which are incredibly simple or easy to integrate or provide verbal support for, but actually have little affect on their lives. It is common in all cultures to speak on behalf of our ancestors, to speak to them. But when people praise and pay homage to them it makes me wonder what their responses would be? Would they be happy? Would they see a link between them and us? Would they be appalled? Would they see us as proper guardians of their heritage or as shameful, impure, rejects?
In thinking about this I am reminded of a scene from the film Prometheus directed by Ridley Scott. This film had so much hype and hope attached to it in terms of giving some backstory and meaning to the world of the Alien franchise. It didn't so nearly as much as people hoped but was overall a very interesting film visually. Towards the end of the film, Waylon the man who funded the trip to seek out the Engineers, who perhaps hold the secrets of human life, seeks answers. He has his android wake up one of them from stasis. David attempts to communicate with the towering Engineer who responds by killing Waylon and the others and decapitating the android.
It is a telling moment. Most people imagine the past as sitting idly, stagnant, harmless in its stasis. The images of ancestors are filled with kindly ancient sages and saints who hold the keys to explaining where you come from, what you truly are and so on. But this encounter with the Engineer is a nice reminder that ones ancestors, if they are to be considered real, and not flattened shades to be used for tattoos and stickers, have agency of their own. They had their own contradictions, their own limitations and difficulties and they may look at those who pay homage to them today as being fakes and disgraces. They may feel the opposite as well and see the connection alive and well, but that potential leads so many to think very simply about their history, picking and choosing in superficial ways what to pledge allegiance to and what to discard.
It is intriguing to think what connecting to our ancestors in a more thorough way might be like. Not just taking on what fits with us, or what we find relevant today or what we don't find problematic today, but taking on their legacy in a more holistic way. I have over the years brought up examples of not just speaking of veneration for ancestors, but going so far as keeping the skulls of revered relatives as Ancient Chamorros today. I have another example below, in terms of Ancient Chamorro loveplay. From historical accounts and archeological records we can deduce that the teeth were important to Chamorros, as a means of self-expression and also as a means of romantic expression. Biting and marking of flesh was considered to be a way of showing affection and interpersonal ownership. According to one account Chamorros would show off bites as a memento of a particularly good time spent or relationship.
I have a poem below that I wrote to give some sense to this.
Ti ha sangåni yu’ ni’ fino’-ña
na ha guaiya yu’.
Lao i nifen-ña muna’klåru…
Anai ha åkka’ yu’ gi painge
Ya ha ette i apagå-hu
Milalak papa’ i haga’-hu
Taiguihi i lago’ guinaiya siha.
Ya i dinigridu pa’go
i muna’hahasso yu’
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22 Reasons To Learn Guitar
If you play the guitar, you already know how good it makes you feel right? But did you know there have been a number of scientific studies performed on the effects of guitar playing? Some of the results might just surprise you, keep reading to find out why playing the guitar is so good for you.
It’s not just a great way to pass the time, playing the guitar really does have proven benefits that will cross over into your daily life. Here are our top reasons to learn guitar.
1. It Can Help You Relieve Stress
Playing the guitar calms the body and mind. There have been numerous studies done that all prove that playing guitar lowers blood pressure, heart rate, anxiety and depression. In fact, playing guitar for just 15 minutes has been known to reduce levels of stress. This is because playing guitar takes all of your concentration which means you can’t be thinking of your cares or worries whilst playing the guitar.
2. It Improves Concentration Skills
Playing the guitar means you have to concentrate and like any practised skill, it becomes a habit over time. All of which will crossover into other areas of your life. This means you’ll find you have an increased level of concentration in whatever you do.
3. It Improves Your Memory
There’s a lot to remember when playing the guitar, chord shapes, the position of notes, strumming/picking patterns, the list goes on and on. The more you need to remember, the more neural pathways your brain creates. These pathways help to improve your memory which also crosses over into other areas of your life.
4. It’s Proven To Help Ward Off Dementia In Later Life
Those same memory making neural pathways that buildup in your brain will also help in later life. There is growing evidence to suggest that learning to play the guitar can help to lessen the degree of degenerative memory loss in later life.
5. It’s Great For Hand To Eye Coordination
Playing the guitar successfully, means using your hands and eyes together simultaneously. You need to make the chord shapes with one hand while strumming the rhythmic tempo with the other hand. This eye to hand coordination increases your ability to process information and allows you to be more dexterous too.
6. It Builds Stronger Arms
Guitarists build muscles in their arms, shoulders, wrists and fingers just by playing the guitar. It’s a gradual process, but over time, and with regular guitar playing sessions, your arms and attached muscles will become stronger.
7. It Boosts Your Confidence
As your playing skills improve and you start to show others your achievements, you will find you enjoy performing in front of others more and more. These experiences give you a boost in your confidence and you’ll find that you feel more comfortable in many social engagements.
8. It Helps You Develop Better Listening Skills
To become a good guitarist, you’ll need to improve your ability to listen and really listen well. Over time, you’ll be able to recognise chords just by hearing them because you spend a lot of your time listening to music. The guitarist that listens to many different genres greatly improves their own musical ability and widens their musical taste at the same time.
9. It Can Actually Make You Healthier
Playing the guitar energises the guitarist which in turn creates a healthier outlook on life in general. You’ll find you will improve your posture when playing guitar as well as having more energy for your day to day activities.
10. It Can Have A Positive Impact On Your Social Life
Whether it’s playing with other musicians, talking to the guitar shop staff, discussing various genres or artists, or just having more confidence to talk to people in general. You’ll find you have far less difficulty talking to others once you become a guitarist. Plus there have been social studies in which the guitarist really was found to be more attractive purely by holding the guitar.
11. It Helps You Develop Skills Necessary To Become Successful
Not just in the music business, we can’t all become rockstars. But guitarists have the ability to work hard and study on their own. They are also patient and persistent and not afraid of hard work plus they are creative. All qualities that transfer into any business venture, which means an individual that has been playing the guitar for some time, is more likely to succeed in any business venture they participate in.
12. It Makes You Happier
A recent study found that just listening to music makes you feel good by releasing the feel good hormone dopamine into your brain. Think how much happier actually playing that music will make you.
13. It Can Help Cure Insomnia
According to another study , listening to or playing music and by extension, guitar, releases oxytocin which aids relaxation. If you’re relaxed, you’re more likely to sleep better than if you’re stressed. So playing the guitar will help you to sleep better. This is probably why mothers sing to their babies to soothe them to sleep.
14. It Enhances Verbal Intelligence
Yet another study found that 90% of children that took music lessons scored higher on verbal tests. Learning to play the guitar is comparable to learning another language so it’s only to be expected that verbal communications would improve as well.
15. It Increases Your Creativity
Musicians and guitarists in particular, picture chord shapes, scales and arpeggios in their mind which gives them a unique ability when problem solving in general. Guitarists actually develop ways to look at problems in a multidimensional way. This helps in creating new and better ways of dealing with whatever problems life or our careers throw at us.
16. It Promotes A Healthier Immune System
In another study , scientists have discovered that playing the guitar, or any instrument, increases levels of immunoglobulin A, which is an antibody that helps to fight viruses and improve the immune system in the body.
17. It Introduces You To New Cultures
Playing the guitar exposes you to all kinds of different geographical and cultural influences. There’s Latin music like Flamenco, classical music from Europe, Jazz, Blues, Indie, Rock, Punk and any of the other multitude of genres of music all available to the guitarist. Guitarists can and do take pieces of every type of music and incorporate it into their own playing style. Thus giving the guitarist a unique perspective on the cultures of other people.
18. It Is A Great Way To Express Yourself
Some people find it hard to describe their emotions in words, and stay locked within their own thoughts. The guitarist has a unique way to express the way they’re feeling, through music. We can play happy tunes, exciting tunes, the blues, and many other musical forms to demonstrate how we are feeling without the need for words.
19. It Helps You To Develop Multitasking Skills
The guitarist needs to read music, change chords, strum or pick the strings while listening to other musicians and possibly singing at the same time. If ever there was an example of multitasking, it’s playing the guitar and once you can master all of that, transferring that skill into everyday life will be a doddle.
20. It Improves Your Overall Dexterity
Playing the guitar takes lots of practice, every day for at least an hour a day. That time spent practising guitar is also improving your dexterity. The ability to control the fingers of both hands simultaneously is a useful skill for life which can take many years to master. You can learn how to achieve this ability while enjoying yourself on your guitar.
21. It Gives You A Sense Of Satisfaction
Unlike the Rolling Stones song, guitarists can get satisfaction from learning and remembering a piece of music that’s taken time to learn. Obviously anyone with any hobby can achieve a similar satisfaction but we have a tune we can play forever once we’ve nailed it. And nothing beats that feeling of satisfaction like remembering a particularly taxing piece of music.
22. It Sets You Up To Learn Other Instruments
Learning to play the guitar will give you the skills needed to play other stringed instruments like the ukulele, mandolin, banjo and even the bass guitar. That sense of rhythm, tone and the confidence to work across the fretboard will all be transferable onto other instruments. You often find guitarists that play banjo, uke and mandolin because of the similarity of skills needed.
Frequently Asked Questions
It is definitely worth learning the guitar. Apart from the obvious benefits of being able to play a cool instrument, scientists have discovered there are many health benefits to be gained from playing the guitar. Including better memory retention in later life and less likelihood of dementia symptoms, reduced stress levels, better sleep patterns and better posture to name but a few.
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Throughout history and into the present, government restriction on civil liberties has almost always been proven unjustified. During World War I, there was no really organized opposition or significant spy rings, or afterwards, any communist conspiracy. A government crackdown was not warranted.
In World War II we interned 120,000 Japanese-Americans, citizens, out of hysterical fear, to no good end.
As a nation, we tend to do foolish things with our freedom when we are afraid.
Why not? Marriages dissolve; why not countries? People can divorce, but states cannot secede? My wife wants to leave, but I decree its in the best interest of the family for her to stay, and force her to do so? And when she moves into another house against my decree, I break in and drag her by the hair back to my own? Certainly no one would condone that for individuals; why so for nations?
Yes, the existence of the United States was threatened. Maybe its death would have birthed two new nations, the Confederate and Federal States of America, and not a drop of blood needed to be shed. Instead, the bloodiest conflict the United States has ever seen resulted in over 600,000 casualties and a dead president.
As to whatever motives that drove President Lincoln to do what he did, what he did was unconstitutional. Understood, he did not make those decisions lightly, and he certainly thought he was acting in the best interest of the country, but that alone is not justification for expanding Presidential powers and acting illegally. If we are to adhere to the Rule of Law it means that no one, and no excuse, supersedes it. Perhaps Congress in the 1850's, as the nightmare was on the horizon, should have considered enacting a process by which states could leave the Union; better yet, perhaps the Founders should have written in an "exit strategy" in the founding document at the beginning.
In case you're wondering, I'm born and bred and live in New England. And those six New England states were the first to think of seceding way back in 1807, after the Federal Government destroyed the Northern economy by closing the ports and shutting down trade!
Certainly, voluntarily remaining in the Union was (is?) the best option. What's objectionable is forcing the Union on an unwilling party.
Had we let the South go, perhaps we wouldn't have an onerous Federal Government today.
A wrong idea begets wrong practices. Lincoln suspending habeas corpus and dissolving Maryland's legislature (so they wouldn't vote to secede) was patently unconstitutional and a grave abuse of presidential power. His actions stemmed from his belief of preserving the Union. However, there are those who argue that since the Southern states joined the Union voluntarily, and they voluntarily choose to withdraw from the Union, they should have been peaceably allowed to do so. National emergency solved.
Throughout history, leaders have used warfare as an excuse to undermine the liberties of the people. Sadly, the US is no exception, most grievously during the prior presidency. Suspending habeas corpus expands the power of government, in those cases, to hold secret trials. Of course, an exception like a "national emergency" may require stringent methods to respond to the emergency, but this suggests a bit of shutting the barn door after the horse has fled -- such measures do nothing to solve the "emergency," (by the time government responds the emergency is over) yet they erode liberty. It's a show of force to convince the people government can do something, and that something is to expand its own power. Fortunately, when when bad laws or decisions have been committed, they have in short order been rectified, and not persisted permanently. Yet.
It has been quite common for the government of the United States to restrict individual freedoms during wartime. The courts have consistently upheld the power of the government to do so during national emergencies.
I also agree that suppressing individual freedoms and increasing the power of government is almost always a bad idea, with negative consequences in history.
To play devil's advocate, during the Civil War Lincoln was especially restrictive on the freedoms of people to dissent and/or preach secession, up to and including arresting and imprisoning the Mayor of Baltimore and most of the city council without trial or charge. Didn't he have to do so in order to preserve the Union?
I would not argue that World War I represented an equally grave threat, however.
The second link below is an article rating several presidents on civil liberties, including Woodrow Wilson.
I assume you are talking about the Espionage and Sedition Acts passed during World War I.
I do not believe that those acts were justified. In fact, I do not believe those acts would have been warranted in any circumstances. The acts made it illegal to say or do anything that could be construed as opposing the war or the government. That led to such things as Eugene V. Debs being imprisoned for opposing the draft.
It can never be appropriate for Americans to be banned from expressing their opinions. It is one thing to ban actions that would hinder the war, but banning speech is unAmerican.
It appears enoteschris, in his post #4 is criticizing President Abraham Lincoln for taking stiff measures to protect the unity of United States of America. He says:
Lincoln suspending habeas corpus and dissolving Maryland's legislature (so they wouldn't vote to secede) was patently unconstitutional and a grave abuse of presidential power.
I think, this kind of criticism is highly unfair to a great man. Lincoln's actions were prompted, not by consideration of personal gains, but by the desire for good of people of USA. Acting against the constitution of a country is very much justified when the very existence of a country is threatened. And tearing apart a country in two, is definitely threatening the very existence of the country. As to the right of the states to secede, it is not just as simple as checking in and out of a hotel. A marriage is a voluntary partnership between husband and wife. This does not mean that either of the two partner has a right to walk out the other just because he or she decides to do so.
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Longest Chip Of A Tennis Ball Through A Door Frame Using A Golf Club
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Brian Winkel used a golf club to knock a tennis ball through a doorway from a distance of 103 feet (1,236 inches) away.
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In 1878, a toy forever changed the lives of Wilbur and Orville. Milton gave the boys a toy helicopter, a simple device made of bamboo, paper, and cork and powered by a rubber band. Wilbur and Orville would later recall that their father’s gift sparked their interest in the science of flight. Wilbur and Orville Wright went from repairing bicycles to inventing the airplane. This Library of Congress primary source set includes photographs, newspapers articles, personal letters and telegrams, and official army documents record their experiences and their experiments.
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Tom Ford – Everyone knows him and everyone loves him. The Texas-born fashion designer is known, among other things, for his men’s suits, shoes, clothes, accessories and perfumes. Since the nineties, he is one of the dominant designers worldwide. The award-winning designer is still shaping Gucci today. During his time as Gucci designer and creative director, he increased Gucci’s sales tenfold and saved the fashion brand from bankruptcy with his stunning designs. Ford made the nineties the decade of coolness and glamour. Here you can find everything about the history and the development of the label! Just like Balenciaga, Prada, Dior and Chanel, Tom Ford belongs to one of the most successful luxury labels in the world.
From Gucci and YSL to Tom Ford
His career as a fashion designer begins when he designs clothing for women for Gucci. Just two years later he is appointed Creative Director of Gucci and is responsible for the designs of fashion, accessories and fragrances. Later, he also served as Creative Director for Yves Saint Laurent Fashion and Beauty. After leaving the position of Vice Chairman at Gucci, he founded his own label has since designed men’s and women’s collections in apparel, accessories and fragrances.
Interesting facts about Tom Ford
Here you can find some facts about the star designer.
Fact 1 – Film producer and director
Tom Ford has founded his own film production company called “Fade to Black” and has directed several films. The film he produced “A Single Man” gets a lot of recognition and was also nominated for an Oscar.
Fact 2 – Author
In addition to film productions in which the successful designer has participated, he is also an author and has written and published several books in different categories. The most popular books written by him are called:
- Tom Ford 002
- The Verne Legacy
- Savile Row: The Masater Tailors of British Bespoke
- Macromedia Contibrute 3 : Content Management for Everyone
- Container Gradening Made Simple: Beginners Guide to Growing Healthy Vegetable & Herb Gardens
- The Perfect Compost Plan: Beginners Guide to Making Healthy Compost
Fact 3 – Bath addiction
Tom Ford takes a bath up to three times a day. When he is particularly stressed and wants to relax, he even bathes once every hour.
Fact 4 – Actually architect
After taking some art history courses at the University of New York, he changed his university and his major. He graduated in architecture from Parsons School of Design in New York.
Popular products and fashion
Esteemed fashion designer Tom Ford is best known for turning Gucci into a multi-billion dollar brand before leaving the company to start his own highly successful brand.
Garden of Eden of fragrances
Tom Ford has a huge selection of fragrances, to be exact exist over 100 perfumes for men and women. His fragrances are known for having a long-lasting effect. Popular women’s fragrances are : black orchid, Jasmine Musk, orchid soleil. In men’s fragrances, the most sought after are : noir extreme, grey vetiver, noir, noir anthracite. In addition, Tom Ford offers a wide range of unisex perfumes. The most sought after are: noir de noir, oud wood, amalifi, tobacco vanilla, lost cherry, costa azzurra, cafe rose. Not only fragrances for people are sold by Tom Ford. He also offers scented candles and room fragrances. As you can see, Tom Ford offers, through its numerous fragrances and scents for everyone the right scent.
Tom Ford Sunglasses Collection
In addition to the countless fragrances, the American designer also creates some accessories, including sunglasses for both men and women. The sunglasses, are available in a large number of variants, colors and shapes, so that for every face shape The glasses look not only stylish and elegant, but spice up as a statement piece of each of your outfits. All glasses are handmade in Italy, which can be attributed to the good quality and individuality of the glasses.
The most popular are these Tom Ford glasses:
- Henry sunglasses
- Withney sunglasses
- Gerrard sunglasses
- Ian-02 ft 0591/s 52n sunglasses
- Jennifer Sunglasses
- Jameson sunglasses
Angelina Jolie wears Tom Ford
The US actress and film director Angelina Jolie is also an enthusiastic wearer of Michael Kors sunglasses. In the picture she wears the “Whitney” glasses in black with golden details. The sunglasses are also available in brown, gold and blue. The frame is available in wide and narrow.
The famous Tom Ford suit
Ford clothing is also very prestigious. Besides shirts, ties and coats, the fashion designer also sells men’s suits. Special features of Tom Ford suits are that they have a modern and narrow cut. The suits with narrow waist and square shoulders are available in the following colors: Black, gray, light and dark blue, beige, brown and mauve. Accordingly, the suits can be worn in different walks of life, be it for daily use or for meetings, conventions and client meetings.
With Tom Ford Agent 007 feeling
Actor Daniel Craig wears some Tom Ford outfits in the movie “James Bond – Quantum of Solace”. Especially the black men’s suit, is very popular with viewers and wins Tom Ford a lot of buyers.
Tom Ford x Gucci iconic campaign
It is already known that Tom Ford, before starting his own fashion label, designed for Gucci and created some iconic collections. The Bamboo Gucci heels, which have a bamboo heel and leather straps that tie around the ankle, were part of it. Available were the heeled sandals in black, beige and pink.
Kylie Jenner in Tom Ford fur coat
US reality TV participant and entrepreneur Kylie Jenner is a loyal Tom Ford wearer. In her closet there are numerous products of the designer. Among others also jeans pants, dresses, pumps, heels and coats. In the picture below, which Kylie Jenner posted on her Instagram Story, the founder and owner of Kylie Cosmetics is posing in a coat designed by Tom Ford, which dates back to his Gucci designer days.
Tom Ford Beauty Products
On top of his other creations, Tom Ford offers a whole range of beauty products. Be it, eyeshadow palettes, foundation, lipstick, blush, contour palettes, shower gel or body spray. Many makeup gurus praise, the Tom Ford beauty products for their good quality and durability. The products can be blended well and achieve a more beautiful natural finish. In addition, the super light feel and the result is always satisfactory.
Hailey Bieber Tom Ford Shade & Illuminate contouring Palette
Even the famous model Hailey Bieber uses the Tom Ford Tom Ford Shade and Illuminate contouring palette in her daily make-up routine. She applies the product on her cheeks, forehead and chin to get a beautiful and natural tan on her face. She also applies the product on her eyelids to replace eye shadow.
Tom Ford bags
The New York fashion designer has a huge selection of bags to offer. From shoulder bags, belt bags, shoulder bags, clutches, mini bags to tote bags everything can be found. All bags are available in different sizes and colors. Currently you can find over 60 different bags in its assortment.
You can find the most famous bags here:
- Jennifer Bag
- 001 Bag
- Alix Hobo Bag
- Tara Crossbody Bag
- Bianca Bag
Legendary Tom Ford fashion show
During his time as a designer at Gucci, Tom Ford created some legendary pieces. His designs were, at the time, some of the sexiest designs ever. Models like Kate Moss, Carolyn Murphy, Naomi Campbell and Amber Valletta walked in this show. You want to become a model too? It’s best to start early and become a model at the age of 14 or 15.
Many pieces from the Tom Ford x Gucci collections are very revered to date. Especially among the Kardashians, the vintage one-of-a-kind pieces are very prevalent. Be it Kim Kardashian, who wears dresses, suits or even the infamous thong, or her little sister Kylie Jenner. But we already know that.
What is Tom Ford doing today?
Tom Ford was born in Austin, Texas in 1961. His full birth name is Caelyle Ford. Together with his family he spent his childhood, as well as youth in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Who owns Tom Ford?
Maurizio Gucci sold a 50% stake in the company in 1988 and eventually sold it outright to an investor from Bahrain in 1933. Gucci’s CEO at the time, Domenico De Sole, a renowned lawyer, initiated extensive restructuring measures together with Ford starting in 1994.
When was Tom Ford at Gucci?
Not only Gucci put his stamp on Tom Ford. In March 1999, Gucci entered into a partnership with the PPR Group and subsequently bought the Yves Saint Laurent brand.
How much does Tom Ford cost?
For signature fragrances, the price scale starts at 25 euros for 10 milliliters. However, Tom Ford is particularly known for its high-priced perfumes. Private blend variants cost up to 100 euros for the same quantity. A whole 700 euros can cost 250 ml of eau de parfum.
Where are Tom Ford glasses made?
The glasses are handmade in Italy from the highest quality materials.
More videos about Tom Ford
If you want to learn more videos about Tom Ford and the topics New York Fashion Week, perfumes and beauty, click here on the link.
Brands like Tom Ford: Chanel and Dior
Tom Ford is one of the most popular fashion brands in the world. Other top luxury brands are Chanel and Dior.
Chanel: cosmetics, fashion shows and jewelry
The French luxury fashion group is one of the most famous in the world. The luxury brand offers everything from clothing, accessories, perfume, skincare and makeup.
Dior: perfume, beauty and much more
Dior is also one of the world’s most famous fashion brands. Dior is especially known for its fashion, fragrances and make-up products.
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Rapid change in technology has become the biggest source of pressure on company finance and accounting teams.
That’s the leading opinion of more than 2,200 U.S. CFOs interviewed for a new Robert Half Management Resources survey.
The CFOs, who represent companies of all sizes in more than 20 of the largest US metropolitan markets, were asked in a telephone interview: “In general, what would you say is the single greatest pressure facing your accounting and finance function?"
Given the choice of five answers, 41% of the CFOs cited “keeping pace with changing technology” as the biggest stressor on their financial operations. Second was “meeting regulatory compliance mandates” at 24%, followed by “harnessing/managing Big Data” at 17% and “finding and keeping skilled staff” at 16%. Only 1% chose “don’t know” (note: the percentages do not total 100% due to rounding, according to a news release from Robert Half Management Resources, which provides staffing services in the accounting, finance, and business systems space).
The selection of technology as the top CFO pressure point did not surprise Paul McDonald, senior executive director for Robert Half. As he said in a telephone interview, technology has become a capstone for virtually everything CFOs and their teams must handle.
“You meet regulatory requirements and compliance mandates with technology,” he said. “You achieve strong internal control objectives with technology. You harness Big Data by having strong technology and investing in technology on an ongoing basis.”
Adding to the pressure on CFOs are the scope and sheer number of technologies the finance function must handle: enterprise resource planning (ERP) applications, data-mining tools, business intelligence software, and data security platforms. CFOs and their teams need to know about everything from Microsoft Excel and Access to business intelligence tools such as IBM’s Cognos and Oracle’s Hyperion and general accounting software including Intuit’s QuickBooks, among many others.
Exacerbating the challenge are the growing number of cyber-security threats and the increasing menu of technology choices and challenges created by cloud-based hosting and software-as-a-service options.
Tips for keeping up with technology changes
What can CFOs do to mitigate the risks and maximise the rewards associated with rapid changes in technology? CFOs should at least consider doing the following:
- Hire financial staff with strong technology knowledge. “All of the people need to have IT skills of various levels: from Excel macros to Microsoft Dynamics implementation,” McDonald said.
- Interact with in-house IT staff and/or outside consultants who are trusted technology experts. CFOs must understand what technologies really do – not necessarily from a user perspective but certainly how the technology affects the financial function and the business overall, McDonald said. CFOs also need to learn about other technologies so they know what potential options are. In addition, CFOs should connect strongly with internal IT staff and/or outside subject matter experts to continually evaluate technology-related risks, which can change rapidly. “Don’t just be the one who signs the checks,” McDonald said.
- Attend conferences featuring sessions on current and emerging technologies. The American Institute of CPAs (AICPA) and state CPA societies provide good options in this area, said James C. Bourke, CPA/CITP/CFF, CGMA, a partner in charge of firm technology for WithumSmith+Brown, a 550-employee CPA firm based in New Jersey. “There’s no better place” to go to learn about accounting-related technologies, according to Bourke, who is a former AICPA board member and former chair of the AICPA Tech+ Conference.
- Set up RSS feeds with specific technologies as keywords. This is particularly effective with industry-specific software, according to Bourke, who cited a CFO with a manufacturing company who subscribes to nine RSS feeds that deliver daily or weekly updates on software used in his sector.
- Join and become active in technology user groups. These groups discuss problems and solutions with specific technologies. For example, a CFO might join a group focused on Microsoft Dynamics, Bourke said. CFOs can pose specific questions to the group and often receive answers very quickly from counterparts who already have dealt with the same issues.
- Collaborate with CFOs at other companies that use the same technologies. CFOs seeking answers to technology problems specific to their industry may find help with other CFOs in their industry, Bourke said. Other CFOs often can provide answers even when vendors cannot.
- Meet with fellow CFOs to discuss technology issues. These CFOs don’t have to be in the same industry or use the same technologies, Bourke said. Instead, the goal with these interactions is to share and gain exposure to different kinds of technologies and strategies. “It helps them get out of their world,” Bourke said.
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NEW YORK & THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention and the Amgen Foundation today announced the launch of the Harold P. Freeman Patient Navigation Training Institute. Made possible by a generous $2.5 million leadership grant over three years from the Amgen Foundation, the Institute will provide training to individuals nationwide interested in becoming patient navigators, as well as health care administrators developing patient navigation programs throughout the country and across the world. Within patient navigation programs, cancer patients are assigned a navigator who works directly with them to make appointments, assist them with financial barriers and generally reduce the time between diagnosis and treatment.
The Navigation Training Institute is named in honor of the pioneer of the Patient Navigation concept, Harold P. Freeman, M.D., founder and president of the Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention located in Harlem, New York. Dr. Freeman is an internationally recognized authority on the interrelationship of race, poverty and cancer. In 1990, Dr. Freeman launched the Patient Navigator Program in Harlem to reduce disparities in access to diagnosis and treatment of cancer particularly among poor and uninsured people. The Center's experience has shown that effective navigation leads to improved patient's retention and increased adherence to treatment.
"We thank the Amgen Foundation for providing this extraordinary gift to launch the Patient Navigation Training Institute. The Institute is designed to create a well trained work force of patient navigators, who will help to eliminate barriers to cancer care at countless underserved sites throughout the nation," said Dr. Freeman.
The Patient Navigation Institute will allow individuals to participate in a comprehensive interactive training curriculum focused on the core competencies needed to establish and implement a patient navigation program and become certified in the Harold P. Freeman model of Patient Navigation. To ensure that health care facilities which serve medically underserved communities across the country have full access to the training, the Institute will selectively award grants to cover tuition, travel and food expenses. It will also create a national database for the collection, analysis and dissemination of information regarding best patient navigation practices.
"The Amgen Foundation is proud to partner with the Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention to provide this vital training and to establish a national standard for the important work of patient navigators," said Jean J. Lim, president of the Amgen Foundation. "This program will also help patients and their families gain greater access to quality healthcare."
Based primarily on Dr. Freeman's Harlem model, the $25 million national "Patient Navigator, Outreach and Chronic Disease Prevention Act" was enacted by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President George W. Bush on June 29, 2005. The legislation will make $25 million available to fund pilot patient navigation programs throughout the country. In addition, the National Cancer Institute's Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities has also allocated $25 million to fund demonstration patient navigation projects, as well as the Center for Medicaid and Medicare Services, which has allocated $25 million to utilize patient navigation amongst their service population.
About The Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention
The Ralph Lauren Center was established in 2003 in the heart of Harlem, a community with one of the highest cancer mortality rates in the country. The Center is a unique joint-venture between Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and North General Hospital, offering state-of-the-art diagnostic services, outpatient treatment, counseling, and innovative community outreach strategies to reach the medically underserved in Harlem and surrounding communities. The Center has flourished under the guidance of Dr. Freeman, and its chief executive officer Harold Varmus, M.D., who is also president of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and a Nobel Laureate recognized for his studies of the genetic basis of cancer.
About the Amgen Foundation
The Amgen Foundation (www.amgen.com/citizenship/overview.html) seeks to advance science education; improve patient access to quality care; and strengthen the communities where Amgen staff members live and work. Since 1991, the Foundation has made more than $85 million in grants to local, regional, and national nonprofit organizations that impact society in inspiring and innovative ways. It has also supported disaster relief efforts both domestically and internationally.
Ralph Lauren Center for Cancer Care and Prevention
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The following resources provides schools with tips for supporting students, families, and staff members who are impacted by the conflict in Ukraine.
This resource collection also includes recommendations for discussing the crisis with children and teens.
Supporting Students Impacted by the Conflict
See more ideas in When Your School Community Is Impacted by a Global Crisis.
Students with ties to Ukraine
Students and families with ties to Ukraine may be anxious, distressed, grieving, and traumatized by the news they are seeing and hearing from loved ones. They may also have a hard time focusing. At the same time, students may have strong community and family ties that are providing important support right now, as seen in the following stories:
- A Ukrainian School in New York Takes on a Big Mission (The New York Times)
- Ukrainian students at CPS school try to process Russian invasion: 'Very sad and distressed' (Chicago Tribune)
- Ukrainian bilingual schools in Manitoba getting ready to enroll children fleeing conflict (CBC)
Keep the following guidelines in mind in your interactions with Ukrainian students:
- Proceed with utmost care and sensitivity. Do not ask students with ties to the events to comment on current events, either publicly or privately.
- Avoid making assumptions about students' experiences.
- Check in with students and families to let them know that you are available to talk if needed.
- Talk with family liaisons or others who know their community well to find out how families are responding to current events and what kind of support the school might offer.
- Consider pulling a team together of family liaisons, parents, and mental health professionals to discuss culturally appropriate forms of support, especially if your school is serving students who have recently arrived from Ukraine.
- Continue building relationships with students and families so that you can build trust. This will take time, but is essential in order to partner effectively with families.
- Don't lose sight of students' strengths, their pride in their culture, their resilience, and the contributions they make to the school community.
ELL expert Dr. Ruslana Westerlund, who moved to the U.S. from Ukraine in her early 20's, also encourages teachers of Ukrainian students to learn a few phrases from the Ukrainian language. "If teachers use a few phrases to say ‘hello’ and other words, that would be comforting to the students," she says. Resources about the Ukrainian language, as well as other resources related to the teaching and studying of Ukraine, are available in this resource collection from Harvard University. You can also learn more about Dr. Westerlund’s experiences growing up in Ukraine and coming to the U.S. in her memoir, From Borsch to Burgers: A Cross-Cultural Memoir.
Students with ties to Russia
Students and families with ties to Russia may also be anxious and distressed about the conflict and its impacts. In addition, students may be experiencing bullying or other expressions of hostility in the school or community. These hostilities may also be directed towards Russian-speaking individuals from other nations.
As noted above:
- Keep in mind that students will bring multiple perspectives about these events. Do not make any assumptions about their experiences or opinions.
- Do not ask students with ties to the events to comment on current events, either publicly or privately.
- Check in with students and families to let them know that you are available to talk if needed.
- Talk with family liaisons or others who know their community well to find out how families are responding to current events and any concerns they might have.
Discussing political violence with ELLs, immigrants, and refugees
The events in Ukraine may be traumatic for refugees who have been displaced (or targeted) by violence, conflict, or civil war. That violence may be the reason they came to America, and students may have many opinions and questions about current events. It's important to proceed with sensitivity and caution in any discussion, especially if you don't know much about students' prior experiences.
- Consider providing students a private space to share their thoughts, such as a digital journal.
- Prepare for these discussions in collaboration with counselors and other mental health professionals.
- Learn more about trauma-informed instruction for immigrant students.
To learn more about how schools have supported other refugee communities, see the following:
- Partnering with Refugee Students
- Supporting Syrian Refugees: Related Resources
- How Schools Can Partner with Afghan Refugee Families
- You Are Welcome Here: Social and Emotional Support for Newcomer Students from Yemen (documentary highlighting Dearborn, MI)
Creating a welcoming classroom environment
Look for ways to continue letting all of your ELL/immigrant students and their families need to know that they are valued members of your class, school, and community:
- Continue efforts to make ELLs feel welcome and build relationships with students and families.
- Ask students how they can continue building community in their classroom, perhaps in private conversations or small focus groups.
- Share ideas with colleagues and administrators as you hear them.
Support for staff
Keep in mind that staff with ties to the conflict may also be deeply distressed, overwhelmed, and exhausted. Providing extra support, flexibility, and opportunities for connection can make a tremendous difference during a difficult time.
You may also be able to adapt some tips from the following:
- Providing Social-Emotional Supports for Staff with Immigrant Connections
- When Your School Community Is Impacted by a Global Crisis
- Creating Trauma-Informed Schools (The National Child Traumatic Stress Network)
Discussing Ukraine: Resources for Educators
If you will be discussing Ukraine in the classroom:
- Keep in mind the above tips if you have students who have ties to the conflict.
- Remind all students to show respect for each other. If needed, establish guidelines for respectful classroom discussions.
- Don’t hesitate to create some space when needed. For example, after a major event, you could give students a chance to write in journals privately and tell them that the class will be returning to this topic after you’ve had time to read their journals and create a plan.
- Do some research to see what resources are available from trusted organizations.
- Check in with colleagues, administrators, and your local teacher union if you want more guidance.
- Remember that students may need time, space, and privacy to process what is unfolding.
Ensure ELLs can fully participate in any lesson or discussion
If you proceed with a discussion or lesson plan, ensure you include ELLs by:
- considering how the topic might connect to students’ experiences (without making those connections explicit)
- teaching important background knowledge, vocabulary, and academic language
- scaffolding the lesson for various levels of proficiency
Discussing the conflict
- Resources for Educators and Families to Discuss the Invasion of Ukraine with Students (San Diego County Office of Education)
- What is it like being a Ukrainian refugee? — Gathering heirlooms, clothes, pets amid Russian bombardment (PBS NewsHour Classroom)
- Class activity: Discuss how to process brutal images of war in the news (PBS NewsHour Classroom)
- Seven tips for spotting disinformation related to the Russia-Ukraine conflict (Stanford University News)
- Teachers can offer a safe space for students to talk about the war in Ukraine (The Conversation)
- Teaching Resources About the War in Ukraine (The New York Times)
Updates on Ukrainian children and students
- This school takes kids from the most traumatized parts of Ukraine — and offers hope (NPR)
- Millions of Ukrainian children are still in school despite the war (IdeaStream Public Media)
- Nearly two-thirds of Ukrainian children displaced by war, U.N. says (The Washington Post)
- A teacher set up a school for Ukrainian refugee children in Romania (NPR)
- What Ukrainian children told AFT's President Randi Weingarten: "Tell American children to be grateful" (Education Week)
- Polish schools expect as many Ukrainian refugees as there are students in Los Angeles (The Washington Post)
Ukrainian oral history: Documentary and lesson plans
Experience first-hand accounts of Ukrainian oral history through video clips from the documentary film, Baba Babee Skazala: Grandmother Told Grandmother, of children who, along with their families, were forced to abandon the lives they knew to become refugees in order to ensure their safety during World War II.
Related videos and lesson plans are available from PBS Learning Media's "Ukrainian Oral History: World War II to Present" resource collection. This film was created by Matej Silecky, a professional figure skater-turned-filmmaker who wanted to capture this important history from his family's home country.
Discussing Ukraine: Resources for Families
- Talking to your child sensitively about Ukraine (PBS NewsHour)
- How to talk to kids about the Ukraine invasion (PBS SoCal)
- How to talk to kids about Ukraine (The New York Times)
- How to talk to children about Ukraine (The Guardian)
- Your kids are hearing about Ukraine. How to help them understand (The Washington Post)
- When kids have questions about nuclear tensions (PBS NewsHour)
Tips about news and media coverage
Talking about tough topics
- Guide: After a Loved One Dies (National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement) | Spanish & Japanese versions
- A Child in Grief (New York Life Foundation) | Spanish version
- Sesame Street Resources on Grief | Spanish version
Resources for military families
Students in military families may be navigating feelings about past deployments or anxiety about the future. See these resources for more information:
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The U.S. Coast Guard – the fifth branch of the military – has suffered a string of potentially avoidable and sometimes deadly accidents, along with hundreds of millions of dollars in equipment damage, lawsuits from civilians and internal investigations that have questioned safety procedures.
CIR reporter G.W. Schulz examines the safety record of the Coast Guard dating back to 2000 and finds lapses in judgment and missed opportunities to strengthen safety standards to protect crew members and civilians.
Schulz introduces us to a Coast Guard pilot whose helicopter ran into transmission wires that weren’t properly marked. He also talks with the family of a Coast Guard member who died as a result of a risky boating maneuver. And he speaks to the former commandant of the Coast Guard about the service’s safety record.
Ronald Gill Sr.’s son was killed in 2007 after being thrown from a boat while serving with the Coast Guard in Washington’s Puget Sound.
Credit: David DelPoio for CIR
After a fatal helicopter crash in 2010, Coast Guard officials blamed Lt. Lance Leone, the co-pilot. The move has divided the Coast Guard.
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Fat people perceive distances as longer (Colorado State University)
it turns out your weight affects the way you see the world. Researchers from Colorado State polled slimmer and overweight individuals on the distance of a traffic cone, which was 25 metres away. Those who were a slim nine stone saw it as being just 15m from them, but those who weighed in at 23 stone judged it to be 30m away, or twice as far. This could revolutionise how we see the challenges involved in weight loss – or it could mean a few more careful drivers.
Bilingual people have better brains (University of Edinburgh)
Time to crack on with that Rosetta Stone course – even a one-week dip into a new language boosts attention spans and brainpower, according to new research from the University of Edinburgh. Bilingul people are better at understanding people generally, not just through the language they speak. It’s also come to light that healthy people who speak multiple languages have slower rates of mental decline in old age. Even if your idea of culture is “one more glass, si vous plait” it wouldn’t hurt to find other ways to stimulate your noggin.
Muscles remember pain (Brigham University)
A team at a USA university has found why muscles recover and improve so well; because muscles “remember” and repair the damage in a similar way to the immune system repairing damage when you’re sick. Scientists have found that T cells, the same cells responsible for the immume system responding to infections, recruit and repair damage to muscle tissue. This is why it’s easier to get back into training after an absence; our guide to muscle memory has everything you need to get back in the game.
Chewing helps you lose weight (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)
A study from the journal has shown that chewing your food up to 40 times causes you to eat less overall. Regardless of weight in the sample group, lean and obese men ate around 11% less when asked to chew their food around 40 times before swallowing. Finding this idea tough to swallow? Here’s our guide to portion size instead.
The best NBA slam dunk you’ll ever see (Vine)
Simply unbelievable, as the latest vine to go viral demonstrates a flawless bit of teamwork. Start off by stretching yourself taller in two weeks.
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November 9 - They are a fact of life for many Olympians, but a new study has cast doubt on the effectiveness of ice-baths in aiding the recovery of athletes after exercise.
Scientists at the University of Portsmouth, on England's south coast, found that cold water immersion was no more, and no less, effective than light cool-down exercise in helping athletes to recover after sport.
Published in the European Journal of Sport Science, the study involved testing a total of 40 male athletes after 90 minutes of intermittent shuttle running.
These men were divided into four groups.
The first of these groups stood for 12 minutes in cold water; the second in warm water; the third sat in cold water for two minutes; and the fourth engaged in 12 minutes of slow walking.
Muscle performance was measured before exercise and afterwards, at 12 hours, one, two and five days.
No differences were found between any of the groups in terms of athletes' perception of pain, or in their biochemical markers of muscle cell damage.
Lead author of the study, Jo Corbett, said: "Ice-baths are frequently used by sports men and women to help them recover after exercise, but our results show they don't work.
"It is clear from this study that water immersion, whether in traditional ice-baths or in warm water, sitting or standing, does nothing to improve recovery time compared to traditional cool-down light exercise.
"Indeed, research is increasingly pointing towards cold water immersion as posing a possible threat to people's health."
Contacted directly by insidethegames, Corbett said he would not rule out cold water immersion as having "a small beneficial effect on recovery under certain conditions", nor would he claim that the Portsmouth study was "the definitive word on the matter".
However, "the mechanisms of action by which cold water immersion could positively influence recovery are not clearly established.
"In addition, there is a wide variation in the way in which cold water immersion is used in terms of temperature, duration, frequency, time after exercise, depth of immersion and body position during immersion.
"All of these will influence the physiological responses during immersion.
"Likewise, cold water immersion is used after many different sporting activities for recovery, but the things that people are trying to recover from when using [it] might be quite different – for example, impact injuries, eccentric muscle damage, or hyperthermia."
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NEW YORK -- The lights went back on Saturday in lower Manhattan, prompting screams of sweet relief from residents who had been plunged into darkness for nearly five days by Superstorm Sandy. But that joy contrasted with deepening resentment in the city's outer boroughs and suburbs over a continued lack of power and maddening gas shortages.
Adding to the misery of those lacking power, heat or gasoline: dipping temperatures. Mayor Michael Bloomberg urged older residents without heat to move to shelters, and said 25,000 blankets were being distributed across the city.
"We're New Yorkers and we're going to get through it," the mayor said. "But I don't want anyone to think we're out of the woods."
Bloomberg also said that resolving gas shortages could take days. Lines snaked around gas stations for many blocks all over the stricken region, including northern New Jersey, where Gov. Chris Christie imposed rationing that recalled the worst days of fuel shortages in the 1970s.
But nowhere was the scene more confused than at a refuelling station in Brooklyn, where the National Guard gave out free gas -- an effort to alleviate the situation. There, a mass of honking cars, desperate drivers and people on foot, carrying containers from empty bleach bottles to five-gallon (19-litre) Poland Spring water jugs, was just the latest testament to the misery unleashed by Sandy.
"It's chaos, it's pandemonium out here," said Chris Damon, who had been waiting for 3 1/2 hours at the site and had circled the block five times. "It seems like nobody has any answers."
Added Damon: "I feel like a victim of Hurricane Katrina. I never thought it could happen here in New York, but it's happened."
Damon, 42, had already been displaced to Brooklyn from his home in Queens, where he still lacked power, as did millions outside Manhattan -- from Staten Island, the hardest-hit borough, to Westchester County and other suburban areas.
Domingo Isasi, waiting in a gas line on Staten Island, minced no words about the pide between Manhattan and the outer boroughs.
"The priorities are showing, simply by the fact that Manhattan got their power back," he said, adding that Staten Islanders are used to being lower on the list. "We're the bastard kids who keep getting slapped in the head and told to shut up," he said.
At a gas giveaway station in Queens, the scene was calmer but not happier. More than 400 cars stretched for more than a dozen blocks, with one tanker filling cars one at a time.
The 5,000-gallon (19,000-litre) trucks from the Defence Department were dispatched to five locations around the New York City metropolitan area.
"Do not panic. I know there is anxiety about fuel," Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.
Hours later, after the long lines formed, New York state officials said the public should stay away from the refuelling stations until emergency responders first got their gas and more supplies were made available. National Guard Col. Richard Goldenberg added, however, that those who were already at the distribution sites would not be turned away.
Gas rationing went into effect at noon in 12 counties of northern New Jersey, where police began enforcing rules to allow only motorists with odd-numbered license plates to refuel. Those with even-numbered plates must wait until Sunday.
Jessica Tisdale of Totowa, New Jersey, waited in her Mercedes SUV for 40 minutes at a gas station in Jersey City, but didn't quite understand the system and was ordered to pull away because of her even-numbered plate.
"Is it the number or the letter?" she asked around 12:10 p.m. "I don't think it's fair. I've been in the line since before noon. I don't think it's fair. There's no clarity."
The officer who waved her out of line threw up his hands and shrugged.
In Washington, President Barack Obama visited the headquarters of the Federal Emergency Management Agency for an update on superstorm recovery efforts and said "there's nothing more important than us getting this right."
He cited the need to restore power; pump out water, particularly from electric substations; ensure that basic needs are addressed; remove debris; and get federal resources in place to help transportation systems come back on line.
About 2.6 million people remained without power in six states after Sandy came ashore Monday night.
About 900,000 people still didn't have electricity in the New York metropolitan area, including about 550,000 on Long Island, Cuomo said. About 80 per cent of New York City's subway service has been restored, he added.
The restoration of power beat the sunrise Saturday in the West Village in lower Manhattan, though just barely. Electricity arrived at 4:23 a.m., said Adam Greene, owner of Snack Taverna, a popular eatery.
"This morning, I took a really long hot shower," he said.
He joked that 28th Street, above which had power, was like "Checkpoint Charlie" in pided Cold War Berlin.
"You crossed 28th Street and people were living a comfortable life," Greene said. "Down here it was dark and cold."
Throughout the West Village, people were emerging from their hibernation, happy to regain their footing. Stores started to reopen. Signs at a Whole Foods Market promised that fresh meat and poultry and baked goods would return Sunday.
At O Cafe, a favouriteneighbourhood coffee shop, owner Fernando Aciar was thrilled when his phone rang just after 5 a.m., while he was still in bed, with news that the power was back. Within an hour, he had summoned staff who lived in Manhattan, and his business was humming.
"People came, craving something hot to finally feel they're home after days of no light, no heat, no food, no nothing," Aciar said.
"This is our neighbourhood, and people here don't like going uptown. But they were forced to go," he said.
Julia Strom, 53, a singer and composer, said she had never left her West 10th Street brownstone. She not only survived in candlelight, but spent three full nights taking care of a woman in her 90s whose caregivers could not come into the city. On Saturday, though exhausted, she said tending to the elderly woman had been "a privilege; it heightens and beautifies life."
Aida Padilla was thrilled that the power at her large housing authority complex in New York City's Chelsea section had returned late Friday.
"Thank God," said Padilla, 75. "I screamed and I put the lights on. Everybody was screaming. It was better than New Year's."
New York City's parks reopened Saturday, and with Sunday's New York City Marathon cancelled, many of the runners who had come to town for the race worked out their frustrations with a jog through Central Park, the site of the finish line that won't be used.
Others scrambled to rebook return flights.
Bloomberg reversed himself Friday and yielded to mounting criticism about running the race, which starts on hard-hit Staten Island and wends through all five of the city's boroughs.
In his first comments since cancelling the marathon, Bloomberg said he'd fought to keep it going but the controversy was becoming "so pisive" and too much of a distraction.
"I still think that we had the resources to do both, and that we want people to be able to take a break and that sort of thing. ... It's a big part of our economy," Bloomberg told WCBS-TV during a visit to Queens. As he spoke, he was met by catcalls from residents angry about the city's response to the storm.
Many runners understood the decision, especially with the death toll from the storm at 106, including 40 in New York City. The destruction and power outages made many New Yorkers recoil at the idea of police protecting a foot race and evicting storm victims from hotels to make way for runners. More than half of the 40,000 runners were from out of town.
Some runners, though, vowed to never enter New York again. Pia Nielsen, who flew in from Copenhagen, said city and race officials would have to regain her trust.
But Lucy Marquez said she would come back, even as tears filled her eyes at the thought of the three young children she left at home in Mexico to run in her first marathon -- a race her father competed in 12 years ago.
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Not a long one-if you wish, you have to have love in your life…Love and care for the one you love every single day of your life. You may think what you did is just a small deed, but to that someone, it may means a lot.
I have a brother who is 3 years younger than me. I wanted to buy a handkerchief, which all girls around me seemed to have. So, one day I stole 50 cents from my father’s drawer. Father had discovered about the stolen money right away. He made me and my younger brother kneel against the wall as he held a bamboo stick in his hand. ‘Who stole the money?’ he asked. I was stunned, too afraid to talk. Neither of us admitted to the fault, so he said, ‘Fine, if nobody wants to admit, you two should be beaten!’ He lifted up the bamboo stick.
Suddenly, my younger brother gripped father’s hand and said, Dad, I was the one who did it!’ The long stick smacked my brother’s back repeatedly. Father was so angry that he kept on whipping my brother until he lost his breath. After that, he sat down on our stone bed and scolded my brother, ‘You have learned to steal from your own house now. What other embarrassing things will you are possibly doing in the future? You should be beaten to death, you shameless thief!’ That night, my mother and I hugged my brother.
His body was full of wounds from the beating but he never shed a single tear. In the middle of the night, all of sudden, I cried out loudly. My brother covered my mouth with his little hand and said, Sis, now don’t cry anymore. Everything has happened.’ I still hate myself for not having enough courage to admit what I did. Years went by, but the incident still seemed like it just happened yesterday. I will never forget my brother’s expression when he protected me. That year, my brother was 8 years old and I was 11 years old. When my brother was in his last year of secondary school, he was accepted in an upper secondary school in the central. At the same time, I was accepted into a university in the province. That night, father squatted in the yard, smoking, packet by packet.
I could hear him ask my mother, ‘Both of our children, they have good results? Very good results?’ Mother wiped off her tears and sighed,’ What is the use? How can we possibly finance both of them?’ At that time, my brother walked out, he stood in front of father and said, ‘Dad, I don’t want to continue my study anymore, I have read enough books.’ Father swung his hand and slapped my brother on his face. ‘Why do you have a spirit so damn weak? Even if it means I have to beg for money on the streets, I will send you two to school until you have both finished your studies!’ And then, he started to knock on every house in the village to borrow money. I stuck out my hand as gently as I can to my brother’s swollen face, and told him, ‘A boy has to continue his study; if not; he will not be able to overcome this poverty we are experiencing. ‘ I, on the other hand, had decided not to further my study at the university.
Nobody knew that on the next day, before dawn, my brother left the house with a few pieces of worn-out clothes and a few dry beans. He sneaked to my side of the bed and left a note on my pillow; ‘Sis, getting into a university is not easy. I will go find a job and I will send money to you.’ I held the note while sitting on my bed, and cried until I lost my voice. That year, my brother was 17 years old; I was 20 years old. With the money father borrowed from the whole village, and the money my brother earned from carrying cement on his back at a construction site, finally, I managed to get to the third year of my study in the university. One day, while I was studying in my room, my roommate came in and told me, ‘There’s a villager waiting for you outside!’ Why would there be a villager looking for me? I walked out, and I saw my brother from afar.
His whole body was covered with dirt, dust, cement and sand. I asked him, ‘Why did you not tell my roommate that you are my brother?’ He replied with a smile,’ Look at my appearance. What will they think if they would know that I am your brother? Won’t they laugh at you?’ I felt so touched, and tears filled my eyes. I swept away dirt and dust from my brother’s body. And told him with a lump in my throat, ‘I don’t care what people would say! You are my brother no matter what your appearance is?’ From his pocket, he took out a butterfly hair clip. He put it on my hair and said, ‘I saw all the girls in town are wearing it. So, I think you should also have one.’ I could not hold back myself anymore. I pulled my brother into my arms and cried. That year, my brother was 20 years old; I was 23 years old. I noticed that the broken window was repaired the first time I brought my boyfriend home.
The house was scrubbed cleaned. After my boyfriend left, I danced like a little girl in front of my mother, ‘Mom, you didn’t have to spend so much time cleaning the house!’ But she told me with a smile, ‘It was your brother who went home early to clean the house. Didn’t you see the wound on his hand? He hurt his hand while he was replacing the window.’ I went into my brother’s bedroom. Looking at his thin face, I felt like hundreds of needles pricked in my heart. I applied some ointment on his wound and put a bandage on it, ‘Does it hurt?’ I asked him.. ‘No, it doesn’t hurt. You know, when at the construction site, stones keep falling on my feet …Even that could not stop me from working.’ In the middle of the sentence, he stopped. I turned my back on him and tears rolled down my face. In the middle of the sentence, he stopped. I turned my back on him and tears rolled down my face.
That year, my brother was 23 years old; I was 26 years old. After I got married, I lived in the city. Many times my h…usband invited my parents to come and live with us, but they didn’t want. They said, once they left the village, they wouldn’t know what to do. My brother agreed with them. He said, ‘Sis, you just take care of your parents-in-law. I will take care of Mom and Dad here.’ My husband became the director of his factory. We asked my brother to accept the offer of being the manager in the maintenance department. But my brother rejected the offer. He insisted on working as a repairman instead for a start. One day, my brother was on the top of a ladder repairing a cable, when he got electrocuted, and was sent to the hospital.
My husband and I visited him at the hospital. Looking at the plaster cast on his leg, I grumbled, ‘Why did you reject the offer of being a manager? Managers won’t do something dangerous like that. Now look at you – you are suffering a serious injury. Why didn’t you just listen to us?’ With a serious expression on his face, he defended his decision, ‘Think of brother-in-law. He just became the director, and I being uneducated, and would become a manager, what kind of rumors would fly around?’ My husband’s eyes filled up with tears, and then I said, ‘But you lack in education only because of me!’ ‘Why do you talk about the past?’ he said and then he held my hand. That year, he was 26 years old and I was 29 years old.
My brother was 30 years old when he married a farmer girl from the village. During the wedding reception, the master of ceremonies asked him, ‘Who is the one person you respect and love the most?’ Without even taking a time to think, he answered,’ My sister.’ He continued by telling a story I could not even remember. ‘When I was in primary school, the school was in a different village. Everyday, my sister and I would walk for 2 hours to school and back home. One day, I lost the other pair of my gloves. My sister gave me one of hers. She wore only one glove and she had to walk far. When we got home, her hands were trembling because of the cold weather that she could not even hold her chopsticks. From that day on, I swore that as long as I live, I would take care of my sister and will always be good to her.’ Applause filled up the room. All guests turned their attention to me.
I found it hard to speak, ‘In my whole life, the one I would like to thank most is my brother, ‘And in this happy occasion, in front of the crowd, tears were rolling down my face again.
STORY MORAL: Love and care for the one you love every single day of your life. You may think what you did is just a small deed, but to that someone, it may means a lot.
One must learn from Children what is the real meaning of SELFLESS LOVE…….
I tossed the paper away and rushed to the scene. My only daughter, Sindu, looked frightened; tears were welling up in her eyes. In front of her was a bowl filled to its brim with curd rice. Sindu is a nice child, quite intelligent for her age.
I cleared my throat and picked up the bowl. ‘Sindu, darling, why don’t you take a few mouthful of this curd rice? Just for Dad’s sake, dear’.
Sindu softened a bit and wiped her tears with the back of her hands. ‘Ok, Dad. I will eat – not just a few mouthfuls, but the whole lot of this. But, you should…’ Sindu hesitated. ‘Dad, if I eat this entire curd rice, will you give me whatever I ask for?’
‘Promise’. I covered the pink soft hand extended by my daughter with mine, and clinched the deal.
Now I became a bit anxious. ‘Sindu, dear, you shouldn’t insist on getting a computer or any such expensive items. Dad does not have that kind of money right now. Ok?’
‘No, Dad. I do not want anything expensive’. Slowly and painfully, she finished eating the whole quantity. I was silently angry with my wife and my mother for forcing my child to eat something that she detested.
After the ordeal was through, Sindu came to me with her eyes wide with expectation. All our attention was on her.
‘Dad, I want to have my head shaved off, this Sunday!’ was her demand.
‘Atrocious!’ shouted my wife, ‘A girl child having her head shaved off? Impossible!’
‘Never in our family!’ My mother rasped. ‘She has been watching too much of television. Our culture is getting totally spoiled with these TV programs!’
‘Sindu, darling, why don’t you ask for something else? We will be sad seeing you with a clean-shaven head.’
‘Please, Sindu, why don’t you try to understand our feelings?’ I tried to plead with her.
‘Dad, you saw how difficult it was for me to eat that curd rice’. Sindu was in tears. ‘And you promised to grant me whatever I ask for. Now, you are going back on your words. Was it not you who told me the story of King Harishchandra, and its moral that we should honor our promises no matter what?’
It was time for me to call the shots. ‘Our promise must be kept.’
‘Are you out of your mind?’ chorused my mother and wife.
‘No. If we go back on our promises, she will never learn to honour her own. Sindu, your wish will be fulfilled.’
With her head clean-shaven, Sindu had a round-face, and her eyes looked big and beautiful.
On Monday morning, I dropped her at her school. It was a sight to watch my hairless Sindu walking towards her classroom. She turned around and waved. I waved back with a smile. Just then, a boy alighted from a car, and shouted, ‘Sinduja, please wait for me!’ What struck me was the hairless head of that boy. ‘May be, that is the in-stuff’, I thought.
‘Sir, your daughter Sinduja is great indeed!’ Without introducing herself, a lady got out of the car, and continued, ‘that boy who is walking along with your daughter is my son Harish. He is suffering from… leukemia’. She paused to muffle her sobs. ‘Harish could not attend the school for the whole of the last month. He lost all his hair due to the side effects of the chemotherapy. He refused to come back to school fearing the unintentional but cruel teasing of the schoolmates. Sinduja visited him last week, and promised him that she will take care of the teasing issue. But, I never imagined she would sacrifice her lovely hair for the sake of my son!
Sir, you and your wife are blessed to have such a noble soul as your daughter.’
I stood transfixed and then, I wept. ‘My little angel, you are teaching me how selfless real love is!’
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To say that Richard Pyle is a multifaceted personality is an understatement. He is a world-renowned diver, evolutionary biologist, dive technology pioneer, database developer and author. But all his talents have grown to facilitate one love — fish. His 2004 TEDTalk shows how he pushes the boundaries of diving in his endeavor to document new species.
In an interview with the TED Blog on Friday, Richard shared his environmental convictions, his life philosophy and an intimate story on losing a friend. He says: “In human history, we are the equivalent of a bunch of kindergartners running through the Library of Congress, not realizing the true value of its books. 100 years from now, we’ll be in high school and understand the difference between “See Spot Run” and Shakespeare. But, if extinction rates continue, we may not learn to read properly before it’s actually gone.”
If you were to give a TED Talk today, years later, would your talking points be any different? Is there something you would add?
The theme would be the same, but TED helped me to develop a bigger-picture mentality. I came to see the value of biodiversity in a more profound way. It would be much more about biodiversity in the planet’s future and history.
My epiphany was that biodiversity represents the greatest library the Earth is ever going to have. As a trained evolutionary biologist, I realize that every living thing is the endpoint of an unbroken chain of information. So, what is life? It’s information.
Life is constantly changing over millions of years. The organisms today are the 0.01 percent that have survived a four-billion-year process. Four billion years of editing.
In human history, we are the equivalent of a bunch of kindergartners running through the Library of Congress, not realizing the true value of its books. 100 years from now, we’ll be in high school and understand the difference between “See Spot Run” and Shakespeare. But, if extinction rates continue, we may not learn to read properly before it’s actually gone.
You see, something much much bigger is going on. Biologists are floored by it. I would make it a higher priority.
Also, I’ve got funnier videos now.
In your talk you refer to life as a balance between one’s self-perpetuation and pursuit of joy. Is your life still balanced in this way? Is diving over 200 feet using relatively new technologies balanced behavior, in your opinion?
At the time I only mentioned it to tie in with the theme of TED. But really, since I was a teenager I’ve had this philosophy about what life was about, and as I get older, the more reinforced my life view is.
Everybody wants to perpetuate, and once you master that, everything else is happiness. I mean, what else are you going to do with the rest of your time? If you’re not spending your energy in pursuit of either of these two goals, you’re wasting your time.
That’s the only talk I’ve ever shown that slide in, of my friend who died literally 30 seconds after the picture was taken. That’s a reminder of how tenuous this all can be.
I think it’s a fundamental truth. It’s still my guiding light.
Have there been new advances with regard to diving with closed-circuit rebreathers since your talk? If so, can you elaborate on any personal experience with it?
In 2005, I became part of a development and design team working on the next generation of rebreathers. It’s taken 15 to 20 years from the first generation of rebreathers to now, the sixth. The lead engineer on this sixth generation is my good friend Bill Stone. I’ve spent the last three to four months test-diving it.
Popular Science picked it as one of the best products of 2008. It will have a non-trivial impact. After using rebreathers for a while, you begin to hate going scuba diving. People don’t realize that. It actually turns regular old shallow-water diving into a more pleasant experience. In fact, this particular generation is specifically for shallow diving.
Can you elaborate on the term “Pyle stops”?
In technical diving circles, these are relatively well-known. Or, at least, by a handful of people around the world who needed to go beyond the regular limits. People invented on their own how to do this. We had to reinvent everything for deep diving.
After some dives, I would feel totally fatigued and tired, and on other days, I was completely fine. So, being a scientist, I wanted to figure out what was the difference. The only difference I could find was that if I caught fish, I felt great, and then if I didn’t, I felt crappy. Now, when I did catch fish, I would have to stop about halfway up for a few minutes and stick a hypodermic needle in the fish to release excess gas pressure. So, I began to stop my ascent earlier for an extra two or three minutes, and I would feel great.
Usually, your first stop would be at 40 feet, but I added this extra stop at about 120 feet — far, far deeper. I started researching the physics and physiology, and realized that there was a foundation here. I told my close dive buddies and they thought I was crazy. But I stuck to it.
Eventually, evidence came to light and I wrote an article. I came up with a method to introduce these deep, deep decompression stops. They got branded as “Pyle stops.” I wasn’t the first to discover them, I just got my name associated with them.
In 2004, you stated that you and your team were discovering, on average, seven new species of fish per dive. Has that number increased, decreased or continued rather steadily since that time?
Actually, it’s now getting closer to 12 on average. On our last expedition to Fiji, for practical reasons we had to dive the same spot over and over, only about 15 meters of the reef, and we still made that number. If we went to a really good dive site, I don’t know where that number would stop.
Our expeditions are normally in conjunction with filming projects, and so we’re not operating at peak efficiency. But still, we got 24 new species total in our last project with the BBC.
Where the action is now, is really marine invertebrates. The numbers are amazing. For each new fish species, we estimate that there are eight to ten new species of invertebrates.
Since your talk, has research on this area of the coral reef expanded? Also, are you still as fascinated with this area, or has anything else piqued your interest?
Right now, I’m at the center of three major revolutions. I’m an engineer working on the rebreather, a database person getting biodiversity information mobilized, and a part of the technical division of the Encyclopedia of Life, which is a huge part of the biodiversity informatics world. My last major expedition, as a diver, was last April.
NOAA has now discovered the importance of deep coral reefs, and features them on their website. The journal Coral Reefs will soon have an issue dedicated to deep coral reefs. They’re now at the forefront of a lot of people’s priorities. The deep reef is really taking off. The only possible problem is the abysmal state of fiscal affairs. So far, at least, the priority seems to be staying.
Do you feel that that there have been improvements with regard to global awareness and activism for conservation of ocean life? Could you suggest where you see room for improvement in this area?
I echo what Sylvia [Earle] said in her TED Talk. She articulated the same thing I would articulate. I think Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth is one of the most important things to happen in my lifetime. Although he didn’t touch on coral reefs in the feature film release, he makes up for it in the DVD.
Coral reefs are really on the way out. There’s this great book, A Reef in Time, that’s ostensibly a history of the Great Barrier Reef, but morphs into a call to arms. I recently saw the author, Charlie Veron, give a talk that just floored me.
I was at a conference in New Caledonia in 2006, and there were a lot of different camps on a lot of different issues, but the same group unanimously agreed that what’s happening is real and human-induced. Now, what do we do? It’s very depressing. A lot of it is past the point of no return. It gives the sense, to some people, that there’s no point in trying to save it.
We also need to study reefs that are not dying, and find out why.
Conservation’s focus is like being at the Library of Alexandria while it was on fire and trying to save the great books. There are those that haven’t burned yet. Grab what we can before it’s lost. There needs to be a balance between that and throwing water on the fire. We need to spend time looking at the hope spots and making sure those survive for future generations.
This year, Sylvia Earle won a TED Prize to increase public support for marine protected areas. Could you comment on her mission, and can you name any areas that you believe to be in urgent need of protection?
Sylvia asked me the same question before her talk, and I started rattling off a series of places — but really, what are the important parameters? Should they be five similar places, or five different places?
At an event for a BBC project, I got into a similar conversation and said, “With a finite number of bio-dollars, you have to be very careful where you spend them.” All of a sudden, a familiar voice came out of the shadows, saying, “That’s exactly what I said!” It was David Attenborough. I hadn’t noticed him before, but I recognized his voice immediately.
On the other hand, when I told my wife about this question, she said, “Oh, that’s easy, the Pacific Ocean, the Indian Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean … ”
I also want to say that as I’ve gotten to know Sylvia, I’ve realized that people like her and Al Gore play such an important role. They are the gateways between science and the world. I think they are underappreciated by the scientific community at large. Al Gore is getting the big picture across, even if every once in a while some of the scientific details are a little bit off. And that’s more important, I think. Sylvia plays that role so well and so sincerely.
Also, what do you think of the Google Oceans project? What do you see as potential problems, advantages and/or consequences?
I have been involved in the project, so I want to warn you that I don’t have an unbiased opinion.
I think it’s a great tool. The power of video is extraordinary. It may be more precious than collecting specimens for harvesting data quickly. One of the biggest bottlenecks is that high-resolution video is not easily streamed over YouTube or Google Video, so we have been trying to get that video not streamable, but downloadable. Google Ocean is the perfect platform for this.
The real tool is desktop software that allows us to add metadata to video clips. You know, NOAA holds mountains of footage with no time to catalog it. The same is true of amateur videographers. We need to come up with a way to make this an open-source tool so that everyone can use it. I would consider this the perfect tool to build Google Oceans. We can extract from these video clips ample data and images. That would turn this into a viral, community-driven thing, and all we need is a little bit of infrastructure.
Lastly, how are the sharks? Your footage was peppered with sharks — has the diving continued to be that lively shark-wise? And do you ever really feel comfortable in the water with creatures so large and so powerful?
Yes, we still see lots of sharks, very routinely. They’re not a threat. My dive partner just got back from Fiji, diving Shark Reef, this place where you can find absolutely huge bull sharks. He was in there with these monsters, and up swam a tiger shark, which is sort of the great white of the tropics, and he was just a pussycat compared to these bull sharks. It was just amazing.
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If your child uses the earphones and chat option on the
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The author of the book: Jonathan Clayden
Format files: PDF, EPUB, TXT, DOCX
The size of the: 6.85 MB
Date of issue: 26 July 2002
Description of the book "Organolithiums: Selectivity for Synthesis":This volume, number 23 in the "Tetrahedron Organic Chemistry" series, presents organolithium chemistry from the perspective of a synthetic organic chemist, drawing from the synthetic literature to present a unified overview of how organolithiums can be used to make molecules. The development of methods for the regioselective synthesis of organolithiums has replaced their image of indiscriminate high reactivity with one of controllable and subtle selectivity. Organolithium chemistry has a central role in the selective construction of C-C bonds in both simple and complex molecules, and for example has arguably overtaken aromatic electrophilic substitution as the most powerful method for PDF regioselective functionalisation of aromatic rings. The twin themes of reactivity and selectivity run through the book, which reviews the ways by which organolithiums may be formed and the ways in which they react. Topics include advances in directed metallation, reductive lithiation and organolithium cyclisation reactions, along with a discussion of organolithium stereochemistry and the role played by ligands such as (-)-sparteine.
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Hot weather, exercise, lack of water, and fever can cause this
What is dehydration?
Makes up 60% of body mass
What is water?
Food group that is a good source of protein, B Vitamins, iron, but may be fatty
What is meat and bean group?
What does excess protein do in our body?
What is store as fat?
Calculate the calories:
What is 165 calories?
A condition in which the body’s water content has fallen to a low level
What is dehydration?
1 gram of fat = how many calories?
What is 9 calories?
What are the two types of protein?
What is complete and incomplete?
Why do you need to replenish water-soluble vitamins on a daily basis?
What is because water soluble vitamins do not store in the body?
List the 6 basic nutrients?
What is fat, protein, carbs, vitamins, minerals, water?
Nutrient that builds and repairs body tissues
What is Protein?
This food group is a good source of vitamin A and C, potassium, and often fiber.
What is the fruit group?
What is the number of essential amino acids?
Listed by weight.
What is how are ingredients listed on a label?
List three ways to keep food safe for consuming.
What is thaw food in the refrigerator, clean surfaces after handling raw meats, wash hands before handling food, etc.?
What “food group” provides few vitamins and minerals and is high in sugars and fats?
What is fats, oils, sweets?
What makes amino acids essential?
What is it is essential to get 9 amino acids from food because your body cannot make them?
What is the only way to get all your nutrients?
What is eat a variety of food?
What source provide saturated fats?
What are animal products such as meat and poultry?
List three things that are required on a food label.
What is nutrient content, name of food, net weight or volume, ingredients, etc.
The Percent Daily Value on food labels are based on a diet of how many calories?
What is a 2000?
Nutrient that provides energy and can store and transport some vitamins .
What is fat?
“Food group” that is high in monosaturated or polysaturated fat and high in calories.
What is oil?
Nutrient that regulates many chemical reactions in the body
What is mineral?
What is MyPyramid?
A guide the recommends the kinds and amounts of foods to eat each day and emphasizes physical activity.
List and describe 6 dietary guidelines.
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Bulletin of the World Health Organization
Print version ISSN 0042-9686
OLUSANYA, BO; WIRZ, SL and LUXON, LM. Community-based infant hearing screening for early detection of permanent hearing loss in Lagos, Nigeria: a cross-sectional study. Bull World Health Organ [online]. 2008, vol.86, n.12, pp.956-963. ISSN 0042-9686. http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S0042-96862008001200013.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the feasibility and effectiveness of a community-based universal infant hearing screening programme for detecting permanent congenital and early-onset hearing loss (PCEHL) in Lagos, Nigeria. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional study in which all infants aged 3 months or under attending four bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) immunization clinics accounting for over 75% of the BCG coverage in the study location were screened by community health workers between July 2005 and April 2006. Screening followed a two-stage protocol involving transient evoked otoacoustic emissions and automated auditory brainstem responses. The main outcome measures were screening coverage, referral rates, return rates for second-stage screening and evaluation, yield and age at PCEHL diagnosis. FINDINGS: In total, 2003 (88%) of 2277 eligible infants attending the four BCG clinics were successfully screened between July 2005 and April 2006 at a mean age of 17.7 days, with no parent declining screening. The majority (55.2%) were born outside a hospital and, of such infants, 77% were born in traditional herbal maternity homes. The overall referral rate for diagnostic evaluation was 4.1%. Only 61% (50/82) of those referred returned for evaluation, and 45 of them were confirmed with PCEHL. Additionally, 11 infants who had previously passed the first screening stage were also found to have PCEHL, resulting in a yield of 28 per 1000 (56/2003). The mean age at diagnosis was 51 days. The sensitivity, specificity and positive predictive value of the first screening stage were 80.4%, 99.7% and 90.0%, respectively. The positive likelihood ratio was 268, while the negative likelihood ratio was 0.2. CONCLUSION: Routine hearing screening of infants attending BCG immunization clinics by community health workers was feasible and effective for the early detection of PCEHL in Lagos, Nigeria. However, an efficient tracking and follow-up system is needed to improve return rates for second-stage screening and diagnostic evaluation. | <urn:uuid:7ce96c5b-bd58-4029-951a-5c8e0981f09e> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0042-96862008001200013&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988717963.49/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183837-00373-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957534 | 549 | 2.609375 | 3 |
By John Crockford
Though there seems to be a sufficient pool of tech people working and living in this area, I’ve recently learned that a handful of local progressive organizations have had some difficulty finding volunteers to help maintain their respective Web sites and provide help with other information technology (IT) matters.
Although some organizations have the ability to pay for tech services (for anything from Web site maintenance to servicing onsite computer networks), those without the funds to pay have had to rely on companies that were willing to provide some of their tech needs for free—though I suspect these services were often limited in one form or another. Ideally, an organization would have available to it—either on staff or as a volunteer—someone who would be able to provide the tech help it needed.
Often, the tech help that an organization needs is not particularly complex or requiring a vast set of skills—just help with an issue (like a software problem) or a function of the organization (like maintenance of its Web site).
Though it may be a bit simplistic, sometimes just having a bit of conversation can lead to getting the help that’s needed. For example, in a conversation among friends over a cup of coffee, if one were to ask a question about, for instance, how to do something particular using Microsoft software, you would likely find someone in the group who “knows just how to do that.” It’s not always that easy, however, for help with tech matters such as fixing a broken Web site.
Because there seems to be a need in some organizations for help with tech matters that isn’t being fulfilled otherwise, then perhaps just beginning a conversation about technology among the local progressive community can help. The solution, perhaps, is to create a conversation using a widely used and familiar platform—maybe an e-mail listserv—through which questions are posed, answers are considered, tried and tested, and the results of which are shared as common knowledge. If a volunteer is needed to perform specific technical functions for an organization, then hopefully one would be found from among the participants or an acquaintance of someone in the group.
If the participants included a sufficient number of members with varying degrees of skill and experience (from none to a ton), then perhaps this “tech collective” would help greatly enhance the work done by progressive groups and individuals in the area.
If you have skills in building Web sites (using HTML and CSS) and working with Web site software such as WordPress and you are interested in providing free, volunteer tech services, the author will put you in touch directly with organizations that can use the help. If you are interested in discussing the issues presented here or participating in such a discussion group or “tech collective,” contact the author at email@example.com.
John Crockford, a self-described “geek with Luddite sympathies,” is an independent Web site designer and consultant. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.org or follow the Crockford Files (@crockfordfiles) on Twitter (https://twitter.com/crockfordfiles). | <urn:uuid:7a784605-a36c-47e1-8449-e14a8f18dd38> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://fresnoalliance.com/the-crockford-files-a-tech-collective-for-the-fresno-progressive-community/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571987.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813202507-20220813232507-00272.warc.gz | en | 0.96688 | 649 | 1.789063 | 2 |
June 5, 2015
Buenos Aires, Argentina
If there's one thing I love about Argentina, it's that no rational person here trusts the government.
They've been screwed over so many times before by their politicians (and the banking system), they know it's all lies.
Curiously it keeps happening.
This place has been enduring some of the worst measures imaginable-- capital controls and exchange controls. Price controls. Media controls.
The government controls nearly every aspect of the economy; in fact, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner actually told her nation on Wednesday that without the state there would be no growth.
(Amazingly she followed that up with "No one can teach us how to make the economy grow.")
Yet despite being admittedly clueless, Cristina campaigns for even more government control, and even more authority.
This is so typical of bankrupt nations.
When governments find themselves in financial trouble because of the stupid decisions that they’ve made, their first response is to award themselves even more power to make even stupider decisions.
And among the stupidest decisions that any government can make is imposing capital controls... something that Argentina has in abundance.
Capital controls are like the Matrix; you can’t really explain what they are. You have to show people. Argentina does not disappoint.
For years now, the government has heavily restricted the flow of funds out of the country.
It’s actually a criminal offense to leave the territory with more than 10,000 USD in cash.
Transferring money out of the country through the banking system requires significant paperwork.
One of the first things they’ll do is bounce your funds transfer request to the tax office so that the government can ensure they’ve taken their fair share of your savings.
Then, whatever funds are allowed to leave must be transferred at the official exchange rate, which is presently about 30% worse than the street rate (what they call the ‘blue rate’).
This means that on top of already soaring inflation, taxes, and tariffs, locals are effectively paying 30% more for goods and services, especially anything that’s imported.
For foreigners who don’t earn their money in pesos, Argentina is an attractive bargain. But for the average guy on the street here, life is painfully expensive. And it gets worse.
That’s what happens with capital controls: you see a rapid decline in your standard of living as the government traps your savings in a bankrupt system.
It’s like lying on the ground with a blindfold on while the government builds a coffin all around you.
Little by little they fasten together all the sides, and then the top, nail by nail.
You can’t see precisely what’s happening. But your senses tell you that something’s going on. And if you wait too long to get out of there, you’ll be trapped.
Capital controls are like a coffin for your savings.
And if you wait too long to at least move a portion of your money somewhere else, everything you’ve ever worked to achieve can be trapped and heavily devalued.
The people here who have done well in Argentina’s never-ending financial crisis are the ones who established accounts abroad and moved money while they still had the chance.
(Coincidentally one of the trending jurisdictions for Argentines to hold their money these days is Hong Kong.)
Argentina is not alone-- this is the path that nearly every bankrupt nation ends up following. Greece (and other nations in Europe) are already going down this road.
It would be foolish to think that any government with an unsustainably high (and growing) debt level would fare any better.
Argentina wasn’t always this way. It used to be one of the wealthiest in the world.
But it’s an important reminder that no country-- no matter how rich its economy or how large it’s military is today-- is immune to the universal law of prosperity.
Just like regular people, governments and nations must produce more than they consume. Those who don’t will run into trouble.
They can delay. They can deceive. But they can never avoid the decline.
The blindfolds might be strapped on tight. But you can probably sense something going on… that they’re building walls all around us.
Listen to that instinct.
Nothing is going to collapse tomorrow. But every day they hammer in another nail.
And as Argentina’s case shows, there may come a day when it’s too late to do something about it.
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Despite concerns that the nominees from the People’s First Party (PFP) could cause a split in the pan-blue camp, the Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) still has home advantage under the current voting system and will also benefit from the “dump-save effect” if it goes into effect, KMT legislators are saying.
The dump-save effect is, in essence, strategic voting whereby voters vote for one particular nominee over another for the perceived greater good of the party. Since the voting system was changed in 2008 to mixed member proportional representation, this has rarely happened.
The system allows voters to casts two votes: one for a constituency representative and one for a party.
KMT Legislator Wu Yu-sheng (吳育昇), who could face PFP opposition, said that at the basic level voters still regarded the PFP as part of the pan-blue camp rather than a third party, and that such an opponent could take votes away from the KMT.
The same phenomenon applies to the Taiwan Solidarity Union (TSU) and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), he said.
Although New Taipei City’s (新北市) first constituency favors the KMT over the DPP, a nominee “parachuted” in by the PFP made it hard to calculate vote losses, Wu said.
“Unless the PFP’s cross-strait policies are markedly different from those of the KMT and if the PFP convinces voters that a legislature in which three parties do not have majority of seats will not be chaotic, defeating me will be difficult,” Wu said, adding that the election was mostly between the pan-green and pan-blue camps.
Efforts by the PFP to be a third independent party would be very hard to achieve, Wu said.
KMT Legislator Alex Tsai (蔡正元), who will face PFP nominee Vivian Huang (黃珊珊), said that although the two had overlapping support, there would be no “dump-save” problem between them.
Tsai said PFP supporters would cast their vote for him when it counts because he had been spokesperson for both PFP Chairman James Soong (宋楚瑜) and KMT Chairman Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九), as well as spokesperson of the KMT-PFP Party Coalition Group.
On the Aboriginal front, though most felt that KMT nominee Kung Wen-chi’s (孔文吉) campaign was facing pressure from PFP nominee Walis Pelin, Kung said the person affected most was Non-Partisan Solidarity Union Legislator May Chin (高金素梅).
Pelin used to help garner votes for Chin in the Aboriginal voter base of Jen-ai Village (仁愛) in Nantou County, Kung said.
There is not just one Aboriginal village and the KMT has a tightly knit organized system all over Taiwan, Kung said, adding that unlike the PFP, he still had the advantage of organized voters.
“Though Pelin and I are both from the Sediq tribe, we each have our own source of voters,” Kung said, adding that Aborigines voted for the party and not the person.
Pelin has been all over the place and is green in the heart while orange on the outside, he said.
On the Hualien front, KMT nominee Wang Ting-sheng’s (王廷升) spokesperson, Chen Peng-yu (陳鵬宇), said the pan-blue camp was unlikely to see a split in Hualien, adding that Wang would position himself as the nominee of the “original” blue camp when the vote comes.
As for rumors that Hualien County Commissioner Fu Kun-chi (傅崑萁) was handling the PFP election efforts, Chen said that everything depended on the nominee’s characteristics and link to the locality, adding that Fu’s handling of elections did not mean that Fu was the PFP candidate. | <urn:uuid:73178f8e-d0f2-4b95-92b8-c4b1f55efd2e> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2011/08/15/2003510793 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988720737.84/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183840-00221-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965896 | 895 | 1.625 | 2 |
This is an artist's concept of a red dwarf star undergoing a powerful eruption, called a stellar flare. A hypothetical planet is in the foreground.
Flares are sudden eruptions of heated plasma that occur when the field lines of powerful magnetic fields in a star's atmosphere "reconnect," snapping like a rubber band and releasing vast amounts of energy equivalent to the power of 100 million atomic bombs exploding simultaneously.
Studying the light from 215,000 dwarfs collected in observations by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, astronomers found 100 stellar flares popping off over the course of a week.
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Tubular Peyote Rope Instructions
Designer: Bonnie Brooks
Published: June 13, 2008
Technique: Tubular Peyote
Learn tubular peyote to make a rope for a focal pendant like “Turn It Over” by Gabrielle Neijman on page 11 of the July/August 08 issue of Step by Step Beads, or wear it alone as a slinky bracelet or necklace. | <urn:uuid:bcd33155-1016-4b6c-9942-9ab665d3af74> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.interweave.com/article/beading/tubular-peyote-rope-instructions/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280483.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00294-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.871927 | 91 | 1.898438 | 2 |
Which Joe gave his name to ‘sloppy joes’? We look at five interesting sandwiches and their lexical origins.
1[mass noun] A powder obtained by grinding grain, typically wheat, and used to make bread, cakes, and pastry.
- ‘On January 3, the government discontinued the subsidy on wheat flour, causing flour and bread prices to rise.’
- ‘Add to flour mixture, along with remaining whole wheat flour, salt and honey.’
- ‘These breads list whole wheat, whole-wheat flour or another whole grain as the first ingredient on the label.’
- ‘One company plans to produce organic noodles and steamed breads from wheat flour obtained by milling organic wheat.’
- ‘People preferred white bread made from wheat flour.’
- ‘I can assure you she gave them no chance to eat wheat bread from her flour barrel.’
- ‘Such scones are made from wheat flour sifted with baking powder, mixed with a small proportion of sugar.’
- ‘Children learned how to produce wheat, mill flour and make bread.’
- ‘Other reasons for importing the commodity was because of its high quality nature which if blended with the local wheat gives quality bread flour.’
- ‘Reacting to media reports about growing flour prices, Kabil said wheat, flour, and bread prices were approaching the ideal ratio of one to two to four.’
- ‘Next time you are outside with a fire, make a biscuit dough, a simple one with whole wheat flour, baking powder, salt and the like.’
- ‘According to The Grocer magazine, sales of flour and bread and cake mixes have rocketed by 14% in the past year.’
- ‘Steep rises in the price of grain, flour, and bread posed serious problems for that vast majority of Frenchmen who were wage-earners.’
- ‘A third is basbusa, a baked cake made of wheat flour and soaked in syrup.’
- ‘It comprises requisite ingredients like khandsari sugar, whole wheat flour, soya protein and drum stick leaves.’
- ‘When a landlord gives them alms, usually wheat flour or grain, a Basdeva sings a song in praise of the family.’
- ‘If the main ingredient on a multigrain bread is enriched wheat flour, for example, it does not contain whole grain.’
- ‘Flours such as cake and pastry flour, which have a low protein content, tend to produce tender baked goods.’
- ‘Basically a mix of refined wheat flour, sugar and dried fruit, there's not much to be said for this from a nutritional perspective.’
- ‘Using about half white and half whole wheat flour is a good mix for a nutritious light bread.’
- 1.1 Fine, soft powder obtained by grinding the seeds or roots of starchy vegetables:‘manioc flour’
- ‘Combine flours (rice, corn & wheat), spring onion and water to make a batter.’
- ‘Instead, the seed cysteine concentrations were consistently slightly lower for the transgenic seed flour than for the non-transgenic controls.’
- ‘The manioc flour produced by this process is usually toasted on large ceramic griddles called budares.’
- ‘Make sure that you add just enough gram flour so that the vegetables stick together.’
- ‘Least alluring was the sabzi kofta, essentially rather solid balls of gram flour, potato and mustard seed only tepid in the middle, served in a vinegary sauce.’
- ‘Traditionally made with manioc flour, this is another thing I have had to improvise.’
- ‘Flax seeds, flaxseed flour and flaxseed meal are also good dietary sources of phytoestrogens.’
- ‘One example is the brand's Egg Replacement, which comes in a box and uses potato starch and tapioca flour as a base.’
- ‘Long before this, however, Native Americans had used the seeds for flour and the oil in their hair, and the petals for dyes.’
- ‘The daily quota of manioc flour must be of five level alqueires, placing enough harvesters so that these can serve to hang up the coverings.’
- ‘The Chamorro people make tortillas of flour from seeds of cycads, which carry potent chemicals such as the neurotoxin BMAA.’
- ‘Throughout the southern part of Brazil, large fields of cassava are grown for flour and starch in a manner similar to the way we grow crops in the United States.’
- ‘Manioc flour may be used to make a watery porridge which is served as a drink.’
- ‘Net impact carbs result from replacing wheat flour with soy flour or adding fiber, sugar alcohols or fat.’
1Sprinkle (something, especially a work surface or cooking utensil) with a thin layer of flour.
- ‘Turn the stollen dough onto a lightly floured work surface.’
- ‘One hour later I took the first piece out, floured my counter top, and attempted to roll a 9-inch circle.’
- ‘Transfer the dough to a lightly floured cold work surface and set aside to rest at room temperature for five minutes.’
- ‘On a lightly floured work surface, roll out the pie dough to 1/8-inch thickness.’
- ‘When a cake recipe calls for flouring the baking tin, use a bit of the dry cake mix instead and there won't be any white mess on the outside of the cake.’
- ‘Unwrap the dough and transfer to a lightly floured work surface and roll as thin as possible.’
- ‘Roll out just over three quarters of the dough on a lightly floured work surface and line the flan tin.’
- ‘Transfer the dough to a lightly floured work surface and divide into 12 rounds.’
- ‘Mix until dough comes together; transfer to a lightly floured work surface and finish mixing by hand.’
- ‘Unwrap the dough, transfer to a lightly floured work surface, and roll until paper thin.’
- ‘Turn the dough onto a lightly floured surface and knead for about ten minutes, until it is smooth and elastic.’
- ‘On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough into a thin round and line a flan tin with it.’
- ‘Lay the pasta on a very lightly floured work surface.’
- ‘Cut the dough into two equal portions, flour them lightly, and tuck and shape them into fat cylinders.’
- ‘What's the advice that books always give after they tell you to lightly flour your baking surface?’
- ‘I floured the board, and set to work rolling and cutting.’
- ‘Transfer the dough to a lightly floured work surface and knead until smooth, about 10 minutes.’
- ‘Scrape and pour the dough onto a heavily floured work surface.’
- ‘Well, when I lightly floured it I still had about 1/4 cup of flour left from the original cup.’
- ‘Sprinkle some flour on a clean surface and flour your rolling pin.’
2US Grind (grain) into flour.
Middle English: a specific use of flower in the sense ‘the best part’, used originally to mean ‘the finest quality of ground wheat’. The spelling flower remained in use alongside flour until the early 19th century.
We take a look at several popular, though confusing, punctuation marks.
From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, discover surprising and intriguing language facts from around the globe.
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Enclosed by snowcapped mountains and ancient glaciers, the picturesque El Bolson rests in the middle of the fertile Valle Nuevo, surrounded by the Nevado mountains on the west and the mighty Mount Piltriquitron on the east. This gentle and welcoming town, surrounded by beautiful waters and forests, can be enjoyed all year round, with winter months brining skiing at Mount Perito Moreno, summer allowing for fishing and nautical sports, and the colorful spring and fall offering a plethora of activities for all to enjoy.
Born under sign of myth and legend, this valley route was pioneered by Spanish Captain Juan Fernandez, who died in the quest for the Cesares City, abundant in gold and silver. The first settlers were of Chilean origin, and the valley was declared to be Argentine in 1902. In 1933, the city was founded at 128 kilometers from Bariloche; in turn, the heterogeneity of its population is due to immigration both from Argentina and from some European countries, the settlers being attracted to the magnetism of El Bolson's landscape and quiet mountain life. In order to preserve this privileged natural environment, El Bolson was declared a Non-Nuclear Zone in 1984, a region free of radioactive pollution, granting it the title of Ecological Municipality.
In the winter, the snowed slopes of Mount Perito Moreno offer great skiing opportunities. Fall and spring paint El Bolson in beautiful hues of ocher and green, with the cypresses, coihues, and lengas bringing explosive color throughout the city. In the summer, the water courses are ideal for such nautical sports as trout fishing and river rafting on the Azul River, fine fruit picking, and mountain biking. Horseback riding to Mallin Ahogado and Catarata, camping in the grounds of Las Golondrinas, Villa Turismo, and Azcona, hiking, mountain bird watching, trekking, and beach trips along the various lakes and creeks also are of interest.
Regional Arts and Crafts Fair
On Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m, The El Bolson Regional Fair, or the "Feria Regional de El Bolson," takes place at the foot of Mt. Piltriquitron at Pagano Square. Here, local artisans gather from all over the surrounding area for this world-famous craft fair; cultural expressions of art, ceramics, wool products, wood and leather work, clothes, fresh foods and musical instruments constitute an authentic reflection of the area. Formed by a group of 1970 hippies, the Fair today has more than 250 stands, inviting tourists to explore, sample, and soak in the range of unique regional products and culture. Such a fascinating reflection of Argentina cannot be missed on your trip to El Bolson.
Food and Agricultural Activity
Throughout El Bolson, farms and orchards grow wheat, corn, sweet and sour cherries, raspberries, grapes, and apples; in addition, the community grows hops as a fragrant for the beer industry, making it the venue for the National Hop Festival that occurs annually from February 17th to 20th. Goats and sheep are also kept for the manufacture of dairy products, such as cheeses, yogurts, and there are trout nurseries and regional chocolate and ice cream shops.
How to Get There
El Bolson is accessable via National Routes N 258 and 40, skirting lakes Gutierrez, Mascardi, and Guillelmo, and crossing Pampa del Toro, Canadon de la Mosca, and El Foyel on a day-long trip. There are also airlines reaching the nearby cities of San Carolis de Bariloche or Esquel, from which several means of transportation leave towards the district.
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If your Mac begins running slowly then it's probably time to review the most likely culprits -- and learn how to deal with them.
[ABOVE: Feed the machine -- Macs love RAM, so max it!]
First step: When your Mac performance degrades please quit your active applications and restart the machine. It's also a good idea to backup in case of drive failure.
Max your RAM
The best way to accelerate any Mac is to install more RAM. When you don't have enough then apps use virtual (disk-based) memory, which is slower.
You can check if RAM is impacting performance using Activity Monitor and selecting the System Memory tab. How much free memory do you have? To get memory back, quit apps you aren't using. (You may also want to read "OS X Mavericks: What is Activity Monitor?" at this point.)
Relaunch your browser: these consume increasing quantities of RAM the longer they are left open. Some Websites also use more memory when left open.
To maximize the value of my memory I use the free Memory Cleaner app to flush RAM that might not have been released by applications.
The best step is to install as much RAM as you can afford into your Mac (up to the maximum). Don't buy from Apple -- you'll find better deals from Crucial.
[ABOVE: Available in your Utilities/Other folder, this is Activity Monitor. Activity Monitor is your BFF. Get to know it.]
Mavericks installers complained Spotlight slowed their systems when they upgraded. Spotlight indexes drive contents, but automatically reindexes following an OS install. You may also see performance degradation if Spotlight tries to index an external drive.
Check if Spotlight's slowing your system by clicking on the Spotlight menu: If you see an indexing status bar then your Mac is indexing, which can take time.
Too much stuff
OS X swaps data between RAM and hard drive during normal use. It will "cache" data between the two when you use applications. That's fine when you have plenty of space, but a problem when you don't.
Check available drive space by opening a Finder window. Now access the View menu and select Show Status Bar -- the amount of free space you have available appears at the bottom of the Finder window.
Try to ensure around 10 percent of your drive is empty -- if it's not then archive or delete old files (empty the Downloads folder for a start).
Apps like Gemini will search for and delete duplicate files.
Reboot the Mac once you've deleted files. Has performance improved?
Some apps use every ounce of your system's processing power. These demands may be temporary as your app tries to complete a process, but you will see general system performance degrade while the process takes place.
(Safari tip: If it's running slow click Reset Safari in the main menu and select Clear history and Empty the Cache and then Reset).
Check for processor pigs using Activity Monitor. Select the CPU tab and observe how much of your processor is idle. If that number is consistently under 60 then it is likely an app is to blame. Check which one(s) by clicking CPU at the top of the Activity Monitor interface to list apps by processor usage. If you aren't using the top-listed app(s), quit them to free CPU.
Quit all apps you aren't actively using.
Do you have hundreds of files on your Desktop? The consider this: your Mac will draw each as a separate window, complete with preview. Each one uses up system resources -- it adds up. What should you do? File everything, or create a new folder ("Stuff") on the Desktop and place those files inside.
If none of these steps seems to make much difference take a look at this excellent guide for more advanced troubleshooting tips. Thanks for reading!
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Finally she explains that she founds who is she, what she was doing and she also noticed that it is a someone who has a personality by this words; “I thought I was lost forever when a friend found me.” Line twenty-five.
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While physical pain can kill your pride or glory, mental pain and the pain from words can kill your spirit. Jane Goodall once said "it is much harder to forget a word and it is a slap words do not go away, they just echo throughout your life...
I saw you that first time standing alone
I was new to the crowd and a little bit scared
I needed a friend who really cared
I never thought it would be you who'd come when I
I always felt if my life flooded you'd just let me
I don't know how it happened,
you were suddenly my best friend
I sat and listened to you cry
Your broken heart I tried to mend
You told me about the girl you loved
I told you be patient to look up above
I said to trust God to really pray
You said that you had, so I prayed everyday
I asked God to guide you and help you to see
I told you you could always depend on me
You got what you wanted but she doesn't treat you
You both argue and she always starts a fight
One night we were talking about something she'd
I had known I liked you but then it hit me all in one
Suddenly I knew I loved you more than life itself
and I broke down and cried all by myself
When I finally told you you didn't seem surprised
I stood in front of you drying my eyes
I love you more than words can say
I think about you everyday
You are my best friend and I hate to see you cry
I try to hide my feelings believe me(name) I try
I know I'll never measure up to what you see in her,
she's the luckiest girl I've ever known
But just know you're never on your own
I love you, my best friend
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Early Childhood Education
The challenge of teaching young children seems so worthwhile when you see that knowing smile or you receive that grateful hug. JCCC offers an associate of science degree as well as a one-year certificate program in early childhood education.
Earning your associate’s degree could help you become a center director, a lead teacher in a preschool setting or child care classroom, a home child care provider or an employee of an agency that advocates for young children.
While an associate's degree in early childhood education is not required to become a preschool teacher or child care worker, many centers are requiring some education in early childhood education prior to employment.
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Although traveling is one of the most fun parts of life, it can also be extremely stressful. From the flight, to navigating the roads in a foreign country, to hailing a taxi when you do not speak the language, there are many transportation related issues that can make travel stressful. However, transportation does not have to become a travel woe. With a little prior planning, getting around your destination can be a breeze. For this installation in Passport Health’s holiday travel tips countdown, we review how transportation in your destination can be made less stressful.
Option 1: Public Transport
Public transportation can be your best option depending on what you are doing and where you are. Larger metropolitan cities like Buenos Aires and Sao Paolo have amazing public transportation systems that really can negate the need to use anything else. However, smaller locations and newer cities (even in the US) have less than stellar public transit, meaning you will either have to wait longer to get to where you want to go or will need to choose a more convenient means of getting around.
One of the best ways of using public transit is to check ahead before you travel. If you have a map already on hand, you won’t have to waste time figuring out where to go or how to get there. Also, using Google Earth to scout out the area before you go can help immensely. You’ll be able to more easily identify areas where you want to go as well as those that look confusing or dangerous and should be avoided. If things start looking unfamiliar, it might be time to pull out a map or hail a cab to get you back to areas you are familiar with.
Option 2: Taxis
With services like Uber and Lyft becoming increasingly popular for both drivers and users around the world, there is now a much wider variety of taxi options than in the past. If you think you might use a driver provider service overseas, be sure to download whatever app(s) you might want or need before starting your trip.
Depending on where you are going there may (or may not) be certain services available to you. Once again, check ahead. Generally speaking, taxis are a safe and fairly economical form of transport, but you should still be careful! Long rides can lead to high fees and it is possible drivers will charge more if they assume you are a tourist. As a result, knowing which taxi companies are reputable in your destination and working out the fare in advance of the ride are good ideas.
Option 3: Rental Car
Getting a rental car offers you an unparalleled amount of freedom in your destination. However, rentals can be costly, and gas can be expensive in some overseas destinations, so be sure to take this into account during your planning.
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If you do decide on going the rental route, always be sure to map out your drive ahead of time. Although Apple Maps, Google Maps, and GPS will be great resources in your destination, you might consider having paper maps as a back-up in case you lose service or charge on a device. Remember that you may need to get an international driver’s license as well. Also, the rules of the road vary greatly in global destinations, so make sure that you are comfortable with these before committing yourself to a rental car.
Option 4: The Chauffeur
The chauffeur can be anything from an actual chauffeur to a friend who is willing to pick you up and show you around your destination. Having a local resource is a great way to get recommendations and see the “local” parts of the city that can be extremely fun but are not easily accessible to most tourists.
If you decide to hire a professional chauffeur, be sure to make your arrangements well in advance. Avoid chauffeurs looking for clients at airports or other high traffic areas, as these last minute hires can sometimes lead to muggings and other less savory experiences. Make plans ahead of time to avoid any problems, and be sure to check reviews to make sure that everything will go off without a hitch.
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Internet enabled Wireless Electrical Switches
Current home automation solutions have the following limitations:
1. The home automation is executed as a project by the vendors leading to high cost. The installation & maintenance must be performed by the experts from the vendors leading to high installation & maintenance of cost. This makes home automation is a luxury rather than a need.
2. The existing home automation solutions are custom made and requires specific wiring and infrastructure. This again leads to high cost. This also leaves existing homes and buildings without enabler for energy savings.
3. The existing solutions are not extensible easily, e.g. adding an extra switch or socket.
4. Internet connectivity is not an inherent feature, they provide it as add on feature which may lead to scalability, privacy, security and usability problems.
We invented an IPv6 based Internet enabled Electrical Switch to solve the above stated problems. In this process, we have developed the most advanced electrical switch in the world, that fits into the existing electrical boxes without any rewiring at 90% cheaper than the existing market price while providing more features. This allows the solution reachable to middle classes and there by improving their living standards while saving energy and providing comfort & fun.
Realtime control and monitoring
Detects load condition
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Renée Gravois Lee
Dissertation submitted to the Faculty of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of
Doctor of Philosophy
Julie L. Ozanne, Chair
Carol A. Bailey
Ronald Paul Hill
Janet E. Keith
James E. Littlefield
June 28, 1996
Research consistently supports that some segments of society are at considerably higher risk for illness and death than the national average. While the existence and extent of poor health outcomes for these "vulnerable populations" are well documented, less research attempts to explain why such inequities persist and how they might be resolved. Thus, many vulnerable individuals fail to get adequate health care.
How can health care delivery be improved to better serve those consumers most at risk of poor health? Addressing this issue requires an in-depth understanding of the unique health and social needs of vulnerable consumers and how these needs are being met (or not met) by the health care industry. Based on field research using a variety of methods, this study examined health care delivery to one at-risk population, women in a rural Appalachian coal mining community, with the ultimate goal of envisioning service design and distribution strategies that might better serve disadvantaged populations.
Consistent with the change-oriented goal of this research, a feminist approach guided this study. Women's everyday experiences in managing their health needs were explored through an analysis of their health care stories. Health care providers were also interviewed in order to explore both sides of the service encounter dyad. The voices of the women and the providers reveal uneasy tensions in health care delivery and illuminate why the current system does not meet the actual health care needs of the women or their community. A variety of solutions are offered to improve health care delivery.
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Sacred Fir (Abies religiosa, Oyamel in Nahuatl) is a fir native to the mountains of central and southern Mexico (Eje Volcánico Transversal, Sierra Madre del Sur) and western Guatemala. It grows at high altitudes of 2100 - 4100 m in cloud forest with high rainfall and cool, humid summers and dry winters in most of its habitat regime but in the state of Veracruz to the east it grows with precipitations all year long. Regular winter snowfalls occur on the highest populations.
It is a medium-sized to large evergreen coniferous tree growing to 25 - 50 m tall with a trunk diameter of up to 2 m ft . The leaves are needle-like, flattened, 1.5 - 3.5 cm long and 1.5 mm in wide by 0.5 mm in thick, dark green above, and with two blue-white bands of stomata below; the leaf apex is acute. The leaf arrangement is spiral on the shoot, but with each leaf variably twisted at the base so they lie flat to either side of and above the shoot, with none below the shoot. The shoots are reddish-brown, hairless or with scattered pubescense. The cones are 8 - 16 cm long and 4 - 6 cm broad, dark blue-purple before maturity; the scale bracts are purple or greenish, of moderate length, with the tips exposed in the closed cone. The winged seeds are released when the cones disintegrate at maturity about 7–9 months after pollination. Trees from the western end of the range on Nevado de Colima, Jalisco have cones with larger, reflexed bract scales (similar to Noble Fir cones); these are sometimes treated as a separate species, Abies colimensis.
Sacred Fir is named after the use of cut foliage in religious festivals in Mexico, notably at Christmas. The oyamel is the preferred tree for the Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) to reside in colonies during its hibernation in Mexico. The distribution of this tree is narrowing because of deforestation and human impact.
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Determine the impedance Z for maximum average power transfer and the value of the maximum average power absorbed by the load in the network shown in Fig P. 9.30
Answer to relevant Questionsaverage power transfer and the value of the maximum average power absorbed by the load in the network shown in Fig P. 9.31 Calculate the rms value of the waveform shown in Fig P 9.37 An industrial load that consumes 80 kW is supplied by the power company through a transmission line with 0.1 ohms resistance, with 84kW. If the voltage at the load is 440 Vrms, find the power factor at the load.Given the network in Fig P 9.52, determine the input voltage Vs. A particular load has a pf of 0.8 lagging. The power delivered to the load is 40 kW from a 220-V rms 60-Hz line. What value of capacitance placed in parallel with the load will raise the pf to 0.9 lagging?
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Create a garden sign with this tack and rope word creating method.
For more, also see favourite garden signs with a dash of humour.
This DIY garden sign was made entirely from items found around the house. I’ve listed complete instructions below. I had nick-named our garden The Cardinal Cafe after watching masses of birds appear each time I put out fresh food, so I thought it was time to put a sign up and make it official!
The secret ingredient for the lettering is a roll of pre-twisted rush (used for making rush seats). I cut it to form the letters and attached it with upholstery tacks.
- Wood board (I used an old piece of pine barn board)
- Pre-twisted rush
- (50) Upholstery tacs (black upholstery tacks on Amazon) – you may need more or less depending on which words you choose
- Cardinal decoration
- Twigs for the bird nest
- (8) Cup hooks (see them on Amazon)
- Garden decor – little watering can, doll-size garden bench, bird house, snowflakes, suet feeder. You may want eye hooks for hanging them on the cup hooks.
- (2) 1/2 inch wood screws (attached to back of sign for hanging) and picture wire
- (3) 1 inch wood screws (for hanging on fence)
- (4) nails (for holding the bird nest twigs in place)
- Scissors (for cutting rush)
- Pencil, measuring tape
After gathering your materials, the hardest part is deciding what you want the sign to say!
1. Pencil your saying on the wood. I used uppercase letters so there were minimal curves. Leave room for any decorations you want to attach (like the cardinal). If you make a mistake, just erase the pencil and start over.
Related: DIY garden art hose guards
2. Cut out the rush using your pencilled letters as a measuring template.
3. Attach the rush using upholstery tacs.
4. Attach the decorations. I used an upholstery tack to attach the cardinal. And tacks and nails to form a little twig nest.
5. There’s lots of ways to hang the sign. I used picture wire and two screws on the back.
TIP: I used 3 screws (each 6″ apart) on the fence to keep the sign from shifting around. Use a level to mark where you want them.
6. Attach cup hooks to the bottom of the sign. I put a bunch so I can hang a variety of garden trinkets throughout the seasons.
7. Add garden trinkets. Right now I have a little watering can, a doll-size twig bench, a bird house, snowflakes, and a fresh batch of “unsuet suet”.
I make this bird treat from peanut butter, shelled peanuts, and birdseed (see how to make it here – it’s fast and easy and the birds LOVE it). Truthfully, it’s the peanut butter that attracts the birds from miles around. It’s amazing how that scent travels!
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Insuring My Teen Driver: FAQs
Insuring My Teen Driver: FAQs
If you are a new driver, or the parent of a new driver, the process of obtaining the right car insurance for teens can be confusing. This page will guide you through some of the most commonly asked questions about auto insurance for teens.
Will a teen driver pay more for car insurance than an adult?
The insurance industry builds the pricing platform around statistics and risk. Statistically speaking, teen drivers tend to get in more accidents. In fact, according to the Center For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), teen drivers 16 to 19 years old are 3 times more likely to crash than drivers 20 years old and older.
Teen drivers exhibit risky behavior that increases the odds they will have an accident, but around 25 years old, the rates begin to level out because their accident risk decreases.
Will my premium increase because I added a teen driver?
Generally, you can expect your rates to increase if you add a teen driver; however, in most cases car insurance rates are typically cheapest for teens when they are added to an existing car insurance policy rather than when they purchase their own policy.
What can teens do to reduce their rates?
Responsibility is a key factor in calculating insurance rates, regardless of age. Teens, specifically, can improve their chances of finding cheap car insurance rates through one or more of the following means:
- Maintain good grades.
- Good student discounts are often given to students who maintain at least a B average.
- Keep a clean driving record free of accidents and violations.
- Parents can promote safe driving by establishing rules for cell phones, passengers and car use. In fact, some usage-based programs allow parents to monitor their child's driving habits.
- Take an approved driver’s education course.
When getting car insurance for teens, it can help to get quotes from different insurance providers, as rates will vary from company to company. Luckily, if you're pressed for time and can't call around, you can easily compare car insurance rates online.
If my teen goes away to school, do I still list them on my policy?
Policy details and requirements will vary among car insurance companies and states.
Typically, if your teen comes home for the summer, you must list them on your policy. If your child is heading to a school that is a certain number of miles away from home, they may qualify for a resident student discount, which can significantly lessen your rates.
If your child comes home for short periods of time or vacations, it may not be necessary to list them on your policy. This will depend on your carrier and your state's laws.
Is my teen eligible for a student discount?
Many car insurance companies offer good student discounts to reward teens that do well in school. Statistically, good grades equal responsible driving and lower risk. The exact amount of the discount depends on the insurance provider.
In order to qualify for a discount, most companies require that the student:
- Is under 25 years old.
- Is enrolled in school full-time.
- Has a grade point average of at least 3.0.
Does driving a safer vehicle help teens get more affordable car insurance?
The type of car you drive matters at any age. Having the following will help you get the best car insurance rates:
- Enhanced safety features.
- Crash protection.
- Larger body.
Avoid sports cars designed for speed, as well as trucks and SUVs.
Is it better to add a teen to my policy or get them a new policy?
In most cases, car insurance is cheaper for teens when they're added to their parents' policies. However, it is smart to get quotes for both, as many factors can come into play.
For example, if your teen has a very low-value vehicle, it might be cheaper for him to get his own policy and skip certain optional coverages, such as collision and comprehensive.
When does a teen need auto insurance coverage?
This is a question to ask your insurance agent when your teen starts learning to drive. The laws are different from state to state. The majority of car insurance companies require that anyone with a driver's license in your household be insured.
Teens with learner's permits often don't need to have their own insurance; however, your state's laws may differ. Speak with your insurance agent for more details.
Do I have other options if adding my teen to my policy is too expensive?
All drivers need car insurance. That is the law. Your only other option is to put the teen on a separate policy; however, this may be more expensive because certain discounts that apply on your policy may not apply to his (e.g., multi-car, occupational discounts, etc.).
Does my teen need the same car insurance coverage I do?
Teens are legally required to carry the minimum level of insurance required by your state. Other types such as comprehensive or collision insurance are optional, but may be required to get a car loan.
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Essential Safety On Board as Required by the Offshore Special Regulations
Whether you are getting your boat ready for the racing season, or just want to ensure that your boat is well prepared for cruising, the World Sailing Offshore Special Regulations are a must read.
Published every two years, the Offshore Special Regulations (OSR) cover in great detail the required equipment and structural features for both mono and multihulls, as well as personal equipment and training that a yacht must comply with before it is allowed to race. Much of
the OSR content can also be applied to cruising vessels to make them as seaworthy and safe as possible for the skipper and crew.
World Sailing recognises that not all racing is at the same level. Consequently, they split offshore sailing in to 5 categories, with differing levels of equipment required for the safe participation in each:
Category 0 - Trans-oceanic races, where boats must be completely self-sufficient for extended periods of time and capable of withstanding heavy storms and serious emergencies.
Category 1 - Races of long distance and well offshore, where boats must be completely self-sufficient for extended periods of time and capable of withstanding heavy storms and serious emergencies.
Category 2 - Races of extended duration not far from shore where a high degree of self- sufficiency is required.
Category 3 - Races across open water, most of which is relatively protected or close to shore.
Category 4 - Short races, close to shore in protected waters normally held in daylight.
To help you easily comply with most of the Regulations that cover safety on board, we have taken the key elements of the two relevant sections and highlighted the essential products required for them, along with which Category of race they apply to.
SECTION 4 - PORTABLE EQUIPMENT
A boat shall have:
4.01 Sail Letters & Numbers
Identification on sails (Cat: 0,1,2,3,4)
A 1m 2 area of highly-visible orange, pink or yellow showing when the boat is inverted (Cat:0,1,2,3,4)
4.03 Soft Wood Plugs
A tapered soft wood plug stowed adjacent to every through-hull opening (Cat: 0,1,2,3,4)
4.04 Jackstays and Clipping Points
Jackstays on each side of the deck (Cat: 0,1,2,3)
Clipping points (Cat: 0,1,2,3)
4.05 Fire Fighting Equipment
A fire blanket adjacent to every cooking device with an open flame (Cat: 0,1,2,3,4)
Two fire extinguishers, each with 2kg of dry powder or equivalent (Cat: 0,1,2,3,4)
Two un-modified anchors with suitable combination of chain and rope (Cat: 0,1,2,3)
One un-modified anchor with suitable combination of chain and rope (Cat: 4)
4.07 Flashlights and Searchlights
A watertight searchlight, with spare batteries, suitable for searching for a person overboard at night and for collision avoidance (Cat: 0,1,2,3)
A watertight flashlight with spare batteries and bulb (Cat: 0,1,2,3,4)
4.08 First Aid Manual and First Aid Kit
A first aid manual and first aid kit (Cat: 0,1,2,3,4)
A foghorn (Cat: 0,1,2,3,4)
4.10 Radar Reflector
A passive radar reflector with either octahedral plates of minimum diagonal dimension 40cm or a non-octahedral reflector with minimum Radar Cross Section area of 2m 2 (Cat: 0,1,2,3,4)
4.16 Tools and Spare Parts
Tools and spare parts, suitable for the duration and nature of the passage (Cat: 0,1,2,3,4)
An effective means to quickly disconnect or sever the standing rigging from the boat (Cat: 0,1,2,3,4)
4.18 Retro-reflective material
Retro-reflective material on lifebuoys, recovery slings, liferafts & lifejackets (Cat: 0,1,2,3,4)
A water and manually activated 406MHz EPIRB with internal GPS (Cat: 0,1,2)
One or more inflatable liferafts with a total capacity to accommodate at least the total number of people on board which complies with SOLAS LSA Code 1997 Chapter IV or ISO 9650-1:2005 (Cat: 0,1,2)
4.21 Grab Bags
A grab bag, readily accessible whether or not the boat is inverted (Cat: 3,4)
4.22 Crew Overboard Identification and Recovery
An AIS personal crew overboard beacon for each crew member (Cat: 0,1,2)
A lifebuoy with a self-igniting light, a whistle and a drogue (Cat: 0,1,2,3,4)
A recovery sling (Cat: 0,1,2,3)
A danbuoy with flag. The pole shall be either permanently extended or be capable of being fully automatically extended (Cat: 0,1,2)
A heaving line, no less than 6mm diameter, 15-25m long (Cat: 0,1,2,3,4)
4.23 Pyrotechnic and Light Signals
Pyrotechnic signals conforming to SOLAS LSA Code Chapter III Visual Signals (Cat:0,1,2,3,4)
4.25 Cockpit Knife
A strong, sharp knife, sheathed and secured in a readily accessible location (Cat: 0,1,2,3,4)
4.26 Storm & Heavy Weather Sails
A highly visible dayglo colour storm jib (Cat: 0,1,2)
SECTION 5 - PERSONAL EQUIPMENT
Each crew member shall have:
A lifejacket with an auto/manual gas inflation system, crotch/thigh straps, integral safety harness, whistle, lifting strop, reflective tape. Must comply with ISO12402-3 (Cat: 0,1,2,3,4)
Each lifejacket should have a light and sprayhood in accordance with ISO12402-8 (Cat: 0,1,2,3)
A boat shall carry at least one spare gas cylinder and, if appropriate, spare activation head for each type of lifejacket on board (Cat: 0,1,2,3)
5.02 Safety Harness and Tethers
A tether, complying with ISO12401, with self-closing hooks and an overload indicator, not exceeding 2m including the length of the hooks (Cat: 0,1,2,3)
The information above was taken from the 2018-2019 edition of the Offshore Special Regulations. For the sake of brevity, the rules above have been simplified. Attention should be paid to the full and detailed guidelines in the OSR when ensuring your vessel is compliant for racing. A full and up to date copy of the OSR can be downloaded free of charge from the website of World Sailing:
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Workplace Smoking Rules in Maryland
Employers in Maryland must comply with these state rules regulating smoking in the workplace.
The Maryland Clean Indoor Air Act of 2007, and associated laws, prohibit smoking in indoor public places and indoor places of employment.
Employer coverage: Employers with one or more employees.
Written policy requirements: Employers are not required to establish a written smoking policy.
Posting requirements: Maryland requires that signs that state "smoking is permitted in this room" be prominently posted and properly maintained where smoking is allowed. The signs should be posted and maintained by the owner, operator, manager, or other person having control of the area. The letters on the sign must be at least one inch in height.
Employers must post at the entrance to an indoor place of employment a sign saying that smoking is not permitted.
No smoking areas: Smoking is prohibited in:
- an indoor area open to the public
- an indoor place of employment, including a vehicle (other than a private vehicle) used in the course of employment
- an indoor place in which meetings are open to the public under certain state government articles
- a government owned or operated means of mass transportation, including taxicabs and limousines
Permitted smoking areas: In Maryland, smoking is not prohibited in the following:
- private homes and residences, including homes and residences used as places of business or employment, unless being used by a person who is licensed or registered to provide day care or child care
- private vehicles, unless being used for the public transportation of children, or as part of health care or day care transportation
- a hotel or motel room rented to one or more guests as long as the total percent of hotel or motel rooms being used as smoking rooms does not exceed 25 percent
- a retail tobacco business in which the primary activity is the retail sale of tobacco products and accessories, and the sale of other products is incidental
- any facility of a manufacturer, importer, wholesaler, or distributor of tobacco products or of any tobacco leaf dealer or processor in which the employees of the manufacturer, importer, wholesaler, distributor, or processor work or congregate
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Small actions make a big difference
SEPTEMBER is Dementia Awareness Month.
More than 400,000 people are living with dementia in Australia and an estimated 70% of those people are actively living in the community.
Manningham Council is encouraging residents to get involved in Dementia Awareness Month this September to help improve the lives of people living with dementia, their families and carers.
Council are encouraging residents to learn a little more about how we can better support family, neighbours, friends and people in our networks impacted by dementia.
It is an important step to help reduce stigma and dispel some of the common myths about dementia.
Dementia is not a natural part of ageing.
Some of the risk factors associated with dementia can be managed through lifestyle changes or appropriate medical treatments.
Many conditions have symptoms similar to dementia so it is important not to assume that someone has dementia.
Early and correct diagnosis can be helpful to ensure that the correct advice and strategies are provided to manage the condition.
Manningham Mayor Cr Andrew Conlon said Manningham would be highlighting the small actions our community could take to create a big difference for people living with dementia.
“We’re inviting the community to show their support by becoming a Dementia Friend to increase understanding about the condition,” he said.
A dementia-friendly community recognises that a person with dementia needs to continue to participate in the community; this can include employment, volunteering or social activities.
Manningham Council is running a number of workshops and resources for people and families impacted by dementia, as well as the wider community.
Cr Conlon said through increased awareness and support, Manningham hoped to make a positive difference to the lives of people living with dementia.
“We aim to transform the way we, as a community, think, act and talk about dementia,” he said.
Manningham will also be releasing a pocket-sized set of information cards with up-to-date information about dementia; this includes a list of reputable organisations the community can contact for further support.
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In Florida real estate, the sand and surf may have been created by a higher power, but builders get the credit -- or blame -- for most of the rest of South Florida.
In the 1950s, they hammered together many of the small shops and office buildings clustered near downtown Fort Lauderdale, and constructed a tunnel under the New River -- the only one in the state.
In the 1960s, it was beachfront condominiums, Galt Ocean Mile, the Yankee Clipper, and some of Broward County`s first shopping malls.
By the 1970s, the builders moved westward, as Sunrise, Coral Springs and other new communities took shape.
And in the early 1980s, they created new skylines in downtown Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, which suddenly filled with sparkling office towers.
Now, South Florida`s builders are taking aim on the second half of the `80s, hoping to benefit from continuing migration into the Sunshine State. Builders say the western half of Broward County, the Cypress Creek office area, parts of Boynton Beach and downtown West Palm Beach are all prime candidates for major new buildings before 1990.
But some observers worry that yesterday`s development has already satisfied most of the near-term demand for new offices, shops, warehouses and other buildings. ``There are very few under-catered to real estate sectors,`` warned Tom Powers, chief economist with Goodkin Research, a Fort Lauderdale consulting firm.
Builders face other problems as well:
Their focus is likely to change from constructing office buildings -- for which vacancy rates are at record levels -- to other projects such as strip shopping centers, warehouses and interior improvements.
Tough new competition is coming to Florida, as world-class ``mega-firms`` such as the Bechtel Group -- known for vast international projects like building Saudi Arabian cities -- increasingly bid on smaller, domestic developments.
Productivity of workers is declining, as well-trained carpenters, plumbers and other craftsmen become increasingly hard to find. Buildings are taking longer to finish and contractors are pressured to meet completion deadlines.
Quality concerns are emerging, as shoddy workmanship becomes a sore spot. Unions are pushing to require more licensed journeymen on the jobsite, a proposal that would add to builders` costs.
But with long-term interest rates at their lowest level since 1977, developers will be tempted to prolong the building boom that started when Congress liberalized real estate tax laws in 1981.
And that`s good news for builders.
Last year alone, contractors built $340 billion worth of new buildings and other construction projects nationwide, according to the U.S. Commerce Department. That included $80 billion spent on private, non- residential projects such as office parks, shopping centers and commercial buildings.
This year, real spending on construction is expected to grow about 5.5 percent, according to the Commerce Department`s forecast -- about the same growth as last year.
Locally, most builders are reasonably happy about the outlook for 1986. ``We`re very busy and very optimistic about the next 12 months,`` said David Rulien, president of Regency Square Construction Co. in Fort Lauderdale. ``Our activity (for the year to date) has been 15 percent higher than last year,`` he said.
In Florida, plans for about $12.5 billion of non-residential construction were announced last year, according to Engineering News-Record, a trade magazine published in New York by McGraw-Hill Inc.
Both Broward and Palm Beach counties generated more than $1 billion worth of construction spending last year, according to the F.W. Dodge division of McGraw-Hill.
In the Fort Lauderdale area, the $1.4 billion worth of building was split evenly between housing and non-residential construction. In Palm Beach County, about two-thirds of the $1.9 billion spent in 1985 went for new homes.
However, one major market -- offices -- may sit out for awhile, as developers try to lease some of the inventory built over the past few years. According to Coldwell Banker, a national real estate company owned by Sears, Roebuck and Co., more than 29 percent of the prime office space in Broward and Palm Beach counties is vacant, enough to supply the market for about four years.
``The guys who`ve already got a lot of office space are not in any big hurry to add more,`` noted Rulien.
That doesn`t mean a downturn for builders, however. Many developers will shift their focus to warehouses, strip shopping centers and interior improvements, Rulien said.
Building offices remains promising in some areas, such as the Cypress Creek section in Broward County. Even downtown Fort Lauderdale, widely regarded as overbuilt, could see some new offices.
``I don`t know that a window will open anytime soon,`` said Rulien. ``But who knows? In two years, it might be a winner for you.`` | <urn:uuid:de5c6911-8f7c-4837-9baf-e415eef94eba> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1986-03-31/business/8601190745_1_new-buildings-real-estate-office | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279489.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00011-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960627 | 1,038 | 1.9375 | 2 |
The last file that needs to be customized for the dialog box is the Excel1.Lab file. The .lab files are used by the reporting features of CHEMCAD (output >resulsts, output >reports, tools >specsheet). Reports are made using the labels specified in the .lab file with the variable specified.
The Excel1.lab file is found in the job directory and is opened with Notepad just as Excel1.Map was. The file will read as below.
This file must be edited in a similar manner to the Excel1.Map file. The “Temperature…” and “Heat duty…” lines are deleted. The first number on the pressure line, 2, is changed to a 1. This instructs CHEMCAD that the first variable should be labeled “Pressure”. The file should now look like the one below. Save the file and then close.
The new dialog box is finished. To test, go back into CHEMCAD and open the Excel job. Double click the Excel Unit Op and make sure Excel1 is in the first entry field of the dialog. This field will be empty if it was deleted in the first part of the tuturial. Now click [OK] for the first dialog box with the file paths. The second dialog box should come up with a Pressure field available to have data entered into it. Enter the pressure of 20 psia and click [OK].
Now run specsheet for the unit op. This command is found under Tools on the menu bar. An Excel spreadsheet should come up for the unit op. On the part of the spreadsheet labeled “UNITOP DATA FROM CHEMCAD” are all the variables, parameters, units and values listed for the Excel Unit Op. The only value that should be here is Pressure with a value of 20. The item to take note of here is the variable number for Pressure. In this case it is 2. This will be needed for the visual basic code.
Close Specsheet.xls and open the Excel1.xls file. Open the Visual Basic code that was programmed in part one of the example. Only one section of code needs to be changed.
' If inletPresPsia(1) <= inletPresPsia(2) Then outletPresPsia(1) = inletPresPsia(1) Else outletPresPsia(1) = inletPresPsia(2)
If myUnitPar(2) <> 0 Then
outletPresPsia(1) = myUnitPar(2)
Else: If inletPresPsia(1) <= inletPresPsia(2) Then outletPresPsia(1) = inletPresPsia(1) Else outletPresPsia(1) = inletPresPsia(2)
myUnitPar is an array of the unit op specification variables, as seen on the specsheet report. The number 2 corresponds to the number noted of on the spec sheet. The 2nd element of the myUnitPar array is the pressure specification. Note that the first element of myUnitPar is reserved.
The first line shown is the line of code that needs to be changed. This line of code previously set the pressure. Put an apostrophe in front of this line to make it a comment. Comment code is not executed when the program runs.
Next, type in the second line above with the myUnitPar variable checks to see if a pressure is entered into the created dialog box. If the pressure was specified in the dialog, it will will be stored as myUnitPar(2) . This is an array with all the unit op variables as seen on the spec sheet. The 2nd element of myUnitPar() corresponds to the 2nd parameter of the unit op. Viewing this unitop with specsheet, we confirmed that the 2nd parameter of this unitop is Pressure. This code will set the outlet stream pressure to the input value, myunitPar(2). If that value equals zero then no number was entered into the dialog box and a default pressure will be used as the outlet pressure. The default pressure is the lowest pressure of all the incoming streams. The line of code for this corresponds to the same line of code for setting the outlet pressure in section one of the tutorial. Save the file and exit. Run the Unit op in CHEMCAD.
Чтобы распечатать файл, скачайте его (в формате Word).
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Oceanographers have spent this week east of the Kermadec Trench to test two new high-tech glass balls that will help them understand the role of the deep ocean in the world’s climate.
The new deep Argo floats are ball-shaped because they have to withstand more pressure at depth. The team are, from left to right, Dean Roemmich from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, voyage leader and NIWA oceanographer Phil Sutton, and Kyle Grindley, also from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. (image: Dave Allen/NIWA)
NIWA’s research vessel Tangaroa has deployed two plastic-encased balls, which have plunged 5500 metres down and then climbed back to the surface, measuring temperature and salinity along the way and beaming the data and their position back via satellite.
Voyage leader and NIWA oceanographer Phil Sutton says the deep-diving floats are an extension of the existing global ocean monitoring project called Argo, which has already distributed 3500 cylinder-shaped floats (pictured on the right) throughout the world’s oceans. These original floats sink to 1000 metres, where they drift with ocean currents for 10 days before descending further to 2000 metres. They also collect temperature and salinity measurements along the way, which allow scientists to track changes in the heat content and currents in the ocean.
He says the Argo project has already revolutionised our understanding of how the oceans are responding to a warming climate.
“Before Argo there was very little data for large parts of the world, in particular the Southern Ocean. There is 15 times more data in the Argo period, in the last 10 years, than all of the data ever collected before Argo started.”
The new floats are ball-shaped because they have to withstand more pressure at depth. But they are also equipped with advanced sensors to track temperature and salinity, and they carry an antenna to connect to a satellite.
Dean Roemmich, an oceanographer at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography in San Diego and one of the original designers of the Argo programme, says the deep-ocean project is an important next step because more than half of the world’s ocean is deeper than 2000 metres.
He says the Argo project has already confirmed that the oceans are warming at depth, and that that warming signal is particularly pronounced in the Southern Hemisphere.
“The surface of the ocean has not actually warmed [in the last 10 years], and there’s been a lot of coverage over the socalled pause. It’s been explained as inter-annual variability due to more occurrence of La Niňa, less El Niňo – but the short story is that the surface temperature of the ocean is highly variable.
“Whereas when you start looking at the heat content, the average temperature of the ocean down to 2000 metres, rather than seeing a pause we’ve seen a steady warming continue at the same rate for the last 50 years.
The other significant finding is that the salinity of the world’s oceans has changed. “The salty parts of the oceans, the subtropical oceans, are getting saltier, whereas the fresh parts under the intertropical convergence zone and in high latitudes, those are getting fresher. The underlying message of that change is that the contrast between evaporation and precipitation is increasing, and the water cycle of the Earth is being intensified.”
Dean Roemmich says the oceans have so far buffered us from some impacts of climate change because they have taken up 93 per cent of the excess heat.
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The Remington company, which during the First World War manufactured 21,677 1911 Government Model pistols under license from Colt, has recently joined the group of manufacturers that are currently reproducing this legendary weapon.
On the occasion of the centennial of this weapon, after a 90-year pause in which this company stopped producing it, and much to the delight of its fans, the factory based in Ilion NY has finally resumed manufacturing the “fortyfive” par excellence.
The Remington 1911 R1 model, of course, is not a perfect replica of Remingtonʼs wartime weapons. It features small but significant changes, which have been made both to adjust to the evolution of combat strategies and to improve the mechanics of the weapon. Although hardcore fans believe that the weapon had to remain exactly the same – like the one Browning had designed – the modified sights of the R1, together with an additional safety catch to the firing pin and a super accurate coupling between barrel –base pin bushing – slide allowed the weapon to achieve a great firing performance.
Magazine insertion, with respect to the original model, has been made easier by a light countersink right at the entrance of the mag well. The ejection port was also enlarged in order to make the weapon more reliable and prevent malfunctioning – the latter was often the case with older models, which also required the use of 230g Full Metal Jacket ball ammunition, the so-called hardball.
With respect to the original model, the snare ring which was originally placed on the hammer spring housing has been removed. A small notch has been bored on the barrel to allow visual check for the presence of a bullet in the chamber.
In our opinion, however, the hole is too small and under unfavorable light conditions these checks cannot be reliable.
The handgun is equipped with a modern machined alloy trigger. Its squared edges somehow clash with the weapon design. The milled chestnut grip plates are quite nice and feature the traditional double diamond design.The barrel and the slide of the Remington 1911 R1 are made of blued carbon steel. The barrel and the bushing are made of stainless steel. The barrel length is 127 mm. Like early Colt models, the housing of the hammer spring is of a straight type, while the automatic safety on the grip has the usual configuration.
The main recoil spring rod is of the short type. The machined notch on the frame, where the hold open slide stop lever operates, interrupts the slide guide (as in all most recent models).
The Colt 1911 and the Remington R1 – which are more or less the same weapon – still retain a unique design, which up to now has not been matched neither in terms of mechanics nor esthetics by any other weapon. Beyond that, in spite of the fact that this gun was not designed with an eye for ergonomics, it turned out to be quite a comfortable weapon to handle. With the help of a single stack magazine, which reduces the width of the grip, controls are easily reachable. Aiming at the target, thanks to the well-chosen grip angle, is very simple and intuitive.
The gun is a single action semi-automatic pistol with external hammer. It was built upon the good-old reliable Colt breech locking system, short recoil operated, which is enacted through the locking lugs placed on the top of the barrel and under the ceiling of the slide. The movement of the different parts is controlled by the connecting rod pivoted to the barrel and secured to the shaft through the bar of the bolt lock. When firing, the kinetic energy of the recoil pushes the barrel and the slide a few millimeters back – throughout the process they remain locked with the help of the lugs of the barrel and the notches made on the top of the slide. After this short travel, the connecting rod forces the barrel to stop and rotate downwards, thus disengaging the slide from the lugs so that it can keep on moving and extract, through the use of the extractor, the spent case, and compress the main recoil spring. At the end of the process, the spring pushes the slide back to its locked and firing position. During this movement the feeding rib strips one cartridge out of the magazine and chambers it, so that the gun is ready to fire its next shot.
Disassembling a Colt 1911 requires a bit more effort than performing the same task on modern models. However, with some practice, this operation can be easily carried out by anyone – most of the time it does not even require any tools. In order to disassemble a Remington R1, at least at the beginning, you need to have the right wrench to rotate the bushing of the barrel.
After making sure that the gun is unloaded, the appropriate wrench helps to press the tube holding the spring. This will let the milling of the barrel bushing loose, so that it can be rotated to the right side of the weapon and leave the tube free to move. The recoil spring and the tube can now be removed, being careful not to let it out of control – the spring is strong and under tension. You then can pull the slide back until the internal edge of the “hold open” lever fits with the milling of the slide itself. The hold open lever can be removed by pressing the bar head of the stud leaning on the right side of the stem. You can now separate stem, slide and the spring rod. In order to extract the barrel, which must be pulled out from the front when the connecting rod is lowered, you must have removed the bushing with a bayonet type clutch. The bushing can be extracted from its lodging by rotating it to the left side of the weapon.
Like any other Colt type of weapon, the Remington has both a manual safety – which can be activated only after the hammer has been armed and which blocks the trigger chain – and an automatic safety on the grip which prevents shooting by blocking the trigger until the weapon is not in the hands of the shooter.
The Remington R1 model has a firing pin safety which was first introduced in the Colt series 80 models. Although it is certainly a useful feature for a defense gun, the automatic firing pin safety has been heavily criticized by some “extremists”, who claim that the friction generated by the components of this type of safety would decrease accuracy and trigger quality.
The hammer is equipped with the half-cock position, an additional safety preventing the contact of the hammer with the head of the firing pin, improving the resistance against accidental release. Two pressed steel magazines with a welded floorplate are also included. The 7 round magazines can be checked through the control holes on the side of the magazines themselves.
The weapon is equipped with sights placed within a special dovetail milling on the slide, which allows for adjustment. The rear sights notch is also placed within the traditional dovetail milling. Both the sights and the sights notch are fastened to the slide with the help of a tiny Allen set screw.
The Remington 1911 R1 gun is a high-quality weapon and can also provide hours of entertainment at the shooting range. Its precision largely owes to its well-tested mechanics and to its .45 ACP cartridge, which is fairly accurate.
The Remington R1 is also an excellent weapon for house defense – the caliber used, which was also tested on the battlefield, can solve many different problems. Considering weight, size, and the need to carry a "cocked and locked" weapon with the manual safety catch on, self-defense gun license for this weapon is recommended only for those who are familiar with such systems.
The recoil of the .45 ACP cartridge is always pleasant and gives a feeling of power instilling self-confidence in the shooter. Even those people who have never shot with a Colt would rapidly grow accustomed to this kind of weapon – many of them ending up picking it as their weapon of choice. We were able to get solid shooting groups in just one hole within a 15 m distance. The soft release of the model which I had in use – and which had already shot over a thousand rounds- certainly helped, in spite of those people criticizing firing pin safety. No jams whatsoever occurred during the live fire test.
The Remington 1911 R1 is sold in a durable green carrying case. Two magazines are supplied together with the weapon, in addition to a wrench for the disassembly, a storage lock and a comprehensive instruction manual. The tested weapon has totally satisfied us. It is of high quality, it has shown great accuracy and has a trigger quality which could be used for sport competitions. Overall, the Remington 1911 R1 has an excellent price/ quality ratio and scores far better than many other clones currently available on the market. | <urn:uuid:9638c9f1-d5ae-4250-bdb7-0d2041c876b3> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.all4shooters.com/en/shooting/pistols/remington-1911-r1-government-semiautomatic-pistol/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572581.94/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816211628-20220817001628-00075.warc.gz | en | 0.962096 | 1,798 | 1.734375 | 2 |
Long after the Civil War had been won by the North and the Emancipation Proclamation had been signed by President Abraham Lincoln, the struggle for civil rights continued. It was not just one event or one person that changed the way that minorities are treated in the United States, it was the culmination of much effort by many people over a long period of time, that resulted in the change in status of women and people of color. Of course, the struggle goes on and must be won be each successive generation. Education about the events, people, court rulings, Acts and Amendments keep our country's belief in the idea of equal rights for all alive. This project engages students to build timelines that document the development of the civil rights movement in this country for public display. | <urn:uuid:999cb3ca-bdaf-464a-942a-f866a654720e> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.katebagby.com/projects/techss/index.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280791.35/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00361-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979705 | 154 | 4.5 | 4 |
Founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin always had positive views about Hive and shared his thoughts about Hive from the very beginning of it. We have seen in the past how he used example of Hive blockchain and its community in his articles. Recently we have even seen him continue bringing Hive up in podcasts as well.
Today, he did it again. He published an article titled The Most Important Scarce Resource is Legitimacy. Feel free to read the full article. It is an interesting read.
Once again Vitalik uses Hive and its community to explain and make his case for legitimacy as the most important scarce resource.
After talking a little bit about Bitcoin and Ethereum, he starts a section with a sub-title - Coins can be owned by social contracts, he starts to talking about Hive:
To better understand the force that we are getting at, another important example is the epic saga of Steem and Hive. In early 2020, Justin Sun bought Steem-the-company, which is not the same thing as Steem-the-blockchain but did hold about 20% of the STEEM token supply. The community, naturally, did not trust Justin Sun. So they made an on-chain vote to formalize what they considered to be a longstanding "gentleman's agreement" that Steem-the-company's coins were held in trust for the common good of Steem-the-blockchain and should not be used to vote. With the help of coins held by exchanges, Justin Sun made a counterattack, and won control of enough delegates to unilaterally control the chain. The community saw no further in-protocol options. So instead they made a fork of Steem-the-blockchain, called Hive, and copied over all of the STEEM token balances - except those, including Justin Sun's, which participated in the attack.
Then he presents a screenshot of Hive Ecosystem taken from hive.io. It seems obvious he has been keeping eye on progress on Hive. Here is the screenshot he used:
And they got plenty of applications on board. If they had not managed this, far more users would have either stayed on Steem or moved to some different project entirely.
Impressive! He continues his thoughts with presenting lessons we can learn:
The lesson that we can learn from this situation is this: Steem-the-company never actually "owned" the coins. If they did, they would have had the practical ability to use, enjoy and abuse the coins in whatever way they wanted. But in reality, when the company tried to enjoy and abuse the coins in a way that the community did not like, they were successfully stopped. What's going on here is a pattern of a similar type to what we saw with the not-yet-issued Bitcoin and Ethereum coin rewards: the coins were ultimately owned not by a cryptographic key, but by some kind of social contract.
It is clear to me Hive, as recognized by one of the brilliant minds in blockchain space, will continue to be used in academic studies in explaining and understanding blockchain, decentralization, and role communities play in them.
It was really nice to see Vitalik trying to stay up-to-date with the progress on Hive, using it for his academic research and explaining his thoughts.
I asked him again on Twitter when he would join Hive.
He is probably happy with having his own personal website for his article. But it doesn't hurt to ask. So, I will keep asking whenever there is an opportunity.
Here is the link to his Tweet.
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Google Chrome users – it’s time to check for an update. There are a total of eleven fixes in the latest update, and five of those are high-severity.
Some of those flaws could allow an attacker to take control of your system. They’re even worrisome enough that the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued a notice encouraging IT administrators, to push the update.
Four of the high-severity issues are of the use-after-free type. Without getting too technical, that gives an attacker empty memory addresses they could use for their malicious code.
Here’s how to update your Google Chrome browser
Google Chrome does a great job of keeping itself updated, but sometimes it needs a little push. Here’s how to update the desktop version:
Click on the three-dot icon
Navigate to Help then click on About Google Chrome
Chrome will check for updates and start installing if it finds one
Your browser will then prompt you to Relaunch, so it can finish updating
If you’re using any other version of Google Chrome, we’ve got an in-depth guide to keep you up-to-date.
Again, Google doesn’t normally give details about vulnerabilities until enough users have received the update. We know enough that we think anyone should update asap.
After all, anything that could let someone take over your computer or install malware is bad news.
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If John has 300 feet of lumber to frame a rectangular patio (the perimeter of a rectangle is 2 times length plus 2 times width). He wants to maximize the area of his patio (area of a rectangle is length times width). What should the dimensions of the patio be? How do I set up this equation?
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The United Kingdom has some of the most unique places to visit. With many different countries, regions, and cities within its borders, there is always going to be a new and interesting place to plan a trip for. Here are just 7 of the most wonderful places to visit on your next trip to the UK.
Located in the southwest of Britain, the country of Wales is famous for its mountainous national parks, sprawling grasslands, and a beautiful coastline that you might find in a movie. For those that are looking for an adventure away from the city, and are more appreciative of natural wonders, Wales is home to hiking trails on their mountains, overlooking some gorgeous lakes. This is a place that you can literally get lost in for weeks, just be careful that you can find your way home.
Isle Of Man
The Irish Sea is located between England and Ireland. In these waters, you will find a unique island that has a spectacular history associated with its existence. In the nineteenth century, Norway ruled the island, but was fought over throughout the years between England and Scotland. After many years, it has become self-governing, yet is under the governance of the United Kingdom in a larger sense, who is responsible for defending it and representing it in international affairs. If you visit the island, you will find castle structures still standing and maintained, providing a unique and interesting atmosphere as there is nothing but ocean everywhere you turn.
The northern part of Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom after the southern part became a free Irish state known as the Republic of Ireland. The city of Belfast is famously known for the construction and the launch of the Titanic, while it is also a city that has gone through political strife that you can see reflected on murals all across the region. Getting further away from Belfast, other key attractions include the Carrick-a-Rede rope bridge, a bridge constructed by fishermen to be able to access the islands and reach their fishing boats. If you want to avoid the crowds that frequently cue up to cross the bridge, you can still appreciate the breathtaking coastline.
Isle Of Skye
The UK has many regions and places that seem to come straight out of a fairytale or fantasy book. The Isle of Skye is among those places and with a suiting name. The myth or legend that is associated with this place tells of a story of a giant that lived there a long time ago, eventually passing away. When he died, he was buried but part of his thumb still sticks out of the ground. The Isle of Skye has such a unique atmosphere and environment, with rock formations that don’t seem to be real. Once you have visited The Old Man of Storr, you will also want to check out a few other memorable places in the Mealt Falls, a waterfall formation that spills over the edge of a cliff, into the surrounding ocean, as well as the Fairy Pools, that make you feel like you might stumble across some mystic creatures.
One of the most iconic cities in the world, London is a favourite for many tourists. From the famous Big Ben clock tower, to the double-decker buses that run through the city streets, to the iconic red guards that protect the Buckingham Palace, there are so many aspects that make the city feel unique. The demand for different activities, as understood by www.hellotickets.com, is so extremely high, that you would benefit from making bookings and purchasing your events reservations ahead of time. This will help save you from missing out on adventures that you are looking forward to during your trip. The atmosphere is unlike anything else you will experience. Even if you have been to the city of London, coming back will feel like returning to something comfortably familiar. If you are planning a trip to the United Kingdom, and you have not been to London yet, it is definitely a must-see travel destination.
Located in England, this is a man-made structure that is known by many around the world through text books and pictures. This ring of rocks stands around 13 feet high, towering above many tourists when they come to revel in its presence. There is a great deal of mystery behind stonehenge, with questions wondering where it came from, and why it was built. The truth may never be revealed, but many will speculate how this had been built thousands of years ago. For as long as it remains a mystery, Stonehenge will continue to attract tourists from far and wide.
There are quite a few locations in Scotland that you will want to visit on your trip to the UK. This is especially interesting if you are a fan of a very famous wizard. Edinburgh is where JK Rowling wrote her famous books, Harry Potter. It is no surprise, as the city provides many inspirations with its architecture and atmosphere, perfectly suitable for a wizard world. Venture outside of Edinburgh, and Glenfinnan Viaduct is another iconic location in the wizard realm. The train that runs along the railway is famously seen in the Harry Potter movies, transporting the students to school and back. If the wizards of Hogwarts are not your fancy, Edinburgh is also home to Arthur’s Seat, an extinct volcano that overlooks the city allowing you to get some spectacular views. The name Arthur’s seat comes from King Arthur, with speculation suggesting that he built his home there.
When you are planning your next vacation or trip, you should absolutely consider the UK, and dedicate a decent amount of time to explore as much of the United Kingdom as possible. Planning ahead of time might help you make the most of your short visit, maximizing the sights you get to see. There are so many places that it might require a few visits, but you are sure to want to return again and again. | <urn:uuid:bc77e248-4ebf-43fa-be00-11681a9e87ee> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.bangorni.com/wonderful-places-to-visit-in-uk/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571869.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813021048-20220813051048-00078.warc.gz | en | 0.974279 | 1,190 | 1.71875 | 2 |
Army looks toward new ways to fight the pain
Soldiers are getting alternative medicine.
Published 1:55 am, Monday, September 26, 2011
Sgt. 1st Class Jennifer Wright used to jog, walk, lift weights and ride her Harley-Davidson Fat Boy, the motorcycle she bought after serving in Iraq.
Today, she's among a growing legion of war veterans suffering from scleroderma, a painful and potentially fatal disease. Wright, 40, feels pain in her face, joints and toes. She's lost some of her hair, and her toenails fell off.
“It's to the point I want them to deaden the nerves in my face. But (the doctor) said if you do that you take a chance of developing muscle atrophy, Bell's palsy with the real bad facial droop, no muscle control,” she said. “I said I'm willing to take my chances. Just do something about it. It's just consumed me, and I'm miserable.”
Pain pills are part of the treatment, but in her case they don't last long, so orthopedic physician's assistant Duane Griffin last week performed an acupuncture treatment, injecting small gold needles into selected parts of her ear.
Her care is part of the Army's fledgling complementary alternative medicine program, which is testing new therapies, some of them unproven and one literally out of this world.
It's another option for GIs who have returned from combat with pain from a variety of wounds and illnesses, for whom the Army has spent billions on drugs that have resulted in complications, dependency, abuse and even accidental deaths and suicides.
Pain psychologist Lewis Sussman, who came to Brooke Army Medical Center in 2007 from Dartmouth's Hitchcock Medical Center, helps fight pain using hypnosis, biofeedback, relaxation therapy and SCENAR, a device that uses a small electric current. It was built to relieve pain for cosmonauts who cannot take medicine, which would contaminate recycled water on board spacecraft.
“I don't know if things have evolved since (1997), but in academia you were not seeing acupuncture very well accepted because there weren't the kinds of random, controlled, double-blind studies that you expect to see with more conventional medicine,” he said. “Some things don't lend themselves to random, controlled-trial, double-blind studies, and acupuncture's one of them.”
Qi gong, a form of Chinese meditation, is one of the alternative therapies adopted in the wake of an Army task force report. Instructor Lupe Gonzales recently held a demonstration, teaching a small group of soldiers and civilians deep breathing exercises to reduce stress.
“Picture this beautiful mountain with snow on top and it's pretty cold,” he said. “You're going to pull air all the way from that mountaintop...”
It sounds a little New Age, perhaps. But advocates say qi gong lowers blood pressure and blood sugar levels, and note that sessions can run from seven minutes to a half hour.
The Army's surgeon general, Lt. Gen. Eric Schoomaker, has become a powerful advocate for the alternative therapy movement. His Army Medical Command has launched an ambitious program to learn what alternative approaches work and make them a standard of care.
“What we're doing here is to open the aperture, as I say it, to a much wider range of modalities that can be applied to the management of both acute and chronic pain, and they're largely focused on the results of pretty careful studies,” Schoomaker said.
“In fact, the use of acupuncture for pain management is almost mainline. We're now using it in the battlefield, even in the special operations community and other places with much success.”
Sussman concedes that while mysteries remain, some of the new alternative therapies work. Col. Kevin Galloway, chief of staff for the Army's Pain Management Task Force, pointed to acupuncture as a safe, proven therapy.
“To ignore it would be the ultimate insanity for us,” he said. “We have patients with real experience with some of these modalities, things that have worked with no side effects, have gotten tremendous benefit from them, and we've had to ask ourselves the hard question of why aren't we able to offer them things that are very low risk and potentially very high yield?”
Wright is up for anything. A survivor of a suicide bomb blast in Baghdad's Green Zone, she now lives in Fort Sam Houston's Warrior Transition Battalion and no longer jogs, lifts weights or works.
“This is the first time I ever tried acupuncture because I used to laugh at it. I'd be looking on the TV with the Chinese with all those needles and the person looking like a porcupine,” she said. “I used to laugh at it, I did. And not now. Not now. Isn't that something?” | <urn:uuid:8474fe07-6b2d-4d89-b720-aace2210c2e6> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/military/article/Army-looks-toward-new-ways-to-fight-the-pain-2188571.php | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280835.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00054-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966426 | 1,037 | 1.976563 | 2 |
How to Design Knitted Colorwork Charts is a guide to creating your very own fair isle designs. The process couldn’t be easier and the best part is that it’s completely free.
I’m about to blow your mind. In the best way possible, that is. Designing your own knitted colorwork charts is so simple and So. Much. Fun. And not only that, it’s completely free! I mean, come on! There’s nothing better than fun and free!
Stranded knitting for beginners is a true guide for the novice. If you can cast on, knit and purl, then you can create gorgeous colorwork knits. I will share a little rhyme I created and teach you how to read colorwork charts. You’ll be knitting fair isle sweaters in no time!
If you have never tried stranded knitting before, you are in for a treat, dear friend. This technique looks incredibly complicated, but I assure you it is not. It takes time to become comfortable with colorwork, but once you are the possibilities are endless. And stay tuned for next week when I share how you can design your own colorwork patterns for free!
Learning how to knit cables has been one of the highlights of my knitting experience. Cables are a detail that look complicated but when broken down into bite sized pieces are not only manageable, but downright fun.
My latest bunny is wearing a gorgeous ruby colored cable knit sweater designed by Julie Williams of Little Cotton Rabbits. I think there’s something incredibly charming about a toy wearing clothing that I would love to own myself. The rich color and the intricate details create a look that is sophisticated and adorable all at the same time. Who says you can’t be classy AND cute?
Nursing is one of the MOST under appreciated professions. Knitting a vintage nurse bunny makes such a unique gift or a wonderful addition to your own handmade toy collection. This is my interpretation of the original idea from the talented Suzanne from Suzy Marie Knits and with her permission I’m showing you how I made mine.
Have you ever stumbled upon a project and knew in that instant that you HAD to make it and exactly who it would be for? That’s exactly what happened when I saw Suzy Marie Knit‘s vintage nurse bunny on her Instagram account. If you haven’t seen her amazing work you definitely need to check her out. She has a gift for creativity and whimsy that regularly inspires me by her beautiful creations. | <urn:uuid:2d1ade6d-8af6-42ee-a475-399f22157f69> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://lepetitsaintcrochet.com/category/knitting-tutorials/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571150.88/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810070501-20220810100501-00674.warc.gz | en | 0.941397 | 545 | 1.640625 | 2 |
[Chicago-talk] Testing a module installation
warren.lindsey at gmail.com
Sun Jan 25 10:16:20 PST 2009
Well, you probably already have additional modules in your existing
Perl library, so you will need to install a fresh perl anyway. Once
that is done you could either:
1. Tar up directory, perform module install, test, erase, untar
2. LVM supports snapshots. Instead of restoring the entire VM, just
rollback to the previous snapshot.
On Sat, Jan 24, 2009 at 6:57 PM, Jay Strauss <me at heyjay.com> wrote:
>> Two answers: one slightly unixy, one very unixy.
>> 1) Build a new perl with -Dprefix= and install it, then make sure to
>> use /path/to/that/perl -MCPAN -e shell to install your module. That perl's
>> compiled-in @INC will have paths under the prefix, so it won't see anything
>> that you might have installed through your "system perl". However if you're
>> doing any XS, it may well pull libraries from your system library path, so
>> the test is a bit less than perfect.
>> 2) Short of a fresh install in a VM, there's a fresh install in a chroot. I
>> know that Debian, Redhat, and FreeBSD all have tools to make this quite
>> simple, and I'm sure that other systems do as well. Debian's build procedures
>> for their package repository actually work this way :)
> I'm running on Ubuntu. I'll have to investigate how to do #2.
> Seems like there should be some easy way.
> Chicago-talk mailing list
> Chicago-talk at pm.org
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Book Club: Forget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor
One of the most common themes in advice for career advancement is “find a mentor.” But we are rarely told HOW to find a mentor, WHY we need mentors, or WHAT ROLE mentors are supposed to play in our careers. In addition to the lack of direction regarding mentorship, when you start to research “what is mentorship,” it becomes clear that there are several limitations to the benefits of this popularized mentor-mentee relationship. To see results, the key may be more than mentorship and the answer is likely sponsorship.
Why this book?
Whether you are looking to lead an initiative, attain a leadership position, or drive change within your institution, “Forget the Mentor, Find a Sponsor: the New Way to Fast-Track Your Career” by economist Sylvia Ann Hewlett is the perfect addition to everyone’s tool box to help you forge the relationships that truly have the power to deliver you to your destination. This book lays out a 7-step road map to help you find a sponsor and fulfill your life goals.
The following are chapter summaries:
Part 1: Importance of sponsorship
What is sponsorship?
- Mentors provide advice, contribute to self-esteem, and serve as a sounding board during difficult times. While mentors can inspire and motivate as role models, they fall short on impacting career advancement.
- Sponsors invest in your successes and create career traction. “Mentors give, whereas sponsors invest.” In addition to advice and guidance, sponsors link their reputation with your performance, advocate for you from their role as a senior member, and provide protection that allows you risk-taking. They take an interest in your career successes as an opportunity to further their own legacy. Sponsorship is not favoritism; it represents a transactional relationship in which sponsors receive a return on their investment as you deliver positive results.
- How sponsorship works: Sponsors go the extra mile to clear a path for your success as it is an extension of theirs. Sponsors impact careers by expanding perceptions of your ability, connecting you with leaders and promoting your visibility, providing challenges and stretch opportunities, and identifying gaps in your skill-set. Sponsorship is extraordinarily reciprocal. As the recipient of this relationship, the protégé must deliver a superior product, be innovative, and distinguish themselves by contributing desired traits. A protégé should not stagnate as a junior role to the sponsor, making sure that he or she stands out for promotion by contributing skills that the leadership desires but lacks.
Part 2: The 7-step road map for protégés
- Embrace your dream and do a diagnostic. Building a successful career requires a vision. Beyond goal setting, there needs to be a dream and inspiration. Sponsors are dream-enablers and allow you to dream big. Running a diagnostic of the skillsets currently held will allow you to determine your ability to reach this dream.
- Scan the horizon for potential sponsors. Look to your current supporters or mentors, identify leaders who are already aware of your strengths and stand to benefit from your help, and can actually move you toward your goals. Who asked you to give a talk at a national conference or assigned you to oversee implementation of a new clinical pathway? People who see your potential are more likely to be effective sponsors.Then, instead of asking for sponsorship, spell out clearly what the mutual benefit of the relationship would be. Remember, friends do not always make the best sponsors-rather, value efficacy in reaching your goal rather than affinity for the sponsor to ensure your success.
- Distribute your risk. The “2+1 rule” demonstrates the ideal sponsor network of 2 sponsors within your organization (one in your division and one outside) and at least 1 sponsor outside of your organization. For example, after participating in a national simulation study, colleagues were able to leverage their new network connections and increase potential sponsors and job opportunities. Increase your visibility in networks outside of your hospital, for example, by taking on a national committee role or volunteering to be a mentor.
- Understand that it’s not all about you. The mentee mindset is one of a follower, whereas a sponsored mindset is reciprocal. You represent your sponsor in some way. The sponsor wants you to succeed because ultimately, your success reflects on him/her. Mentees often passively wait to be guided or to be given an opportunity or “gift” instead of actively seeking opportunities and viewing them as debts. Proactively look to help your sponsor be successful when they don’t ask for it, and they’ll see that you are committed to the reciprocity of the relationship.
- Come through on 2 obvious fronts. Sponsors won’t just hand you opportunities. You have to earn them. Thus, you have to come through on 2 fronts: performance and loyalty. When it comes to performance, you must deliver outstanding results, hit all targets and deadlines, and display an impressive work ethic and availability. Arm your sponsor with the evidence to convince anyone that you are the best candidate for your next job or project. When it comes to loyalty, you must demonstrate trustworthiness, discretion, and that you have your sponsor’s back. You must be all about growing your sponsor’s legacy. They see your potential, but they must also see your ability to carry on his/her legacy.
- Develop and deploy your currency. How might you stand out? What is your distinct “value add” to your department or team? What do you bring to the table that makes you the best choice for your next job or project? You need to figure out your special currency – what differentiates you from the others. You will need this to leverage sponsorship or you will wind up fulfilling your sponsor’s ambitions instead of your own!
- Lean in and lead with a yes. We often discuss knowing when to say no. In sponsorship, just say yes! You can save the caveats for after you have gotten the job or grant or additional responsibility. Save “yes” for your sponsor. You can’t say yes to everyone or you will be spread too thin, but you should say yes to your sponsor. And when you get to the negotiation phase, present solutions rather than problems. Think through how you can make the opportunity work best for you. Lead with this solution when negotiating next steps.
Part 3: Pitfalls and trip wires
- Sex: Experts agree that females in any profession will need to have sponsorship from their male superiors and that women in roles of power and influence should seek out aspiring women and sponsor them. There are a few rules to live by when seeking sponsorship from a member of the opposite sex. You want to have a close relationship with your sponsor, but don’t have an intimate sexual relationship with your sponsor- everyone loses and women lose most. Ways to help this NOT happen is to introduce your significant other to your sponsor, set clear upfront goals of your relationship, meet in public, and send clear messages with every communication.
- Distrust: Trust is key in any work relationship. Distrust is a 2-way street and can sometimes be the biggest hurdle we face in both finding and giving sponsorship. Some common ways to move beyond distrust in finding a sponsor are simple. First, realize that people will question your motives of why you choose your sponsor (whether due to race, sex, etc.) but choosing dependable people trumps those concerns and questions. Propose a project where you are able to move into the spotlight as a problem solver or as a key player in communication. Be willing to ask for help in a situation where you feel lost. this is basically you asking for sponsorship to solve your own problem. Doing these should lead to increased trust, increased visibility, and promotion.
- Executive Presence: Executive presence is that aura of confidence and competence that convinces others that you deserve to be in charge. It is a mix of how you act, how you speak, and how you look. A few simple fixes to the aforementioned to make a big difference and how you’re viewed in a boardroom, and executive meeting or in a leadership team. Although the 3 above-mentioned traits arche even more important is making sure that we have someone who can act as our feedback provider, someone who can tell us when we’ve acted, spoke, or dressed inappropriately for a meeting or situation.
Take home points
- Mentorship and sponsorship are fundamentally different. Sponsorship is vital to career success– both in and out of medicine.
- Follow the 7-step road map for protégés.
- Be aware of pitfalls and trip wires”.
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Tennis is a young person’s sport. A player’s prime is normally between the ages of 23-27. But the average age of this year’s top 8 men is 29.6 years old. In fact, there’s only a single man under the age of 28. So with the 2015 race to London featuring so many veterans, does the tournament really mean anything for the younger players of the ATP as we move towards next season? The answer is a resounding no. Instead, it’s for the fans.
When you think about this year’s tournament, the saying ‘more of the same’ comes to mind. But more of the same isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Especially when the top level of today’s game is better than ever. Let’s take this opportunity to appreciate what we’ve got, before it’s too late. The top 8 never seem to change, but soon they will. And just as quickly as they rose through the ranks, they will suddenly be gone. Retired, succeeded by the next crop of talent. The group which includes Federer, Djokovic, Nadal, Berdych, and don’t forget about Ferrer, is a special one.
Since 2004, they have won every Masters 1000 event, and nearly every grand slam (except for a stray Wawrinka or Del Potro win here and there). How many times has this happened throughout the sport’s history? Will we ever see such dominance again? That alone should make you want to watch the 2015 World Tour Finals. | <urn:uuid:dd240368-5047-40e1-b169-7016abce79b2> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://writtalin.com/sports/2015-world-tour-finals-watch-if-you-love-legends/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570692.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807181008-20220807211008-00675.warc.gz | en | 0.951414 | 343 | 1.578125 | 2 |
Kate Mara partners with Dawn to celebrate the brand’s legacy of helping save more than 75,000 birds and marine animals affected by oil spills and environmental catastrophes
Since 1978, Dawn has been leading the way to a better world by partnering with organisations dedicated to helping save birds and marine animals who were the innocent victims of oil spills and environmental catastrophes. This July, Dawn is celebrating 40 years of helping save wildlife with a new campaign honouring the brand’s legacy of being a force for good.
“We are honoured to be able to be a force for good and the brand will continue to support the organisations that dedicate their efforts to helping save the wildlife we could not imagine this world without,” said Kristine Decker, Brand Director Home Care, North American Dish Care & Global Dish.
“Dawn is known as the dish soap that best cuts grease, but it is also the most effective dishwashing detergent for cleaning oiled animals.”
To mark the 40th anniversary of its legacy wildlife campaign, Dawn partnered with Kate Mara, actress and wildlife activist, for a groundbreaking celebration to spotlight the impressive and awe-inspiring number of birds and marine animals it has helped wildlife organisations save.
The brand hosted a fun, education and dynamic 3D immersive exhibit of 75,000 birds “flying” around the iconic Vanderbilt Hall in Grand Central Terminal. All day commuters were wowed by the visually striking projections and inspired by the ways the brand has historically played, and continues to play, an instrumental role in wildlife efforts, specifically bird washing and rehabilitation during major oil spills.
“I always try to think about the effect my choices have on the earth, especially when I think about the children and those I am leaving this world to,” said Kate Mara.
“For this reason, I am proud to support this brand, that for 40 years has been leading the way to a better world by helping save wildlife and supporting organisations dedicated to this important cause.”
The brand has invested millions of dollars in organisations dedicated to rescuing and rehabilitating wildlife when disaster strikes, including International Bird Rescue and The Marine Mammal Center. It has also donated bottles of dish liquid product to clean animals affected by oil spill pollution.
“As a nonprofit wildlife organisation, we are honoured to have a 40-year partnership with Dawn, whose product and contributions have helped us to safely clean and rescue thousands of birds in crisis and inspire others to act toward balance with the natural world,” said JD Bergeron, Executive Director at International Bird Rescue.
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Its high Amla content, a rich source of Vitamin C together with other nutritional herbs helps in building body resistance against common ailments like cough and cold, weak digestive system & promotes all round physical and mental health.
Chyavanprash (Avaleha) is prepared from: Amalaki (Fresh fruit) 156 parts, Ghrta 12 parts, Madhu 6 parts, Iksu (Sarkara) 146 parts, Quath dravya: Dashmoola 10 parts, Astavarga (Pratinidhi) 8 parts, Agaru, Vasa, Bala (mool), Svetacandana, Ela, Guduci, Haritaki, Sati, Karkatasrngi, Draksa, Kamala, Jivanti, Masaparni, Mudgaparni, Musta, Pippali, Puskara, Raktapunarnava, Vidari, Kakanasika, Tamalaki 1 part each, Prakshepa dravya: Vamsa (Vanshlochan), Chaturjata 4 parts each, Pippali 2 parts, Lavanga 0.5 part.
Dosage: 1 to 2 teaspoons every morning preferably with milk or Zandu Honey.
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Zandu Haritaki Churna - Carminative & Laxative In Ayurveda Haritaki is referred to as an herbaceous plant used primarily in various medicinal formulations Haritaki is mainly consumed for Constipation, Indigestion, Piles. Haritaki Powder (Terminalia Chebula), Also Know as Harde churna, Harad churan
Mahasudarshan Churna is employed in Ayurvedic treaties for fever especially of chronic type and associated with diarrhoea, indigestion, cough, cold or allergy. It balances all three dosha (vata, pitta & kapha), maintains healthy metabolism, and strengthens immune system that helps protect body from allergens and infectious mirco-organisms. | <urn:uuid:22e47873-9773-47e4-a6df-0e30b292f21e> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.ayurvedmart.com/all-products/102-zandu-chyavanprash-.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560284352.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095124-00194-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.799093 | 453 | 1.632813 | 2 |
A circular symbol depicting a snake, or less commonly a dragon, swallowing its tail, as an emblem of wholeness or infinity.‘While many bowls show little sign of outside influence, others display the well-known motifs of ‘international’ magic - common divine names, familiar voces magicae, and symbols such as the ouroboros or the characteres.’
- ‘The ouroboros eats its own tail to sustain its life, in an eternal cycle of renewal.’
- ‘While critical of the inappropriate use of classical ornament, it was characteristic of Soane to have revived the use of the ancient symbol of eternity, the ouroboros, or snake biting its tail.’
- ‘Once again, I am reminded of the ouroboros, which is doomed to forever fight a battle - like the cinema ultimately must - between its own creation and its simultaneous self-destruction.’
- ‘The image of an ouroboros appeared to German chemist, Friedrich August Kekule in a dream, inspiring his groundbreaking discovery of the chemical structure of the benzene molecule.’
- ‘Like the ouroboros serpent of Ancient Egypt, the show will feast on itself to create an unbroken circle of self-cannibalism; autonomous, self-sustaining and utterly, terrifyingly unstoppable.’
- ‘Its most apposite characterisation is the archetypal image of ouroboros, the serpent that eats its own tail.’
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