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Attracting over 150 participants, the conference featured keynote speakers including H.R.H. Princess Dr. Nisreen El-Hashemite, founder of UN-hosted World Women’s Health and Development Forum, and president of Women in Science International League, who discussed topics such as female entrepreneurship, investing in women, women in the workplace and in leadership, social impact and philanthropy.
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Lal Mohammad Pathan was the director of Art Gallery and Tharparkar Museum, Mirpurkhas. He initiated fine arts activities in Mirpurkhas (1956) and established an art gallery with the help of the district administration of Mirpurkha in 1973. He has participated in various group shows in Hyderabad, Karachi and Lahore. He was a versatile artist, equally creative with all themes and mediums; but his preference was oil and pallet- knife.
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The LSAT Logic games section is the section that most people find the most difficult when starting out LSAT prep. Whereas most of us have honed our reading and critical thinking skills considerably over the years, it’s less often that we’ve been asked to group campers in two canoes when there are crazy rules about which campers can go together.
Fortunately, the logic games section is also the most teachable part of the LSAT and the easiest to develop true consistency on. Here we give you a bunch of tips and tricks that will help you on your way to logic games mastery. Learn a good, consistent method of diagramming logic games from a reputable LSAT prep company, then apply these tips. We promise you will see major results.
LOGIC GAMES TIP #1:
Use The Right Prep Book
This isn’t so much a tip as a command. Logic games is the section where it is most important to get a good system and stick with it. Mastering the logic games section requires a lot of diagramming. Diagramming means being able to write down rules and the general setup of a game using special notation that allows you to work through the game faster.
The best diagramming methods are consistently faster than some of the worse ones out there. Pick one and stick one and stick with it. Avoid Kaplan and Princeton Review as if your life depended on it. We always suggest that prep students use the recently updated PowerScore™ LSAT Logic Games Bible to prep for the logic games section. Consistently recommended by top LSAT scorers on the forums such as TLS and LSD, it’s the book Josh and I both used as well (Josh got none wrong on LG, I got only one wrong).
The recently revised edition provides 600 pages of fantastic instruction, advice, tips, and plenty of drills. The LGB also uses real, official LSAT prep questions to give you practice.
Another great LG prep option is the BluePrint™ For Logic Games, the recently published first offering from the well-known LSAT prep specialists BluePrint. Both this book and the Logic Games Bible present methods of attacking the LSAT logic games section that are similar, and both methods are fundamentally correct. Which you choose is going to come down to learning style- The LGB is very straightforward and no-nonsense, whereas the Blueprint book provides a humorous and unique presentation.
LOGIC GAMES TIP #2:
When First Learning Games, Drill Specific Game Types One by One
It won’t do you any good to dive right in to logic games and do every type of game before you’ve been shown the ropes. Here’s how to approach games methodically: the LGB divides games into four major game types: basic linear, advanced Linear, and combination games.
Start with basic linear games in your Logic Games Bible doing all the drills and practice problems. After you’ve done that, go through early preptests and pull out games of that type to do drills with. We recommend using games from the first 30 LSAT preptests to do this (the remaining 40 will be used for combined practice and doing full simulated practice tests). Check this list here to make sure you have every published official LSAT preptest. After finishing repeat the process with advanced linear games and so on. Doing this gives you a much firmer foundation than just going straight through the LGB.
LOGIC GAMES TIP #3:
Use The First Question to Learn And Recheck Your Rules
The first question in any logic game is usually a rule checker- one where you are asked to determent which of the answer choices is an acceptable ordering or grouping of the variables in the game. There is always the same simple way to approach this kind of problem: take each individual rule and go through all the answer choices to see if it is violated. Usually each rule will be violated only once or, if there are more than four rules, some will not be violated.
I recommend that you diagram your rules before doing this question, and use your diagrammed rules rather than the written out rules to refer back to when going through the answers. Looking at each diagrammed rule one at a time then checking through the answer choices also helps you remember the rule.
Doing the question with your diagrammed rules is also a good time to check over your rules a little. If a rule is not violated somewhere in the answer choices, quickly double check to make sure you have diagrammed the rule correctly.
LOGIC GAMES TIP #4:
Learn To Do Games Un-timed Before Adding Time-pressure
When you start out with games, they are likely going to take you way longer than the 8 minutes, 45 seconds per game that you will try to average on test day. This is totally fine! Neither of us were hitting games that fast until way later in our study. Learn to do the games un-timed correctly and accurately before you even think about adding time pressure. Your brain needs to learn how to do them right before it can build speed.
LOGIC GAMES TIP #5:
If You Are Pressed For Time, Consider Doing The Game With More Questions First
Say you are getting down to the last two games on a section and you only have fifteen minutes left, less time than you will typically need to do these two games. Rather than just barging ahead thoughtlessly, look at the two games. It turns out one contains 5 questions and the other has 7 questions. You should do the game with more questions first. Doing the setup of a game can be thought of as an investment, and the dividends paid are correct answers on the questions. Games with more questions are a better potential investment if you have limited time and must choose between two games.
The one possible exception to this is if one of the games looks way way easier than the other one. Depending on how much time you have, it may be worth it to power through an easier game quickly and get points you are more sure of your ability to grab.
Learning how to makes decisions like these requires a lot of practice, which is one of the reasons why practicing full timed sections often is such an important part of your prep. See our schedule to learn when you should begin doing full timed sections.
LOGIC GAMES TIP #6:
If A Question Seems Incredibly Hard, Consider Rechecking The Rules To Make Sure You Diagrammed Them Correctly
Although rules look scary, it’s best to think of them as your friends- each rule helps limit the possibilities for where variables can go severely. If you are missing one or forgetting about one, a perfectly easy question might become simply impossible. Whenever it seems like you are spinning your wheels more than usual on a question, calmly and quickly recheck to make sure that you diagrammed every rule and that you are remembering to apply each rule to the question that you are working on.
It is super easy to mess up diagramming rules. While accuracy builds as you practice, even veterans misread one occasionally. Learn to realize when something is harder than it should be and recheck those rules!
LOGIC GAMES TIP #7
Always Look At Each Answer Choice Even If You Think You Already Found The Right One.
Say you are doing a “could be true” question (one where you are asked to identify whether a position of one or more variables is possible) and you think you have arrived at the right answer. Though it would save time, it’s a bad idea to just move on unless you are 100% confident you found the right answer. Look at the other answer choices. Does one of them seem like an acceptable answer as well? Then you may have just saved yourself a missed point. You know they can’t both be acceptable, so look at both of them closely to figure out where you messed up.
I can’t tell you how many times I caught wrong answers using this technique. Don’t miss easy points due to overconfidence! It’s easy to be lazy when doing practice tests and just take down the first likely answer, but that is a mistake. Get in the habit now. Because checking every answer takes some extra time, you need to do it on each and every practice test to get your sense of timing right. This is a general principle of LSAT test prep: you never want to be doing anything for the first time on the actual test day.
LOGIC GAMES TIP #8:
Use Information Learned From A Question To Help You With Other Questions In That Game
If you make a new inference while doing a question and discover something that is always true about that game, make sure to quickly write it in to your main diagram. Also, when approaching each new question, think back on whether this same information was already given in another question. Did you already answer a question where L had to be on the third bench? If so, you should have it already diagrammed next to that other question, and can use this mini-diagram to help you answer the new question. This doesn’t happen all the time, but you can score quick points when you realize that you have already done some of the necessary work on a question.
LOGIC GAMES TIP #9:
Learn Where On The Page To Diagram and Practice Doing That Every time
When starting out, a lot of people use a lot of scrap paper to do games, as the space you are given next to the question might appear impossibly tiny to do all this diagramming. Unfortunately, there is no using scrap paper on the actual test. Get used to using the space next to the games. Your main diagram should generally go in the middle of the bigger space down below the questions.
LOGIC GAMES TIP #10:
Draw a Mini-Diagram Before You Go To The Answer Choices
A common type of logic games questions is one that gives you a new rule. It might say something like “If X is in the third spot, which of the following is an acceptable placement for Y?” When attacking these “If” questions, it’s best to just straight off draw a diagram that contains the new rule next to the answer choices. Do this and draw all the inferences you can before then attack the answer choices. Often one of the inferences you’ve now already made is the correct answer. Now, it’s going to leap right out at you rather than be difficult to find. Don’t waste time looking at the answer choices first: 9.9 times out of 10 you are going to need the diagram (and, remember, it can be useful for later questions) so just do it first.
LOGIC GAMES TIP #11:
When There Are Not Many Possibilities For A Game, It Makes Sense To Just Diagram Them All Out.
Sometimes after placement of the rules in your main diagram you will notice that choices have become so restricted that there are only two or three possible orderings of the variables. If this happens, just write out the two or three possible variants and go in to rapid fire mode answering the questions. Note that there might be some free floating variables still, but if there are only two or three ways you can order the fixed variables, then get it down on paper. | <urn:uuid:4a11449c-d2b7-4954-ab16-ac9c2fa56006> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://lawschooli.com/lsat-logic-games-tips/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572021.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20220814083156-20220814113156-00066.warc.gz | en | 0.944336 | 2,361 | 2.125 | 2 |
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Prof Garth Paltridge released Climate Caper a year ago. As a working atmospheric physicist, his description of the fall of modern science is as insightful as his descriptions of the physics of the climate.
One of the messages that struck me was his point that it used to be seen as imperative for scientists to not be too specialized; to work in different specialties.
He points out that the mandate to publish or perish has far reaching consequences. To sum up his argument: the survival of a research scientist now depends on their ability to produce multiple papers; this rewards people who dilute their work, focus on trivial non-problems, and in short–tackle anything but difficult issues and deep revolutions.
Because of the need for multiple publications, no institution today would employ a scientist who was trained in another area–the new researcher would require too much uptime before their publications began to roll. So universities aim to find PhD grads who are an exact fit for the program.
(…aiming to find an exact fit, ensures) narrow-mindedness of scientific outlook, mediocrity in research, and a scientific literature that is so vast and overladen with minute of the unimportant, that most of it is never read by anyone. Which is quite a change from the middle of the last century, when it was drilled into the aspiring scientist that the very worst thing to do was “to spend ones life repeatings ones PhD.” Change of field, and indeed complete change of discipline, was regarded then as one of the essential mechanisms for maintaining the quality of scientific research.
Understanding the process of science, and having the ability to reason backed up with a broad understanding of the basics across Maths, Physics and Chemistry means that any sharp scientist from any field could analyze the latest publications in an area and come to a reasonable conclusion about the state of the evidence on that topic. There is no reason our governments couldn’t pay to set up a completely independent team of scientists to audit the IPCC. (They could start by reading the NIPCC report here). These experts could come from outside climate science but be of a high enough caliber to know what questions to ask, which answers make sense, and whether a case hangs together.
Because these experts would have other jobs to go to after the report was finished, they wouldn’t have a vested interest in the outcome–except obviously, they’d want to produce accurate work that didn’t turn out to look too silly five years down the track.
Published by Connor Court, it’s in it’s third print run.
Garth Paltridges book also tackles a range of climate related topics including:
Problems with climate models: How complex they are, how inadequate they are, how they are rarely constructed from scratch (most are patched together from others).
How computer models assume that humidity rises at all heights of the troposphere even though it’s hard to measure it up high, and the only measurements we have tell us that humidity is not rising at the top of the troposophere. (See the missing hot spot for more on why this topic is so essential.)
The furphy of “Discount Rates” --somehow economists think it’s “reasonable” for people to pay fortunes now for a tiny theoretical economic gain in 120 years time. No one would sell a super fund with these numbers, why do we buy this uneconomical environmental 401K?
PR writers and unqualified bloggers can still attack a Professor of Atmospheric Physics
Here’s yet another inconvenient skeptic. Those who want to suppress dissent may have nothing more than a PR degree themselves, but they mock anyone who isn’t part of the club of “climate scientists” and can’t publish peer reviewed science. Since alarmists care so much about the environment, you’d think they’d be keen to listen to someone who’s actually dedicated his life to studying the details. But curiously, if the expert supports the “wrong view” on atmospheric radiative physics (as defined by what, an NGO, a PR Agency?) they won’t pay attention to his research, but they’re suddenly very interested in his biography.
Speaking of which: Professor Garth Paltridge is an atmospheric physicist, and was Chief Research Scientist with the CSIRO Division of Atmospheric Research, and has a string of other distinguished positions on his resume, but that doesn’t stop Sourcewatch or Desmog insinuating he’s a paid hack, because, god-forbid, he is listed as an advisor with a group which is directed by people who (shock) also work for another group that is or was partly funded by Energy companies. They also reveal the devastating allegations that Garth Paltridge is an “eternal optimist”, and worst of all, he has friends who are skeptics.
The attack-dog sites describe in detail how he has been a skeptic for nearly 20 years, but in the curious world of stone-age-save-the-planet-logic, they think this consistent ability to see through spin, marketing and poor reasoning counts against him. In other words, they can’t find any dirt that matters.
Garth obviously made up his mind a long time ago, and through an incredible uncoincidence, other groups and people who share his opinion sought him out.
For people looking for another review of the book read John Izzard at Quadrant:
It is worth quoting further from Lord Monckton’s introduction to The Climate Caper — without giving away any of the juicy contents of Garth Paltridge’s book.
Gone is the academic freedom to open every door of enquiry, to follow every dream, to hold an opinion — how ever contentious — as long as that opinion springs from the tireless, careful, diligent iterative process of hypothesis, investigation, measurement and testing, testing, testing …
As Dr. Paltridge puts it:
Most scientists simply cannot believe that their colleagues would deliberately oversell a scientific conclusion for the benefit of a political cause. Dishonesty of that nature would fly in the face of everything that the rather idealistic typical scientist has been taught about his profession.
Read The Climate Caper, it is a wonderful little book that should delight non-public-intellectuals and really put a flea in the ear of the alarmists.
You can see more reviews on Amazon, and buy there, or direct from the Australian publisher.
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Tackling should be eliminated from youth football due to the risks that collisions and head injuries pose to young athletes, a researcher argues in the Feb. 4 New England Journal of Medicine.
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Practical course of phylogenomic methods focused on Hyb-Seq NGS method. The Hyb-Seq method combines target enrichment and genome skimming of the genome. The course covers the theory, discussion of the newest papers from the field, probe design, laboratory and computer part. Several methodological approaches to data analysis, from raw data to species tree analysis, are demonstrated within the course. The lab part includes NGS library preparation (using sonicator) and enrichment.
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Custom probe design for target enrichment in phylogenetics is tedious and often hinders broader phylogenetic synthesis. The universal angiosperm probe set Angiosperms353 may be the solution. Here, we test the relative performance of Angiosperms353 on the Rosaceae subtribe Malinae in comparison with custom probes that we specifically designed for this clade. We then address the impact of bioinformatically altering the performance of Angiosperms353 by replacing the original probe sequences with orthologs extracted from the Malus domestica genome.
Parallel evolution provides powerful natural experiments for studying repeatability of evolution and genomic basis of adaptation. Well-documented examples from plants are, however, still rare, as are inquiries of mechanisms driving convergence in some traits while divergence in others. Arabidopsis arenosa, a predominantly foothill species with scattered morphologically distinct alpine occurrences is a promising candidate. Yet, the hypothesis of parallelism remained untested.
Minuartia smejkalii is an obligate serpentinophyte plant endemic to the Czech Republic. Since the 1960s, the species’ habitat has undergone strong human-mediated fragmentation, resulting in extinction of some populations and dramatic size reduction of the remaining populations. Thus, contrary to the typically stable serpentine habitats, M. smejkalii habitats underwent a recent and severe decline, which can exacerbate the effects of fragmentation on population genetic structure. We examined the genetic structure of all known M.
Intensive 4-days (5th day is not compulsory, but is open for any discussion, if there would be interest) course to learn all theory about HybSeq and practically learn how to analyze HybSeq data, how to solve all problems, and how to evaluate differences among gene trees. Important part is enough time to discuss everything, including practical problems and projects of individual participants.
Taraxacum koksaghyz Rodin, a dandelion from the steppes of south-eastern Kazakhstan, has been known for long time as potential rubber producer, as a temperate region alternative to the tropical rubber tree Hevea brasiliensis Müll. Arg.. In this work, we evaluate Taraxacum bicorne Dahlst. (wild populations), a closely related congener of T. koksaghyz.
Genus Taraxacum (Asteraceae), having ∼60 sections and 2,800 species, is known for its complicated evolutionary relationships and taxonomy due to processes like frequent hybridization, polyploidization, asexual reproduction, clonality and low structural morphological variability. Various taxonomical concepts and approaches are reviewed, evaluated and discussed from point of view of their ability to deal with such a complicated genera as is Taraxacum. Various processes responsible for the complicated situation within Taraxacum are discussed and reviewed. Section Dioszegia, comprising T.
R is nowadays probably the most powerful tool for statistics of all types. There are plenty of modules available for work with molecular data. Those will be introduced during the course. Previous knowledge of R is useful, but not necessary. If there is at least one participant not speaking Czech, the course will be in English.
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The death of an individual caused by the wrongful act, omission or crime of another person is known as wrongful death in Colorado. The justice system permits the filing of a civil cause of action – known as a wrongful death lawsuit – after the preventable death of an individual. The purpose of a wrongful death claim is to reimburse the family for related losses, both economic and non-economic. Under Colorado law, however, only certain people can file a wrongful death lawsuit.
Colorado Revised Statutes, Section 13-21-202 states that if anyone dies due to an injury that results from the negligence, unskillfulness or criminal intent of another person, the person or party who is guilty of the defect or insufficiency described must pay for related damages. Unlike a criminal case for causing someone else’s death – which aims to punish a defendant for breaking the law – the purpose of a civil wrongful death case is to make the filing party whole again through financial compensation.
According to Colorado law, only certain people have the legal right to file a wrongful death lawsuit. While most states allow multiple family members to file this type of lawsuit immediately following the death, Colorado’s Wrongful Death Act only gives this right to a surviving spouse for the first year after the date of death.
In the second year after the death, both the surviving spouse and any surviving children can file a wrongful death lawsuit together, or surviving children may file on their own. Note that if the surviving spouse provides written permission, the decedent’s heirs can file in the first year after the date of death. If the deceased person does not have a surviving spouse or child, surviving parents of the decedent can file a wrongful death lawsuit instead.
Colorado law also allows a designated beneficiary to file a wrongful death cause of action in lieu of a surviving family member. If the decedent left behind a will, he or she may have named a designated beneficiary. If not (as is the case in many wrongful death lawsuits, since the death was unexpected), the courts can assign a beneficiary to be given the right to file a wrongful death claim.
There is a strict deadline known as a statute of limitations on all wrongful death lawsuits in Colorado. State law gives claimants no more than two years from the date of the death to file this type of lawsuit, in most cases. If a family member or designated beneficiary does not file a wrongful death lawsuit within two years of the death, he or she will give up the right to recover financial compensation, with only a few exceptions.
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Hampstead schoolboy asks Hollywood producer: Can we stage Dodgeball the musical please?
20:40 28 March 2012
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The film Dodgeball is a tale of the underdog taking on a corporate giant.
So it is perhaps not surprising that when a group of Hampstead pupils decided to stage their version of the blockbuster staring Ben Stiller and Vince Vaughn, they did not shy away from the formidable challenge of getting Hollywood permission.
In what is believed to be a world first, LA producer Stuart Cornfeld has given them the green light to stage their own production of the 2004 hit – Dodgeball the musical.
Pupil Matt Rosen, 18, is co-director of the play at University College School (UCS) in Frognal, and made the fateful call.
He said: “We knew we wanted to put the musical on so we tracked down a number for Stuart through a production company.
“It was very nerve racking making the call.
“There was one person in the office who really liked the idea – and it turned out to be Stuart Cornfeld.”
The producer, who has also worked on the Oscar winning The Fly, later called Matt and gave him the okay to bring the Hollywood hit to Hampstead.
“We had gone to the pub to decide the cast and as we were drinking my phone rang,” said the 18 year-old. “I picked it up and it was Stuart from Hollywood.
“He was incredibly friendly, he said he really liked the idea and as long as we don’t try to make any money out of it, he would let us stage the production.
“He appeared quite flattered and pleased to encourage us. It was probably quite a shock to him that students all the way in Hampstead had written a musical about a film he made eight years ago.”
The talented pupils have penned their own songs and written their own script.
Six months after their first conversation with the film’s producer they have brought the musical to their school stage.
“The fact that we managed to speak to a pretty major Hollywood producer, and have now got to put on Dodgeball the musical at our north London school is just brilliant,” said Matt.
The pupils have recorded the production and are sending a copy of the DVD to the Hollywood producer.
Georgia Bruce, 18, another co-director said: “I’ve always wanted to put on a production, but it was always difficult to find the right way of doing it.
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Study objectives: To compare arterial blood gas (ABG) and pulmonary gas exchange variables (alveolar-arterial oxygen pressure difference [P(A-a)O2] and physiologic dead space to tidal volume ratio [VD/VT]) measured during incremental exercise test (IET) and constant work (CW) exercise at a matched oxygen uptake (Vo2).
Design: A comparison of IET and CW variables was accomplished using patient data from clinical referrals for cardiopulmonary exercise testing and control data not reported from a previous study.
Settings: El Paso, Tex, located at an altitude of 1,270 m (barometric pressure, 656 mm Hg).
Participants: Sixteen patients with dyspnea on exertion/exercise intolerance and nine normal subjects were evaluated above the anaerobic threshold (AT); seven patients were also studied below the AT.
Interventions: Participants had a maximal IET followed in 1 h by a 5-min CW test. Arterial blood samples were obtained from a radial catheter every other minute during IET and during minute 5 of CW. Cardiopulmonary measurements were obtained using an automated system in a breath-by-breath fashion (60-s averaging).
Results: Above the AT, no differences were observed in normal subjects between IET and CW at a matched Vo2 in the following: PaO2 (79 vs 79 mm Hg); arterial oxygen saturation (Sa02) (94% vs 94%); P(A-a)O2 (16 vs 16 mm Hg); and VD/VT (0.09 vs 0.09) (mean values). Similarly, no differences were observed in patients above the AT in PaO2 (69 vs 68), SaO2 (90 vs 90), and VD/VT (0.24 vs 0.23). PaCO2 was 2 mm Hg higher (36 vs 34) in normal subjects and in patients (34 vs 32) during IET. A significant (p<0.05), albeit clinically unimportant, difference was also observed in P(A-a)O2 (28 vs 29) in patients. No statistically significant differences were observed below the AT between IET and CW for any of the variables measured.
Conclusions: These data demonstrate the reliability of ABG and pulmonary gas exchange variables measured during 1-min IET for clinical use in patients and normal subjects. However, PaCO2 tends to be slightly higher during IET vs CW. | <urn:uuid:02311506-113f-4ded-b309-ad703c80301b> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://journal.publications.chestnet.org/article.aspx?articleid=1071389 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719547.73/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00395-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.942243 | 519 | 1.640625 | 2 |
Breastfeeding is Natural, but for Many Women, It's Not 'Easy'
Infants should be exclusively breastfed for the first six months after birth, says the American Academy of Pediatrics, citing research that says breastfeeding is healthy for infants. It protects against diseases, obesity and stomach issues, helps the mother lose weight, and decreases risk of some cancers. But although breastfeeding is “natural,” for many women, it’s not “easy.”
When Emma Pepper got pregnant, she was totally on board with breastfeeding -- until her son was born.
“He could never quite latch properly,” she said. “And he was actually born on a weekend in the hospital and so the lactation consultants weren't available to support me in the very beginning.”
Pepper lives in Charleston, West Virginia. West Virginia Public Radio reporters called 14 hospitals in the state and only two had breastfeeding consultants available around the clock, even though it’s common for women to struggle with breastfeeding after giving birth.
Unless doctors and nurses have undergone special training, they may not have the expertise to help new moms learn to breastfeed. Only four hospitals in West Virginia require formalized breastfeeding training for nurses and doctors on labor and delivery floors.These hospitals have a “baby friendly” designation from Baby Friendly USA, a World Health Organization and UNICEF program designed to improve the role of maternity services worldwide.
The hospital where Pepper gave birth is not one of the four. Pepper said she was told by a nurse to keep her son for more than an hour on each of her breasts to try to get him to latch. By the time she was discharged from the hospital, she said her nipples were raw.
“It ended up making my breastfeeding experience just more challenging overall,” she said.
A 2013 study published in the journal Pediatrics found that 60 percent of women don’t breastfeed as long as they intend to. This is because of latching problems, concerns about infant nutrition and weight, the need to return to work, or because they don’t have enough support as they try to figure out breastfeeding.
Kailey Littleton, a pediatrician and board-certified lactation consultant in Weirton, West Virginia, said a lot of women she sees have problems breastfeeding.
“Because the information is not great and a lot of the ‘help’ that women get is not the best for them, things tend to go awry,” she said.
Littleton said she hears stories from women about how friends and family or even doctors and nurses have encouraged them to supplement with formula. But supplementing with formula can impact breast milk supply, making it harder to breastfeed. She says many women are also told some pain is normal — but she says it’s not — and that pain is the sign of a bad latch.
When Pepper was discharged, her son still wasn’t latching properly. The doctor recommended she supplement with formula. Pepper was okay with that, but she still wanted to breastfeed. She worried that if she didn’t, her son would be sick more often.
In the meantime, she was being urged on by a lot of people. Her friends, her therapist, even her hairdresser, asked her if she was breastfeeding.
“And so I felt an extreme amount of just societal pressure to be able to live up to that,” she said. “And as a result of that I made some pretty extreme demands on my body in order to be able to fulfill that wish that I had for him.”
Pepper said she spent hundreds of dollars on pumps to increase her milk supply. About a week after giving birth she also connected with a local lactation consultant who suggested a strict regimen: breastfeed, then supplement with formula, then pump to increase milk supply. But Pepper said she was either breastfeeding or pumping around the clock. It wasn’t sustainable.
“I felt such an enormous sadness that I was wearing this pump all of the time, and I couldn’t hold and bond with my baby while I was wearing it, and I only had a limited amount of time for maternity leave,” she said.
After about two months, Pepper would have to return to work. She struggled to breastfeed for six weeks, then the lactation consultant recommended she switch to formula.
“Receiving that advice from her was part of what gave me the confidence to go ahead and switch to formula feeding when I felt I had exhausted every single avenue available to me to make breastfeeding work,” said Pepper.
It’s a decision she said she wishes she had made earlier.
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Although the ribbon driver has been around for many decades, it is still quite unknown to many people. A particular ribbon driver, which acts as a tweeter/midrange, was developed by Image Acoustics, Inc. The driver evolved from a multiple ribbon with substrate to a single corrugated ribbon design with a transformer. Throughout the development and testing the goal was a flat response, broad bandwidth (650 Hz to 20 kHz), wide beamwidth, and high sensitivity. This was not easy to achieve. A low-loss and low-inductive electric system as well as a strong magnetic field were required. The reduction of the inductance played a large part in achieving a flat response in the 15- to 20-kHz band. The approach and techniques used to achieve the desired results will be presented. | <urn:uuid:ad0f6047-16f7-4c70-a1aa-9cba794183a3> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.auditory.org/asamtgs/asa97pen/2pEA/2pEA6.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281151.11/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00116-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.982217 | 162 | 2.21875 | 2 |
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In a report released by the new charity, National Numeracy, has made a shocking disclosure! It states that seventeen million adults, yes you read that right, which is equivalent to half of the working population, have mathematics' skills similar to that of a child in primary school!
The state also mentioned that these people even perceive it difficult to find out and calculate the deductions in their pay-slip. It is a pity that the number of people who struggle with basic mathematics has risen to two million in the past decade, even though a stupendous amount of money is being spent by the Governments to improve the education standards!
Undigestable! Right? But yes, the reports released by the authority vividly illustrate that approximately 49 percent of working people in England are so poor at Maths, that their skills match with those of an 11-year-old school going child!
The school-leavers with such restricted knowledge in mathematics are found to be mostly jobless, criminals or they get pregnant at a very young age!
Forty-nine percent of the working population has no more than the skills possessed by an 11-year-old and struggle to comprehend bar graphs and charts.
A quarter of the workforce has the knowledge of a seven or nine-year-old child and even find it difficult to pay household bills.
Mathematics is a subject to which many people are not inclined towards so much. They usually feel it is okay to be not good at this subject, and have a 'can't do it' attitude towards it.
Chris Humphries, Chairman of National Numeracy and former chief executive of the UK Commission For Employment And Skills said,' Official Government figures quote that 17 million people have maths capabilities, at best, of the age of an 11-year-old. That's a scary figure, because it means that they often can't understand deductions on their pay-slip.'
He said, 'The truth is that numeracy has been hidden behind literacy. We have made excellent progress in literacy. The investment in basic skills has demonstrated that good quality programmes, good quality teachers, proper PR, publicity and a real attention to drawing adults in, can make a big improvement. People have problem with timetables and are even going to have problem with tax and even interpreting graphs and charts, that are necessary for their jobs.'
There is no straight answer as to why is there such a reluctant attitude of people towards basic mathematics in Britain but, it may be traced to the 'stronger focus' that the country started giving to the subjects like arts, humanities and social science.
A poll for the group found that 80 percent of adults when questioned would feel ashamed to say that they could not read or write properly, and on the contrary, 56 percent of them would feel embarrassed to admit that they were bad at Mathematics!
Rayne Foundation, Oxford University Press And John Lyon's Charity, is an organization that is purely dedicated to boost numeracy skills amongst the people. It is backed by Rachel Riley, the mathematician on Channel Four's Countdown. The organization believes that, poor numeracy is that hidden problem which cankers the UK economy and ruins individuals' chances in life.
One reason for such low levels of maths skills is also that, there are not well trained numeracy teachers and those who have a strong background in mathematics are more inclined to find better job opportunities outside.
Even calculators won't be a help if you don't know what and how to calculate!
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Chuma Sopotela (photo credit: Andrée Lanthier)
Grasping "The Other"
JM Coetzee's masterpiece comes to the Segal stage
by Caitlin Murphy
Though we think that we fear our enemies, we actually dream them. They are fictions that we fetishize as they give specific target for our untenably general fears.
This is the paradox that anchors South African born writer and Nobel Prize Winner J.M. Coetzee’s brilliant 1980 novel, Waiting for the Barbarians. His narrative of imperialism, adapted for the stage by Alexandre Marine, premiered in Cape Town last year, and is currently being presented at the Segal Centre as a co-production with Maurice Podbrey’s South African theatre company, MoPo Cultural Trust. | <urn:uuid:b26bae99-94d8-403a-9111-85ef9f57bf54> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.charpo-canada.com/2013_01_01_archive.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721558.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00046-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940467 | 167 | 1.5625 | 2 |
(p. A15) There are almost no private businesses or entrepreneurs on Indian reservations because there are no property rights. Reservation land is held in trust by the federal government and most is also owned communally by the tribe. It’s almost impossible for tribe members to get a mortgage, let alone borrow against their property to start a business. The Bureau of Indian Affairs regulates just about every aspect of commerce on reservations.
Instead of giving Indians more control over their own land–allowing them to develop natural resources or use land as collateral to start businesses–the federal government has offered them what you might call a loophole economy. Washington carves out a sector of the economy, giving tribes a regulatory or tax advantage over non-Indians. But within a few years the government takes it away, in many cases leaving Indian tribes as impoverished and more disheartened than they were before.
. . .
What American Indians need first is less regulation. There is a reason that Native Americans say BIA, the initials for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, really stands for “Bossing Indians Around.”
For the full commentary, see:
NAOMI SCHAEFER RILEY. “The Loophole Economy Is No Jackpot for Indians; Running casinos or selling tax-free cigarettes can’t substitute for what tribes truly need: property rights.” The Wall Street Journal (Thurs., July 28, 2016): A15.
(Note: ellipsis added.)
(Note: the online version of the commentary has the date July 27, 2016.)
The above commentary by Riley is related to her book, which is:
Riley, Naomi Schaefer. The New Trail of Tears: How Washington Is Destroying American Indians. New York: Encounter Books, 2016. | <urn:uuid:87cb1d22-30af-4cce-b5fc-feae867f9d7e> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://artdiamondblog.com/archives/2016/09/p_a11_in_battle_1.html | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882570692.22/warc/CC-MAIN-20220807181008-20220807211008-00673.warc.gz | en | 0.942886 | 370 | 2.8125 | 3 |
“What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have never been discovered” – Ralph Waldo Emerson. The movement of planet earth as it turns around the sun is imperceptible to humans, but not to the species that integrate the vegetable kingdom. The trees and plants exist within the frame of solar cycles and the movement of the earth through its orbit. The Bionic Dance tries to illustrate the dynamism and the flexibility of the tree in antithesis to the motionlessness with which it has, historically, been perceived by humans. It is an artistic-therapeutic discipline that tries to delve in the mysterious bond that binds humans and plants. It is a relentless search, through dance, of a new artistic language, where the dancer or dancers can explore their own expressivity using the tree as anchor and nucleus of the choreography.
The interaction of human beings with vegetable beings in a studied and deliberate manner, at the therapeutic level, is practically nonexistent. Nevertheless, the author Marc Silverstone describes a therapeutic expedition, through physical and emotional integration with trees, after which he starts holding a firm belief in the curative and healthful powers of the trees. In this context, the investigative work of Mark Pollan in The intelligent plant, rekindles the debate about plant intelligence, following the footsteps of Charles Darwin in his work The power of movement in plants. Pollan affirms that plants posses “..some information processing system similar to the brain” due to the optimal adaptation, to many factors and variables, that they display. The pinnacle of this artwork could, potentially, be to offer answers to some of the questions about plant intelligence and movement, and the impact that these can have in human beings when a physical and intelectual dialogue is established with the plant.
BIONIC DANCE is part of this dialogue, an artistic connection with plants though dance and music, people & plants performing arts, where the plants are also the protagonists at the stage. Mobile plants to teach dancers and actors a new journey, and artists capable of teaching plants the sensitivity of human dance. A biomimetic bio-sensitive study, an expression of Bi-Hemispheric Art. | <urn:uuid:3c6ea0c7-d46d-421c-8f15-f47279169be5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.bionicfestival.com/bionic-dance/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572286.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20220816090541-20220816120541-00269.warc.gz | en | 0.938037 | 446 | 2.515625 | 3 |
Some home remedies for dry or red eyes include increasing moisture in the air, using a warm compress, cleaning the eyes with mild soap and using eye drops or ointments. Frequent or severe dry eye symptoms may require consulting a physician.Continue Reading
A lack of moisture in the air can often cause eyes to dry out and become red. A humidifier can help increase air moisture, which causes tears to evaporate slower and keeps eyes moist. Air conditioners, heaters and fans can also decrease humidity levels, so these devices should be turned down when experiencing dry eyes.
A warm washcloth compress can also help relieve dry eyes. Place a clean, warm washcloth over the eyes for about five minutes, then gently massage the eyelids using the cloth. The heat helps improve the flow of the glands in the eye lids that create tears. Baby shampoo or any other mild type of soap can also be gently applied to closed eyelids.
Over-the-counter eye drops or eye ointments are another common remedy for dry eyes. Eye drops come both with and without preservatives. If the drops are being used more than four times per day, use the non-preservative drops as they are gentler on the eyes. Eye gels are more effective than drops, but they can also impair vision and are typically only used at night.Learn more about Vision | <urn:uuid:a14b8efd-5ae7-44f9-995f-4500adcc8c65> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://www.reference.com/health/good-home-remedy-dry-red-eyes-7b8d90778fe2c552 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280825.87/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00203-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.915115 | 278 | 2.296875 | 2 |
Experts agree that children are safest riding in rear-facing car seats, but the seats for extended rear-facing with the highest rear-facing weight and height limits are often more expensive. We looked at expert recommendations and safety legislation before analyzing the seats currently on the market to find the best bets at budget prices.
Both the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration recommend that kids ride rear-facing in the car as long as possible, also known as extended rear-facing. Rear-facing seats are safest because they support your child's head, neck, and spine more effectively in the event of an accident.
Once your child reaches the car seat's rear-facing weight and height limits, you'll have to turn it to face forward. But lots of kids are able to ride rear-facing until age 4 or even longer. Many states have passed laws requiring rear-facing until age 2, including California, Connecticut, Louisiana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Virginia.
Convertible car seats with generous height and weight limits that extend their window of use in the rear-facing position used to be the most expensive models on the market, costing upwards of $300 and sometimes $500 or more. But in recent years, car-seat makers have responded to parents' growing demand for extended rear-facing seats. Now you'll find these seats at every price point, and even bargain seats will hold children up to 40 or even 50 pounds rear-facing. That's easily enough to accommodate your average 4-year-old! (For help putting height and weight limits in context, check out these growth charts for kids from birth through age 8.)
These same seats can then be used to hold children forward-facing in a five-point harness until they weigh as much as 65 pounds. For seats under $200, that's a lot of use for the money.
Here are some of our favorites.
The Extend2Fit hasn't been around long, but it's a blockbuster because it solves a rear-facing issue that drives parents crazy: scrunched-up legs. In general, kids are very flexible and don't mind having their legs in weird positions, but the Extend2Fit sure makes parents more comfortable – a leg rest slides out from the seat and gives kids a place to prop their legs so they don't end up folded oddly or splayed alarmingly over the back seat. It also has very generous weight and height limits, holding children rear-facing from 4 to 50 pounds in weight and until their heads are 1 inch or less below the headrest handle. Forward-facing, kids are good from 22 to 65 pounds and up to 49 inches. There are seats with bigger forward-facing height maximums, so if you have a taller child, you may want to keep looking. Otherwise, the Extend2Fit has it all, and at 19.2 inches wide, it's not a giant monster of a seat (though it is heavy at a shade over 24 pounds, so you won't want to move it around a lot).
This inexpensive seat is rather bare bones – the padding isn't plush, and it lacks extras. But it's rated for rear-facing from 5 to 40 pounds and 19 to 40 inches, which is impressive for the price. One downside: the seat only forward-faces to 40 pounds, so you'll need to buy another seat to get your child through the booster-seat years. Many parents buy the Scenera Next as an extra for the grandparents' car or for travel, because it's so light (about 10 pounds) and easy to carry around. It's also only 17 inches wide, so it may fit into tight spaces better than other seats.
The Apt 50 is about the same price as the Cosco Scenera Next, and has higher weight and height limits in forward-facing mode (22 to 50 pounds and 29 to 43 inches), which means you can use it longer overall. But before that, it's rear-facing from a generous 5 to 40 pounds and 19 to 40 inches. The Apt 50 doesn't have luxurious padding or extras like special tightening and leveling systems or a sunshade. But for this price, does it matter? Many parents do appreciate the cup holders on either side of the seat, and like that the seat's pad is easy to remove and machine-washable. Head's up: The Apt 50 is wider than the Scenera Next – at 22 inches at its widest point, it may not fit in snug spaces.
Narrow enough to rate as one of our Best car seats that fit 3-across in most vehicles, the Guide 65 is also lightweight (15 pounds). It's rear-facing up to 40 pounds and 40 inches and forward-facing from 22 to 65 pounds and 34 to 52 inches. Parents who travel frequently say the Guide 65 is great to take on flights, too. The standard model has removable lumbar padding that helps prop babies up safely, and a removable cup holder, too. (The "sport" model of this seat doesn't have extra padding and isn't as nice for infants.) Note: Cosco and Safety 1st brands are both made by the same company, and the Cosco MightyFit 65 is basically the same as the Safety 1st Guide 65.
Evenflo is known for making inexpensive car seats that are easier than most to install, and the SureRide DLX hits this target. Parents say it's particularly simple to install using LATCH. It holds children safely rear-facing from 5 to 40 pounds and 19 to 40 inches, then forward-facing from 22 to 65 pounds and 28 to 54 inches. That's a generous height limit, so consider the SureRide if you have a kid on the tall side. Its removable body pillows make it suitable for most newborns, and it's narrow enough to be one of our Best car seats that fit 3-across in most vehicles. Since the SureRide is lightweight (9.8 pounds) and inexpensive, parents often consider it for travel – but note that it doesn't fit rear-facing easily on many planes.
At a great price for its high quality, the Sonus has a lot to offer. First of all, the (mostly!) expansive weight and height limits: rear-facing 5 to 40 pounds and 19 to 40 inches; forward-facing 22 to 65 pounds and 28 to 50 inches. We say "mostly" because the forward-facing height tops out at a relatively low 50 inches; compare that to the Evenflo SureRide at 54 inches. If you have a tall child, you may want to choose another seat. However, the Sonus is slender (18 inches wide) and light (10.8 pounds), so it's easy to carry and fits in tight backseats. It does take up a lot of vertical space when installed rear-facing, so keep that in mind if you don't have a lot of legroom to spare in your car. One feature kids love about the Sonus 65: its low sides allow little ones to scramble in by themselves like a big kid. Parents love the cushy padding, too. Evenflo sells a similar seat called just Sonus for about half the price, but its forward-facing weight limit is only 50 pounds.
The Contender holds children rear-facing from 5 to 40 pounds. The rear-facing height limit is unusual: It's not a specific number of inches. Graco says children can ride until their heads are an inch from the red harness adjuster button when fully extended. In practice, only the tallest kids will outgrow the Contender 65 height-wise in rear-facing mode before the weight limit indicates it's time to switch. Forward-facing, the Contender 65 takes kids from 20 or 22 to 65 pounds, depending on your seat's date of manufacture. The forward-facing height limit is 49 inches. Parents will note that the forward-facing height limit is unimpressive, so if you have a taller kid, this one's not for you. However, this seat takes up less room front-to-back in rear-facing installs, so if you have a car on the small side, you may want to consider the Contender 65. At 19 inches wide at its widest point, it's pretty slim, too.
Similar to the Contender 65, the Sequence 65 (sold at some retailers as the Sequel 65) holds children rear-facing from 5 to 40 pounds and until the child's head is 1 inch above the adjuster handle on the fully extended head rest. Forward-facing, the Sequence 65 goes from 22 to 65 pounds but only up to 49 inches, so taller children will top out sooner here than in other seats. Other than the nice price, one of the Sequence 65's claims to fame is that, like the Contender 65, it doesn't take up as much room front-to-back when installed rear-facing as other seats. Though it won't fit in a subcompact car like the Extend2Fit will, the Sequence 65 works great in compacts on up.
One of an increasing number of "three-in-one" seats designed to fit kids from birth until the booster years, the Grow and Go gets our pick because it's under $200 and not as much of a beast as most multi-stage seats. With a width of 19 inches, it's relatively slim, and at 18.7 pounds, while not exactly light, compared to a seat like the Britax One4Life at 30 pounds, it's easy on the arms. The Grow and Go rear-faces from 5 to 40 pounds and 19 to 40 inches. It converts to forward-facing for kids 22 to 65 pounds and 29 to 49 inches, and works as a high-backed booster for kids 40 to 100 pounds and 43 to 52 inches.
Britax has long been known as a manufacturer that makes topnotch car seats with a price tag to match, but the brand branched out and introduced a less-expensive Essentials line in 2018. At under $200, the Allegiance and the very similar Emblem car seats are fantastically comfortable, have buckles and other parts that work more smoothly than those on other bargain brands, and come with a handle on top that makes it a lot easier to move the seat around. Both models safely hold children rear-facing from 5 to 40 pounds and until the child's head is an inch from the top of the head rest (in the Emblem) or the head pad (in the Allegiance). Forward-facing, these seats take kids from 20 to 65 pounds and up to 49 inches tall. This forward-facing height limit is on the lower side, so if you have a tall child, choose another seat. Otherwise, the Allegiance and Emblem are great picks that feel a lot more expensive than they are. | <urn:uuid:8040c359-6fbb-4386-9aaa-c958ebef8013> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.babycenter.com/baby-products/car-seats/best-rear-facing-car-seats_40007310 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571210.98/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810191850-20220810221850-00476.warc.gz | en | 0.962971 | 2,250 | 1.773438 | 2 |
by Gabrielle Hance
For novices and experts alike, a good knowledge of basic solar energy terms and abbreviations is a necessity. So, If you are thinking about making solar energy a bigger part of your life, whether in solar panels, water heaters, or any other solar devices, the next step is to familiarize yourself with the basics!
1. Solar energy use can be either passive or active.
Passive solar energy uses the sun to heat up open spaces or metal tubes filled with water. Active solar energy involves a chemical reaction in photovoltaic (PV) cells, which make up modules. Groups of modules are referred to as PV arrays.
2. Terms in more Detail
Individual PV cells are electricity-producing devices made of semiconductor materials and come in many shapes and sizes. PV cells are connected together to form PV modules, which are usually approximately 0,5 x 1 m2 and 0,33 x 1,33 m2 and made up of about 36 cells. Modules are then combined and connected to form PV arrays of different sizes and power.
3. Active Solar Energy Explained
The sun’s energy hits the PV cell and is absorbed into a semi-conducting material, such as silicon. Electrons in the silicon are knocked loose from their normally rigid structure and move through the cell, creating a one-way flow of direct current that can be used to power electrical devices. Direct current is a straight flow of energy from one source to another. Alternating current is capable of changing direction, and is used in residential areas. Because of this difference in current, an inverter is used to safely transform direct current into alternating current.
The electric current that is produced for power is measured based on watts (w). One watt is equal to one joule of energy per second (a very small measure of electricity) flowing in a current in a particular instant. Higher measures of watts include kW, kilowatts, equal to one thousand watts per second. Kilowatts are used to describe the energy flow of systems such as engines and residential heating and air conditioners.
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When you get your electric bill, the payment amount is equal to the amount of kWh, or kilowatt-hoursconsumed multiplied by the price per kWh. Solar energy production works the same way. One kilowatt-hour is equal to one thousand watts of energy used in one hour, so the amount of solar energy that is created can be measured quickly and easily. If you produce enough solar energy, you may even be able to sell some energy back to the electric grid and make money!
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Heinrich Himmler's Death
- Heinrich Himmler
- War Criminal
- October 7, 1900
- May 23, 1945
The life and death of Heinrich Himmler:
He earned a place in history as one of the most brutal mass murderers of all time. This right-hand man to Germany's Adolph Hitler in World War II was the architect of the Holocaust and the head of the dreaded SS. Captured after the war, he took the coward's way out by committing suicide.
Heinrich Luitpold Himmler was born into a Roman Catholic family in Munich. His father Gebhard was a teacher and his mother Anna Maria was a devout Catholic.
Himmler was the second of two sons with an older brother named Gebhard and a younger brother called Ernst.
His father was deputy principal at the grammar school he attended and Himmler was a good student. However, he had poor health, suffering with stomach problems.
His father's connections helped him to begin training with the Landshut Cadet Corps in 1915 and he was accepted as an officer candidate.
World War I ended while he was still in training and after the war, Himmler studied Agronomy – which entails growing and using plants for food and fuel.
In his early years he regularly associated with Jews with little incident, but over time became increasingly negative towards them. This set the stage for his participation in Hitler's "Final Solution" - the extermination of the Jews. First as a member and later as the leader of the dreaded SS and Gestapo, Himmler was the individual who planned and built the death camps.
He felt shooting the Jewish prisoners would damage the psyche of his German soldiers and that he had to find a less personal way to do it. So Himmler came up with the idea of using poison gas at places like Auschwitz…
…and the other concentration camps, like Dachau.
He married Margarete Bowden in 1927. She was seven years older than he was and they had a daughter named Gudrun.
Himmler also had a mistress need Hedwig Potthast...
…and wrote her love letters, like this one.
Heinrich and Hedwig had two children together - a son and a daughter. Both his wife and mistress remained loyal to Himmler. Daughter Gudrun…
…claims she was mistreated at the post-war Nuremberg trials and remained devoted to her father's memory.
Although Himmler and Hitler did not socialize much…
…he was a leading Nazi and directed the killing of 6 million Jews, up to 500,000 Romani people. All told, his victims totaled an estimated 11 to 14 million people.
When Himmler realized the war was lost he tried to negotiate with the Allies, but this drew Hitler's attention and Himmler was thrown out of the Nazi hierarchy and ordered arrested. Himmler tried to go into hiding but was arrested by some former Soviet POW's and was turned over to the British. But Himmler committed suicide by biting down on a cyanide capsule and he was dead in fifteen minutes.
The British took a movie to show the enemy was really dead.
This death mask was made of Heinrich Himmler…
…whose remains were buried in an unmarked grave, location unknown, near Luneberg, Germany.
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Presentation on theme: "ONTARIO SECONDARY SCHOOL LITERACY TEST (OSSLT) THURSDAY, MARCH 29 TH, 2012 OSSLT Student Assembly."— Presentation transcript:
ONTARIO SECONDARY SCHOOL LITERACY TEST (OSSLT) THURSDAY, MARCH 29 TH, 2012 OSSLT Student Assembly
Mark the date on your calendar… The only opportunity for students to write the OSSLT is on: Thursday, March 29 th, 2012 There will not be another opportunity for students to write the OSSLT until April 2013.
Test Length ActivityAllotted Time Booklet One* (Reading and Writing) 75 minutes Break15 minutes Booklet Two* (Reading and Writing) 75 minutes Student Questionnaire10 minutes
Schedule for March 29 th : OSSLT Day ActivityTime OSSLT8: :00 Common lunch 12:00 – 1:15 Alternative educational activity 1:15 – 2:30
DETAILED SCHEDULE This detailed schedule for the day is available on our school website! It also went home in a letter to your parents last week. GRADE 10 8:30 – 8:45 Opening Exercises 8:45 – 9:00 Instructions for OSSLT Booklet #1 9:00 – 10:15 OSSLT Booklet #1 10:15 – 10:30 Break 10:30 – 10:35 Instructions for Booklet #2 10:35 – 11:50 OSSLT Booklet #2 11:50 – 12:00 Questionnaire 12:00 – 1:15 Lunch 1:15 – 2:30 Period 4
Test Room Locations Do you know the location of your test room? A list of test rooms is posted on the wall outside the main office, the library, and in guidance. If you think you should write the OSSLT and your name is not on the list, please contact Mrs. Wilson in the English Department immediately.
Before you arrive… It is recommended that students use the bathroom facilities before the test or during the scheduled break. Students will not receive additional time to make up for time lost due to a bathroom break.
Punctuality & Attendance Students are to arrive at their test room by 8:30 a.m. Students who arrive late will not be granted additional time to compensate for their late arrival. Test instructions will not be repeated.
Student Behaviour All students are expected to respect the administration of the OSSLT. There is to be no discussion between students. Inappropriate student behaviour, that will jeopardize any student’s ability to complete the OSSLT, will be documented and reported. EQAO will report to the Principal any offensive language and/or graphics recorded in the test booklets.
Uniform Policy Students are required to be in complete uniform when they arrive at their test room. Any personal belongings, including coats, that are brought into the room will be placed at the front of the room. Students may bring only bottled water into the test room.
Writing Instruments Sharpened HB pencils (for bubbling multiple-choice questions) Eraser Black or blue ink pens or pencils (for written answers) Highlighter to highlight important keywords in the tasks
Electronic Devices The use of cell-phones, audio- or video-recording devices, pagers, digital music players or any e- mail or text-messaging devices during the OSSLT is prohibited. Their use during the OSSLT may result in no score being provided.
Test Package Numbers Upon entering the test room, you will be directed to sit at a desk that is labelled with your name and has your test package. Before you begin the test, you will be asked to check that the same final 12-digits of the Test Package Number are listed on all test materials.
Budgeting Time All students must remain in the test room until the end of each test session. Use the full 75 minutes provided to review answers.
Reminders… Do not leave any blanks. Blank responses will be scored as zero. Attempt all questions. If you are ABSENT you will be scored a FAILING MARK. If you know you will be away that day, please tell Mrs. Wilson as soon as possible.
Various Sections of the Test MULTIPLE CHOICE: -read the passage twice if you have to -select the answer that is the most correct -read the questions first and circle key words -do not skip any questions (if you do not know an answer, come back to it, and if all else fails, make an educated guess) -highlight and underline key words or phrases in the passage -read the questions CAREFULLY!!
SHORT WRITING TASK: -Make sure that you: -stay on topic -write in the format requested (full sentences) -draw on your own experience in responding to the prompt -do not respond with excessive and/or confusing spelling and sentence structure -write a topic sentence, provide supporting points, reasons and explanations, and a concluding sentence -make sure writing is legible and neat -fill in all of the lines provided - indent!
WHY? It’s NEAT! It’s INDENTED! It fills up all of the SPACE PROVIDED! It is direct and focuses on ONE TOPIC! It provides good EXAMPLES and SUPPORT! PASS!!!!!
WHY? It is NOT INDENTED It does not fill all of the SPACE PROVIDED In their mock tests, many students forgot to: -Indent -Check their spelling, grammar, and sentence structure -Fill in all of the space provided -Stick to one topic Ensure that you do all of the above for full marks
NEWS REPORT: Student has: answered the questions who? what? where? when? and why? in the first two sentences referred to the picture and headline, and given specific information that can be tied to both written an article of at least 3 paragraphs in length (no more than 5) used all of the space provided taken on a professional tone written in the third person, leaving out personal opinions or biases has used at least one quotation expressing how others feel about this issue
WHY? It’s NEAT! It’s INDENTED! It fills up all of the SPACE PROVIDED! It’s 3 PARAGRAPHS!! It answers the questions WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, and WHY in the lead! It is UNBIASED and sounds PROFESSIONAL! It is direct and focuses on the PICTURE and TITLE! It provides good EXAMPLES and SUPPORT! Includes at least one QUOTATION! PASS!!!!!
It is NOT INDENTED It is TOO LONG (or is some cases, short) It is not 3-5 PARAGRAPHS It does not answer the 5 W’s in the lead In their mock tests, many students forgot to: -Indent -Check their spelling, grammar, and sentence structure -Fill in all of the space provided -Answer the 5 W’s Have 3-5 PARAGRAPHS!!!! Ensure that you do all of the above for full marks
OPINION PIECE: Student has: written between 3-5 paragraphs. 3 paragraphs is the minimum written to an audience who is an adult interested in his/her opinion used first person point of view, and the pronoun “I” come up with at least 2 supporting points used all of the space provided only expressed one opinion created a new paragraph with each new idea made sure writing is legible used full sentences and edited his/her work
WHY? It’s NEAT! It’s INDENTED! It fills up all of the SPACE PROVIDED! It’s at least 3 PARAGRAPHS!! It is PERSONAL and expresses and OPINION It provides good EXAMPLES and SUPPORT! PASS!!!!!
POOR EXAMPLE: Don’t skip lines This will result in a failing mark for your opinion piece!
POOR EXAMPLE: Don’t leave empty lines This will result in a failing score for your opinion piece!
POOR EXAMPLE: Argue yes OR no, but not both! Be decisive! Remember to indent! Don’t leave spaces; fill every line!
Preparation is the Key Have a restful night’s sleep. Have a balanced and nutritious breakfast. Give yourself enough time to arrive to school on time for the test. Leave your home earlier on that day.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Available on the following website: (Student Resources) You can try sample tests, and check your answers After school on Tuesday March 26 th in the Library between 2:30-4:00 pm – See Mrs. Wilson * You can ask questions, see examples, and look over your mock test. | <urn:uuid:162ac8e4-827f-4061-8a7c-82e6d2824c76> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://slideplayer.com/slide/3147333/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279368.44/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00324-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.897819 | 1,848 | 2.109375 | 2 |
Arnold Schwarzenegger speaks on environment
Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger spoke to USC students about creating a greater sense of environmental awareness on campus at Bovard Auditorium on Monday.
The event titled, “An Evening with the Governator: Arnold Schwarzenegger and the Environment,” stressed the necessity for an environmental crusade to halt the progression of global climate change. At the event, Schwarzenegger promoted the creation of tangible generational change in order to prevent an environmental catastrophe in the future.
The event was hosted by the Environmental Student Assembly and the Speakers Committee. Moderators for the discussion included Bonnie Reiss, global director of the Schwarzenegger Institute, and Terry Tamminen, former secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency.
Schwarzenegger has served two terms as the 38th governor of California and currently serves as the chairman for the Schwarzenegger Institute for State and Global Policy. During the latter half of his term as governor, Schwarzenegger focused on environmental sustainability and global warming. In 2006, he introduced and signed the first national initiative to cap greenhouse gas emissions. That same year, he also implemented the Global Warming Solutions Act in California, which mandated large utilities and business corporations from creating long-term contracts with suppliers who do not meet the state greenhouse gas emission standards.
In 2009, Schwarzenegger created an initiative that enforced automakers to regulate greenhouse emissions from automobile vehicles. Since his appointment as governor in 2003, he has worked to label California as a leader in environmental and climate sustainability.
Reiss said that Schwarzenegger is eager to build and prioritize USC student connections.
“One of the reasons Schwarzenegger even came to USC is because of his [sic] connection to the great students here,” Reiss told the Daily Trojan. “Anytime we hold a symposium, summit or convening, he always made sure that whichever leaders we bring to campus, that our seats were more open to USC students.”
Shawn Rhoads, executive director of ESA, opened the discussion by explaining that ESA works to provide students with stimulating programs by introducing leaders who promote environmental sustainability.
Schwarzenegger opened the event by explaining his previous success in fitness and entertainment. He made connections between fitness and his decision to create an environmental crusade by making legislative change to promote the importance of protecting the environment by contributing in various ways, such as using eco-friendly light bulbs.
“Climate change is an enormous weight that we must lift off of our world. We can lift it, but we must do it together. Together we can do it, together no challenge and no dilemma is too much,” Schwarzenegger said.
Throughout the discussion, Schwarzenegger argued for the implementation of a successful environmental initiative to fight against climate change. He said the future of energy at a global level is found in renewables and named climate change, health, jobs, security and foreign oil dependency as leading issues within the state of California.
“You have the energy … you are young and you can absorb this [information],” Schwarzenegger said. “This is not a dilemma for future generations, it is our challenge.”
Schwarzenegger also explained how the issue of global climate change and the potency of greenhouse gas emissions has been heavily underestimated among legislators within the public policy sector. He also alluded to the challenges of partisan gridlock on the issue in Congress by explaining his difficulties while trying to pass legislation regulating greenhouse emissions.
“When I became governor of California, I promised to continue California’s generation by helping the environment and pumping the environment,” he said.
Schwarzenegger also framed California as one of the largest leader’s in environmentally friendly practices throughout the nation. He said that California’s economy has grown by a 3.6 percent within the last year and how this growth is attributed to the creation of more “green” jobs.
“We ushered in a new California gold rush by creating green jobs,” Schwarzenegger said.
He also told the audience that every individual should take part in protecting the environment.
“We all breathe the same air, we all drink the same water … it is extremely important to take politics out of this and do what is best for the environment,” Schwarzenegger said.
Reiss then asked how Schwarzenegger worked through issues of gridlock.
“Federal government has fell short when it comes to environmental issues … we should not wait for the federal government or Washington to make up their mind and we should not wait for a global agreement,” Schwarzenegger said.
Schwarzenegger then cited R20 Regions of Climate Change, his nonprofit organization that serves at the sub-national level to promote low-carbon and climate-resilient projects. He said that through the guidance of Terry Taminen, author of Lives of Per Gallon: The True Cost of Our Oil Addiction and Cracking the Code: The Key to Sustainable Profits in the New Economy, he was able to understand key environmental issues.
Schwarzenegger and Taminen both agreed that though many try to vilify the government, local policy matters in paving the way for tangible environmental change.
“Even though the institute is focused on many policy areas because basically the institute is a way for Arnold to continue work on the many policy initiatives he did during his two terms as governor, clearly focusing on environmental and climate is something he is passionate about for one, and California has been a national leader in for decades and decades,” Reiss told the Daily Trojan. | <urn:uuid:639c9405-2862-41c6-b9d0-9e85dd05aff5> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://dailytrojan.com/2015/03/09/arnold-schwarzenegger-speaks-on-environment/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571692.3/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812105810-20220812135810-00067.warc.gz | en | 0.956553 | 1,126 | 1.882813 | 2 |
"ESTP" Themes and Relationships
By Linda V. Berens Ph.D. and Dario Nardi Ph.D.
||ESTP - Promoter Executor
|Likely Social Style:
- Theme is promoting.
- Talents lie in
persuading others and expediting to make
- Have an engaging, winning
style that others are drawn to.
- Adept at
picking up on minimal nonverbal cues.
- Anticipate the actions and reactions of
others and thus win their confidence.
- Like the excitement and challenge of
negotiating, selling, making deals,
arbitrating, and in general, achieving
- Thrive on action and the
freedom to use all resources at hand to get
Themes and Relationships
for each Personality Type
by Linda V. Berens, Ph.D.
Dario Nardi, Ph.D.**
For Promoter Executors, life is a process of taking charge
of situations and making things happen. They enjoy a
certain exhilaration at the edge, pushing the limits to
get the results they want. Then they want to know the
measure of their success. Achieving success drives them
to work hard, and they want recognition for their success
as well as the rewards.
They go to great lengths to keep their options
open. The freedom to act is essential to their well-being.
Constraints and limits become challenges to work around,
but too many of them can be deadly. They are talented at
tactical prioritizing. Everything gets subordinated to their
priorities as they “stay the course” to do what needs doing.
Yet when they see something isn’t working the way they
want, they do not hesitate to change their approach or even
abandon the project entirely.
Their thought processes tend to revolve around
continuously scanning the environment for relevant
information, opportunities, and resources, then quickly
adjusting their behavior. Then action is taken—over and
done, results achieved or adaptations made—all with
Their talent for negotiating shows in how easily
they work different sides of an issue. They quickly
find the bargaining points and the bottom lines,
recognizing when to push and when to back off.
Their rich stores of data—places, people, dates—
often prompt them to act as a consultant, even when
the project or problem isn’t theirs. They love it if they
can help solve a challenging problem.
They are keen observers of others’ nonverbal
responses and reactions, instantly seeing what people
are up to. Their humor, enthusiasm, and direct approach
win people over. Interpersonally, people warm to them
quickly. People are important to them. Caring for family
and friends comes through in how they pitch in and help.
Showing respect is important. Their talent for
reading people’s motives sometimes keeps them from
showing respect when it is expected. It also leads them to
disappointment when others don’t show respect.
For Promoter Executors, relationships are about mutual
respect. There’s no relationship if they can’t respect
the other person. What makes the respect is that the
other person doesn’t try to put anything over on them,
the other person gives them the freedom to act, and
whether they win or lose the other person sees that
and still supports them. They like excitement and
stimulation and can get a lot out of conflict. There is
an admiration of skill in the other person, especially
if the person has a unique talent or skill. They like a
willingness on the other person’s part to do things for
them. They have an attitude that gets people to follow
along; they can get people to do what they want, a
way that communicates, “I’m your friend, so do this
for me.” There is a certain element of power and a
devotedness, protecting your own.
In their close relationships, they desire somebody
to connect with and have fun with, somebody to talk to.
They want companionship, somebody to just be with.
They also need a great deal of latitude and want a say
in running the relationship. They tend to be extremely
generous with material possessions, but can tend to avoid
the personal. They may end up with the perception that
the other person is letting them down when in fact they
haven’t put in the time and effort. When they do, they
become really family oriented, and when family is very
important to them, they take it very seriously.
This concludes "Themes and Relationships for ESTP,"
A Personality Type Description.
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What if you had a special kind of fat in your body that burned calories instead of storing them -- and it could be activated simply by spending time in the cold? According to three preliminary studies published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine, you probably do.
A type of fat in the body burns calories and could be activated by spending time in the cold.
Brown adipose tissue (called brown fat) helps babies, young children, and other small mammals stay warm by burning calories when activated by low temperatures. Scientists have been skeptical that adults retain significant amounts of brown fat on their bodies. But the new research shows that many of us -- perhaps even most -- do.
"The incredible excitement about this is that we have an entirely new way to try to go after obesity," said Dr. Aaron Cypess of the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston, Massachusetts, the lead author of one of the new studies. Every obesity drug now on the market aims at getting people to take in fewer calories, Cypess pointed out. The current findings, while very preliminary, suggest that drugs could be developed that fire up brown fat activity and help people burn calories faster.
The new research is important because it confirms that adults have brown fat involved in temperature regulation, while also probably playing a role in whether a person is lean or overweight, said Jan Nedergaard, a professor at the Wenner-Gren Institute at the University of Stockholm in Sweden who has been studying brown fat for 30 years, but was not involved in the current research.
"Brown fat can be a very significant player in the game of how we react to the food we eat and whether we store it or burn it away," Nedergaard said.
While scientists have known about brown fat and what it does for decades, it's been nearly impossible to study it in live humans until very recently. Finding it in people's bodies meant taking tissue samples, so scientists mostly stuck to studying it in lab animals. Health.com: Fats to eat, fats to avoid
This changed when nuclear medicine specialists observed that some people had deposits of tissue that looked like fat but didn't act like it; this fat-like tissue was located above the collarbones and in the upper chest and consumed lots of energy. Conversely, white adipose tissue -- the regular fat that stores extra calories and makes us gain weight -- shows very little metabolic activity.
Scientists began investigating whether this mystery tissue might be the elusive brown fat. In the new NEJM reports, three independent research teams have confirmed that this is the case, indeed, and that integrated positron-emission tomography and computed tomography (PET-CT) scans can be used not only to identify it but to measure its metabolic activity.
In their report, Cypess and his colleagues reviewed 3,640 PET-CT scans performed on 1,972 patients at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston for various diagnostic reasons. Among women, 7.5 percent had patches of brown fat that were more than 4 millimeters in diameter, while 3.1 percent of men had similar patches. Health.com: Cut up to 900 calories with simple substitutions
"The people who had brown fat were, in fact, different from the people who didn't," Cypess explained: They were younger and leaner. People who were older, those who were obese, and those using heart drugs called beta blockers were less likely to have brown fat.
Cypess and his team also found that people whose scans were done in the winter had the most brown fat, while those scanned in the summer had the least; people who underwent the tests in the spring or fall fell in the middle.
Researchers from the Maastricht University Medical Center in the Netherlands, in the second study, looked at how temperature affected brown fat activity in 24 healthy men, also using PET-CT. When the volunteers sat in a room kept at 72° F for two hours, none of their scans showed brown fat activity. But when they were exposed to slightly chillier conditions -- about 61° F -- 23 showed brown fat activity. The 10 men who were lean (with body mass indexes of less than 25) had more brown fat than the 14 who were overweight or obese, and their brown fat was also more active.
"That's really new, that so many people do have brown adipose tissue," said lead author Wouter D. van Marken Lichtenbelt.
In the third study, Dr. Sven Enerback, of the University of Goteborg in Sweden, used PET to examine how cold temperatures affected brown fat activity, this time in five people. Participants spent two hours in a room kept at 63° F to 66° F. During the scan, they submerged one foot in ice water, alternating five minutes in the water and five minutes out. The cold conditions boosted the amount of glucose the study participants' brown fat consumed by a factor of 15.
In an accompanying editorial, Dr. Francesco Celi, of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases in Bethesda, Maryland, noted that "taken together, these studies point to a potential 'natural' intervention to stimulate energy expenditure: Turn down the heat and burn calories (and reduce the carbon footprint in the process)."
This is obviously an oversimplification, Celi said, but the demonstration that adults have brown fat that can be activated is, nevertheless, "powerful proof of concept" that the tissue could be a target for obesity-fighting drugs or even environmental fat-fighting strategies.
While Cypess is excited about the possibility of drugs that help people burn more calories, he warned that such medicines wouldn't allow people to slim down without eating healthy and becoming more active. Health.com: Healthy foods that help burn fat
The maximum amount of extra energy that people with relatively large brown fat deposits can burn probably tops out at about 500 calories. "It doesn't take much extra food to eliminate any benefit you've got," he said. "I personally don't think that hanging out in the cold is going to be an effective way of fighting obesity."
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Examples of unsatisfactory in a sentence
He was fired for unsatisfactory performance.
<an unsatisfactory first attempt at building a birdhouse>
First Known Use of unsatisfactory
UNSATISFACTORY Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of unsatisfactory for English Language Learners
: not good enough : not satisfactory
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Definition of unsatisfactory for Students
: not what is needed or expected <His behavior in class has been unsatisfactory.>
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I'm a trainee studying Civil Engineering at College.
I am stuck on a few things and will fail my course by the end of the week if I do not get this done...
I have a problem where I have to draw shear force diagrams and bending moment diagrams. I have done the loading diagram and the shear force diagram but am completely stuck with the bending moment diagram.
The beam is 10m long with a 92.5kN force acting up on the left hand end, there are 2m to the 40kN/m UDL which lasts for 4m, then there is 2m to the next upward force of 77.5kN then a further 2m to the end of the beam which has a 10kN downward force on the end. I have calculated it on each metre, therefore I will end up with 10 points to plot on my bending moment diagram and each metre has been given a letter; A to K.
I hope I have explained this well - if not I could scan a copy in but this may take me a couple of days and I don't really have a couple of days to play with.
I have got my calculations right along the beam to the point where the 77.5kN force comes in (so I have 2 more calcs to complete then I can draw the bending moment diagram. I have no idea what to do with the 10kN force on the end. The following calculations are what I have used:
A = 0
B = 92.5 x 1 = 92.5
C = 92.5 x 2 = 185
D = (92.5 x 3) - (40 x 0.5) = 257.5
E = (92.5 x 4) - (80 x 1) = 290
F = (92.5 x 5) - (120 x 1.5) = 282.5
G = (92.5 x 6) - (160 x 2) = 235
H = (92.5 x 7) - (160 x 3) = 167.5
I = (92.5 x 8) - (160 x 4) = 100
J = (92.5 x 9) - ***STUCK***
K = (92.5 x 10) - ***STUCK***
As you can see I do not know what to do with the last 2 calcs. The last one needs to come out with 0!
ANY help will be taken with so much thanks - as I'm a trainee, if I fail this course I will also be sacked... please help.
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Fleas are fairly different from other insects and bugs. They cause havoc in our lives. In addition, fleas can only feast upon pets such as cats and dogs, they can’t bite human beings. They are smart enough to recognize their possible prey through vibration as neither can they jump high nor can they crawl only beyond a particular height.
Why should you have flea control in Melbourne?
Although fleas cannot bite human beings; however, they can cause irritation to our skin. According to research, it is observed that female fleas are larger than male fleas in size. Further, they have spines and hair, pointing backward with thorny legs. With such features, they can easily hide in the fur of animals and jump from one to another.Heavy stale air is depressing both physically and mentally. Not only the general microclimate of the dwelling, but also the well-being of household members largely depends on the purity and composition of the air in the room, right? But ventilation does not always help to establish air exchange: due to blockages in the general ventilation duct or the ventilation pipe of the additional exhaust system, the draft may drop significantly, after which the circulation of air flows will not pass properly. Routine air duct cleaning is an important procedure, on the quality and regularity of which the health and even safety of residents depends.
A flea infestation can become difficult when there are pets everywhere. The coolest way to know it is when you notice the pets scratching their bodies more often. The allergic reactions and discomfort become a concern.
How to identify fleabites?
- Look for flea droppings, which may be black or red, either on carpets or sitting areas. If you notice small dirt-like particles, take those in wet tissue and observe if there are rings of blood.
- You must look if there are any larvae, pupae, and eggs in your garden and all the areas your pet leaves its mark.
- Also, bite cats around the neck and head, whereas, fleas bite dogs at the hind portion of the body.
- Get into combating the problem immediately once you get to know a flea infestation. Flea control and removal is a difficult task. It becomes challenging as the adult fleas are very small in size and can endure without eating for days. Hence, before it’s too late hire the best Flea Control Melbourne service, provider.
Common types of fleas on your Property:
There are two main common types of fleas:
- Adult Dog Flea dwells in dogs’ fur and survives on their warm blood.
- These Fleas can often bite humans as well.
- Dog Fleas are brown and can become reddish-black after a meal.
- Dog flea larvae are off-white in colour and can measure up to 5mm. They may even vary from 1mm to 4 mm in length.
- Cat fleas live within the rabbits and cat’s fur and feed on their blood
- They mostly dwell in the places like the carpets, cat baskets, or boxes where cats usually rest
- Such types of fleas have long thin legs through which they jump here and there
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Welcome to the ECE / CYC department at UFV For a career in Early Childhood Education or Child and Youth Care. Look here!
We share a common passion for work with children, youth, families and communities striving to bring this passion into the classroom. Each program offers courses designed to prepare students to work with a specific population. We offer a variety of certificate, diploma and degree options in the following five areas:
1. Family Child Care certificate 2. Early Childhood Education certificate 3. Diploma in Special Needs
4. Diploma in Infancy 5. Bachelor of Arts in Child and Youth Care
Each of our programs has transfer credit within our department and other public post-secondary programs. This allows students to ladder into higher academic levels to continue their education. Read about Elza H., a student who has used the laddering approach to her own credential. Career opportunities span a range of work settings and areas of practice, including:
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- Infant/toddler care
- Special needs support
- Hospital programs
- Youth justice
- Parent education
- Family support services
- Early intervention
- Mental health
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To ensure we maintain close links to the professional community, our department is supported by an External Advisory Committee that reflects the diverse areas of practice in the field. In addition, our faculty are closely involved with a number of collaborative community activities. It is anticipated that as the needs of practitioners in the field change, and regions endeavor to provide services in new ways, the Early Childhood Education/Child and Youth Care department will strive to provide programs responsive to those needs. The potential for new and exciting programs and post graduate courses will be explored to keep pace with this growing field. | <urn:uuid:3a2cdf23-c080-4ef5-b305-493f5b33e4b8> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | https://www.ufv.ca/ece/course-descriptions/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721141.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00416-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949437 | 360 | 1.828125 | 2 |
A powerful, emotional memoir and an extraordinary portrait of three generations of Tibetan women whose lives are forever changed when Chairman Mao’s Red Army crushes Tibetan independence, sending a young mother and her six-year-old daughter on a treacherous journey across the snowy Himalayas toward freedom.
Kunsang thought she would never leave Tibet. One of the country's youngest Buddhist nuns, she grew up in a remote mountain village where, as a teenager, she entered the local nunnery. Though simple, Kunsang's life gave her all she needed: a oneness with nature and a sense of the spiritual in all things. She married a monk, had two children, and lived in peace and prayer. But not for long. There was a saying in Tibet: "When the iron bird flies and horses run on wheels, the Tibetan people will be scattered like ants across the face of the earth."
The Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1950 changed everything. When soldiers arrived at her mountain monastery, destroying everything in their path, Kunsang and her family fled across the Himalayas only to spend years in Indian refugee camps. She lost both her husband and her youngest child on that journey, but the future held an extraordinary turn of events that would forever change her life - the arrival in the refugee camps of a cultured young Swiss man long fascinated with Tibet. Martin Brauen fell instantly in love with Kunsang's young daughter, Sonam, eventually winning her heart and hand, and taking mother and daughter with him to Switzerland, where Yangzom was born.
Many stories lie hidden until the right person arrives to tell them. In rescuing the story of her now 90-year-old inspirational grandmother and her mother, Yangzom Brauen has given us a book full of love, courage, and triumph, as well as allowing us a rare and vivid glimpse of life in rural Tibet before the arrival of the Chinese. Most importantly, though, Across Many Mountains is a testament to three strong, determined women who are linked by an unbreakable family bond.
"This book paints a vivid picture of Tibetan experience over the last eight decades, one of the most difficult periods in our history. Through the personal stories of three women from one Tibetan family, it recalls the imposition of Chinese rule in Tibet and the subsequent efforts of many Tibetans to preserve their identity and treasured values in exile." (His Holiness the Dalai Lama)
"A moving reminder that the consequences of the Chinese invasion of Tibet continue down to this day. A lovely memoir of three generations of Tibetan women." (Oliver Stone)
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Rita Quintero, a Tarahumara woman who was found in Kansas, was adjudged dangerous to herself or others and put in a mental hospital in 1983. She remained there until 1995, although she was never even seen by anyone who spoke Raramari until about 1993. Her mental health was always judged as if she were a member of a European culture (spanish-based culture rather than English-based). The possibility Tarahumara culture included different values, which would seem unusual to Anglo culture, was not considered.
I am one of the attorneys who have filed suit for Rita against many of the health professionals who we believe violated Rita's rights by keeping her institutionalized all those years. We have been able to get Rita out of the hospital and back to the State of Chihuahua, where she is hopefully becoming reintegrated into her own world.
We are interested in finding mental health professionals, social workers and other professionals who could help us establish the standard of care in dealing with Native Americans who have not been swallowed by Euro-American culture. Best would be people who are able to speak Raramari.
This is going to be a long struggle to try to help Rita and other persons who become trapped in the mental health system. We will need all the help we can get. I know that funds appeals are not appropriate here, but we also are going to need some people who have experience in fund raising who can help us get something started to help Rita financially as well as to defray the legal costs involved in pursuing her suit.
Five articles which have appeared in the Kansas City Star are now available at:
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Group sues over Indian woman's treatment at hospital
Mexican woman has been in a Kansas mental hospital for 12 years
Rita Quintero's plight prompts journey to hospital
Rita Quintero returns to Mexico
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MSG, or monosodium glutamate, is a controversial salt of sodium and the naturally-occurring amino acid glutamate, refined from naturally occurring glutamate. The natural form of glutamate is found in many foods, and when 'free' (not bound to a protein) it enhances savoury flavours, which is called umami in Japanese. MSG is a chemically refined form of glutamate, bound to salt.
Since MSG is a sodium-containing salt, many of the health concerns associated with table salt also apply to MSG, but many people have reported additional negative experiences. Some of these apparently-MSG-specific problems are experienced as a short-term 'reaction', whereas most concerns about salt are over a longer time frame. Many authorities disclaim health concerns over MSG, and on the other hand, many consumers of the substance claim first-hand experiences which resound widely. It may therefore be inferred that a certain amount of disinformation or misinformation exists regarding this widely-used product. Care should be taken in evaluating the issues surrounding MSG, and sensitivity provided to those who believe their real negative experiences are caused by the substance, whatever may be the technicalities.
Many people with migraine headaches report MSG as a trigger substance.
The use of MSG can also actually reduce total sodium content in food, because the food may not need as much table salt to taste good. A small amount of MSG might typically reduce salt usage by 20% to 45% without loss of flavour, and this might be seen as a health benefit, if no negative effects occur due to MSG.
Glutamate in some form is found naturally in seaweed, in fermented soy products such as miso and soy sauce (1.0%), and especially in yeast extracts like Vegemite (1.4%) and Marmite (2.0%). Small quantities are also present in tomatoes, mushrooms, and Parmesan cheese (1.2%).
Glutamate being produced for refinement into MSG is most-frequently commercially produced via fermentation; the result of this stage of the production process is 100% identical to the glutamate found naturally in many foods. Another path is by hydrolisis of gluten, eg from wheat.
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“The future of humankind lies waiting for those who will come to understand their lives and take up their responsibilities to all living things.”
–Vine Deloria, God is Red. Pg.296
The main idea behind our project is to show how the Lakota religious traditions are weaved into everyday life and are a representation of the web of life through an artistic representation. The web of life in this context is how culture, religion and cross-culture are intertwined. Our project artistically represents how our experiences as non-natives influence the Lakota society and how they have impacted us.
Each of us have chosen a different mode of representation as an example of different Native American symbols that have influenced our connections with the Lakota culture, or what we know of it. We have put all of these pieces together on the (symbolic) structure of a sweat-lodge in order to show that they are all interconnected.
We have noticed that religion seems to be intertwined with all aspects of Lakota life. Indigenous spirituality is an important part of establishing community and family structure, decision making, health, and much more. In our model of a sweat lodge the sticks represent the different facets of life that all come together under religion. Religion is the all-encompassing element that ties all parts of life together and gives it meaning. Spirituality is used to give structure and bring unity to life. The sweat lodge is a symbol for religion as the place where all parts of life come together into one.
The sweat lodge experience at Pine Ridge meant something different to all of us. Even though we may not have access to a sweat lodge we want to find a way to maintain the unity and lightness achieved in the lodge in our everyday lives. For some of us, the sweat lodge brought revelations, visions, and deep connections with the divine. For others, it was a place of relaxation and a fascinating window into the Lakota way of life. Despite all of the different reactions to the sweat lodge there was an overwhelming sense of unity amongst the group. The feeling of connection between people and between different aspects of our lives is a central function of the sweat lodge.
(Rob, Courtney, & Ellen)
According to Navajo legend, Spider Woman and Man brought weaving to the Navajo people. When a baby girl was born, her hands were actually wrapped in spider webs to invite the blessing of Spider Woman. When eastern techniques were adopted, the Navajo first came in contact with borders on tapestries. Many weavers were skeptical of borders, seeing them as confining the spirit of the artists. They adapted to the border trend by incorporating Spirit Lines into their work, which are weft yars that go from the interior of the design, through the border and usually meet the end of the tapestry at the top right corner. Spirit Lines prevent creative energy from being trapped in the design and free the weaver to create again. The idea for spirit lines comes from when you look at a spider web. If there is no spider on the web, you will instead see a trail where the spider left the web. By caring for our spirit with spirit lines, we create movement towards the future with greater flow of creativity/ innovation/ and freedom
The idea of the relatedness of all things is an important one in Lakota spirituality. In my experience at Pine Ridge, I saw this reflected in the very supportive community based life, and in practices like the stewardship of the Buffalo. But the main way I encountered of the Lakota expressing and experiencing connectedness was through prayer. For my addition to the web, I created 44 prayer bundles. I chose that number because it is a holy number, representing the four directions and unity with nature and the seasons. Inside each bundle I put a slip of paper with the name of some element of nature or of a person from our class and Pine Ridge. Somehow I managed to start tying them with no expectation of actually praying, focusing merely on getting classwork done. By the end, however, I organically developed a prayer to say over each name and imagine as I was tying them holding the person or thing in the light of my heart. It was a powerful feeling of connection that was almost unavoidable.
Word & Quote Threads
I was most drawn to words and how our class’s use of them on the course blog demonstrates the connections developed through ceremonies and our time at Pine Ridge. Out of curiosity I ran a word cloud application through the blog and pulled out our most frequently used words. While some words were expected (Pine, Ridge, ceremony, sweats), others were more striking (time, silence, living, unity, branches). While I hadn’t planned on really doing anything with the word cloud, I was inspired by the nature of the words—and by the idea that we as a community had all brought them forth together, used them, gave them strength—and struck by how, in a sense, these words connected us a class and to our moments with the Lakota at Pine Ridge. So, following the design of prayer bundles, I wrote out the larger clouds words onto paper scraps and wove them together on hemp, creating a vital thread of our web, as the words represent our unification as a class and with the Lakota. While we all had extremely unique and personal experiences in ceremony, we nonetheless intertwined, sharing words and thoughts and emotions. We gave the words their strength.
In addition to making the word thread, I also reread through the blog’s entries, ignoring titles and author names and treating it as a single entry. I pulled out the quotes that clicked with the class’s unified voice and eventually made a quote thread. This task took me longer than I anticipated, for as a community we developed a far deeper singular voice than I’d anticipated. In our writings, the class shared a beautiful a tremendous amount of hope and insight, a great sense of openness, of feeling a loss of words and sense of awe, and a respect for the Lakota way of life. Each sentence could be connected. As I worked on the threads, a warm calm built. It was a beautiful experience–rereading the class blogs–the entries wove together and became one. Though we all came from different places and are on entirely different paths and were participating in ceremonies with (and of) a culture absolutely abstract from our own, we brought our different aspects of life to the experience, came together, shared many words, and created a strong web. Like the idea of Mitakuye Oyasin, all my relations, the word and quote threads demonstrated how unity and connectedness play such a strong role in Lakota ceremony and culture.
“As different as we are, you and I, we are of one spirit.As dissimilar as we are, you and I, we are of equal worth. There must always be solidarity between the two of us. There can be no harmony in the universe as long as there is no harmony between us” – Navajo Proverb
We came together as a group and decided we wanted to do a visual arts piece. We were all under the same impression that the web of life was the most important and connecting component of the ceremonies and our experience. Specifically, we wanted to weave together pictures to create a new cohesive image. The idea of connecting stories to create a new story was most powerful. Researching weaving, I was most struck with the evolution of the process. Native Americans began using buffalo hide as material. Introduction of Europeans changed the style. Different materials and style were adapted into the weaving process. To represent past and present to understand the future, we used a combination of both colored pictures and black and white pictures. Selecting the pictures took a very long time. We decided which pictures would be more powerful in color and which photos would be more powerful in color.
Looking at the history and purposes of weaving I also felt rooted in this project. To the Navajo, weaving comes from life experiences, the landscape, family, community and the outside world, which we brought together through the photos of our experience. Weaving is also considered a cultural expression in which each rug contains a woven history of the people, in this case the woven history of our time at Pine Ridge. Because weaving is so deeply rooted in history and meaning, we tried to stay true to the weaving process with our modern twist. In Navajo tradition the universe itself was woven on an enormous loom by the mythic female ancestor, Spider Woman, out of the sacred materials of the cosmos. We were given the materials of our class moments together to work with and tried to weave ourselves with the land and the Lakota people in each photo, physically tying us all together in the web of life.
Additionally, weaving has a spiritual component. Through creating this project, we too were participating in ceremony. Studying the pictures, we shared stories of the images before us. Weaving the pictures was calming and served as closure on the trip. It was powerful to relive the trip to Pine Ridge. It was interesting to see what pictures people took. It was a glimpse into what they saw as most powerful, and we combined all of these powerful moments to create our single class experience.
(Jacquie & Kristin)
Literary Element and Conclusion
From the first essay that we read in class “What we wish to be called” to the last ones on education, it shows how interconnected the Native American’s lives are with ours. Although not every non-indigenous person has been exposed to the Native American culture directly, to the extent that many people don’t even realize their existence anymore, we are connected. Our cultural, or lack of cultural influence effects each other through economics, geography, social justice issues and much more.
Simply by having this class we are showing our connection with the Native American communities. Due to our long standing and taught ignorance of their culture and the separation that has been made between natives and non-natives since the beginning of US history many of us remain clueless about how connected our religions, arts, and lives are. Each piece of art that we have made here is representative of this connection between our cultures and how interconnected the Lakota way of life is in itself. The texts that we have read in class can also be used to further show this connection.
What We Wish to be Called:
Quote: “Historically, and even in contemporary times, Indigenous Peoples of the United States and Canada have not regarded themselves as one monolithic racial society.”
This quote shows the first and foremost issue of other-ing. By not knowing what to call this ethnic group and by labeling all Native American groups under one name, it strips these people of their identity and shows to discomfort in our cultural relationship.
God is Red:
Quote: “Many people are trapped between tribal values constituting their unconscious behavioral responses and the values that they have been taught in schools and churches, which primarily demand conforming to seemingly foreign ideals…People are not allowed to be indians and cannot become whites.” (pg 243)
The education readings clearly show the interactions between Native Americans and non-natives in the melting pot creation of education. This is a clear Social justice issue that has come up and shows our clear avoidance of the Native American topic as even existence. By not acknowledging the Native Americans in our lives and by suppressing them we pretend that they are non-existent and only a piece of history.
To bring it all back together, whether it is from the view of our personal experience and art or through the readings we discussed, the cultures, economies, and lives in general of the indigenous peoples of North America and our own are intertwined. This connection is part of the web of life where any string that is pulled can be felt by the others. Just as our sweat lodge is made of many different components on one symbolic structure so are our lives.
1) what is your understanding of the web of life in Lakota Spirituality and what is its importance to their tradition?
2) in what ceremonial elements did you see the importance of the web of life and how does the understanding of the connectedness of all things impact Lakota ceremony and prayer?
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A stroke is a “brain attack”. It can happen to anyone at any time. It occurs when blood flow to an area of brain is cut off. When this happens, brain cells are deprived of oxygen and begin to die. When brain cells die during a stroke, abilities controlled by that area of the brain such as memory and muscle control are lost.
- Hemorrhagic stroke: A brain aneurysm burst or a weakened blood vessel leak (hemorrhage) is one of two types of stroke. While the least common of the two types of stroke it most often results in death.
- Ischemic Stroke: A blood vessel carrying blood to the brain is blocked by a blood clot (ischemic) is one type of stroke. Learn more about the types of ischemic stroke.
- TIA (Transient Ischemic Attack): A temporary blockage of blood flow to the brain. It doesn’t cause permanent damage, but may signal a full-blown stroke ahead.
Although stroke is a disease of the brain, it can affect the entire body. A common disability that results from stroke is complete paralysis on one side of the body. A related disability that is not as debilitating as paralysis is one-sided weakness. Stroke may cause problems with thinking, awareness, attention, learning, judgment, and memory. Stroke survivors often have problems understanding or forming speech. A stroke can lead to emotional problems. Stroke patients may have difficulty controlling their emotions or may express inappropriate emotions. Many stroke patients experience depression. Stroke survivors may also have numbness or strange sensations.
Strokes can be caused by either the blood supply to the brain has been cut off or bleeding in the brain. People had high risk include those with:
- High blood pressure
- High cholesterol
- Family history of stroke
- Sudden weakness
- Paralysis (an inability to move) or numbness of the face, arms, or legs, especially on one side of the body
- Trouble speaking or understanding speech
- Trouble seeing in one or both eyes
- Problems breathing
- Dizziness, trouble walking, loss of balance or coordination, and unexplained falls
- Loss of consciousness
- Sudden and severe headache
If you think your or someone else is have a stroke call 911 immediately.
Your doctor may recommend one or more of the following tests to diagnose a stroke or TIA.
- Brain Computed Tomography (CT): A painless test that uses x rays to take clear, detailed pictures of your brain. A brain CT scan can show bleeding in the brain or damage to the brain cells from a stroke. The test also can show other brain conditions that may be causing your symptoms.
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI): An MRI uses magnets and radio waves to create pictures of the organs and structures in your body. This test can detect changes in brain tissue and damage to brain cells from a stroke. An MRI may be used instead of, or in addition to, a CT scan to diagnose a stroke.
- Computed Tomography Arteriogram (CTA) and Magnetic Resonance Arteriogram (MRA): Tests that can show the large blood vessels in the brain. These tests may give your doctor more information about the site of a blood clot and the flow of blood through your brain.
- Carotid Ultrasound: Carotid ultrasound is a painless and harmless test that uses sound waves to create pictures of the insides of your carotid arteries. Carotid ultrasound shows whether plaque has narrowed or blocked your carotid arteries. Your carotid ultrasound test may include a Doppler ultrasound. Doppler ultrasound is a special test that shows the speed and direction of blood moving through your blood vessels.
- Carotid Angiography: Carotid angiography is a test that uses dye and special x rays to show the insides of your carotid arteries. For this test, a small tube called a catheter is put into an artery, usually in the groin (upper thigh). The tube is then moved up into one of your carotid arteries. Your doctor will inject a substance (called contrast dye) into the carotid artery. The dye helps make the artery visible on x-ray pictures.
Your treatment will depend on what type of stroke you have. Your doctor may prescribe medications. He may recommend surgery. You may need rehabilitation to restore language, speech, muscle, swallowing and eating.
Managing Your Condition
- Eat a heart-healthy diet.
- Aim for a healthy weight.
- Manage stress.
- Exercise regularly.
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In the article, Vitamin C Tablets are tested for effectiveness with a study on their efficacy against colds. The study found that when compared with placebo, the vitamin C group had a statistically significant benefit in time to recovery from a cold. Significance: In a study on the effectiveness of vitamin C as a supplement for colds, vitamin C tablets were shown to be effective. What are the Benefits of Vitamin C? Vitamin C is an essential vitamin that humans need to consume for good health.
Vitamin C is an important antioxidant and helps prevent colds and other cold-causing illnesses.
The body’s vitamin C reserves are limited, so even if we get enough vitamin C from food, it can’t last for a very long time.
Is Vitamin C a Good Antioxidant? Vitamin C possesses the ability to suppress the growth of cancer cells and, when taken in therapeutic amounts, may also reduce tumor size in patients with malignant tumors. Vitamin C also has been shown to be effective in treating osteoarthritis, migraines, and the flu. It may also have a role in reducing the risk of heart disease. The vitamin C content in food varies from one food to another, so it’s important that you know the vitamin C content of your food so you can choose foods that have high levels of vitamin C. Vitamin C is found in citrus fruits, broccoli, strawberries, kiwi fruits, papaya, bell peppers, tomatoes, and potatoes. A deficiency of vitamin C is called scurvy.
What are Effervescent Vitamin C Tablets?
Effervescent Vitamin C Tablets are tablet supplements that release the vitamin C into the stomach, making it easier for your body to absorb. You can obtain about 30% more vitamin C with this type of supplement than you would with a tablet without all the bubbles. How do effervescent vitamin C tablets work? Effervescent vitamin C supplements are a great way to get the vitamin C you need. Some of the most popular effervescent vitamin C tablets are called Orgain. These are coated with a little bit of potassium bicarbonate, which gives them the “bubbly” effect. The bubbles are very rarely harmful, but they can upset some people’s stomachs when taken with certain medications. If you have an upset stomach, consult your doctor before taking Orgain. Be sure to check out all of our great vitamin C products for more helpful information.
How do they work?
Vitamin C is a potent antioxidant that supports quick recovery from injuries. This means that when your body is struggling to get back to full power, vitamin C can help you regain your strength. When combined with other nutrients, vitamin C may have the ability to prevent certain types of cancer. Oral vitamin C supplements are not very effective because they are broken down in our digestive system. If you want the best chance of getting effective results, you should take it in capsule form. Studies have shown that a combination of vitamin C and other antioxidants is more effective at reducing the risk of cancerous cells than taking only one type.
What is the difference between Effervescent Pills and Effervescent Tablets?
Effervescent Tablets are made from powder. Typically, it’s mixed with water and the water is transformed into carbon dioxide gas which causes the tablet to bubble. The effervescent tablets don’t have a taste because of their contents, but they do have a neutral taste. Effervescent pills are made from a crystallized powder that’s mixed with salt or sugar and then dissolved in water. They have a slightly sweet taste that’s hard to miss.
What are some pros and cons of taking Effervescent Vitamin C Tablets?
Many people claim that Effervescent Vitamin C and Zinc Tablets are effective because they release their ingredients in a burst of bubbles. This can be an effective method for combating the effects of scurvy because it’s much easier to absorb this form of vitamin C than when taken as a juice or pill, according to some studies. However, there is not much research to back up the idea that this method of delivery is more effective than any other when it comes to using vitamin C and maintaining good health.
Another pro of effervescent vitamin c tablets is that they often don’t have a bad aftertaste, and many people do not have trouble tolerating them. The disadvantage of effervescent vitamin C tablets is that they don’t really replenish a person’s supply of vitamin C, as well as a liquid, would. The tablets cannot be chewed and the body has to absorb them through the stomach and intestines.
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The Six Crowns: Fair Wind to Widdershins
Allan Jones and Gary Chalk
Reviewed by Sophia McElroy (age 9) for Reader Views (2/12)
The search for the Six Crowns continues! In this second book by Allan Jones and Gary Chalk, Trundle, Esmeralda , Jack, and Pursy are now on the hunt for the Iron Crown. They must go to a faraway place known as “Widdershins!” The three friends - Trundle, Esmeralda and Jack - are on a search for the second crown. Pursy tries to help his friends find the crown, but it could be risky.
A scary and exciting part of the adventure was when Trundle was searching for the crown near a giant clock and all of a sudden the statues that were on the clock came to life! They were trying to keep him from getting the crown. One of the statues caught up with him, grabbed his leg and hung him upside down from the top of the clock.
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Career and Education Opportunities for Archivists in Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh, North Carolina provides a wide variety of opportunities, both career and educational, for archivists. There are currently 110 working archivists in North Carolina; this should grow by 16% to about 120 working archivists in the state by 2016. This is better than the nation as a whole, where employment opportunities for archivists are expected to grow by about 6.5%. In general, archivists appraise, edit, and direct safekeeping of permanent records and historically valuable documents.
Archivists earn approximately $18 hourly or $37,620 yearly on average in North Carolina. Nationally they average about $21 per hour or $45,020 annually. Earnings for archivists are better than earnings in the general category of Libraries and Museums in North Carolina and better than general Libraries and Museums category earnings nationally. Archivists work in a variety of jobs, including: records manager, manuscripts curator, and collections manager.
The Raleigh area is home to twenty-nine schools of higher education, including four within twenty-five miles of Raleigh where you can get a degree as an archivist. Given that the most common education level for archivists is a Master's degree, it will take about six years to learn to be an archivist if you already have a high school diploma, or just 2 years starting with a Bachelor's degree.
CAREER DESCRIPTION: Archivist
In general, archivists appraise, edit, and direct safekeeping of permanent records and historically valuable documents. They also participate in research activities based on archival materials.
Archivists preserve records and objects, copying records to film or computer formats as needed. They also furnish reference services and assistance for users needing archival materials. Finally, archivists organize archival records and design classification systems to enable access to archival materials.
Every day, archivists are expected to be able to see details at a very fine level of focus. They need to articulate ideas and problems. It is also important that they listen to and understand others in meetings.
It is important for archivists to authenticate and appraise historical documents and archival materials. They are often called upon to direct efforts of staff who help in arranging and maintaining collections of valuable materials. They also establish and administer policy guidelines concerning public access and use of materials. They are sometimes expected to develop and maintain accessible, retrievable computer archives and databases, incorporating current advances in electric data storage technology. Somewhat less frequently, archivists are also expected to direct educational and public outreach programs, such as tours and classes.
Archivists sometimes are asked to direct educational and public outreach programs, such as tours and classes. And finally, they sometimes have to establish and administer policy guidelines concerning public access and use of materials.
Like many other jobs, archivists must be thorough and dependable and be reliable.
Similar jobs with educational opportunities in Raleigh include:
- Audio-Visual Director. Prepare, plan, and operate audio-visual teaching aids for use in education. May record, catalogue, and file audio-visual materials.
- Curator. Administer affairs of museum and conduct research programs. Direct instructional, research, and public service activities of institution.
- Kindergarten Teacher. Teach elemental natural and social science, personal hygiene, and literature to children from 4 to 6 years old. Promote physical, mental, and social development. May be required to hold State certification.
- Librarian. Administer libraries and perform related library services. Work in a variety of settings, including public libraries, schools, colleges and universities, museums, corporations, government agencies, law firms, non-profit organizations, and healthcare providers. Tasks may include selecting, acquiring, and maintaining library materials; and furnishing reference, bibliographical, and readers' advisory services. May perform in-depth, strategic research, and synthesize, analyze, and filter information. May set up or work with databases and information systems to catalogue and access information.
- Library Information Technian. Assist librarians by helping readers in the use of library catalogs, databases, and indexes to locate books and other materials; and by answering questions that require only brief consultation of standard reference. Compile records; sort and shelve books; remove or repair damaged books; register patrons; check materials in and out of the circulation process. Replace materials in shelving area (stacks) or files. Includes bookmobile drivers who operate bookmobiles or light trucks that pull trailers to specific locations on a predetermined schedule and assist with providing services in mobile libraries.
- Museum Technician. Prepare specimens, such as fossils, skeletal parts, and textiles, for museum collection and exhibits. May restore documents or install, arrange, and exhibit materials.
EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES: Archivist Training
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Chapel Hill, NC
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 103 South Bldg Cb 9100, Chapel Hill, NC 27599. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a large university located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It is a public school with primarily 4-year or above programs. It has 28,567 students and an admission rate of 35%. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has bachelor's degree, master's degree, and doctor's degree programs in Art History, Criticism and Conservation which graduated four, ten, and four students respectively in 2008.
North Carolina State University at Raleigh - Raleigh, NC
North Carolina State University at Raleigh, 2101 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27695-7001. North Carolina State University at Raleigh is a large university located in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is a public school with primarily 4-year or above programs. It has 32,871 students and an admission rate of 60%. North Carolina State University at Raleigh has 2 areas of study related to Archivist. They are:
- Art History, Criticism and Conservation, bachelor's degree.
- Public/Applied History and Archival Administration, master's degree which graduated 10 students in 2008.
Duke University - Durham, NC
Duke University, 103 Allen Bldg, Durham, NC 27708. Duke University is a large university located in Durham, North Carolina. It is a private not-for-profit school with primarily 4-year or above programs. It has 13,871 students and an admission rate of 23%. Duke University has bachelor's degree, master's degree, and doctor's degree programs in Art History, Criticism and Conservation which graduated four, one, and two students respectively in 2008.
Meredith College - Raleigh, NC
Meredith College, 3800 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC 27607-5298. Meredith College is a small college located in Raleigh, North Carolina. It is a private not-for-profit school with primarily 4-year or above programs. It has 2,250 students and an admission rate of 69%. Meredith College has a bachelor's degree program in Public/Applied History and Archival Administration which graduated two students in 2008.
LOCATION INFORMATION: Raleigh, North Carolina
Raleigh is located in Wake County, North Carolina. It has a population of over 392,552, which has grown by 42.2% over the last ten years. The cost of living index in Raleigh, 88, is well below the national average. New single-family homes in Raleigh are valued at $217,600 on average, which is far greater than the state average. In 2008, 1,685 new homes were built in Raleigh, down from 3,224 the previous year.
The top three industries for women in Raleigh are educational services, health care, and accommodation and food services. For men, it is construction, professional, scientific, and technical services, and accommodation and food services. The average commute to work is about 22 minutes. More than 44.9% of Raleigh residents have a bachelor's degree, which is higher than the state average. The percentage of residents with a graduate degree, 14.4%, is higher than the state average.
The unemployment rate in Raleigh is 7.2%, which is less than North Carolina's average of 10.6%.
The percentage of Raleigh residents that are affiliated with a religious congregation, 43.8%, is less than both the national and state average. Highland Church, Hillcrest Church and Wake Chapel are all churches located in Raleigh. The most prominent religious groups are the Southern Baptist Convention, the Catholic Church and the United Methodist Church.
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College is one of the most fun times in a person’s life, but it can also be one of the most stressful. This time can be especially difficult if you’re worried about money, which is the reality for most students.
Finding balance between academics and having a social life without going broke can be exhausting. Are you looking to find a side hustle that will help supplement your time while in school?
Check out these seven clever ways you can earn extra money while in college.
1. Drive For Uber or Lyft
If you have a car, you’re already well on your way to becoming your own boss with rideshare. With companies such as Uber and Lyft being as popular as they are, becoming a part-time driver is one of the easiest ways you can make money.
Uber and Lyft drivers control how much they work and make their own schedules. You’ll never have to worry about your job interfering with your class schedule or social life.
You can complete a few rides before class, drive for an hour or two after class, or work on the weekends. If you attend school in a big city with a high demand for drivers, you’re likely to make even more money.
But no matter where you live, chances are, someone always needs a ride. For more info on driving for Uber or Lyft, check out this guide from Ridester.
2. Become a Tutor
Is there a math class you’re acing? Do you love talking about 18th century English literature? Chances are there are students out there who aren’t as excited about that subject as you and need some help. Regardless of your talent or personal passion, you might be able to make some extra money as a tutor.
Check with your college advisor or employment office to see if they have a tutoring program. They may be able to match you with students who need help understanding a particular subject.
If your school doesn’t offer tutoring services, consider starting your own small business. You might want to start with a few friends or fellow students from a particular class. Or you can hang flyers around campus or post about your services on social media as a way to build your client base.
3. Sell On Etsy
If you love to knit, craft, or create jewelry, look into opening an Etsy shop. Etsy can become quite a profitable side business. Not only can you make money, but you can make money creating something you love to make.
Check out the Etsy seller handbook for more info on how to open up your Etsy store.
4. Become a Dog Walker
Whether you consider yourself to be a dog whisperer or just love playing with puppies, this is the job for you. Platforms such as Rover and Wag! are great places to start if you want to become a part-time dog walker. All walkers must complete the training and application process, but once you’re all set you’ll be dog walking in no time!
5. Sell Your Clothes
Personal style evolves over time. If you moved to university with all your favorite clothes from high school, it might be time to part with a few things. Seasonal items aside, if you haven’t worn something in six months, you’re probably not going to wear it again. For anyone looking to make a few extra dollars selling their clothes, there are some easy ways to do so.
Plato’s Closet is a great place to sell your old or unwanted clothes. They’ll decide what items they think they can resell in their store and they’ll pay you for those items. Any items they don’t think they can sell are returned to you.
They love brand names, so if your closet is full of recognizable labels, you’ve got a good shot at making a quick buck. As for the things they return to you, you can always donate them to your local Salvation Army.
ThredUp is another service that makes it easy to make some extra money (and clean out your closet). Once you receive your large ThredUp envelope, place your unwanted clothes in and ship it back.
They’ll decide what they want to keep and resell. The things they don’t want to resell will be donated. For the items they do keep, they offer you money for each item.
6. Become a Babysitter
Were you the go-to neighborhood babysitter in high school? Then consider being a babysitter while you’re in college, too. Care.com is a great service where you can easily connect with families who need a sitter.
The more complete your profile is, the better you look to parents. Parents everywhere rely on Care.com to help them find local babysitters that they can trust.
If you want to take your babysitting skills to the next level, consider becoming a nanny for a particular family during the summer. It requires a great deal of responsibility but it can be a fun job and a great learning experience.
If you’re lucky, you might even find a family that will pay to take you with them on their summer vacation!
7. Become a Brand Ambassador
Is there a certain brand that you love? Look into becoming a brand ambassador and you might be able to get paid for repping them on campus.
The amount of money you can make varies depending on the brand, but it’s an excellent opportunity. If you do a good job for the brand, it just might turn into an internship or a full-time job after you graduate. Start your research by checking out Reppr.com to see a list of current opportunities.
Making extra money while you’re in college isn’t hard if you know where to look. A side hustle that you do on your own time and your own terms are perfect if you’re looking for flexibility.
From driving for Uber to babysitting for a local family, there are tons of fun and easy ways to make money as a student.
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All living beings have a secret code written in their bodies. The code is responsible for almost all physical and behavioral features of life. Brown or green eyes, tall or short height, and even our behavior, almost everything is pre-determined by the code. Half of our code comes from our mother and the remaining half from our father. That’s why it’s also responsible for the inheritance of traits from one generation to another. Reading this code can inform us about our health status, genealogy, and any future risks.
Whether you’re interested in getting sequenced yourself or just want to learn more about this exciting new field, keep reading! But first, I’d like to welcome the readers of JCSG.org. I hope you find this information useful.
What is a genome
The code of life is called the genome, and it is written in the form of four letters (ATGC) in different combinations. The human genome is made up of 6.4 billion such letters. These letters control most of who we are and even how we behave. Even a single change in the letter can cause substantial physical and functional problems in the body. For example, a one-letter change in the code that makes red blood cells would make faulty blood cells, i.e., causing sickle cell anemia. Another example is cystic fibrosis disease caused by the removal of only three letters from the genome at a specific location.
What is whole-genome sequencing?
Whole-genome sequencing is a technology that can read the complete genome. This includes the genome of humans, which is made up of 6.4 billion letters.
What is the purpose of whole-genome sequencing?
The purpose of whole-genome sequencing is to detect known genetic diseases and predict the risk of complex genetic diseases such as stroke or cancer. It can also help monitor new genetic diseases that are not known yet.
What is whole genome sequencing used for?
Whole-genome sequencing is widely used for research purposes. Researchers can study viruses and how they cause diseases. They study how the human body develops and performs regular functions in the womb.
What are the benefits of genome sequencing?
Genome sequencing provides a full resolution picture of the code responsible for who we are. Millions of years of evolution and inheritance can be observed in the genome. For example, 5-8% of the human genome is made up of viral genes accumulated through thousands of years of viral infections. Once you know your code, you will learn about any potential issues or known genetic risks. You will also learn about any genetic disorders that may be discovered later.
Imagine that scientists find that at site 20,545, if the letter “T” was changed with “A,” you are more likely to develop heart disease. If you have your genome sequenced, you can check the site and know if an A or T is present at the site.
What is the process for genome sequencing?
As the genome comprises four letters of DNA, the first step is to extract the DNA. Many sequencing technologies are available, but the most basic one is the chain termination method. In this method, fluorescent-labeled modified letters (A, T, G, C) are used that, when added to the genome, produce a color. We can precisely know the DNA sequence or the code by reading this color. For instance, ATGC is read like green, red, black, and blue. The whole human genome can be sequenced in days using automatic machines that can detect color.
What is the difference between genetic testing and genome sequencing?
Genetic testing, or DNA testing, is a service that sequences only a part of your genome and is what’s used for genetic genealogy. This is done to find important letters that play a vital role. Most genetic testing companies decode less than 0.02% of your DNA and assume that the remaining code is the same or unnecessary. For example, if you have ATCCGC as a gene, they sequence T because it is the most common place where a change can happen. However, knowing that T is present in the second place does not mean that your remaining sequence is correct.
Genomic testing provides more accurate results than genetic testing because it will give you a whole 6.4 billion-letter picture. Let us understand the difference with another example:
Imagine that there are two known codes, CLOCK, and BLOCK. Knowing that the first letter is C or B will give you an idea if you have a CLOCK or BLOCK, but it assumes that the remaining letters are the same and ignores the fact that it could also be BULL or CHALK. All combinations of ATGC are possible, even deletions or insertions of letters.
Is Next Generation Sequencing the same as whole genome sequencing?
Next-Generation Sequencing (NGS) is a technique (or a group of techniques to be more accurate). These techniques are used to read or sequence the full genome quickly. For example, it took 13 years for scientists worldwide to sequence the first genome. This was done using traditional sequencing technologies, which cost around 3 billion dollars. Thanks to the NGS, we can now sequence a whole human genome in a matter of days in a small laboratory.
How much does whole genome sequencing cost?
The cost of genome sequencing has decreased drastically in the past two decades. Currently, it costs around 100 dollars to sequence an entire human genome. However, sequencing will only give you the 6.4 billion letters. The more challenging part is making sense of such big data and what the letters represent. For that, we need bioinformaticians who can help us understand what it means to have a particular sequence.
What companies currently offer consumer tests?
Most of the companies offer genome sequencing services only to researchers. Only a few companies provide genomic sequencing to consumers. One company called Nebula Genomics offers such services. As sequencing becomes more affordable and post-sequence analysis becomes more efficient, the number of companies providing consumer genomics is expected to increase.
Does 23andMe do whole genome sequencing?
No, 23andMe uses genetic testing through common variants. The test determines what letters are present at important sites. For example, one person might have the DNA letter A while another person might have a C at a particular site. It only determines a fraction of the full genome, and the rest of the code is assumed to be the same.
Consumer genomics is an accurate and high-resolution approach to traditional genetic testing. However, it is expensive, and the data produced through it (making sense of 6.4 billion letters) is hard to analyze.
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Texas red star hibiscus is a very hardy plant that sports beautiful five-pointed red flowers for almost the entire summer growing season. Each flower, which can be quite large, lasts only a day, but a healthy Texas red star hibiscus can blossom up to several dozen flowers in a single day. These plants like lots of sun and also lots of water since they are related to the swamp mallow. They attract bees, butterflies and birds and can grow to a height of 7 feet. They grow best in growing zones 7 through 11, but as long as they get plenty of sun they can be grown in other zones as well. They are easily started from seeds.
Things You'll Need
- Texas red star hibiscus seeds
- Potting soil.
- Common yard soil.
- Spray bottle
Push two or three Texas red star hibiscus seeds 1/4 inch into a mixture of 50 percent potting soil and 50 percent common backyard soil in a medium-size pot approximately two weeks before the last frost. Cover the seeds with the soil mixture but do not compact it.
Water thoroughly with a spray bottle, getting the soil quite damp. Keep the pot in a sunny location where it receives up to one hour of direct sunlight each day (any more could bake the seeds). Keep the soil good and moist.
Look for the seeds to germinate within 10 to 14 days. Allow the plants to grow for four or five days and then thin by removing the smallest of the plants and leaving the largest and strongest.
Plant outside immediately when all possibility of frost has passed. Dig a hole with your trowel large enough to hold the soil and roots from the sprouting pots, mix a trowel full of potting soil into the hole and plant in a sunny location. Do not compact the soil more than necessary around the plants.
Water with a sprinkler until the ground is soaking wet. Allow the ground to dry slightly and then water frequently for large, abundant flowers. Your Texas red star hibiscus should start blooming within three to a maximum of four weeks.
Leave flower stalks on the plant to encourage seed production. Allow the seed pods to dry on the plant, then cut and store in a sealed baggie until ready to plant. Simply break the pod open and plant the seeds.
Cut the plants back to 4 inches from the ground after the first frost. If plants are growing in zones 7 through 11, your Texas red star hibiscus will regrow in the spring following the last frost.
Tips & Warnings
- Plant Texas red star hibiscus toward the back of your garden if you plan to mix other plants into the flowerbed, since this variety of hibiscus can get to be 7 feet tall.
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Organized Crime in Kansas City, Missouri
Book jacket reads: "The alliance between organized crime and politics was never stronger than it was in Kansas City, where the local Mob boss controlled the police department and terrorized elections.......
Our Big Cities Are Perils to the Republic
Essay on the "peril" presented to the general American public by "the character of the government of most large American cities" such as Kansas City with its Pendergast machine (not specifically mentioning...
Outlook for November II: Donnell Luck and Missouri Scandal
Article about the Missouri senatorial election predicted to be close between Republican candidate Forrest C. Donnell and the Democratic candidates, scandal-ridden by "the old Pendergast machine" including...
Entire two-volume series of the "Future" magazine focusing on the Pendergast machine of Kansas City and its various and nefarious activities and officials, with a penchant for sensationalism, propaganda,...
June 16, 1905
Chapter of the book about "the menace of the Pendergast machine" to federal justice in western Missouri from 1933 to 1939, during Tom Pendergast's term of illegal "statewide power" out of Kansas City.
Pendergast Photos Offer Proof of a KC Legend
October 19, 2012
Article on Pendergast family photographs used for a documentary on the Pendergast organization and Harry Truman. The photos were provided by Robert Patrick Pendergast, a grand-nephew of Tom Pendergast,...
Pendergast vs. Stark: Politics, Patronage, and the 1938 Supreme Court Democratic Primary
Article describes conflict between Tom Pendergast and Governor Lloyd Stark over appointments to State office and the contest between James V. Billings and James M. Douglas in the 1938 primary for a Missouri...
Perspective--Blood, Ballots and Boodle
Article congratulating the "outstanding job of machine smashing" in Kansas City by Maurice M. Milligan. Also his account told in his book about the political corruption of the Pendergast Machine all the...
Perspective: Reform in Truman's Town
Article about the resurgent efforts of the former Pendergast machine to return to power in the upcoming city elections, with speculations on President Truman's influence.
Perspective: Truman's Home State
Article about the influence of President Harry Truman as a Pendergast machine supporter in the 1946 Missouri state elections for national representative (supporting Enos Axtell) and senator (supporting...
Politics: Eyes on Kansas City
Article about the suspicions of another election fraud by the vestiges of the Pendergast machine and the investigations into it dealing with President Truman.
Politics: Is Tom Pendergast Really Dead?
Article describing the book by Professor Thomas Murphy about Kansas City's history of crime in city politics, from Old West days to the Pendergast machine and beyond.
Politics: Pendergast Trouble
Article about indictments of Kansas City government officials connected with the Pendergast machine for fraudulent procedures in the 1948 election, with supposed ties to President Harry Truman, etc.
Book review (written by William Reddig) of "The Inside Storyof the Pendergast Machine by the Man Who Smashed It" by Maurice Milligan, about the Kansas City Pendergast machine headed by Boss Tom Pendergast...
Power in Tax Laws: Elmer L. Irey Has Made All Evaders Fearful
Photo and biographical article about Elmer Irey, "the man directing the federal investigation of what happened to the mysterious $447,000 paid in the Missouri insurance compromise case" dealing with the...
Rebel at Large: Recollections of Fifty Crowded Years
Chapters of the book about Harry Truman and his rise to political power from Jackson County as a member of a local family of Jackson County Goats (especially his father).
Rebuilding the Police Department
Article expounding on the tenets of the new, corruption-free police department, following the fall of the Pendergast machine era of free "gambling, vice, protection of criminals, and inefficiency."
Registration and Election in the North Side
Essay against the voting registration fraud carried out in the "North Side," or Downtown, voting precincts.
Senn Lawler's Ready Talents
Biographical article about Senn Lawler, "publicity director and advertising manager here for Fox Midwest Theaters [from 1936 to 1954] before becoming division manager until his retirement in 1956." Description...
Sugar in Asphalt
Article about the business and city government fraud by John Pryor, "Democratic political leader and Kansas City's 'Paving King'" as a "silent partner" with Thomas Thomson in street paving and sewer construction...
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A WOMAN who spoke out against warlords is one of the first people to be elected to Afghanistan’s new parliament, in provisional results released yesterday.
As the troubled country takes its first steps towards democracy, Malalai Joya, 27, will take her seat in the Wolesi Jirga, or House of the People, representing the remote province of Farah.
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The Easter Rising of 1916 is one of the most pivotal events in modern Irish history, serving as a preamble to Ireland’s eventual independence in 1922. This year, the centennial anniversary is being celebrated nationwide; the primary celebration was held on March 27, Easter Sunday, commemorating the event which set the country firmly on the path to self-determination and the recognition of the Irish Free State.
The Free State was established in 1922 as a result of the Anglo-Irish Treaty of December 1921, ending the three-year Irish War of Independence between the forces of the self-proclaimed Irish Republic, the Irish Republican Army, and British Crown forces. However, the Easter Rising itself is considered Ireland’s own declaration of independence, which occurred the day Padraig Pearse (1879 – 1916), a former school master and political activist, stood on the steps of Dublin’s Central Post Office and read out a proclamation. The armed uprising continued into Easter Monday, April 24, 1916, and lasted for six days. Among those in support of independence were about 1,200 members of the Irish Volunteers and Irish Citizen Army who gathered at several locations in central Dublin. Included among these volunteers were members of the all-female Cumann na mBan, or the Irishwomen’s Council.
With much greater numbers and heavier weapons, the British Army suppressed the Rising. Pearse agreed to an unconditional surrender on Saturday, April 29, and he and fourteen other signatories or supporters of the proclamation were executed for treason less than a month later.
The coins, issued on the April 4, pay tribute to this historic day with a design that includes some the very words considered paramount to the proclamation. The primary focus of the coin’s design is the inclusion of the allegorical figure “Hibernia,” based on the statue which stands atop the General Post Office that served as the headquarters of the uprising’s leaders. The building was heavily damaged and almost destroyed by fire in the course of the rebellion. It was also shelled by the British admiralty gunboat, the Helga, anchored in the Liffey during the height of the fighting and not repaired until the Irish Free State government took up the task some years later.
The celebration of the after-launch of the Easter Rising coins was held on April 7. The event was opened by Lucy O’Donoghue, Manager of the Central Bank’s currency issue department, who had the pleasure of introducing the Bank’s newly appointed Deputy Governor, Sharon Donnery. Ms. Donnery spoke of the significance of the coins to the centennial celebration.
Deputy Governor Donnery began by mentioning the significance of the building that hosted the evening’s event, which played a part in the Easter Rising. She commented, “City Hall is a very appropriate location to mark the release of these coins. On that fateful Easter Monday of April 24th 1916, Captain Sean Connolly led the 2nd Company of the Irish Citizen Army from Liberty Hall, and took possession of this building. Among his small garrison here were ten women fighters including the formidable Helena Molony and Dr. Kathleen Lynn.”
She then added, “Getting a coin from its conception to issue requires a significant level of planning, and initial thoughts on these coins started back in 2013. The Proclamation of the Irish Republic, which was read by Patrick Pearse outside the GPO on 24 April 1916, was chosen as the central theme for our commemorative products.”
After her well-received comments, Deputy Governor Donnery then brought the coin’s designer, Michael Guilfoyle, to the podium and introduced him to invited guests. He spoke about the process of choosing the design, what his inspiration was, what he wanted to emphasize with regard to the anniversary, and the symbols he thought should be given precedence.
“The events of 1916 were hugely influential in shaping Irish history and this centenary is the perfect time to honour all those who played a part,” he said. “I therefore feel that this coin carries with it a lot of responsibility. I certainly felt the weight of responsibility when I was working on my designs.”
He continued, “The design is intended to appeal to as wide an audience as possible. It is an image of a proud Ireland with strong core values. It is also an image that will resonate with coin collectors as it recalls the famous female personifications of figures such as Marianne for France, Liberty for the USA and, of course, Britannia.”
After Guilfoyle’s comments, Deputy Governor Donnery took the opportunity to present the celebrated coin’s designer with the first strike of the silver crown coin. The coins were struck by the BH Mayer Mint in Germany to Proof quality on behalf of the Central Bank.
Senior members of the Irish Armed Forces were also in attendance for the post-launch. The Armed Forces were given pride of place during the official celebrations and parade on March 27 of this year, which was recognized as the centennial celebration for the occasion. Vice Admiral Mark Mellett, the most senior military officer of the Army, Naval Service, and Air Corps branches, was among invited guests and praised the design of the Central Bank’s newest collection of commemorative coins.
The coins themselves were made available to guests for purchase after the evening’s presentation. As the single €100 gold coin had sold out hours after their official release date on April 4, the coin example on display was only “for show.” Reaction and comment about the collector series has been exceptionally positive, with a significant number of both the single €15 silver coin and €50 gold coin being sold in the first three days of their release.
For more information on these and other coins available from the Central Bank of Ireland, please visit their Web site. International orders will be dispatched where applicable.
The splendor of the Dublin City Hall provided the most appropriate and historic setting for such an important event. Built between 1769 and 1779, it was originally the Royal Exchange, which provided a meeting place for Dublin’s businessmen to buy and sell goods and trade bills of exchange.
Dublin’s City Corporation bought the Royal Exchange at the beginning of the 1850s and converted it for use by city government. Partitions around the ambulatory were added as well as the construction of a new staircase from the Rotunda to the upper floors, and the sub-division of the vaults for storage. Finally, on September 30, 1852 the Royal Exchange was renamed City Hall during the first meeting of the Dublin City Council, which was held there. A beautiful series of frescoes was later added, representing the regions of Ireland; a corresponding floor mosaic showing city arms and motto was also commissioned.
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Rachael Long, Yolo County farm advisor and director of the Yolo County Cooperative Extension program, has lined up a group of outstanding speakers at her Pollination Workshop on Friday, Oct. 11.
Open to the public (no registration required), the event will take place from 8:30 to noon in Norton Hall, 70 Cottonwood St., Woodland.
You'll hear how hedgerows enhance biodiversity and provide crop benefits in agricultural landscapes, how insecticides reduce honey bee visitation and pollen germination in hybrid onion seed production, and why multiple stresses are hard on honey bees. Assisting her in coordinating the workshop is Katharina Ullmann, graduate student in the Neal Williams lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology.
Those are just a few of the topics.
8:30 to 8:35
Introductions and Updates
Rachael Long, Farm Advisor/County Director, UCCE Yolo County
8:35 to 8:55
"Hedgerows Enhance Biodiversity and Provide Crop Benefits in Agricultural Landscapes"
8:55 to 9:20
"Sustainable Pollination Strategies for Specialty Crops"
Neal Williams, associate professor, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology
9:20 to 9:40
"Insecticides Reduce Honeybee Visitation and Pollen Germination in Hybrid Onion Seed Production"
Sandra Gillespie, postdoctoral researcher in Neal Williams lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology
9:45 to 10:10
"Best Management Practices for Squash and Pumpkin Pollination"
Katharina Ullmann, graduate student in Neal Williams lab, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology
10:10 to 10:20
10:20 to 10:45
"Native Bee Nesting in Agricultural Landscapes: Implications for Sunflower Pollination"
Hillary Sardinas, graduate student, UC Berkeley's Environmental Sciences and Policy Management
10:45 to 11:10
"Restoring Pollinator Communities and Services in California Central Valley"
Claire Kremen, professor, UC Berkeley's Environmental Sciences and Policy Management.
11:10 to 11:35
"Maintaining Honey Bee Hives for Hive Health"
Billy Synk, manager and staff research associate, Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility, UC Davis
11:35 to Noon
"Multiple Stresses are Hard on Honey Bees"
Extension apiculturist Eric Mussen, UC Davis Department of Entomology and Nematology
For more information, contact Rachael Long at (530) 666-8734 or email@example.com.
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Vertimowing is one term used to describe the de-thatching process for lawns. The process is designed to remove the old dead layer of thatch from lawns, so that the lawn can regenerate itself while controling the build up of thatch at its base. Lawn thatch is usually made up both living and dead above ground runners (stolons), other organic matter, clippings etc.
This thatch layer will continue to increase over time, making the lawn spongy to walk on, while often also causing the lawn to be scalped from lawn mowing. So the vertimowing process to remove this thatch layer is very beneficial for many warm season lawn types.
However, Saint Augustine grass is very different, and responds very differently to vertimowing due to the way it grows its thatch layer.
Vertimowing Saint Augustine Grass
The thick thatch layer of St Augustine is a well known trait. The above ground runners (stolons) keep building up, slowly increasing the height of the lawn, which is more so when the lawn is grown in full sunlight conditions.
However, unlike most other warm season lawn types, Saint Augustine grass is very different from all of them, in that St Augustine grass doesn't have below ground runners, called rhizomes.
During the vertimowing process, much of the repair to regrow the turf is left up to the rhizomes below the ground, and without these below ground runners - St Augustine simply cannot regrow and repair itself after vertimowing like other lawn types can.
So in removing most of the thatch layer of St Augustine grass - we are also removing the only possibility of the St Augustine lawn surviving and repairing itself after vertimowing.
So Can St Augustine Grass Be Vertimowed
In theory, yes St Augustine grass can be vertimowed, however it would need to be done regularly before the thatch layer ever increased in thickness too much. And even then, the operator of the vertimowing machine would need to be very careful and experienced in his practice.
For the slightest mistake in removing too much of the top layer of St Augustine grass, and the entire lawn could suffer very badly, being unable to repair itself after dethatching.
Which is why many operators refuse to vertimow St Augustine grass. It can be risky.
And why we recommend the homeowner consider very carefully before they attempt de-thatching Saint Augustine grass themselves.
Some operators will vertimow Saint Augustine turf after inspection of the lawn, but be prepared that such contractors can be rare and hard to find.
Vertimowing Saint Augustine grass can be very risky, and the responsibility and accountability for any damage to the lawn, or even its eventual death as a result should be borne by the homeowner themselves, and as they will be usually advized by many contractors.
Other Options To Dethatch Saint Augustine Grass
Thatch is a major problem for all Saint Augustine grasses, even the new ones, and especially when we grow Saint Augustine grass in full sun. So as Saint Augustine lawn owners, we must always be aware of the thatch issue and to try and work around these things whenever possible.
We should also remember that Saint Augustine grass is a grass greatly suited to at least some partial shade and less so for full sun. The more direct sunlight a St Augustine lawn receives each day - the more thatch it can often grow at a faster rate, and as shade increases over St Augustine grass - so too does the growth rate and height of its thatch layer decreases as a response.
Cutting back the Saint Augustine lawn once a year in Spring can aid in reducing thatch.
And finally, regular lawn aeration with a lawn coring machine that uses tines can also be an option to reduce thatch in St Augustine grass. While most certainly not the best, nor often even an adequate solution to fully dealing with the problem of removing St Augustine lawn thatch. Lawn coring with tines can be another tool to aid in the overall process of controlling and removing thatch in Saint Augustine grass lawns, while simultaneously helping to increase the health of the turf itself. | <urn:uuid:c66aa09e-b17e-4aa2-af9e-f166fdafecca> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://saintaugustinelawncare.com/lawn-repair/can-saint-augustine-grass-be-vertimowed | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571758.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812200804-20220812230804-00674.warc.gz | en | 0.958597 | 856 | 2.5625 | 3 |
Maintaining large fields typically used for sporting events can be an expensive and laborious process. The iMat allows for easier maintenance in the areas of aeration and fertilization.
Large fields also require larger amounts of water. The iMat’s use of recycled water allows for less water to be used which means even athletic fields can remain environmentally friendly. One of the most special attributes of choosing the iMat for athletics fields is that because of healthier root growth, there is a higher resistance to foot traffic. Sporting events happen year round at all times of day, and because of the iMat’s unique subsurface design, the fields can be used 24*7 – even during irrigation. | <urn:uuid:01fd7336-91ee-4d4c-a26a-4e9604f546c8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://ecorainusa.com/imat-solution-in-action/athletic-fields/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573118.26/warc/CC-MAIN-20220817213446-20220818003446-00677.warc.gz | en | 0.927196 | 143 | 2.328125 | 2 |
Technology giant Toshiba is set to expand into a niche area of PC enterprise space. This time, the company plans on carrying this out with a pair of smart glasses, which will be supported by Windows 10 operating system. Even though this might sound a bit far-fetched, it is true that the firm is actively working towards ensuring that this takes place.
Dubbed as, ‘Dyna Edge AR Smart Glasses,’ the new product is being designed specifically for workers in the field. By workers in the field, we mean repair workers that pull up a blueprint or a warehouse worker that scans product barcodes. The frames come packed with a glass display that can easily be placed over one’s right eye along with an outward-facing camera, which can further be used to capture videos or pictures.
The computer will remain devoid of the headset. In other words, they can easily be connected to the mini-PC as well. “The specs are part of Toshiba’s Dyna Edge series, a line of compact computers that weigh less than a pound,” a report by PC Mag reads. “They will run on a sixth-generation Intel Core processor and include different memory configurations. The headset itself connects to the PC via a USB cable,” the report further adds.
One reason why Toshiba decided to go ahead with Windows 10 as its primary operating system, is because it is meant to be a real enterprise integration.
Furthermore, the company also reportedly tapped upon the Vuzix enterprise, which already manufacturers smart glasses. The firm recently released a demo, which showcases the smart glasses in its full glory. In the video, it can be seen that the smart glasses are meant to work like portable Windows 10 PC. One can easily access the Windows desktop through a simple tap on the side of the glass frames. | <urn:uuid:bbab9754-3054-4612-a1c3-2d8d0ed380ca> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.techandgeek.com/toshiba-set-update-smart-glasses-windows-10/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571584.72/warc/CC-MAIN-20220812045352-20220812075352-00665.warc.gz | en | 0.9485 | 378 | 1.6875 | 2 |
MISSION to Seafarers Newcastle will host this year’s annual Newcastle Merchant Navy Memorial Service in memory of the seafarers who died during times of war.
This year, the service will be held on Saturday 4 June at the Mission to Seafarers Newcastle building at 1100.
The first service as held in 1994 with the unveiling of the Newcastle memorial for merchant mariners lost in times of war, which sits on the Newcastle harbour foreshore.
According to Mission to Seafarers, the annual event coincides with the anniversary of the sinking of local steamer Iron Chieftain off Sydney on 3 June 1942. It was the first Australian ship sunk by a Japanese torpedo.
The Merchant Navy Memorial Committee has this year highlighted the sinking of Wollongbar off Crescent Head on 28 April 1943.
Owned by the North Coast Steam Navigation Company, Wollongbar was also torpedoed by a Japanese submarine. Of its crew of 27 seafarers, only five survived.
Mission to Seafarers said the annual memorial service not only connects the city of Newcastle with the mission and the maritime community, but also ensures the sacrifices of seafarers during times of war are not forgotten.
The Merchant Navy Memorial Committee has invited guests to arrive at the mission centre at 96 Hannell Street, Wickham, Newcastle at 1045 for an 1100 start.
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- Children needing transitional foster care are fleeing neighborhood violence and unsafe circumstances in Central America, with the commonest international locations being Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador.
- quarter-hour of play can spark hundreds of brain connections in your baby’s mind.
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- It has a tuck-away UPF hood to protect baby’s delicate skin.
- Parenting Now, formerly Birth To Three, is a personal non-profit group that provides parenting training and assist to families with young children.
Foster mother and father provide transportation to and from college, emotional support, and function a valued member of our therapy teams that help to evaluate and meet the needs of every baby. Those mother and father who wish to dial it down just a bit had been 32%, they usually Baby Boy Clothes choose a less direct means of addressing the query. They will inform their youngsters that babies are born when two folks love each other. However, there is 10% that give youngsters the answer that’s least anticipated; dad and mom can go to the shop and buy a baby.
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Topic 6: Usability Evaluation of IA Applications and Mechanisms. Azene Zenebe, Ph.D. Bin Mai, Ph.D. Presentation Outline. Introduction Usability of IA applications and mechanisms - Reviewed Usability Evaluation: What, When and Why Usability Specification for Evaluation
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Topic 6:Usability Evaluation of IA Applications and Mechanisms
Azene Zenebe, Ph.D.
Bin Mai, Ph.D.
1.Braz, C. and Robert, J.-M. Security and usability: the case of the user authentication methods. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conferenceof the Association Francophone d'Interaction Homme-Machine ACM, Montreal, Canada 2006 199-203
2.Garfinkel, S.L. Design Principles and Patterns for Computer Systems That Are Simultaneously Secure and Usable Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, Boston, 2005, 470.
3.Hoonakker, P., Bornoe, N. and Carayon, P., Password Authentication from a Human Factors Perspective: Results of a Survey among End-Users. In 3rd Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, (San Antonio, TX, 2009).
4.Josang, A., Alfayyadh, B., Grandison, T., Alzomai, M. and Mcnamara, J., Security usability principles for vulnerability analysis and risk assessment. in Twenty-Third Annual In Computer Security Applications Conference, (Miami Beach, Florida, 2007), 269-278.
5.Lazar, J. Web Usability: A User-Centered Design Approach. Pearson, Addison Wesley, Boston, 2006.
6.Nielsen, J. Usability Engineering. Morgan Kaufmann, San Francisco, 1994.
7. Rosson, M.B. and Carroll, J.M. Usability Engineering: Scenario-based development of human-computer interaction. Morgan Kaufmann, San Francisco, 2002.
8.Shackel, B. Usability - Context, Framework, Definition, Design and Evaluation. in Richardson, S. ed. Human Factors for Informatics Usability, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1991.
9.Shneiderman, B. and Plaisant, C. Designing the User Interface. Addison-Wesley, Boston, 2005.
10.Weir, C.S., Douglasa, G., Carruthers, M. and Jacka, M. User perceptions of security, convenience and usability for ebanking authentication tokens. Computer & Security, 28 (1-2). 47-62.
11.Whitman, M.E. and Mattord, H.J. Management of Information Security. Course Technology, Thomson Learning, Inc., Canada, 2004.
12.Whitten, A. and Tygar, D., Why Johnny can't encrypt? In USENIX, (1999). | <urn:uuid:439bb0b0-0de9-4292-a83e-3d6f031067a5> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.slideserve.com/halle/topic-6-usability-evaluation-of-ia-applications-and-mechanisms | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280310.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00191-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.754187 | 694 | 1.765625 | 2 |
are defined as organic compounds containing a formyl group. Aldehydes can be classified into formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, butyraldehyde, benzaldehyde, propionaldehyde, tolualdehyde, furfural and others. Properties and characteristics of aldehydes differs based on the remainder of the molecule apart other than just the formyl family group. Applications of each of the aldehydes differs depending on the containing chemicals. Aldehydes are primarily used in medical, industrial, food applications. On the industrial front, aldehydes are majorly used as precursor to various other chemicals such as acids, alcohols, resins etc. Formaldehyde is the largest and most commonly available segment of the formaldehyde group. Applications in producing resins is the major growth drivers of the formaldehyde coupled with increasing consumption in producing chemicals such as 1-4, butanediol.
This report identifies the aldehydes market
size in for the year 2014-2016, and forecast of the same for year 2021. It also highlights the potential growth opportunities in the coming years, while also reviewing the market drivers, restraints, growth indicators, challenges, market dynamics, competitive landscape, and other key aspects with respect to aldehydes treatment market.
Globally demand for aldehydes is expected to witness growth in the upcoming future due to consumption in end-use industries to produce agricultural urea and medical application. Asia-Pacific represents the highest market share in the global aldehydes followed by Europe and North America with the second and third highest market share amongst all the major regions. Demand for aldehydes is expected to grow fastest in the Asia-Pacific region driven by increasing demand for urea and growing consumption in the medical applications in the region.This report on aldehydes has been divided based on aldehydes type and application, which is segmented as
This report identifies all the major companies operating in the Aldehydes market. Some of the major companies’ profiles in detail are as follows:
- Global Aldehydes Market, By Product Type: Acetaldehyde, Benzaldehyde, Butyraldehyde, Formaldehyde, Propionaldehyde, Tolualdehyde, Others (Cinnamaldehyde, Vanillin, dialdehydes, Furfural)
- Based on applications Global Aldehydes Market, By Application: Medical Disinfectants, Pharmaceutical, Plastic Additives, Dyes, Agrochemicals, Industrial Applications, Others
- This report has been further segmented into major regions, which includes detailed analysis of each region such as: North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific (APAC), and Rest of the World (RoW) covering all the major country level markets in each of the region.
- Celanese Corporation
- Huntsman Corporation
- BASF SE
- Georgia Pacific Corporation
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4 Teacher: Then I looked again and saw all the oppression that happens under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and no one offered to help and comfort them. The oppressors exercise all the power, while the powerless have no one to help and comfort them. 2 It struck me that the dead are actually better off than the living who must go on living; 3 and, even better, are those who were never born in the first place. At least they have never had to witness all of the injustices that take place under the sun.
The imbalance of power creates many victims. Worldly power, sourced in corrupt systems “under the sun,” is on the side of the oppressor. Few are in the ditches with the broken and poor.
Teacher:4 Then I saw yet another thing: envy fuels achievement. All the work and skills people develop come from their desire to be better than their neighbors. Even this is fleeting, like trying to embrace the wind.
5 As the saying goes: The fool folds his hands to rest and lets his flesh waste away. 6 And it is better to have one handful of peace than to have two hands full of hard work and a desire to catch the wind.
7 Again I observed another example of how fleeting life is under the sun: 8 a person who is all alone—with no child, no sibling—yet he works hard his entire life. Still he is never satisfied with the wealth he gains. Does he stop to ask, “Why am I working so hard?” or “Why am I depriving myself of life’s simple pleasures?” This, too, is fleeting, like trying to catch hold of a breath; it’s a miserable situation.
9 Two are better than one because a good return comes when two work together. 10 If one of them falls, the other can help him up. But who will help the pitiful person who falls down alone? 11 In the same way, if two lie down together, they can keep each other warm. But how will the one who sleeps alone stay warm against the night? 12 And if one person is vulnerable to attack, two can drive the attacker away. As the saying goes, “A rope made of three strands is not quickly broken.”
13 A poor, wise youth is better off than an old, foolish king who no longer accepts advice. 14 For example, once a young man marched out of prison to become king; it had not mattered how poor he once had been in his kingdom. 15 I saw all those who live out their lives under the sun flock to the side of a second youth who took the king’s place. 16 There seemed to be no limit to all the people who were under his authority. Yet those who will come later will not be happy with him and will refuse to follow him. Even this, you see, is fleeting—power and influence do not last—like trying to pursue the wind.[a]
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سرکوب فرورزونانس در ترانسفورماتورهای قدرت با استفاده از تئوری آشوب
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Publisher : Elsevier - Science Direct (الزویر - ساینس دایرکت)
Journal : International Journal of Electrical Power & Energy Systems, Volume 45, Issue 1, February 2013, Pages 1–9
The main goal of this paper is the determination of the effect of the metal oxide varistor (MOV) on various ferroresonance modes including fundamental resonance, subharmonic and chaos mode which are generated in electrical power systems. Chaos theory is used for analyzing this effect. Also, the bifurcation, phase plan diagram and time domain simulation are used for this purpose. The proposed power system contains a no-load or lightly loaded power transformer. The magnetization curve of the transformer core is modeled by a single-value two-term polynomial. The core loss is modeled based on the flux of the transformer. The MOV modeled as a nonlinear voltage dependent resistance. The suppression effect of MOV on chaotic ferroresonance in power transformer is studied in this paper. The simulation results confirm that connecting the MOV to the transformer has a considerable suppression effect on ferroresonance phenomena.
The ferroresonance is a nonlinear resonance, which has result in multiple periodic and non-periodic modes in the system behavior. Considering system parameters and the initial condition of the ferroresonant circuit, it may settle to one of the following behaviors such as fundamental, subharmonic, quasi-periodic or chaotic resonances. Usually, the ferroresonance contains a nonlinear inductance and capacitances. The nonlinear inductance typically is a saturate magnetizing inductance of a transformer and the capacitance is a capacitive distribution cable or transmission line connected to the transformer. Ferroresonance phenomenon has been recognized and investigated in many papers as early as 1907 , , and . Isolated ferroresonant solutions in transmission lines have been investigated in , which presents the detailed analysis of the subharmonic mode of the ferroresonance and its sensitivity with respect to the length of the deenergised line. The study of the periodic ferroresonance in electrical power networks by bifurcation diagrams has been carried out in . The analysis of the lightning-caused ferroresonance in capacitor voltage transformer (CVT) has been given in . In the paper, a dynamic response to lightening and switching has been studied. So, the study investigates the effect of the lightning strike on a tower with a 132 kV CVT. The s-domain model of three winding transformer for modal analysis has been given in . The influence of non-differential components to the power system small signal stability region has been studied in . Considering the importance of the initial condition in the nonlinear systems, in , the impact of initial conditions on the initiation of the ferroresonance in the model of a 275 kV magnetic voltage transformer has been investigated. The transient response of a practical ferroresonant circuit has been studied in detail in . The iterative approximation technique has been used for the determination of the transient response due to sudden application of a sinusoidal voltage. The analysis of subharmonic oscillations in a ferroresonant circuit with the focused on subharmonic (period-3) ferroresonant oscillations has been given in . A novel analytical solution to the fundamental ferroresonance including power frequency excitation characteristic has been investigated in detail in . A method of protecting the voltage transformer against ferroresonance overvoltages with a compact active load has been developed by . The static VAR compensator (SVC) and the thyristor-controlled series capacitor (TCSC) analytical model, a systematical method for suppressing ferroresonance at neutral-grounded substations and the frequency response of the unfiled power flow controller (UPFC) has been simultaneously studied in . A sensitivity study on power transformer ferroresonance in a 400 kV power system is presented in . In that paper, the model of 1000 MV-400/275/13 kV power transformer has been described and the simulations have been compaired with field test results. The influence of supply, circuit and magnetic material parameters on the occurrence of the fundamental ferroresonance mode in a series inductance–capacitance–resistance (LCR) circuit with a nonlinear inductor has been discussed in and . The effect of the circuit breaker shunt resistance on the chaotic ferroresonance in voltage transformers has been studied in . The suppression technique of the ferroresonance phenomenon in the coupling capacitor of the voltage transformer has been given in . The impact of hysteresis and magnetic couplings on the stability domain of ferroresonance in asymmetric three-phase three-leg transformers has been discussed in . Mitigating the ferroresonance of 161 kV electromagnetic potential transformers by damping reactors in gas-insulated switchgear has been presented in . The frequency domain analysis of a power transformer ferroresonance has been studied in . The aim of the current paper is to show the controlling effect of MOV on clamping the ferroresonance overvoltages and the application of MOV as a practical solution for protecting power transformers against ferroresonance overvoltages.
نتیجه گیری انگلیسی
The dynamic behavior of a transformer in the case of occurance of ferroresonance has been studied including non-linearity in the core loss. Some modes of ferroresonance oscillation have been derived, and then it has been shown that the system greatly affected by MOV. The presence of the MOV results in clamping the ferroresonance in studied system. The MOV successfully limits the chaotic overvoltage to its marginal level. Therefore, in case of switching operation or phase opening causes ferroresonance oscillations in power networks, the transformer can be protected by using the MOV. It has been also shown that the core saturation plays a decisive role in determining the type of ferroresonance oscillations. The results show that a change in the value of the control parameter may originate different types of ferroresonance oscillations, MOV can clamp ferroresonance overvoltages, and the system shows a tendency to damp chaotic oscillations while saturation characteristic with lower knee point has been considered. | <urn:uuid:73624149-35ea-464a-95e9-e8caf570d02d> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://isiarticles.com/article/22612 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988722951.82/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183842-00210-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.894426 | 1,531 | 1.820313 | 2 |
Concepts of dryland farming systems incorporating biochar and carbon-rich biological fertilisers
Blackwell, P., Joseph, S., McHenry, M.P., Park, D. and Bellamy, P. (2009) Concepts of dryland farming systems incorporating biochar and carbon-rich biological fertilisers. In: 1st Asia Pacific Biochar Conference, 17 - 20 May, Gold Coast.
Future benefits to rural industry and communities from biochar and other anthropogenic carbon capture, depend on robust concepts and economic models which can provide confidence to those investing capital and time into new systems of rural activity and income. Due to the inherent difficulties in measuring and validating soil C pools, soil C is not currently considered within carbon pollution reduction schemes. Therefore it is it is necessary to build farming systems and produce specific biochar products whose viability does not depend on receiving income from carbon credits. This in itself may limit the application rates that biochars can be added to broadacre agriculture, as well as the present low price that is paid for renewable energy. In this paper we explore the application of specific biochar products within different farming systems to determine the likely return to the farmer and the biochar producer.
A systems and economic analysis for specific cases will indicate that:
1) Integration of groups of farms to support a local pyrolysis power station, and biochar production, with biomass plantation grazing, crop and pasture improvement and manufacture of biochar/mineral complex provides some possibilities of diverse income streams and perhaps a more robust business model than a single use of biochar from renewable energy; some scenarios are explored.
2) Fertiliser replacement by biochar/mineral/biological fertilisers may provide more rapid financial benefits if rates of application are low and material is made from low cost sources of biomass (eg thinning from plantations and waste), minerals and heat.
3) Energy generation through pyrolysis may become financially viable if the biochar/mineral/biological fertiliser produced can be sold at a price greater than $500/t.
4) The use of biochar in potentially high return applications, such as de-tannification of stockfeed, potting mix and turf applications, can also provide a strategy to increase the rate of return on capital investment.
5) The effect of biochar on crop production depends on both the method and rate of application.
6) Potential fertiliser savings achieved through the use of biochar may provide an income stream to help support the production of low cost biochar sources.
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On July 14, over 20 students of marine biology at the University of Panama hosted a talk on Responsible Fishing Practices. The day began with an organized outing to Isla Iguana, where the students and their professors talked about the importance of maintaining clean beaches in protecting wildlife, especially marine wildlife. Also in attendance were a group of activists from Pedasi, and members of the association of fishermen, APROPSERTUR. The group of over 30 participants then divided into smaller groups to spread out and cover as much ground as possible collecting trash. From toothbrushes to rusty oil barrels, the range of trash was diverse and detrimental to the island’s wildlife. The ANAM guard on the island explained that most of the time, visitors are very responsible about picking up their own trash, and what we were collecting refuse that washed up on shore from other parts. At the end of the morning, the group had over 40 bags of trash – a full boat’s worth to take back to shore.
In the evening, the students regrouped at the Azuero Earth Project Office to host a lecture on the importance of responsible fishing. In attendance were members of the community as well as APROPSERTUR, the association of fisherman and boat captains in Pedasi. After the powerpoint presentation, the students opened the floor to questions. Mentioned more than once was the importance of the distinction between industrial scale fishing and artisanal fishing. Most of the fishermen in the association use fishing poles rather than nets, with essentially eliminates bycatch.
Also discussed was the idea that consumers are not able to differentiate where their fish comes from, meaning that artisanally caught tuna has the same price as industrially caught tuna, with all the negative environmental implications that that entails. The idea was raised to create a labeling initiative to differentiate fish caught here in Pedasi, and to perhaps be able to charge more for the locally, responsibly fished tuna. Help us continue this conversation by checking out the link to the powerpoint presentation below, and add your comments below. Would you pay more for local, responsible fish? Have you traveled in communities where they have successfully implemented artisanal fishing marketing programs? Let us know! | <urn:uuid:e4dd31eb-a3c5-4d8e-9137-3c683b3fe200> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://proecoazuero.org/en/2014/07/17/students-university-panama-give-talk-responsible-fishing-practices/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882572161.46/warc/CC-MAIN-20220815054743-20220815084743-00473.warc.gz | en | 0.969961 | 446 | 2.90625 | 3 |
This piece is part of a series titled "Nonstate armed actors and illicit economies: What the Biden administration needs to know," from Brookings's Initiative on Nonstate Armed Actors.
The research reported here was funded in part by the Minerva Research Initiative (OUSD(R&E)) and the Army Research Office/Army Research Laboratory via grant #W911-NF-17-1-0569 to George Mason University. Any errors and opinions are not those of the Department of Defense and are attributable solely to the authors.
The incoming Biden administration will need to quickly grapple with fundamental decisions about its Afghanistan policy. As I wrote separately, the choices it makes will depend on which decisionmaking framework it will adopt and on the priority it gives to different policy objectives in Afghanistan: a) a maximalist counterterrorism insurance posture; b) preservation of existing gains; or c) U.S. geostrategic objectives regarding China, and Russia, countering pandemics, and addressing global warming.
Each of these objectives has vastly different policy implications for the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan and the U.S. posture toward various Afghan actors, including the Taliban and the Afghan government.
Prioritizing maximum insurance against counterterrorism
The Biden administration can prioritize counterterrorism goals in Afghanistan, specifically countering al-Qaida and the Islamic State in Khorasan. This prioritization translates into two policy options: a maximum-insurance counterterrorism policy, or a normalized counterterrorism policy (more on the latter when I discuss geostrategic objectives).
The maximum-insurance counterterrorism policy centers on keeping a limited U.S. counterterrorism contingent in Afghanistan for a very long time, at least until a peace deal is struck. This approach assumes that despite the commitments the Taliban made in Doha in February 2020, the Taliban cannot be trusted to deny al-Qaida and other terrorist actors the capacity to attack U.S. and allied targets. The United States thus seeks to maintain a quick-strike force in Afghanistan.
Such a counterterrorism posture in turn requires that the Taliban relinquish its core objective of ejecting foreign troops from Afghanistan and subject itself to the vulnerability that the U.S. counterterrorism force could hit Taliban targets. The Taliban is extremely unlikely to concede to that, especially if the United States does not guarantee that it will accept a prominent role for the Taliban in the Afghan government, but rather seeks to minimize it.
Maintaining a counterterrorism-only force in Afghanistan would require the United States to stand by as the Taliban pounced on Afghan provincial capitals and took ever-more Afghan territory. The Taliban is unlikely to halt military action and agree to a permanent, comprehensive ceasefire, since its bargaining position in negotiations with the Afghan government and in many side negotiations with Afghan powerbrokers is directly a function of its military strength. The Afghan government, for its part, would not tolerate the collapse of its territorial control and would demand military assistance from the United States beyond funding its forces. Most of Afghan security forces remain dependent on U.S. and NATO forces, even for defensive operations.
More likely, the United States would have to pursue such a maximum-insurance counterterrorism policy without an agreement from the Taliban. Yet within some months after May 2021 — by which time United States agreed to have withdrawn all of U.S. forces from Afghanistan in its deal with the Taliban — the Taliban would likely start shelling U.S. bases, perhaps with Iran’s assistance, and the United States would find itself on the cusp of a renewed war with the Taliban. The ground realities resemble Iraq’s — where pro-Iran Al-Hashd al-Shaabi militias regularly shell U.S. bases to drive the United States out — more so than Syria’s, where U.S. bases are in the territory of Kurdish allies and Russia has not yet decided to push the United States out of Syria. Prior to the Doha Agreement, Taliban regularly fired mortars at U.S. bases, and an armed actor in Afghanistan — likely the Islamic State in Khorasan — has now repeatedly fired truck-mounted missiles at U.S. targets.
Thus, the United States would have to maintain a counterterrorism foothold even as surrounding territories fell to the Taliban. If the U.S. wanted to slow the Taliban’s advance, it would need to increase troops beyond the 2,500 the Trump administration leaves in Afghanistan on January 19. However, restarting military actions against the Taliban and maintaining a U.S. military presence in Afghanistan also reduces incentives for the Taliban to uphold, however minimally, its Doha counterterrorism commitments. The Taliban has not severed its complex (including intermarriage) links with al-Qaida. But maintaining an open-ended U.S. counterterrorism force in Afghanistan could discourage the Taliban even from seeking to prevent al-Qaida terrorist actions emanating from Afghanistan — a less expansive but more important counterterrorism objective. Moreover, although the Taliban currently battles with the Islamic State in Khorasan, the Taliban could seek a détente with the group.
Prioritizing “preserving gains in Afghanistan”
Alternatively, the Biden administration could prioritize preserving the gains of the two past decades in Afghanistan, including the existing Afghan constitution, democracy, and human rights, including of minorities and women. In essence, this policy still seeks to defeat the Taliban — if not on the battlefield alone, then at the negotiating table. It can be prosecuted through two different means, both strongly welcomed by the Afghan government.
First, the United States could again dramatically increase U.S. military presence in Afghanistan and absorb the geopolitical, foreign policy, and domestic costs of doing so. But since 150,000 U.S. and NATO forces failed to defeat a then-much weaker Taliban a decade ago, there is little prospect a smaller U.S. and allied force would defeat a much stronger Taliban now. Nor has governance in Afghanistan improved enough to deprive the Taliban of popular support.
Alternatively, the United States could attempt to adopt a limited, but an open-ended, military presence that persists until the Taliban agrees to a peace deal that the United States and the Afghan government like. This would mean minimal changes to Afghanistan’s political dispensation and a token presence of Taliban in the Afghan government.
The “preserving gains” approach hinges on the hope that once the United States discards the May deadline for its military withdrawal, the Taliban will — for some reason — give up its strategic objectives and ignore its internal cohesion imperatives. That’s unlikely. For several years, the Taliban has been intensely pounding Afghan security forces and weakening them. The latter are continually, if slowly, losing battlefield and psychological ground. At best, this policy thus slows down the degradation of Afghan security forces and the rate of Taliban’s military gains. This is a repeat of the “hoping and praying” approach from 2015-2017, that somehow something will change on the battlefield and the Taliban will suddenly start making enough strategic mistakes to destroy itself.
Under this policy, the Taliban may walk away from negotiations for years to come. Meanwhile, this prioritization inflates the negotiating demands of the Afghan government. As long as the United States stays until a “good” peace deal is reached, the Afghan government bears few costs if negotiations collapse or drag on, and may easily prefer either. With Washington propping up the government, there are few incentives to make significant concessions to the Taliban or other Afghan powerbrokers rocking the government with their parochial ploys.
Even if negotiations don’t collapse, the Taliban may resort to shelling U.S. bases, or the United States may start hitting Taliban targets and drive it back to negotiations with reduced demands. Like in the maximalist counterterrorism policy, the United States thus slips back into open-ended fighting. Again, the Taliban loses incentives to uphold at least some of its counterterrorism commitments.
More broadly, an open-ended military deployment will raise tensions between the U.S. and regional powers — China, Russia, and Iran — none of which wants a sustained U.S. military presence in Afghanistan (even though they welcome the U.S. distracted and bogged down). Nor do they want intensified civil war as a result of the United States simply washing its hands of Afghanistan. Nor do they want a return to a 1990s-type Taliban rule. What they do want is a coalition government in which the Taliban is constrained; at the same time, each has made its peace with the Taliban. If the possibility of an extended U.S. presence becomes real, those powers could intensify assistance to the Taliban or assorted Afghan militias, or pressure Pakistan to deny the United States access to Afghanistan. That, in turn — Pakistan’s denial of U.S. access to its and ground lines of communication — would make U.S. and NATO deployments in Afghanistan struck. We don’t want a situation where Washington must subordinate the rest of its relationship with Pakistan to maintaining the access, even as Pakistan is not doing more to get the Taliban to reduce violence against Afghan and, eventually again, U.S. forces.
Prioritizing U.S. geostrategic imperatives and an end to the war
Third, the Biden administration could prioritize U.S. geostrategic interests: competition with China in the Indo-Pacific, countering Russia’s nefarious activities around the world, and countering transnational threats like pandemics and global warming, all while seeking to end Afghanistan’s 40-year-old civil war. Tens of thousands of Afghans are currently dying annually.
This prioritization recognizes that the Taliban is ascendant in Afghanistan and that the United States does not have the capacity, at any reasonable cost, to reverse that trend, even with a sustained military presence.
The United States would accept that the Taliban will become a strong actor in the Afghan government and that the political dispensation in Afghanistan would change as a result. Despite the Afghan government’s strong opposition, this prioritization would mean that the United States moves toward a posture of greater neutrality toward the Afghan government and the Taliban. The peace that could result can assure that America’s primary and secondary objectives in Afghanistan (mitigation of counterterrorism threats and an Afghanistan not dominated by a hegemonic power or a hostile government) are met, and allow the United States to extricate itself from Afghanistan. The United States would seek to minimize losses to its tertiary interests of pluralistic and inclusive processes and human rights, women’s rights, and minority protections.
In this scenario, the United States could — and should — seek to negotiate with the Taliban over a short-term extension of U.S. military presence, such as through the end of 2021. It would emphasize to the Taliban that the purpose of the extension is to avoid more fragmentation of the civil war and provide a better foundation for a stronger and more stable Afghan state in which, the United States accepts, the Taliban will play a strong role.
With or without the extension, the United States would shape the Taliban’s negotiating demands, behavior, and rule through economic and diplomatic carrots and sticks. It would offer and deny economic and diplomatic aid, recognition, legitimacy, visas, and the cancelation of sanctions or imposition of new ones. The United States would condition its engagement with the Taliban and aid flows to a future Afghan coalition government on some inclusivity in governance and some preservation of human rights, including for minorities and women.
The Taliban wants international legitimacy and understands the need to sustain Western aid flows to avoid a 1990s-like economic meltdown. But the Taliban has very little understanding of what is required to run a country in the 21st century, nor does it fully understand donor aid conditionality. Thus, the shaping strategy includes educating the Taliban about modern governing systems. This strategy will not result in the Taliban embracing democracy and civil liberties. Significant changes to Afghanistan’s political system can be expected. The changes in its formal constitution, and the persistence of informal practices, would make Afghanistan’s government system resemble various governments in the Middle East and Central Asia — not bastions of democracy.
U.S. counterterrorism policy, too, would become normalized. The United States would seek principally the Taliban’s cooperation in countering plots from al-Qaida and other terrorists against the United States and its allies, not necessarily the Taliban’s expulsion or handover of all al-Qaida members. This policy thus maintains incentives for the Taliban to comply with its Doha counterterrorism commitments. But the United States would center its Afghanistan counterterrorism policy on means other than U.S. military forces: off-shore strikes, perhaps the stationing of a counterterrorism strike force in Pakistan, U.S. homeland defenses and asset hardening, and even pro-U.S. militias (troubled and fraught as such policy is).
This policy accepts significantly scaled-down U.S. objectives and requires Washington to swallow not just one, but several bitter pills. Such a policy would be deeply disappointing to many urban Afghans. But it is a realistic policy that prioritizes U.S. important strategic priorities and domestic objectives. | <urn:uuid:90e1911e-cca7-482c-ad91-2fb0372250f8> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.brookings.edu/blog/order-from-chaos/2021/01/15/in-afghanistan-different-priorities-means-vastly-different-policies/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573667.83/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819100644-20220819130644-00067.warc.gz | en | 0.941937 | 2,696 | 1.632813 | 2 |
North Korea claims successful rocket launch
Test indicates long-range capability
North Korea claimed success today after launching a long-range missile just days before the one-year anniversary of the death of former leader Kim Jong-il.
The state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) called the launch of the Unha-3 rocket a “ground-breaking” event in a test Pyongyang insists is designed to put a satellite in orbit but which the United States sees as a violation of a UN Security Council ban on ballistic missile tests.
“The satellite has entered orbit as planned,” KCNA said in a statement which was later replayed in a triumphant special broadcast on state television.
North American Aerospace Defense Command said in a statement that the launch had appeared to be successful after the final section of the rocket reportedly fell into the East Sea off the Philippines, meaning it could technically reach territories within the US.
In Washington, National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor immediately issued a strongly worded statement accusing North Korea of violating international codes of conduct.
"North Korea's launch today... is a highly provocative act that threatens regional security, directly violates United Nations Security Council resolutions ... and undermines the global non-proliferation regime," he said.
Today's launch, which comes just five days before the anniversary of Kim Jong-il’s death, triggered plans for an emergency session of the UN Security Council which has already imposed a series of sanctions on North Korea.
In Seoul, President Lee Myung-bak convened an emergency meeting of the National Security Council half an hour after the test took place.
The launch marks the second attempt at a long-range rocket test by North Korea’s young leader Kim Jong-un following the death of his father.
Today’s events took many observers by surprise after experts said recently that North Korea’s plans were facing technical difficulties after Pyongyang extended the timeline for the test.
In October, North Korea claimed it had already achieved missile technology capable of reaching the US although many analysts dismissed the claims after a failed test of the same rocket in April.
Today’s test marks what appears to be the first confirmation that North Korea has achieved the technology to potentially fire a long-range nuclear warhead, expanding its threat beyond traditional enemies South Korea and Japan.
Deprivation may turn into frustration making it is easy for some Rohingya to accept extreme ideologies
To engage in ecumenical dialogue means confronting the social evils of caste, communalism, gender discrimination and violence
Some 400 churches will get together to clean stagnant water where dengue-carrying mosquitoes breed
Several churches and organizations united to face down attacks on Christians in an atmosphere of political upheaval
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Over half of all RV owners travel with their pets. Those that do will tell you that many of their best memories on the road centered around their animals. Pets make great travel buddies and bringing them along can help to make the open road feel a lot more like home. So skip the dreaded goodbyes, take your beloved fur babies along, and discover why so many people are RVing with pets!
If you don’t want a wild ball of uncontrollable energy traveling with you in your RV, you’ll need to make sure your pet gets plenty of exercise. While this may sound like a hassle, it will actually help to enhance your journey and your health. Giving your pets time to run, fetch, and release energy gives you time to stretch your legs and check out some new and unknown locations. Follow your pets cue and get some exercise yourself. Long car rides encourage you to be sedentary for a long time, so it’s good for both you and your pets to get out of the car and get active!
It’s smart to select a brand of pet food that is easily accessible and readily available at a range of locations. Mixing up your animal’s food can cause digestive issues, and traveling down the highway is not when you want to deal with a bout of your pet’s diarrhea. If you are planning on camping remotely or dry camping, make sure you bring enough food and water to last. Feeding your pet at the same time each day will help you better anticipate when bathroom breaks will be needed. Bring some treats along with you too. In addition to being a tasty snack for your pets, chew treats in particular can help to stimulate them and keep them busy when you can’t.
When you have a reason to make frequent stops, you’ll find yourself in some unfamiliar places and you might just stumble upon a hidden small-town gem that you would have otherwise driven right through. Think of your pet’s potty breaks as a chance for you to see more of the world more closely, which is the whole point of RVing anyways! Just remember to carry around a supply of poo bags, and use them! Nothing gives people who RV with their pets a bad name like those who don’t pick up after their animals. If you’re planning on using a litter box, put down some sticky carpet protectors to cover the area around the box so that you stop litter from getting into your carpeting.
Develop a Routine
Animals like to have a schedule that they can count on. When your pets know what to expect, it lessens their anxiety and helps calm them. Try to feed and exercise your pets around the same time everyday. In addition to this helping you best pinpoint when bathroom breaks are needed, it will help your animal adapt to the ever-changing ways of the open road. When you are more predicable, your pet’s behavior will be less unpredictable and easier to handle.
Even if you are not planning on RVing with your pets, it is important to get them microchipped. Microchipping is relatively inexpensive and can save you a lot of worry and heartbreak in the unfortunate case of losing your beloved animal. In addition to being microchipped, always make sure your pet is wearing the proper ID tags. It won’t help much when you’re on the road if your pet’s ID tag has your home address and phone number on it. Instead, get them some travel tags that include a working cell phone number and perhaps your RV license plate number.
Always keep your pet in the same vehicle as you when you’re traveling. It can be traumatizing for your animal to be alone when the rig is moving. Use pet seat belts, harnesses, or travel carriers to avoid an injury to either you or your pet. At 55 mph, a 20-pound animal hits with 1,000 pounds of force. For safety and peace of mind, secure your animal inside of the vehicle. Keep a kennel in your unit and lock your pet inside when you are forced to leave it alone. Put down the blinds and turn on a radio to help them feel more secure and less stressed. Never leave your pet in the RV if you think it may get too hot or too cold. Wireless temperature monitor devices can be installed to let you check the temperature of your rig remotely and ensure that your pet is comfortable.
Make sure you stay in places that allow pets. Contact campgrounds ahead of time to double-check that you can bring your animal. For example, Timber Ridge RV Resort is a pet-friendly campground, but they ask that you contact them ahead of time if you plan on bringing any furry friends with you. Some campgrounds have breed restrictions, weight restrictions, or limitations on how many pets you can have, so be aware of those and avoid campgrounds that support breed-specific bans. Most national parks don’t permit pets, so be aware of the places you want to stop at and what you plan to do if your pet isn’t allowed to join you.
One of the biggest downsides of RVing with a pet is the added cleaning. Animals can track in a lot of dirt on their paws and in their fur. Give your pets occasional baths and groom them frequently, especially if you are traveling with a long-haired animal. To keep the dirt at a minimum, put a towel down in front of your door and wipe your pet’s paws before they enter the unit. Regardless of if your pets join you on your RVing adventures or not, you are inevitably going to have to deep clean your RV eventually, so don’t let this minor inconvenience stop you from taking your pets along!
Packing For Your Pet
After you’ve prepped your RV for travel, don’t forget to prep your pet for travel too! Bring along your pet’s bedding; in addition to this giving them a comfy place to lay, it will give your RV the calming and familiar scent of home. Pack them some toys, food and water dishes, poo bags, a leash, and any medications they may have. Be aware of where you are traveling and potential pet problems that are unique to the area, such as heartworm or fleas and ticks. It might be a smart idea to pick up a pet gate which can keep your animal from escaping whenever you enter or exit the RV. You will also want to bring your pet’s heath/vet records, as you may need them to access campgrounds, dog parks, or kennel services. Lastly, make sure your pet doesn’t leave the house without their travel ID tags! If you’re not sure of how to accommodate all your pet items with the limited space you have, check out these organization hacks and make the most of the room that you and your pets have to work with.
Benefits of RVing With Pets
Stay Warm: When you’re RVing with a pet, you can forget about those chilly nights! If you’re ever cold in bed, just invite your pet to join you. Sleeping is a whole lot cozier snuggled up beside a warm animal!
Stay Safe: Traveling with a pet can help you feel more protected, especially if you are a solo traveler. Animals can warn you of potential threats and dangers before they happen, giving you a greater sense of safety!
Stay Happy: It’s hard to ever feel lonely when you’re RVing with a pet. Animals make great companions, and they can keep you company on the open road. Bring your pet along and give yourself a listening ear to talk to.
Good Pet Etiquette
It is important to follow good “petiquette” because you don’t want to have a negative impact on other RVers who travel with their animals. If you have nearby neighbors, it can be a considerate move to break the ice, and let them know they can approach you if your pet does anything to bother them. When you love your pet, it can be easy to overlook things that may annoy non-pet owners. Strive to be a good representative for the community of people who travel with their pets and follow these basic guidelines at the very least:
- Obey Leash Laws: Don’t let your pet run off-leash where it is not permitted.
- Clean UpAfter Your Pets: You brought those poo bags along for a reason!
- Don’t Disturb Neighbors: Keep your pets from barking constantly.
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Jordan's King Abdullah informed Israel on Sunday he will not renew two annexes of the 1994 peace treaty between Israel and Jordan concerning territory leased to Israel. In a meeting with senior Jordanian officials in his Amman palace, the king said that the Jordanian government relayed an official message to Israel on the matter.
The territories in question are known in Arabic as al-Baqura and al-Ghamr, and Naharayim and Zofar in Hebrew.
“Baqoura and Ghumar were at the top of our priorities,” King Abdullah tweeted. “Our decision is to terminate the Baquoura and Ghamar annexes from the peace treaty out of our keenness to take all decisions that would serve Jordan and Jordanians."
Israel leased the land for 25 years upon the signing of the treaty. The deadline for renewing said leases of the treaty is this coming Thursday.
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Naharayim is located south of the Lake Kinneret, in the north of Israel, while Zofar is south of the Dead Sea, in the southern part of the country. Both are located on the Jordan-Israel border.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reacted to the announcement on Sunday, saying Israel intends to negotiate with Jordan over extending the lease. "There is no doubt the agreement is an important asset," he said at a memorial for the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, adding the peace deals with Jordan and Egypt are "anchors of regional stability."
King Abdullah has faced ongoing pressure from the Jordanian parliament not to renew the leases, and to return the territory to full Jordanian sovereignty. Eighty-seven lawmakers have also signed a petition on the matter.
Last Friday, protesters marched in Amman demanding that Jordan reclaim sovereignty over the territories in question, with some demanding Jordan cancel the entire peace treaty with Israel.
In September, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that Trump's peace team had offered him a political plan based on forming a Palestinian-Jordanian confederation. According to Abbas, he told the administration that he would only agree to such a plan if Israel is part of the suggested confederation. The White House denies the plan.
Relations between Israel and Jordan have been strained over the past few years over issues such as the status of Jerusalem and the Temple Mount, lack of progress with regards to Israeli-Palestinian talks and, more specifically, the shooting by an Israeli Embassy security guard in Amman of a Jordanian citizen after the Jordanian allegedly tried to stab him. A Jordanian bystander was also shot and killed in the incident.
The shooting, which took place in July 2017, sparked a diplomatic crisis between Jordan and Israel.
Israel appointed a new ambassador to Jordan in February 2018, seven months after the shooting incident. Israel immediately withdrew its embassy staff, including the ambassador at the time, Einat Schlein.
Jordan refused to allow Schlein to return to the embassy, and expressed indignation over how Israel depicted the incident and the warm reception that she and the guard, Ziv Moyal, received from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on their arrival in Jerusalem. The Foreign Ministry's appointments committee, however, had praise for Schlein and reiterated the ministry's intention to appoint her to another post reflecting her abilities.
The resumption of operations at the Israeli embassy in Amman was made possible after Israel expressed regret over the shooting and agreed to pay compensation to the families of the two Jordanians who were killed. Last month, the Jordanian newspaper Al-Ghad reported that Israel had paid a total of $5 million to the two families and the family of a Jordanian judge who was killed at the Israeli border crossing at the Allenby Bridge in 2014.
In June, Netanyahu met Kind Abdullah in Amman for the first public meeting since 2014. The two spoke about regional developments, advancing the peace process and the economic ties between the two countries. This was taken as a sign that the relationship between the leaders had stabilized after the shooting incident.
Naharayim is also notorious for a terrorist attack that took place three years after the Jordan-Israel peace treaty was signed, in March 1997. A Jordanian soldier opened fire on a group of Israeli teenage girls who were on a school visit to the site, which includes a historical train station and hydroelectric power station. Seven Bet Shemesh pupils died in the attack and six were wounded before other soldiers stopped him and came to the aid of the victims. Following the attack, King Hussein of Jordan stationed Bedouin guards to replace the Jordanian ones at the entrance gates.
King Hussein also visited Israel to pay condolence visits to the families of the girls who were shot. The gesture touched Israelis and did much to defuse the crisis.
Jordan released the soldier, Ahmad Daqamse, from prison in 2017. He was unrepentant after his release from prison Sunday, lashing out at Israelis with harshly derogatory remarks. Daqamseh would have received capital punishment but a military court deemed him mentally unstable and gave him life in prison, which in Jordan typically means 25 years. Jordanian lawmakers lobbied for his early release.
"This announcement would mean a catastrophe for agriculture. It'll affect about 20-30 farmers and about 1,000 dunams that will be transferred to the Jordanians. It's a disaster for Zofar. As it is, the situation of agriculture is not great," Eyal Blum, the head of the Central Arava Regional Council, where Zofar is located, said in response.
"The agricultural areas in the Zofar enclave are very significant for the security of the region, the state, for livelihoods and agriculture in the central Arava. It is inconceivable that after so many years, the world order will change. I call upon the prime minister of Israel to solve this crisis immediately," Blum continued.
"We are surprised and disappointed by Jordan's announcement. We have had good relations with the farmers on the other side of the border for many years. We believe that this is not the end of the story and that Israel will find the way to negotiate with King Abdullah," Idan Greenbaum, the head of the Jordan Valley Regional Council, which includes Naharayim, said Sunday. | <urn:uuid:9ea4b2d4-a15e-42bb-b4de-38178f474bad> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2018-10-21/ty-article/jordan-canceling-parts-of-peace-treaty-with-israel-king-abdullah-says/0000017f-e388-d804-ad7f-f3fa54dc0000 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571869.23/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813021048-20220813051048-00069.warc.gz | en | 0.973362 | 1,310 | 1.960938 | 2 |
After publishing no peer-reviewed science in 2021, two papers I'm a co-author on were published this month!
The first (Vijay et al. 2022) looks at how different conservation goals for people and nature tend to align and conflict: identifying both win-wins and trade-offs to inform conservation priorities. The second (James et al. 2022) is an analysis of scientific publications by staff at The Nature Conservancy split by gender, along with recommendations to improve the ability of women (especially from the Global South) to publish research. Let me know if you have questions about either after reading the summaries below!
I've also got an interesting article on the IUCN Red List of threatened ecosystems, and a great framework to think through freshwater conservation needs and approaches.
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GENDER AND SCIENCE:
James et al. 2022 analyzed almost 3,000 peer-reviewed scientific publications with at least one author from The Nature Conservancy (TNC) by gender of the author(s) - all that we could find from 1968 to 2019. Roughly 1/3 of the TNC authors and authorships (# authors * # papers) were women, even though 45% of conservation and science staff are women. Most authorships were in the U.S. - 85% overall and 90% for women. This means men (especially men in the United States) are publishing at a significantly higher rate than women. We close with several recommendations to help shrink this gap. Some are aimed at individual scientists (e.g., self-education on bias and systemic barriers, asking men to collaborate more with women as male-led papers have far fewer women co-authors than female-led papers, and asking lead authors to be more inclusive in determining whose contributions merit being listed as an author), and others are aimed at organizations (e.g., providing more resources and support for women who wish to publish, especially for women who don't speak English as a first language). I learned a ton from both the data and my co-authors on this one, and we have another 1-2 papers on the subject coming which will get into the results of a survey the lead author did to get deeper into the experience of how gender impacts not only publication but perceptions of influence and career advancement. Note that our available data listed everyone's gender as male, female, or unknown - apologies to those who we misgendered or otherwise failed to reflect their lived experience with a relatively simple binary analysis (especially as gender diverse people appear to be even more underrepresented in science publications).
You can read blogs about the article at https://www.nature.org/en-us/newsroom/published-science-gender-gap/ and https://blog.nature.org/science/science-brief/conservation-science-publishing-has-a-gender-problem/
As conservation organizations try to work towards multiple goals, Vijay et al. 2022 asks whether we can protect places that efficiently advance multiple goals at once, or if we have to pick between places good for one goal but that perform poorly for others. We looked at opportunities to advance five benefits by protecting land in the contiguous United States: vertebrate species richness, threatened vertebrate species richness, carbon storage, area protected, and recreational usage. Specifically we looked at Return On Investment (ROI) meaning the benefit score compared to the cost of the land (as a proxy for difficulty of protecting it). The results are a bit complicated: this paper focused only on unprotected habitat which is predicted to be converted by 2100, and with that framing the four environmental benefits were both highly correlated overall (r 0.89-0.99) and had a lot of the "top sites" in common (the highest scoring places for one benefit often had a top score for another benefit, 32-79% of the time). Recreation had less in common with environmental benefits (r 0.5-0.52, only 7-13% of the top sites were also a top site for another benefit). That still shows a lot of opportunity for win-wins across the nation! However, if you DON'T constrain conservation to places where land use is projected to change by 2100, win-wins are harder to find (as shown in the Supplementary Information). Species richness and area were the most compatible with a high r of 0.58 and 24% of top sites in common, and area and recreation were the least aligned, with an r of -0.65 and no top sites in common. There's a lot of interesting stuff in the paper (including comparing how three hypothetical policy scenarios score on each benefit), and I've written a slightly longer summary here: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sciencejon_conservation-science-goalsetting-activity-6948122284528197632-OH0S/
You're probably familiar with the IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species - which ranks how at risk species around the world are. Comer et al. 2022 is an analysis for the Red List of ECOSYSTEMS for North America - looking at the risk of ecological collapse for 655 terrestrial ecosystems considering: current extent, how much historic extent has been lost, degradation from historic fire regime, and disruption of biotic processes (focused on invasive species and landscape fragmentation). They found 1/3 of ecosystems were threatened, and Fig 2 shows which types of ecosystems were the most threatened (like Mediterranean Scrub & Grassland, which had the highest % of extent that was threatened, and Tropical Montane Grassland & Shrubland, which had the highest % Critically Endangered). Fig 1 has a great pair of maps showing both current and historic extent of all assessed ecosystems (colored by threat level). There is also an excellent discussion of the challenges and limitations in doing an analysis like this (section 4.2). Despite these limitations, this provides a useful complement to species-focused prioritizations (like range-size rarity).
Higgins et al. 2021 (from a team of scientists and lawyers) argues that since freshwater species are declining faster than terrestrial species, and effective durable freshwater conservation is typically harder to get right, we need more thoughtful design of freshwater protection and management. They offer a framework to do that, beginning with key questions (about things like what you value, key ecological attributes [KEAs] to conserve, threats to ecosystems, and protection options), which is summarized in Figure 1. Table 1 is extremely useful: it outlines 5 key ecological attributes that freshwater systems need: 1) hydrologic regime / healthy flow, 2) connectivity , 3) water quality (nutrients, sediment, toxins, etc.), 4) habitat (riparian, in-stream, other wetlands), 5) species (diversity, abundance, invasives). Table 1 also lists threats, Table 2 has conservation options, and Table 3 has helpful and relatively simple examples to get you started. Doing this work is hard! But I found this article to be a great challenge to keep thinking beyond protecting the land around freshwater ecosystems, and planning for what they need over the long-term.
Comer, P. J., Hak, J. C., & Seddon, E. (2022). Documenting at-risk status of terrestrial ecosystems in temperate and tropical North America. Conservation Science and Practice, 4(2), 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.603
Higgins, J., Zablocki, J., Newsock, A., Krolopp, A., Tabas, P., & Salama, M. (2021). Durable Freshwater Protection: A Framework for Establishing and Maintaining Long-Term Protection for Freshwater Ecosystems and the Values They Sustain. Sustainability, 13(4), 1950. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13041950
James, R., Ariunbaatar, J., Bresnahan, M., Carlos‐Grotjahn, C., Fisher, J. R. B., Gibbs, B., Hausheer, J. E., Nakozoete, C., Nomura, S., Possingham, H., & Lyons, K. (2022). Gender and conservation science: Men continue to out‐publish women at the world’s largest environmental conservation non‐profit organization. Conservation Science and Practice, January, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12748
Vijay, V., Fisher, J. R. B., & Armsworth, P. R. (2022). Co‐benefits for terrestrial biodiversity and ecosystem services available from contrasting land protection policies in the contiguous United States. Conservation Letters, February, 1–9. https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12907
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I need to preface this piece by saying I have possibly a rather different view on issues around criminal justice than many people do. Criminal justice issues are always going to be complicated and nuanced. Criminal behaviour is both an individual choice and a social issue.
I have the perspective as an autistic person who many years ago was victimised and also was a perpetrator. I will say that my offending was definitely NOT because I am autistic although I was taken advantage of by a criminal man who was a predator and this was my initial introduction to the criminal justice system and things just sort of got worse from there. Since 2000 I made a lot of changes in my life to be where I am now but it was hard start.
I met Polly Samuel who I knew then as Donna Williams in 2004. My autism diagnosis was then ten years old. It wasn’t long after I met Polly that she told me she thought that I should write my life story. The reason I stopped objecting and wrote Finding a Different Kind of Normal was this: Polly told me that she spoke at parent groups and there were often parents who would sit right up the back and leave before the socialising and cup of tea at the end of the meeting. Polly told me these were the parents of autistic young people caught up in the criminal justice system and they felt ashamed and excluded and if I wrote the book it would be for that group of parents and their kids. It took me a few minutes to realise that this would include my parents too. I finished writing it in four weeks and editing it in two more. I guess I had something of an incentive!
As Polly demonstrated, criminal justice system involvement is something of a taboo with most people and seems to be even more so in the autism community. I suspect this is probably due to a very big issue which persists today – that of stereotyping and using myths about autism to justify blaming criminal behaviour on autism itself. By implication, we are all emotionless, cruel monsters who don’t know right from wrong. The idea of autistic people ‘not knowing right from wrong’ is pervasive in this space and is particularly damaging…and totally false I might add. If not knowing right from wrong was part of autism presumably we would all be in prison! Another harmful myth is around us apparently lacking empathy. This myth has done so much damage across a number of domains and is a pet hate of mine. It seems to have started from some quite flawed research but has since taken hold in wider society. In actual fact autistic people are generally very high in empathy but we tend to experience and express it differently to neurotypical people which for people looking for things ‘wrong’ with us presumably provides something of a justification.
In some instances, including a notable recent case in Victoria, Australia, autism has been presented by media outlets as an actual reason for offending behaviour, which is not only incorrect, it is also adding fuel to the fire of people who would hate and revile autistics and it adds considerably to stigma individual autistics face in the world.
Some people in the community are so horrified by these myths around autism and criminal intent playing out that they deny that any autistic person commits criminal acts. Sadly that is not the case either. Autistic people can and do commit crimes for a range of reasons. Some of these reasons relate to us being exploited, manipulated or taken advantage of by others with genuine criminal intent. There are other similar issues – autistic people being desperate to win approval of peers or a partner, which was what put my on my own very shameful path. In other cases autistic people can be accused and even convicted of crimes which were not committed with any intent but were misinterpreted. The movie I am Khan has an example of this – and is an excellent and very moving film too! Sometimes criminal acts are committed by autistic people who have been mercilessly and continually bullied and victimised and retaliate. Autistic people also commit crimes for the same kinds of reasons other people do. It is a small minority of autistics who become caught up in the justice system but it does happen, as I am living proof of I suppose!
As you are reading my blog I imagine you have some idea of who I am and what work I do in the Autism community. I am one of those people who was swept under the rug. I was a person with huge issues around offending behaviour yet now I am seen as a role model and a community leader. We are responsible for each act we make.
Stereotyping and demonising autistic people is not going to address anything in the justice space or anywhere else for that matter – it will not reduce offending behaviour. What it will do is generate more prejudice and stigma. It will almost certainly confuse judicial staff, corrections staff and police. This is a huge issue as many employees in the justice system could really benefit from accurate, sensible autism training and knowledge. First responders particularly need better autism knowledge and disability knowledge more broadly as a matter of safety. And way beyond the justice system, these sorts of stigma and myths will contribute to autistic people being demonised and victimised across the board. I say no myths and no taboos – both are damaging. Let’s just help support people and work to ensure the world is a safer and more inclusive and respectful place. | <urn:uuid:3a3eea2b-1690-4149-9270-89cdf8cc4452> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://yennski.com/2018/06/20/autism-and-criminal-justice-beyond-myths-stereotypes-and-denial/?like_comment=1975&_wpnonce=1f49b1ad57 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571909.51/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813051311-20220813081311-00268.warc.gz | en | 0.982427 | 1,078 | 1.664063 | 2 |
I agree with Levi Bryant’s recent post on the matter of cynicism. We have every reason to be skeptical of social media. There is no doubt that ideolgical and capitalistic motives lie behind the arguments for social media. Hell, in most cases, such motives are front and center. Should we be skeptical of Instagram or Facebook or Coursera? I think so. But should we be skeptical about the premise of networked sociality in itself? Or should we be looking to adapt/invent practices for this environment? Levi writes that as a result of cynicism “We thus strangely find ourselves in the same camp as the climate change denialists, the creationists who use their skepticism as a tool to dismiss evolutionary theory, and those that would treat economic theories as mere theories in the pejorative sense and continue to hold to their neoliberal economics despite the existence of any evidence supporting its claims. We critique everything and yet leave everything intact.” It’s a bold argument perhaps, as it equates what we imagine as the height of intellectual behavior (critique) as functionally equivalent to some of the more blantant examples of what we would term anti-intellectualism. However, I think the same thing could be said for our treatment of social media.
Let’s face it. “Publishing” one’s work in a print journal that languishes on a dusty shelf in an academic library is a fairly minimal definition of making something public. So the real issue here is that we are simply not accustomed to our work being discussed in public. Ever. Period. | <urn:uuid:383e13bf-6779-41a4-ac6d-1d21339625ce> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://dangerouslyirrelevant.org/tag/alex-reid | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280504.74/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00137-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943187 | 329 | 1.679688 | 2 |
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Mary Ann Glendon is the eighth Ambassador of the United States to the Holy See, and by most measures she's probably the nominee least in need of on-the-job training. Glendon is a veteran Vatican insider, having represented the Holy See at the 1995 Beijing conference of the United Nations on women, and having served as president of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences -- the first woman to head a pontifical academy. A professor at the Harvard Law School, she's also an expert on international legal theory.
Though her ambassadorship is likely to be short, expiring with the end of the Bush administration, it's already been eventful. Just two months into her term, Glendon found herself a key figure in Pope Benedict XVI's April 15-20 trip to the United States, especially his April 16 meeting with U.S. President George Bush.
I sat down with Glendon at the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See on Wednesday to talk about the relationship between the Vatican and America -- its strengths as well as some enduring differences, including contrasting analyses of the war in Iraq and the role of the United Nations.
The full text of our interview appears here: Glendon interview . The following are excerpts.
NCR: It seems that the stock of the United States, and of the American Catholic church, has never been quite as high in the Vatican as it is right now in the wake of what is seen as a remarkably successful trip to the United States. Would you agree?
Glendon: I would, and I would say that the reason partly has to do with long-time preoccupations of Cardinal Ratzinger, now Benedict XVI. Even in his early writings, he was fascinated by the United States as a place where many different religious could not only coexist peacefully, but flourish. That's linked to another old preoccupation of his, which is the significance of different branches of the Enlightenment. The French Enlightenment had such hostility to religion, and that was absorbed into European culture. The English and Scottish Enlightenments were compatible with religion, and when they went to the United States, they formed the background of the culture.
I see many parallels between Benedict and de Tocqueville … the European who is fascinated with the United States, who does not regard the United States as a model to be copied, but rather as an example that proves that something is possible. If it's possible there, it would be possible in another form over here. … When he came, his affection for the United States was palpable.
You've experienced a time when things were not so harmonious between the Holy See and the White House. You represented the Holy See during the U.N. conference on women in Beijing, when the Clinton administration was on the other side. To what extent is the quality of the U.S./Vatican relationship dependent upon a particular administration, versus dynamics that continue in and out of season?
It's not really dependent, at least exclusively, on a relationship between two administrative entities. There is a large sympathy between the Holy See and certain very prominent currents in American culture, and those currents obtain whether the administration is Republican or Democratic. One can predict, of course, that with a Democratic administration, or even perhaps with a different kind of Republican, that there will be, to use the church's terminology, some 'neuralgic points.' But it's a conversation that has an entirely different tone and quality from the conversation that goes on in Europe. … We have the kind of conversations that in Europe aren't being had, for the most part … for example, about faith in public life.
If you can put yourself back in the atmosphere surrounding the Beijing conference, would you have said the same things about the vitality of the relationship between the United States and the Holy See at that time?
It's a good question. What it reminds me of is that the principal antagonists of the Holy See's delegation at Beijing were the representatives of the European Union. I remember being asked the question about whether there was an 'unholy alliance' between us and the Muslim countries, and I said, 'no.' Look, we vote with them on some issues, but we also align ourselves with the United States on many issues that have to do with poverty in the Third World and assistance to the neediest people in the world. We don't have alliances, holy or unholy, with particular groups. We have alliances on particular issues.
But you're saying that even then, it was clear that from the Vatican's point of view, the problem was Europe?
Yes, Europe. At that time, Spain was in the presidency. The European Union delegation was voting in a bloc.
Five years ago, there was a deep division of opinion between the Holy See and the Bush administration about the wisdom of going to war in Iraq. Are we now in a position where, if something like Iraq were to flare up again, we wouldn't see the same differences, or is this a conversation that still needs to take place?
Definitely a conversation that still needs to take place. With the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, of which I'm still allowed to be a member, even though I've stepped down from the presidency, in 2009 the subject of the academy's meeting will deal with these issues … in fact, probably 2009 and 2010.
Why is the conversation not over? Because neither we in the Catholic just war tradition nor the international law community has really sorted out how we are to think about this whole question of humanitarian intervention. We have not sorted out the whole question of why we would recognize the right of Kosovo, to declare its independence from Serbia, but not, say, the right of Puerto Rico to declare its independence from the United States. All these issues really are still much debated, much discussed. What needs to be particularly rethought is the question of what do you do when there is a threat from non-state actors, this whole question of terrorism.
Let's assume that two months from now, the U.S. administration were to make a decision that some kind of intervention in Iran was unavoidable. Would we see the same sharp divisions with the Holy See that we saw five years ago, or has something changed?
I think we would see a vigorous discussion. Within the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, there is a discussion going on. Within the international legal studies community, to which I belong, there is a discussion going on. Within my own law faculty, there is a discussion going on. I think honest people are genuinely perplexed about how we apply principles, upon which all of us can agree, to these situations, particularly the situation of non-state actors … including when they're being harbored by states.
Another traditional area of tension has been the role and powers of the United Nations. Many people heard in Pope Benedict's reference to "multilateralism" in his address to the U.N. a sort of gentle chiding of the foreign policy of the Bush administration. Did you hear it that way?
No. I was not only there listening, but I have re-read that speech two or three times since then, because it will be the basis of a forum that we will have here at the embassy on Oct. 16, and it will be the basis for the 2009 meeting of the pontifical academy. So, I have a special interest in that speech.
Here's what I would say about it. The key word in that part of the speech, I think, is 'subsidiarity.' There's a couple paragraphs where the pope expresses his appreciation of the fact that there are a growing number of areas where what needs to be done can't be done expect at the higher level. Even though the doctrine of subsidiarity would push as many questions as possible down to the lowest level that can deal with them well, you need an organization like the United Nations for a whole range of questions, which he enumerates. When he talks about what the United Nations should be doing, and when he talks about sovereignty, he says two times in the speech, 'within the limits imposed by international law and by the charter of the United Nations.' The charter itself, actually, is ambiguous about exactly where the line is between what one nation can, and out of duty to its own citizens, must do unilaterally, and what has to be done at the multilateral level. What I heard was the pope very carefully raising the issues that are still very much under discussion.
Wouldn't it be fair to say that the Holy See is a bit more deferential to the United Nations than the United States would be, for example on the decision to intervene in Iraq?
Yes, the way you put it I think is correct. The Holy See itself is like the U.N. It is an entity with a worldwide scope of interests, and worldwide preoccupations. The United States is a nation-state … with worldwide interests, but it's a nation-state. To use your term, I would say that it's natural that one entity similar to the United Nations in worldwide scope and concerns would be more deferential, and more sympathetic. Also, you have to keep in mind that a nation-state, a sovereign state like the United States, has responsibilities to its citizens, to protect its citizens, which are different from the responsibilities that these two multinational entities have.
Is it your expectation that you will finish your term at the end of the Bush presidency?
If McCain were to win and asks you to stay on, would you be open to that?
I'll cross that bridge when I come to it, but I came to this job with the thought that it's going to be a short ambassadorship. The main thing I had clear in my mind was that I have to have some definite project that I could complete in a year. The 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights seemed perfect. The pope has mentioned that so many times, so I said in my interviews in the State Department and in my confirmation hearings, when I was asked what I plan to do, that I'm going to commemorate the 25 years of our diplomatic relationship by honoring the document that contains most of the principles to which the United States and the Holy See are both dedicated. We'll have four conferences, culminating in January 2009 on the actual anniversary of the document.
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Whenever the subject of Pope Benedict XVI's health comes up these days in Rome, comparisons to Leo XIII are very much in the air. Elected in 1878 at 68, Leo served until he was 93, marking the third-longest pontificate in church history. Given Benedict's obvious stamina during his recent trip to the United States, this appears a credible parallel indeed.
(Not everyone, it should be noted, drew this seemingly clear conclusion from the pope's performance in the States: http://ncrcafe.org/node/1765 )
Nonetheless, the fact that the pope is 81 cannot help but stimulate that corner of the Catholic brain given to pondering the future, even if no one seriously believes that a transition is anywhere on the horizon. For those looking around to see who might have the "right stuff" to be a future pope, a Vatican press conference this week regarding next October's Synod of Bishops on the Bible took on a whole new level of significance.
Among the presenters at the press conference was a man who strikes many church-watchers as a rising star: Archbishop Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture.
Ravasi is a former collaborator of the emeritus archbishop of Milan, Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, even if Ravasi was sometimes seen as less flexible than Martini on moral and dogmatic questions. A highly cultured soul passionate about art and music, Ravasi revitalized the storied Ambrosian Library in Milan, turning it into an important center of civic life. He also became an important popular writer, penning articles for the major Italian secular paper Il Sole delle 24 Ore as well as the Italian bishops' own daily, L'Avvenire.
Many Italians believe that when Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi of Milan turns 75 next March, Ravasi will be an odds-on favorite as his successor. Even in his present position, however, Ravasi is in line to become a cardinal whenever Benedict XVI next decides to hold a consistory. When that happens, Ravasi, 65, will almost certainly figure on most short lists of papabile, meaning candidates as a future pope.
According to Italian vaticanista Sandro Magister, Ravasi was in line to be appointed bishop of Assisi in 2005, but that nomination was blocked due to concerns about an essay he wrote in 2002 on the subject of Easter titled, "He was not raised; he arose." Some saw Ravasi's thinking as potentially heterodox. Given that background, most insiders saw his appointment at the Council for Culture as a personal decision of Benedict XVI, made outside the normal bureaucratic channels.
(Editor's Note: Ravasi is a subject of a profile in the May 16 issue of NCR.)
Monday's press conference offered another bravura Ravasi performance.
He began with a trademark flash of humor. He noted that a recent international poll sponsored by the Catholic Biblical Federation about familiarity with the Bible originally surveyed nine countries, and is now being expanded to include four more. He wryly suggested that perhaps one more country ought to be surveyed, bringing the total to what he called the "Biblical number" of 14: the Vatican City-State.
"There might be a surprise or two" in how much occupants of the Vatican actually know about the Bible, he laughed.
Ravasi then offered a five-point overview of the findings of the new study. He was nothing if not erudite: By my count, he managed to quote Paschal, Erasmus and Umberto Eco once, and Nietzsche twice, in the course of a roughly fifteen-minute presentation.
For example, apropos of apparently strong support in many countries for educating the young about the Bible, Ravasi quoted Eco: "Why should our children be expected to know everything about the heroes of Homer, but nothing about Moses?"
On the cultural level, Ravasi argued, the Bible is a touchstone of Western identity, and if it's lost we lose some essential part of ourselves. He noted that even a virulent critic of Christianity such as Nietzsche once remarked that "between the Psalms and the poetry of Petrarch, we experience the same difference as that between our home and a foreign country."
On the spiritual level, Ravasi observed that for centuries, the Bible, especially the Psalter, was the great prayer book of the church. He called for a new commitment to prayer with scripture, including personal, private prayer. He cited Erasmus to the effect that scripture should be part of the "atmosphere" of Christian life.
Such wit and wisdom clearly recommend Ravasi as future church leader. Of course, that doesn't make him a slam-dunk papabile: Some might prefer a pope from outside Europe, at least outside Italy; some might think two scholar-popes in a row would be pushing the envelope; some conservatives may harbor reservations about Ravasi's doctrine or his politics.
What the "papal April" of 2005 should have taught us, however, is that matters such as one's stand on the issues, or one's geographical background, generally fade inside a conclave, while perceptions of personal qualities become much more decisive. At that level, it's not difficult to imagine that Ravasi might get a serious look whenever the time comes.
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On Wednesday, the sad news reached me in Rome that Tim Unsworth, the legendary author and columnist for the National Catholic Reporter, had died after a long illness. My brief remembrance of Unsworth can be found here: http://ncrcafe.org/node/1780 and an obituary is here: http://ncrcafe.org/node/1776
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Sunday, December 12, 2004
First it was the CDC informing us about the dangers to be found in holiday decorating. Now, Britain's Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA), has issued guidelines on how to host a safe and successful office party.
According to RoSPA, the way to a safe Christmas party involves the following:
"Resist the temptation to photocopy parts of your anatomy," RoSPA and the Trades Union Congress (TUC) said. "If the copier breaks, you'll have Christmas with glass in painful places."
"Dancing on desks could do them and you a lot of damage," they said. "Likewise, the boardroom table is meant for weighty documents, not overweight executives."
Candles, flaming Christmas puddings and cigarettes should be avoided at all costs.
Stepladders, not swivel chairs, should be used to hang tinsel and mistletoe, which should not be hung near sources of heat.
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Jaguar tattoo ideas for men and women with realistic designs for the sleeve, arm, forearm, chest, small or large. Jaguar tattoos and meaning.
There is no wonder why so many people choose to get jaguar tattoos considering the symbolism associated with this cat.
Originally from Central America, the jaguar makes a great tattoo subject. A jaguar tattoo design can be inspired by the intricate Mayan and Aztec art, as well as American traditional art and wild animal realism.
Realist Jaguar Motif Tattoo Art
Tattoo artists continue to push the envelope when it comes to permanently applying tattoo ideas on the skin. Artwork that employs a photorealistic approach is among the most striking examples of an artist’s talent and dedication. Tattoos that are realistic or photorealistic mimic the look of a photograph or a real-life 3D object.
As one of the most painful areas on the body, the chest should only be covered with designs that directly relate to you. Inking this area can be painful due to its thin skin and proximity to bone.
Jaguar Tattoo Design
No matter what the color or the design, whether it is in full color or black and gray; on a women’s shoulder or across a man’s entire chest, a realistic jaguar motif is a striking design.
Jaguar Tattoo Meaning
As the strongest of all large cats, Jaguars are also associated with ferocity and killer instinct, so this is a well-deserved reputation. The jaguar is used as a primary stylistic element in more contemporary tattoo ideas, such as geometric jaguar tattoos or realistic jaguar tattoos.
Unlike other places, hand tattoos are able to make a strong statement. It’s impossible to miss this piece since we use our hands so much, which is the whole purpose of getting inked here.
Aztec and Maya Symbol Tattoo
The Jaguar and Eagle were highly valued by the Aztec and Maya civilizations because of their fierce nature. Many people choose jaguar tattoos that incorporate warrior and animal totem motifs. Traditional Aztec tattoos are popular. They reflect a warrior’s, shaman’s, or some other important entity’s social status.
Tattoo of Jaguar
The jaguar bite is stronger than any other big cat’s. Crocodilians and turtles with their hard shells and thick hides can be bitten by their teeth. Those who prefer minimalistic designs will be intrigued by simple tattoos, which are as fresh and meaningful as complex ones. This art has a simplicity that is beautiful; it often focuses on basic shapes and outlines and avoids colored ink and shading.
Black and Gray Jaguar Tattoos
It is important that tattoos express a person’s sense of style and taste, and the ink one wears should reflect that sense. Ink’s beauty enables some people to choose black and gray work that suits their personality, while other people prefer bright colors. There is a wide range of black tones and many shades of gray to choose from for black and gray tattoos.
Black Ink and Linework Jaguar Ink
Using this subdued approach, you can perfectly capture the Jaguar’s distinctive spots. Other large cats such as the leopard, cheetah, snow leopard, panther, or tiger can also be tattooed with this method. Marks are used as the basis for linework tattoos, just as they are in printmaking. No pigment fields are used to shade; instead, measured ticks are used.
Color Jaguar Tattoos
With its unique black spots and tawny yellow background, Jaguar’s unique pattern provides artists with ample opportunities to showcase their skills when grading color tones. Tiger tattoos may appeal to some, while black panther tiger tattoos may do the same; however, many people feel that a jaguar’s coat is more intriguing. Because of the technique used, colored tattoos tend to fade more quickly, especially light colored ones.
Tattoos on the forearm have many benefits, but the ease of visibility is one of the most important ones. The design on your forearm can be shown or hidden at will, allowing you to see it whenever you want and reminding you of why you got it.
Neo-Traditional Tattoo Design
Artists can explore a limitless range of topics and ideas through neo-traditional work. A jaguar tattoo can incorporate a variety of elements, such as skulls, tribal patterns, or floral imagery – which makes it a great choice for anyone who wants to ink a lot of things into one tattoo.
Traditional Jaguar Tattoo
Its clear black lines, vivid colors, and minimal shading characterize traditional tattoos, also known as American, Western, or Old School tattoos. This is the core of traditional style and makes it one of the most bold and iconic tattoo styles available.
The Jaguar is a powerful animal with great instincts. Because of that, native people have promoted legends about them throughout history. Jaguars used to be associated with karma and religion.
South America’s Jaguar is the largest of the big cats and is the third largest in the world. The fur of these animals is usually tan or orange with black spots, called “rosettes” because of their rose-shaped spots. In some cases, jaguars are so dark that they appear without spots.
Because of their size, strength, and predatory skills, jaguars are considered one of the “big cats.” Tigers, leopards, cheetahs, and cougars are also part of this grouping.
What Do Jaguars Eat ?
The Jaguar is an opportunistic hunter and is capable of hunting anything and everything. Jaguars feed on capybaras, deer, tortoises, iguanas, armadillos, fish, birds, and monkeys among many other things.
South America’s largest animal, the tapir, and large predators like the caiman are no match for them. When hunting, Jaguars are both nocturnal and diurnal, as they hunt both during the day and at night. They can travel up to 10 km (over 6 miles) a night when hunting.
Jaguar Tattoo Meanings
Jaguar tattoos are often depicted as an image that represents strength and courage, which is what they represent in terms of symbolism. Their long existence on Earth despite many environmental changes also makes them a symbol of health, vitality, and good luck!
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Teaching Thursday: Teaching What You Don’t Know
This past week, I read T. Huston’s Teaching What You Don’t Know, largely on the recommendation of Anne Kelsch and her fantastic summer reading list. I spend a good bit of my career teaching courses that are at the absolute fringes of what I know. In fact, I am far more drawn to class that touches on at least some material outside my main field of study. It may sound perverse, but I spend plenty of time pondering the wonders of the ancient world; so I never feel particularly slighted if I don’t have to talk about antiquity in each and every class that I teach. In an ordinary semester, I teach Western Civilization I, which begins and ends beyond the chronological limitation of my knowledge, The Historians Craft, which is part historical method and part historiography neither of which constitute a particular specialty of mine, and once a year I teach Graduate Historiography, which only touches briefly on any scholar who I have studied intensively. In short, most of my time is spent teaching what I don’t know, if content is the main criteria by which teaching knowledge is evaluated.
As Huston points out, most of us end up teaching outside our area of specialty sometime during our academic careers. This is as much a reflection of the narrow scope of most graduate expertise as the nature of undergraduate curricula that tends to be equal parts conservative in the division of knowledge and cutting edge in the move to cross/trans/inter disciplinary research. For example, my Western Civilization class is a very traditional way of introducing students to European history which probably fits awkwardly with the methods, approaches, and concentrations most new history faculty experience in Graduate School. At the same time, the expanding influence of digital methods in history and the influence of social science and other disciplines with the humanities ensures a constantly revised body of post-structural/modern/colonial critique.
In some ways, we are always teaching what we don’t know and, as a result, this book provides numerous helpful observations to manage the experience of teaching at the edge of understanding. While many of these are almost self-evident (e.g. read what you have assigned before the class begins… does this really count as advice?), some deal with how to manage student expectations. In history, it is always amazing to meet a student who is under the impression that we have taken the liberty of memorizing all of the primary sources. Managing student expectations is central to moving from the solid ground of content mastery (after all, I can list all the Roman Emperor and their dates of rule, can you?) to the far more marshy ground of teaching method or encouraging students to explore new approaches, analyze new texts, and imagine new problems.
It’s hard to overstate the importance of these techniques in a field like history where teaching content is giving way to teaching method, the ability to teach what you don’t know is all the more important. After all the real test of understanding comes only when a student confronts a foreign body of information and deploys successfully the techniques, methods, and approaches necessary to master it. While it remains easy enough to create “laboratory” type experiments for students where the instructor knows the possible outcomes and the students do not, these kind of teaching models almost always fall short of the risks inherent in real world research. As I tell my undergraduate historical methods class, when you pick a research topic in the real world, you are, to a very real extent, on your own to make sense of the material at your disposal. As an instructor, I can bring whatever knowledge of method and content to bear on the topic and material at hand, but there is no guarantee that I know the best way to approach a historical problem. As the infamous “banking” system of teaching where students master a set body of content gives way toward approaches that emphasize learning by doing (or other active learning type approaches) the possibility for teaching what you don’t know increases massively. In fact, one could even argue that if you’re not teaching what you don’t know, then you’re not doing it right. | <urn:uuid:4d1cd5f4-5898-408a-a2d4-b4b27af8ecd3> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | https://mediterraneanworldarchive.wordpress.com/2010/07/15/teaching-thursday-teaching-what-you-dont-know/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560279489.14/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095119-00009-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940102 | 868 | 1.757813 | 2 |
The Avengers Films
The Avengers (2012) – Directed by Joss Whedon, written by Joss Whedon and Zak Penn
Avengers: Age Of Ultron (2015) – Written and directed by Joss Whedon
The team of Earth’s Mightiest Heroes first appeared in the Marvel comic The Avengers #1 in 1963 in response to DC’s successful introduction of the Justice League Of America. In this source material, the team was founded by The Wasp, her partner Hank Pym, Iron Man, Hulk and Thor, after The Wasp, Pym and Iron Man gathered to help Thor and Hulk defeat Loki. Pym noted they all worked well together, and The Wasp named the group The Avengers. Captain America joined several issues later, replacing Hulk, who left amid concerns about his temper.
In the following years, the team was joined by Hawkeye, Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver, while later still, Hercules, Black Widow, Black Panther, Vision and Black Knight joined the ranks. The next three decades saw a wide variety of character combinations toiling under the Avengers banner – including Tigra, She-Hulk, Ms. Marvel, Monica Rambeau, Starfox, Mockingbird, Namor, Luke Cage, Wolverine, Ronin, Spider-Man, Spider-Woman and Sentry. Isn’t there a lot of women in that list?
In the comics, 2007 saw the introduction of The Mighty Avengers, which was a post-Civil War comic book featuring the foundation of a new Avengers team by Iron Man and Ms. Marvel. This balanced team first included Ares, Black Widow, Sentry, The Wasp, and Wonder Man, in addition to Iron Man and Ms. Marvel.
In paring down this rich and diverse history, the MCU presents a very different kind of Avengers, however. Iron Man kicked off the MCU in 2008, and is shown to be the lynch-pin for the creation of the team. Their first battle is indeed initiated by conflict between Thor and Loki, but we see no women involved in the inception of The Avengers at a decision-making level.
The antagonist in Age Of Ultron is the titular Artificial Intelligence system, and once again, The Wasp is erased – because Ultron was actually created by her husband, Hank Pym, in the source material, but Tony Stark in the movie. Until the appearance of Scarlet Witch in Avengers: Age Of Ultron in 2015 – a full seven years into the MCU – Black Widow was the only female Avenger, and her involvement in the assembling of the team is merely as a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, sent by her male superior (Nick Fury) to gather the male heroes, and then help them. In addition, until the appearance of Dr Helen Cho (Claudia Kim) in the same film, every woman in the Avengers films with more than one line was white.
So, the initial Avengers line-up in the film franchise consists of Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, Hulk, Hawk-Eye and Black Widow – characters selected by Marvel for inclusion. The Wasp is removed as a lead entirely, and is replaced by Black Widow in what is essentially a supporting role. The films introduce Hawk-Eye as an Avenger, although in the comics he did not join until years into publication. There are several other prominent female comic characters that could have appeared in his place (Ms. Marvel, for example), but instead, Hawk-Eye is used, leaving Black Widow as the only woman on the team for an extended period of time. | <urn:uuid:a51cb364-25bb-4563-a360-3521fe5469bb> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/marvel-cinematic-universe-erases-women/2/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573399.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20220818185216-20220818215216-00074.warc.gz | en | 0.95648 | 737 | 1.84375 | 2 |
As a project run through The Hopkins Centre (THC), THC’s core values are also the underpinning values of The Dignity Project.
THC strives to find better solutions to complex systemic challenges through collaboration and responsive research that is embedded in practice and engages citizens with lived experience of disability. Meaningful accessibility and inclusive practices underpin all aspects of the values of THC. Our values ensure that our research and daily operations will uphold the dignity of all people, through the use of dignified language, methods and the recognition of experiential knowledge.
Our research will:
The Hopkins Centre firmly believes that citizens have the right to run their own lives. We support individual autonomy and independent action, as well as each individual’s ability to create their own pathway with the acknowledgement that interdependence and support is often an essential part of a person achieving their goals. As such, we will work to remove barriers that hinder full and effective participation and ensure equal accessibility and inclusion for all people.
Promote authentic representation
Imagery and media play a powerful role in the way people perceive themselves and others. Part of creating inclusive environments and experiences is ensuring that imagery and media are reflective of the real-life experiences of the broader community but particularly the specific community being represented. We understand that it is our responsibility to create and utilize imagery and media that reflect the real-life experiences of citizens when accessing/using medical services; this includes ensuring that images reflect diversity of impairment.
The Hopkins Centre appreciates the important role of citizen perspectives in informing the design of services and social interfaces. Our goal is to expand on and create equal opportunities by opening pathways and building capacity through research outcomes as well as for citizen researchers.
The Hopkins Centre recognizes the potential in citizen research and supports citizens to see potential in themselves. By employing Universal Design concepts to evaluate our systems and processes, we can provide a number of options for individual participation. THC strives to meet people where they are at, providing flexibility and freedom within our work to allow for meaningful accessibility and inclusion.
Engage people and their support network
Support and engagement of citizens with lived experience of disability, including the engagement of support networks, families and social networks continues to be a predictor for positive health and quality of life outcomes. The Hopkins Centre works to be a mechanism for engagement and support, involving members of support networks in research and practice in order to prevent exclusion. | <urn:uuid:17c7997e-ec9f-421d-bfe2-3904c74e8665> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://www.hopkinscentre.edu.au/values | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571989.67/warc/CC-MAIN-20220813232744-20220814022744-00470.warc.gz | en | 0.940746 | 501 | 2.4375 | 2 |
Video Guide to EN388:2016 – Cut Protection Standard Update
The following is a video and written guide to the European EN388 Mechanical Risk Standard, which was updated in 2016 to make testing procedures and results more precise.
The Standard applies to protective gloves and refers to their resistance to abrasion, cut, tear, puncture and impact.
Key changes to the Standard include an additional cut test (ISO13997) if the traditional cut test (Coupe Test) fails while a non-compulsory impact resistance test has been added.
ProChoice Safety Gear supports any Standards reform that improves accuracy of testing results and ultimately safety in the workplace
We have long understood the shortcomings in the Coupe test – outlined below – and resultantly, prior to the updated to EN388, were voluntarily testing our gloves to the American (ANSI) Standards to ensure maximum protection.
Coupe Cut Test
As fabrics – particularly those with cut resistance – have become more technically advanced in protecting against cuts and lacerations, limitations to the traditional methods for measuring cut resistance (Coupe Test) have been identified. The Coupe Test measures cut resistance by recording the number of cycles it takes to cut through a glove material at a constant speed and pressure when compared to a cotton reference.
A rating of five (5) is the highest score a glove can receive using the Coupe Test. This is awarded to glove materials that are resistant to 20 or more blade cycles.
Many cut resistant fabrics have evolved significantly from when the EN388 Standard was originally written, to the point where these fabrics can easily withstand 20 or more blade cycles of the Coupe Test. In fact, many of these fabrics will blunt the Coupe Test blade, further compromising the accuracy of test results.
The new Standard, EN388:2016 states that if the Coupe Test blade is deemed “blunt” or the test fabric is not penetrated after 60 cycles, the Coupe Test is abandoned and ISO 13997 applies.
ISO 13997 Cut Test
ISO 13997 measures the amount of pressure required to make an incision in the test fabric over a 20mm travel distance using a razorblade. Performance is rated with the letters A to F, depending on resistance to pressure, which is measured in Newtons (N).
“F” is the maximum cut resistance of the ISO 13997 test and is awarded to any fabric that achieves a cut resistance equal to or greater than 30N or approximately 3.06kg. The ISO 13997 Cut Test is commonly referred to as a “real world” cut test because of its ability to measure cut force, which is widely considered a more relevant metric in workplace situations when a cut risk is present.
The EN388:2016 impact test measures resistance to a 2.5kg weight impacting on the glove with an energy of 5J (Joules). To pass the test, the glove material may not fracture or split and is measured in accordance with EN13594:2015.
The glove is awarded a “Pass” (P) if it can withstand nine (9) kilonewtons (kN) or more of force. The glove itself will be marked with either a “P” or no rating (marked as an X) if it fails or is untested.
Other updates in EN388:2016 include a pre-defined sandpaper grit for the abrasive test to provide more consistent results.
An “X” rating is marked on the glove if the glove has not been tested, or if the test is not applicable to the glove.
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According to wikipedia.com
Louis Armstrong’s stage personality matched his flashy cornet and trumpet playing. Armstrong is also known for his raspy singing voice.
|Born||August 4, 1901
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
|Died||July 6, 1971 (aged 69)
Corona, Queens, New York City, U.S.
|Genres||Dixieland, jazz, swing, traditional pop|
|Instruments||trumpet, cornet, vocals|
|Years active||c. 1914–1971|
|Associated acts||Joe “King” Oliver, Ella Fitzgerald, Kid Ory|
Coming to prominence in the 1920s as an “inventive” trumpet and cornet player, Armstrong was a foundational influence in jazz, shifting the focus of the music from collective improvisation to solo performance. With his instantly recognizable gravelly voice, Armstrong was also an influential singer, demonstrating great dexterity as an improviser, bending the lyrics and melody of a song for expressive purposes. He was also skilled at scat singing (vocalizing using sounds and syllables instead of actual lyrics).
Renowned for his charismatic stage presence and voice almost as much as for his trumpet-playing, Armstrong’s influence extends well beyond jazz music, and by the end of his career in the 1960s, he was widely regarded as a profound influence on popular music in general. Armstrong was one of the first truly popular African-American entertainers to “cross over”, whose skin color was secondary to his music in an America that was severely racially divided. He rarely publicly politicized his race, often to the dismay of fellow African-Americans, but took a well-publicized stand for desegregation during the Little Rock Crisis. His artistry and personality allowed him socially acceptable access to the upper echelons of American society that were highly restricted for a black man.
- 1 Early life
- 2 Career
- 3 Death
- 4 Personal life
- 5 Music
- 6 Literature, radio, films and TV
- 7 Awards and honors
- 8 Legacy
- 9 Discography
- 10 See also
- 11 Notes
- 12 Further reading
- 13 External links
Armstrong often stated that he was born on July 4, 1900, a date that has been noted in many biographies. Although he died in 1971, it was not until the mid-1980s that his true birth date of August 4, 1901 was discovered by researcher Tad Jones through the examination of baptismal records. Armstrong was born into a very poor family in New Orleans, Louisiana, the grandson of slaves. He spent his youth in poverty, in a rough neighborhood of Uptown New Orleans, known as “Back of the Town”, as his father, William Armstrong (1881–1922), abandoned the family when Louis was an infant and took up with another woman. His mother, Mary “Mayann” Albert (1886–1927), then left Louis and his younger sister Beatrice Armstrong Collins (1903–1987) in the care of his grandmother, Josephine Armstrong, and at times, his Uncle Isaac. At five, he moved back to live with his mother and her relatives, and saw his father only in parades.
He attended the Fisk School for Boys, where he likely had early exposure to music. He brought in some money as a paperboy and also by finding discarded food and selling it to restaurants, but it was not enough to keep his mother from prostitution. He hung out in dance halls close to home, where he observed everything from licentious dancing to the quadrille. For extra money he also hauled coal to Storyville, the famed red-light district, and listened to the bands playing in the brothels and dance halls, especially Pete Lala’s where Joe “King” Oliver performed and other famous musicians would drop in to jam.
After dropping out of the Fisk School at age eleven, Armstrong joined a quartet of boys who sang in the streets for money. But he also started to get into trouble. Cornet player Bunk Johnson said he taught Armstrong (then 11) to play by ear at Dago Tony’s Tonk in New Orleans, although in his later years Armstrong gave the credit to Oliver. Armstrong hardly looked back at his youth as the worst of times but instead drew inspiration from it, “Every time I close my eyes blowing that trumpet of mine—I look right in the heart of good old New Orleans… It has given me something to live for.”
He also worked for a Lithuanian-Jewish immigrant family, the Karnofskys, who had a junk hauling business and gave him odd jobs. They took him in and treated him as almost a family member, knowing he lived without a father, and would feed and nurture him. He later wrote a memoir of his relationship with the Karnofskys titled, Louis Armstrong + the Jewish Family in New Orleans, La., the Year of 1907. In it he describes his discovery that this family was also subject to discrimination by “other white folks’ nationalities who felt that they were better than the Jewish race… I was only seven years old but I could easily see the ungodly treatment that the White Folks were handing the poor Jewish family whom I worked for.” Armstrong wore a Star of David pendant for the rest of his life and wrote about what he learned from them: “how to live—real life and determination.” The influence of Karnofsky is remembered in New Orleans by the Karnofsky Project, a non-profit organization dedicated to accepting donated musical instruments to “put them into the hands of an eager child who could not otherwise take part in a wonderful learning experience.”
Armstrong developed his cornet playing seriously in the band of the New Orleans Home for Colored Waifs, where he had been sent multiple times for general delinquency, most notably for a long term after firing his stepfather’s pistol into the air at a New Year’s Eve celebration, as police records confirm. Professor Peter Davis (who frequently appeared at the Home at the request of its administrator, Captain Joseph Jones) instilled discipline in and provided musical training to the otherwise self-taught Armstrong. Eventually, Davis made Armstrong the band leader. The Home band played around New Orleans and the thirteen-year-old Louis began to draw attention by his cornet playing, starting him on a musical career. At fourteen he was released from the Home, living again with his father and new stepmother and then back with his mother and also back to the streets and their temptations. Armstrong got his first dance hall job at Henry Ponce’s where Black Benny became his protector and guide. He hauled coal by day and played his cornet at night.
He played in the city’s frequent brass band parades and listened to older musicians every chance he got, learning from Bunk Johnson, Buddy Petit, Kid Ory, and above all, Joe “King” Oliver, who acted as a mentor and father figure to the young musician. Later, he played in the brass bands and riverboats of New Orleans, and began traveling with the well-regarded band of Fate Marable, which toured on a steamboat up and down the Mississippi River. He described his time with Marable as, “going to the University,” since it gave him a much wider experience working with written arrangements.
Through all his riverboat experience Armstrong’s musicianship began to mature and expand. At twenty, he could read music and he started to be featured in extended trumpet solos, one of the first jazzmen to do this, injecting his own personality and style into his solo turns. He had learned how to create a unique sound and also started using singing and patter in his performances. In 1922, Armstrong joined the exodus to Chicago, where he had been invited by his mentor, Joe “King” Oliver, to join his Creole Jazz Band and where he could make a sufficient income so that he no longer needed to supplement his music with day labor jobs. It was a boom time in Chicago and though race relations were poor, the “Windy City” was teeming with jobs for black people, who were making good wages in factories and had plenty to spend on entertainment.
Oliver’s band was the best and most influential hot jazz band in Chicago in the early 1920s, at a time when Chicago was the center of the jazz universe. Armstrong lived like a king in Chicago, in his own apartment with his own private bath (his first). Excited as he was to be in Chicago, he began his career-long pastime of writing nostalgic letters to friends in New Orleans. As Armstrong’s reputation grew, he was challenged to “cutting contests” by hornmen trying to displace the new phenom, who could blow two hundred high C’s in a row. Armstrong made his first recordings on the Gennett and Okeh labels (jazz records were starting to boom across the country), including taking some solos and breaks, while playing second cornet in Oliver’s band in 1923. At this time, he met Hoagy Carmichael (with whom he would collaborate later) who was introduced by friend Bix Beiderbecke, who now had his own Chicago band.
Armstrong enjoyed working with Oliver, but Louis’ second wife, pianist Lil Hardin Armstrong, urged him to seek more prominent billing and develop his newer style away from the influence of Oliver. Armstrong took the advice of his wife and left Oliver’s band. For a year Armstrong played in Fletcher Henderson‘s band in New York on many recordings. After playing in New York, Armstrong returned to Chicago, playing in large orchestras; there he created his most important early recordings. Lil had her husband play classical music in church concerts to broaden his skill and improve his solo play and she prodded him into wearing more stylish attire to make him look sharp and to better offset his growing girth. Lil’s influence eventually undermined Armstrong’s relationship with his mentor, especially concerning his salary and additional moneys that Oliver held back from Armstrong and other band members. Armstrong and Oliver parted amicably in 1924. Shortly afterward, Armstrong received an invitation to go to New York City to play with the Fletcher Henderson Orchestra, the top African-American band of the day. Armstrong switched to the trumpet to blend in better with the other musicians in his section. His influence upon Henderson’s tenor sax soloist, Coleman Hawkins, can be judged by listening to the records made by the band during this period.
Armstrong quickly adapted to the more tightly controlled style of Henderson, playing trumpet and even experimenting with the trombone and the other members quickly took up Armstrong’s emotional, expressive pulse. Soon his act included singing and telling tales of New Orleans characters, especially preachers. The Henderson Orchestra was playing in the best venues for white-only patrons, including the famed Roseland Ballroom, featuring the classy arrangements of Don Redman. Duke Ellington’s orchestra would go to Roseland to catch Armstrong’s performances and young hornmen around town tried in vain to outplay him, splitting their lips in their attempts.
During this time, Armstrong made many recordings on the side, arranged by an old friend from New Orleans, pianist Clarence Williams; these included small jazz band sides with the Williams Blue Five (some of the best pairing Armstrong with one of Armstrong’s few rivals in fiery technique and ideas, Sidney Bechet) and a series of accompaniments with blues singers, including Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey, and Alberta Hunter.
Armstrong returned to Chicago in 1925 due mostly to the urging of his wife, who wanted to pump up Armstrong’s career and income. He was content in New York but later would concede that she was right and that the Henderson Orchestra was limiting his artistic growth. In publicity, much to his chagrin, she billed him as “the World’s Greatest Trumpet Player”. At first, he was actually a member of the Lil Hardin Armstrong Band and working for his wife. He began recording under his own name for Okeh with his famous Hot Five and Hot Seven groups, producing hits such as “Potato Head Blues“, “Muggles“, (a reference to marijuana, for which Armstrong had a lifelong fondness), and “West End Blues“, the music of which set the standard and the agenda for jazz for many years to come.
The group included Kid Ory (trombone), Johnny Dodds (clarinet), Johnny St. Cyr (banjo), wife Lil on piano, and usually no drummer. Armstrong’s bandleading style was easygoing, as St. Cyr noted, “One felt so relaxed working with him, and he was very broad-minded . . . always did his best to feature each individual.” His recordings soon after with pianist Earl “Fatha” Hines (most famously their 1928 Weatherbird duet) and Armstrong’s trumpet introduction to “West End Blues” remain some of the most famous and influential improvisations in jazz history. Armstrong was now free to develop his personal style as he wished, which included a heavy dose of effervescent jive, such as “whip that thing, Miss Lil” and “Mr. Johnny Dodds, Aw, do that clarinet, boy!”
Armstrong also played with Erskine Tate’s Little Symphony, actually a quintet, which played mostly at the Vendome Theatre. They furnished music for silent movies and live shows, including jazz versions of classical music, such as “Madame Butterfly,” which gave Armstrong experience with longer forms of music and with hosting before a large audience. He began to scat sing (improvised vocal jazz using non-sensical words) and was among the first to record it, on “Heebie Jeebies” in 1926. The recording was so popular that the group became the most famous jazz band in the United States, even though they had not performed live to any great extent. Young musicians across the country, black or white, were turned on by Armstrong’s new type of jazz.
After separating from Lil, Armstrong started to play at the Sunset Café for Al Capone’s associate Joe Glaser in the Carroll Dickerson Orchestra, with Earl Hines on piano, which was soon renamed Louis Armstrong and his Stompers, though Hines was the music director and Glaser managed the orchestra. Hines and Armstrong became fast friends as well as successful collaborators.
Armstrong returned to New York, in 1929, where he played in the pit orchestra of the successful musical Hot Chocolate, an all-black revue written by Andy Razaf and pianist/composer Fats Waller. He also made a cameo appearance as a vocalist, regularly stealing the show with his rendition of “Ain’t Misbehavin’“, his version of the song becoming his biggest selling record to date.
Armstrong started to work at Connie’s Inn in Harlem, chief rival to the Cotton Club, a venue for elaborately staged floor shows, and a front for gangster Dutch Schultz. Armstrong also had considerable success with vocal recordings, including versions of famous songs composed by his old friend Hoagy Carmichael. His 1930s recordings took full advantage of the new RCA ribbon microphone, introduced in 1931, which imparted a characteristic warmth to vocals and immediately became an intrinsic part of the ‘crooning‘ sound of artists like Bing Crosby. Armstrong’s famous interpretation of Hoagy Carmichael’s “Stardust” became one of the most successful versions of this song ever recorded, showcasing Armstrong’s unique vocal sound and style and his innovative approach to singing songs that had already become standards.
Armstrong’s radical re-working of Sidney Arodin and Carmichael’s “Lazy River” (recorded in 1931) encapsulated many features of his groundbreaking approach to melody and phrasing. The song begins with a brief trumpet solo, then the main melody is stated by sobbing horns, memorably punctuated by Armstrong’s growling interjections at the end of each bar: “Yeah! …”Uh-huh” …”Sure” … “Way down, way down.” In the first verse, he ignores the notated melody entirely and sings as if playing a trumpet solo, pitching most of the first line on a single note and using strongly syncopated phrasing. In the second stanza he breaks into an almost fully improvised melody, which then evolves into a classic passage of Armstrong “scat singing“.
As with his trumpet playing, Armstrong’s vocal innovations served as a foundation stone for the art of jazz vocal interpretation. The uniquely gritty coloration of his voice became a musical archetype that was much imitated and endlessly impersonated. His scat singing style was enriched by his matchless experience as a trumpet soloist. His resonant, velvety lower-register tone and bubbling cadences on sides such as “Lazy River” exerted a huge influence on younger white singers such as Bing Crosby.
The Depression of the early Thirties was especially hard on the jazz scene. The Cotton Club closed in 1936 after a long downward spiral, and many musicians stopped playing altogether as club dates evaporated. Bix Beiderbecke died and Fletcher Henderson’s band broke up. King Oliver made a few records but otherwise struggled. Sidney Bechet became a tailor and Kid Ory returned to New Orleans and raised chickens.
Armstrong moved to Los Angeles in 1930 to seek new opportunities. He played at the New Cotton Club in Los Angeles with Lionel Hampton on drums. The band drew the Hollywood crowd, which could still afford a lavish night life, while radio broadcasts from the club connected with younger audiences at home. Bing Crosby and many other celebrities were regulars at the club. In 1931, Armstrong appeared in his first movie, Ex-Flame. Armstrong was convicted of marijuana possession but received a suspended sentence. He returned to Chicago in late 1931 and played in bands more in the Guy Lombardo vein and he recorded more standards. When the mob insisted that he get out of town,[why?] Armstrong visited New Orleans, got a hero’s welcome and saw old friends. He sponsored a local baseball team known as “Armstrong’s Secret Nine” and got a cigar named after himself. But soon he was on the road again and after a tour across the country shadowed by the mob, Armstrong decided to go to Europe to escape.
After returning to the United States, he undertook several exhausting tours. His agent Johnny Collins’ erratic behavior and his own spending ways left Armstrong short of cash. Breach of contract violations plagued him. Finally, he hired Joe Glaser as his new manager, a tough mob-connected wheeler-dealer, who began to straighten out his legal mess, his mob troubles, and his debts. Armstrong also began to experience problems with his fingers and lips, which were aggravated by his unorthodox playing style. As a result he branched out, developing his vocal style and making his first theatrical appearances. He appeared in movies again, including Crosby’s 1936 hit Pennies from Heaven. In 1937, Armstrong substituted for Rudy Vallee on the CBS radio network and became the first African American to host a sponsored, national broadcast.
After spending many years on the road, Armstrong settled permanently in Queens, New York in 1943 in contentment with his fourth wife, Lucille. Although subject to the vicissitudes of Tin Pan Alley and the gangster-ridden music business, as well as anti-black prejudice, he continued to develop his playing. He recorded Hoagy Carmichael’s Rockin’ Chair for Okeh Records.
During the subsequent thirty years, Armstrong played more than three hundred gigs a year. Bookings for big bands tapered off during the 1940s due to changes in public tastes: ballrooms closed, and there was competition from television and from other types of music becoming more popular than big band music. It became impossible under such circumstances to support and finance a 16-piece touring band.
The All Stars
Following a highly successful small-group jazz concert at New York Town Hall on May 17, 1947, featuring Armstrong with trombonist/singer Jack Teagarden, Armstrong’s manager Joe Glaser dissolved the Armstrong big band on August 13, 1947 and established a six-piece small group featuring Armstrong with (initially) Teagarden, Earl Hines and other top swing and dixieland musicians, most of them ex-big band leaders. The new group was announced at the opening of Billy Berg’s Supper Club.
This group was called Louis Armstrong and his All Stars and included at various times Earl “Fatha” Hines, Barney Bigard, Edmond Hall, Jack Teagarden, Trummy Young, Arvell Shaw, Billy Kyle, Marty Napoleon, Big Sid Catlett, Cozy Cole, Tyree Glenn, Barrett Deems, Joe Darensbourg and the Filipino-American percussionist, Danny Barcelona. During this period, Armstrong made many recordings and appeared in over thirty films. He was the first jazz musician to appear on the cover of Time Magazine on February 21, 1949.
In 1964, he recorded his biggest-selling record, “Hello, Dolly!” The song went to No. 1 on the pop chart, making Armstrong (age 63) the oldest person to ever accomplish that feat. In the process, Armstrong dislodged The Beatles from the No. 1 position they had occupied for 14 consecutive weeks with three different songs.
Armstrong kept up his busy tour schedule until a few years before his death in 1971. In his later years he would sometimes play some of his numerous gigs by rote, but other times would enliven the most mundane gig with his vigorous playing, often to the astonishment of his band. He also toured Africa, Europe, and Asia under sponsorship of the US State Department with great success, earning the nickname “Ambassador Satch ” and inspiring Dave Brubeck to compose his jazz musical The Real Ambassadors
While failing health restricted his schedule in his last years, within those limitations he continued playing until the day he died.
Armstrong died of a heart attack in his sleep on July 6, 1971 at the age of 69, 11 months after playing a famous show at the Waldorf-Astoria‘s Empire Room. He was residing in Corona, Queens, New York City, at the time of his death. He was interred in Flushing Cemetery, Flushing, in Queens, New York City. His honorary pallbearers included Bing Crosby, Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Pearl Bailey, Count Basie, Harry James, Frank Sinatra, Ed Sullivan, Earl Wilson, Alan King, Johnny Carson and David Frost. Peggy Lee sang The Lord’s Prayer at the services while Al Hibbler sang “Nobody Knows the Trouble I’ve Seen” and Fred Robbins, a long-time friend, gave the eulogy.
On March 19, 1918, Louis married Daisy Parker from Gretna, Louisiana. They adopted a 3-year-old boy, Clarence Armstrong, whose mother, Louis’ cousin Flora, died soon after giving birth. Clarence Armstrong was mentally disabled (the result of a head injury at an early age) and Louis would spend the rest of his life taking care of him. Louis’ marriage to Parker failed quickly and they separated in 1923. She died shortly after the divorce.
On February 4, 1924, Louis married Lil Hardin Armstrong, who was Oliver’s pianist and had also divorced her first spouse only a few years earlier. His second wife was instrumental in developing his career, but in the late 1920s Hardin and Louis grew apart. They separated in 1931 and divorced in 1938, after which Louis married longtime girlfriend Alpha Smith. His marriage to his third wife lasted four years, and they divorced in 1942. Louis then married Lucille Wilson, a singer at the Cotton Club, to whom he was married until his death in 1971.
Though Armstrong married four times and loved children, he had no legitimate offspring. However, in December 2012, 57-year-old Sharon Preston-Folta claimed to be his daughter, from a 1950s affair between Armstrong and Lucille “Sweets” Preston, a dancer at the Cotton Club.
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Armstrong was a colorful character. His own biography vexes biographers and historians, because he had a habit of telling tales, particularly of his early childhood, when he was less scrutinized, and his embellishments of his history often lack consistency.
He was not only an entertainer. Armstrong was a leading personality of the day who was so beloved by America that gave even the greatest African American performers little access beyond their public celebrity, that he was able to live privately a life of access and privilege accorded to few other African Americans.
He tried to remain politically neutral, which gave him a large part of that access, but often alienated him from members of the black community who looked to him to use his prominence with white America to become more of an outspoken figure during the Civil Rights Era of U.S. history.
The nicknames Satchmo and Satch are short for Satchelmouth. Like many things in Armstrong’s life, which was filled with colorful stories both real and imagined, many of his own telling, the nickname has many possible origins.
The most common tale that biographers tell is the story of Armstrong as a young boy dancing for pennies in the streets of New Orleans, who would scoop up the coins off of the streets and stick them into his mouth to avoid having the bigger children steal them from him. Someone dubbed him “satchel mouth” for his mouth acting as a satchel. Another tale is that because of his large mouth, he was nicknamed “satchel mouth” which became shortened to Satchmo.
The nickname Pops came from Armstrong’s own tendency to forget people’s names and simply call them “pops” instead. The nickname was soon turned on Armstrong himself. It was used as the title of a 2010 biography of Armstrong by Terry Teachout.
Armstrong and race
Armstrong was largely accepted into white society, both on stage and off, a privilege reserved for very few African-American public figures, and usually those of either exceptional talent and fair skin tone. As his fame grew, so did his access to the finer things in life usually denied to a black man, even a famous one. His renown was such that he dined in the best restaurants and stayed in hotels usually exclusively for whites.
It was a power and privilege that he enjoyed, although he was very careful not to flaunt it with fellow performers of color, and privately, he shared what access that he could with friends and fellow musicians.
That still did not prevent members of the African-American community, particularly in the late 1950s to the early 1970s, from calling him an Uncle Tom, a black-on-black racial epithet for someone who kowtowed to white society at the expense of their own racial identity.
He was criticized for accepting the title of “King of The Zulus” for Mardi Gras in 1949. In the New Orleans African-American community it is an honored role as the head of leading black Carnival Krewe, but bewildering or offensive to outsiders with their traditional costume of grass-skirts and blackface makeup satirizing southern white attitudes.
The few exceptions made it more effective when he did speak out. Armstrong’s criticism of President Eisenhower, calling him “two-faced” and “gutless” because of his inaction during the conflict over school desegregation in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957 made national news.
As a protest, Armstrong canceled a planned tour of the Soviet Union on behalf of the State Department saying “The way they’re treating my people in the South, the government can go to hell” and that he could not represent his government abroad when it was in conflict with its own people. Six days after Armstrong’s comments, Eisenhower ordered Federal troops to Little Rock to escort students into the school.
When asked about his religion, Armstrong would answer that he was raised a Baptist, always wore a Star of David, and was friends with the Pope. Armstrong wore the Star of David in honor of the Karnofsky family, who took him in as a child and lent him the money to buy his first cornet. Louis Armstrong was, in fact, baptized as a Catholic at the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in New Orleans, and he met popes Pius XII and Paul VI, though there is no evidence that he considered himself Catholic. Armstrong seems to have been tolerant towards various religions, but also found humor in them.
Armstrong was also greatly concerned with his health and bodily functions. He made frequent use of laxatives as a means of controlling his weight, a practice he advocated both to personal acquaintances and in the diet plans he published under the title Lose Weight the Satchmo Way. Armstrong’s laxative of preference in his younger days was Pluto Water, but he then became an enthusiastic convert when he discovered the herbal remedy Swiss Kriss. He would extol its virtues to anyone who would listen and pass out packets to everyone he encountered, including members of the British Royal Family. (Armstrong also appeared in humorous, albeit risqué, cards that he had printed to send out to friends; the cards bore a picture of him sitting on a toilet—as viewed through a keyhole—with the slogan “Satch says, ‘Leave it all behind ya!’“) The cards have sometimes been incorrectly described as ads for Swiss Kriss.
Love of food
The concern with his health and weight was balanced by his love of food, reflected in such songs as “Cheesecake”, “Cornet Chop Suey,” though “Struttin’ with Some Barbecue” was written about a fine-looking companion, not about food. He kept a strong connection throughout his life to the cooking of New Orleans, always signing his letters, “Red beans and ricely yours…”
Armstrong’s gregariousness extended to writing. On the road, he wrote constantly, sharing favorite themes of his life with correspondents around the world. He avidly typed or wrote on whatever stationery was at hand, recording instant takes on music, sex, food, childhood memories, his heavy “medicinal” marijuana use—and even his bowel movements, which he gleefully described. He had a fondness for lewd jokes and dirty limericks as well.
Louis Armstrong was not, as is often claimed, a Freemason. Although he is usually listed as being a member of Montgomery Lodge No. 18 (Prince Hall) in New York, no such lodge has ever existed. Armstrong states in his autobiography, however, that he was a member of the Knights of Pythias, which is not a Masonic group.
Horn playing and early jazz
In his early years, Armstrong was best known for his virtuosity with the cornet and trumpet. The greatest trumpet playing of his early years can be heard on his Hot Five and Hot Seven records, as well as the Red Onion Jazz Babies. The improvisations he made on these records of New Orleans jazz standards and popular songs of the day are unsurpassed by later jazz performers. The older generation of New Orleans jazz musicians often referred to their improvisations as “variating the melody.” Armstrong’s improvisations were daring and sophisticated for the time, while often subtle and melodic.
He often essentially re-composed pop-tunes he played, making them more interesting. Armstrong’s playing is filled with joyous, inspired original melodies, creative leaps, and subtle relaxed or driving rhythms. The genius of these creative passages is matched by Armstrong’s playing technique, honed by constant practice, which extended the range, tone and capabilities of the trumpet. In these records, Armstrong almost single-handedly created the role of the jazz soloist, taking what was essentially a collective folk music and turning it into an art form with tremendous possibilities for individual expression.
Armstrong’s work in the 1920s shows him playing at the outer limits of his abilities. The Hot Five records, especially, often have minor flubs and missed notes, which do little to detract from listening enjoyment since the energy of the spontaneous performance comes through. By the mid-1930s, Armstrong achieved a smooth assurance, knowing exactly what he could do and carrying out his ideas to perfection.
He was one of the first artists to use recordings of his performances to improve himself. Armstrong was an avid audiophile. He had a large collection of recordings, including reel-to-reel tapes, which he took on the road with him in a trunk during his later career. He enjoyed listening to his own recordings, and comparing his performances musically. In the den of his home, he had the latest audio equipment and would sometimes rehearse and record along with his older recordings or the radio.
As his music progressed and popularity grew, his singing also became very important. Armstrong was not the first to record scat singing, but he was masterful at it and helped popularize it. He had a hit with his playing and scat singing on “Heebie Jeebies” when, according to some legends, the sheet music fell on the floor and he simply started singing nonsense syllables. Armstrong stated in his memoirs that this actually occurred. He also sang out “I done forgot the words” in the middle of recording “I’m A Ding Dong Daddy From Dumas.”
Such records were hits and scat singing became a major part of his performances. Long before this, however, Armstrong was playing around with his vocals, shortening and lengthening phrases, interjecting improvisations, using his voice as creatively as his trumpet.
Colleagues and followers
During his long career he played and sang with some of the most important instrumentalists and vocalists of the time; among them were Bing Crosby, Duke Ellington, Fletcher Henderson, Earl Hines, the singing brakeman Jimmie Rodgers, Bessie Smith and perhaps most famously Ella Fitzgerald.
His influence upon Bing Crosby is particularly important with regard to the subsequent development of popular music: Crosby admired and copied Armstrong, as is evident on many of his early recordings, notably “Just One More Chance” (1931). The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz describes Crosby’s debt to Armstrong in precise detail, although it does not acknowledge Armstrong by name:
Crosby… was important in introducing into the mainstream of popular singing an Afro-American concept of song as a lyrical extension of speech… His techniques—easing the weight of the breath on the vocal cords, passing into a head voice at a low register, using forward production to aid distinct enunciation, singing on consonants (a practice of black singers), and making discreet use of appoggiaturas, mordents, and slurs to emphasize the text—were emulated by nearly all later popular singers.
Armstrong recorded two albums with Ella Fitzgerald: Ella and Louis, and Ella and Louis Again for Verve Records, with the sessions featuring the backing musicianship of the Oscar Peterson Trio and drummers Buddy Rich (on the first album), and Louie Bellson (on the second). Norman Granz then had the vision for Ella and Louis to record Porgy and Bess which is the most famous and critically acclaimed version of the Gerswhin brothers’ masterpiece.
His recordings for Columbia Records, Louis Armstrong Plays W.C. Handy (1954) and Satch Plays Fats (all Fats Waller tunes) (1955) were both being considered masterpieces, as well as moderately well selling. In 1961 the All Stars participated in two albums – “The Great Summit” and “The Great Reunion” (now together as a single disc) with Duke Ellington. The albums feature many of Ellington’s most famous compositions (as well as two exclusive cuts) with Duke sitting in on piano. His participation in Dave Brubeck‘s high-concept jazz musical The Real Ambassadors (1963) was critically acclaimed, and features “Summer Song,” one of Armstrong’s most hauntingly beautiful vocal efforts.
In 1964 his recording of the song “Hello Dolly” went to number one. An album of the same title was quickly created around the song, and also shot to number one (knocking The Beatles off the top of the chart). The album sold very well for the rest of the year, quickly going “Gold” (500,000). His performance of “Hello Dolly” won for best male pop vocal performance at the 1964 Grammy Awards.
1968 led to his final album, built around and named for the song What A Wonderful World. The song hit number one in the U.K. but failed to make an impact in the United States until the 1980s. It is now considered one of the greatest songs of all time, and by far the most popular song in the history of jazz music.
Hits and later career
Armstrong had many hit records including “Stardust“, “What a Wonderful World“, “When The Saints Go Marching In“, “Dream a Little Dream of Me“, “Ain’t Misbehavin’“, “You Rascal You“, and “Stompin’ at the Savoy“. “We Have All the Time in the World” was featured on the soundtrack of the James Bond film On Her Majesty’s Secret Service, and enjoyed renewed popularity in the UK in 1994 when it featured on a Guinness advert. It reached number 3 in the charts on being re-released.
In 1964, Armstrong knocked The Beatles off the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart with “Hello, Dolly!“, which gave the 63-year-old performer a U.S. record as the oldest artist to have a number one song. His 1964 song “Bout Time” was later featured in the film Bewitched.
Armstrong performed in Italy at the 1968 Sanremo Music Festival where he sang “Mi Va di Cantare” alongside his friend, the Eritrean-born Italian singer Lara Saint Paul. In February 1968, he also appeared with Lara Saint Paul on the Italian RAI television channel where he performed “Grassa e Bella,” a track he sang in Italian for the Italian market and C.D.I. label.
In 1968, Armstrong scored one last popular hit in the United Kingdom with “What a Wonderful World“, which topped the British charts for a month; however, the single did not chart at all in America. The song gained greater currency in the popular consciousness when it was used in the 1987 movie Good Morning, Vietnam, its subsequent re-release topping many charts around the world. Armstrong even appeared on the October 28, 1970, Johnny Cash Show, where he sang Nat King Cole‘s hit “Rambling Rose” and joined Cash to re-create his performance backing Jimmie Rodgers on “Blue Yodel No. 9“.
Armstrong enjoyed many types of music, from blues to the arrangements of Guy Lombardo, to Latin American folksongs, to classical symphonies and opera. Armstrong incorporated influences from all these sources into his performances, sometimes to the bewilderment of fans who wanted him to stay in convenient narrow categories. Armstrong was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as an early influence. Some of his solos from the 1950s, such as the hard rocking version of “St. Louis Blues” from the WC Handy album, show that the influence went in both directions.
Literature, radio, films and TV
Armstrong appeared in more than a dozen Hollywood films, usually playing a band leader or musician. His most familiar role was as the bandleader cum narrator in the 1956 musical, High Society, in which he sang the title song and performed a duet with Bing Crosby on “Now You Has Jazz“. In 1947, he played himself in the movie New Orleans opposite Billie Holiday, which chronicled the demise of the Storyville district and the ensuing exodus of musicians from New Orleans to Chicago. In the 1959 film, The Five Pennies (the story of the cornetist Red Nichols), Armstrong played himself as well as singing and playing several classic numbers. With Danny Kaye Armstrong performed a duet of “When the Saints Go Marching In” during which Kaye impersonated Armstrong. Armstrong also had a part in the film alongside James Stewart in The Glenn Miller Story in which Glenn (played by Stewart) jammed with Armstrong and a few other noted musicians of the time.
He was the first African American to host a nationally broadcast radio show in the 1930s. In 1969, Armstrong had a cameo role in the film version of Hello, Dolly! as the bandleader, Louis, to which he sang the title song with actress Barbra Streisand. His solo recording of “Hello, Dolly!” is one of his most recognizable performances.
Armstrong played a bandleader in the television production, “The Lord Don’t Play Favorites”, on Producers’ Showcase in 1956.
He was heard on such radio programs as The Story of Swing (1937) and This Is Jazz (1947), and he also made countless television appearances, especially in the 1950s and 1960s, including appearances on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.
Many of Armstrong’s recordings remain popular. Almost four decades since his passing, a larger number of his recordings from all periods of his career are more widely available than at any time during his lifetime. His songs are broadcast and listened to every day throughout the world, and are honored in various movies, TV series, commercials, and even anime and video games. “A Kiss to Build a Dream On” was included in the video game Fallout 2, accompanying the intro cinematic. It was also used in the 1993 film Sleepless in Seattle and the 2005 film Lord of War. His 1923 recordings, with Joe Oliver and his Creole Jazz Band, continue to be listened to as documents of ensemble style New Orleans jazz, but more particularly as ripper[jargon] jazz records in their own right. All too often, however, Armstrong recorded with stiff, standard orchestras leaving only his sublime trumpet playing as of interest. “Melancholy Blues,” performed by Armstrong and his Hot Seven was included on the Voyager Golden Record sent into outer space to represent one of the greatest achievements of humanity. Most familiar to modern listeners is his ubiquitous rendition of “What a Wonderful World“. In 2008, Armstrong’s recording of Edith Piaf‘s famous “La Vie En Rose” was used in a scene of the popular Disney/Pixar film WALL-E. The song was also used in parts, especially the opening trumpets, in the French film Jeux d’enfants (Love Me If You Dare.)
Argentine writer Julio Cortázar, a self-described Armstrong admirer, asserted that a 1952 Louis Armstrong concert at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris played a significant role in inspiring him to create the fictional creatures called Cronopios that are the subject of a number of Cortázar’s short stories. Cortázar once called Armstrong himself “Grandísimo Cronopio” (The Great Cronopio).
Armstrong appears as a minor fictionalized character in Harry Turtledove‘s Southern Victory Series. When he and his band escape from a Nazi-like Confederacy, they enhance the insipid mainstream music of the North. A young Armstrong also appears as a minor fictionalized character in Patrick Neate‘s 2001 novel Twelve Bar Blues, part of which is set in New Orleans, and which was a winner at that year’s Whitbread Book Awards.
There is a pivotal scene in Stardust Memories (1980) in which Woody Allen is overwhelmed by a recording of Armstrong’s “Stardust” and experiences a nostalgic epiphany. The combination of the music and the perfect moment is the catalyst for much of the film’s action, prompting the protagonist to fall in love with an ill-advised woman.
Awards and honors
Armstrong was posthumously awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 1972 by the Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences. This Special Merit Award is presented by vote of the Recording Academy’s National Trustees to performers who, during their lifetimes, have made creative contributions of outstanding artistic significance to the field of recording.
|1964||Male Vocal Performance||“Hello, Dolly!“||Pop||Kapp||Winner|
Grammy Hall of Fame
Recordings of Armstrong were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, which is a special Grammy award established in 1973 to honor recordings that are at least twenty-five years old, and that have “qualitative or historical significance.”
|Grammy Hall of Fame|
|Year recorded||Title||Genre||Label||Year inducted||Notes|
|1929||“St. Louis Blues“||Jazz (Single)||OKeh||2008||with Bessie Smith|
|1928||“Weather Bird”||Jazz (Single)||OKeh||2008||with Earl Hines|
|1930||“Blue Yodel No. 9
(Standing on the Corner)“
|Country (Single)||Victor||2007||Jimmie Rodgers (Featuring Louis Armstrong)|
|1932||“All of Me“||Jazz (Single)||Columbia||2005|
|1958||Porgy and Bess||Jazz (Album)||Verve||2001||with Ella Fitzgerald|
|1964||“Hello Dolly!“||Pop (Single)||Kapp||2001|
|1926||“Heebie Jeebies“||Jazz (Single)||OKeh||1999|
|1967||“What a Wonderful World“||Jazz (Single)||ABC||1999|
|1955||“Mack the Knife“||Jazz (Single)||Columbia||1997|
|1925||“St. Louis Blues“||Jazz (Single)||Columbia||1993||Bessie Smith with Louis Armstrong, cornet|
|1928||“West End Blues“||Jazz (Single)||OKeh||1974|
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
|1928||West End Blues||Okeh||Louis Armstrong and his Hot Five|
Inductions and honors
In 1995, the U.S. Post Office issued a Louis Armstrong 32 cents commemorative postage stamp.
|2007||Louisiana Music Hall of Fame|
|2007||Gennett Records Walk of Fame, Richmond, Indiana|
|2007||Long Island Music Hall of Fame|
|2004||Nesuhi Ertegün Jazz Hall of Fame
at Jazz at Lincoln Center
|1990||Rock and Roll Hall of Fame||Early influence|
|1978||Big Band and Jazz Hall of Fame|
|1952||Down Beat Jazz Hall of Fame|
|1960||Hollywood Walk of Fame||Star||at 7601 Hollywood Blvd.|
The influence of Armstrong on the development of jazz is virtually immeasurable. Yet, his irrepressible personality both as a performer, and as a public figure later in his career, was so strong that to some it sometimes overshadowed his contributions as a musician and singer.
As a virtuoso trumpet player, Armstrong had a unique tone and an extraordinary talent for melodic improvisation. Through his playing, the trumpet emerged as a solo instrument in jazz and is used widely today. He was a masterful accompanist and ensemble player in addition to his extraordinary skills as a soloist. With his innovations, he raised the bar musically for all who came after him.
Though Armstrong is widely recognized as a pioneer of scat singing, Ethel Waters precedes his scatting on record in the 1930s according to Gary Giddins and others. Billie Holiday and Frank Sinatra are just two singers who were greatly indebted to him. Holiday said that she always wanted Bessie Smith‘s ‘big’ sound and Armstrong’s feeling in her singing. Even special musicians like Duke Ellington have praised Armstrong through strong testimonials. Duke Ellington said, “If anybody was a master, it was Louis Armstrong.” In 1950, Bing Crosby, the most successful vocalist of the first half of the 20th century, said, “He is the beginning and the end of music in America.”
On August 4, 2001, the centennial of Armstrong’s birth, New Orleans’s airport was renamed Louis Armstrong International Airport in his honor.
In 2002, the Louis Armstrong’s Hot Five and Hot Seven recordings (1925–1928) are preserved in the United States National Recording Registry, a registry of recordings selected yearly by the National Recording Preservation Board for preservation in the National Recording Registry of the Library of Congress.
Today, there are many bands worldwide dedicated to preserving and honoring the music and style of Satchmo, including the Louis Armstrong Society located in New Orleans, LA.
The house where Louis Armstrong lived for close to 28 years was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1977 and is now a museum. The Louis Armstrong House Museum, at 34-56 107th Street (between 34th and 37th Avenues) in Corona, Queens, presents concerts and educational programs, operates as a historic house museum and makes materials in its archives of writings, books, recordings and memorabilia available to the public for research. The museum is operated by the City University of New York’s Queens College, following the dictates of Lucille Armstrong’s will.
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It's still safest to avoid indoor dining, even if more states are allowing it
Originally Published: 05 FEB 21 06:44 ET
Updated: 06 FEB 21 23:16 ET
By Jen Christensen, CNN
(CNN) -- For the Super Bowl this weekend, or if you are thinking ahead and planning for Valentine's Day, the health experts say with the pandemic still raging, and with variants popping up, the safest choice for a special meal is takeout.
Despite the high number of cases, more states and cities are letting restaurants open their doors to diners, albeit with limitations.
Last Friday Los Angeles said its restaurants could reopen for outdoor dining with restrictions and 50% capacity. Chicago reopened with rules that encourage physical distancing and masks. New York announced restaurants could reopen at 25% capacity just in time for Valentine's Day.
Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday that eating inside during a pandemic can be done, but only if it's "done carefully."
"If you do indoor dining, you do it in a spaced way where you don't have people sitting right next to each other," the director of the the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases told CNN's Don Lemon. "Good airflow" is key, he said. What you want to avoid is breathing in other people's exhaled breath, which could be laden with virus.
Fauci said he feels for the restaurants that have been devastated by the pandemic. Restaurant and food service industry sales fell by $240 billion in 2020, according to the National Restaurant Association.
"You know, people think sometimes that public health officials are oblivious to the economic considerations. Not at all -- I mean, we are very empathetic towards that," Fauci said. "But we still have to maintain the public health measures if we're going to get our arms around this outbreak."
You will not, however, catch Linsey Marr at a restaurant this Valentine's. Marr is a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech who has been studying Covid-19 transmission. She said when she and her family drove to Colorado over Christmas they stopped at a restaurant, picked up take out, and ate outside.
"It was 30 degrees, but we were properly dressed. You can do it," Marr said.
Marr is puzzled by the trend to reopen indoor dining. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines still say the safest way to enjoy and support restaurants is to take out food.
"I don't know why restaurants are reopening," said Marr. "I don't think anything's changed from the time the restaurants were closed. If anything, it's riskier because of the new variants that are more transmissible."
Marr said reduced capacity, improving ventilation, and adding filtration will help bring down the risk, but none of that eliminates it.
Marr points to a study from November that showed it only took minutes for two diners to become infected with Covid-19 from a diner who sat 15 feet away. The parties only overlapped by a few minutes at the restaurant, but because of the airflow, they got sick.
Marr said if someone just can't help themselves, and really wants to eat away from home, stick with eating outdoors if you are in a region where you won't get a side of frostbite with your lobster tail.
And outdoors has to truly mean outside.
"Not a structure that has been set up outdoors, because that becomes like indoors," Marr said.
If you have to eat indoors, she said maybe if the restaurant was empty that would be OK.
The public health experts suggest avoiding busy times at the restaurant. Check the restaurant's posted safety guidelines online before you go. Can you self park or do you have to valet? The CDC says if you have to valet, leave the windows open and air the car out for 15 minutes before dropoff and when picking up.
If there are crowds at the restaurant, find a table that's about 10 feet away from the others. Masks are essential. The servers, the host, and the diners when not eating, all need to wear them.
Dr. Donald Milton adds that he'd like to see people wear higher-quality masks that fit well and can help protect the wearer, as well as protect others, especially with the more transmissible variants.
"We need better masks, especially for those who will be around people who aren't wearing a mask," said Milton, a professor of environmental health at the University of Maryland School of Public Health who studies how viruses are transmitted.
Not only can diners pass the virus to one another while they are eating or talking to each other, but those tiny droplets can go up into the air and float around for awhile and, depending on the restaurant's ventilation, those droplets can spread beyond 6 feet.
Improved ventilation can help. Germ-killing ultraviolet-C lamps hung up at ceiling level, like those installed in some hospitals, can break apart viruses if air is circulated towards them.
"I think that there are ways that we can make restaurants and dining much safer," Milton said. "We need to learn what they are and do these things, but it's going to take some investment."
In the meantime, behavior changes can help. Make sure only people from the same household sit at one table.
"Not sitting close to another table can help, or sitting on a patio outdoors, maybe, but it all depends on what way the air is moving," Milton said. "It's really a lot about the plume. If you're in that cloud and it's the coronavirus, that's bad news."
For now, Milton said, for his Valentine's dinner, he's going to do delivery.
"It's clear," Milton said. "Any place people take off masks and congregate together is dangerous for transmission of SARS-CoV-2. That hasn't changed."
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Just moments before the debut of the iPad, Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple, asked the audience at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco a question: Was there room for another category of device between a smartphone and a laptop?
While he acknowledged that some people would see that as being the netbook, he dismissed this idea. “The problem is netbooks aren’t better at anything,” said Jobs. “They’re just cheap laptops. We think we have something better.”
Fast forward to four weeks after the iPad’s release date and it had already sold 1 million units. And the figure keeps growing as each month passes. Other companies have taken note and are starting to make tablets of their own, such as the HP Slate, the Dell Streak and the Asus Eee Tablet.
Tablets to outpace netbooks
According to Forrester Research, in the US, the tablet will outsell the netbook in 2012. By 2015, it will be the second-highest selling product category, just after notebooks. The same research shows that while the netbook’s sales percentage will stay steady, it will be pushed into the lowest-selling product category in the next two years. What does this suggest for the future of the netbook?
Ian Pearson, futurologist at BT, believes there may not be a place for the netbook anymore.
“The market’s been consistently small all the way through until the last couple of years and then it slowly increased a little bit,” he says.
Pearson believes that, with conventional notebooks covering more powerful activity, and with tablets combining the ability to conduct lower powered activity with portability, the tablet may easily succeed in edging out the netbook.
“If the tablet’s got a high specification and has everything you can imagine and it’s also lightweight and fits easily in your briefcase or your handbag, why would you want anything else?”
However, Mark Herbert, head of Laptops and Accessories at Carphone Warehouse, doesn’t think the tablet has all the answers.
“With a netbook, you’re using a standard operating platform, whether it is XP or Windows 7 or a variant of Vista in some circumstances. It has the full range of offices apps and it’s very easy to use,” says Herbert. “It’s down to a choice. Not everyone uses touchscreen devices. Take the mobile phone market, for example, there’s a clear choice there between a touchscreen handset and a handset with a physical keyboard on it. And that will be the same between a netbook and a tablet.”
The tablet computer market
Right now, the tablet market is only beginning. The iPad currently has a monopoly in the marketplace. And while many other computing companies are aiming to launch tablet hardware as soon as possible, according to an iSuppli report, the iPad may not see any viable competitor until at least 2012.
The research is based on how the iPhone didn’t have any real competition until 36 months after its release, which was seen mostly in the shape of the Motorola Droid and the HTC Eva 4G.
Pearson, however, disagrees with this long-term view. “I’d be very surprised if it is as late as 2012. I would expect that by Christmas of this year we’ll have a few iPad competitors on the market. Certainly, in the middle of next year we’ll have quite a lot of them around.”
Herbert also believes that viable competitors are on the way very shortly.
“I think at Christmas you’re going to see a lot more manufacturers coming into the range. For example, at the IFA in Berlin (taking place today), there are actually six manufacturers announcing their release dates for tablets this year,” he says.
One thing is certain – the tablet is becoming a huge contender in the personal computing market. More companies are focusing on developing and improving this technology, solidifying its position as the future of mobile computing.
A tablet for every room
Pearson believes that in the future, the tablet will be the staple of every room in the house.
“You might have one or two of them lying around the kitchen, using them for recipe tablets or fridge front messaging tablets, as well as a couple on the coffee table for browsing magazines, a few in the kids’ bedrooms for browsing the net and playing games on,” he says.
“Of course they aren’t going to do that while they’re several hundred pounds a piece.”
So, perhaps it may be premature to assume that the netbook will be rendered extinct right away?
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Local Community Organizations
Friday, April 13, 2012
Persian Cultural Center
The Persian Cultural Center works to provide an enriching and welcoming environment for all who seek to strengthen the bonds of community, culture and cross-cultural understanding. As a means of facilitating its mission PCC has formed the following affiliated entities: the Iranian School of San Diego (ISSD) (now in its 22nd year offering language classes to both children and adults), the Persian Dance Academy (teaching a variety of folkloric dances to children and adults), the PCC Foundation (raising funds for humanitarian causes such as families and individuals in financial crisis in our community), and Peyk (a bilingual, bimonthly magazine, professionally published, and with an approximate circulation of 6000).
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) fights anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry in the U.S. and abroad through information, education, legislation, and advocacy. ADL serves as a resource for government, media, law enforcement, educators and the public. The immediate object of the League is to stop, by appeals to reason and conscience and, if necessary, by appeals to law, the defamation of the Jewish people. Its ultimate purpose is to secure justice and fair treatment to all citizens alike and to put an end forever to unjust and unfair discrimination against and ridicule of any sect or body of citizens.
Amnesty International is a global movement of people fighting injustice and promoting human rights. They work to protect people wherever justice, freedom, truth and dignity are denied. Currently the world’s largest grassroots human rights organization, they investigate and expose abuses, educate and mobilize the public, and help transform societies to create a safer, more just world. They received the Nobel Peace Prize for our life-saving work.
Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans
The Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans, PAAIA, Inc., is a nonprofit, nonpartisan, nonreligious membership organization that serves the domestic interests of Iranian Americans and represents the community before U.S. policymakers and the American public at large. PAAIA works to foster greater understanding of our community and its cultural heritage and to expand opportunities for the active participation of Iranian Americans in the democratic process at all levels of government.
San Diego Public Library
The San Diego Public Library System serves the residents of the City of San Diego, which encompasses an area of 342 square miles. The Library System consists of the Central Library, 35 branch libraries, and the adult literacy program office (READ/San Diego). The Department serves the educational, cultural, business, and recreational needs of San Diego's diverse communities through its collection of more than 3.4 million books and audio-visual materials, 4,012 periodical subscriptions, 1.6 million government documents, and over 265,000 books in 25 languages other than English. Electronic access is provided to the library catalog and many index and full-text databases in all library facilities and via the Internet.
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Nicholas Carr has a fascinating book excerpt in this month’s Wired looking at what the Internet does to how we think. He’s critical, as you can tell from his title: The Shallows.
Carr points out—uncontroversially, I thought, when I first read it last week—the downside of embedded links.
Research continues to show that people who read linear text comprehend more, remember more, and learn more than those who read text peppered with links…
A 2007 scholarly review of hypertext experiments concluded that jumping between digital documents impedes understanding. And if links are bad for concentration and comprehension, it shouldn’t be surprising that more recent research suggests that links surrounded by images, videos, and advertisements could be even worse.
In a blog post yesterday, he expands on the downside of linkage:
Sometimes, they’re big distractions – we click on a link, then another, then another, and pretty soon we’ve forgotten what we’d started out to do or to read. Other times, they’re tiny distractions, little textual gnats buzzing around your head. Even if you don’t click on a link, your eyes notice it, and your frontal cortex has to fire up a bunch of neurons to decide whether to click or not.
There can be no doubt that this is true, and the fact that Carr is getting hammered for bringing it up is bizarre.
Matthew Mathew Ingram, in what’s either an exercise in snarky point-missing or an unfair distortion of Carr’s argument:
As I mentioned to a number of other people who were discussing Nick’s piece, including Chris Anderson and Vadim Lavrusik, I think not including links (which a surprising number of web writers still don’t) is in many cases a sign of intellectual cowardice. What it says is that the writer is unprepared to have his or her ideas tested by comparing them to anyone else’s, and is hoping that no one will notice. In other cases, it’s a sign of intellectual arrogance — a sign that the writer believes these ideas sprang fully formed from his or her brain, like Athena from Zeus’s forehead, and have no link to anything that another person might have thought or written. Either way, getting rid of links is a failure on the writer’s part.
As I said in a comment on Nick’s post, I fully expect his next move will be to remove links of any kind — and then to ban comments as well, as “thinkers” such as Seth Godin have, since they just get in the way of all that pure thought. And then, perhaps, Nick will finally decide that the internet itself is rather over-rated, and will retreat to his books, where no one can argue with him. And that would be a shame, because arguing with him is such fun.
That’s like saying anybody who thinks drilling for oil in a mile of water is a bad idea really just wants to ban drilling for oil, period.
The whole point Carr is making is that embedding links in the text distracts from reading and understanding the text. It’s a reader advocacy thing, not a writerly cover-your-ass gambit. That’s very clear from the fact that Carr posts links at the bottom of the piece:
The distracted-by-links thing has long been an annoyance for me—particularly when they’re not specifically selected links. For instance, here are a few paragraphs from a New York Times column today:
Think about reading a newspaper pre-Web that decided it wanted to turn a few words blue here and there. Isn’t that in itself distracting? Now think about how many times you jump in and out of a story to follow some link. It can’t not be distracting.
It’s not a trivial question to ask what the Internet is doing to our attention spans. I know mine, for one, is shot to hell. And my suspicion (totally unproven and based only on personal observation!) is that you scan more than you read on the Internet. With a printed publication, you read more than you do on the Web. Why is that? Well, you’re not distracted by hypertext for one.
Reading on the Web takes more self-discipline than it does offline. How many browser tabs do you have open right now? How many are from links embedded in another piece your were reading and how many of them will you end up closing without reading since you don’t have the time to read Everything On the Internets? The analog parallel would be your New Yorker pile, but even that—now matter how backed up—has an endpoint.
Links add another dimension to a story when used well for context, sourcing, and reference. They’re extremely valuable and a critical part of the value that the Internet brings. But some people are better linkers than others. Look at that New York Times screen capture above. Every one of those links takes you to a topic page rather than something specifically relevant to the point in the text. That’s not worth the distraction of the links.
Here’s a Times story with editorially selected links in the story:
And here’s how it looks on the iPad:
Which is more readable? It’s not even close. Does that mean we ought to do without those links? No!
So what do you do about it? Probably nothing, of course. Footnotes are distracting in their own way. But what about a button to turn off in-text links?
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The Compañía Nacional de Fuerza y Luz has asked the rate regulating agency for a 35.56 percent increase, the agency said.
The agency, the Autoridad Reguladora de Servicios Públicos said that the company wants a 25.8 percent increase to cover future power purchases, and it wants 7.71 percent more to cover purchases it already made from its parent, the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad.
The Compañía Nacional de Fuerza y Luz provides power to much of the Central Valley except Heredia and Cartago, which have municipal companies.
The regulating agency noted that prior requests by the power company have been rejected.
In the filing the company also said it seeks a rate for generating power that is 250 percent greater than that of its parent. The company maintains some wind generating systems that have been the subject of criticism of their operation and cost.
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Originally posted by roughycannon
OMG the poor dogs being boiled alive and trying to get out of the pot!
I know other countries eat animals but there should be a more humane way to do things, I'm literally shaking while writing this.
Originally posted by ArcAngel
In the US, we worship dogs
Originally posted by nightstalker78
reply to post by PhoenixOD
My thoughts exactly. If they want to eat them that's all well and good. At the very least they should be treated humanely until they are killed,as sad as it is. Who are we to judge another culture? The OP made a valid point though that those conditions are ripe for some type of disease outbreak. Let's hope that doesn't happen.
Where has this virus come from? No one knows. It may be a mutation of an existing virus. Some new infections come from viruses that have been circulating in animals or birds. These are known as zoonoses. These may sometimes cause mild infection in some species and more serious ones in others. There is no evidence at the moment that this is a zoonosis. | <urn:uuid:5f4d0596-ce54-4152-8784-22ea2bef4818> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread950136/pg1 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560281331.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095121-00223-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964773 | 282 | 1.671875 | 2 |
Kansas firearms deer season opened Dec. 1
First Wednesday after Thanksgiving traditional opening date
PRATT —The 2010 Kansas firearms deer season opened yesterday and runs through Sunday, Dec. 12.
In 2009, KDWP issued more than 80,000 Any-Season White-tailed Either-Sex Deer permits to Kansas residents. In addition, more than 27,000 Nonresident White-tailed Either-Sex Deer permits were issued. Combined with the number of Antlerless-Only Deer game tags issued, more than 174,000 permits and game tags to take deer were issued in Kansas last year, and hunters took approximately 87,000 deer.
Kansas firearms deer hunters enjoy a phenomenal success rate of more than 50 percent, and a similar harvest is expected this year.
All deer hunters must have a deer permit to hunt deer in Kansas. Resident hunters 16 to 65 years old must also possess a hunting license, unless exempt by law. Nonresident hunters must apply for a nonresident deer permit in April, and the drawing is held in May. A nonresident hunting license is also required. Hunters must purchase a permit that allows the harvest of an antlered deer before they can purchase a Antlerless-Only White-tailed Deer permit, until after Dec. 30.
Other upcoming deer seasons include a Jan. 1-9 Extended Firearm Season (antlerless whitetails only) open statewide; a Jan. 10-31 Extended Archery Season (Unit 19, antlerless whitetails only); and a Jan. 10-16 Special Extended Firearm Season (units 7, 8, and 15, antlerless whitetails only). Archery season runs through Dec. 31 (hunter orange required during firearms season). Resident whitetail deer permits are available online or at license vendors throughout the state. Hunters are reminded that landowner permission is required to hunt any private land, whether that land is posted or not.
The first Kansas deer season in modern times was held in 1965, and less than half of the state was open. Biologists estimated state deer numbers at about 30,000. Thirty-nine hundred permits were issued, and firearms hunters took approximately 1,340 deer. Today, deer can be found throughout the state. Many upland bird hunters are afield at this time, as well, and while they are always urged to wear hunter orange, it is especially important at this time.
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By pioneering collaborative classrooms and teaching students real-world skills, Elon University is taking instructional technology to the next level.
There's a growing consensus in the higher education community that classroom technology needs to evolve, but what's next?
The strategic moves toward next-generation classrooms already under way at North Carolina's Elon University may offer some insight.
Right now, about 200 of Elon's classrooms are equipped with technology beyond wired and wireless network access.
Of the tech-based classrooms, roughly 90 percent have achieved the highest technology level possible under the university's deployment plan. This includes a computer, notebook connection, a wide-format NEC projector, a DVD/VCR unit, a document camera and a sound system – all controlled by Crestron controllers and touchscreens.
“Over the past decade, we've systematically added technology in traditional classrooms until it's become ubiquitous and standardized,” says Joe Davis, Elon's assistant director of campus technology support for classrooms.
“Consequently, professors only need one lesson plan,” he adds. “Previously, faculty had to prepare multiple plans because technology varied from room to room.”
Davis says the Crestron systems are an important component of Elon's classroom technology efforts. On the front end, the Crestron controllers offer users a standard interface that lets them access a function or device by pressing a button on a touch panel. On the back end, deploying Crestron lets Elon add new technologies easily and customize configurations based on the room.
“For example, we offer lecture capture in three rooms, but will be expanding it to learning spaces across campus,” Davis says. “Once a space is enabled, all a user will need to do is press lecture capture on the touchscreen.”
Elon made much of its great progress in rolling out classroom technologies following a reorganization of its IT department. Traditional academic computing was merged with academic support units to form a new division called Teaching and Learning Technologies.
Previously, functions were in silos and users complained that resources were confusing to access. Following the reorganization, expertise was distributed across the new division. Now, users simply explain what they need at the division's front desk, and workgroups are formed based on the resources required to meet that need.
The number of how-to video shorts created by English department students during the 2009–2010 academic year on behalf of the Elon University library
“The reorganization permits us to view classroom technology from a higher level,” says Christopher Waters, Elon's assistant CIO and director of teaching and learning technologies.
“For example, we previously had an instructional technology unit working directly with faculty,” Waters says. “Now, we have broader collaboration between instructional technology, faculty and IT.”
The reorganization also established a formal structure with which IT and academics can coordinate and share ideas. This includes a weekly meeting between Waters and the director of Elon's Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning (CATL), an academic unit charged with helping faculty incorporate learning innovations into their curriculum.
“Since the center has the faculty's pulse, my regular meetings with its director help the IT department discover technology needs that might not be communicated via traditional paths,” Waters says.
New Pilot Programs
Elon's CATL is also an important proving ground for new technology configurations.
In the center's most popular classroom, three large-format displays receive separate or composite content from three data projectors. On one wall are two 150-inch Da-Lite Cosmopolitan projection screens. On the opposite wall is a 180-inch version. The ceiling-mounted projectors are all NEC: two NP2000 series and one NP4000 series. The entire technology setup is controlled by Crestron touchscreens.
“Our faculty members use the room in creative and thoughtful ways,” says Peter Felten, assistant provost and CATL director. “For instance, it's difficult for our astronomy faculty to visually represent distances on a single screen. But in the multidisplay room, they can simulate a planetarium.”
Felten says a communications professor uses the room to show documentaries on one screen and simultaneously hold online discussions with students about the film on the screen next to it. The art history department uses the space to demonstrate how art can be viewed in three-dimensional contexts. “The department loves the room so much they are working on an initiative to build one of their own,” Felten adds.
Elon's English department is also piloting a new type of learning environment, the collaborative classroom. The rooms contain 20 to 35 computers, grouped into pods of two to five. Each pod includes individual computers and an LG, NEC or Samsung LCD collaboration screen that ranges in size from 32 to 40 inches.
The collaboration displays permit students within a pod to work on one activity together, says Rebecca Pope-Ruark, assistant professor of English, who is also pursuing research on the impact of collaborative classrooms and technologies.
“Since the screen output can be controlled, students can switch between screens within their pod,” she adds. “As the instructor, I can project my display or any individual's display onto all of the other pods' collaboration screens. I can also blank the collaboration screens.”
Felten says instead of working on textbook scenarios and making presentations to an instructor, the collaborative technology lets Elon students pursue real-world projects in which they interact with and receive feedback from external audiences.
“As a result, students learn the hard and soft skills required for negotiating a professional work environment,” he explains.
According to Pope-Ruark, one of her advanced classes assisted a nearby exotic wildlife rescue organization with producing a coffee table book and a children's book. Another class worked with the university's librarians on a series of instructional videos to help students navigate library resources.
“My pedagogy really is based on the collaboration rooms,” Pope-Ruark says. “With them, I re-create professional environments with tools that professionals actually use. In doing so, I teach that technology is a means to an end, rather than an end in itself.”
For example, for the library's instructional videos, Elon uses Flip video cameras for recording and computing tools for editing. “Although video isn't my area of expertise, the project helped me show students how to learn technologies and how to decide which technology to use,” she adds.
On the Horizon
Other developments at Elon include video conferencing and incorporating mobile devices.
“One of our management professors is already using video conferencing extensively,” Felten says. “In one course, he has Elon students connecting with Australian students to collaborate on solving business cases.”
In addition to fixed technologies, the college is also considering the impact of mobile devices on learning in college classrooms. One possibility for the future is for students to offer feedback with their mobile phones that's then projected onto a classroom screen.
Because all of these new technologies also mean new classroom configurations, Elon is determining what the new top-level technology classroom will contain. In the past, technology was divided into a simple three-tiered structure.
Moving forward, standards will likely reflect the type of classroom – whether it contains multiple projectors or is a collaboration room. “The nomenclature and standards are still being discussed to ensure we cover the variety of learning spaces we're developing,” Davis explains.
In fact, Elon has a planning initiative under way to form its next set of long-term technology goals and strategies. “It's a comprehensive process that includes faculty, students, administration and staff,” Waters says.
Such thoughtful attention to detail isn't lost on Elon's faculty. “Elon takes technology very seriously and works with faculty who want to integrate it educationally,” says Pope-Ruark. “I feel very supported here.”
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Over the years, Elon University has worked extensively with faculty to integrate technology into the curriculum, creating a tech-savvy culture that students appreciate.
Nick Friederich, a senior with a double major in history and computer science, says that during a course on ancient Rome, the class watched a documentary on an excavation in England. Seeing an archaeologist's passion for his work was contagious and much more compelling than reading about an archaeological dig in a book, he says.
Friederich says Elon's recent deployment of an advanced document camera is a big help. “The doc cam significantly improved my ability to present the Android application I was required to create on a cell phone,” he explains.
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Soil bacteria | Antibiotic residue in manure reduced when introduced to this helpful bacteria
Agriculture Canada researchers in London, Ont., have identified a strain of soil bacteria that can help eliminate traces of a common livestock antibiotic from soil.
The lead researcher says it could help clear soil and water of antibiotic residue and reduce the likelihood that antibiotic resistant bacteria will evolve.
Agriculture Canada researcher Ed Topp said the discovery, if confirmed through further testing, could remove antibiotic residue embedded in livestock manure from the soil and reduce the risk that antibiotic-laden manure will flush into waterways.
“I think a major benefit would be that when antibiotic-containing manures are applied to the soil, these residues will be broken down more rapidly and therefore be less available to movement to adjacent waters through runoff or leaching,” he said.
“It also could be useful for waste water treatment when antibiotic residue could be an issue.”
The development of antibiotic-resistant bacteria that could make antibiotic treatment for humans less effective has become a growing health issue. Livestock industry use of antibiotics to protect animals from disease and promote growth is often identified as a culprit.
In 1999, Topp and fellow researchers became interested in the issue of whether regular contamination of soil from antibiotic traces in manure could help create antibiotic-immune bacteria.
Their study, which included the antibiotic sulfamethazine (SMZ), a common animal drug, compared residues in soil subjected to regular pig manure spreading with residues in untreated soil.
Topp said the researchers were surprised to discover that antibiotic residue in soil where manure was spread regularly was disappearing much faster than in the soil not subject to regular manure application.
They think the reason is soil micro-bacteria that adjust to long-term antibiotic exposure by mutating to become a micro-organism that uses SMZ as a food source.
Its appetite means that the presence of SMZ in soil decreases five times faster in soil regularly subject to antibiotic contamination than in soil that is not regularly exposed.
“The significance of that, we think, is that soil bacteria can adapt to exposure to these drugs and evolve to be able to use them as a food source,” said Topp.
“The benefit of that is that it would reduce environmental exposure and hopefully reduce pressure on bacteria to develop resistance.”
He said Agriculture Canada researchers recently teamed up with French researchers to continue the work.
Topp also said he hopes Agriculture Canada funding for the project continues.
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During Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE aka La Migra) raids (from SAJE):
- Stay calm.
- Do not open your door.
- You have the right to remain silent.
- ICE is not allowed in private spaces without warrants signed by a judge.
- Do not sign anything until you speak with a lawyer.
- Document the time, location and what happened.
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In 2009, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl abandoned his post at his base in Afghanistan. After being traded for five Taliban leaders, he was brought home and now, according to a senior Defense official, Bergdahl is claiming that he left his post in order to find another post to complain about "order and discipline" in his unit. A second official claims that Bergdahl had "concerns about leadership issues at his base."
This information is part of the report presented to General Mark Milley who this week decided to charge Bergdahl with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy. This information outlines what could be a key part of Bergdahl's defense, which the army is already aware of.
Both officials declined to be identified because of the legal proceedings against Berghahl, but both have direct knowledge of the information outlined in the report. "This was a kid who had leadership concerns on his mind," the second official said. "He wasn't fed up, he wasn't planning to desert."
What Bergdahl's concerns were, and whether they are relevant to the case of desertion the Army is trying to make will be a matter for military authorities to decide. "I can't tell you if his concerns were valid, but in his mind they were," the official said.
Both officials said Bergdahl believed he could make it to the next base by relying on wilderness skills he learned growing up in rural Idaho, even though the area was full of insurgents. It was not immediately clear how far the nearest base was during that timeframe in July 2009.
Bergdahl has been charged with desertion and misbehavior before the enemy.
First, consider that in a letter from Eugene Fidell, Bergdahl's attorney, he clearly regards Bergdahl's actions as being "in the line of duty" on page one.
"In light of the nearly five years of harsh captivity SGT Bergdahl endured, the purpose of his leaving his unit, and his behavior while a prisoner, it would be unduly harsh to impose on him the lifetime stigma of a court-martial conviction or an Other Than Honorable discharge and to deny him veterans benefits," the letter reads. "The existing Missing-Captured status determination should not be disturbed and his injuries in captivity should be deemed to have been incurred in the line of duty and not as a result of his own misconduct."
The letter goes on to express Bergdahl being "eternally grateful" to Barack Obama and adds that he "would likely have been murdered." Really? The guy was a captive for five years! If they wanted to murder him, they would have done it much earlier.
The letter denies that Bergdahl had any role in the Islamic State taking hostages and executing them after the unlawful prisoner swap for 5 Taliban Islamic terrorists, which should have resulted in Obama's impeachment. Yet, no one can deny that at least 14 people lost their lives looking for Bergdahl after he abandoned his post.
However, in the midst of the letter, Fidell hits on something that is quite telling. He writes:
"SGT Bergdahl has been vilified as a coward in the absence of a shred of evidence to support that description. There have been calls for him to be executed, a sentence that has not been carried out for any GI for any offense since 1961 or for any deserter since PVT Edward D. Slovik's execution in France 70 years ago, and that in any event is not authorized because this is not a 'time of war' for UCMJ purposes. It has also been suggested that SGT Bergdahl should be sentenced, 'at the very least,' to life without parole." (emphasis mine)
Then if we are not in a time of war, what are we doing? What is this claim that Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) is making about America is a "battlefield"? How does Graham appeal to the "law of war" in the United States and deny the Fifth Amendment's protections for alleged "enemy combatants"? What are our military doing in Iraq and Afghanistan is we are not in a time of war, albeit an undeclared war? That is very telling, isn't it?
Fidell also says that Bergdahl "did not intend to remain away from the Army permanently," but rather "his specific intent was to bring what he thought were disturbing circumstances to the attention of the nearest general officer."
Bergdahl also wrote his own letter indicating that he was, "kept in constant isolation during the entire five years, with little to no understanding of time, through periods of constant darkness, periods of constant light, and periods of completely random flickering of light and absolutely no understanding of anything that was happening beyond the door I was held behind."
Much of that evidence has been known for years, and more of it came out last year, when Obama traded five seasoned, battle-hardened jihadis back to the Taliban in exchange for Bergdahl. Former infantry officer Nathan Bradley Bethea, who served with Bergdahl in Afghanistan, wrote in the Daily Beast that Bergdahl was "a deserter, and soldiers from his own unit died trying to track him down." Refuting reports that Bergdahl got separated from his unit while on patrol, Bethea declared: "Make no mistake: Bergdahl did not 'lag behind on a patrol,' as was cited in news reports at the time. There was no patrol that night. Bergdahl was relieved from guard duty, and instead of going to sleep, he fled the outpost on foot. He deserted. I've talked to members of Bergdahl's platoon—including the last Americans to see him before his capture. I've reviewed the relevant documents. That's what happened."
Bethea's account is in full accord with the Taliban's 2010 claim that Bergdahl had converted to Islam and was teaching bomb-making to its jihadists. There is no reason to take anything that Taliban spokesmen say at face value, but secret documents revealed Thursday afternoon corroborate the claim. According to one of these documents, dated August 23, 2012, "conditions for Bergdahl have greatly relaxed since the time of the escape. Bergdahl has converted to Islam and now describes himself as a mujahid. Bergdahl enjoys a modicum of freedom, and engages in target practice with the local mujahedeen, firing AK47s. Bergdahl is even allowed to carry a loaded gun on occasion. Bergdahl plays soccer with his guards and bounds around the pitch like a mad man. He appears to be well and happy, and has a noticeable habit of laughing frequently and saying 'Salaam' repeatedly."
Finally, remembering that Sgt. Bergdahl's emails to his parents indicated that he was "ashamed to even be American' and that "the horror that is America is disgusting" should also be considered in the mix.
While I am not a judge nor jury, and I confess that America has fallen far from the principles that she was founded on so long ago when Pilgrims escaped persecution and established our land, Sgt. Bergdahl took a particular oath and his leaving his post, for whatever reason, resulted in the deaths of over a dozen men, at least. Frankly, if there were leadership concerns on his mind, he sure took the worst way out to deal with them, and now it appears as if he will be made out to be the good guy, while those who died searching for him are thrown under the bus. As Lt. Col. Ralph Peters explained, the Obama administration is "pressuring the Army to whitewash" the Bowe Berdahl swap, and I might add his desertion as well.Don't forget to Like Freedom Outpost on Facebook, Google Plus, & Twitter. You can also get Freedom Outpost delivered to your Amazon Kindle device here. | <urn:uuid:04b6eed8-77e7-4317-8c71-196e168cf084> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://freedomoutpost.com/bowe-bergdahl-gives-his-reason-for-abandoning-his-post-it-was-the-militarys-fault/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560280292.50/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095120-00346-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.985322 | 1,629 | 1.515625 | 2 |
Tabata Workouts For Beginners
This workout concept is amazing! Each exercise is done for only 4 minutes at a time – but it’s likely the longest 4 minutes you’ll have experienced working out. It is therefore really ideal for a single mom pressed for time, or a busy professional that can keep fit by using Tabata workouts.
Tabata workouts mean that you workout hard for 20 seconds, take a rest period of 10 seconds, and then repeat that for 8 rounds, thus the 4 minute workout.
With that being said, it’s really important to make sure that you are a healthy individual prior to doing these workouts, as they are extremely high intensity, with a start and stop format that can be tough to get used to initially. It is necessary to check with your doctor before starting Tabata to ensure that your body will be able to handle the pressure.
One can do Tabata at home, in a hotel, or on a lunch break a few times a week to burn those stubborn fat reserves in the body that other exercises have not been able to eliminate! It’s versatile structure means you can pick and choose which exercises to do if you can’t do all of them.
9 Tabata Exercises:
This can be done indoors by pedaling a stationary bicycle very fast for 20 seconds and then stopping for 10 seconds fo rest, and repeating until you have worked out for 4 minutes. Tip: make sure you have a great pair of shoes or a bike where you strap yourself in to avoid your feet slipping off of the bicycle pedals.
Sounds easy but it is a doozy of a tabata workouts for beginners! Jump as fast as you can for 20 seconds and then stop for 10 seconds. Repeat the exercises for four minutes. Don’t forget: no time for resting longer than 10 minutes is allowed when doing Tabata workouts until you have worked out for four minutes.
This is another good workout as it tones all the muscles in the body; therefore be prepared to swim very fast for 20 seconds and stop for 10 seconds. Repeat until four minutes have passed to receive the benefits. Tip: remember to eat a good diet to strengthen the immune system so that your body is able to fight infections for a healthy lifestyle.
The same process is involved here you run as fast as you can stand for 20 seconds then stop for 10 seconds and repeat the process until four minutes is reached. Remember: bring plenty of drinking water as your mouth will get very dry in the four minutes.
These are similar to the ordinary squats but you get lower to the ground until your fingers touch the floor. This will help tone the legs and butt muscles; therefore squat for 20 seconds stop get up for 10 seconds and then repeat until four minutes are reached.
You can do this outdoors in a hilly place or indoors in the gym; therefore climb up the hill as quickly as possible for 20 seconds stop for 10 and repeat until four minutes are reached. You can improvise doing this exercise on a steep staircase by going up the stairs as fast as possible for 20 seconds stop for ten and repeat for four minutes.
Use the wall as support as you stand on your hands and bend the elbows to hold the weight of your entire body for 20 seconds. Stop for 10 and repeat until four minutes are reached. Be prepared: as a result you will hear the roaring of blood in your ears as the circulation is increased in the entire body.
This requires a lot of coordination; therefore find a suitable weight bench and place your hands on it as you hop over it as fast as you can for 20 seconds, stop for 10 and continue until four minutes are reached. Hint: your hands must remain on the bench the whole time.
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It may seem surprising to you, but in the middle of the 19th century, doctors prescribed walks in nature.
Concerned about the effects of pollution and noise on their urban patients who were in distress, doctors did not hesitate to prescribe a visit to a sanatorium or a more peaceful pastoral environment like the Swiss Alps.
Over time, these kinds of prescriptions have fallen into disgrace and today’s physicians are much more likely to prescribe Prozac than a visit to a park.
And yet, research suggests that doctors of the past were not wrong. Many recent studies show that not only does nature make us happier, but it also stimulates our creativity, brain function, and physical health.
Here are some of the reasons why the next time you want to have more ideas, you’ll think about putting on your hiking boots.
Table of Contents
1. How nature and the outdoors makes us happier
Until recently, we have mostly had anecdotal evidence suggesting that the outdoors was good for us. All this has changed with neuroscience!
Brain scans show that nature not only changes the way we feel subjectively but also has an impact on our brain.
Gregory Bratman of Stanford’s National Academy of Sciences has published a paper about the changes that occur in the brain when people walk in nature.
In this study, he performed brain scans of 38 individuals to obtain a baseline. He also asked participants to complete a questionnaire to measure their tendency to ruminate on negative thoughts.
Then, half of the study participants were guided to walk for 90 minutes in a natural setting in California, and the other half were instructed to walk along a busy road.
After the walk, the analysis was repeated, and the subjects were asked to complete the questionnaire again.
The results showed that people who had walked in the wild ruminated less than urban walkers and showed decreased activity in the subgenual prefrontal cortex, an area of the brain related to mental illness risk.
Bratman suggests that these results have some excellent arguments that show that we should go for a walk in the “green” to immediately boost our mood.
“Spending time in the wild improves our mood.”
2. Nature boosts our creativity
If you’ve already gotten “stuck” on an impending deadline, you know how frustrating it can be to block on a creative process.
Fortunately, science indicates that nature can also help us with this matter. Psychologists of the University of Utah and the University of Kansas decided to measure the impact of nature on creativity through the Remote Associates Test (RAT) to study participants. The test measures the creative potential by presenting three basic words linked to a fourth word that the participant must give.
In the study, RAT was presented to 56 participants. 24 people took the test before starting a hike with a backpack, and the remaining 32 people took the test around the 4th day of their hiking expedition.
The result was amazing. The researchers found that after only four days of immersion in nature, the test performance was improved by 50%!
3. Nature improves our brain function
If you’re a city-dweller, you probably think: “I’d love to get a creative boost from nature, but I can’t sneak out of my office…”.
Good news! You don’t have to leave your office to enjoy nature. You can “derive” some of the benefits of nature simply by looking at a screen saver from beautiful natural scenery.
In a study published by the journal Environmental Psychology, participants were given a tedious computer task to perform with the Sustained Attention Response Task (SART) test.
Researchers found that when the task was interrupted with 40 seconds of displaying an image of grass and flowers, brain function was improved.
Specifically, participants had fewer fluctuations in response time, made fewer errors, and were more attentive!
4. Nature helps fight against stress
Stress is never pleasant. It’s even bad for our physical health.
In fact, the website Psychology Today has rated cortisol-AKA as “Public Enemy No. 1”. Cortisol levels are related to decreased immune function, increased weight gain, heart disease, and higher blood pressure and cholesterol.
Spending time in the wild seems to reduce cortisol. In a Dutch study, participants had a stressful activity to perform. After completing it, they split the group into two.
One group was tasked with reading books indoors and the other with gardening activities outdoors.
Not only were the gardeners in a better mood once they completed their task, but they also had lower levels of cortisol.
If you want to know more about cortisol, I also recommend this article.
5. Nature improves our immune system
For decades, the Japanese have engaged in an activity called “forest bathing”, the practice of escaping into the forest to relax and recharge their batteries.
When researchers finally decided to examine this phenomenon, they found that “swimming” in the forest had incredible immunity benefits.
Let’s consider the study. Researchers carried out tests on healthy men after a 2-hour walk in the forest and a 2-hour walk in the city.
They drew blood samples immediately after the two walks, then 7 days later, and 30 days later.
The walk in the forest showed an increase in the activity of killer cells (those that defeat cancer) while walking in the city had no increase.
Perhaps more surprisingly, the effects of the forest walk were still present 30 days later. The study was also conducted on women and produced similar results.
“A nature walk is more beneficial than a city walk.”
It is clear that spending time in nature not only improves our mood, it also benefits our overall health. It only takes a short time outdoors to enjoy these advantages.
Research shows that being outside in nature for 20 minutes a day significantly improves our standard of living.
However, if you can’t get out, don’t despair – view a picture of greenery or turquoise waters of a lush island instead. In the future, this could become what doctors will prescribe!
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Over the last week, astronomers (including myself) have been abuzz about a tiny little dot in between M60 and NGC4647. While it is a tiny little dot to our frame of reference, it is in all likelihood the result of a star *thought to be a white dwarf* collapsing into a neutron star or black hole. This supernova has been visible in our backyards in the northern hemisphere for the last week and is estimated at a magnitude 12-12.5 as of last night-May 4th. I have still been unable to capture it with my own eyes. So instead, I fired up the remote scope and captured roughly 7 hours of data on it to create these images (while I slept), but I had hoped to see it with my own eyes.
Alas I am probably running out of time to see it visually, but work, life, and clouds have been pressing. The one night I PROBABLY could have driven to a dark site to see it found me exhausted from working all weekend. Tis life…
Here are my images of the Supernova-
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Baking using baker's yeast immobilized in a starch-gluten-milk matrix (traditional fermented cereal food trahanas), containing viable lactic acid bacteria (LAB), and kefir (natural co-culture of yeasts and LAB) immobilized on orange peel, were investigated. The use of immobilized cells increased shelf life, delayed staling, and improved overall the quality of bread, compared with the traditional baker's yeast bread. These improvements were attributed to the reduction of pH, the lower moisture loss rates, and the presence of LAB, which are known to exhibit antimould properties. Better results were obtained using the sourdough method compared to the straight dough bread-making method. Headspace SPME GCMS analysis showed that the use of immobilized cells increased the number of bread aroma volatiles, especially esters. The best results, including shelf life and overall bread quality, were obtained in the case of baker's yeast immobilized on trahanas, although kefir immobilized on orange peel seems to be a more cost effective biocatalyst. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. | <urn:uuid:9d1d8d74-fd74-44a1-b36d-d1dca248a920> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://pure.ulster.ac.uk/en/publications/use-of-immobilized-cell-biocatalysts-in-baking-3 | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571284.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20220811103305-20220811133305-00472.warc.gz | en | 0.95981 | 237 | 2.140625 | 2 |
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Missing flight MH370: wing fragment on beach is from Malaysia Airlines jet
Part of an aircraft wing that washed up on a beach on the French island of Reunion has been confirmed as coming from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, authorities said tonight.
The airline sent its deepest sorrow to the families and friends of the passengers "on the news that the flaperon found on Reunion Island on July 29 was indeed from Flight MH370".
This had been confirmed jointly by French, Malaysian and Australian authorities.
The airline added: "Family members of passengers and crew have already been informed and we extend our deepest sympathies to those affected.
"This is indeed a major breakthrough for us in resolving the disappearance of MH370.
"We expect and hope that there would be more objects to be found which would be able to help resolve this mystery.
"Moving forward, Malaysia Airlines will continue to provide latest updates and information to the families and will fully co-operate with the relevant authorities on the investigation and recovery of this tragic accident."
The Boeing 777 was travelling from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing in March 2014 when it vanished with 239 people on board.
Aviation experts at a military base near Toulouse, France, have been trying to establish whether the wreckage was from the doomed flight.
Flaperons are control surfaces on the wing of an aircraft that help to stabilise the plane during low-speed flying during take-off and landing.
An official report in March by the Malaysian government, a year on from the plane's disappearance, was regarded by aviation experts as doing little to solve the mystery.
There has been speculation as to the behaviour of the the flight's captain, father-of-three Zaharie Ahmad Shah, 53.
But the report said he showed no unusual signs of stress before the plane departed, and nor were there worrying signs exhibited by co-pilot Fariq Abdul Hamid or the cabin crew.
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Christmas is a time for giving, and for many the gift this year was gadgets. Android and iOS devices saw a year-over-year 140 percent jump in activations this Christmas, with application downloads sailing past the historical norm.
Smartphones and tablets have surpassed the luxury phase, and are proliferating the market as every day household items. Though they still haven’t taken over feature phones, which own around 60 percent of the market, smartphones are widely adopted. Because of that adoption, they are being given as gifts left and right, with 2011 being the biggest year for Android and iOS devices as of yet.
According to Flurry, an app analytics provider, Android and iOS device activations averaged around 1.5 million a day for December, until Christmas when it shot up 358 percent to 6.8 activations in one day. Clearly, lucky boys and girls across the globe opened Santa’s gifts to find Xooms, iPhones, iPads, and more. According to a Nielsen report, 44 percent of kids in the United States requested an iPad for the holidays. If children aged 6-to-12 years-old couldn’t get the tablet they desired, their second choice was an iPod touch or iPhone.
What do you do with your newly unwrapped toys on Christmas? You play with them! And so, Christmas day yielded a huge spike in app downloads, the soul of iOS and Android devices. Flurry expects Apple will see 10 billion app downloads this year — that’s more than downloads from 2008, 2009 and 2010 combined. Android will also see 10 billion downloads, tripled from its 3 billion total downloads as of May.
Prior to Christmas day, December app sales were steady around 1.8 million a day. Then, when everyone was finished opening gifts on the 25th, app downloads jumped 125 percent to 242 million. The rise started around 7am and continued throughout the day until it peaked at around 8pm and fell as holiday meal-stuffed people drifted off to sleep.
Perhaps Apple’s Siri commercial featuring Santa isn’t as silly as it comes off. Smart devices are becoming the norm, and I wouldn’t be surprised if Rudolph gets laid-off in exchange for Siri’s sleek purple microphone. | <urn:uuid:67ad6241-3f64-423f-a1fa-9b92405b685e> | CC-MAIN-2017-04 | http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/27/android-ios-activations-downloads/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2017-04/segments/1484560285289.45/warc/CC-MAIN-20170116095125-00155-ip-10-171-10-70.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961076 | 465 | 1.507813 | 2 |
San people of Southern Africa face challenges, says an activistListen /
This year's session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues which started on 20 May, ends on Friday, 31 May.
Representatives of indigenous peoples from around the world have been discussing implementation of the Forum's previous recommendations to promote the health, education and culture of indigenous peoples.
One of the participants is Joram Useb from the Hoillam, part of the indigenous San hunter and gathers of Southern Africa.
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Is it okay to feed wild animals? In this case, no. A woman in Colorado was fined for luring deer into her house and feeding them all kinds of stuff . . . like bread, carrots, apples, and bananas. She was caught because she posted a clip of herself online.
Officials called it “selfish and dangerous” because wild animals are unpredictable and can KILL you. So can their predators. She could open her door to feed a deer and a mountain lion could be right behind it. | <urn:uuid:e7992984-3193-4793-999f-de148f9e023d> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | https://www.kwiq.com/videos/a-woman-is-fined-for-feeding-deer-inside-her-house/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882573540.20/warc/CC-MAIN-20220819005802-20220819035802-00479.warc.gz | en | 0.976759 | 105 | 1.734375 | 2 |
Public policy and the quality of life: How relevant is economics? Public policy and the quality of life: Market incentives versus government planning Randall G. Holcombe greenwood press, 1995, 190 pp
This article summarizes and critiques Holcombe's arguments on the influence of private ownership and markets on the quality of life. Holcombe summarizes the free market-oriented literature and provides interesting anecdotes in arguing that markets are superior to public policies and more cost-effective in pursuing social goals such as health care, environmental protection, and housing. This critique argues that Holcombe's approach is much too narrow in that it reduces the quality of life to commercial value, cost minimization, and property rights. Economic analysis can become more relevant to the public discourse by recognizing that social values are broader than cost minimization and efficiency. Public sensibilities on equity, justice, equal opportunity, and human dignity shape the sociocultural context for evaluating the impact of public policy on the quality of life. Ideas are offered for enhancing the relevance of economics to policy discussions on the quality of life. Copyright International Atlantic Economic Society 1999
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By MICHAEL COIT
THE PRESS DEMOCRAT
A passion for playing soccer had Izzie Beal searching for opportunities to continue the sport in college, a challenge that included the pursuit of scholarship money.
The All-Empire standout at Montgomery pitched her abilities in tailored emails, a website, and campus visits. Even with all those efforts what Beal learned is a school picks the athlete.
Good for her then that the University of Northern Colorado wanted Beal as much as she hoped to play soccer at the NCAA Division I program.
“It was kind of hard to do. But I definitely feel it was worth it,” Beal said. “It’s really good to put yourself out there and have a lot of options.”
Beal’s experience is matched by high school athletes nationwide who learn the realities about staying in the game at college. Athletic educational speaker Jack Renkens will discuss making it to the next level at Montgomery High School on Wednesday.
“I’m primarily trying to get families to be realistic about the opportunities that are available and to get them to understand it’s about getting your education, not about hitting the ball, kicking the ball, throwing the ball. It’s about finding the right match academically,” Renkens said.
Making his first appearance in the Empire in five years, the well-known motivational speaker will provide a reality check about athletic recruiting for student athletes and parents.
A former college athletics director, Renkens also had a daughter play NCAA basketball. Renkens has toured the United States for 16 years speaking about the realities for high school athletes seeking to play at college.
Among the topics Renkens will discuss: The school picks you; athletes must market themselves; find funding beyond the athletic scholarship.
A particular message is prep athletes can continue in college at a variety of competitive levels. The key is finding the right school and financial aid.
“Would you go to this school if you didn’t play sports? That is a big issue,” Renkens said.
To begin that discussion, Beal and her parents identified colleges where coaches showed interest and she could realistically play soccer. The schools needed to offer biology and sports medicine programs, and feature comfortable campuses.
The family made a handful of trips to visit a dozen colleges.
“It was a lot of traveling. But I enjoyed seeing all the opportunities. I could see what I wanted and what I didn’t want,” Beal said.
Narrowing her choices to a short list was based on programs offering partial scholarships for soccer. Beal first needed to show serious interest in a school before coaches would discuss such financial assistance, she said.
“Most of the coaches do stress the school,” she said. “They don’t want someone who is just going for the sport. They want someone who will be successful and be there all four years.”
A little good fortune helped Beal make her decision.
On a trip to a family wedding in Colorado she exchanged emails with the Northern Colorado coach, Tim Barrera. Beal was invited to a player identification camp on the campus in Greeley that same weekend. She bought some gear and played well enough to earn a closer look.
A campus tour the next day convinced Beal this was the school for her.
“I didn’t really expect that much. It was great,” she said.
The soccer scholarship amounts to about 10 percent of total costs for a year of about $24,000 for tuition, fees, room, meals and books. Beal also will receive financial assistance based on strong high school grades — she has an A-plus grade point average — and other academic scholarships.
That she could consider even playing soccer at a four-year college was the result of determined effort the past two years.
Not until her junior season at Montgomery did Beal set a goal to play soccer in college. She joined the Santa Rosa United club to help improve her skills and fitness.
“Just getting the chance to play at a high level I improved a lot,” Beal said. “I was in really good shape going into this season.”
Enough college coaches took notice, primarily at club tournaments and player identification camps.
Then came the effort to match her hopes with a college and soccer program that wanted her.
“I never stopped looking at soccer schools,” Beal said. “It was kind of scary that you have to face the future and kind of figure it out. I was very happy with how it all worked out.”
You can reach Staff Writer Michael Coit at 521-5470 or firstname.lastname@example.org.
High school athletes who can play at the four year college level should seek the best fit in a school and financial aid. The following are recommendations from athletic educational speaker Jack Renkens:
You don’t get to pick the school. They pick you.
A college coach can’t recruit you if he/she doesn’t know who you are. Student-athletes need to market themselves.
Don’t get hung up on the words “athletic scholarship.” Focus on funding comprised of academic money, merit money, grants, endowment and achievement money.
IF YOU GO
Where: Renkens will be speaking at Montgomery High School this week
When: Wednesday, 7:30 p.m.
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Pasta can be prepared in many different ways and goes well with a variety of sides. Salads made from pasta go great with grilled meats, sandwiches, baked chicken and more. Many pasta recipes also pair well with roasted vegetables and green salads. Read on to discover some fantastic pasta recipes that are healthy and delicious! Then, try them out yourself! There’s no reason why pasta shouldn’t be part of your weekly menu!
Healthy ways to eat pasta
If you love the taste of pasta but want to reduce your calorie intake, try incorporating healthier versions of your favorite pasta dish. Instead of pasta, consider using chickpea or whole-wheat noodles. You can also try adding vegetables or protein to balance the carbs and fats in your dish. Alternatively, you can eat pasta with vegetables and meat or fish. Here are five ways to eat pasta without feeling guilty.
Whole wheat pasta is healthier
If you are worried about carbohydrate content in your diet, whole wheat pasta is the healthier option. It contains more fiber and nutrients, including B vitamins (thiamin, niacin, and pantothenic acid), dietary iron, copper, and phosphorus. Studies also show that whole wheat pasta has protective phytochemicals. In contrast, refined grains, such as white bread and sugary cereals, contain no fiber at all and are high in saturated fats, sodium, and carbohydrates.
Chicken pesto pasta
This easy chicken pesto pasta recipe is truly delicious. Whether you’re in the mood for some pasta with a little kick or are looking for something a little more traditional, this pasta recipe is sure to satisfy your needs. The combination of chicken, pine nuts, and pesto makes this pasta a must-try! You can make this pasta using any short pasta variety, including orecchiette. Cook the pasta according to package directions and drain with a little pasta water. While the pasta is cooking, heat up a little olive oil or butter and cook the chicken in it. Let the chicken cook for about five minutes before adding to the pasta. When the chicken is done cooking, add the pasta to the pesto mixture, stir to combine and serve.
Chicken fettuccine alfredo
Among the healthy pasta recipes that are simply amazing is chicken fettuccine alfredo. It uses chicken and light cream to create a rich, creamy sauce that is low in fat and calories. You can also use butter or heavy cream instead. You can also serve the sauce over a bed of fresh spinach. Here are the exact measurements for this delicious dish. Let’s get started!
Chicken & spinach skillet pasta with lemon & parmesan
For this recipe, you need a large, deep skillet with about two tablespoons of olive oil. In the skillet, add the chicken and onions and cook until chicken is golden and cooked through. Stir in garlic and lemon juice. Add the pasta and stir to combine. You may want to add more olive oil to make it toss easily. Serve chicken & spinach skillet pasta with lemon & parmesan for an elegant dinner. | <urn:uuid:252347e3-c52d-440c-88d6-f46fd21f02f9> | CC-MAIN-2022-33 | http://jimboggia.com/healthy-pasta-recipes-that-are-simply-amazing/ | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2022-33/segments/1659882571097.39/warc/CC-MAIN-20220810010059-20220810040059-00266.warc.gz | en | 0.914372 | 636 | 2.1875 | 2 |
Bridgestone Corporation today announced that it has successfully polymerized(1) high-cis polyisoprene (2) synthetic rubber from isoprene(3) provided by Ajinomoto Co, Inc., a partner in synthetic rubber development for tires. Isoprene is produced with biomass.
Demand for tires is expected to increase in tandem with rising car ownership worldwide, and the Bridgestone Group is committed to promoting the development of technologies and business models that contribute to greater use of recyclable and renewable resources in order to build a sustainable society.
The Bridgestone Group is promoting a variety of initiatives for creating “100% sustainable materials(4)” by 2050, but IR extracted from crude oil feedstock is a market with limited potential for supply. The Group has been searching for ways to procure raw materials from renewable resources to ensure the supply of sustainable resources. Polymerized IR has been successfully polymerized at this time using isoprene produced with biomass by Ajinomoto, which has the world's most advanced fermentation technologies. This development could be a major catalyst for achieving the Group’s goal of a sustainable society. In addition, IR bonded with isoprene from biomass feedback using the Group’s proprietary polymerization catalyst(5) technologies can verify the practical feasibility of IR.
Since IR can replace natural rubber in some cases, the Group expects it to be one of the means of diversifying raw material sources for tires. Looking ahead, the Bridgestone Group aims to promote IR bioengineering technologies while confirming its rubber properties and further enhancing polymerization catalyst technologies for developing IR with more advanced performance features.
Through efforts such as the research into biomaterials, for both natural and synthetic rubber, the Bridgestone Group is working to develop tires using “100% sustainable materials” (renewable and recyclable resources). The Group is involved in other efforts to develop technologies and processes that reduce, reuse and recycle resources as well as projects to develop concept tires made from “100% sustainable materials”.
(1) The bonding of two or more monomers to form a compound with large molecular weight, or the reaction. For example, polyisoprene is created through an isoprene and polymer reaction.
(2) Synthetic rubber (IR) created through a chemical reaction with isoprene
(3) A synthetic rubber (IR) raw material; a highly volatile and colorless liquid at room temperature.
(4) Materials that do not use resources such as fossil fuels that cannot be consumed indefinitely and are expected to be depleted.
(5) Chemicals effective in hastening polyisoprene reactions
Overview of Polymerized synthetic rubber that is successfully polymerized
・Uses biomass as raw material
・Fermentation technology from Ajinomoto Co, Inc. applied for creating isoprene
・Bridgestone polymerization catalyst technology used for producing polymerized synthetic rubber
About Bridgestone Europe
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A proposal to prevent infestation of Asian carp in Lake Michigan faced opposition Sunday when a group organized by Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill., gathered on the Chicago River to criticize the plan.
The $18 billion, 25-year proposal is one of many potential approaches to the carp problem that were offered last week in a report by the Army Corps of Engineers.
It would involve physically cutting off Lake Michigan from the Mississippi River through what’s known as hydrologic separation — the use of physical barriers to block aquatic connections between basins.
Such separation would be a blow to businesses that rely on open waterways, said Michael Borgstrom, president of Wendella Sightseeing, a Chicago tour boat company.
“It will sever the artery that supplies the lifeblood to my family’s business and about 200 other families of the employees that work at Wendella,” Borgstrom said. “Hydrologic separation, in my opinion, is an irrational, costly and irreversible response to something that has been and continues to be successfully managed by federal, state and local agencies.”
Del Wilkins, a vice president at New Orleans-based Canal Barge Company, said the barriers would force his company’s cargo off the waterways and onto roads and railways.
“Imagine another 25 million tons that are put into rail and truck trafficking,” Wilkins said. “If we think we have headaches today, we would have big headaches tomorrow.”
But others who reviewed the report said it’s too soon to know how river traffic might be affected by such barriers, which would take many years to erect.
“Everybody understands that making Illinois’ and Chicago’s economy worse is a nonstarter,” said Joel Brammeier, president of the Alliance for the Great Lakes, a nonprofit environmental group.
It’s unlikely that state and city officials will back a plan that would block tour boats from being able to access Lake Michigan and the portions of the Chicago River where tours are popular, Brammeier said.
He acknowledged that the barriers could impede freight routes but argued that those routes have lost significance in recent years. A 2011 Army Corps study found that cargo traffic on Chicago-area waterways was flat or declining over a 15-year period.
“Standing up and saying that these waterways are going to work the same as they have for 120 years and ‘full steam ahead’ is the equivalent of burying your head in the sand while carp is flowing up the river and into Lake Michigan,” Brammeier said.
Last week’s Corps report was commissioned by Congress after scientists discovered genetic material of Asian carp near Lake Michigan. The fish has no natural predators and a voracious appetite. It’s known as the “river rabbit” because of its rapid pace of reproduction.
The Corps studied the problem and came up with eight potential approaches for keeping carp and other invasive species out of the Great Lakes. Four of the options would use hydrologic separation and are estimated to cost between $8 billion and $18 billion.
Kirk said the proposals would cost too much and are unnecessary. He favors increasing the voltage at existing electric barriers designed to keep the carp out. The Corps reported last month that the barriers can sometimes be breached by fish.
“I would hypercharge the electric barrier to make sure that it is 100 percent effective,” Kirk said, noting that he was told by a Coast Guard official that voltages were kept low because boat passengers could be shocked if they touch the wall near a barrier. That problem could be solved with proper signage, Kirk said.
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